He paused for a moment and said in a deep voice:

"Wei'er, you are too naïve, the so-called rivers and lakes are sinister, now it seems that someone has already premeditated, set a trap for me, and specially dug a big pit here, just waiting for us to obediently enter the pit ourselves."

"Father, what do you mean by that?" Cao Zewei said in horror.

"If you think about it carefully, the emperor made it clear in the edict last year that his father should go to Luoyang after the fall of the first month, according to the custom of the imperial court, he should arrive in Luoyang City before the end of this month at the latest, otherwise, beyond the time limit, it will be a great disrespect to His Majesty the Emperor, a capital crime."

"Now, if you let your father turn around and return as you said, not only will it turn into a disobedience to the order, but also return to Beijing without an edict, it will be a great crime of rebellion and rebellion, and you will destroy the Nine Clans! Which is more important, you say, is it the only way out for the father to fight to the death? ”

Cao Yanchun's analysis and remarks made Cao Zewei, who was young and had no experience in the rivers and lakes, stunned.

"Yes, it seems that we can only force our way into this Longtan Tiger's Den!"

At this time, Yang Kai-shek, the deputy general who returned from the front of the team, dismounted and walked over, and he interjected.

"Kai-shek, have you noticed any movement?" Cao Yanchun asked.

"Movement? With such a big movement in our team, the woods on both sides of the mountain road were quiet, and there were not even a few birds, and it was obvious that the birds and beasts in this area had already been frightened away. ”

Yang Kai-shek's extraneous sound, that is, they have entered the ambush circle, but they have just gotten into the head, and of course the enemy is not moving.

Cao Yanchun believes in Yang Kai-shek's many years of battlefield reconnaissance experience, as well as his personal strength.

Yang Kai-shek's internal strength has reached the middle of the transformation and is breaking through the state of the entrance, and he can sense whether the breath of the people around him is normal or not.

"Wei'er, go and call your thirteenth uncle up from behind, let's discuss how to break into this Longtan tiger's den."

Cao Yanchun was very calm.

He is a military general who charges into battle, and he has been killed from the bloody storm all these years.

Martial arts cultivation has reached the bottom of the strength, and has already broken through the entrance.

This has developed his arrogant character, and he has never been the kind of person who retreats from battle, but a proud warrior who 'knows that there are tigers in the mountains and prefers to go to the tiger mountains'.

"Ben General is not even afraid of imperial power, but how many ambushes are he afraid of? Let's rush to the past! ”

"But eldest brother, we still have seven or eight female dependents such as sister-in-law, as well as nieces and nephews, what should we do!" Cao Zhijun, who had just come up from behind, interjected:

"Big brother, in the opinion of the foolish brother, we will leave all the family members, maids, servants and bags, etc., let Zewei take ten government soldiers to escort them back to General Zheng's camp, let General Zheng send troops to escort them to Hangu Pass, and then let General Yu send troops to pick them up, and tell the father of the family to send government soldiers to pick them up. General Yang and I rushed over to protect the eldest brother. ”

"No, Uncle Thirteen, it's better for you to stay, I am my father's personal guard, and I have a record in the Ministry of War, and Uncle Yang and I will protect my father and rush over, which is more reliable, and the little nephew's martial arts are much stronger than yours."

Cao Zewei was not happy when he heard this.

He unceremoniously exposed Cao Zhijun's shortcomings.

"You..."

Cao Zhijun was choked by his nephew, his face was red, and his neck was thick.

He is a concubine in Cao's mansion, and his martial arts cannot be passed on to Cao's martial arts, so it can only be said that he belongs to ordinary kung fu.

And he followed his eldest brother to Luoyang this time, and he also wanted to refine himself, so that he could be like Cao Zhiping in the future, and make a name for himself.

"Okay, don't argue between your uncle and nephew, the conflict itself is very dangerous..."Cao Yanchun opened his mouth to stop them.

He glanced at Cao Zhijun and ordered:

"Or the thirteenth brother with ten government soldiers to guard the family and bags behind, when we rush forward, you will take everyone to General Zheng to retreat, their target is me, no one else, so maybe there is a glimmer of life, reduce the innocent dead and wounded!"

After all, it involves the future safety of the entire Cao family, he is the young patriarch, and he can't die easily now, let alone let his wife, son and daughter have an accident.

The eldest son's martial arts are indeed stronger than the thirteenth brother, and the way back to Beijing is not very peaceful.

And Cao Zhijun has traveled through the rivers and lakes, and Cao Zewei is eight years older than him, so it is more appropriate for him to stay.

"Yes..."

Seeing that the eldest brother had given orders, Cao Zhijun couldn't say anything more, so he rode away to arrange for a retreat.

Cao Yanchun was draped all over his body, disguised as an ordinary government soldier, and mixed in the team with a snake spear in his hand.

Adjutant General Yang Kai-shek and eldest son Cao Zewei, as well as seventy-five elite soldiers, continued to move forward.

On the royal road in the mountains, the spring is bright and sunny, and the scenery is so beautiful.

The mountain wind blew, the grass and trees swayed gently, and rolled into the valley, and the cavalry soldiers suddenly felt cold on their necks.

Yang Kai-shek led 20 government soldiers and knights to explore the way ahead, and Cao Yanchun, father and son, led more than 50 elite knights to gather together.

At this moment, a scout came back from ahead, and he was a mile away, waving the order flag to indicate that the front was safe, and then he turned around and continued to run away.

Cao Zewei leaned over and said to Cao Yanchun: "Father, the scouts in front didn't find a problem, are we too careful?" ”

It was the first time he had experienced such a scene, and he was not only nervous, but also unable to judge safety and danger.

"Be careful to sail the ship of ten thousand years, we can't afford a mistake, and General Zheng's reminder is vivid."

Cao Yanchun's face was grim, and he firmly believed that General Zheng Huaiyi's hint was by no means a whim or groundless.

Of course, he also hopes that he is a soldier with all the grass and trees, misjudging the situation, and it is best not to ambush the soldiers.

But once there is an accident, on this kind of canyon and mountain road, it will be nine deaths.

The team continued forward, taking dozens of steps.

Suddenly, from the cliff bushes on the right side of the team, countless sharp arrows were shot, and the black crows made a sharp sound of breaking the sky.

"Whoosh..."

"Shhhh

More than a dozen knights in front and behind couldn't dodge, and were immediately shot in the body or on the horse, and fell off the horse.

"Ahh

"Ouch..."

"Whew..."

The horses neighed, and the screams became chaotic, and the cavalry team in the entire canyon royal road suddenly rioted.

"It's really coming!"

Cao Yanchun's heart tightened, knowing that Zheng Huaiyi was really hinting at the danger, and this trip to the post was really a tiger's den in Longtan.

"Wei'er, Kai-shek, you two rush first, and the rest follow me and rush over!"

As he spoke, he roared, and then rode his horse forward with a serpent spear.

In fact, this is a plan they have set up in advance, to bluff so that the golden cicada can come out of its shell.

"Yes..."

Yang Kai-shek and Cao Zewei continued to rush forward with dozens of government guards to attract ambushes on the cliffs.

For a while, hundreds of iron arrows all shot towards Cao Zewei and them.

"Shhhh

A few stout crossbow iron arrows flew over with a whistling roar.

"Boom, boom..."

Bombed a four-wheeled luxury car that no one was riding in.

The horse was hit by an arrow, and the whole carriage rushed down the valley.

……