In front of a large bonfire in the middle, Guan Shuo sat in the middle of the position, surrounded by Gao Zhang and the elders of the clans, Qin Wen and Ao Yu were also called to sit next to him, seeing that everyone had gathered, Guan Shuo spoke: "Just now you all told me about the current situation of the various clans, and I am going to discuss with you here about our future affairs." ”

All the elders were silent, listening carefully to Guan Shuo's next words, Guan Shuo took out a noteworthy note from Gao Zhang's hand and said: "We have more than 4,000 monks from Dingwu Pass this time, as well as more than 1,000 old and young women, children and ordinary people, there are more than 200 monks above the Xuanshi stage, and the pills and food are basically enough for a month. ”

Speaking of this, he paused and said: "In addition, I will report this matter to the capital, our Qin family's son Qin Wen is now the enshrinement in the Duanwang Mansion, and he will also repair the book to the palace at the same time, and the capital will give us some resettlement plans at that time, but it will take more than a month, and the problem we are facing now is that we have to find a stable place to live this month, I don't know what you think?"

As soon as Guan Shuo's words fell, all the elders began to discuss, according to the current situation, the Hu clan is no longer the biggest threat, the tribes that attacked Dingwu Pass have lost more than Guan Shuo, and now Dingwu Pass is already a ruin, so naturally there is no value to fight for.

The most important thing is the Guan Fu side of Luming City, whether it is to assassinate Guan Shuo, or to drive the Hu tribe to attack Dingwu Pass, the controller behind it is Guan Fu, if Guan Fu learns that Dingwu Pass has been destroyed, he will definitely look for Guan Shuo as soon as possible, because now is the weakest time for Guan Shuo, and a regular Qi army equipped with 10,000 people can completely wipe them out near Dingwu Pass.

Then the result of the discussion came out, most of the elders thought of moving to the south, preparing to repair here tonight, and then set off to the south early tomorrow morning, as long as they could reach the city five hundred miles away, it should be safe, the Hu tribe would not go deep into the Qi realm, and Guan Fu would not dare to enter other cities to besiege them with great fanfare.

However, after listening to this suggestion, Qin Wen's groaned, although what the elders said had a certain amount of truth, but it was not a foolproof strategy, when he saw that Guan Shuo was about to make a decision, Qin Wen said with some hesitation: "Guan City Lord, I have a different suggestion, I don't know whether to talk about it or not." ”

Guan Shuo nodded and said, "Qin Wen, you said, now is the time for everyone to discuss, and any suggestions can be said." ”

Qin Wen spoke: "I think it's a little inappropriate to go south, first of all, I estimate that now Guan Fu has already received the information from Dingwu Pass, then his first reaction should be to send troops to find us, maybe Luming City has already sent troops, and they have many spies scattered around here, once we march south tomorrow, it is estimated that it will not be a hundred miles before he will be caught up by the vanguard of his army." ”

After listening to Qin Wen's words, the elders sitting in front of the bonfire couldn't help but look at each other, they all knew that this was indeed the case in Dingwu Pass now, but if they didn't go south, where could they go?

Gao Zhang opened his mouth at this time: "Qin Wen, if it is what you want, where is it appropriate for us to go during this time?"

Qin Wen pointed to the north and said, "Let's go north, and we will set off before dawn, let's send out all the monks above the upper level of the Xuanshi to ensure that all the spies sent by Luming City are cleared within twenty miles, and then we will keep going north, find a place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and then settle down." ”

Guan Shuo hesitated for a moment and said: "Qin Wen's idea is good, from Dingwu Pass to the south are plains and hilly areas, which is not conducive to our concealment, and there are thousands of people who travel relatively slowly, and it is very easy to be intercepted by the army of Luming City, and from here to the north, deep into the deep mountains of the Hu tribes before, we only have a few thousand people in total, and we don't need too much space, even if Guan Fu wants to lead the troops to besiege, the terrain over there is not conducive to the battle of the large army." ”

After listening to Guan Shuo's analysis, all the elders nodded, and then Guan Shuo took out the map he had brought with him and spread it out in the light of the fire, at this time the elders next to him all got up and gathered around him, ready to discuss a path from Dingwu Pass to the north.

Guan Shuo first calculated the time, and then pointed to a red dot on the map and said: "This is where we are now, walk about a hundred miles to the north to the edge of the Hu tribe's mountainous area, there were two small tribes here before, one has been wiped out when Guan ambush drove the tribe, and the other participated in yesterday's siege battle, and it is estimated that no one is left." ”

The elder who had long been familiar with this area listened to Guan Shuo's analysis, and nodded, Gao Zhang thought for a while and said: "About a hundred miles, if we set off in the middle of the night, we should be able to reach here in the early morning of the day after tomorrow, and we can still avoid the army in charge of ambush in terms of time." ”

Guan Shuo continued to trace the road on the map with his finger and said: "Further north, there is a canyon of five hundred miles, and it is difficult for the troops composed of low-level monks to maintain a formation, but this place is still a little close to Luming City, and safety cannot be guaranteed. ”

One of the elders said with some hesitation: "Isn't there a big tribe of the Hu clan in Crescent Ridge? Some time ago, there was a caravan from us to Crescent Ridge that was ambushed over there, and two monks ran out, also with injuries, we only have a few thousand people now, and it is not easy to pass through there." ”

Guan Shuo shook his head and said: "What I think is that we don't go to Crescent Ridge, just go east from this direction of Crescent Ridge, that place is relatively barren and the terrain is complicated, no one from the ordinary tribe goes to this place, it is more appropriate for us to settle there, first, it is impossible for the army to cross the Crescent Moon Ridge and enter there directly, and secondly, we just go there to live temporarily, whether we can herd horses and grow grain is not too important." ”

After listening to Guan Shuo's decision, everyone at the campfire agreed, and then Guan Shuo began to order: "Since everyone agrees with this decision, then let's set off now, according to what Qin Wen said just now, all the monks above the upper level of the Xuanshi will meet here, and then leave about five to protect the team and set off together, and the rest will search all the spies within twenty miles in their respective divisions, and be sure not to leave a single fish that slips through the net." ”

After his order was conveyed, after half a pillar of incense, there were about sixty Xuanshi upper-level monks and nearly twenty Xuanshi monks standing in front of Guan Shuo, and the rest of the soldiers and the remaining residents of Dingwu Pass also lined up in a square line, Guan Shuo asked Gao Zhang to lead the four high-level monks to lead the team to go first, and then he personally led more than seventy high-ranking monks to search in batches and sent spies to the Guanfu Office.

Qin Wen followed Ao Yu to search in the direction of the ruins of Dingwu Pass, originally thinking that his cultivation was going to follow the team, but Qin Wen was a little curious about the spiritual objects that the giant palm and high-level monks were fighting for, so he voluntarily applied to Guan Shuo to join the search team, and Guan Shuo also told him a few words, and then agreed to his application.

The night shrouded the vast earth, followed by Qin Wen and Ao Yu, as well as the two elders of the Qin family, the cooperation of these four people did not fall behind even if they encountered two scout teams, Ao Yu has been using his divine sense to probe the movement nearby, and the four of them searched for about half a pillar of incense, and then came to the location of Dingwu Pass.

What appeared in front of the four of them was a ruin, and now it can be seen that this was once a city only the collapsed southern city wall, after flying into the city, Qin Wen saw that the location of the city lord's mansion had almost become an empty space, and all the buildings were turned into powder under the impact of strong aura.

Since Qin Wen had been near Guan Shuo just now, he asked the second elder next to him in a low voice, "Elder, have Qin Lu and Qin Hu come out?"

The second elder nodded and said: "The clansmen in the mansion have all withdrawn, this time the losses of our clan are all the children assigned to defend in various cities, Qin Lu and Ah Xiao also asked about you just now, and after knowing that you are okay, they can rest assured to follow the team." ”

Qin Wen also calmed down at this time, the Dingwu Pass in front of him had become an open space, and the four of them continued to fly and search northward, and then Qin Wen saw a large pit with a radius of almost 100 zhang, and the deepest part was also dozens of zhang away, and the second elder couldn't help but say: "This is the power of that spirit rune? It's too powerful." ”

Qin Wen looked at the big pit silently, according to his memory, this should be the place where the giant palm xiangxia dug the spiritual object, and now the traces left by the giant palm have also been eliminated, leaving only such a big hole, and I don't know who won the victory between the spirit rune of the zuihou monk and the giant palm.

However, Qin Wen still wanted to check whether there were any clues about any spiritual objects in the big pit left behind, and just when he was about to discuss with the elders to go down to the pit to take a look, suddenly Ao Yu beside him moved, and whispered to Qin Wen: "I feel that there are people under this big pit, what should we do now?"

Qin Wen and the second elder exchanged glances, and the second elder muttered for a while: "Now that the people of our Dingwuguan have followed to the northern mountains, now only our team is searching for the north, and the monks below may be the monks sent by Guan Fu to investigate." ”

Qin Wen opened his mouth at this time and asked Ao Yu, "How many people are there?"

Ao Yu frowned slightly and said, "It should be five or six people, and now the aura in the big pit has not returned to normal, and my divine sense is also a little vague." ”