For the rest of the time when Situ Shenjian left the northern land, he was basically thinking about one question: when and by what method were the one hundred and ten Leng family guards who were ambushed on the hillside just now?

Was it after Leng Shan gave Ye Huai an order? Obviously not!

Because the five hundred-man team was already there at that time, no matter how elite they were, it was impossible for them to quietly ambush within ten feet of these good men in the army.

Leng Shan's order to Ye Huai must have been transmitted to the ambush team through some method in a short period of time, so as to strengthen their belief that the enemy would be killed.

There is only one explanation for this matter, that is, the Leng family Tiewei used his own experience and keen sense of smell on the battlefield to guess the ambush place of this army early, arranged the battlefield in advance, ambushed there, and made the yellow finch at a critical time! It's just that this "advance", Situ Shenjian can't guess whether it is an hour or a day! This is the elite of the army, but unfortunately there are only 300 people, otherwise how could the people of the north endure the ravages of the Hu people all year round.

By the time Situ Shenjian figured out these joints, everyone had already marched to the edge of the Northern Land, and the escort of the Leng family's iron guards also ended here.

The Leng family iron guard dispatched more than 120 people on this trip, sacrificed 6 people, and seriously injured 11 people, for these battlefield soldiers who survived a hundred battles, such casualties were already quite heavy. In fact, what Situ Shenjian and the others didn't know was that the number of people dispatched by the Leng family iron guards to escort them and his group was definitely more than forty percent on the surface.

"Situ Daxia, we can only escort you here," Leng Shan reined in his war horse and hugged his fists.

"Thank you Commander Leng for sending me all the way!" Situ Chao also thanked him gratefully, this is not a courtesy, the old man is really grateful to these elites in the army, if it weren't for them, the scene just now was really not something that their gang of Jianghu people could break through.

"The old alliance master is polite!" Although he felt sorry for the sacrifice of his brothers, Leng Shan still showed the quality of a professional soldier, "Here are the twenty crossbows that the general ordered to leave for you, as well as forty bags of iron loss, and our general can only help you with these things." ”

With Leng Shan's words, the two iron guards carried a huge wooden box and placed it in front of everyone.

"Please lead the old man of the Turning Era, thank General Leng!"

Situ Chao hugged his fists again to thank him, and Situ Shenjian beside him also hugged his fists and saluted. They naturally know the preciousness of the crossbow, since the beginning of the founding of the Ming Dynasty, Taizu issued an order to prohibit the people from holding the standard bow and crossbow in the army, and the violator will be punished for rebellion!

And the power of the crossbow in the army, everyone has also seen it today. Each person on the road had a repeater in his hand, and the lethality of these twenty people immediately increased by more than one level.

That is to say, Leng Xuan, who in the Ming Dynasty can easily give away twenty standard crossbows! This first person in the Ming military doesn't care about this at all, he does have the qualifications to despise all the constraints in the world.

"This is the general's handwritten letter and token," Leng Shan took out an inconspicuous small cloth bag from his arms, "If there are people from the government on the road, because these utensils are making trouble for you, I believe that my general still has some face." ”

"It's still the old general's thoughtfulness. Situ Shenjian respectfully took the cloth bag in Leng Shan's hand with both hands.

"So, I'll wait for this and turn back to the general. Situ Shaoxia, you are the friend of life and death of the major general, and his safety is in the future, please entrust you!"

Leng Shan sat on his horse and bowed deeply to Situ Shenjian.

"Rest assured, in Xia and Qiuhe, there will definitely be no one who lives alone, this is an agreement more than ten years ago, and it is still valid now!" Situ Shenjian said.

The two only talked about Leng Qiuhe, and neither mentioned the prince. In fact, the three hundred iron guards of the Leng family can no longer be regarded as Ming soldiers, strictly speaking, they are Leng Xuan's private guards.

"That being the case, the road ahead is treacherous, take care all the way!"

After Leng Shan finished speaking, without waiting for everyone to respond, he turned the horse's head and led people away.

Everyone looked at the backs of a few iron guards riding their horses away, and did not spend too much time to sigh, hurriedly allocated the repeater crossbows and arrows, and continued to set off. Situ Chao instructed as he walked that if the arrows ran out, or if it was too late to take the bow and crossbow, everyone should destroy the bow and crossbow as soon as possible, so as to prevent this lethal weapon from falling into the hands of the enemy, and also reduce the trouble that might bring General Leng Xuan in the future.

At present, everyone is already in the hinterland of Taihang Mountain at the junction of Hebei and Shanxi, far away from the unfamiliar north, and can be regarded as entering the Central Plains.

Further back, everyone will become more and more familiar with the terrain, after all, the people accompanying them are basically the leaders of the martial arts in the Northern Central Plains, and they have been crisscrossing the rivers and lakes for many years, and they are very familiar with these places. But in the same way, they immediately faced the Jianghu forces in the Central Plains, and in comparison, no one could occupy an advantage in terms of geographical advantages.

When I said goodbye to Leng Shan and the others, it was already the time when the sun was setting in the west. In less than an hour, everyone had already discovered several groups of probe horses, the distance was very far, and some were even on the mountains more than ten miles apart, and it was impossible to hide their whereabouts.

There was no way back, so everyone had to hold on to the crossbow and move on.

Situ Chao abruptly gave up his previous plan to take the wide avenue, and instead took the mountain path, and in some places even horse-drawn carriages could pass through.

Eventually, the carriage got stuck on rocks on both sides of the road and could not move on.

At this time, Situ Chao gave his son a look, and Situ Shenjian walked to the carriage, knocked lightly on the door, came close and whispered a few words, and then pressed his ear to the door, as if waiting for a response from inside.

After a moment's effort, only to hear a slight cough from inside the carriage, Situ Shenjian lifted the thick curtain outside the carriage door and opened the door again.

The crowd saw two people getting out of the carriage, both dressed in gray and masked. One of them was tall and strutting, while the other was slightly rickety, coughing lightly from time to time, and the cough was very young, but it seemed to be seriously ill or injured. The latter was holding the tall man in front of him from time to time, and the two nodded slightly to everyone, which was regarded as a greeting, and was immediately protected by General Situ in the middle.

Because the mountain road was getting steeper and narrower, the people had to abandon the carriage and the horses on foot. Situ Chao's father and son watched coldly, and the crossbow in their hands had already been wound, for fear that there would be a riot among these dozen people. But fortunately, after many battles, the remaining dozen or so people are undoubtedly determined people, and after seeing the two mysterious people, they have no other actions except to continue to hurry according to the original assignment.

At another intersection, a mountain road is divided into three, each going in different directions.

Situ Shenjian held a long sword in front of him, observed left and right, and made a move with his left hand, "Go this way", and said that he raised his foot and kicked out a stone on the side of the road, hitting a tree a few feet in front of him, startling a few birds, and then he walked forward.

The beggar not far away helped Mu Cheng see it exactly, and the corners of his mouth gradually showed a smile. I thought that this son of the Situ family was well-informed and knew how to walk in such a remote place, who would have thought that it was Zhou Lingfeng's kid who had made a mark in advance!

What Lao Chengjing said was Mu Cheng, he had been observing Situ Shenjian for a long time, and this kid's "throwing stones to ask for directions" was used too often, almost every fork in the road had to kick stones to explore the way, although he was surprised before, Mu Cheng didn't suspect anything, but secretly praised this kid for being cautious. But this time, the old man finally saw clearly, what kind of "throwing stones to ask for directions" is obviously "destroying corpses and destroying traces"!

What Situ Shenjian kicked up was not an ordinary mountain gravel, but a walnut-sized, eight-sided and four-cornered stone, which was the famous secret weapon "Linglong Stone" of the "Tengbei Flying Phoenix" Zhou Lingfeng! Situ Shenjian just led everyone forward according to the mark made by the "Linglong Stone", and as for kicking the stone, it was just to eliminate the traces.

Look up at the two mysterious people who followed Situ Chao in front of him, and then look back at the foot of the mountain where you can vaguely see the figure shaking. Mu Cheng knew that they hadn't gotten rid of those people, but for some reason he didn't have too much to worry about in his heart. After all, Zhou Lingfeng is here, although he is used to being a hanger on weekdays, but there is one thing to say, his ability is still good. The most important thing is that Zhou Lingfeng is here, and he has wine to drink! Thinking of Zhou Lingfeng's unique taste in this regard, Mu Cheng couldn't help but lick his lips and secretly swallowed the saliva that was about to flow out.

Finally, Situ Chao breathed a long sigh of relief, pointed to the cave in front of him and said, "It's getting late, let's get together there tonight!"

It is true that the sky has already darkened, and it is undoubtedly dangerous to continue walking in the dark on the mountain road. At this time, he did not dare to light the torch, in that case, he could only expose himself.

This cave is a good campsite, located halfway up the mountain, and the entrance of the cave has a wide view, so you are not afraid of someone sneaking up on it.

Mu Cheng followed everyone to the cave and took a look, and immediately grinned happily. Without him, there were already some clear water, dry food, and most importantly, a few jars of water and wine on the ground! No need to ask, this must be Zhou Lingfeng's handiwork, but the cave is open and deep into the belly of the mountain, but there is no shadow of Zhou Lingfeng, in fact, there is no one in this before they come in.

"Everybody come with me!"

Situ Shenjian said, and kept walking towards the depths of the cave, "You can make a fire here, and the light of the fire can't reach outside." You can take the dry food and wine in the cave at will, I will wait here to rest my feet, and take care of my spirits to hurry tomorrow!"

Everyone lit a few fires in the cave, and at the same time praised Situ Shenjian for finding a good place, and for making sufficient preparations in advance, even a lot of firewood was prepared in it, and the adventure of the province went out to find it.

Situ Si will guard the night at the entrance of the cave, Situ Chao, Situ Shenjian and Mu Cheng accompany the two mysterious people in the innermost, and in the middle are the heroes of all walks of life who are full of food and drink and lie on the ground resting on the fire with their feet full.

Although Mu Cheng sat on the ground with his back against the stone wall of the cave and squinted, he did not fall asleep, his eyes always opened from time to time, aiming deeper into the cave, he always felt that Situ Chao's father and son had other plans to spend the night here. Reflecting the firelight, he saw Situ Chao sitting opposite him smiling slightly, then relaxed his mind and closed his eyes again.

In the end, it was because he was getting older, and after drinking a lot of wine, it didn't take long for Mu Cheng to gradually fall asleep.

"Elder Mu, Elder Mu. ”

I don't know how long it took, Mu Cheng was gently awakened, and when he opened his eyes, the person in front of him was Situ Shenjian.

"Elder Mu, it's time for us to go. Seeing him wake up, Situ Shenjian clenched his fists and said.

Mu Cheng looked around, several bonfires were still burning, but everyone was ready, and the fourth general Situ at the entrance of the cave had also returned. Just as he stood up and was about to walk towards the entrance of the cave, Situ Shenchao and his son walked towards the depths of the cave with two mysterious people.