When the father and son of the Yang family heard Cao Bin say this, their hearts were all in the same place. Before entering this deserted village, everyone's worst enemy was the elusive skeleton soldiers. The father and son of the Yang family and Cao Bin fought the enemy side by side, and they both had some sympathy for each other, and for a while they forgot that the other party was the commander of the enemy country. Hearing Cao Bin say this at this moment, the hearts of the Yang family's father and son immediately lifted. Although the Han and Song kingdoms were hostile states, Yang Ye had been stationed on the northern border of the Han kingdom to prevent the Khitan from moving south, and he did not fight Cao Bin in the battle array. After encountering Cao Bin on the battlefield of Changping Gu, he found that Cao Bin was not only cautious and serious, but also extremely wise, which was more terrifying than the legend. In the future, if they each lead their troops to fight on the battlefield, when it comes to the kung fu of bows, horses, swords, and swords, Cao Bin is naturally not the opponent of the Yang family's father and son. However, in terms of the arrangement of troops, Cao Bin is really a formidable opponent that the Yang family's father and son have never encountered.

Yang Yansi admired Cao Bin very much at this time, but remembering that he was the commander of the enemy's army, he was slightly disappointed, and couldn't help but say: "When we arrived here, we really wanted to see if you Song people had anything to do with the Han attack. Along the way, my father instructed me to pay attention to the terrain of the mountains and rivers in case of war. However, as the commander of the Song army, you arrived here lightly, so I'm afraid it's just the same plan as us. ”

Everyone heard Yang Yansi tell the plot of the Yang family's father and son with a big grin, and they all laughed at him for being rude, and Situ Qiao secretly thought in his heart, Yang Ye gave birth to such a stupid son, no wonder the folk will say that the Yang family was so miserable by Pan Renmei.

Cao Bin shook his head, with a solemn expression on his face, and said word by word: "What you said is not right. As I said before, Cao's coming here to do business has nothing to do with the attack on the Han Kingdom. If you don't believe, there's nothing I can do. However, the Song and Han dynasties eventually had a war. If the emperor of the Han State conforms to the general trend of the world, submits to the Great Song Dynasty, and is free from the harm of swords, it will be the best result. ”

Li Qiufeng saw that Cao Bin and the Yang family's father and son talked about the dispute between the Song and Han families, for fear that the two sides would have a dirty relationship, so he hurriedly said: "General Cao, the dispute between the Han State and the Song State has nothing to do with our current predicament. The general said that this sword belonged to Zhao Kuo, but the conversation was diverted. We heard that it was the rise, and we asked General Cao to give advice. ”

Cao Bin was said by him, but he was also dumbfounded, and said, "Li Gongzi reminded him." Ah, it's really strange today, and the words are a little upside down, but I laughed at you. Let's pick up where we left off. Zhao Kuo was suddenly promoted to the commander of the Zhao army by King Zhao, and after only a few days, he rushed to Changping to replace Lian Po. And to forge such a sword, it is naturally a very energy-consuming thing. According to my guess, when Zhao Kuo left the capital and rushed to Changping, although the bronze sword had been cast, it was taken to Changping by Zhao Kuo before he had time to carve the inscription. Later, the Zhao army was defeated, and Zhao Kuo took the lead, led the troops to charge, and died under the chaotic arrows of the Qin army......"

When everyone heard Cao Bin say this, their hearts were all in shock, and they couldn't help but look at the skeleton. I saw that the skeleton armor was densely covered with arrows and arrow shafts, and when I wanted to die, I had been shot like a hedgehog.

Cao Bin saw the expressions on everyone's faces and knew that most of these people believed what they said. He nodded, pointed to the skeleton and said, "The skeleton in front of us is Zhao Kuo, the commander of the Zhao army during the Changping War. Thousands of years have passed since the Battle of Changping, but there are many records about this battle in the history books. As Tai Shi Gong said, the Zhao army was trapped, the food was exhausted, and people were cannibalistic. The sharp pawns fought by themselves, and the Qin army shot them. It is recorded in the "Zezhou Mansion Chronicles" that the Qin people feinted defeat, including chasing the soldiers to the Qin wall, which is now the injustice valley of the province. Its valley is surrounded by mountains, only there is a road in front of which can accommodate carriages and horses, shaped like a cloth bag, Zhao soldiers have entered, the battle is unfavorable, build a fortress and hold on. After the food was exhausted, Zhao died and cannibalized himself. Including fighting by himself, he shot and killed him for Qin. ”

When Cao Bin said this, he glanced at everyone, and then said: "There are many other wild histories, which tell the situation when Zhao Kuo was defeated. It's just that none of these history books mention where Zhao Kuo's body went after his death. Since the Shang Dynasty changed the law, the Qin people rewarded cultivation and warfare, and their military achievements were the most prosperous. On the battlefield, the Qin army even did not hesitate to kill each other in order to compete for the enemy's head. Zhao Kuo is the commander of the Zhao army, and if he gets his head, it will be the greatest credit. Moreover, the Qin army will definitely bring Zhao Kuo's remains back to the Qin State to show off his martial arts. But after reading the history books, there has never been a relevant record. It can only prove that although Zhao Kuo died in battle, the Qin army did not find Zhao Kuo's body. Either because there was chaos on the battlefield at that time, Zhao Kuo's remains were missing. Either Zhao Kuo's subordinates desperately snatched out his remains and buried them in a place that no one knew.

"I have read the "Zezhou Mansion Chronicles" many times before, and I can say that I am familiar with the records in it. Before we entered this basin, we had walked through a very narrow stone road, which reminded me of the passage in "The Story of Zezhou Mansion". Its valley is surrounded by mountains, only there is a road in front of which can accommodate carriages and horses, shaped like a cloth bag, Zhao soldiers have entered, the battle is unfavorable, build a fortress and stick to the ......"

When Cao Bin said this, Li Qiufeng's heart sank, thinking back to the previous situation, he couldn't help but say in a trembling voice: "General Cao's meaning is that the place where we are is is not a province of grievances?"

Cao Bin nodded and said, "Not bad." The stone-paved road we walked on was flanked by high slopes, with only a path in the middle. After entering this basin, it is surrounded by mountains and shaped like a cloth bag, which is exactly the same as the record in the "Zezhou Prefecture Chronicle". At that time, the Qin army surrounded the 450,000 Zhao army with 600,000 horses, but it was not easy to annihilate these 450,000 people in one fell swoop. The commander of the Qin army, Bai Qi, deliberately feinted defeat and lured Zhao Kuo to lead his troops in pursuit. The Qin army had already set up an ambush on the mountains around this basin, and after Zhao Kuo led his troops to pursue the Qin army into this basin, the ambush troops were everywhere, and the Zhao army was in a desperate situation. At the beginning, Zhao Kuo built a fortress in the basin to defend it, but the food was quickly exhausted. The Zhao army refused to surrender, and even ate the corpses of the Zhao soldiers who died in battle after the food ran out. Later, Zhao Kuo led the army to break through and died under the indiscriminate arrows of the Qin army. This is Zhao Kuo's last battlefield. That is, the provincial grievance valley recorded in the "Zezhou Prefecture Chronicle". According to the records of the prefecture, in ancient times this valley also had a name, called Killing Valley. ”

Situ Qiao suddenly realized, clapped his hands, and said happily: "Lao Tzu knows! If this is the Killing Valley, Gukou Village is at the exit of the Killing Valley, and we are not far from Gukou Village." If it is really as Lao Cao said, this skeleton is Zhao Kuo, then the place where we are is Killing Valley, and it is not difficult to find Gukou Village. ”

Cao Bin heard him call himself "Old Cao", but he was not angry, just smiled slightly, and said, "This Mr. Situ is right. Although we have different backgrounds and experiences, we all encountered all kinds of strange things after we arrived in Taniguchi Village. If we can return to Taniguchi Village, we may be able to get out of this predicament. ”

When everyone heard that there was hope of escape, their hearts were excited. Cao Bin saw that everyone was gearing up, just waiting to set off to find the location of Gukou Village, and then said: "It's just that although we can judge that the place we are in is the Provincial Grievance Valley, it stands to reason that the valley outside the valley should be Gukou Village." But before we walked into the valley, we only saw a rough stone tablet standing there, with the words 'Lao Beipo' written on it. In addition, it is a wilderness, and there is no shadow of Taniguchi Village. Along the way, listening to everyone's words, I know that Mr. Situ, Mr. Changsun, and Mr. Han are all strangers with unique skills. To tell you the truth, I once saw a diagram with all kinds of strange and bizarre narratives, which I asked a few masters who were proficient in the I Ching to study. At that time, I thought that what they said was bizarre and exaggerated. However, strange things have been going on in the past few days, and I have to believe that we are caught in the mechanism of the Five Elements of Qimen. Now that we have found Zhao Kuo's remains, and we know that this is the Provincial Grievance Valley, if we want to escape from here, it depends on the ability of the three of them. ”

Situ Qiao, Eldest Sun Guangming, and Han Li glanced at each other and nodded at the same time. I only heard Han Li say: "Although everyone meets each other, since they are all trapped by people, they should work together to find a way to live." Han is not talented, and he is willing to drive forward for you, so let's take a look around and see if I can find a way to escape. ”

After he finished speaking, he didn't see how hard he tried, and his body had already floated out of the courtyard and went straight to the left. Li Qiufeng thought to himself, this surnamed Han is not only proficient in mathematics, but also extremely skillful. Situ Qiao and Changsun Guangming's martial arts are only second- and third-rate characters in the rivers and lakes, but in terms of light skills, they are extremely good. It is really sad and lamentable, these Jianghu warlocks, who abandon the righteous path of martial arts and only study the evil sect and the outer way, are empty of talents.

When Li Qiufeng was thinking about it, the eldest grandson Guangming had already taken Su Yan to the right. Situ Qiao said to Li Qiufeng: "Brother Li, since Mr. Changsun and Mr. Han have already set off, the elder brother will ask Brother Li to go to the back mountain together to see if he can find a way out, I wonder if Brother Li is willing to go along?"

Li Qiufeng nodded, and said, "Listen to your orders." ”

After saying goodbye to Cao Bin, Yang Ye and others, the two jumped onto the roof of the thatched hut with light skills and went straight to the back of the house. At this time, the sky was even darker, and there was silence all around. The two of them rushed forward, the terrain became higher and higher, and after running more than 100 zhang, they had begun to climb the hillside. The slopes of this hill are rocky and extremely difficult to walk. Fortunately, the two of them had a very high light skill, and they didn't spend much effort to reach the top of the slope.

The top of the slope is only three feet wide, and further forward is the cliff, no matter how high you work, you can't climb down. A few feet below the cliff, there was a thick fog, and it was difficult to see what was going on below. And looking into the distance, because the surroundings are dark, you can only see more than ten zhang away. As far as the eye can see, the mountains are full of clouds and mist, and it is difficult to see what it looks like in the distance.

Situ Qiao sighed and said, "Sure enough. ”

Li Qiufeng was stunned, he didn't know what he meant by this, and when he was about to ask, he heard Situ Qiao say to him: "The deserted village and wilderness where we are just now is a huge enchantment. We've reached the edge of the barrier now, and it's not easy to go out again!"