As soon as he entered the Hangu Ancient Road, Zhao Kai was still lamenting where Lao Tzu had gone after leaving Hanguguan in the past, but Bai Sheng had already reined in the reins, and at the same time shouted Sun Erniang, who had opened the road in front.

Sun Erniang strictly implemented Bai Sheng's orders, even when the horse was marching, she also kept a distance of five zhang away from Bai Sheng, and simply became the pioneer among the seven.

Bai Sheng stopped because he saw the dust and sun in the ancient road ahead, although he couldn't see the figure under the dust and mist, Bai Sheng still had excellent hearing, and he could hear at least a thousand marching footsteps.

Infantry, a lot of infantry!

Then he heard a faint shout of encouragement from the front: "Brothers, work hard, that batch of goods will not be able to go fast with heavy loads, we will definitely be able to catch up with them before Tongguan!

Just hearing the word King Jin, you can be sure that this is Tian Hu's troops. Looking at the deep ruts on the road, it was already clear that this group was chasing Ling Zhen's artillery unit, probably mistaking the camouflaged artillery truck for a gold and silver truck.

It's just that he couldn't figure out how this Tian Hu army, which had no number to see, entered the Hangu Ancient Road.

The ancient road is the valley road. According to the map provided by Di Li, the Hangu Ancient Road is a long and narrow valley road that is more than 30 miles long, and the road is lined with steep mountain walls or slopes.

This valley road starts from Hangu Pass in the east, and connects Tongguan in the west, it stands to reason that there are only two ways to enter this valley road, either enter from the east gate of Hangu Pass, or go out from the east of Tongguan, so how did this army of soldiers and horses come in?

Their seven horses came in from Hangu Pass, although the time passed through and moved to Hangu Pass has long ceased to be of strategic significance in the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Qin and Han Dynasties, but after all, this pass is the jurisdiction of the Great Song Dynasty, how can Tian Hu's soldiers and horses enter?

It would be wrong to say that Hangu Pass had been captured by Tian Hu, because there was no sign of fighting up and down Hangu Pass.

Moreover, when Tian Hu's soldiers and horses came here, they were bound to cross the Yellow River first and come to Henan, how did they do it?

It can't be flying in, right?

Then it can only be thought that there is a secret passage from the mountains to the valley road.

Thinking of this, he regretted it a little, maybe it would have been better for Ling Zhen and them to bypass Hangu Pass and go west? But then he really wouldn't be able to do it quickly.

Although this Hangu Ancient Road has not been the only way to connect the east and west since Liu Bang, Xiang Yu, Chu and Han were fighting for hegemony, it is the best and safest route for Ling Zhen's artillery carriages and for the baggage troops who provide supplies for the border passes.

What he needed to consider now was whether to give Tian Hu's army a flank attack in the back.

The problem is whether Ling Zhen knows that there is someone chasing behind them, and if they don't know, then it can't constitute a flanking attack.

And on the premise that Ling Zhen didn't know that there were enemy troops behind them, the seven of them rushed to kill, if the number of enemy troops was only a thousand, it would be fine, but what if there were more than one or two thousand?

Once there is a warlock like Qiao Daoqing to help the army in the battle, won't it even be a problem to escape for his life?

After hesitating for a long time, he decided to follow behind for the time being, neither close nor too far away, just waiting for the soldiers and horses in front to catch up with the artillery team, and then wait for the opportunity to move after the battle.

Zhao Kai and the others couldn't hear the shouts in front, and they didn't know why Bai Sheng stopped moving, and Zhao Kai asked innocently: "Which state capital's Xiang army is rushing to Tongguan in front?"

Bai Sheng said angrily: "It's Tian Hu's troops." ”

"Huh?" Zhao Kai was taken aback, "How could Tian Hu's soldiers and horses appear here?"

Seeing that Bai Sheng didn't answer, he asked strangely: "How do you know that Tian Hu's soldiers and horses are in front of you?"

Bai Sheng didn't answer again. But it means that I just know, don't ask more questions that shouldn't be asked, okay?

This attitude is normal in the eyes of the five people other than Zhao Kai, especially Zhang Qing and his wife firmly believe that there is nothing in this world that Bai Sheng does not know.

"Let's go, let's keep this distance and follow behind, and from now on everything will be at my command, and you will not speak. ”

Everyone stopped talking, urging the mount to move forward slowly, only Zhao Kai was a little unhappy in his heart, a mile away, what are you afraid of?

As soon as he thought of this, he heard someone on the side of the road shouting, "What are you doing?

The seven people followed the sound and saw more than a dozen men coming out of the forest on the hillside on the side of the road, all wearing peasant cloth clothes, but they all held weapons such as Pu knives and spears in their hands, surrounding Bai Sheng and the others in the middle.

Bai Sheng was not in a hurry, arched his hand and said: "A few brothers are invited, I am a friend of General Xuan, and I have been entrusted by General Xuanhui to report a major event to the King of Jin." ”

"You are talking nonsense!" the first person did not believe Bai Sheng's lies at all, "General Yu has not heard from him for almost half a year, how can he entrust you to summon him? Besides, since you want to summon him, why don't you go to Weisheng Mansion (now Qin County, Shanxi), where the King of Jin is located, and come to this Hanguguan instead?"

Bai Sheng was indeed lying temporarily, of course he knew that there was such a problem, but the matter was urgent, and if he hesitated, it would make people more suspicious, so he thought about how to come back while telling the first lie.

said: "This brother, what you say is very reasonable, but you have to listen to what I have to say......"

The man said impatiently: "Say it quickly, say it quickly, but there is a word that is not true, don't blame me for not recognizing the knife in my hand!"

Bai Sheng turned his face blank and said angrily: "You are really unreasonable! Do you know that the 400,000 forbidden army of the Great Song Dynasty has been assembled in Weizhou, and tonight it will cross the Yellow River and go straight to the Huguan?"

Huguan is the pass across the river from Weizhou under the jurisdiction of Tian Hu, and the strategic significance is extraordinary, once lost, it is equivalent to losing the Yellow River, and the battle situation immediately fell into passivity.

These are all things that Di Lie said to Bai Sheng by the way when Bai Sheng and Di Lie discussed the plan to conquer the west, and it is precisely because of this that Di Lie reminded Bai Sheng that he could not go to Huanyan Erzhou from Jindi, Hebei.

That person was the small leader of Tian Hu's subordinates, and of course he also knew the importance of Huguan to their armed forces, so his face suddenly changed greatly, and he didn't care about Bai Sheng's reprimand for him, and asked in surprise: "Is this true?"

Bai Sheng said: "It's true! I was about to cross the river to report the news, but I heard a boatman on the Shaanzhou River say that you had crossed the river and come to Henan, so I rushed over nearby. ”

The man had already believed most of the people by now, and thought to himself that if the seven of them were deceitful, wouldn't they come to death in vain? ”

Bai Sheng was secretly taken aback when he heard this, and said in his heart that it was dangerous, and the enemy army really had warlocks, but the matter had come to this, so he had to go deep into the tiger's den to try to capture the thief and capture the king.