The next day, the Qiling Pass area was filled with dense fog, and the cold air plummeted, just as Lao Jiu said last night, the fog that had not been encountered for several years poured in. On a foggy day of more than seven days, it was unfortunate that it was early or late, but it caught up with Chang Yuchun and led 100,000 troops to Qiling Pass......

In the camp of the vanguard army, in Zhao Zichuan's camp tent, Zhao Zichuan was ready to go to today's appointment and go to Qiling Mountain with Tang Zhan Lu Jing......

"Now it's foggy outside, and you can't see anyone in a radius of miles, is it really okay for you to accompany Sister Jing and them to Qiling Mountain like this......" In the tent, Zhao Zichuan was packing up and preparing to go out, and Li Yuru, who was pregnant, greeted her husband before leaving.

Zhao Zichuan smiled and comforted Li Yuru: "Don't worry, I just went to Qiling Mountain to observe the military situation, and I won't go head-to-head with the Mengyuan enemy army...... What's more, on such a foggy day, Yan Jitai Bazado did not dare to rush out troops, plus the 100,000 military horses of General Chang Yuchun, we would be fine-"

"Every time you say that, which time you come back is not injured...... Li Yuru heard this, complaining and worried.

"It's inevitable to get a little injured when you're out on the road, not once or twice......," Zhao Zichuan said indifferently.

However, Li Yuru didn't think so, seeing that Zhao Zichuan was so "inappropriate", Li Yuru was still relieved.

Zhao Zichuan also saw it, turned his head to look at Li Yuru's worried eyes, thought about it or stroked Li Yuru and said: "Okay, I promise you, I will never be hurt when I go out and come back this time-this is all right, right?"

"You must come back safely, and our children hope you are safe and sound......" Li Yuru touched her stomach again and said kindly.

"Of course. His father is a big hero, he won't die so easily-" Zhao Zichuan responded with a smile.

"Usually nothing. The poor mouth is not forgotten at all,......" Li Yuru said with a blushing face and bowing his head when he heard this.

Zhao Zichuan turned around and slowly opened the tent door. Looking at the dense fog outside the tent, I couldn't even see the gate of the barracks, and the visibility was extremely low.

"This fog is really not small, it seems that even if General Chang leads the army into Qiling Pass, he will not dare to march rashly......" Zhao Zichuan looked at the fog in the distance and muttered.

"Yes, the fog is too big, and it's the first time I've seen ...... in my life," Li Yuru also responded.

Beside Zhao Zichuan, Li Yuru was bolted to the side of the jujube red horse that he hadn't ridden for a long time, and he shivered from time to time. There was hope and depth in his eyes.

When Zhao Zichuan saw it, he subconsciously stroked the fur of the jujube red horse, as if he was concerned about it and seemed to have hope for it.

"Zhao Zichuan, what do you want to do?" Li Yuru asked in a different tone when she saw Zhao Zichuan's action.

Zhao Zichuan saw Li Yuru's big reaction, and said with a smile: "What are you worried about, I won't ride it out...... I know that Yuru's temper has not changed, just let me die. And let me move your horse—"

"How dare you—" Li Yuru said playfully.

"Yes, you said before, unless you die, I don't want to touch a single hair of this horse......" Zhao Zichuan said with a smile. "Now that I think about it, it turns out that Yuru is quite interesting for you—"

"You mean I'm bored now?" Li Yuru pouted again.

"Now...... It's more interesting!haha-" Zhao Zichuan suddenly laughed.

"You-" Li Yuru didn't change her hot personality in the past, if she didn't take care of the child in her belly. She slapped Zhao Zichuan in the face earlier.

"Haha, you're not sad now, are you? albeit in the barracks. But it's better to be happy when it's time to be happy......," Zhao Zichuan continued, it turned out that Zhao Zichuan was amusing Li Yuru with what he said just now. Don't worry too much about yourself.

When Li Yuru heard this, she restrained her expression slightly, and said slowly: "Okay, it's okay for me to stay here, in short, you have to take care of yourself-"

"Of course-" Zhao Zichuan threw his usual confident smile at Li Yuru, "If you think it's cumbersome, it's okay to talk to Brother Xiao and Miss Su, I'll accompany Sister Jing and Brother Tang Zhan to go out for a few days and come back, wait for me-"

"You must ......" Li Yuru was still worried and reluctant, "You must be very careful-" Li Yuru still can't rest assured, she used to be the "Yangzhou Furong Woman", she never gave in to the enemy and was afraid;

"Don't worry, wait for me to come back!" Zhao Zichuan just nodded and said simply......

The door of Lu Jing's tent......

"Zhao Zichuan, that big fool, why can't he come over, just like when he was in Bianliang, this guy always likes to procrastinate......" At the door, Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and others have been waiting for a long time, and the people accompanying them are Lao Jiu and more than a dozen brothers who used to be "Tang Yinghui", and now Zhao Zichuan is missing, Lu Jing said impatiently in place.

"Wait, there must be my sister-in-law who has too much to explain. Tang Zhan answered on the side.

When Lu Jing saw it, she shook her head and sighed: "Hey, when this guy was in Bianliang, he always said 'I'm not interested in women', and he pretended to be a hanger...... Now that he marries a wife and starts a family, he hangs his wife every day. It's a good thing that he can take care of the inside and outside of the war, and if he lives in Bianliang, maybe this big fool will become a 'deep boudoir' who doesn't go out all day——"

It had been a long time since I had seen Lu Jing's humorous side in the barracks, and this time Lu Jing inadvertently teased Zhao Zichuan again, and Tang Zhan couldn't help but smile secretly......

"It's coming, it's coming-" Zhao Zichuan only hurried over at this time, the outfit on his body was quite simple, except for the battle armor and the Qiankun two swords, he also carried a few days' worth of dry food.

"Is it Yuru's sister-in-law pestering you again?" Tang Zhan didn't forget to say a joke before leaving.

"Yes, now that Yuru is pregnant, she can't do it if she doesn't-" Zhao Zichuan also said helplessly.

Lu Jing didn't continue to joke, she looked at Zhao Zichuan running from a distance just now, but she and the others didn't notice it much, so she felt that this dense fog was not ordinarily small: "It seems that the visual field of this foggy sky has a lot of impact, Zhao Zichuan, you ran over just now, and we didn't notice it." ”

"I also think I almost ran in the wrong direction...... Zhao Zichuan also said. "General Chang is now leading the army into Qiling Pass, and he will definitely not dare to continue to move forward. It should be encamped at the position of the former General Rongwu. ”

"Then now is the opportunity, General Chang Yuchun is cautious in his use of troops. We will not continue to move forward, we will take advantage of the fog to go up to Qiling Mountain to see what is going on, so as to observe the military situation-" Lu Jing said solemnly.

Therefore, everyone did not stop for a moment, and went straight to the direction of Qiling Mountain......

Qiling Pass ......

After a night of migration, Chang Yuchun's 100,000 troops successfully passed the Qiling Pass and came to the defeated position before Rongwu, where they set up camp.

In front of the position is the cage lake, and it is also the place where the naval army was defeated before Rongwu. The area of this position is really not small. Not to mention the 100,000 troops that can accommodate the spring camp, even if there is an enemy army coming to raid at this time, there is enough empty space to set up a cavalry battle. And now the fog is full of sky, and the steaming cage lake is particularly obvious, and there is no trace of it at all......

In the camp tent, Chang Yuchun was discussing the marching countermeasures with a group of subordinate generals, because the sudden fog today was also unexpected by himself and others. And among these people. There is Zhang Xingling, who fought here with Rongwu ten days ago. Zhang Xingling was a capable general under Chang Yuchun, the deputy envoy of the left guard, and Rongwu only went out with him in the first battle; although Rongwu led the troops to make mistakes and returned defeated, Zhang Xingling still fought bravely and intercepted countless enemy troops of Mengyuan. Therefore, like Zhao Zijin, who also had a meritorious interception, he was not demoted, and he returned to the Chang Yuchun tent. Continue to fight the ......

Chang Yuchun seems to have encountered a problem, and he has always used his troops quickly. Unexpectedly, today it was a fog that has rarely been seen in several years. People in the army who understand astronomy and geography have also said that this fog will last for seven days, to say the least. Chang Yuchun is cautious in using troops, so after entering the camp at Qiling Pass, he did not dare to lead the army forward easily.

Before the defeat of the Rongwu Naval Army, Chang Yuchun also learned a lesson, no longer put the focus of the army on the waterway, and even directly abandoned the Naval Army. For the sake of insurance, Chang Yuchun would rather sacrifice the speed of the march, and should take the mountain road on both sides that can deal with emergencies at any time, although it is an extra day, but it will definitely not repeat the fiasco ten days ago.

Today, however, it was foggy, obscuring the vast view in front of the cage lake, not to mention, and even the mountain road could not see the landing. For the sake of safety, Chang Yuchun has sent a large number of scouts to reconnoiter the terrain, and only one or two have returned, and all the results given are not good - the conclusion is that it is impossible to send troops to march today......

Chang Yuchun kept staring at the map on the table, his eyes wrinkled from time to time, and he seemed to be anxious about the "tricks" of the time. If you insist on sending troops, it is very likely that you will be ambushed by the Mengyuan army in the fog, and once the 100,000 army is out of order, the army's morale will be in chaos, and it will be difficult to recover the water; however, if the troops do not move for seven days, not to mention that the enemy army will secretly probe their own details, the army that Xuzhou may reinforce will also arrive at the city, and the fighters will be delayed at that time......

"General, why don't you send someone to the Mengyuan position of the cage lake countermeasures to find out, and see how many defenders there are?"

On Chang Yuchun's side, he categorically refused: "No, it's too dangerous to go deep into the enemy camp to find out, and the number of the opponent's army is unknown, Yan Jitai is cunning, even if he sees the number of defenders in the camp at Cage Lake, maybe it's just a bait and a disguise." In the area of Qiling Pass, where the fog covers the sky and the mountain road is rugged, who knows what kind of ambush and formation the Mengyuan army will have, don't forget, they are more familiar with the grass and trees here than we do, since we are coming, we will encounter accidents if we take the initiative to attack, and we must not act rashly——"

Chang Yuchun is really cautious and experienced, and he will break his plan in one sentence. But Zhang Xingling will definitely not sit still, he knows that Yan Ji Tai Baza must have guessed the movement of his army, and this is how he went out with Rong Wu before, no matter how he calculated, he finally fell into Yan Ji Tai's "cage plan", so in Zhang Xingling's view, the first strike fighter is likely to win.

But Chang Yuchun's order is here, and Zhang Xingling can't rashly disobey. After thinking about it, Zhang Xingling urged on the side: "General, the fog covers the sky, since the Mengyuan army has guessed, they must have also guessed that we will guard here and stand still." If this is the case, they will definitely make a move first, if they miss the fighter plane, they will really wait here for seven days for the fog to dissipate, and they will definitely miss the good opportunity to capture Xuzhou, general, please think twice!" Zhang Xingling's request was quite urgent.

Although Chang Yuchun is the deputy general of the General Army, he is not an unreasonable person, he knows that Zhang Xingling and Yan Jitai are fighting by the state, it must be the trend of experience, and he must not believe it. As a result, Chang Yuchun turned into zero, and restarted the road of logical march.

"The cage lake covers the sky and the sun, and the situation is out of sight, and it is quite difficult for the army to set up the formation, and the traces of the previous Rongwu defeat have disturbed the army's heart, so the waterway directly gives up the ......" Chang Yuchun said while analyzing, "The roads on both sides of the mountain road are rugged and dark, and it is not ruled out that there is only one possibility of the Mengyuan enemy army in a deep ambush, and there are only two ways to get through it from now on - the first is to send a small number of troops to explore, trying to lure the local trap to be exposed; the second is to travel the whole army, once there is a surprise attack, the number of troops will be overwhelming, but the risk of doing so is not small...... What I'm worried about now is what if both of these situations are anticipated and come up with a 'solution for both worlds'......"

"That's why the last general pleaded with the general, and the last general is willing to lead a hundred elite soldiers to find out, and after arriving at the shore of the cage lake in the opposing camp, return to report, as for whether to send troops, it will be up to the general to decide-" Zhang Xingling still did not give up.

"It seems that this is the only way......" This time Chang Yuchun finally relented and agreed, after all, if it was only accompanied by a hundred elite soldiers, the risk was not great, "But today's fog is the most disturbing to the army, no matter what the result of exploring the enemy is, you must not rush to move forward today!"

"The last general understands that after exploring the enemy, the last general will definitely return!" Zhang Xingling received the request, and immediately withdrew his entire line of 100 elite troops......

At this time, at the Qiling Pass, Tang Zhan, Lu Jing and others, who had been hiking for more than two hours, finally arrived at the foot of Qiling Mountain......

Like accompanying Murong Ying ten days ago, Lu Jing led everyone to climb to the top of the mountain along the original road pass. However, this time I was really unlucky, I encountered a fog that covered the sky and the sun, and although I easily climbed to the top of the mountain, I couldn't see the scenery below the mountain. Even on the side of the camp of the Chang Yuchun troops, they could only see the faint light of fire in the dense fog......

"Hey, I can't see anything in this ghost weather today-" Lu Jing was a little anxious in her heart, and she casually complained about the weather.

"Jing'er, don't worry, the fire in General Chang's barracks below has not changed, it should be the same as what I said before, General Chang set up camp here and didn't act rashly......," Tang Zhan replied on the side.

"But is this really good?" Zhao Zichuan suddenly said on the side at this time, "Although this is a lot of insurance, at least it will not repeat the mistakes of General Rongwu, but it will also delay the fighter accordingly...... Don't forget, the marshal's military order to General Chang this time is different, Rong Wu only went forward to detect the enemy's situation that time, and this time General Chang Yuchun was ordered to lead an army of 100,000 to take Xuzhou-"

"Zhao Zichuan is right, this is a double-edged sword-" Lu Jing followed, "If you want to blame, you have to blame this sudden ghost weather, which obscured the vision ahead, and you can't see the scene on the cage lake at all...... Fortunately, General Chang Yuchun did not send the navy forward this time, otherwise it is very likely to repeat the scene of Rongwu's defeated army......"

"Strategist, what should we do now?" Lao Jiu finally spoke on the side at this time.

Lu Jing looked back at the brothers of the "Tang Ying Society" who came with him, thought quietly, and then said, "Since the fog obscures our vision, we have to rely on ourselves...... Lao Jiu, in a moment, you should take a few brothers and go to the opposite side of Qiling Mountain to explore-remember, only let you go to explore the situation of the mountain road, and you must not go down the mountain and suddenly encounter the enemy and our army!"

"This old body understands-" Lao Jiu nodded in agreement.

"And-" Lu Jing didn't seem to finish speaking, and continued to remind, "If you encounter an ambush by the Mengyuan enemy army on the mountain road, don't act rashly, you must come back and report the situation to me as soon as possible!"

"Now that I know, I'm going to send a few brothers to the mountain road to find out...... But it may take a little longer, military advisor, you have to be careful here-" Lao Jiu also reminded.

Lu Jing nodded, and asked Lao Jiu and the others to go to explore the mountain road, while he stayed where he was with Tang Zhan and Zhao Zichuan, and continued to observe the situation here...... (To be continued......)