Niu Jin's vanguard army finally arrived at the border of Jingzhou after a rapid journey, and what caught his eye was the flat grassland, as long as it was out of this plain, it was the scope of Xinye County. [Ran^Text^Library] []

When Niu Jin saw the plain, he did not rush forward, but sent scouts to investigate, this place has a wide field of vision, if it is discovered by enemy spies, the surprise attack will be considered a failure.

Not long after the scout went out, he found out the situation, returned and said: "General Niu, the road in front is called Guanma Road, as long as you go straight all the way, you can reach Xinye immediately, and there is no sign of enemy troops in this area, presumably the troops of General Xu Chu and General Cao Hong have not yet arrived." ”

Niu Jin was very excited when he heard the news, and said: "Great, the first merit is ours this time, everyone is moving forward at full speed, attacking Xinye, and waiting, the first person to enter Xinye will be promoted to one level." ”

Now with Niu Jin's words, all the soldiers are boiling, and they can be promoted without fighting, who would want to let go of this opportunity? So they stepped up their horses and rushed towards Xinye.

Zhang Xiao followed behind Niu Jin at this time, and rushed towards Xinye, for the current terrain, he was very relieved, if there was a cultivator attacking, he could find it at a glance, but Zhang Xiao didn't want to hurry up to Xinye, if the road here was too peaceful, maybe a powerful cultivator was waiting in Xinye, so rushing forward was tantamount to looking for death.

The morale of the vanguard of thousands of people rushed forward, but Zhang Xiao was preoccupied, Gao Zhan paid attention to Zhang Xiao's state, and asked: "Uncle Shi, why do you look a little unhappy, do you notice that something is wrong?"

After Zhang Xiao heard Gao Zhan's question, he tried to sense the surroundings, and found that the silence here was a little strange, it seemed that there was only the shouts of the vanguard troops, but he couldn't hear the sound of nature, and he immediately felt that he had fallen into someone else's trick, so he immediately emitted aura to check whether there was any abnormality around, but it turned out that it was peaceful, without any aura and essence induction, it seemed that he was too careful.

Zhang Xiao said to Gao Zhan: "There is nothing wrong here, let's move on, but it is difficult to say about Xinye, there is a good chance that there will be strong people guarding there, it is better to be cautious." ”

For the sake of prudence, Gao Zhan proposed to Zhang Xiao: "Shall we call the master to come over and help, since there is a powerful enemy in front, wouldn't it be safer for us to unite?"

When Zhang Xiao heard this, he immediately denied it: "No, my cousin must not be allowed to participate in this battle, not only does she have a problem with her aura now, but she will also be in danger of her life in the near future, so even if she wants to participate in the battle herself, you have to stop her." ”

Gao Zhan had also heard what Zhu Jianping said, and immediately agreed with what Zhang Xiao said, determined not to let Zhang Jiao participate in the war, and must strive to eliminate all opponents before Zhang Jiao wanted to forcibly participate in the battle.

After Zhang Xiao finished talking with Gao Zhan, he continued to march forward, I don't know how long it will take to pass through this grassland, but Zhang Xiao has always had a strange feeling, all this does not seem to be a normal phenomenon.

Zhang Xiao looked at the sky at this time, and found that although he was speeding up now, the clouds in the sky still remained still, as if he was standing still, and when he looked at the surrounding scene, he found that the scenery in the distance was retreating at a very slow speed.

But no matter how Zhang Xiao felt the aura around him, he didn't find anything, and all he could think of now was that there were cultivators who were much stronger than himself here, otherwise how could he not even detect a trace of breath.

Zhang Xiao immediately rode side by side with Niu Jin, and said a little anxiously: "General Niu, I think it's weird here, don't be in such a hurry, ride slowly." ”

Niu Jin was thinking about taking the first credit, but he couldn't slow down, but for the sake of safety, he asked Zhang Xiao: "Did you find anything abnormal? If there is a situation, I will order the army to stop and send scouts to investigate, if not, then there is no need for us to slow down." ”

Zhang Xiao would not lie and deceive Niu Jin, and replied honestly: "I didn't find anything abnormal, but I don't think the situation here is right, for the sake of safety, I think it's better to stop and observe first, and then move forward after confirming that there is no problem." ”

Since there is no abnormality, then stop and do something, Niu Jin was a little displeased, and said: "Since there is no abnormality, what do you have to stop and do, continue to move forward, we must arrive before the other pioneers arrive in Xinye, if we encounter any strange things, I will leave it to you, aren't you an expert in solving these things? Anyway, I don't care what you want, as long as it doesn't affect the speed of the march, it's fine." ”

Zhang Xiao really can't take Niu Jin, he is not like usual now, the whole person is already enthusiastic, if he doesn't meet the enemy to fight, he may be angry.

In the end, it took nearly four hours for the vanguard to cross this horse viewing road, which was twice as long as the locals estimated, which indirectly verified Zhang Xiao's assumption, there was indeed a problem here, but he didn't have a clue at all, he didn't feel any breath, he didn't know who the other party was?

Towards the end of the evening, the vanguard finally came to the area of Xinye County, but it was not suitable to march at night, because the vanguard troops were exhausted after a day's rapid march, and they were not familiar with the terrain here, so Niu Jin decided to set up camp in the col of two low mountains.

Zhang Xiao took a look at the terrain here, it was not bad, there were two low mountains as natural barriers, and you could also see the scene in the distance, plus the dense woods, it should be safe enough for defense, but it would have no effect on cultivators.

Zhang Xiao found Niu Jin and kindly reminded: "General Niu, according to my estimation of what happened during the day today, the reason why the enemy army did not show up during the day is probably to exhaust our army as much as possible, and at night when everyone is asleep, they will come to attack again, I suggest that you be extra vigilant tonight." ”

Niu Jin felt that the road was going very smoothly, how could there be any danger, Jingzhou was busy with Liu Biao's death, and how could he still pay attention to himself, these were simply Zhang Xiao's worries.

Niu Jin didn't care about Zhang Xiao's words, and said lightly: "Don't worry, I will inform the night vigil team tonight, you can also go and rest, after a day of riding, everyone is tired." ”

Zhang Xiao saw that Niu Jin had such an attitude, he was just talking about it, he didn't care at all, and he felt helpless, but he had no choice but to go back to his tent to rest, but he kept thinking about what was going on during the day, was it really someone who was causing trouble, or was it his own delusion?

Since Gao Zhan's main task is to protect Zhang Xiao's safety, so he lives in the same tent as him, Zhang Xiao saw that Gao Zhan had been arranged, and hurriedly asked when he walked into the tent: "Xie Long, you have had aura for almost a month, and you have more or less sensitivity to aura, I don't know if you noticed anything abnormal during the day today?"

Gao Zhan thought about Zhang Xiao's question seriously and replied: "I don't think there is any problem, I am still far from the sense of aura, and I don't feel anything, so don't embarrass me for such a question, uncle." ”

Zhang Xiao sighed, thinking that it was the same, and asked Gao Zhan definitely not to draw any conclusions, but seeing Gao Zhan so serious, he took out a bag from his back pocket and handed it to Gao Zhan, and said: "Xie Long, you have to keep this thing, now that you don't have the bamboo thread on your body, maybe it can save your life when necessary." ”

Gao Zhan took the bag curiously, but he didn't dare to open it without Zhang Xiao's permission, so he asked, "What kind of magic weapon is this?

Zhang Xiao pointed to the bag and said, "Yes, you can open it and look at it, but remember not to let it take up blood." ”

Gao Zhan cautiously opened the bag and found that it was just a thing like a stone, I don't know what kind of magic weapon this is, although his current aura is very small, but he can still sense the aura emitted by the spiritual object, and this thing doesn't feel anything, which is a little strange.

Zhang Xiao saw Gao Zhan holding this thing, so he said: "This thing is a seed, the name is Emperor Fern, it is a very dangerous thing, if it grows, it will definitely be more terrible than the eighth white, so you don't use it indiscriminately, you must use it at the moment of life and death." ”