Following the official road of the enclave, Ye Guan took 20,000 soldiers and slowly marched forward. He is not in a hurry, Qiuchang City is surrounded by mountains on all sides, the mountain roads are rugged, and his troops are all cavalry, and entering Qiuchang City to fight will weaken the combat effectiveness. Although he couldn't find a good way to solve the current situation, he still had to calculate in his heart how to arrange it after entering Qiu Chang City.

Besides, the current Qiu Changcheng must have tightened a string, just waiting for himself to lead the troops. The longer the string is tightened, the better it will be for you.

If it weren't for the fact that Dongwangfu needed to take the enclave as soon as possible and make the next move, Ye Guan would want to surround Dongxuan City, and spend ten days and a half months on him first, so that all the mentally tense people in Qiuchang City would have been in a state of high tension, and in the long run, it would have a good effect.

When the spirit of the people inside is almost exhausted, he will send small troops to harass them from time to time, so that they will not be idle for a moment, so that after a month, the defense of the entire Qiuchang City will be relaxed, and then attack again, and get twice the result with half the effort.

But now it is not possible, the whole eventful autumn of praying for heaven is in the midst of storms. If the Eastern Palace, before the end of the battle in the imperial capital, is not ready, then what awaits the Eastern Palace, it is likely to be a bleak ending. At that time, let alone avenge the old prince, whether there could be a Dongwang Mansion or not, it was two words.

Ye Guan closed his eyes lightly and rode on the war horse, looking as if he was pretending to sleep, but in fact, he had been calculating in his heart.

He clearly knew that the list on his shoulders was extremely heavy, and Huang Yongning had no choice but to put this list on himself. Entering the enclave this time, the battle of Qiuchang City is the top priority, and taking Qiuchang City almost declares the success of the enclave plan.

His hidden wounds have been suppressed by him at the lowest point, as long as they don't break out, there won't be much of a problem. Now the only thing Ye Guan is worried about is the person after Shen Tuyan, if that person is really a master of cultivating death qi, and if he wants to deal with the Dongwang Mansion, then the only one who can compete with him may be himself.

Although all the generals in the army have cultivated in their bodies, and several of them are all advanced martial arts cultivators, they are rare masters, but if they really face the people who cultivate death qi, I am afraid that it is still not enough.

But if you really fight that person head-on, the victory or defeat is secondary, as long as you use all your strength, it will definitely cause hidden injuries in your body, and then the injuries will break out, which may directly lead to your own death.

Ye Guan is not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death, on the contrary, he was ready to die long before he came to the enclave. But what he was worried about was Qiu Changcheng, the enclave, and the 20,000 sergeants who were now following him.

"If possible, let's negotiate a solution. Ye Guan closed his eyes and said secretly in his heart: "I hope the previous speculation is all conjecture, the person behind it is not cultivating death qi, as long as it is not a death cultivation of death qi, then there will be a chance for the better." ”

The troops slowly marched forward, the front army opened the way, and Ye Guan was in the middle army. The 20,000 sergeants slowly marched in the direction of Qiuchang City, and finally arrived near Zongqiu Mountain in the evening of the second day.

Ye Guan ordered the whole army to stop advancing, he came to the pass of Zongqiu Mountain, looked at the winding official road in front of him, stretched straight into the mountains in the distance, his eyes narrowed slightly.

The mountains are surrounded by lush forests, and although the mountains are not tall, they are also steep and straight, and there are many valleys in such mountains. The valley area is very easy to set up ambushes, for the current Shen Tuyan, it has reached the stage of desperate struggle, as long as he has a little brain, he will inevitably set up an ambush on the road to enter Qiuchang City, so as to slow down the pace of the attack of the East Palace, and will use all means to kill and injure the living forces of the East King Mansion as much as possible.

After checking for a while, Ye Guan ordered the army to camp at the pass of Zongqiu Mountain, and at the same time stationed two teams of sergeants to occupy the high points of the two mountain passes to warn each other. Then he sent two teams of scouts, ordered to travel in simple clothes, not to ride horses, and went deep into the Qiuchang City area to find out the way ahead.

Subsequently, the whole army was stationed in the Zongqiu Mountain Pass, blocking the entire official road, outside the camp, several horses could be erected, and the simple walled gate was also quickly established, everything was orderly and extremely fast.

Along the way, the Dongwangfu army did not encounter any obstacles, and it was smooth sailing, because of the slow walking, the sergeants did not feel tired. However, Ye Guan still divided the 20,000 sergeants into three squads, one of which was responsible for camping, and the remaining two squads were responsible for patrolling the defense in case of a possible surprise attack.

In normal times, although Ye Guan led the troops very cautiously, he would not think about it today. It's just that this battle is too important for the Eastern Palace, Ye Guan has to be cautious.

Especially in the face of Shen Tuyan, who did everything he could, Ye Guan was even more careful. Although this person did not show any extraordinary ability to command troops when he faced off with Yu Sheng before, but in the later analysis, this person is likely to create more deaths in order to meet the needs of the people behind him, so he adopted that kind of lifeless advancement method, which allowed Yu Sheng to break through successfully.

However, this breakthrough was successful, and in Ye's view, it seemed that Shen Tuyan did it deliberately. But he did not say these words to anyone, so as not to cause unnecessary misunderstandings.

The construction of the simple camp was completed, it took a very short time, it was just the first night, a simple camp appeared in the pass of Zongqiu Mountain, and a bonfire was lit in the camp, which should be surrounded by fire.

The camp was heavily guarded, and all the sergeants were divided into three squads to patrol the camp from time to time, and several teams of scouts roamed the camp to explore the surrounding area.

Ye Guan is sitting in a simple tent at the moment, sitting cross-legged on the couch, holding a classic book in his left hand and a piece of dry food in his right hand, eating quietly.

A candle flame was placed on the small table in front of Ye Guan, scattering a faint glow, beating from time to time, making the tent appear bright and dark.

Ye Guan did not arrange guards for himself, only Xu Bao stood quietly outside the account. Because he knew that if someone came to kill him at this moment, it was not something that a few guards could deal with.

Holding the book in his hand, Ye Guan gradually became fascinated, this is his rare leisure time, and he only has this time to eat every day, he can do some things he likes.

The classic book in his hand is an enclave wild text, writing some legends and bizarre things that have appeared in the enclave, Ye Guan is quiet and tasteful to read, but he doesn't believe in the legends written in this classic, just take it as a joke.

A moment later, outside the tent, a sergeant knelt on one knee and whispered to the tent, "What's going on." ”

Ye Guan raised his head, glanced at the tent door, put the last piece of dry food in his hand in his mouth, swallowed it quickly, and took another sip of tea before he spoke: "Come in." ”

Ye Guan's tent was not put down, he could see the situation outside the tent at a glance, the person who came was a scout, it should be a left and right investigation, and there was a result.

The scout listened to the order, took a few steps forward, knelt down on one knee in front of Ye Guan, and said in a deep voice: "Commander Ye, the area of more than ten miles around the camp has been explored clearly, and no suspicious anything has been found. ”

Hearing this, Ye Guan pondered slightly, the return of this scout did not exceed his expectations, but he was still a little relieved, and asked, "You can explore clearly, the mountain paths on the left and right, the mountains and dense forests, can there be traces of people passing." Left and right of the road, can there be traces of traps?"

"Commander Hui Ye, I have carefully explored, the surrounding area is barren and populated, and the nearest village is more than fifty miles, and there are not many hunters in this Zongqiu Mountain in normal times, and now it is wartime, and no one comes. The scout said respectfully.

"We are outsiders, and we are not familiar with the terrain and people of this place, so we need to be very careful to investigate. Ye Guan nodded lightly and instructed: "You inform the scout teams that after an hour, go out to investigate again, and this time extend ten miles forward, don't let go of any clues." ”

"Honorable Order!" the scout immediately clasped his hands into fists and took the order.

Ye Guan was so cautious, this scout not only did not disapprove of it, but also attached great importance to it. Just because Ye Guan Jiwei is heavier and has the title of unparalleled wisdom, he is so cautious, and his subordinate sergeants naturally dare not slack off.

After not waiting for an hour, only a quarter of an hour later, several teams of scouts set off again, and at the order of Ye Guan, the scope of this exploration was extended ten miles, and the surrounding barren mountains and mountains were almost all over.

Since the camp, Ye Guan has always had a feeling, which is faint, but real. Ye Guan has experienced a hundred battles, and he knows very well that this feeling often indicates danger, which is a feeling accumulated in thousands of battles, mysterious and mysterious, but it has helped Ye Guan escape from danger more than once.

Two hours later, late at night.

The campfire was extinguished, and only the torches were still lit near the camp gate. In the camp, except for the patrol sergeants, the rest of the sergeants were rested.

In Ye Guan's tent, the faint candlelight was still on. Just a quarter of an hour ago, all the scouts had returned except for the scouts who had penetrated deep into the interior, and they had searched a radius of thirty miles, and found no suspicious traces, and the area was truly deserted, and there was not a trace of human activity except for many wild beasts that had come out of the night.

Now Ye Guan was pondering, and he felt that something was not quite right.

The place where he chose to camp was on the official road, blocking the pass of Zongqiu Mountain. This is the official road, and it is also the only road in and out of Zongqiu Mountain in Qiuchang City, and it is impossible to say that there is no trace nearby. But the facts are in front of you, and the scouts report that there is no sign of human activity in the surrounding thirty miles, even on the official road, there is not even a footprint.

This couldn't help but make Ye Guan frown slightly, the current situation was a little unreasonable.

Something unusual is compared to a demon, there must be something wrong with it.

However, on the left and right of the official road, no enemy ambushes were found, and no traps were found. Within a radius of thirty miles, no trace of enemy activity was found.

"This Shen Tuyan, there is not even a secret whistle?" Ye Guan frowned slightly, unable to think of what the signs of this Zongqiu Mountain pointed to.