Chapter Seventy-Seven: Leaves Return to the Roots (Part II)

At this time, it has entered February, and for the Central Plains and Jiangnan, it is already early spring, and the weather has begun to gradually warm. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info It's a pity that in this place outside the plug, it is still frozen for thousands of miles, and there is no sign of recovery. Although Kenshin and the two are non-stop, it is indeed difficult to walk without being able to stand the road. When I arrived at Xianping Mansion, there happened to be a heavy snowfall here, and the violent storm and snow suddenly came, blocking the road and making it impossible for people to move forward. The two Kenshin had no choice but to stay in Xianping Mansion for two days, and only then did they continue on their way until the weather cleared.

After Liaoyang Mansion, after arriving in Jinzhou, the two passed through the city again, did not stop, and finally came to Yuguan outside three days later. This is the foot of the Great Wall, which is much warmer than the hinterland of the northeast, and the roads are much easier. Kenshin led the horse and prepared to pass the test. But before the gate, the soldiers guarding the gate stopped the two and asked, "Do you have a pass?"

"Pass, what pass?" Zhang Linxin suddenly felt very puzzled. The soldier guarding the pass pointed to the notice on the city wall next to him and said: "The fourth prince has an order, this is an extraordinary time, communication between inside and outside the Great Wall is prohibited, and all people are not allowed to come and go, except for those who have the pass issued by the fourth prince, no matter who they are, they are not allowed to enter or exit." ”

"Where is there such a notice, we are not allowed to enter or leave, and how can the people live?" the girl said angrily. The soldier waved his gun, pointed the tip of the gun at Zhang Linxin and said: "The notice is clearly written, if you can't enter or exit, you can't enter or exit, what so much nonsense! Hurry up and go, don't block here! Otherwise, be careful that the uncle will catch you in the cell and be whipped!"

"You ......" Zhang Lin's heart was even more angry, and she raised her palm and wanted to move directly, but Dugu Jian hurriedly stopped her, "Lin'er, don't do it, let's leave first." He pulled the girl and turned around and walked away.

The two of them walked back a few miles, and the anger in the girl's heart still did not subside, "Brother Dugu, why did you stop me just now, just those few soldiers, I alone are more than enough to deal with them, and then we will take the opportunity to seize the door and break through, as long as we get out of this pass, Jin Bing may not be able to catch up with us even if he wants to." ”

Dugu Jian didn't agree with the girl's idea, and said: "No, Lin'er, your method is a bit reckless, those golden soldiers are indeed just small roles, we can send them away with one hand, but have you noticed, there are many more soldiers stationed on this Yuguan Pass than when we came last month, and a new military camp has been set up on the east side of the Guanwai, plus they prohibit pedestrians from passing." There are strange things everywhere here, not to mention that we will definitely be able to break through the pass, but can you make sure that the gate on the other side must also be loosely guarded so that we can rush out? I don't think so, we are not 10% sure, and I want to understand why they are blocking the pass, and suddenly there are so many more soldiers and horses. ”

After listening to Dugu Jian's long list of words, the girl also reacted. Indeed, the current Yuguan is full of strange things, and with so many soldiers and horses deployed, what do the Jin people want to do? More importantly, Dugu Jian remembered what Zhang Jinyan told them that the Jin Wushu was actively deploying troops and preparing to launch another war against the Great Song Dynasty. So are the soldiers and horses stationed here have anything to do with this? Dugu Jian also had a lot of questions in his heart, and he wanted to investigate clearly, so he stopped Zhang Linxin.

"Brother Dugu, what are we going to do now?" the girl looked around and saw that they had come to a col again. Dugu Jian replied: "Put the horse here first, and then we will sneak over quietly and take a good look." I always feel that there must be some conspiracy in this sudden blockade of the Jin people!"

So the two men threw their horses in the col and quietly returned to the front of Yuguan on foot. They found a place in the woods where they could hide, flew up to the top of the trees, and began to take a closer look. After observing for three days in a row, they finally discovered something unpleasant: in the past three days, soldiers and horses have been constantly driving from the north to the military camp under the pass, and the total number of horses has exceeded 30,000 or 40,000 people. Then every night, these soldiers and horses dispersed into a team of hundreds of people, and advanced through Yuguan to the south of the Great Wall, as for where they went, Kenshin and Kenshin had no way to follow, so there was no way to know. But one thing is for sure, these soldiers and horses know at a glance that they are all battle-hardened, and they will definitely not be scattered to defend the city.

And there is another suspicion, which makes Kenshin even more incomprehensible. In a mountain forest twenty or thirty miles west of Yuguan, there will always be an earth-shattering sound from time to time, like thunder. Dugu Jian always felt that this sound was very similar to the sound of a thunderbolt after it exploded, but it was more than ten times louder than the sound of a thunderbolt. And there is a key protection area by the Jin soldiers, three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, plus every quarter of an hour, there will be a patrol passing by, let alone sneaking in, it is impossible to get close and take a look. So they haven't figured out what kind of secret is hidden in this mountain forest.

After three days, nothing was found, and Dugu Jian and Zhang Linxin were also a little breathless. In the afternoon of the fourth day, after dinner, the two men went to the woods again and began to observe. Zhang Linxin said while looking at it: "Brother Dugu, we haven't found anything so far, it's not a matter if it goes on like this, Marshal Yue is still waiting for us to go back!" Dugu Jian stood at the end of the tree and looked into the barracks, and when he heard the girl's words, he thought for a while before replying: "Lin'er, let's do it, let's observe it again tonight, if there is still no progress, then we will find a way to leave tomorrow and return to Ezhou, okay?"

Zhang Linxin replied: "It's okay, Brother Dugu, it's really not good, let's sneak into the gold camp again tonight to see what happens." Dugu Jian immediately relented, "Okay, then let's go to the golden camp tonight!"

That night, the two of them quietly infiltrated the golden camp again, hiding in the shadows and carefully observing the movements of the soldiers and horses in the military camp. As a few days ago, those soldiers and horses were organized into a team of hundreds of people, led by the captains, and after the roll call, they went out of the camp and went south through Yuguan, this time there was still no exception, and the two of Kenshin looked at it for a long time, and they didn't find any clues.

The movement in the Jin army's camp didn't end until nearly five watches, looking at the camp that was gradually returning to calm, Kenshin and the two knew that it might be in vain again today, and they couldn't help but feel a little depressed in their hearts, and they were about to get up and leave. At this moment, Zhang Linxin grabbed the Dugu sword, pointed to a tent not far away and said, "Brother Dugu, look!"

Dugu Jian looked in the direction of Zhang Linxin's finger, and saw that it was a partial tent, and at this time the lights were still on inside, and there were two figures walking around, completely different from other tents that had turned off the lights. "Let's go over and have a look!" Dugu Jian and Zhang Linxin avoided the sentry post of the Jin soldiers, came to the back of the tent, and quietly squatted down, listening to the movement inside.

A man's voice came from inside the tent: "...... These days' records must be done well, down to the attention of every soldier, and no mistakes must be made. Another person replied: "Don't worry, I will record all the purposes in person, and there will be no problems." ”

"Well, the fourth prince's trick this time is to hide from everyone and catch Yue Fei off guard, if we leak the military information here, I'm afraid that the fourth prince will not let us go. ”

"It's going to be fine, the gate is blocked, and ordinary people can't get in or out. Besides, we transferred troops at night, and divided them into small groups of men and horses to march separately, and those who are interested will not understand if they see it, and when the soldiers and horses cross the Yellow River and then assemble, Yue Fei will react quickly, and it will be too late to deal with it. ”

"The fourth prince's move is really high, when all the soldiers and horses gather on the front line of Ying and Cai next month, and launch an attack with a thunderous momentum, I'm afraid Yue Fei won't even have the ability to parry, hahahaha!"

(To be continued.) )