Then...... The sound of horses' hooves came, and the two Iron Shadow Guards who were exploring the road in front rushed back and saluted Yang Yuanba: "General Huiyu, we have gone to check for nearly forty miles, there are no ambushes on the road, and there is a small village more than ten miles away, and the people in the village say that there has been no army in the past few days. ”

"Childe, that's a bit weird. ”

Jia Yi stepped forward and said, "Could it be that we are mistaken, that army in Lingqiu County has nothing to do with us at all?"

Yang Yuanba shook his head, "No, that army must be the enemy army that ambushed us, if I guess correctly, this army should be behind us." ”

Su Lie, who had just stepped forward, was startled, "How is this possible? They entered the valley half a day earlier than us, how could they be behind us?"

Yang Yuanba's eyes narrowed, and he said slowly: "The reason is very simple, they know that we will inevitably go back, and when we go back again, we lose our vigilance."

Jia Yi and Su Lie glanced at each other and looked at Yang Yuanba in puzzlement, what was the reason for this, why did they go back?

Yang Yuanba pointed to the Hebei section of the map, "I guess Dou Kang has already sent troops to wait for us in Feihu County, and the number will definitely not be small, and the enemy army that tracks us will be confident and cut off our retreat......"

Speaking of this, Yang Yuanba stopped talking and looked at the subordinates who surrounded him, and said with a wry smile: "In other words, we have actually been blocked in the Flying Fox Road. ”

Everyone was silent, including Jia Yi, for more than ten years, they were used to absolute obedience, and never made decisions, they were all waiting silently, waiting for Yang Yuanba's order, even Su Lie was silent, he knew that his opinion had no meaning at this time.

Yang Yuanba stood up and ordered everyone: "Let's turn around and go back now!"

Just as Yang Yuanba judged, Xiao Maha had just received the news that Dou Kang, the governor of Youzhou, had sent 15,000 troops to intercept Yang Yuanba Xiao Maha at the east of the three passages of Jingcheng, Feihu and Jundu, so he changed his plan.

The general sent by Xiao Maha to besiege Yang Yuanba is called Sun Yaowu, and he is also one of Xiao Maha's confidants...... He led a thousand soldiers from Jinyang and arrived in Lingqiu County half a day earlier than Yang Yuanba, just when he was about to enter the Flying Fox Road to ambush Yang Yuanba and others, he suddenly received an order from Xiao Maha that he did not need to ambush Yang Yuanba again, but waited for Yang Yuanba and his party to enter the Flying Fox Road and cut off his retreat.

The entrance of the Flying Fox is called Gaojiayu, it is a undulating hilly area with low terrain, dense forest, less than ten miles away from Lingqiu County, in fact, it is a depression between two low hills, if it is not for the stone monument of 'Flying Fox' standing next to the road, no one can think of it, this shallow soil ditch is the entrance of the Flying Fox.

At this time, Sun Yaowu led a thousand troops to camp at the entrance, Yang Yuanba and they were intercepted and retreated by the Youzhou army, at least four or five days later, Sun Yaowu knew this very well, and he didn't take Yang Yuanba and them to heart The other party has only twenty people in total, but they have a thousand people, and the difference in strength is too great.

In contrast, Sun Yaowu pays more attention to the army of Daizhou, Li Jing, the assassin of Daizhou, is a hard character, if he learns that he has entered Daizhou, there will inevitably be interference, although Yang Liang's banner of rebellion has not been fully raised, but many things are clear to everyone, which makes Sun Yaowu very nervous in his heart, among all the states and counties in Bingzhou, Li Jing's state soldiers are the strongest.

Night fell quietly, the moon rose, the night became pale and the dark shadows seemed to dissipate, the air became transparent and warm, and the moonlight sprinkled on the flying fox. The rocks and trees on the hills are covered with a layer of silver, and you can see them everywhere clearly, even the grass stalks on the side of the road can be distinguished, and dozens of tents clearly stand in the narrow clearing between the hills and a small river.

In the woods of the hills a hundred steps away from the tent, Yang Yuanba and his nineteen subordinates were looking at a tent under the hill, because of the narrow terrain, the tents were one after the other, densely distributed in the north and south strips, a total of about fifty, and the north and south ends were filled with dense spears to prevent the camp from stealing, but there were no spears on the side of the water and on the side of the mountain, on the one hand, they did not have so many spears, and on the other hand, their defensive consciousness decided.

Yang Yuanba is the best scout in the border army, he can quickly find its flaws from the other party's camping, Yang Liang's army camping flaws were found by him at a glance, in fact, there is a more spacious flat land on the other side of the river, but Yang Liang's army did not choose, but by the mountains and rivers, this way of camping, can only show that the enemy they want to defend is west of the river, it should be the army defending Daizhou, not the flying fox themselves.

This also shows that Yang Liang's army did not expect that he would turn around and return halfway, which made Yang Yuanba have a countermeasure in his heart.

Yang Yuanba waved his hand, and all the people gathered around.

Yang Yuanba pointed to the barracks and said: "The opportunity is in front of us, we will kill directly from the hills, in order to deal with the enemy Yang Liang, what I am worried about is the general manager of Youzhou...... If Yang Liang knew about our mission, he would inevitably inform Dou Kang, and Dou Kang already knew that we were going to arrest him, would he still be arrested?"

"There must be a road before the car reaches the mountain, you don't have to worry so much, when you enter Youzhou, I naturally have a way." ”

Yang Yuanba thought for a while and instructed him, "In addition, you can ask Guide Zhong to send Gao Yiming's maids back and thank them well." ”

Half an hour later, Yang Yuanba led nineteen of his men to leave the village and gallop towards the north.

The interception of Yang Yuanba and others in Jing Cheng was Xiao Maha's arrangement, Jing Cheng Guan General Wang Yan was his henchman general, Xiao Maha also thought about it, and simply attacked Yang Yuanba and others before Jing Cheng Pass, after all, his purpose was not to kill Yang Yuanba, but to use Yang Yuanba to warn Yang Ye, so that he could strengthen his defense and resist Yang Lang from entering the pass, which was his real intention.

To this end, Xiao Maha sent a caravan composed of forty-two scouts in disguise to find and follow Yang Yuanba and others all the way, this scout team found Yang Yuanba and his party in Qinzhou, and followed them all the way, but because Yang Yuanba and others were well defended all the way, so they had no way to start, Xiao Maha decided to attack Yang Yuanba and his party at Jingcheng Pass.

In the Taiyuan Mansion, Xiao Maha sat on the soft couch and listened to the report of the scout leader quietly.

"General, we didn't expect the other party to be so cunning, they have arrived at Jingcheng Pass, but they suddenly turned around and went north, which means that the other party has sensed that we are following, so they changed their plans, and we asked the general for instructions, what should we do next?"

Xiao Maha's eyes narrowed, he was actually discovered, it seems that this Yang Yuanba still has some ability, he pondered for a moment and said: "You continue to follow, but don't want you to make a move, Yang Yuanba's people are very powerful, you are not their opponents, I will arrange for others, go! ”

The leader of the scouts agreed and retreated, Xiao Maha thought about it again, and said to the guards beside him: "Go and find Sun Yaowu for me immediately!"

Flying Fox is a famous passage in the north of Taihang Mountain, also one of the eight Taihang Mountains, named after crossing the Feigu Gorge, starting from Lingqiu County in Hedong in the west, reaching Feihu County in Hebei Province in the east, with a total length of more than 300 miles, and the Flying Fox Gorge is about several miles wide...... The road ditch is deep and dense, the road is very complicated, and it is the most important passage for Hedong to enter Youzhou except for Jingcheng.

It's the middle of May, and the direct sunlight is starting to get a little hot, and the rain just a few days ago has made the Flying Fox Gorge extremely humid and muggy.

Yang Yuanba and his party have entered the Flying Fox Road in the early morning, and they have only walked more than 30 miles in most of the day, at this time they are walking on a rugged and narrow mountain road, unable to ride a horse, they can only lead the horse, Su Lie walked in the middle of the team, he frowned and looked at the surrounding terrain, the mountain road is very narrow, only eight feet wide, on both sides are dozens of zhang high cliffs, the narrow mountain road all the way up, this cliff path is about five or six miles long, overhead is a narrow line of sky, if someone is ambushed in front, they will suffer heavy casualties.

Su Lie wanted to speak several times, but finally held back, the danger he could think of, Yang Yuanba also wanted it, even more thoughtful than he thought, Yang Yuanba had been a scout for five years, and he had more experience than anyone else.

Not long ago, everyone walked out of the cliff mountain road, the eyes suddenly opened, here is a flat land on the mountainside, covering an area of about two acres, looking around, only to see the mountains and mountains stacked green, the forest is reckless, people can't help but give birth to the mountains and rivers so magnificent feelings.

"Let's take a break, everyone!"

Yang Yuanba waved his hand, everyone sat down, they only had sixteen Iron Shadow Guards here, and two of them were sent by him to the front to carry out the mission, the reason why Yang Yuanba dared to go all the way was because he sent two Iron Shadow Guards to explore the road in front, leaving marks along the way, indicating that the road was safe.

Everyone found a place to sit down and rest, took off the water hyacinth to drink, and fed the war horse with a water bag, Yang Yuanba sat cross-legged in front of a flat boulder, drew a circle on the first line of heavenly stone path just now with a charcoal pen, and then silently stared at the map in front of him.

He had already marked five circles on the map with a charcoal pen, which meant that they had passed five excellent ambushes, but none of them had encountered any.

This was something very strange to him, because they had received news in Lingqiu County that an army of more than 1,000 people had entered the Flying Fox Territory half a day earlier than them, and he immediately guessed that this was most likely the army that intercepted them, but why did this army not show up for a long time?