Records of the King of Xin'an County

The horse thieves subordinates of King Hejian knew the terrain around Nanshan and Qinling like the back of their hands.Since they were able to leave quietly with Guizheng County King back then, they can also surround their own master and successfully get rid of the pursuers now.They even did not hesitate to expose a few difficult and dangerous mountain roads that were excavated at unknown times, leaving behind their horses and a few luggage, and disappeared into the vast mountains.The elite soldiers who had finally tracked down also followed with their horses, but they were ambushed again and suffered heavy casualties.

"Ah Lang, let's continue to follow?" Cao Silang was gearing up, his bull's eyes widened, "We are not familiar with Nanshan Mountain, but Qinling Mountains—hehe!!" They grew up in Qinling Mountains since they were young, and walking through it is like their own home Son is no different.In the deep mountains and old forests of the Qinling Mountains, those rebels who came from afar would never want to take advantage of them! !

"Climbing the mountain road is not easy." Wang Zixian squinted his eyes, "Why waste your energy following them? It's better to relax and wait at the place they must pass through!" He still remembered that on the map, after passing the edge of the Qinling Mountains, there was Mount Hua.To the east of Huashan Mountain is Zhongtiao Mountain, and to the north of Zhongtiao Mountain is Luliang Mountain.In order to avoid chasing soldiers and city checkpoints, the Hejian County King must not take the usual path, but can only get into those barren mountains and wild ridges.

However, if you have to travel through the mountains all the time, it will definitely take a lot of time.Moreover, it is impossible to abandon the horse completely, otherwise the journey will only be slower.Therefore, his choice must be - take a remote post road, bypass the checkpoint, or even pretend to be a bandit and kill the postman, and quickly go north.If he can succeed, he will travel day and night, and he will be able to reach Shengzhou in only ten days.

In other words, if you want to chase and intercept, you must guard the numerous checkpoints.Instead of entangled with them in the mountains, attack or ambush them when they hit the checkpoint.No matter how experienced the subordinates of Hejian County King were, they attacked and killed again and again, there would always be heavy casualties.At that time, who can protect Ni Wang?

However, no one can complete such an attack at this moment.One requires a commander who can see the overall situation; the other requires mobilizing a large number of elites to make arrangements in advance; the third requires several military officers who are good at attacking and intercepting and killing in turn.Not to mention that these three conditions are difficult to achieve for a while, even if the Yong'an County King can come forward at this moment, he must fill in hundreds of thousands of lives.After all, when the elite of the government soldiers and the elite of the frontier are fighting, even with two enemies and one enemy, it is very likely that they will lose.

Thinking of this, Wang Zixian sighed slightly in his heart: The time for the arrangement is really too short, and it is inevitable that there will be flaws in the haste. It is not the fault of the general who presides over this matter, let alone the fault of the saint.

"Is there a manor with a lot of horses near the Qinling Mountains? I remember that you have checked it carefully? It is located near Nanshan Mountain, and the manor may not be very eye-catching, but it may be difficult to investigate carefully because it belongs to officials and aristocratic families." After the mountain road, the already exhausted Hejian County King and the others must not be far away, and urgently need a short rest and dry food for the horses.

The trilogy muttered and discussed for a while, and immediately drew a map on the ground, pointing out two or three suspicious manors.Wang Zixian pondered for a while, chose one of them by instinct, and sent dozens of people to the other two manors to investigate: "There is no need to act rashly, just check their movements." Although they galloped, But in the end, he had to take a detour, and whether he could catch up with Prince Hejian and his party was probably only five or five.

As it turns out, his hunch was right—but it was too late.

When they arrived, Prince Hejian and his party had just left.Wang Zixian sent several followers to continue the pursuit, and then he took control of the entire manor almost effortlessly.Cao Silang and others immediately used various methods to torture the steward inside, and forced out the news: "Ah Lang, it is said that they did not stop, and ran away after changing horses. There are more than [-] big men dressed as horse thieves hidden in this manor. We rode away with King Hejian on horseback. We only have a hundred or so in total, so we can't stop them!"

Wang Zixian shook his head: "I should have thought of it earlier, since the king of Hejian County is so spared, how could he leave for Beijing with only a few bodyguards? Heh, he pretended to be seriously ill a year ago, maybe he was not just hesitant It’s time to go to Beijing, but to wait for his group of horse thieves to sneak in. There are three hundred people hidden in a manor, and I don’t know how many manors there are for them to change horses and rest along the way, and how many people will be added one after another..."

There is no doubt that they lost this time.The defeat was due to being too contemptuous, and the defeat was due to underestimating the determination of Prince Hejian to save his life.

However, even if no one can be left behind, all the hidden chess pieces left by him should be removed one by one.These manors and the officials and families involved behind them, even if they are not his henchmen, must be involved with him.Once he rebels, these people may secretly help him, and he must be cleaned up as soon as possible, so that he can rest assured.

Of course, he is a civil servant, and it is not his turn to take such credit.It was impossible for Xuan Qi to be involved in military matters, and naturally he could not preside over this matter either.Li Jing, king of Tianshui County?Forget it, it is enough for him to follow Yong'an County King to Shazhou in peace.Si Yue Wang Li Wei?After all, identity is a little sensitive, maybe it's better to keep quiet.Uncle Li Xin?He wanted to repay the previous favor, but it shouldn't hurt him because of it.

Just as he was thinking about it, there was a sudden report: "Ah Lang, another elite government soldier is chasing after him! It looks familiar, it should be our government soldier from Shangzhou!!"

"The speed of their communication is really good. Who is the military officer in charge?" Prince Xian got on his horse and asked casually.

"The new Captain Zhechong!"

Wang Zixian paused, thinking of the Chen Guoyi who had met several times after being "in danger" with Prince Pu's mansion. Wei has been promoted to Captain Zhechong.Because of the good relationship formed in the early years, he and the Wang family are also quite friendly, and they often communicate with each other with courtesy.

His eyes moved slightly, and he steered his horse away from the manor.The broken parts cleaned up the traces left by their own people before catching up one after another.When they were tortured just now, in order to avoid being remembered, they all wore a mask to drive away the exorcism.If you look at it suddenly, it will be like a vicious ghost rushing out, and the dancing of the group of demons is enough to shock you.Only A Lang, who was the leader, showed a handsome face, which was set off by them to make his appearance even more extraordinary, like a fairy.

After passing through the mountain trails and arriving at the post road in Qinling Mountains, Prince Xian, who was still extraordinary, rolled the mask on Cao Silang's face with a whip, covering his own face: "Silang, go and invite Captain Chen Zhechong to come here. Let’s say I went home to visit relatives, and when I passed the post road, I found a group of suspicious mountain bandits.”

Although Cao Silang was puzzled, he still left in response.Not long after, that Captain Chen came over with two or three hundred elite soldiers.Seeing Wang Zixian wearing the exorcism mask, he smiled loudly and crossed his hands: "Wang Buque, I haven't seen you for a long time, I didn't expect that today would be such a coincidence. A certain happened to be ordered to chase down these vicious bandits. They caught it, I'm afraid..." A wry smile flashed across his face, obviously he understood the pressure he was under.

The King of Hejian County, who was supposed to be attacked at the foot of Nanshan Mountain, retreated time and time again, and fled into Qinling Mountains of Shangzhou with hundreds of subordinates.How difficult would it be to conduct a search in the vast Qinling Mountains, let alone a group of bandits beside Ni Wang?I'm afraid that he and these subordinates will die here this time! !

"Chen Duwei doesn't have to be too forceful." Wang Zixian explained, "The gangsters are vicious, and there are hundreds of people. You are weak, and even if you let them escape, no one has the heart to blame you. In any case, kill The bandit is the first, and killing one is a credit. In addition, if the hidden lairs of the bandits can be eliminated one by one, it will be enough to make up for the loss."

Hearing this, Duwei Chen couldn't help but cheer up: "Can Mr. Wang Lang help Chen? I heard that you also saw the traces of those gangsters just now? Do you know where they will go? Your family's trilogy , and can I borrow it from Chen? Can it be considered as a boost to Chen? "

"If Chen Duwei trusts Wang, then follow me." Wang Zixian no longer continued to talk back and forth with him, "We must hurry up and rush to the next station to set up an ambush earlier. Otherwise, wait for them to pass through In Qinling, after going to Mount Hua, you will be out of the jurisdiction of Captain Chen, so it is not easy to do anything. My Buqu family knows that there is a small path, and we can reach the Lingdong Station within two hours."

"Boys! Let's go!!"

At this moment, both of them tacitly forgot the fact that even if the prince offered to return to Shangzhou to visit his relatives, he didn't need to go through the Qinling Mountains.No matter why they came, at least in the next few hours, their goals are completely the same.Only by working together, can we really start a close battle with the King of Hejian! !

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In the afternoon, the humble Lingdong Station was still quiet.Today is the Shangyuan Festival, even those businessmen who only want to earn a fortune will not choose to travel hard and tiredly during such a lively festival.Therefore, on this remote section of the post road, there are no people around for tens of miles.Besides Zhuoyi and a few old postmen, there is no one in this station.

At this moment, the sound of horseshoes sounded, and a group of ferocious men rushed over along the post road.The postmen realized that the group of people who came was not friendly, and they looked like bandits, so they immediately retreated to the post station and closed the dilapidated wooden door.Ordinary thieves know that this kind of remote station has no food, let alone money, so they don't pay attention to them at all.Just wait for a while, when they are far away, the station will naturally be safe.

However, today was unusual. The thugs almost came towards the post station. After barbarously smashing open the door, they drew their knives to kill.Some even salivated when they smelled the aroma of food, and immediately rushed to the kitchen to search for food——

They had been hungry for a whole night and half a day, and now they were all groaning like drums, so naturally it was impossible to hold back.Even the few people who were about to raise their knives to kill people couldn't help but slow down their movements.The panic-stricken old postmen immediately fled in all directions, and the chopped-up man wailed loudly and rolled on the ground a few times before fleeing.

The gangsters were so hungry that they didn't have much energy, so they couldn't catch up with these postmen for a while.Seeing that there was nothing unusual, a burly man with scars all over his face helped the Hejian County King who looked exhausted all over his body.Maybe he was too tired, or maybe he was injured, Duke Hejian's footsteps were a bit vain, he almost fell down and sat in the front hall to rest.

The big man poured him warm buttermilk, and he took a sip, almost throwing it up due to the strange sourness.After all, what the postmen in remote mountains and remote areas drink is naturally far from being comparable to that of princes and nobles.Seeing his pale face, the big man asked the cook again if he had anything to eat, and immediately brought it to the master.

At this time, everyone gradually relaxed.After all, they have repeatedly confirmed that they have already thrown off the pursuers and are safe for the time being.At this time, you should also rest for a while, build up your strength, and then make plans for the future.

At this moment, there was a faint sound of breaking wind, and suddenly several arrows appeared without anyone noticing, like lightning, and shot towards Hejian County King! !

The big men guarding him were shocked and rushed forward to stop him.Several big men were injured and fell to the ground one after another, but the three arrows still went straight towards Hejian County King! !At the very moment, King Hejian turned his body abruptly and dodged the two arrows aimed at his vitals. Only one arrow passed through his shoulder, causing him to growl: "There is an ambush! Let's go!"