Chapter 351: Escape plan

In the tent, Yang Yan sat on a soft cushion, received the tea handed by the Da Lisi Minister, and said, “The one that attacked the official ship was a black jiao, it should be the jiao division in the northern demon race. The strength is not bad, fourth grade, I can’t beat it in the water.”

Not being a man of many words, he finished briefly and succinctly, giving a comparison of his own strength with that of his opponent, and then fell silent without a word.

Chu Xianglong’s face changed drastically.

Upon hearing about the existence of the Fourth Grade Auger, the Da Lisi Prime Minister and the others had strange expressions, ranging from consternation to awe to anxiety.

Sheriff Chen frowned and said, “Does General Chu know the details of that scaly dragon.”

As he spoke, he scrutinized Chu Xianglong with narrowed eyes.

The crowd looked at each other, and the invisible pressure made Chu Xianglong unable to continue to remain silent, and after hesitating for a moment, he said in a deep voice:

“Black Jiao, Fourth Grade, if I’m not mistaken, it should be Tangshan Jun.”

He really knows the black scaly ……… Xu Qi an s eyes flashed slightly, the enemy that set up an ambush at the flowing stone beach is from the northern demon race, since the northern demon race has been deployed, what about the northern barbarians who have always been in the same breath?

In addition, the matter of the Princess heading to the North, secret and unannounced, the official ship all the way north is extremely fast, according to reason, the northern demon race is simply impossible to set up an ambush in advance.

Unless they already knew the Princess was traveling north.

Our this Dafeng first beauty is really not simple ah, worth the barbarians so loud and deep into the enemy’s hinterland to engage in an ambush ……….. Just now, looking at Chu Xianglong s face, he seemed to be extremely surprised, and was obviously also shocked by the northern demon race s outburst …….. In Xu Qi’an’s mind, countless thoughts flashed by.

Sheriff Chen whispered, “Yang Jinluo, besides Black Jiao, are there any other enemies?”

Yang Yan shook his head, “Didn’t find it.”

The crowd was relieved, and the Da Lisi Prime Minister was relieved and settled down a lot in his heart, saying, “If there is only one fourth grade, we don t have to worry …….. too much.”

When he finished speaking, he heard Xu Qi’an snort and said, ”The Northern Barbarians are in the same breath as the Northern Demon Race, since the Demon Race has made a move, can the Barbarians be far behind.

“If I guessed correctly, the major passes heading to the North Realm are all ambushed by experts. Believe me, unless we abandon our wagons and supplies and cross the mountains, sooner or later we will be ambushed again.”

These days, there are only a few official roads, but there are countless goat paths, but those paths trodden out by people make it difficult to ride a horse, not to mention horse-drawn carts and flatbed trucks for transporting supplies.

Ancient trail-cutting vermin, just need to occupy an official road, along the way to rob the incoming and outgoing caravans and pedestrians, you can earn a lot of money.

Being told this by him, the two royal historians and the head of the Da Lisi hurriedly looked at Sheriff Chen, they now no longer believed Chu Xianglong.

Although Sheriff Chen’s official position was low, he was an experienced martial artist and one of his own, and his statement was most trustworthy.

Sheriff Chen nodded his head gently and said in a low voice, ”Lord Xu’s analysis makes sense, and is even the truth. I even feel that since there is a Fourth Grade in the waterway, what about the other ambush points? Could there be a Fourth Grade as well, or, perhaps, more Fourth Grade?

“With the Northern Barbarians and the Demon Race joining forces, it’s not a stretch to field a certain number of fourth grades.”

In the jianghu, a fourth rank expert was a loud and powerful person, a party of earth overlords. But in the imperial court, the fourth rank was not as numerous as the hair of the ox, but it was definitely not lacking.

This is a very simple truth, if there were more four pins in the jianghu than in the court, it wouldn’t be the court that ruled the world.

The Northern Barbarians and the Demon Race were equivalent to the United Northern Dynasties.

“This, how can this be?”

The three civil officials were a bit anxious.

As long as the enemy had two fourth grades, their team would be in danger, and if it was three, it would surely be wiped out.

The atmosphere in the tent turned silent and serious.

The three civil officials, as well as Sheriff Chen frowned, despite the hundred forbidden soldiers outside, as well as the guards that each of them had brought with them, they could not bring them the slightest sense of security.

In fact, the mission was already very well guarded, with a hundred forbidden soldiers, dozens of guards, more four silver gongs, eight bronze gongs, and a fourth-ranked gold gong.

Such a team, as long as they weren’t targeted by a major power, was enough to walk horizontally all over the Great Feng, and even go to the north and northeast to get away in one piece.

When Governor Zhang led a team to Yunzhou, it was also on this scale, and it was safe and sound all the way.

But the situation at hand was that they had probably encountered a joint ambush and targeting by the northern demon race and barbarian race, with the great power that was majestically located in the north behind them.

“The Northern Barbarians and Demon Race, why did they intercept the Princess? And how did they set up an ambush in advance.” Sheriff Chen stared sharply at Chu Xianglong.

“It’s not for you to know.” Chu Xianglong snorted coldly.

Sheriff Chen said angrily, “If you had known that the enemy was the northern demon race and barbarians, why didn’t you send the forbidden army to escort them and had to hide them in the mission?”

The bad situation made him out of anger, no longer concerned about Chu Xianglong’s identity, his attitude tit for tat.

Right, if there is a certain psychological preparation for the ambush, directly deploy the forbidden army escort is not safer it ……… This is, after all, the boundaries of the Dafeng, sending a large-scale forbidden army to escort the Princess, the northern barbarians and the demon race even if they deployed the fourth grade masters, there is only the end of the hate, after all, the forbidden army will surely After all, the forbidden army will definitely carry large killing magic weapons, and there are many experts in the army itself …….

But Emperor Yuan Jing allowed the princess to sneak into the embassy without anyone knowing and secretly leave the capital …….. This appalling thought flashed through Xu Qi’an’s mind:

They were defending against enemies within the court!

There are people within the court who don t want the Wangfei to go to the north to meet the king of Huai ……… Wangfei went to the north, what exactly will be triggered? There really is a deeper inside story behind this.

Also, how did the Demon Race and Barbarian Race know in advance and set up an ambush?

The clues were jumbled, clueless, and a headache to think about.

With the quarrel between Chu Xianglong and the three civil officials ringing in his ears, Xu Qi’an pinched his brow and immersed himself in his thoughts:

“Actually, I have a simpler way, and that is to invite the king into the jar, actively luring the experts of the barbarian and demon races and extracting information from them.”

The more Xu Qi’an thought about it, the more he felt that this plan was feasible, first of all, he had the Vajra Undefeatable that was comparable to a fourth rank, or even surpassed it somewhat, and to single-handedly take on a fourth rank, even if he couldn’t win, the other party would have a hard time killing him.

After all, martial artists wouldn’t target their Yuan Shen’s attacks, and if it was the fourth rank of the Dao Sect, Xu Qi’an would have turned around without saying a word. After all, his Yuan Shen level was still stuck at the sixth rank.

Even if his Yuan Shen was more powerful than most Sixth Ranks, how could it be a match for a strong Fourth Rank of the Dao Sect?

Secondly, he has the magic book gifted by Confucianism, which, when put aside in the game, is an ultra-rare skill scroll.

I may be low level, but I’ll have kryptonite.

In the Battle of Celestials, it was because of the effect of the Confucian magic book that compensated for his Yuan Shen’s weakness, thus defeating Li Miaozhen and Chu Yuanzhuan.

In the end, he still had a Divine Shush Monk inside him, which was his greatest strength.

However, the existence of the Shenshu monk can not be exposed, even if he is summoned, it must be in the absence of teammates, otherwise there is only to kill and exterminate ……. If it is only to save the princess, it is not enough to make me so desperate …….. Xu Qi An index finger and thumb, rubbing his jaw.

Saving the Princess was only incidental, his purpose was to extract information.

“The north is the Zhenbei King’s territory, so if you go directly over there, you’ll dive headfirst into someone else’s surveillance. All moves are under the eyes of the other side.

“In that case, I either don’t investigate the case or I die to the King of Zhenbei.”

For a master of logical reasoning, there was no way this could have gotten himself into such a passive situation.

It is important to get more clues and intelligence before arriving in the North so that plans can be made and investigations can be launched.

That’s when the brawl ended.

Chu Xianglong spread out a map on the ground and said in a deep voice, “Has Yang Jinluo been followed on this journey?”

Yang Yan shook his head.

As a pinnacle level Fourth Grade, there weren’t many people who could track him, and Takeshi’s intuition wasn’t for show.

Chu Xianglong sighed in relief and nodded, ”Very well, then we still have a chance. In this situation now, we definitely cannot go backwards. We should arrive at Jiangzhou City early and seek help from the Jiangzhou Prefect and the Jiangzhou Capital Commander, asking them to mobilize the guards for defense.”

The crowd nodded slowly.

Jiangzhou City was the main city of a province, and there was no shortage of soldiers or experts, so it was safe to enter the city. If the barbarians and demon race’s fourth grade dared to kill their way into the city, they were doomed to have no return.

“As long as we can successfully reach the main city of Jiangzhou, we can ask for help from the court or directly deploy the Jiangzhou army to escort the princess to the north.” Chu Xianglong said.

“Makes sense.” The Chancellor nodded slowly.

“So next, we need to make a marching route.” Chu Xianglong pointed at the map and said:

“The closest road to reach Jiangzhou is the official road we’re traveling on now, and we can get there in two days. But this road is also the most dangerous. So we’ll have to take a detour.”

Sheriff Chen shook his head and retorted, “A detour is equally dangerous, there are too many of us, as well as Zizi and the women’s families, we can’t go fast at all. And the other party is an expert in traveling light, sooner or later they will be locked and caught up.”

Chu Xianglong smiled and said, “Therefore, we have to abandon the wagons, horses, and some of the zizi. Also traveling light and simple, and can’t take the official road, playing guerrilla with them.”

Very smart decision, I must say.

Although the opponent was an expert, it was impossible to sneak into the enemy’s abdomen to stage an ambush, and it was impossible to bring an army with him. This would lead to a shortage of manpower to conduct a large-scale manhunt.

It was at this time that Chu Xianglong really showed the qualities of an experienced general.

In marching and fighting, these types of escapes are not uncommon.

The crowd looked at Xu Qi’an.

There are still a few brushes, to be able to achieve the position of vice general of the king of Zhenbei, it is impossible to be a mediocre generation ……… Xu Qi’an also felt that this arrangement was the optimal choice at the moment.

“I’m fine with that.” He said lightly.

Chu Xianglong smiled smugly, looking at Organizer Xu with provocation and contempt in his eyes, as if telling him:

Hairless boy, still too young to learn.

Immediately, the officials came out of their tents, gathered their men and horses, and gave orders to prepare for a night march.

Chu Xianglong woke up a group of maidservants, and then stopped by the carriage where the crown princess was, bowing and saying, “Crown princess, something has happened.”

A few seconds later, the woman’s calm voice came from the carriage, “What is it?”

Chu Xianglong whispered, “The ship was ambushed in the waterway and has sunk, we are still not out of danger, the enemy is likely to come after us.”

The maidservants, who had rubbed their eyes and left the carriage, sniffed and exclaimed.

The old auntie, who was mixed in with the maidservants, shrunk her head in fear, her eyes flashing with panic.

Chu Xianglong continued, “I have decided to take the mountain road in order to avoid pursuit, so please prepare quickly and leave overnight, Your Highness.”

Old Auntie rushed back to the wagon and packed her bags and dry food with a terrible desire to survive.

The maidservants then responded and began to busy themselves individually.

………..

Abandoning some of the zizi weight, carrying dry food and fresh water, the mission team left the official road, walked across the ridge, plains, over the mountains, and began a grueling trek.

Yang Yan led the procession to the front, while Xu Qi’an led the forbidden army at the rear.

At dawn, the group took a short break at the base of the mountain to replenish food and regain strength.

Xu Qi’an nibbled on the flavorless baklava and gulped down some water, glad that he hadn’t brought the filly along, or else he would have lost this beloved mount.

Soft footsteps leaned in, and looking back, it was a tired-looking old aunt.

She stood not far away, a little hesitant, seeing Xu Qi’an look over, immediately clenched her silver teeth, came over with big strides, sat down beside Xu Qi’an, and said in a low voice:

“Will we make it to the North without incident.”

Xu Qi’an replied, “You are a maidservant of the king’s household, this is a question that should be asked to Chu Xianglong.”

I can t trust him …….. Clutching her water bottle, she swept her gaze over the crowd with some apprehension and whispered, “I’m a little scared.”

She was scared, so she subconsciously came to find Xu Qi’an, perhaps in her heart, in this mission, the one who can really make her feel safe is not the golden gong Yang Yan, nor is it Chu Xianglong, who has sworn allegiance to the King of Zhenbei.

Rather, it was this teenage night watchman who kept teasing her along the way; the silver gong that struck a chord in the fight; the man who overpowered the heavens and the people with his two hands above the Wei-shui.

“Afraid of death?” Xu Qi’an asked with little expression.

She nodded and shook her head.

“There’s no problem with Chu Xianglong’s plan, and with luck, we’ll be able to arrive in Jiangzhou safely. Once we arrive in Jiangzhou, we will be safe. Besides, you are a little servant girl, what is there to be afraid of? If you see a bad opportunity, just run away, people who are fourth grade masters will still miss you?”

Xu Qi’an laughed at her cowardice.

“I’m afraid I won’t make it to Jiangzhou.” She sighed.

After staying up all night to catch up, it had only been a little over two hours and she was already too weak in her legs to walk.

“I’ll carry you?” Xu Qi’an offered.

She shook her head.

“If, if the pursuers intercept us, you ……..” She rephrased, “Will the night watchmen protect the princess?”

When she asked the question, her eyes shone with a hopeful light, like contained stars.

It was as if she would be at peace in her heart as long as Xu Qi’an gave an affirmative answer.

“Of course not,” Xu Qi’an flatly refused:

“Our mission is to investigate the case, not to protect the crown princess, the death of the crown princess has nothing to do with us, if the enemy is too strong, we will just escape ourselves. Anyway, their target is the princess.”

This way ah …….. The light in her eyes dimmed a little, and she silently got up and returned to her place, hugging her knees.

She was in the crowd, but she didn’t fit in with those around her, looking lonely and pathetic.

………..

After a quarter of an hour, Chu Xianglong got up and shouted, “Keep moving forward.”

The well-trained forbidden soldiers and guards rose in silence, put on their packs, carried their weapons, and were ready to go.

As the words fell, Xu Qi’an’s sweaty hairs suddenly stood on end, and in the next moment, images naturally surfaced in his mind as a huge boulder crashed down in the mountain forest above his head.

Almost at the same time, Yang Yan in front of him raised his head in a sudden manner and stared at the mountain behind him with a burning gaze.

Phew ……

A boulder two feet high was thrown down from the mountain and thrown towards the core of the group.

In the mission, the rest of the martial artists were a beat slow, and they didn’t sense anything until the boulder was thrown. The ordinary soldiers and maidservants, on the other hand, hadn’t even reacted at this point.

………..

PS: Did the long fine outline today.