Start into the abyss

Chapter 36

Zhao Huaiyue stepped on his horse and led Shiwu out of the east gate of the county.

Baishan floated with his hands behind his back, and followed closely behind him, like a ghost chasing his soul in the mountains.

After reaching the second level of his zhenqi body, his zhenqi recovery speed has been significantly improved. Now following a fast horse, although the consumption is not negligible, it is within the consumption category of "not affecting the outbreak of war at any time". .

However, if he keeps up for a day and a night, the exhaustion of the body will inevitably slow down the recovery of zhenqi, so it is impossible.

The forest scenery on both sides faces each other, and after several turns, the scenery ahead will eventually change.

On the edge of the official road, an army wearing soft armor and a county soldier's knife has already stood neatly.

From a rough look, there were about five hundred people.

As soon as Zhao Huaiyue lifted the reins, he shouted: "Woo~~~"

Then it stopped in front of the army.

The other knights also stopped.

The men dressed as head catchers quickly came out and came to Zhao Huaiyue's horse, and respectfully said: "County Zhao, Master Gu and County Captain Wang want us to enter the Panshan area immediately and start joint suppression of bandits."

Zhao Huaiyue nodded and said "Okay", then glanced at the five hundred county soldiers under his command, clenched his fists and said fiercely: "Let's go! Follow me to destroy the Panshan bandits!!"

"I would like to follow Mr. Zhao!" The morale of the county soldiers was high.

Zhao Huaiyue turned the reins, shouted "Drive", and rode forward, and the 500-member Qingyuan County team set off, followed him, and headed for the deep mountains.

Bai Shan frowned slightly behind a boulder in the distance.

I didn't expect the battle to suppress the bandits to come so suddenly, but the art of war is all about "surprise", so there is nothing to say.

However, this Zhao Huaiyue seems very interesting. If there is going to be a war, he will go to grab the eldest sister first. This clearly does not take the encirclement and suppression of the three counties seriously.

And he also said something like "Taohua County is dangerous" and "you will understand later".

Could it be that the person surnamed Zhao colluded with the bandits?So you know that the encirclement and suppression will inevitably fail, so you say that?

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The one surnamed Zhao would not be so stupid, and even if the one surnamed Zhao colluded with the bandits, there are so many county guards patrolling here, it is absolutely impossible to collude with the bandits.

That is to send news to the bandits and set up an ambush?
Or something else?
The simple incident of suppressing bandits suddenly shrouded in a layer of fog.

Bai Shan thought for a while, but felt that it was all guesswork and meaningless. He heard the footsteps going away, and then he leaned out from behind the boulder. His figure was as agile as a hunting wild leopard, and he continued to follow the Qingyuan County The army, advance to Panshan.

Although this happened suddenly today, Baishan has been preparing for this day for a long time.

Now that the coalition forces are clearing the way, he just took the opportunity to find the stronghold and base camp of the Panshan Pirates, and then waited for the opportunity to complete the training requirements of "The Tiger Roaring at Night".

The shadows of the trees are scattered, and they quickly retreated backwards.

The mountain road is rugged, winding like a big snake.

Seeing the Qingyuan County soldiers entering the mountain, Baishan stopped for a while. He looked around for a while, only to feel a little familiar, and after thinking about it carefully, he matched the terrain in his mind.

During this period of time, he came to Panshan for a walk when he had nothing to do, just to understand the terrain.

Now that he is on the right track, he is also clear about the road ahead.

"This place is called Heifengkou, and it's a place with a lot of miasma and poisonous insects, and hunters don't usually come here.

And further forward, there should be no fork in the road, just like hundreds of rivers converging into the sea, they gather in a grand canyon, and then the canyon diverges further, forming a maze-like complex terrain.
The old people who used to go up the mountain called it Bugui Gorge.

From the looks of it, the base camp of Panshan Pirates is likely to be here.

I'll climb to a higher place to have a look first. "

Since Baishan knew the whereabouts of Qingyuan County's army, he didn't follow up. Instead, he chose a fork in the road, picked a peak, quickly climbed to the top of the mountain, and then overlooked the surrounding area.

From this point of view, the surrounding situation is clear.

Sure enough, the coalition forces of the three counties are all here.

But those three teams were on three different mountain paths.

There are small roads between the mountain roads, half a stick of incense away from each other, and they are moving forward in the shape of a character.

In this way, even if the bandits set up an ambush by taking advantage of the favorable location and mountains, they can only trap one team, while the other two teams can quickly hear the movement and come to support.

In the three-county coalition, Qingyuan County and Yuzhou County are on the left and right sides, and the leaders are Zhao Huaiyue and Wang Zhaofei respectively, with about four or five hundred people.

However, Taohua County in the center has the most people, and the two armies at the front and back are dressed differently. The army at the back has only about 200 soldiers. At first glance, it looks like a native of Taohua County, while the army at the front has more than 500 soldiers. Look, the morale of the equipment is obviously much better than that of the local county soldiers.

Bai Shan recalled what he had overheard behind the old house before, and naturally guessed that these 500 strong soldiers should be reinforcements sent by Tianyi Mansion. It seems that they were hidden away by Master Gu.

But at the same time, he also has a new understanding of the status of "officials". This "prefecture" level priest can actually mobilize the army in the mansion, which can be regarded as quite powerful.

After observing, Bai Shan retracted his gaze.

Now that it was determined that the destination of the three armies was the Gorge of No Return, he was going to take a step ahead and take a look ahead.

It might not be enough for others, but his body skills are superb, and he can even reach the sky with nine leaves. If he encounters a cliff between mountains and others need to detour, he only needs two or three leaves to fly over, which is much more convenient.

After two sticks of incense, Baishan has crossed more than ten peaks.

Suddenly, he stopped and looked into the distance.

In the depths of the gorge of no return, there is a group of dark teams.

Obviously, that is Panshan Pirates.

Panshan Pirates had a lot of people. Roughly speaking, it was more than three times the number of the three-county coalition forces, nearly 5000 people.

"Sure enough, these bandits are hiding in the depths of the Gap of No Return. It's really a place that is easy to defend but difficult to attack."

“However, this place”

Bai Shan observed it again, and couldn't help being amused, "What a coincidence, a few miles to the west from here is where the tiger demon is."

He withdrew his gaze and looked at the mountain bandit who was like a swarm of ants at his feet. He had a plan in his heart, and immediately continued to walk like a gust of wind, skimming the barren forest and Cangshan Mountain, following the direction of the mountain road that the bandit bandit came out of, and going in the opposite direction.

His direction is naturally the base camp of Panshan bandits.

His goal is to slaughter a thousand bandits, and then feel the pain and fear of the bandits, so as to complete the requirements of [Tiger Roaring at Night];
On the other hand, because of Bai Miaochan, he has also heard too many "good things" done by bandits during this time, and he has also seen too many crying children who lost their loved ones. This is also revenge.

Baishan moved quickly, looking carefully.

After a while.
Between mountains and rivers, a cottage appeared in the field of vision.

On the plaque hanging in the center of the cottage, the words "Panshan Volunteer Army" are written, and the long flags hanging on both sides are respectively written with the words "Walking the Way for the Heaven" and "Rewarding the Good and Punishing the Evil".

"Sure enough, it's here, but these words are really hypocritical and ridiculous"

Baishan stands on a high cliff with a wide view, overlooking the bandit village.

In Dazhai, there are still many bandits patrolling, but compared to the attacking ones, there are far fewer.

"Gu Shuangyuan is indeed a capable person. He directly found out the location of the Panshan Pirates' base camp, and then mobilized the coalition forces of the three counties and the elite of the Tianyi Mansion who had been hiding in the snow to besiege."

"Since that's the case, I'll start attacking this cottage when the battle starts on the front line, hoping to succeed."

Bai Shan took one more look at the bandits walking in the canyon, sat cross-legged, took a deep breath, and began to adjust his breath to recover the strength he had just spent on the journey.

(End of this chapter)