Lin Dai'er said a word in the stone room, which seemed simple, but Chu Huan thought about it afterwards, but felt that there was something strange, at that time, Lin Dai'er said that there was no place for them in this Heishui Mountain, which meant that this gang of bandits had completely given up on Heishui Mountain, and Chu Huan was also sure that Lin Dai'er's group would really not return to Heishui Mountain, after all, even the underground secret passage had leaked out, and Heishui Mountain would not have a bigger secret worthy of that group of bandits to stay.

As Chu Huan himself said, if Lin Dai'er and these people knew that a large army was coming to encircle and suppress them, the best way to deal with them was of course to leave early and let the Praetorian Guards pounce.

But they stayed, and that fearless attitude made Chu Huan conclude that Lin Dai'er and the others must have a perfect retreat strategy.

"If they flee and are discovered by you, there will be no way back." Chu Huan's gaze fell on the surface of the river with thick ice, and he did not immediately explain, but walked over the river.

Guo Yang also stepped forward, with a suspicious look on his face.

"General Guo Lang, do you think it's possible for them to escape from under the ice?" Chu Huan thought for a while, and finally asked softly: "God doesn't know it, let us escape unexpectedly!" ”

Guo Yang was stunned, showing a little surprise, glanced around the river, frowned, and said, "How is this possible?" Not to mention how they got from the mountains to the bottom of the ice, but only that it was cold under the water, and if they had to swim through the ice to cross this river, wouldn't they be frozen to death? ”

Chu Huan said: "At first glance, it seems impossible, but it may not be impossible. There are countless underground passages on the mountain, and those underground passages may lead to the bottom of the river. Moreover, this river is just behind the mountain, and if they have the heart, they can train people to swim around in this river in normal times...... If it is cold, the last general doesn't know how to resist it for a while, but as far as the last general knows, some people can withstand the cold when swimming in winter, and they can still survive it! ”

Li Zongquan had also come over silently, and when he heard Chu Huan's words, he sneered: "Chu Huan, you are whimsical. You say they fled under the ice, what evidence is there? If it is true that as you said, they can escape from the underground secret passage, then this Black Water Mountain has four sides, and now that our people have gone up the mountain, why don't they escape from other directions, but choose from here? ”

"Because they know that as long as they have the ability to escape from under the ice, then this is the most sure way to go." Chu Huan pointed to the black oppressive forest on the opposite side of the Heishui River, and said, "When the commander deployed military affairs in advance, he said that on the other side of this river, it was a dense forest, and once the bandits escaped into it and wanted to arrest them, it would be extremely difficult. And the other three sides of Heishui Mountain, although the road is rugged, but as long as we find them, we can chase them all, not to mention that they are not sure, when we go up the mountain, whether there are people left under the mountain, this unknown situation, of course they will not take the risk. ”

Li Zongquan was complacent and suspicious, but Guo Yang had already bowed his head slightly, and said, "General Chu Wei, what you said makes sense. Suddenly thinking of something, he immediately said: "If they want to escape from underwater, they must break a gap in the river and come out of the ...... underwater!" His expression became solemn, and he said, "We only pay attention to the mountain, and we don't pay attention to the river behind us...... General Li Wei, you quickly pass on the general's order and let the brothers search the river to see if there is a gap in the ice......! ”

Li Zongquan hurriedly said: "My lord, do you really believe Chu Huan's nonsense? If we divide our efforts to find some gaps, what if those bandits rush down from the mountains? ”

Guo Yang glared at Li Zongquan and said in a deep voice: "Is it to listen to you, or to listen to the general?" ”

Li Zongquan saw that Guo Yang's expression was not good, so he didn't dare to say more, so he hurriedly went down to give the order, Chu Huan was not idle, and called dozens of people under his hands to also look for ice-breaking gaps on the river.

He vaguely felt that although he was completely guessing, the possibility was extremely high.

The Praetorian Guards who were ambushed under the mountain got the order, and immediately dispersed, looking for an exit on the river, Chu Huan knew that if the other party really wanted to escape from here, the gap would definitely be close to the opposite bank, so he led his subordinates to line up and carry out the search forward, the surface of the Heishui River was quite wide, and after a while, he suddenly heard someone not far away exclaiming: "There is a gap here, there is a gap here......!" ”

Chu Huan's spirit was tight, could it really be that he expected that Lin Daier and the others really escaped from under the ice?

He was about to pass when he heard a shout from the left front: "Here, there is a gap here...... My lord, there is a gap here! ”

Guo Yang, Chu Huan and the others ran forward, only to see that there was indeed an ice-breaking gap in front of them, only about ten steps away from the shore, and the hole was not small, which could accommodate one person to enter and exit.

Chu Huan and the others all looked solemn, Chu Huan had already squatted down, touched the edge of the cave with his hand, looked up at Guo Yang, and said: "These gaps have been opened in advance, this edge is flat, and it is impossible for people to make such neat gaps under the ice." ”

Guo Yang looked angry and scolded: "Fuck, these cunning bandits ......!" ”

Li Zongquan hurriedly said: "My lord, although there is a gap here, it doesn't mean that they just left from here?" Maybe they really want to go from here, but they may not have fled! ”

Guo Yang had already asked Chu Huan: "General Chu Wei, do you say they have fled from here?" ”

Chu Huan didn't answer immediately, walked along the ice to the shore, glanced straight to the shore a few times, shook his head and sighed: "I'm afraid I'm already gone." Guo Yang had already followed, and looked at Chu Huan's gaze, only to see that on the snow on the shore, there were footprints left in many places, and he was in a hurry, and immediately drew his knife in his hand, and shouted angrily: "Brothers, they have escaped, let's chase after them!" Without saying a word, the first one rushed to the woods on the shore, and the soldiers did not dare to slack off, and rushed to the shore one by one like wolves.

Chu Huan frowned, he knew that since Lin Dai'er had come up with such a way to escape, he was extremely sure, even if the guards chased into the forest at this time, they might not be able to catch up with that group.

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In the city of Tongzhou, the capital of Zhizhou.

Zhao Guangqing, the governor of Tongzhou, was dressed in a warm brocade robe, sitting on the edge of the fire, holding the hot tea that had just been delivered in his hand, taking a sip, and gently placing the teacup on the table next to him.

Although the wind outside is like a knife, but the inside of the house is warm like spring, he picked up a string of rosewood Buddha beads on the table, very skillfully playing with the Buddha beads, the room is smoked with sandalwood, curling smoke, very quiet.

He turned his head to look at Duan Xun, a thousand households in the Tongzhou camp who was dressed in military uniform, and asked, "Wei Tianqing, they haven't come back yet?" ”

"The day before yesterday, after dusk, I asked us to stew meat before leaving, but until now, not a single soldier has returned, and the meat in the pot is stewed." Duan Xun said cautiously: "I don't know when they will come back to eat this meat!" ”

Zhao Guangqing smiled faintly and said, "You send another hundred pigs to the outside of the city!" ”

Duan Xun said: "My subordinates have sent someone to prepare a hundred pigs, which can be sent out at any time." ”

Zhao Guangqing showed a look of satisfaction and said with a smile: "Duan Qianhu, now that you are doing things more and more neatly, this official is very relieved. After a pause, he said calmly: "Two thousand elite soldiers, divided into four roads, only rested for half a day before they were pulled...... This Lord Wei is really resolute in his work. He smiled faintly and said, "It seems that this Lord Wei is going to make a fight in our Tongzhou!" ”

Duan Xun was about to speak, but he heard a rush of footsteps, and a report came from outside: "Lord Qiyu, Lord Wei, the commander of the Praetorian Guard, has led the troops into the city!" ”

"Leading troops into the city?" Zhao Guangqing frowned: "How many people did he bring?" ”

"Brought a hundred or so people." The visitor said: "But they are carrying more than a dozen carriages, and the carts are loaded with wooden boxes, and they don't know what they are, and they are about to come to the mansion!" ”

Zhao Guangqing threw the Buddhist beads in his hand on the table, stood up, and immediately walked outside.

When he came to the gate of the mansion, he saw that Wei Tianqing and his party had come to the front of the mansion, Wei Tianqing turned over and dismounted, but his face was indescribably ugly, behind him, hundreds of soldiers guarded more than a dozen big carriages, and five or six large boxes were stacked on each carriage.

Zhao Guangqing smiled on his face and said: "Lord Wei, this official learned that you came to Tongzhou the day before yesterday, and I wanted to meet you at that time, but I was busy with affairs, and I finally finished my business and wanted to go, but I heard that Lord Wei led the troops to leave, but I could only meet today." ”

Wei Tianqing also arched his hand and said, "Lord Zhao, you are in a hurry, and you can't enter the city to meet you, please don't blame Lord Zhao." ”

Zhao Guangqing said with a smile: "Lord Wei's words are out of sight. Come on, come on, it's cold outside, let's talk about it when you enter the house. ”

Wei Tianqing raised his hand and said, "Wait." Then he turned around and commanded, "Come on, bring in all the boxes!" The Praetorian Guard soldier agreed, and immediately moved the wooden boxes from the carriage into the courtyard.

Zhao Guangqing's face showed a suspicious look on his face, and he asked, "Master Wei, what is this?" You must know that the official does not accept gifts, and the official heard that you, Lord Wei, never give gifts! ”

"Today's gift, Lord Zhao must accept it." Wei Tianqing's eyes were bloodshot: "These things are exchanged for the lives of fifty-four of my brothers!" ”

Zhao Guangqing suddenly changed color, and hurriedly said: "What do you mean by Lord Wei's words?" ”

Wei Tianqing said: "Please take a look at these things first!" ”

Soon, nearly 100 boxes have been moved to the compound of the Zhizhou Mansion and stacked together, Zhao Guangqing looked at these boxes suspiciously, Wei Tianqing glanced at him, and with a wave of his hand, a soldier stepped forward to pry open the lids of several large wooden boxes with a knife, Wei Tianqing raised his hand and said: "Lord Zhao, please take a look!" ”

Zhao Guangqing frowned, stepped forward, looked at a few boxes, his face changed slightly, turned to look at Wei Tianqing, and asked, "Lord Wei, what do you mean by bringing so many weapons here?" ”

Wei Tianqing pointed to those wooden boxes and said: "There are a total of one hundred and fourteen wooden boxes, of which forty-six boxes are filled with steel knives, fifteen boxes are strong crossbows, and the remaining fifty-three boxes are all arrows and ......!" ”

Zhao Guangqing frowned and said, "The official can see it, but what is Lord Wei asking the official to see this?" ”

Wei Tianqing said with a cold face: "Lord Zhao, this is the weapon you found in Heishui Mountain under your rule...... My Great Qin strictly prohibits the private possession of weapons, but there is a group of bandits entrenched in Heishui Mountain, and these weapons are hidden by them. He walked up to Zhao Guangqing and stared at Zhao Guangqing's eyes: "This official can also tell you that these weapons, only some of them, were left behind by the bandits who had no time to transfer, and a large number of weapons have been transferred and their whereabouts are unknown...... Lord Zhao, what this official means, you understand now, right? ”