Only then did Ling Xin'an know that this mountain range was called the Xiyin Mountains, a branch of the Shushan Mountains. It was getting closer and the temperature was getting colder. At this time, the team finally received a secret order and suspected that they had discovered traces of the enemy.

When Ling Xin'an and others came to Sun Wu, the latter was crawling in a mountain col, with his war horse hidden on one side.

Lan Baishu listened quietly to Sun Wu's report, with a low expression, looking at the mountains within reach. Everyone didn't know what he was thinking, and quietly waited for his order.

"Captain Ling!" he shouted.

"The humble position is here!" Ling Xin'an took a step forward and said.

"I order you to lead your troops to move in the direction of suspected enemies immediately. If you encounter a small number of enemies, you will kill them without mercy without reporting. If there are too many enemies and your own number is insufficient, remember not to expose your traces. You only need to track and report the situation.

" said the blue and white tree.

"Yes, sir!" Ling Xin'an said.

Immediately, Ling Xin'an led his troops to follow the direction of the suspicion. It was not until they were nearly five miles away that Sun Wu and Lu Fengxian approached Ling Xin'an and lowered their heads and said, "Sir, we have got rid of them!"

Ling Xin'an nodded: "How are the arrangements?"

"Sir, don't worry, it has been confirmed again and again."

"Okay, follow up quietly, kill the vanguard, and leave the rest to them."

Lu Fengxian said: "Sir, do you want to send a signal back?"

Ling Xin'an shook her head and said: "Since you have chosen this path, you have to pay a price. Every decision has a price."

"Yes, sir!" The two nodded.

"Xiao Wu, tell me about the situation ahead!"

Sun Wu nodded and said: "Sir, look at the riding seals. There are about two hundred people, which is twice our number. The combat strength is unclear."

"How far away are we?"

"A day's journey."

"Fengxian, what do you think?" Ling Xin'an asked.

Lu Fengxian thought for a while and said, "Sir, destroy him."

Sun Wu smiled and said: "Isn't this nonsense?"

Lu Fengxian rolled his eyes at him and said, "This is the result we want. Don't I need to think about this result?"

Sun Wu said: "You are the only one who has many problems."

Lu Fengxian said: "I'm too lazy to pay attention to you, sir. I only know the number of people and the direction of travel, so it's not easy to make a move."

Ling Xin'an said: "Follow us at full speed. From now on, no fire or noise is allowed."

"yes!"

The order was quickly conveyed. Knowing that there was a group of two hundred enemies in front of them, the ten teams immediately became excited and serious.

The appearance of the Hades reminded them of their previous robbery of food and grass, so in everyone's minds, this enemy force must be eliminated.

Half a day passed, and the traces of the enemy in front became more and more obvious, including horse marks, excrement, and human smell.

Team Six has been sent out to search for any enemy ambush within a three-kilometer radius, but found none.

Soon, news came from the front that the enemy had been spotted five miles away. Ling Xin'an ordered the troops to continue moving forward, while she and Sun Wu flew away, found a high ground, and looked in the direction of the enemy's traces.

From two directions, you can faintly hear the sounds of disturbed beasts and birds in the woods. You can't hear the roar of war horses and you can't see the specific number of people.

After observing silently for a while, Ling Xin'an left a code word and retreated quietly, waiting for the follow-up troops to catch up.

As soon as the troops gathered together, Lu Fengxian said: "Sir, what do you think?"

Ling Xin'an said: "The number of enemies is indeed about two hundred. I can't tell the details. If you get too close, it will be easily discovered by the enemies, but I have a doubt."

"Sir, please speak."

"The underworld seems to be different this time." Ling Xin'an frowned.

Sun Wu was confused: "Sir, what's the difference?"

Ling Xin'an said: "I can't explain it. It feels different. The person following me along the way doesn't look like a ghost."

"Sir, that's right, because this time the enemy is not a ghost at all." The voice of the captain of the sixth team came from the front.

I saw him emerging from a bush with a few people, still covered in dry grass.

When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but be stunned and looked at the sixth captain in disbelief.

Captain Six said: "Sir, if it weren't for the veterans in the team, we wouldn't have noticed that the people in front of us were not Hades, but barbarians."

"Barbarian?"

Lu Fengxian asked in surprise: "How did the barbarians cross the blockade of the Hades and enter here?"

Sun Wu said: "No way?" He opened his eyes wide and looked shocked.

Ling Xin'an did the same and said to the sixth captain: "Tell me in detail."

The sixth captain said: "Sir, following your order, we spread out. Those who followed the closest ones watched the enemy sweep away traces in front of our eyes. They pretended to be underworld people, but judging from their behavior, they are barbarians."

"Sir, if it is a barbarian, the problem will be big this time." Sun Wu said seriously.

Lu Fengxian also nodded: "The barbarians are better at riding and shooting than the Ming people. They are as fast as the wind. They have the best cavalry in the world. When the barbarians entered here, the Ming people were obviously kept in the dark."

Ling Xin'an said: "No matter how the barbarians bypassed the underworld people and entered here, there are two things in front of us. One is that the barbarians we encountered here, then, the people on the other side of the blue and white tree should also be barbarians.

We had originally left a secret mark, hoping that they would have time to prepare, but now that they are barbarians, I am afraid that they are more likely to expose our existence while they are in danger. Secondly, what I am thinking about is if the underworld people unite with the barbarians,

The southwest border may suffer a big loss."

Everyone was stunned, obviously they hadn't thought of this level yet.

Sun Wu and Lu Feng first knew about Ling Xin'an's plan. When Sun Wu reported that there were enemies ahead, the fact was that there were two groups of enemies, and he hid the other group, letting Lan Baishu and that group of enemies fight each other to see who could stay.

According to Ling Xin'an's plan, he will deal with the enemy in front of him and will go back to see how the battle goes.

Lan Baishu wants to kill Ling Xin'an with the help of enemies, but isn't Ling Xin'an like this?

However, it is not the underworld that appears here, but the barbarians. The barbarians appear here, which contains too much information.

No matter which one it is now, the situation is much more complicated.

Ling Xin'an pondered for a while and said: "There is still more than an hour before Youshi. Late autumn is coming and it gets dark quickly. We should follow them from a distance and we must not let them discover our existence."

So, the troops continued to move forward, and sure enough, the enemy seemed to feel something was different, and traps began to appear on the road. If Ling Xin'an hadn't been cautious and ordered the spies to clear the obstacles ahead, the team would have fallen into the trap set by the enemy.

The two sides always maintain a distance of five miles. This distance is not too far, but on the side of the forest near Xiyin Mountain, even if they go all out, it will take nearly half an hour, which is enough for the enemy to be fully prepared.

As night fell, Ling Xin'an ordered everyone to stop and rest early, and rest on the spot. Even the six teams who were inquiring from the front were called back.

Naturally, they couldn't make a fire to cook tonight, so they ate dry food hastily. Only then did they realize how good the boiled water was, because they had always kept it in the luggage on the horseback. The entrance to the boiled water was not as cold as the water in the wild mountain streams, because

After boiling, there is a faint fragrance in the mouth.

The mountains and forests were silent, until the Youshi hour passed, Ling Xin'an woke everyone up, and then began to assign tasks.

Three small teams were left here to look after the horses, while everyone else put on night clothes and sneaked away to attack the enemy.

Everyone looked excited when they heard this. Only the members of the third team looked ugly. The captain of the third team said: "Sir, this is unfair. Why should we be left behind?"

Ling Xin'an said: "This is an order."

The third captain shut up immediately.

Soon, everyone prepared their night gear and headed towards the enemy without saying a word.

After walking nearly a kilometer, Ling Xin'an asked the members of Team Six to lead the way and suddenly headed towards Xiyin Mountain.

Everyone followed silently, no one said a word. In the night, hundreds of people rushed straight under Xiyin Mountain. The cold wind blowing from Xiyin Mountain made people shiver. Because it was night, the mountains could not be seen clearly, only the cold

The wind roared in my face.

Su Wu, Lu Fengxian and the members of the Sixth Squadron leading the way were aware of the battle plan, but the other squadrons were led under the Attracting Mountains. They did not know but it was equally difficult to remain silent.

At the foot of Xiyin Mountain, the vegetation is bare and the wind howls non-stop all year round. The foot of the mountain is cold all year round. Even in summer, it is still very cold here, so not many creatures thrive here.

This is almost a barren land, and it is precisely because of this that there is a mountain road in front of us that is easy to walk on.

The team's speed was very fast. After walking for about three hours, it was already midnight. The team had already surpassed the barbarian troops and was far ahead of the enemy.

Ling Xin'an ordered a rest and then said: "Brothers, we are not here to sneak attack the enemy tonight, but to overtake the enemy. The reason why we are walking in front is to make the enemy mistakenly think that we are always behind them, but tomorrow

Later, they will find that we are missing, so they will put down their guard, and only in this way will we have a chance to catch them all."

Only then did everyone understand why Ling Xin'an made such a choice. At first, they really thought that he was taking advantage of the darkness of the sky to attack the enemy. However, they did not expect that Ling Xin'an did this just to surpass the enemy.

"Captain Six, where are we now?" Ling Xin'an asked.

"Sir, we should have surpassed the barbarians by nearly fifty kilometers. Because it was dark, our speed was greatly reduced."

"It's midnight now. Let's rest for two moments and continue setting off. We will make sure that the barbarians cannot detect us in the next two days, and we just need to wait quietly for their arrival."

Everyone understood that after two moments passed, Ling Xin'an continued to move forward. Because they were far away from the enemy, their speed increased even faster.

By noon in the morning, all the soldiers were already hungry and completely unable to walk. At this time, they were already more than a hundred kilometers away from the barbarians. According to the barbarians' current speed, it would take four days at the fastest to arrive.

So, Ling Xin'an ordered everyone to rest. On this day, everyone rested in place and did not need to do anything. Until the next day, when everyone was full of energy, Ling Xin'an called the nine team captains to the front and began to study the enemy's final plan.
Chapter completed!