Su Le continued to practice diligently and ignored all the rumors and gossip from the outside world.
In such troubled times, knowing too much information will make people worry about gains and losses and become a burden.
Now that he is leading the mountain camp, he just needs to be more vigilant and cautious. It is best to turn into a leaf and drift in the wind with the general situation.
Ten days after the prince ascended the throne, the Shang army finally arrived at the foot of Daqing City.
Facing the incoming Shang army, all the Xia troops were on guard at the top of the city, always ready to fight with the Shang army.
However, at this moment, an unexpected scene happened.
Li Buyi did not lead his army to attack Daqing City. On the contrary, when they were still more than ten miles away from Daqing City, the Shang army suddenly changed direction and bypassed Daqing City and headed towards the Central Plains.
Such a false shot stunned the entire officers and soldiers in Daqing City.
At the beginning, the counselors judged that if the Shang army wanted to take over the Central Plains, they had to pass the Daqingcheng pass, otherwise they would face a double-team between the capital army and the Western Xinjiang army.
But Shang Jun didn't seem to care, so he simply ignored Daqing City and headed straight for the Central Plains...
Only then did the counselors react.
The Shang Kingdom's goal was not the capital, but the Yongle treasure.
The news about the Yongle Chongbao has been making a lot of noise a while ago. After Xia Yanbing ascended the throne, it is now even more popular that the Yongle Chongbao has appeared in the world, and whoever can obtain the Chongbao can conquer the world.
Soon, Xing Long also led the Western Xinjiang army and left Daqing City, chasing after the merchant army.
As the saying goes, a hundred-footed insect will never freeze even if it is dead. The Xia Kingdom is now at its most difficult time, and its profound heritage has been unearthed.
Zhang family, Yang family, Feng family...
At the critical moment, the big families of the Xia Kingdom organized their own troops to help resist the black ships and the Tubarbarians. The war spread in every corner of the Xia Kingdom...
In this kind of melee, the Western Xinjiang Army no longer cares about the cannon fodder camp.
The order Su Le received was to follow the army and destroy all enemy forces encountered on the way. Su Le was very happy to carry out this order, which meant that the freedom of the Kaishan camp was greatly improved.
Kaishan camp followed the Western Xinjiang army all the way, but did not encounter any enemy troops.
After the army passed through Tiger Mountain, Tianzi Gang, and Stone Dragon Fort, they finally grabbed the tail of the merchant army and fought fiercely.
However, the Shang army did not seem to want to fight. After leaving some cannon fodder battalions to deal with the Western Xinjiang army, they fled again.
In the midst of this chase and escape, another news came that the newly ascended emperor Xia Yanbing would go to Cangqing Forest to guard the late emperor's mausoleum.
This news is very cryptic. It is important to guard the late emperor's mausoleum. In a peaceful and prosperous era, guarding the late emperor's mausoleum will be a very complicated and costly project.
But now that the time has come, Xia Yanbing still has the leisure to guard the late emperor's mausoleum. This is somehow weird.
In fact, this news is not difficult to interpret.
The news about Yongle Chongbao has already spread a lot.
The generals of the Xia Kingdom are no longer there. Although the Xia Kingdom has a profound foundation, there is one less general, and there are still many big families and military ministers coming to help.
But the general is too important. Without the general, no matter how many military ministers there are, it will not do much.
It is a lie that Xia Yanbing wants to guard the tomb of the late emperor, but it is true that he goes to Cangqing Forest to look for the Yongle Treasure. It is said that the Yongle Treasure only appears when the Xia Kingdom is in the most danger, so now is the time when the Xia Kingdom is in the most danger, so Xia Yanbing this time
, is to bet the last chance on the Yongle treasure.
These matters have nothing to do with Su Le for the time being. As the leader of the cannon fodder battalion, he only needs to lead his team and follow the Western Xinjiang Army.
Who knows, I just learned that the prince led the imperial army into the Cangqing Forest, and Li Buyi's merchant army also followed. Not only that, after the black ship docked, it also detoured into the Cangqing Forest, and Yang followed suit.
The personal guards of the family, the Zhang family and other big families, and finally, even the reinforcements of the Later Tang Dynasty, the Duoyan Three Guards also entered the Cangqing Forest...
The Cangqing Forest is located in the middle of the Xia Kingdom. The entire forest is densely covered with lush pine trees, beech trees and large fir trees.
Because the jungle is dense, once you enter the forest, mutual command and communication become a problem.
Therefore, before entering the Cangqing Forest, Xing Long gathered hundreds of thousands of Western Xinjiang troops first, conveyed the mission of entering the forest, and planned the route forward for each team.
The first task is to defend Xia Yanbing's mausoleum and kill all enemy troops. The enemy troops are mainly merchants. Later, the Western Xinjiang army was divided into several groups and entered the Cangqing Forest.
A wild demon wolf crawled slowly through the jungle. There were many monsters in the green forest, but the demon wolf was one of the demon beasts that stood at the top of the food chain.
The demon wolf's sense of smell is very sensitive. As soon as it ran out of its lair, it smelled the smell of raw meat, and it was a familiar human smell.
There are few humans setting foot in the Cangqing Forest. This demon wolf knows that in the center of the Cangqing Forest, there are some humans stationed there all year round. However, the strength of those humans is astonishing, and they only exude a powerful aura.
, enough to keep the monsters in the forest from approaching.
Facing the long-lost human aura, this demonic wolf is very cautious. Generally speaking, most of the humans who enter the forest are experienced hunters. However, in the Cangqing Forest, the roles between hunters and prey are often reversed.
.So it needs to be cautious enough to catch its prey.
Just when this demon wolf was about to approach its prey.
"咻咻咻咻..."
Dozens of sharp arrows shot through the air and nailed it firmly to the ground.
"Hey, there are a lot of prey in the Cangqing Forest. Let's skin this demon wolf first and roast it for dinner at night!" The person who spoke was Hou Shun, who was responsible for leading a group of agile scouts to explore the road ahead.
Several soldiers stepped forward, skinned the monster wolf neatly, bled it, and then threw it into an oilskin bag. In the green forest, these monsters were probably the ones who suffered the most during this period. Facing all kinds of armies,
, they can only be slaughtered.
After completing this action, the soldiers continued to walk through the jungle with light footsteps.
Behind this team of scouts, the Kaishan camp was advancing in an orderly manner along the marks left by Hou Shun. Su Le was now ten times more cautious than when he was marching in the Western Border.
There is nothing that can be done about it. Nowadays, the Cangqing Forest is almost killing people at every step. There are too many strong men in it. If you encounter an elite battalion casually, it will bring considerable trouble to the mountain camp.
After marching in the forest for a day and a night, they only encountered a few Xia troops. In addition to killing dozens of demon wolves, they still did not catch up with the Shang army.
However, this calm only lasted for two days.
On the third day, a loud arrow suddenly rose in front of Kaishan Camp.
After the sounding arrow exploded, two clouds of smoke, one red and one white, were emitted.
"It's our Xia Army team asking for help! Kaishan Camp, follow me." Su Le waved the camp flag and passed the order from level to level. Then Su Le's agile figure shuttled through the jungle, and the entire Kaishan Camp followed.
Attack behind Su Le.
After crossing a river beach, Su Le finally discovered the team ahead. What surprised Su Le was that it was not the Shang Army that was fighting the Xia Army. That army all used broadswords and were all dressed in black clothing.
"No matter who they are or where they come from, as long as they are not Xia Jun's friends, they will be killed!"
Su Le's camp flag was waved heavily, and the soldiers began to gather for battle. The terrain in the mountains and forests was not open, so Su Le divided the soldiers into eight groups, and each group marched towards the target in a snake-shaped battle formation. This kind of
The advantage of the serpentine formation is that it is flexible, quick to respond, and easy to adjust. As long as the leading team in front follows Su Le and keeps the right direction, there will never be chaos. However, the disadvantage is that the team's front is too long and the attack cannot be concentrated.
a little.
The leader of the Xia Army camp was naturally overjoyed when he saw the help suddenly appearing in the forest. He quickly shrunk his team and moved closer to the Kaishan camp.
Su Le concentrated on commanding the Kaishan Battalion and helped that battalion intercept. The eight groups of soldiers in the Kaishan Battalion, like eight dragons, rushed into the soldiers in black uniforms, constantly shuttled and strangled, and the opponent's battalion suffered a lot of losses.
After a while, he finally decided to retreat and disappeared into the forest amid a sound of gold.
After driving away the team, the camp leader of this battalion quickly walked up to Su Le. He glanced at Su Le and found that the camp leader was a soldier. He was stunned for a moment, and then he remembered a person who was in the Western Xinjiang Army.
, there is only one person who can take the position of camp leader with the strength of a soldier, and that is Su Le.
In fact, the many deeds of Su Le have been spread among the Western Xinjiang Army. In fact, the soldiers below are more interested in the deeds of Su Le. Su Le is a soldier, but most people do not regard him as a soldier at all.
He treated him as a warrior, and even the eighth level warrior was defeated by him.
Many soldiers have speculated on how strong Su Le is. Some people say that even samurai are no match for Su Le. However, these legends are becoming increasingly untrue.
The camp leader raised his hands and said, "I am Qin Hai, the camp leader of Zhenshan Camp. Thank you very much, brother, for helping me. I dare you to ask, but you should be Su Le, the camp leader of Kaishan Camp, right?"
Su Le nodded and said: "Captain Qin Hai, which team do those soldiers in black clothes belong to? As far as I know, these people should not be from the Shang Kingdom, right?"
These black-clothed teams not only have very different costumes, but also have dark and rough skin. They really don't look like Shang people.
"Yes, this team is indeed not. They are all people from the black ship." Qin Ming said.
"Black Ship!"
Su Le also knew a little bit about the previous news about the Black Ship, but it was limited to the things that everyone knew. The Merchant Army's attack had a deep layout, one of which was to join forces with the Black Ship's people.
"So that's it. The people on the black ship have been at sea for many years, so their skin is dark and rough," Su Le nodded.
Qin Ming nodded and said: "The strength of these people from the Black Ship is quite good. Although it is not as strong as the Elite Battalion, their overall strength is stronger than our Zhenshan Battalion. That's why they were forced all the way here. Fortunately
Camp Leader Su Le, please come to our aid. Camp Leader Su Le is truly worthy of his reputation. The combat effectiveness of his team is amazing, otherwise the situation of our Zhenshan Camp would be worrying."
"Battlemaster Qin Ming is ridiculous, we still need to move forward!"
"That's right. Xia Yanbing did his best to guard the mausoleum for the general, but he attracted so many evil wolves. As ministers, we should do our part!" After Qin Ming finished speaking, he also organized his team.
Su Le looked at Qin Ming's back, smiled and sighed in his heart, he didn't know whether Qin Ming's camp leader was really innocent or just pretending to be confused.
At this point, anyone who is not blind can see that Xia Yanbing's drunkard's intention is not to drink, that the late emperor's mausoleum is a lie, and that Xia Yanbing's goal is the Yongle Treasure.
As for the Shang Army, the Black Ships, the Three Duoyan Guards, and even the pro-army troops of major families... their target may be the Yongle Treasure.
But Su Le still doesn't know what this Yongle treasure is from being passed around. It's just a batch of ordinary treasures. It's obviously impossible to attract so many people to chase it. But how precious is it?
Can it attract so many forces?
This answer should be revealed in the near future.