Xingyang Road, Chaoliguan.

The coalition forces hung the headless body for several days. The weather was bad these days, with exposure to the sun, rain, and strong winds, but no one claimed it. When the general at Chaoli Pass received the report from the scouts, he was also puzzled: "What are these people doing?"

Why hang up a headless corpse for no reason?

The subordinate officer guessed: "Is it to intimidate us?"

When the general at Chaoli Gate heard this, he raised his face and sneered: "Who can be frightened by this threat? Not to mention just hanging out a headless corpse, they just cleaned, peeled and fried the corpse into pieces. There’s nothing to be afraid of if you put it out to dry.”

The military advisor guarding the gate had a different guess: "With this move, could it be that we suspect that this corpse was sent out by us?"

The guard at Chaoli Pass was silent for a while.

Ask the people below: "Have we sent this person out?"

Everyone looked at each other and shook their heads.

A lot of scouts were sent out, but they were all to inquire about the military situation, survey the battlefield, and monitor the movements of the coalition forces. They did not go deep into the enemy's camp. Most of the scouts were brave warriors, and the corpse was obviously dressed as a scribe. If it was really one of our own who was hung on the wall, They had made a fuss a long time ago, how could they not know about it until today?

The general guarding Chaoli Gate was puzzled.

In the end, he didn't even bother to laugh and forgot about it.

Outside Chaoli Pass, dozens of miles away.

Shen Tang climbed to the highest point near the coalition camp and looked at Chaoli Pass in the distance. After looking at it for a long time, he always felt a little strange. After the fog.

"My lord, be careful where you step."

If you lean forward any further, your whole body will roll down the mountain.

Shen Tang murmured: "It's strange..."

Xun Ding asked with his ears pointed: "What's so strange?"

Shen Tang pointed to the shadow in the distance: "The mountains there are continuous, but they are incompatible with the gentle terrain of Yanzhou. Is the small soil slope under our feet a little higher? If Yanzhou is compared to a human face, Chaoliguan is as abrupt as Pimples that appear due to inflammation.”

Moreover, they are still pimples connected in an orderly manner.

Divide Yanzhou into two parts.

Chao Liguan, it is more like a heavenly man holding a sword and cutting it open.

It doesn't look like it was formed naturally.

Xun Ding asked: "Is there any?"

Shen Tang ignored Daer.

Her gaze went directly past him and fell on Xun Zhen, who was accompanying him. Xun Zhen was well-informed and naturally much more reliable than his son.

He said: "There are no natural dangers in Yanzhou. The steepness of this pass is actually man-made. It is said that more than 150 years ago, there was a 20th-level Chehou named Yan who had his fiefdom here. He became famous, but he also had great achievements. Lord. One day he took people out for hunting and saw that Yanzhou was vast and stable. He lamented that this place was "easy to attack but difficult to defend". He was worried about the safety of his descendants, so he created a natural danger. The people nearby thought that the earth dragon had turned over, and they were frightened all night until dawn. Seeing the continuous high mountains, covering the sky and the sun. The twenty-level Chehou also used a shocking sword to split a sliver of sky from it, and carved the word "Chaoli" on one side of the cliff. Looking at the masterpiece, he laughed, Gone gracefully."

"Man-made? Twenty-second Chehouhou?"

"According to legend, this is the case, but there are many fabrications."

Shen Tang asked him: "Where is the fabrication?"

Xun Zhen said quietly: "Twenty-level Chehous are indeed capable of creating such a majestic and dangerous pass, but even twenty-level Chehous are just mortal bodies, and their martial energy is not enough to complete it at once. Not to mention one night, half a year.

It won’t work either.”

Having been with her lord for a long time, Xun Zhen knew what she was planning when he saw her sparkling eyes: "As dangerous as Chaoliguan, there are many places in the whole continent, so it is not unusual. But the inscriptions on Chaoliguan

, quite recruiting.”

Some brave warriors will come here to watch and learn.

It is said that there are still the remaining sword intentions of twenty-level Chehous on it.

I hope I can understand three points from the traces left by the sages.

Xun Zhen said this, and Shen Tang thought of something: "No wonder the maps within the territory have to be redrawn every ten years."

Although not every brave warrior has the destructive power of twenty-level Chehou, there are too many people to fight with, the fights are frequent, and the fights last for a long time. The original landform has been ravaged by more than two hundred years of war, and has been iteratively updated.

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Xun Zhen smiled and said: "This is also one of the reasons."

Shen Tang went down the hillside and when he came back, he saw Tao Yan leading a group of people returning to the camp. What was subtle was that wherever they met, they could see the headless corpse hanging from the camp. Shen Tang asked:

"Where did Mr. Tao come back from?"

Tao Yan said: "Check the military in front of the formation."

Shen Tang immediately said: "Thank you, Mr. Tao."

Tao Yan sat on the horse and took a closer look at Shen Tang's appearance. He didn't know what he thought of, and responded perfunctorily, adding that he had to leave in advance. Halfway there, he bumped into Gu Chi who came out to "view the scenery" - this was Gu Chi's latest news in recent days.

My favorite hobby is watching the sunrise and sunset from the position in front of the camp gate, which is particularly tragic and magnificent...

However, Shen Tang knew that he just wanted to deal with his enemies.

The two of them passed by each other.

Shen Tang was worried that Tao Yan would suddenly explode at Gu Chi and kill him with a knife. Fortunately, this scene did not happen.

"This group of coalition forces are more thieves than the others." Seeing the body hanging for so many days without anyone paying attention, Shen Tang came to think of it. No one believed that the body belonged to Zheng Qiao's side, and they were eager to close the coffin.

The final conclusion is just to avoid trouble.

Prepare to get this matter over with.

Just keep the surface calm.

Shen Tang didn't care, but Tao Yan felt uncomfortable.

Going in and out of the camp every day to see the corpses of his confidants hanging, but he couldn't jump out and take the blame, otherwise he would be the enemy of the entire coalition. What was the intention of sending someone to assassinate the leader of a force on the first day? Tao Yan didn't dare to admit it.

He couldn't recognize it, or even take the risk to steal the body out, and with everyone making jokes, all he could do was hold it in.

As he held it in, Gu Chi became happy.

Looking at Tao Yan's disappearing figure from a distance, he sneered: "A dead Taoist friend is not a poor Taoist. No one in the coalition may know that there is something fishy about this, but no one wants to have twists and turns at this juncture, so they can only aggrieve Tao Shen who stole the chicken but failed to lose the rice."

Talked."

In a few words, he characterized the matter and put the blame on Zheng Qiao.

Anyway, Zheng Qiao is bad enough, so he doesn't have to worry about having too many lice.

Back at the camp, Shen Tang received the letter submitted by Jiang Sheng.

There is not much else to say, except that it has been windy and foggy recently.

Shen Tang could tell at a glance what Jiang Sheng was worried about.

"Are you worried that Chaoli Gatekeeper will take the initiative to launch a sneak attack?" The group of old men under Shen Tang's tent like to carry out night raids, targeting themselves and others. On the battlefield, they are especially wary of enemies poking chrysanthemums in the middle of the night, she said, "

Okay, I'll go see the leader."

Various experiences told her that the more worried she was about something happening, the easier it would happen, and she should not delay, let alone say things like "tell the leader tomorrow" because according to the routine, the enemy would come that night.

It's midday.

Huang Lie was surprised to receive the news from Shen Tang asking for a meeting.

Because this young county magistrate has been the center of gossip in recent days, some people were bored and speculated on which scribe Magistrate Shen was having an affair with. Even a reclusive person like Huang Lie was forced to listen.

I don’t believe that the person involved, Sheriff Shen, didn’t know that he was still running around. He asked curiously: "Mr. Shen suddenly came to visit, but what happened?"

Shen Tang said: "There is a scholar under my tent who is good at observing the sky. He said that the fog has been thick and windy in recent days, and the enemy will take action."

Huang Lie cheered up upon hearing this.

"Seriously? Can I meet that gentleman?"

Shen Tang said: "Of course, Xianden is waiting outside the tent."

Huang Lie: "..."

The word Xianden seemed familiar to him.

When Jiang Sheng entered the account, Huang Lie found that this face was familiar.

"I've met Alliance Leader Huang."

Huang Lie put away his expression: "Mr. Jiang, I haven't seen you for a long time. When I left Luxia County, Huang kept thinking about him and worried about his safety. He never thought that he would join the guard of Shen County..."

Jiang Sheng said nothing.

Huang Lie also realized that he had talked too much and turned the topic back on track: "Sir, did you say that the soldiers and horses from Chaoli Pass will attack at night?"

"The coalition camp has no shelter everywhere. Unlike the Chaoli Pass, which has dangerous and high mountains to rely on, if it encounters a night attack, it may be passive." Jiang Sheng is not a prophet, so how can he give a definite answer? But the coalition forces do need to be on guard in order to

Just in case.

Each family is fighting independently.

Once the fog starts, it won't turn into a mess?

Huang Lie also took it seriously.
To be continued...