He Zhi received Su Fengnuan's letter, and immediately followed her out of the city with fifty guards.
Ye Xi has been guarding outside the city, seeing the young master leading a hundred guards into the city, and leaving the city with two thousand officers and soldiers and guards, thinking that there is going to be a big business to do. I was very excited for a while, and after waiting for Su Fengnuan to lead people out of the city, I couldn't wait to follow.
The little master led the people out of the city, hurried for twenty miles, and came to a mountain ring. He dismounted, scouted the terrain, and began to order the guards and officers and soldiers to lie in ambush here.
Su Fengnuan, Ye Xi and others followed here and found a hidden place half a mile behind the little master to stop. Su Fengnuan said to Ye Xi, "This must be the way Cheng Gu came and went. It seems that we It is expected that the King of Xiangjun will attack Cheng Gu."
Ye Xi said, "Cheng Gu has the Lord of Zijing County in his hands. Judging from this posture, it seems that people will be killed when they come. Could it be that the King of Xiangjun doesn't care about his daughter's life or death?"
Su Fengnuan said, "If he cared about his daughter's life and death, he wouldn't let her stay in Peicheng for three years. What the King of Xiangjun has to do is a big deal, and a daughter can't stop him."
Ye Xi sighed, "I really didn't expect the king of Xiangjun to be so ruthless."
Su Fengnuan said, "It can be seen how determined he was to kill Cheng Gu Zhixin, and he did not hesitate to bury his daughter with him."
Ye Xi nodded and said, "I don't know what kind of deal Cheng Gu reached with him, so that after the deal is completed, he wants to kill Cheng Gu."
Su Fengnuan said, "This is the time to save Cheng Guhou, ask him carefully."
Ye Xi blinked, looked at the people brought by the little master, then turned around and counted their own people, and said, "Are you sure you want to save Cheng Gu?"
Su Fengnuan said, "Cheng Gu has been conspiring with the King of Xiangjun for many years, seeking skins from tigers. By now, he must know what kind of person the King of Xiangjun is. Did he come here prepared? I'm afraid he brought not only Shen Zhilan and Zijing The county lord must have brought people with him. If they fight first and lose both, our few people are enough."
Ye Xi smiled "ha", "If you deduce it like this, it is indeed enough."
Su Feng said warmly, "Even if it's not enough, I can do it."
Ye Xi looked at her, "What way? Transfer troops? Where to transfer them? The officers and soldiers are here."
Su Feng said warmly, "Set up the formation."
Ye Xi suddenly realized, "This is a good idea." After finishing speaking, he took a look at the terrain here, and said, "The terrain is also good, suitable for formation. Do you want to deploy now?"
Su Fengnuan shook his head, "Don't worry, wait, so as not to make a noise and alarm them, wait for Cheng Guzhen to bring people here, fight with them, and then we will approach them and set up an formation."
Ye Xi nodded.
After the two agreed, they hid themselves and waited for the dynamic changes ahead.
After waiting for about two hours, when the sky was getting dark, there was a faint movement ahead.
Su Fengnuan and Ye Xi looked over and saw a group of people walking slowly, about 30 to 40 people, driving six carts, currently riding on tall horses, one person wearing a gray-blue robe, carrying a Wearing a leather hat, you can't see your eyebrows clearly.
Ye Xi looked at it and asked, "Is that person Cheng Gu?"
Su Fengnuan shook his head, "That's a dummy."
Ye Xi was stunned, "Dummy? No way! How did you see it? Can a dummy ride a horse?"
Su Fengnuan laughed, "Senior brother, why have you become so stupid? Why can't the dummy ride on the horse? It's just that we can't see it now, and there must be strings on his legs."
Ye Xi looked carefully for a moment, then slapped his forehead, "It's really a dummy! His arms and body are in the same posture, very stiff, not moving, and his body shakes slightly as the horse walks." After finishing his words, he said, " Is this a dummy made by Cheng Gu? Talent."
Su Fengnuan didn't speak, looked at the carriages, smelled the smell in the air carefully, and suddenly waved his hand and said, "Brother, He Zhi, lead the people back."
Ye Xi immediately asked, "What's wrong?"
Su Feng warmly said, "If my guess is correct, the six cars are filled with sulfur, and there should be saltpeter. These things are all flammable." After she finished speaking, she looked around, He said, "The snow has already melted in this mountain forest. Although the vegetation is withered, there are dry firewood everywhere. If something flammable and ignited, then this barren mountain surrounded by mountains may catch fire. At that time, There is no way we can retreat, we can only be burned by fire."
Ye Xi's eyes widened immediately, "Damn, this is comparable to the fire battle where you defeated Chu Han in Yanbei and became famous all over the world. This was learned by Cheng Gu and used it." After finishing speaking, he waved his hand , said, "What are you waiting for, let's retreat quickly."
When He Zhi and the others heard this, they all backed away.
Su Feng Nuan Dian, together with Ye Xi and the others, also quickly retreated, exiting this dangerous place.
In front, the little master waited for two hours with people waiting for a rabbit, his hands and feet were numb, and he was overjoyed when he finally saw a person waiting for him. He took a look and found that the person was Cheng Gu who usually liked to wear gray and blue robes. Without saying a word, he waved his hand, "Shoot the arrow, kill."
The officers and soldiers immediately opened their bows and set up their arrows, and the arrow feathers "swish" shot at the team. Suddenly, the driver and the guard fell to the ground from the arrows, making a miserable cry.
Cheng Gu, who was currently riding on a horse, was also shot in the chest by an arrow.
Seeing that he succeeded, the little master was overjoyed, and cursed in a rough voice, "Cheng Gu, you also have today, let's see how the young master smashes your corpse into thousands of pieces today." After saying that, he waved his hand, "Stop shooting arrows." Then , I jumped out with a vertical leap, and said to the hundreds of black-clothed mansion guards behind me, "Drag him off the horse, I really think highly of him, with such little ability, there is no room for fighting back, it's useless to me I have transferred officers and soldiers to help out, I really think highly of him, you bastard."
He cursed dirty and rushed forward, and a hundred black-clothed house guards also rushed forward following his orders.
Then they rushed to Cheng Gu's side, and when they pulled him off the horse, as he pulled down, the dummy's body made a loud "bang" and exploded immediately.
The little master was caught off guard and was blown out at that time.
With a scream of "ah", he landed on the grass not far away, his hand and leg were broken by the blast, and he made a shrill and painful sound like killing a pig.
At the same time, the six carts also exploded together. Suddenly, there was a lot of screams. In an instant, the flames rose several feet, and the cold wind blew, and the flames fell on the surrounding grass and dry trees. , the greasy pine took the lead.
In an instant, there were flames everywhere.
The little master was screaming in pain, but when he saw the fire everywhere, he was dumbfounded, frightened for a moment, and suddenly shouted, "No, I fell for it, Cheng Gu, the son of a bitch, hurry up, help me up, get out! "
A loyal and uninjured hidden guard found him in a panic, quickly picked him up from the ground, and led him back.
The officers and soldiers hiding in the mountain ring were also dumbfounded. They didn't expect this to happen, and retreated in panic.
However, this time is when the mountain wind is at its strongest. When the fire meets the wind, the wind fuels the fire, and the fire spreads. After a while, it spreads to the entire mountain ring. Along the mountain ring, the fire becomes a big fire cage. They surrounded the little master, a hundred black-clothed mansion guards, and two thousand mansion soldiers in a fire cage.
The little master was so shocked that he lost his mind.
The mansion guard dragged the little master to run, but it was too fast for the fire to spread. The strong wind blew up, and flames fell on the clothes. Suddenly, the two became two big fireballs.
The little master was burned alive by the fire amidst the screams.
None of the hundreds of black-clothed house guards escaped.
Two thousand government soldiers also became the main food of this fire.
As soon as Su Fengnuan, Ye Xi, He Zhi and the others retreated to another safe mountain, they saw fires everywhere, and in an instant, the fire ignited and dyed half of the sky red.
Ye Xi patted Su Fengnuan on the shoulder, and said to her, "Junior Sister, it's a good thing you're here, otherwise your senior brother and I might have been burned to death with that little master this time."
Su Fengnuan laughed, "You can't, they run slowly, and it's no problem for you to escape from these fires with your lightness kung fu."
Ye Xi withdrew his hand, touched his heart and said, "Cheng Gu is really a talent. With only a few dozen people, he can exchange for a junior master of the king of Xiangjun, a hundred elite secret guards, and two thousand officers and soldiers. It's a big profit." .”
Su Fengnuan said, "The little master is not stupid, but he probably has a long-standing grievance with Cheng Gu and is eager to do meritorious service, so he didn't notice carefully that the dummy on the horse was not Cheng Gu at all. Cheng Gu must have caught him. Because of his mentality, so, with such a crude cover-up, he was easily dealt with."
Ye Xi said, "Hey, two thousand officers and soldiers died just like that."
Su Fengnuan was silent for a moment, and said, "We have traveled thousands of miles to come here for Cheng Gu. Naturally, we can't startle the snakes because of these two thousand officers and soldiers. Even if we can save them, we can't take action to destroy Cheng Gu's plan to save them. Otherwise, we will will be in danger of being passive."
Ye Xi nodded, "That's the reason." After finishing his sentence, he said, "This account should be settled with the Xiangnan county guard. It is not too much to punish the nine clans by lending officers and soldiers to the king of Xiangjun privately."
Su Fengnuan said coldly, "Of course we have to settle accounts with him. Even if we don't, paper can't cover the flames. The court will always settle accounts with him."
Ye Xi suddenly said, "Is the eldest prince in charge of the country now? Today, two thousand officers and soldiers were burned to death due to private transfer of troops, and the county guard confessed the words of the king of Xiang County. Then, how will the eldest prince treat his ally Xiang?" County king, it's interesting."
Su Fengnuan also smiled, and said, "So, we can't let the county guard die, and help the eldest prince escort him to Beijing first. We can do this good thing."