Chapter 55: Spy

"Follow me, I know the way!"

Six soldiers led everyone back and forth through the jungle.

Xuan Zhen and his group followed behind.

The scouts seemed to be very familiar with this area and showed no signs of getting lost.

The scouts in front jumped back and forth, and stopped from time to time to wait for everyone.

"What a strong master." Xuan Zhen was secretly shocked.

Liu Yuan, the leader, could even jump up a ten-foot-high tree trunk, and their speed was also very fast. If they hadn't been waiting for them, they would have left the pursuers behind by now.

"Could it be that the Baidi Sect has a secret recipe for ancient martial arts?" Xuan Zhen could only think so.

Liu Yuan slowed down. There was a very high drop in front, about fifteen feet.

"Go around!"

Everyone walked along the cliff, and the drop became lower and lower, eventually reaching about five feet.

There were branches growing in all directions on the cliff, and Liu Yuan jumped up first.

"It's safe, you come up."

With the help of the scouts, everyone went down layer by layer and finally got off the cliff.

Liu Yuan jumped up again and cut down the trees from top to bottom.

"They are there!!"

As everyone went down, the Tartars' pursuers arrived.

Liu Yuan glanced at them. The enemy was not numerous, but if they dragged on, the army would surely arrive, and then they would not be able to leave even if they wanted to.

He looked at the sky and said, "Let's go, Shigang Village is nearby."

After another roundabout way, everyone shook off the pursuers.

Liu Yuan took out the cloth bag from his waist and took out a few pieces of brown dry food.

"Let's eat something first =, Taoist Li is waiting for us in front."

Several other scouts took out things one after another.

Xuan Zhen and his group devoured the food voraciously. These days, they were either full or hungry, and they didn't care about manners.

After two bites of the biscuits, Xuan Zhen was surprised to find that he felt full very quickly. This biscuit was very hard and frighteningly sweet. He felt strong after eating only half of it.

Xuan Zhen didn't eat too much, and handed the remaining half of the biscuit to another disciple.

He walked quickly to Liu Yuan and asked, "Are those 800 cavalrymen the advance troops? Does Master Xu have a backup plan?"

In fact, Xuan Zhen had a negative view of Master Xu at the beginning.

After all, the style of Baidi Sect is different from that of traditional Taoism.

Traditional Taoism is detached from the world and treats the mundane world with a playful attitude.

Even if they are entangled in political power, they will take the upper-level route and accept the rewards and respect from the upper-level.

Maybe it is the influence of the ancient Five Pecks of Rice Sect. There are almost no Taoist organizations that develop the power of the lower-level people, or even establish organizations. This coincides with the ancient Zhang Jiao and Sun En.

But after experiencing what happened now, Xuan Zhen felt that this was too right. The orthodoxy of Taoism can only be maintained in this way.

"There are only 800 people, no advance or follow-up, more people means a bigger target, otherwise it will be another battle."

Battles are not so easy to fight, and it is not a national effort.

"I know."

"You don't have to worry. The Heavenly Master will come here in person. Even if the Tartars have thousands of troops, it won't be a problem."

"The reputation of the Heavenly Master Xu is known to the world. The Tartars will not dare to attack!" Xuan Zhen said.

In fact, he was not sure. The Heavenly Master Xu was probably a very strong martial arts master, even much stronger than Liu Yuan.

But the martial arts of mortals were too insignificant for the army.

Ordinary top martial arts masters could still defeat a lightly armed army of 20 people.

If they were facing an army wearing heavy armor, they could probably only deal with three or five people, but they would be no different from ants in the army, and the masters would die.

As for the means of summoning the dragon, he simply ignored it.

People always have too many fantasies about Taoists. As the master of Mount Zhongnan, people also made up many legends of their own, such as judging the King of Hell in the middle of the night and descending the mountain to subdue the dragon.

Outside the woods.

Another group of people were waiting there, many of the horses were empty, they seemed to be waiting for someone.

There were corpses lying on the ground not far away.

"Why haven't they come yet?"

On horseback, Li Changsheng rubbed his thighs, which were a little sore. He had just had surgery a few days ago. His strength was stronger and his strength reached 800 kilograms, but there were still many sequelae.

The most important prescription of the Baidi Sect is Xiaoqinglong Powder, which, combined with breathing methods, can enhance qi and blood, giving people power beyond ordinary people.

Because Chongzhen invented the microscope, it became easier to absorb Qinglong Powder.

Xie Miao created the technique of absorbing the essence of Qinglong Powder in the body, and directly injected the liquid into the muscles to achieve the purpose of rapid absorption. Of course, the pain can make a person collapse, so if you want to become a talent quickly, you need people with super willpower.

Whoosh!

A group of people staggered out of the woods.

"Here we are! Who is the leader of Xuanzhen Sect?"

"It is me!"

"Please follow me, the Heavenly Master is waiting in front!"

The group set out for Shigang Village two miles away.

On the other side, Nanyang City.

This place is where the Qian army is stationed.

In the city, people's livelihood was in decline, and the people looked pale. Many people had braids on their heads.

As a border area, the most common people here were soldiers, including Jin soldiers and a large number of Han Eight Banners.

The leader here was Wu Sangui, the King of Pingxi. He was listed as one of the must-kill lists by the Southern Court. The so-called must-kill list generally included traitors, and traitors who committed unforgivable crimes.

People who were not on the list could surrender and seek leniency, but Wu Sangui would not be forgiven. If he was caught, his entire clan would be executed, and his head would be worth a marquis.

The mansion was extremely luxurious and guarded tightly, with no time to spare.

In the study, there was a faint fragrance floating in the air, and someone was reading at his desk.

This was a tall middle-aged man with pale skin, deep-set eyes, and two small mustaches. He looked like a scholar.

This person was Wu Sangui.

Emperor Qianqing named him the King of Pingxi and ordered him to lead troops to Jiangnan. He thought he could still play the trick of keeping the enemy in check, but he didn't expect that the other side would send Prince Yu Duoduo.

The two camps were eyeing him covetously, which made him unable to resist.

Moreover, keeping the enemy in check meant secretly communicating with the enemy, but Xu Yong didn't listen at all and even made a must-kill list.

This made Wu Sangui speechless.

"A wild southern barbarian, a monkey in human form, still wants to march north?" Wu Sangui cursed.

He didn't understand politics at all and did things directly. Even Chongzhen was not so brainless.

Wu Sangui thought he was not a traitor. After all, he was doing it for self-protection, and Chongzhen was not worth relying on. Anyone loyal to Chongzhen basically ended up with his family destroyed, while the warlords with ulterior motives were treated preferentially.

As for being loyal to the barbarian Taiji, it was even more impossible. The Wu family had been dealing with barbarians for generations and looked down on this thing from the bottom of their hearts.

If Xu Yong is willing to cooperate, he still has a lot of room for maneuver, such as nurturing the enemy to protect himself, winning both sides, and no one can do anything to him. The future fortune may fall on the Wu family.

"Report!"

At this time, the personal soldiers reported.

"What's the matter?"

"There seems to be traces of small-scale Chang army activities in the southwest. According to the spies, it seems that the leader of the White Emperor Sect, Brother Han Changdi, is personally leading the troops."

"What?" Wu Sangui's eyes lit up, "How many people?"

"No more than a thousand."

"Okay, okay, gather the people and follow me to catch the thief!"

The opportunity to break the deadlock has finally come.