Hidden Sky Light

"Boss!" After a while, Liu Xiao turned back first.

In addition to the more than 20 imperial guards around Shen Ci, there are Han Guan, Guo Zixiao, Zhao Lunchi, and Zhou Shijun, as well as more than 200 garrison troops in the same patrol battalion, who are escorting them. Also perform patrol duties.

Just now, they were all looking around, until Liu Xiao called, Shen Ci and the others stopped and went forward with Liu Xiao.

The patrol battalion will perform patrol tasks every day. There are many places in the past, and there will inevitably be blind spots.

Like today's place, because of the repeated investigations earlier, it is not as meticulous as Liu Xiao. Stepping on the edge, he lowered the branches of thick white snow, and kept pressing four or five branches. In the corner, a whitened 'mirror' is exposed.

"It's the river that's frozen." Zhou Shijun sighed, and then asked the garrison of the first patrol battalion, "Why are such things ignored?"

The garrison leader of the first patrol battalion replied, "This river is very deep, and it never freezes on weekdays. I have seen no abnormality two days ago. It should have been a matter of the past two days, so I took it for granted and ignored it."

"Continue to investigate! Strengthen patrols! Such places cannot be missed." Zhou Shijun snapped, and the garrison leader responded, "Yes!"

When the garrison of the first patrolling battalion dispersed to investigate, Zhou Shijun said again, "It should be the snow that closed the mountain, and there was no food in the mountain. The wolf was forced into a corner, and it happened that the lake was frozen again, so he stepped on the ice and came over."

Zhao Lunchi sucked in a breath of cold air. This is still a pack of wolves. If Baer is an iron cavalry...

Zhao Lunchi felt a chill behind his back.

"How many such rivers and lakes are there?" Shen Ci asked.

Zhou Shijun sighed, "There are a lot of them. It's very difficult to investigate. Last year was a severe winter and there was no ice formation. There were wolves running out. This year, it has to ease a little bit, but it's frozen."

"It's not surprising." Shen Ci looked around, "Some rivers are diverted, and the east-west direction is not frozen, but the north-south direction is frozen; the terrain around some lakes will also change, so let's investigate first."

"Yes!" Zhou Shijun himself responded.

"How did the general think of it?" Han Guan sighed, but so did Zhao Lunchi.

Shen Ci said in a low voice, "I replayed the previous battle between Changfeng and Baal, when Emperor Wen of Changfeng was there, and the lake was frozen at that time. Changfeng's garrison circled behind Baal through the lake and attacked Baal. Camp. Barr has suffered losses, and he must be impressed, and he may not use it elsewhere, be careful."

"Old Han, Lao Guo, go have a look." Shen Ci ordered.

"Okay." Guo Zixiao responded, and then said to Zhao Lun, "Follow me."

"Me?" Zhao Lunchi looked surprised.

"It's not you, who is it?" Han Guan almost carried him away.

"Let go of me, I'll go by myself!" Zhao Lunchi insisted.

The river is very far away, and it takes time to explore. The surrounding areas, the garrison of the patrol battalion are already investigating.

Zhou Shijun spoke with Shen.

Zhou Shijun is Yu Ya's lieutenant. In fact, he is familiar with the surrounding terrain and has a preliminary judgment when he sees the ice layer on the river surface from a distance. "General, the ice surface should not solidify. It's okay to pass the wolf, but it shouldn't be easy to pass the human."

Shen Ci looked at him, "No more people can come, but a sneak attack is possible. It doesn't have to be here, maybe it's somewhere else. When the first patrol battalion is out, the second and third patrol battalions should be strengthened and the inspection should be focused on. Lower lakes and rivers are frozen."

Zhou Shijun nodded, "Yes, there is no ice now, it does not mean that it will not be in the future. This is only the end of October, until the twelfth lunar month, it is better to be cautious."

Shen Ci looked at the distance, Zhao Lunchi followed behind Han Guan and Guo Zixiao, and the three had reached the frozen place on the river.

Han Guan and Guo Zixiao are taking Zhao Lunchi to investigate.

There are many deserts and grasslands near Licheng. Unlike Linbei, Han Guan and Guo Zixiao have rich exploration experience in Licheng, but they are still blank in Linbei.

It takes time and experience.

Right now.

When the people turned back from the surroundings, Shen Ci also heard a lot of things about the border of Linbei from Zhou Shijun's mouth. When Zhao Lunchi turned back with Han Guan and Guo Zixiao this time, he was obviously not as resistant as before.

Shen Ci looked from a distance, and he could see that Zhao Lunchi was chasing after Han Guan and Guo Zixiao to ask something. He should have learned a lot of things he had never seen before, and he was excited.

"Let's go." Shen Ci led the horse and walked ahead.

Due to the delay just now, this journey is already late. It should have arrived at the former camp tonight, but I am afraid it will be postponed until tomorrow. But it was originally border patrol, so it doesn't matter how sooner or later.

Before reaching the front camp at night, I found a camp. The patrol battalion is tasked with patrolling and may set up camp at any time.

It was a long time into the night, and Shen Ci still hadn't slept.

When he came out this time, he asked Yuya to find some records near Linbei.

Right now, there is nothing more important than getting familiar with this place first.

"General, the Prince of Jingyang is here." Liu Xiao was the head of the imperial guard beside Shen Ci. Liu Xiao had met Zhao Lunchi in Beijing.

"Let him come in." Shen Ci continued to look down at the information in his hand.

Zhao Lunchi entered, "General."

"Well, what's wrong?" Shen Ci asked.

Zhao Lunchi took a deep breath, "I'll bring back the cloak to the general."

Today, Shen Ci gave him his cloak.

He is coming back now.

"Put down." Shen Ci didn't care much.

He kept wearing the cloak that A Ling gave him, but it was just a spare, he didn't care.

Zhao Lunchi said again, "Didn't you say that you need to train for another hour?"

He took the initiative to bring it up.

Shen Ci replied, "Go to Han Guan."

Zhao Lunchi still didn't move.

Shen Ci looked up at him, "What's wrong?"

Zhao Lunchi stepped forward, "You really didn't mean to harass me?"

"Well." Shen Ci said calmly, "You are not qualified."

Zhao Lun was annoyed.

Seeing Zhao Lunchi leaving the camp, Shen Ci slowly put down the information in his hand. Seeing Zhao Lunchi, he remembered himself when he just went to Licheng, but at that time he had Lao Qi and Uncle Yuan by his side.

But Zhao Lunchi was only himself.

Shen Ci lowered his eyebrows and smiled.

***

As soon as the hour passed, Lin Beibian Pass was freezing cold.

The rotating garrison was caught off guard by the wrong way, and the breath turned into fog. In such weather, a pot of warm wine should be brought, that is to ward off the cold!

At the city wall, the garrison could only jump and jump and keep warm with the wrong hand.

This checkpoint is more than 30 miles away from the rear camp. Since its establishment, few people have attacked this checkpoint. Because of the complicated terrain and surrounded by deep rivers, there will be no Barr unless the river freezes. One can easily bypass this place.

The daily task of the patrol battalion is to check whether the border is the same. They thought that there are many lakes and rivers in this area, so they inspected it only yesterday.

The garrison jumped at will, and the Baal people hiding under the city wall shrank back.

After the people left, they climbed up the city wall one after another.

The Baal people were fierce and brave, even better than Xirong in the west. After climbing the city wall, they covered the mouths of the garrison on duty one after another, and the daggers in their hands quickly cut their throats.

The garrison fell.

The opponent is fast, well-trained, and has always been an elite team.

"Who is it!" There was still a garrison finding from a distance.

But as soon as he opened his mouth, the Baal raised his hand, and the dark arrow on his arm shot out, immediately ingesting the garrison's chest.

The garrison fell down in response, but when it fell, the flares from its sleeves were still pulled out.

With a "whoosh" sound, the flare burst into the air, briefly illuminating the night sky.

Immediately, the figure of the Baal came into view.

"Enemy attack!" The garrison on duty shouted, "Light the wolf smoke!"

Almost instantly, someone from Baal stepped forward and grabbed the man's throat. With a flash of sword light, blood splattered all over the place.

But someone has already lit the beacon.

Soon, one after another, spread out.

The horns of the garrison also sounded, followed by the sound of footsteps and crossbows.

Not far away, a Baal guard shouted in Baal's language, "Arik! Evacuate?"

The man named Arik let go, and the dagger in his hand was stained with the blood in the throat of the garrison. He replied in a low voice, "Go ahead, make the movement louder, the bigger the better! The person who Chi and Tan Jin both killed, curious!"

The surrounding Baal guards should be.

This group of Baal guards who sneaked into the sneak attack consisted of dozens of people. All of them were brave and good at fighting.

Especially Lalique, he is tall, strong and strong. If four or five garrisoned troops pounce on him, he can easily kill him.

Seeing that the surrounding troops were being used more and more, the guards reminded again, "Arik, it's time to withdraw!"

Arik laughed, "Let's go!"

***

In the second half of the night, Zhou Shijun rushed into the camp, "General! The beacon is lit, and Barr has invaded the territory of the Second Patrol Battalion!"

Shen Ci was already used to the state of being on alert in the army at all times. When Zhou Shijun rushed into the camp, Shen Ci had already touched his saber and got up.

At the lookout, you can see the smoke of the wolf in the direction of the second battalion patrolling.

"General!" Han Guan, Guo Zixiao, Zhao Lunchi and others also arrived, and they all saw the smoke rising from the direction of the second battalion of the patrol.

"It's a sneak attack, not a large-scale battle." Zhou Shijun said, Shen Ci said solemnly, "This battle is for me, and the other party wants to find out the truth of me."

"General?" Zhou Shijun looked at him.

"When I first arrived in Linbei, the other party knew that I was patrolling near the second battalion of patrolling defense. This was to say hello, and it was also to explore the truth. This battle will not last long, but if we don't fight back hard, the other party will gain an inch." Shen Ci replied, "Tell Yu Ya."

"Yes!" Zhou Shijun did as he said.

Shen Ci also turned around, "Ready to go!"

"Yes!" Han Guan and Guo Zixiao also responded.

Zhao Lunchi looked at Shen Ci in surprise, then looked at Han Guan and Guo Zixiao on the side, "What, what do you mean?"

Guo Zixiao laughed, "Literally, it's all bullying. It just depends on whether the general is tough or not. This persimmon is a soft pinch. If the general doesn't beat him back, I'm afraid that Lin Bei will not stop in the future!"

"Really?" Zhao Lunchi didn't expect to be beaten to death, so he came out to patrol, how could he really be hit!

Zhao Lunchi froze in place, and Han Guan half held and half dragged, "Let's go, Zhao Lunchi, you are the general's guard, you won't keep up!"

"I, I have never fought a war!" Zhao Lun was annoyed.

Han Guan smiled, "Oh, I've beaten it right away!"

"Ah!!!" Zhao Lun was annoyed.

...

"General, Shen Ci has come to patrol the second battalion!" Barr's guard said to Arik.

Arik was chewing peanuts, "Yo, what a tough stubble!"

"General, do you want to fight?" the guard asked.

Arik picked up another full grain and put it into his mouth, "Hit, let's see if Shen Ci has three heads and six arms. Compared with Tan Jin and Lou Chi, it still doesn't live up to the name. If you don't explore, how will you kill him in the future? ?"