A heavy fog slowed down the team's pace.

Yang Qing, who had been in Jinghu for a long time, has become accustomed to this sudden fog. There are many lakes and ditches in Jinghu. As the weather gets warmer day by day, the frequency of this fog appears more frequently. When the Jinghu defense line was first established, the Chu army often used this fog to sneak attack the Qi army.

It has been five days since he left Jinghu County City. Yang Qing was so calm that he couldn't believe it. This made him admire the old man in the carriage even more. Yang Qing believed that without the orders of this old man, this task would definitely not be so easy. The old man knew his upcoming fate, but he was still as calm as a thousand-year-old well. He even asked Yang Qing to prepare several pots of old wine for him every day and drink with his wife in the carriage.

Today, he can leave Jinghu County. As long as he leaves Jinghu County, everything will return to normal. He will no longer have to worry so much.

Somehow, Yang Qing was always subconsciously worried, and a premonition that something was going to happen was always wandering around in his mind.

The fog was very thick. In order not to distract everyone, the team was very dense. Basically, the horse heads behind were next to the butts in front, and the carriage Cheng Wuben was sitting in was in the middle of the cavalry.

A horse's neighing sound suddenly came from the front, as if it was still far from here, but it exploded in Yang Qing's ears like thunder. His face turned white.

"Stop moving forward!" he sternly said.

The team stopped moving forward and stood quietly in the thick fog. Yang Qing rode his horse, walked forward slowly for dozens of steps, and listened to the movement ahead.

The fog was too strong and his eyes were not enough to reach ten feet, but Yang Qing was sure that the horse neighing just now was indeed there. It was definitely not a passing or any other situation, because he never heard any other sound except the horse neighing. If it was a passerby, there would inevitably be a sound of horse hooves and other sounds.

But now there is nothing.

"Arrangement!" He slowly retreated and whispered.

More than a thousand inner guards carefully controlled the horses and changed their formation. They led by Yang Qing to form an offensive sharp attack and guarded the carriage in the middle.

As time passed by bit by bit, Yang Qing became more and more nervous, and there was still no sound from the other side, which was exactly why he was worried. He didn't know how many people the other party had, nor who was in front of him, but it was certain that since the other party dared to come, he didn't take them seriously.

Sweat appeared on his forehead in dense slightest. His fingers held the hilt tightly, and the blue veins were exposed. Even when facing the Qi army's charge, he had never been so nervous.

If something else goes wrong with this guard, the Great Chu will inevitably be in chaos.

The fog was as abrupt as it came, and it suddenly disappeared without a trace. Yang Qing finally saw who was opposite. In this moment, his heart only sank.

There were not many people on the other side, at most half of them under his command, but they were the people Yang Qing was the one whom Yang Qing was most reluctant to see this trip. The man in front of him, full of armor, could not see his appearance at all, but his burly figure, one left and one right, and the two swords hanging on both sides of the saddle, clearly told Yang Qing who he was.

Jiang Shangyan. The cavalry of Jinghu County led the army and Cheng Wuben's number one confidant general. His armor was very dirty, with purple and black patches all over it, which were bloodstains. Behind him, hundreds of cavalry were dressed like Jiang Shangyan, wearing armor all over his body, hanging knives beside his saddle, carrying spears in his hands, and hundreds of horses were silent. It seemed that they were just waiting for Jiang Shangyan's order to launch a fatal charge.

Sweat dripping from the forehead was dripping from the other's forehead. Although the number of people was twice that of the other party, Yang Qing knew very well that once a dispute broke out, he was no match for the other party at all. The inner guard's ability was never like this kind of battle formation, but the other party was an elite army crawling out of the sea of ​​corpses and blood. Their individual combat power may be inferior to the inner guard, but when hundreds of them appeared, the inner guard became a lamb to be slaughtered in their eyes.

War has never been a superposition of numbers or a superposition of individual force.

Jiang Shangyan held the swords next to her saddle with both hands. There was no sound in the quiet morning, only the friction of the swords being unsheathed inch by inch.

The knife in Yang Qing's hand was also lifting it up bit by bit. He knew that when Jiang Shangyan's two swords were unsheathed, it was the opposite side who launched a rush to charge.

Half of the two swords were unsheathed, hundreds of long spears were gradually lifting up, and an uneasy and rapid breathing sound came from the inner guards behind him. This battle seemed inevitable.

In the suffocating silence, a creaking sound suddenly came, and the door of the carriage that had been tightly closed was pushed open from the inside. An old man with white hair and hair jumped out of the carriage while wearing his clothes.

He casually walked through the inner guard array and walked steadily towards Jiang Shangyan opposite him.

With the appearance of this old man, Jiang Shangyan's two swords, which were half unsheathed, fell back with a choke, and hundreds of raised horse spears hung down again.

Yang Qing let out a long breath, as if his arm weighed a thousand pounds finally relaxed. He let go of the hand holding the knife, but after only a few breaths, he seemed to have been walking for a century.

Seeing Cheng Wuben coming towards him, Jiang Shangyan turned over and dismounted and stood with her head down.

"Nonsense!" As usual, the stern but unpopular scolding sounded in his ears. "As a general, you leave the army without permission, what do you want to do? Do you rebel?"

Jiang Shangyan took off her helmet and held it in her hand, "Master, I'll take you out of here."

"Where do you want to take me?" Cheng Wuben smiled.

Jiang Shangyan swallowed, "The world is so big, you can't go there. Even if you don't want to stay in this position, there is no need to go to Shangjing. You can find a place, build a house, plant acres of land, and ignore the worldly affairs in this world. Wouldn't it be nice?"

Cheng Wuben looked at Jiang Shangyan with a smile, as if he was looking at his ungrown child, and reached out to rub Jiang Shangyan's head: "Crazy, if you can do this, can you still remind me? The world is so big, and there is no place for me to accommodate me, but I cannot tolerate me. I want to leave, but I don't need you to pretend to be a forced person to rob. I don't want to leave. No matter how many people you bring, can you take me away?"

He stretched out his hand and the waist knife of a soldier behind Jiang Shangyan fell into his hand in the air. His wrist trembled, and the whole knife was shattered with a bang. With a casual wave, countless pieces of steel knife flew outwards with a sharp sound of wind.

"I haven't taken action for a long time. It seems that everyone thinks I'm a bad old man!" Cheng Wuben laughed. "Let's go, go back to where you should stay."

Cheng Wuben turned around and wanted to leave. Jiang Shangyan was anxious and grabbed Cheng Wuben's sleeve: "Master, why are you going to die? Even if you don't want to be enemies with him, can't we find a place where no one is there?"

"No!" Cheng Wuben said coldly: "If I don't die, the morale of the army will be uneasy. Bian Wushuang cannot fully control the Jinghu army. Your Majesty will not be relieved of my old subordinates. Only when I die will Da Chu not fall into internal struggles. Only when I am focused on the outside. Jiang Shangyan, this is my last loyalty to Da Chu. Do you want to destroy my loyalty and make it impossible for me to face the previous emperor after death?"

"Master, such an emperor is not loyal!" Jiang Shangyan roared.

With a crisp "bang", Cheng Wuben raised his palm and slapped Jiang Shangyan hard, "Remember it clearly. Cheng Wuben used to be loyal to the late emperor. Since I decided not to save the emperor and withdraw my troops back to Jinghu in Wanzhou, I have been loyal to the millions of people of Da Chu. My death was not for Min Ruoying, but for the people of Chu. Going back and taking your army well will be the best reward for me. Otherwise, I will kill you first today!"

Cheng Wuben turned around, but Jiang Shangyan grabbed his robe tightly. He was furious and raised his palm and whispered, and the robe was cut off with one stroke. Cheng Wuben turned around and walked towards the inner guard.

Looking at Cheng Wuben's decisive back, Jiang Shangyan, who was holding the half of her robe, actually burst into tears like a child.

Cheng Wuben jumped into the carriage, and with a bang, the car door closed tightly.

"Set out!" Cheng Wuben's angry shout came from the car.

Yang Qing shook his stiff body, turned around and looked at the carriage with mixed feelings, shook the reins, and slowly moved forward. The inner guard team wrapped the carriage in it and drove forward slowly.

Hundreds of cavalry were still in the road. Yang Qing looked straight and rode his horse slowly.

Jiang Shangyan, who was standing in the middle of the road, held the robe in her hand, closed her eyes, slowly stepped aside, and made way for the road.

As the Yan made way for the Jiang Shangyan, hundreds of cavalry heard a sound, separated the two sides like waves, giving way out the avenue.

Under the angrily gaze of the cavalry on both sides, the inner guards passed this thrilling road tremblingly.

After this section of the road, the inner guards couldn't help but whip quickly and quickly stayed away from this dangerous area. Behind them, there were so many howlings like swallows and wolfs on the river. When they heard the howlings, Yang Qing couldn't help but get goose bumps on her body.

The inner guard team had already left without a trace, but Jiang Shangyan was still standing still. A cavalry officer turned over and dismounted and walked to Jiang Shangyan's side.

"General, what should we do now?"

Jiang Shangyan sighed, stuffed the half of her robe into her arms, and said lonely: "You guys go back to the military camp first, I want to make a move by myself."

"Does the general want to leave?" The officer was shocked.
Chapter completed!