There was an abandoned carriage in front of him, but there was no horse.

This group of people ran away quite quickly, but in the blink of an eye they didn't see anyone. Not only did they disappear, but the carriage was completely unloaded.

Seeing the target disappearing into the woods, Cao Zhang's heart became even more angry. However, although he acted recklessly and only relied on his passion, he was not a stupid and ignorant person. He still knew the principle of staying out of the woods.

What's more, now that we are in the mountains and forests, we need to be more careful.

Soon, he made up his mind and left the forest. Instead, he asked everyone to circle around the forest and search it over and over again.

The result was not suspicious at all, but he did not dare to go deeper. In desperation, Cao Zhang had no choice but to send a small number of dead soldiers to divide into different directions and investigate everywhere.

Even if they can't escape if they go in, they can still provide themselves with some valuable information.

At least we can determine the specific location where Yin Hao and his group are hiding, right?

"After you enter, you will be divided into multiple teams. Once you find the other party's traces, immediately send a message to report!"

"promise!"

There were fifty riders in total, and they scattered as soon as they entered the forest.

Cao Zhang led his army and waited quietly outside.

Soon, a stick of incense passed, and the cavalrymen who went to investigate the news came back one after another with strange expressions.

"General, there are no traces of the enemy in this forest. I think they must have fled far away."

"Yes, General, we have searched all possible ambush places in this forest, and we haven't found anything suspicious."

Several leading knights reported the situation, but they were actually very puzzled.

Not long after entering the forest, I discovered that the forest was not as deep as it seemed from the outside, and there was just a valley behind it, nothing special about it.

After listening to what everyone said, Cao Zhang knew that he had been deceived. There was no way to hide anyone in this forest.

Suddenly, a cold wind blew by, and the top layer of white snow that had just fallen to the ground drifted to one side like dust. A thought flashed through his mind, which suddenly reminded him that the north wind was blowing today!

The wind blows toward the northwest, and the location of this forest happens to be the northwest!

Although it is difficult to start a fire in this cold winter and covered with heavy snow, what if fuel is used?

Although the trees today are covered with heavy snow, the moisture inside them is far less than that in midsummer. If it is intentional, the fire and the north wind will definitely burn down the place.

Therefore, even based on this, that group of people did not dare to hide here.

After understanding this, Cao Zhang basically made a rough judgment. Yin Hao's group must not be ordinary people. They must have been in the army for a long time and they all have rich experience on the battlefield.

existence.

Because it is completely impossible for ordinary businessmen or Confucian scholars to have such a flexible mind and clear thinking.

"General, why don't we chase along the road? We can also send messages to various passes along the way, asking them to cooperate with us and conduct a strict search. With their cooperation, it will be difficult for the enemy to escape in a short time!"

Seeing Cao Zhang's face getting darker and darker, a young general stepped forward boldly and expressed his thoughts nervously.

Cao Zhang glanced at him, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, then let's chase! I don't believe they can really escape!"

The ruthless Cao Zhang immediately led the crowd to continue the chase along the same path they had taken previously.

However, he didn't know that the other party had already received the order and was waiting for him quietly.

Xuzhou, Xiapi.

When Xi Yu was planning to bring Liu Xie back, he had already thought of building a palace specifically for him in Xiapi.

Of course, due to limited time and some other factors, the scale of this palace is not very grand.

It's not that Xiyu doesn't have money, it's just that he doesn't want to.

There is only one person on the left and right, so why live in such a big place?

Of course, the rest of the palace is average in scale, but the Taiyuan Hall is quite large.

This place was specially built by him to facilitate his affairs with Liu Sheng.

Of course, this is just talk. After Liu Xie comes, there will be no need for any discussion. After all, he has been "captive" for so many years and his knowledge is extremely limited.

In addition, everything arranged by Xi Yu and even his thoughts were different from those of Liu Xie, a native of the ancients, so there was nothing they could agree on on major military and political matters.

The reason why Xi Yu built this place was just to give Liu Xie some rights to know.

Of course, Liu Xie only has a little right to know——

No! He is allowed to move around the inner city of Xiapi at will and meet with officials. There is still no big problem.

As for the power in his hands and even the staffing, he did not intend to give the other party half a cent.

All this will be understood when Liu Xie comes.

Now that the palace has been completed, Xiyu, who had nothing to do for the time being, wandered over to Jia Xu's place.

At this moment, the two of them were competing with their soldiers, chariots and horses on the chessboard.

Speaking of chess, Jia Xu is still a disciple of Xi Yu. He handed over many of Xi Yu's moves in the beginning, and now the two of them can be considered as equals in chess. They are evenly matched... a bad chess basket!

"Oh! No, I'm not leaving here, I'll wait for a while!"

"No, how come this still destroys the chess piece?"

Jia Xu stared at Xi Yu with a pair of cloudy eyes, and the beard at the corner of his mouth curled up and down, looking quite happy.

Speaking of which, his chess skills were better than Xi Yu's, but he was burdened by his opponent and couldn't display the slightest bit of his strength.

However, these two people said this, but they did not mean it too seriously.

The reason we met today was just to talk, and we didn’t put much thought into playing chess.

"My lord, I am not sure about something. I would like to ask my lord to clarify my confusion!"

"Old?"

Regarding Jia Xu's sudden title, Xi Yu was a little confused: "When did you start calling yourself that?"

"well!"

Jia Xu shook his head helplessly and sighed: "Last June, I was already in my sixtieth year. What do I call myself an old man if I don't call him an old man?"

"My lord, on the other hand, has become more and more energetic in recent years. A few years have passed and he doesn't seem to be aging at all. Instead, he looks much younger."

His words were not flattering, but he spoke out of deep emotion.

After all, Xi Yu seems to have really not aged over the years. On the contrary, he feels like he is getting younger as he lives longer.

Maybe it's because he has always maintained the mentality of a young man.

"Come on, tell me, what do you want to ask?"

"The black cavalry lurking in Chang'an City has been activated. Does it mean that your dark chess is about to take a clear path? There are also those black cavalry who are in the enemy's hinterland. Do they have any chance of escaping back to the front line? Given the current situation, what do you have?

deploy?"

As he spoke, Jia Xu took his "car" one step forward and placed it directly next to Xi Yu's "horse".

According to the general idea of ​​​​playing chess, his dispatch of this "rook" will definitely attract the opponent's full pursuit.

"Run away? Why run away?"

Xi Yu did not answer directly, but said something specious.

Then, it only took him a few breaths to push back the opponent's "car" and at the same time push his own "car" forward, and the two "cars" did it simultaneously!

With this simple move, Jia Xu's chariots, horses, artillery, and elephant soldiers on the opposite side of Chuhe-Hanjie were killed without leaving any trace behind.
Chapter completed!