Zhang Chong quickly figured out what happened.

Zhang Dan had previously ordered Wu Yan of Wuhuan's right Beiping tribe to send three noble sons of the tribe to Lulongsai on the grounds of detaining protons.

Wu Yan understood that this was the tradition of the Han Dynasty, so he sent his three nephews, all of whom had grown up.

After these three Wuhuan nobles came to Lulong Fortress, they were quickly bribed by Zhang Dan. All three were willing to serve as guides to lead the Taishan Army deep outside the fortress.

The road from Lulongsai to Pinggang and then to Liucheng has always been in the hands of the Wuhuan people. Without the Wuhuan people to lead them, the Taishan Army would not be able to find the route at all.

Therefore, even though Wu Yan of the Right Beiping tribe was forced to join Zhang Dan due to Taton oppression, he still did not tell Zhang Dan about this route, in order to monopolize this trade route, between the Han people and the grassland people on both sides.

Profit.

Of course, Zhang Dan could also threaten Wu Yan and ask him to hand over the road leading out of the fortress to Liucheng. But doing so would inevitably expose the Taishan Army's war intentions against the Wuhuan people.

Even though Wu Yan is probably happy that Taton's strength will be damaged, Zhang Dan is still unwilling to take this risk. Who knows whether Wu Yan will sell the Taishan Army to gain Taton's trust?

That's why Zhang Dan built the plank road openly and secretly visited Chencang.

Moreover, Zhang Dan did not place all his hopes on the three guides. Even if he placed the three people separately from the beginning, it would be difficult for them to collude.

Zhang Dan also intended to find some Han people in Youbeiping who had been going to the fortress all year round to see if they knew this route.

In this regard, the Hejian Zhen family played a role. They used the past business network to contact a person named Xing Yong in Hejian.

This man once fled to Xu Wushan to escape the chaos.

Xu Wushan is outside the Xu Wu Barrier, where a group of Hu Han people have gathered in exile. It is said that they gather in the mountain to avoid chaos, but in fact they form their own group, whether they are civilians or bandits.

When Xing Yong was recommended to Zhang Dan, he said that when he was fleeing chaos in Xu Wushan, someone really knew the road to Liucheng.

So Zhang Dan hurriedly gave Xing Yong a hundred gold and asked him to go to Xu Wushan to find this man.

And now, Xing Yong has been gone for ten days and has not returned yet.

Zhang Dan estimated in his mind that this person had either run away or been robbed and killed on the road, so he stopped thinking about it and decided to rely on the three Wuhuan guides to lead the way.

Until, early this morning, the three Wuhuan guides were found dead indoors.

After Zhang Chong heard the whole story, he realized the seriousness of the situation.

That is, whoever killed these three Wuhuan guides must have known the role of these three people, so it is obvious that the Taishan Army's intention to attack the Wuhuan people has probably been exposed.

Next to him, Zhang Dan also meant the same thing.

Zhang Dan couldn't help but said:

"The murderer must not be one person. According to the authors' analysis, the three guides were stabbed to death with daggers at almost the same time, without even a slight struggle. Therefore, the perpetrators must be multiple people, and they are lurking now.

In Louronce."

Zhang Chong rolled his eyes, looked at Zhang Dan, and couldn't help but curse:

"You have been leading troops for many years, how could you make such a mistake? Is your right army a sieve that can hide a group of spies?"

Zhang Dan was stunned and did not dare to say a word.

After that, Zhang Chong did not continue to accuse Zhang Dan. He also knew that the Taishan Army had expanded too aggressively and had absorbed a large number of Han soldiers after the Zhongrenting Battle. This kind of thing was inevitable.

After all, the Taishan Army really didn't have the ability to conduct detailed investigations on every surrendered soldier, so they could only rely on identifying each other.

But this method can only catch the big fish of the Han army, and has no effect at all on those military officials who come from the grassroots but have not exposed their identities.

So now Zhang Chong wants to figure out how to solve this problem.

Now that the guide died, two problems immediately emerged.

One is what to do on the way out of the blockade, and the other is the exposure of the intention of leaving the blockade.

The last question is easy to answer, because thanks to Zhang Dan's timely response, the gate was tightly closed as soon as the murder was discovered. With the Taishan Army's strict access order, the murderers had no chance to get out.

Therefore, the Wuhuan people in Liucheng probably don't know about it now. As long as he can lead his army out of the fortress in time and go straight to Liucheng, it can still cause a sudden tactical surprise.

But the problem is back to the beginning, that is, how to find a way out of the jam.

Even though there were thousands of Wuhuan people accompanying the Taishan Army, these people generally came from the city. They had lived in the fortress for who knows how many generations, and they had long lost contact with the outside of the fortress.

So they, like the Han people, have a black eye.

The matter was stuck here. In the end, Zhang Dan, who was at a loss what to do, could only mutter:

"Your Majesty, food has been prepared in Senei, please eat some first."

Zhang Dan clearly saw a big blood blister on the corner of the king's mouth. He didn't know whether it was blown by the north wind or because he was anxious about it.

Thinking of this, Zhang Dan's guilt became even deeper. A man as frank as him now became violent and secretly resented:

"Don't let Mr. Nai catch those thieves, otherwise you will have to die."

Looking at Zhang Dan's look, Zhang Chong knew that he might be blaming himself now, and he didn't want to say anything else. He could only pat Zhang Dan on the shoulder and prepare to go in with him.

Just when Zhang Dan and Zhang Chong were about to enter the fortress, four men with halberds suddenly rushed out from the passage inside the fortress. They strode towards them without saying a word.

Because Zhang Chong and Zhang Dan had just been chatting in private, all the powerful generals gathered around the perimeter. Also because they were just outside Lulong Wall, they lost their vigilance.

So when the four halberd warriors came closer, Cai Que from outside scolded:

"Stop, which one are you from?"

Until now, Cai Que still thought that the four soldiers were from the right army.

But as soon as Cai Que finished speaking, the four soldiers drew their crossbow arrows from under their cloaks and aimed them at Zhang Chong, who was patting Zhang Dan on the shoulder.

When the four soldiers sent their hands down, Cai Que roared angrily:

"Stop and don't move."

Zhang Chong was also reminded by Cai Que's tiger roar and was looking back.

Then Cai Que rushed forward to block the arrow.

Unfortunately, the crossbow was fired too fast. Cai Que was a step too late, and four armor-piercing arrows grazed Cai Que's cheek and shot out.

At this time, Cai indeed did not dare to look back.

Due to concurrent reasons, the king was not wearing his mirrored armor at this time. Cai Que did not dare to look back, fearing that he would see the king fall, which would make Cai Que collapse even more than the sky falling.

.

He could only vent all his uneasiness and anger on the four soldiers.

Cai Que rubbed his body and hit one man on the jaw with just one swing of his fist. Then he grabbed a soldier and threw him out. Finally, he kicked over a man who was drawing a sword, and withdrew the last man's sword, and then

Cai Que threw himself on him and punched him in the cheek.

Cai Que's fist was hit with blood until it hit him, and the soldier's face collapsed, but Cai Que didn't stop.

Until a familiar voice came from behind him:

"Ah Que, you've beaten everyone to death, why don't you see if the other three are alive?"

Just this sentence made Cai Que, an iron beast and an arrogant man, cry.

He turned back tremblingly and saw the king looking at him like this, smiling.

And just now, where Cai Que couldn't see, when the four crossbow arrows shot at the unarmored Zhang Chong, everyone present was as worried as Cai Que.

But what did they see?

Just when the four iron arrows were about to hit Zhang Chong, Zhang Chong held down Zhang Dan with one hand to stop him from rushing over to block him. He held the scabbard in one hand and then shot the four arrows with one horizontal swing.

All the arrows were chopped down.

Seeing the arrows falling on the ground, everyone including Zhang Dan was stunned.

Zhang Chong ignored the astonishment of everyone and walked up to Cai Que and pulled him up.

Later, Zhang Chong squatted on the ground again and slapped the first soldier who was hit in the jaw by Cai Que to wake up.

As soon as the soldier fell into a baby-like sleep, he was woken up by Zhang Chong. Still dazed, he saw the real master he wanted to assassinate on this trip.

He was about to stand up and draw the knife, but then Zhang Chong pushed him to the ground again with one hand.

Zhang Chong took off the man's epaulette, took a look, and asked:

"Your name is Yang Zhong? That's not your real name, right?"

The soldier named Yang Zhong was pinned to the ground by the iron hand and struggled desperately, but the iron hand still held him down like a mountain weighing down on top.

He glanced at the inhuman in despair, spat out sand mixed with blood foam from his mouth, and cursed:

"Bitch thief, if you dare, kill me, and I will act as a ghost to kill you!"

Zhang Chong glanced at this person unexpectedly and knew that this was the so-called dead soldier. Such people could not be asked.

So Zhang Chong first removed his chin, then called Dong Zhao, who was in charge of the internal guard, and ordered:

"These people should be the group that assassinated the guide. Let's interrogate them first."

Dong Zhao wiped the sweat from his forehead and hurriedly led a few flying army guards to drag Yang Zhong down.

Cai Que had just launched a series of attacks, and when Dong Zhao led his men to deal with it, two of the four were dead and two injured.

Among them, the one who was thrown out by Cai Que had his neck smashed to the ground and died. The other one who died was the one who was beaten to death by Cai Que. It was really beyond recognition. How could it be described as tragic?
To be continued...