Next to the fire, Qiao Tianjing was holding Jiaojiao and waiting quietly. Xiao Si was sitting beside them, his eyes fixed on the jumping flames, his expression full of solemnity.

Soon, a black shadow leaped over and ran towards this side quickly.

Qiao Tianjing and Xiao Si turned their heads at the same time, saw the person coming, and stood up immediately.

That was Qiao Qi, one of the famous scouts in the Qiao family army. He had followed Qiao Zhongguo in the Northern Expedition and made great contributions.

"Uncle Seventh, how is it?" Qiao Tianjing stepped forward and asked in a deep voice.

Qiao Qi looked sullen and said quickly, "People are coming. Roughly speaking, there should be about 500 of them. They all have steady auras and fast steps. They are undoubtedly elite soldiers."

"The leader looks to be no more than 30 years old, and everyone is surrounding him, so he must be of a high status."

As soon as Qiao Qi finished speaking, another person came running from the opposite direction. It was Qiao Erjiu.

Qiao Ershijiu is still young, and is the apprentice brought up by Qiao Qi. His steps are a little hurried at this moment, which shows that he is still a little short of mastery.

"Master! Prince! There are about 500 people coming from the front, and the leader is Shen Yuanbai!"

As soon as Qiao Erjiu landed, he spoke hurriedly.

When Qiao Qi saw Qiao Erjiu making a fuss, he glared at him sternly, scaring Qiao Erjiu so much that he stood up straight in an instant.

Upon hearing this, Shen Yuanling turned his head to look at Qiao Tianjing and said in a deep voice: "Brother Qiao, it's just as you expected. It looks like we can also take action."

Qiao Tianjing nodded gently, turned to Qiao Qi and said, "Uncle Qi, as I instructed before, let everyone disperse!"

Qiao Qi showed some hesitation when he heard this, but he nodded, remembering that military orders were as heavy as mountains.

"My Lord, Master, please be careful!"

Qiao Qi turned around and waved to everyone. Everyone stood up instantly, exchanged glances, and then turned around and ran into the night.

Soon, only a few burning fires were left, as well as Qiao Tianjing, Jiaojiao and Shen Yuanling.

Jiaojiao finally didn't need to pretend anymore and said immediately: "Okay, let's start hide-and-seek!"

The Ganzhou Canyon Cluster has a complex terrain with many passages extending in all directions. If you keep walking along the Grand Canyon, you will eventually get out. But if you mistakenly enter a branch road, and it is nighttime, you will immediately become a headless fly.

Qiao Tianjing calculated the time and came here deliberately, there is a deep meaning behind it.

He and Xiao Si have Xiao Mei's amulet, so they are naturally fearless, but there are still three hundred elite soldiers with them to take risks as bait, so they cannot ignore their lives.

So he led everyone into the Ganzhou Canyon, and when the enemy arrived, he ordered them to break up into small groups. At this time, the enemy was in the open and we were in the dark, it was the best time to reap the rewards!

The enemy thought he had more people and more power, but they didn't expect that he would dare to disperse all his guards and leave no one behind.

When the enemy tracks them down and they meet on a narrow road, he and Xiao Si both have martial arts skills, and with the help of Xiao Mei's magical powers, they should be able to handle it.

The above is the plan that Qiao Tianjing had made early on.

From the very beginning, the orders he gave to Qiao's army and the guards were to put themselves first, and then assess the situation and inflict heavy damage on the enemy.

Qiao Qi didn't know about Jiaojiao's peculiarity, so he was still hesitant. Fortunately, everyone obeyed his orders and didn't say anything to Qiao Tianjing.

"Let's go."

Qiao Tianjing held Jiaojiao in his arms, and he and Shen Yuanling walked into a nearby branch road without hesitation and disappeared into the night.

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Mo Yonglin was extremely anxious. On one hand, he wanted to capture Qiao Tianjing and Qiao Jiaojiao to avenge his younger brother, and on the other hand, he wanted to capture Shen Yuanling to gain great merit.

Therefore, although the 500 elite soldiers he led took a detour, they still arrived at the destination of the northbound team earlier than Shen Yuanbai.

Looking at the bonfires and luggage in groups of three or two in front of him, Mo Yonglin frowned and looked around.

Guard Lin Zhou saw this and whispered, "Major General, they must have noticed our arrival and hid in the side roads in advance."

Mo Yonglin nodded coldly. After all, the team leader was Qiao Zhongguo's eldest son. Mo Yonglin had no doubt that Qiao Zhongguo would leave the best scout for Qiao Tianjing.

At this time, Lin Zhou continued, "Major General, even if the other party hides in a side road, they will leave people to protect the prince, and there will definitely be a lot of them. I think it will still be very conspicuous."

Mo Yonglin nodded in approval. Seeing that Shen Yuanbai had not shown up yet, he could not help but snort coldly, "Spineless thing, you can't even walk after two days of traveling!"

"We go first, be careful of the enemy's ambush. Once we find Shen Yuanling and Qiao Tianjing, report it immediately and capture them alive!"

"Yes!" everyone responded.

Mo Yonglin waved his hand, and the Northern Army behind him ran into the night in twos and threes.

Mo Yonglin looked around, finally found the nearest branch road, and walked towards it.

Seeing this, Lin Zhou hurried ahead and said respectfully, "Young General, let me go ahead and explore the way."

He and the other ten guards had received the general's death order to escort the major general back home safely.

Mo Yonglin did not refuse, nodded, and followed Lin Zhou into the bypass.

About half a minute later, Shen Yuanbai finally arrived with his men.

He swept his eyes across the room and immediately guessed most of the situation. Although others did not know Jiaojiao's abilities, he knew it very well.

It seems that a silent killing is going on in the darkness at this moment...

Oh, Mo Yonglin is blessed——

Thinking of this, Shen Yuanbai gave the order without hesitation, asking the people behind him to take the side road as well.

On the one hand, it completely disrupted the situation, on the other hand...it was also giving Qiao Tianjing more heads.

Everyone behind him dispersed upon hearing the order, and only the captain and five men stayed by Shen Yuanbai's side.

"Your Majesty, I am here on the general's orders to protect you. Wherever you go, I will go."

Shen Yuanbai hummed lightly and did not comment.

The next moment he walked directly to the largest fire and sat down leisurely.

The centurion exchanged glances with the five people beside him. At this moment, besides them, the only person in the Grand Canyon was King Beigui...

"Your Majesty, you are tired from the journey, would you like some water?"

The captain stepped forward, and the other five men surrounded him, with murderous gleams in their eyes.

Shen Yuanbai did not respond. He lowered his head and suddenly saw an inconspicuous sign next to the fire. It looked like... an arrow?

Shen Yuanbai's thoughts turned slightly, and he suddenly raised his lips.

They knew he was coming, and were kind enough to leave clues for him. Did they mean they were sure he wouldn't stand on the side of the North?

A water bag was handed to him, and Shen Yuanbai raised his hand nonchalantly to take it, but a dagger suddenly stabbed out from under the water bag, and the five people behind him attacked at the same time!

Shen Yuanbai sneered and kicked the fire in front of him away, and sparks scattered instantly.

The centurion instinctively raised his hands to cover his eyes, but Shen Yuanbai had already raised his left hand, and the dagger that could cut through iron and mud instantly cut the centurion's throat!

The five people behind him did not expect Shen Yuanbai to have such skills. They were shocked. Shen Yuanbai had already thrown away the dagger and instantly drew out the soft sword from his waist with his left hand. In a few moves, he took the lives of the five people.

Looking at the corpses around him, Shen Yuanbai wiped the blood off the sword with his hand, then wrapped it around his waist again, leaned over to pick up the dagger and sneered.

They are just a bunch of idiots who judge people by their appearance.

He raised his foot to crush the arrow on the ground, then stepped over the centurion's body and walked in the direction of the arrow.