Early the next morning, the army broke out of camp.

Xiao Wuji found that Nangongshan's attitude towards him had become much colder.

Of course, he doesn't care either.

After all, the two are actually hostile, and this attitude is reasonable.

Every time Nangongshan ate from then on, he had to let the military doctor taste a bowl first and make sure it was fine before he dared to eat it in his stomach.

For two days, no more unusual incidents occurred.

But Li Feibai found that as the army marched, there were more and more guards around him.

Asked Nangongshan why, he explained that the closer to Baijiang, the more dangerous it would be. Qiancheng Pavilion might send people to assassinate him at any time, so he sent more guards to protect him.

Li Feibai thanked him profusely, but he knew very well in his heart that Nangongshan was just worried that he would have some problems, or that he might run away in Baijiang, so he sent a few more people to keep an eye on him.

It doesn't matter, I'll let you jump around a little longer, and when you return to Jinglin, you'll make the heavens not respond and the earth not respond. Li Feibai thought to himself.

On this day, the army passed through the mountains and forests. There were two almost parallel forked roads in front of them. To the naked eye, there seemed to be no difference in size or direction.

The vanguard officer waved his hand, and the army stood still and stopped advancing.

He dismounted and carefully observed the two roads in front of him, shaking his head and frowning.

"Why is this place different from the marching route?" he whispered.

As a pioneer officer, he naturally knows the marching route well.

"Pioneer officer, why don't you leave?" Nangongshan, riding on his horse, shouted in the distance when he saw the army stopped advancing.

When the pioneer officer saw Nangongshan asking questions, he quickly turned his horse's head and came to the front.

"Your Majesty, there is a fork in the road ahead."

"What's wrong with the fork in the road? Haven't we encountered many forks in the road along the way? Just follow the marching route." Nangongshan scolded.

"But your lord... this march route is a bit inconsistent with the actual route. There is only one road marked on the map, but there are two almost identical roads ahead." The pioneer officer frowned and reported.

"Two identical roads?" Nangongshan looked puzzled, but then he was relieved: "Since the two roads are exactly the same, they must lead to the same destination, no matter which way they go, it will be the same."

this……

Li Feibai kept sneering in his heart: As far as Nangongshan's combat strategy is concerned, let alone an army of fifty thousand, even an army of half a million is not enough to kill others.

"Your Majesty, it's better to be careful. I'll go take a look." Xiao Wuji had no choice but to come out and say.

Turning his horse's head, Xiao Wuji walked out of the army and came to the fork in the road.

He jumped off his horse and stepped forward to take a look at the fork in the road. Then he squatted on the ground and pondered carefully, and then took a look at the rocks lying in the middle of the fork in the road.

"My lord, what is he doing?" Mo Fugui couldn't help but ask.

"Huh, it's just a lie." Nangongshan was still so angry at Xiao Wuji that his judgment was still subjective.

Li Feibai secretly thought: This Xiao Wuji still has some abilities.

After a while, Xiao Wuji returned to the army.

"How is it?" Nangongshan asked, tilting his head.

"Your Majesty, after investigation, I found that these two forked roads are basically the same road." Xiao Wuji replied decisively.

"What did you say? The same road?" A look of doubt appeared on Nangongshan's face.

"Commander Xiao, these are obviously two different roads, why do you say they are just the same road?" Mo Fugui said angrily.

"The two roads may seem different, but in fact their geology, stones and sand on the road are exactly the same." Xiao Wuji replied confidently.

"You can see this?" Nangongshan didn't believe it.

"Marching all year round, these are essential skills." Xiao Wuji felt that this was an excellent opportunity to gain face for King Zhao's camp, so he continued to show off:

"Not only those, but also the gullies caused by running water on the road. Both sides are connected. Even the degree of weathering of the sand and gravel is exactly the same. This shows that the two forked roads were actually the same as our marching route map not long ago, just the same avenue.

"

"Then why are there two forked roads now?" Nangongshan continued to ask.

"Reporting to the prince, the reason why this avenue has become a fork in the road is because it is cut off by some sand, gravel and vegetation. The general has just inspected it. These gravel, grass and trees look natural, but in fact they do not belong here. Their texture and degree of corrosion

, it cannot match the stones on the ground.”

"Commander Xiao, stop showing off, just tell me the reason." Seeing that he kept showing off his skills, Mo Fugui couldn't help but stop him.

Ignoring his words, Xiao Wuji said decisively: "This shows that this avenue was artificially cut off not long ago, and the other party wanted to create the illusion of a fork in the road for our army."

"Man-made partition?" Nangongshan was shocked and thought of the problem.

"Could it be that the other party knew our marching route in advance and set up an ambush here?"

As soon as he said this, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his back.

Nangongshan, who had never marched or fought in a war, also knew what would happen if he was ambushed, and there was a high chance of a narrow escape.

"Papa pa pa"

Li Feibai couldn't help but applaud and said: "General Xiao is very capable, you can see it in every detail."

"Fei Li, what do you think?" Nangongshan still subconsciously wanted to seek Li Feibai's opinion.

"What the prince just said is not necessarily true. We have more than 50,000 people and the target is so big that it is easy for Qiancheng Pavilion to detect it. They may have guessed the marching route based on our marching direction." Li Feibai naturally couldn't.

Let him know that the marching route has been leaked by him.

After hearing what he said, Xiao Wuji spoke again: "Whether they know the marching route or not, it's hard to tell. The only thing that is certain is that this avenue has indeed been artificially divided into two forked roads."

"Then what should we do?" Nangongshan asked everyone.

He started to get a little nervous.

"Your Majesty, I think it's quite simple. Since the other party wants us to go astray, then we won't do it." Mo Fugui appeared at this time.

"What do you mean, Manager Mo?" Xiao Wuji turned to him.

During this trip, he also wanted to test the background of everyone in Prince Qi's palace, so Xiao Wuji kept asking.

"They can artificially block the road, and we have a lot of troops. If we move the sand, gravel, grass and trees in the middle and still use the road, wouldn't they be able to succeed?"

Hearing this, Nangongshan's eyes lit up.

"Yes, no matter what the other party wants to do, we still take the high road, won't they be unable to succeed in their schemes?"

"I didn't expect you, Fugui, to have such thoughts." Nangongshan did not hesitate to praise Mo Fugui at this time, because he could suppress Xiao Wuji's arrogance.

Li Feibai, on the other hand, laughed secretly in his heart and did not say a word.

"Send the order, the army will stop advancing, and the vanguard officer will lead five thousand soldiers to move away the rocks, grass and trees in the middle." Nangongshan immediately ordered.

"yes!"

Immediately, the five thousand sergeants put down their weapons and began to work hard.

Although this was nothing to them who had been fighting for many years, the winter was cold and dry. After a while, the five thousand people were licking their chapped lips and panting.

"Commander Xiao, when can we cross this wilderness? We don't have much water."
Chapter completed!