In my dream of returning to the Tang Dynasty, I snatched Wu Zetian from my lap.

"Your Highness, why?" Guo Chao asked in surprise.

"Take a team and secretly monitor this place, especially that woman. She must not leave until I return." Li Yuanchang glanced back at Jinxiu Tower.

He always felt that this woman who suddenly appeared was somewhat strange.

Her appearance was too coincidental; we should be on guard against her.

If what this woman said is true and she helped him solve the case, then Li Yuanchang wouldn't be stingy with his money.

But if it's fake, she'll be the first to be dealt with!

"Your Highness, sending a few men will suffice for this matter. If it's about suppressing bandits, I must protect you!" Guo Chao said anxiously.

Li Yuanchang shook his head: "This woman is not that simple; a few people can't keep an eye on her."

"This is my order!"

He looked at it with an extremely solemn expression.

Guo Chao straightened up, seeing the seriousness in Li Yuanchang's eyes, which made him abandon his contempt: "Yes!!"

"..."

Fifteen minutes later, four hundred and fifty guards left Wei County in batches and completed their assembly in the suburbs.

They were menacing and eager to fight!

Li Yuanchang also donned the Mingguang armor, and the Han King's flag fluttered in the wind.

He simply explained the objective and location, and then gave the order for the entire army to quickly rush to Black Peak Ridge.

His only tactic is blitzkrieg!

With a surprise attack and absolute speed, they directly stormed into Black Peak Ridge, then crushed the enemy with overwhelming combat power, achieving a swift victory.

This personal guard, which Li Yuanchang had painstakingly trained, was fully armored and in top condition. Facing a bandit's den, they didn't need any planning at all.

One force can overcome all laws!

Herds of horses galloped, shaking the earth and mountains.

Along the way, countless farmers and passing merchants stopped to watch.

"army!"

"Whose army is that? How mighty they are!"

"Wow, so many people!"

"It looks like they're carrying the Han King's flag!"

"Isn't the King of Han in Liangzhou? What's he doing here?"

"I see!"

"They're on their way to suppress bandits, and they're heading towards Black Peak Ridge. Could it be that the incident a couple of days ago where the government's bronze carriage was robbed was true?"

"Good riddance! Those beasts should have died long ago!" a farmer cursed angrily.

"..."

An army of four or five hundred men swept across the post road like lightning and disappeared into the vast mountains, leaving only a straight line of dust in the air.

Besides the local people who saw them, there were also spies scattered around Heifenggang.

This was a common tactic used by bandits in ancient times: once they discovered that government troops were mobilized in large numbers, they would immediately send the news back.

This way, they can be prepared and run away if they don't want to fight.

But clearly, Li Yuanchang had anticipated this.

No horse can outrun the Turkic horse. At this moment, the speed of the horse in the tent is like a mudslide, rushing non-stop!

If the message is to be sent back, it has to get past them.

The essence of blitzkrieg lies here: by the time others realize it, it's too late to stop them.

Time passed second by second, from noon to dusk, and from dusk to nightfall, a full three hours had passed.

As the sun was swallowed by the night, Li Yuanchang finally caught a glimpse of the so-called Black Peak Ridge. One side was a barren, vertical Gobi desert, while the other side was covered in dense forest.

This is almost exactly what Red Spider said.

"Your Highness, where is this?!" Yuan Tong shouted amidst the thunderous hoofbeats.

Li Yuanchang stretched out his hand: "Give me the flag!"

On the jolting, swaying back of a horse, a burly bodyguard handed over the Han King's banner.

This flag was extremely heavy, equivalent to the banner of the border army. Even Li Yuanchang found it very difficult to lift.

He mustered all his strength and made a final, powerful effort.

He shouted, "Soldiers, Black Peak Ridge is right there!"

"All troops, follow me in the charge! Shoot straight for the enemy's heartland! Give them no time to react!"

"yes!!"

Shouts rose and fell, but were all drowned out by the thunderous sound of horses' hooves.

Visibly, the speed of the last group of more than 400 riders surged again!

They frantically slapped their horses' rumps, and the Turkic horses neighed, unleashing their full power, disappearing like shooting stars, kicking up clouds of dust!

The Han King's flag, which Li Yuanchang himself was holding, was also shifted to the right.

He took Red Spider's suggestion and entered through the forest on the right.

Even if there are defenses, they can only rush to the right. The drop and verticality of that vast Gobi Desert are too great. If there is a design on the mountain, rolling stones and logs will fall down.

Those 450 cavalrymen suffered unimaginable heavy losses and had no way to escape.

boom!!

The 450 riders officially entered the mountains and forests, choosing a more difficult route to bypass the main force and launch their attack.

As soon as they entered, they ran into the mountain bandits on patrol.

"It's government troops!" the bandits shouted in terror.

"The government troops are attacking!"

"Go quickly and inform the chief..."

Whoosh... Pfft!

An arrow pierced the bandit's throat, and his body fell to the ground with a thud.

The other bandits were not spared either, as a large number of armor-piercing arrows pierced through their ridiculous "wooden armor".

It was at this moment that the earth-shaking noise caused by so many troops attracted the attention of the bandits on Black Peak Ridge. They held torches, but could not penetrate the dark forest several miles away.

"What happened?"

"Go check it out!"

"yes!"

People kept riding down the mountain to find out what was going on.

They knew something was amiss, but they never imagined that the god of death had already knocked on their door!

……

Wei County.

As night fell, a curfew was imposed throughout the city.

The streets and alleys that were once full of stalls are now empty, with only a few scraps of paper fluttering in the wind.

Jinxiu Tower.

The place is vibrant and bustling with activity, filled with singing and dancing, where countless men indulge in extravagant spending.

But its back door is extremely quiet; almost no one goes through there, even during the day.

But then the door suddenly opened, and a carriage sneakily drove out.

But they hadn't gone far when soldiers poured out of the darkness and surrounded the carriage.

"Whoa!!"

The coachman was so frightened that he almost abandoned the horse and fled.

"Sirs, sirs, what are you doing?"

Guo Chao stepped forward, his eyes cold and brooding. Without saying a word, he pulled back the curtain with a whoosh.

He thought Red Spider was inside, but in fact, there was no one there.

Guo Chao's expression changed: "Where is he?"

"Who is it?"

"Your boss!" Guo Chao shouted.

The coachman, pale-faced and trembling, cried out, "Sir, I don't know what you're talking about!"

"The employer sent me out; I didn't pull anyone else along."

Upon hearing this, Guo Chao's expression changed drastically, realizing he had fallen into a trap.

"not good!"

"A diversionary tactic!"

After saying that, he rushed into the Brocade Pavilion, followed by at least thirty or forty personal guards who entered from different directions.

And guards were stationed at all entrances and exits.

Even so, they still came up empty-handed.

When Guo Chao rushed up to the fourth floor, the place was already deserted. The locked room had been opened, the lock was on the ground, and the room had been emptied.

Guo Chao roared in fury: "You bastard!"

"Your Highness is indeed incredibly insightful!"

"That woman is trying to run away!"

"Quickly, send a messenger over a hundred li to inform His Highness that Black Peak Ridge is a trap!"

"Order Magistrate Yang to send reinforcements!"

"..."