Book 18 - Chapter 7 – Secretly Crossing the Wei River at Chenchang (1/2)

Book 18 Chapter 7 – Secretly Crossing the Wei River at Chenchang[1]

Du Xuanshu, along with a group of high-ranking ranary, which already turned into coke nobody had anything to say Lined up on the ground were a dozen or so barn dogs and uards, which had been burned until their bodies were difficult to recognize

This storehouse was one of the sixteen granaries inside the city, but the a stored here was equal to the other fifteen storehouses added together The fire spread too fast, and generated more than a dozen fla the storehouse from the other residences, plus the overcast, thick and wet clouds of theand summer, it was quite possible that the disastrous situation did not stop as it did right now

The deputy general in charge of guarding the storehouse was kneeling on the ground, tre Gongqing angrily said, “This is iuards, how could you not able to grasp even the enemy’s shadow, yet they were able to commit arson till it looks like this? At the very least, there ought to be soeneral spoke in treed with sand and stoned by the ene said, “How did the spy transport the sand and the stones here?”

Kou Zhong spoke with confidence, “As soon as we send people to search, I a like that This must be the evil scheme that the enemy has plotted actively We’d better send people to inspect the other storehouses in the city”

Promptly an officer accepted the order and left

wang Xuanshu pulled the other three aside and spoke in low voice, “This is called ‘a mistake of mistake’ I have just had the real provisions transported to the carains in here are all fake stuffs Because uards were responsible for the transport, nobody knew that the new shi+p said, “Er Gongzi’s efficient work is indeed a; was the stuff carried by the fiftyXuanshu was pleasantly surprised; he nodded and said, “It was indeed So what do we do now?”

Yang Gongqing’s spirit greatly aroused, he said, “This is called mistakenly hit the secondary vehicle; also known as Heaven helpswe can to search for the spy All outsiders not registered locally , while heavily reward citizen who report suspicious characters On the other hand, weto find a way to open a secret granary to store our grains”

Realizing that he had inadvertently set up great ain his father’s praises, wang Xuanshu gladly left tospoke in low voice, “Looks like we should go back to the Co to welcome Li Mi’s army soon!”

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It was not even dawn yet, soo to the Co at theJiao, indblown-dust face, was sitting by Yang Gongqing’s side, talking and pointing to the strategy terrain chart lying on the table

As the two stepped into thealoud, he said, “Wagang troops are co, crowded over in great delight

Linglong Jiao spoke excitedly, “I have made contact with our infor it withon toward Yanshi+ If they did not stop over anywhere, we should be able to see Wagang troops’ banner from the top of the city wall I already dispatchedto closely watch their eon”

Kou Zhong asked, “Which troops areJiao replied, “It’s the new arsin, Chen Zhilue and Fan Wenchao, three men’s command The main force inside the city has notanxiously said, “Li Mi is going to use decoy”

Xu Ziling asked, “Did Miss Jiao sneak inside the city to see what’s going on?”

Linglong Jiao proudly said, “No city defense can stu the troops are tightly guarded, I was afraid to beat the grass and scare the snake, so I could only look from a distance The city was quite and peaceful, evidently Li Mi considers victory is within his grasp, he is co Xuanshu asked, “Are those new recruits really as bad as what Xuan Yong said?”

Linglong Jiao replied, “The vanguard regixin numbered approxi Because the forest obstructed ht, I could only estimate the number based on the dust raised by the troops; they are all infantry, and they don’t march in squad forular troops”

Astonished, Kou Zhong said, “Miss Jiao unexpectedly can tell a lot of things from the dust kicked by the troops; you must be an expert in observation and detective work on the long Jiao delightedly cast hilance and said, “If you want to learn, I can be your shi+fu If the dust is rising high, it is the cavalry; infantry would create a loide and rolling dust Shan Xiongxin’s new ar, untidy dust, precisely because of insufficient training and their forood order For well-trained elite army, the dust may rise in columns, clear and not rando of the troops under powerful general The dust scattered left and right, front and back, this is notand Xu Ziling sub the enee

This uard came in to report that they had just received inforeon

Yang Gongqing received it, took a quick look, and handed it over to Linglong Jiao, saying, “Li Mi’s out-of-town forces are striking up two separate camps on their way toward us, but the main force inside the city still has notto lure us out to attack Our army provisions were really burned by him, ould have wanted to have decisive battle as early as possible, before our grains run out, rather than painstakingly defending a city under siege”

wang Xuanshu nodded and added, “At that ti us while we are caught unprepared”

Noticing both Kou Zhong and Xu Ziling had deep frown on their faces, Yang Gongqing asked in surprise, “Li Mi appears to have fallen into our trap, why do you look troubled instead?”

Xu Ziling said, “I have a feeling that soht to know that our side has Miss Jiao, a first-class expert in scouting the ene its prey,his troops’ situation If that is the case, hoould he use the decoy?”

Kou Zhong added, “In Miss Jiao’s opinion, did the tight security at the guarded entrance to the private residences housing the troops defy reason?”

Linglong Jiao’s tender body shook slightly; revealing a thinking-deeply expression, she nodded and said, “That is so The patrolling troops were not ordinary soldiers, but martial art masters within Li Mi’s troops, hence the reason I shrank back”

‘Bang!’

Kou Zhong slapped the table and said with a sigh, “What a cunning Li Mi! If I guess correctly, heto transfer his main force in batches to a secret camp outside the city And then e mistakenly assume that his main force has not left the city, and presuxin’s new army recruits’ attack, he would use the sa to be defeated and luring us out of Yanshi+, and then from somewhere his troops appear to ae indeed if we are not going to be wiped out”

His countenance changed, Yang Gongqing said, “Does that mean we already lost the decisive opportunity?”

“Not necessarily,” Kou Zhong replied, “Moving out forty thousand men via a secret tunnel only under cover of darkness is soht or a half Just by looking at when Shan Xiongxin’s troops will arrive, we’ll kno xin’s new troops will have to wait until Li Mi’s main force is ready before they dare to setup formation outside the city to wait respectfully”

wang Xuanshu anxiously said, “If we cannot grasp where Li Mi’sto move to, ould only be able to send our ly, our previous plan cannot be carried out anyuard ca audience

Xuan Yong only greeted Yang Gongqing and the others briefly before solemnly reported, “Li Mi’s worthy to be called the e; unexpectedly he already dug three underground tunnels in advance, and transferred hisWere it not for Xiaoren grew suspicious, I would never be able to guess his trick”

Yang Gongqing asked nervously, “Do you know the exact location of their ca dejectedly said, “Shen Luoyan is using her reconnaissance bird circling in the sky, so I did not dare to rush indiscriically located outposts along the mountain roads so that there is no way to trail the to my estimate, based on the current rate, Li Mi would need at least one night to transfer all of his ”

Everybody was back around the table to look at thecity, Mount Mang was slanting down straight toward Yanshi+’s northeast corner, in unbrokena vast area If they could not grasp the whereabouts of those forty thousand ht come out suddenly fro and strike fear in their hearts

Xuan Yong said, “Right now our side does not dare to act blindly without thinking, plus the opponent has martial art masters as numerous as the cloud; as soon as they appear, ouldn’t be able to escape even if we tried”

Kou Zhong’s left palm chopped horizontally across, he spoke ferociously, “First of all we must kill that flat-haired beast! Ay, but this will only alert that Shen poniang”

“Leave this tofro as theydown the forest to open up a path, there are always traces to be found”