Book 51 Chapter 6 – Clear Understanding of Decisive Opportunity (1/2)

Book 51 Chapter 6 – Clear Understanding of Decisive Opportunity

Translator: Foxs' Wuxia

Under the boundless night rain, the heaven and earth becaht deep cold, the air outside felt somber and desolate

Ahead, the Huai River was flowing, gusts of autu, leading their horses along, were at the edge of the dense forest, surveying the river crossing This section of the river course was particularly shallow and narrow, both sides of the river were dense forest regions, it was both the best place to cross, and a good place for the enemy to lay an ambush for them

About ten li downstreali’s city walls In the drizzle, the dots of light appeared like a cluht

Kou Zhong’s right hand gently stroked Wuht shoulder; his eyebrows deeply furrowed, he stared fixedly at the opposite bank

Yang Gongqing asked in astonishment, “If Shaoshuai suspected that there’s an a to scout the opposite bank?”

Kou Zhong replied in heavy voice, “There may be scouts on the opposite bank, but I ae number of hidden troops Currently we are downstrea in the forest, the ill bring their breathing sound and their qi into my ears and nose This is Tujue people’s secret technique to use the wind to scout the ene was puzzled, “Since that’s the case, why don’t we put up a bridge and cross the river? We already have the logs to build the bridge cut down properly, as soon as Shaoshuai issues your order, we could build a pontoon bridge within one sichen”

Kou Zhong said, “It is precisely because there is no enemy on the other side that I have my doubts Zuo Xiaoyou is not a newly hatched bird on the battlefield, how could he neglect this good place to cross the river? It’s like he wants us to ed, tocorrectly, there must be a fort, a rock cave, multi-storied structures, or the like, some kind of defense structure It’s just that they ive us the convenience to cross the river and attack Zhongli At that tie, ould never have a chance to return to the Huai River’s north bank”

Severely shaken, Yang Gongqing said, “Is Shaoshuai saying that Zhongli defenders are laying out a trap, to lure us to fall into it?”

Kou Zhong nodded and said, “Even if not 100 accurate, I am sure it’s not too far off Not only there is Zuo Xiaoyou in Zhongli, there is also Li Zitong Zhongli’s navy the whole nest is co out, it’s probably a cover for deception”

Incredulous, Yang Gongqing said, “Is Li Zitong that sht be wise for me to send someone to the other side to explore and to see if there are any re his head, Kou Zhong said, “The enemyweeds on it Sending soate is a waste of tiht noe du; if we delay, I a spoke in distress, “How did the enemy know that ould come to mount sneak attack? Unless there is enehost] within our Shao Shuai Arhed and said, “It’s not an internal ghost, but external ghost I really wish , and this matter can be th exhausted, while the ene their spirit Therefore, even if we knew the scheme and withdrew, the enemy would definitely coth That will be the proof that I did not guess incorrectly”

Stunned, Yang Gongqing said, “External ghost?”

Kou Zhong’s countenance darkened, he said, “Do you re is not right? The proble They barely left Liangdu, Zhongli’s navy i is so coincidental that it ’s du is completely without any detectable hai Ay! I really regret not listening to Xingzhi’s advice In the face of serious juncture, a father can betray his son, let alonespoke heavily, “Very well! We will leave i shook his head and said, “If we hasten on with our journey immediately, in less than a hundred li, at least half of our tired horses would collapse Fortunately, the one co and not Li shi+ see how I, Kou Zhong do this thing Let’s send two hundred e first, but tell the said, “Build the bridge?”

Kou Zhong said, “This is the only way to slon the enemy’s sche a crushi+ng blow, and then we all can codu alive”

Under the illuzhi, Luo Qifei, Jiao Hongjin, Bu Tianzhi, Chen Laoe on the lower reaches of the canal, about thirty li froh, the canal narrowed, so that the water became a rapid

The seven men left their lantern behind and dise of the cliff to look down at the terrain

Xu Xingzhi said, “If ant to ambush the enemy’s navy, this is the best place; we only need to set up so machines on both sides, the entire section of the river course will be under the threat of crushi+ng rocks and feathered arrows The only fly in the ointe is no , the ene of an eye, while reloading the stone-throwing e to about the first dozen or so shi+ps entering the gorge”

Xu Ziling shook his head and said, “Should be only fix or six shi+ps suffer a couration of their fleet, they aredistance between shi+ps If so happens to the shi+p at the front, the shi+p behind will have enough time to cast anchor and cojin said, “In that case, we could set up an ambush with archers on both sides of the lower reaches of the river before entering the gorge When the eneo ashore to counterattack, we use fire arrows to greet theth is several ti to hijin’s proposal can be considered a feasible solution, the risk level will depend on our coordination”

Turning to Bu Tianzhi, he said, “If we use the stone-throwing machines to disrupt the enemy fleet’s disposition of troops first, and then use the ni on the crossbow machines on the boat to attack the enemy warshi+ps one by one, is it feasible?”

Chen Laohter, “Good plan!” he said, “Based on Lu Dashi+’s design, after undergoing my, Chen Laomou’s improvement, the crossbowarrows at once, powerful enough to penetrate the shi+p’s hull If rap the arrow’s body with oil cloth and ignite it before shooting, it will becoreater In particular, the flywheel boat’s bow and stern are reinforced with steel plates, so they are not afraid of collision On top of that, the enemy would never dreah mobility in the world; they would be attacked that they have no tiht, the flywheel boats could display even greater for said, “The eneli before noon tomorrow Give them two sichen to load heavy equipment and troops, they should be able to set out to the north by nightfall, in which case, they ought to reach this section of the gorge very late at night the day after toh tihed and said, “Luckily Ziling arrived in tih the ene everybody’s gloo knew they still had difficulty dispelling their worry about Kou Zhong He laughed and said, “If Kou Zhong is that easy to fall into other people’s scheo Don’t worry! I dare say that he, along with Yang Gongqing and the brothers, will come back unhardu to prepare everything”

Kou Zhong and Ma Chang stood on the northern bank of River Huai, observing the construction of the pontoon bridge One more se relied s, which were fixed in place using wooden stake and long ropes Because in constructing the bridge they were just going through the motions, it was totally useless; it was really a scheqing and his brothers had already retreated quietly to a mountaintop ten li away from the Huai River, in preparation for safe withdrawal Kou Zhong’s five-hundred- up traps in the forest, such as horse-tripping ropes, sharp stakes inside the pit, and so on

Kou Zhong raised his head to look up at the sky, in the drizzle, even with his extraordinary eyesight, he could barely identify Wu, which had becorateful to Tuli for giving him this spirit falcon, which was like she had human character In the battlefield, her help to hinificent army with thousands ofasked

Kou Zhong pointed to the sky on the east side of Zhongli, he said, “She is above Zhongli; moreover, she already discovered the ene the north and south banks How long is it before dawn?”

“Should be approxi replied, “The ene s unusual was happening It has been three sichen and we haven’t finished building one pontoon bridge; it would be strange indeed if the other side is not suspicious Attacking Zhongli in broad daylight is a joke; building a pontoon bridge and leave it to be used toer absurdity in the world! It’s tie back”

Ma Chang issued the order, the brothers building the bridge rushed back to the northern bank, they took off their wetsuit and changed into dry clothes and mounted the horse and left