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Chapter 324: Yunzhou Army passes through Shop 37, Ye Xiaofan is in danger!
On the night of the Wen family banquet, Lu Tingen of Yunzhou Prefecture was busy mobilizing troops.
Among these soldiers, there were about 5,000 old, weak, sick and disabled people who gathered forty miles outside Yunzhou City to dig the ground and build a camp.
In addition to these old, weak and disabled soldiers, more elite cavalry and infantry marched towards Fulong Pass in batches under the pretext of transporting wood and soil.
It lasted all night without stopping.
Ever since Xiao Ruofeng's last instruction, Lu Tingen has focused all his attention on Fulong Pass in order to counterattack Baili Luochen's Pofeng Army.
Fulong Pass, a strategic pass like a horn at the junction of Yunzhou, Changning and Yibin, is indeed the key to this battle.
To this end, Lu Tingen divided his troops into three parts, with the two most elite parts attacking the cities of Yibin and Changning respectively.
The other part crossed the Fulong Ridge and was buried near the Fulong Pass.
When the cities of Yibin and Changning were almost captured, they sent out surprise troops to cut off the retreat route of the defenders of Fulong Pass, blocking more than 20,000 Pofeng troops inside the pass.
This move is not poisonous!
But Lu Tingen, who had commanded troops for many years, knew very well that Baili Luochen was a rare commander in the world. He would definitely send scouts to disguise themselves as merchants and civilians in Yunzhou to gather military intelligence.
If the troops were deployed openly, they would definitely not escape Baili Luochen's sight.
In this case, it would be much safer to transfer the elite troops to Fulong Pass, 120 miles away, under the cover of night, under the pretext of changing defenses and setting up camp.
Inside the Yunzhou camp.
Lu Tingen held a flickering oil lamp in one hand and many small flags of different colors, red and blue, in the other, poking and drawing on the sand table of the camp... until he stopped at a place marked with Fulong Ridge.
"Your Highness, there's a cliff over seventy feet high in Fulong Ridge. It's so smooth it's impossible to climb... How could we ambush soldiers here?"
Hearing Lu Tingen's words, Xiao Ruofeng, who was gazing at the night sky at the gate of the camp, turned around and walked in.
He looked towards Fulong Ridge, pondered for a moment, picked up a small blue flag from Lu Tingen's hand, and went around Fulong Ridge until he reached a flat place.
He looked at the location and saw "Sanqipu" written on a square piece of linen next to it.
After hesitating for a moment, Xiao Ruofeng heavily planted the blue flag in the small town called Sanqipu.
"Here, this place is located on the border of Yunzhou, less than twenty miles away from Fulong Ridge. Our light cavalry will be there in no time!"
"Also... if we head towards Yibin from here, it's only about seventy miles away. There are water sources and dense forests. This is a perfect location for our army to set up camp or attack our target!"
After Xiao Ruofeng finished speaking, he stood up straight, looking confident.
Lu Tingen handed over the oil lamp and looked carefully at the location of the Sanqi Shop. After thinking for a long time, he finally nodded and said:
"Your Highness is right. There are large tracts of dense forest here. The river you mentioned is the Hengchuan River that originates in Yuzhou and flows through here!"
Xiao Ruofeng nodded when he heard this:
"There's no time to lose. General Lu, quickly send a scout to catch up with the first group of troops to set out and let the deputy general in command know as soon as possible!"
Lu Tingen clasped his fists and said, "Thank you for your guidance, Your Highness. I will do it right away!"
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Sanqi Shop.
Early the next morning, after Ye Xiaofan packed his school bag, he stuffed two steamed buns and half a piece of dried meat into it.
He rushed into the inner room and saw Ye Dingzhi sleeping soundly. He didn't have the heart to disturb his sweet dream. With golden light in his eyes, he touched the Zhenwu sword and tiptoed out of the house.
After leaving the house, Ye Xiaofan called A Yuan and Xiao Lu Kuo from the same village, and the three boys jumped and ran towards the private school in the town.
"Ye Xiaofan, how are you doing with the first part of the Mencius and Gaozi that the teacher assigned yesterday? The teacher is going to do a random check today!"
Agaki asked guiltily.
Little Lu Kuo also agreed, "Yes, yes, Ye Xiaofan, did you study hard last night? I memorized it!"
Ye Xiaofan raised his head and replied proudly:
"Huh! How difficult is that? I've memorized it a long time ago..."
As he spoke, he began to recite, shaking his head.
Gaozi said: "Human nature is like cypress and willow, and righteousness is like cups and bowls. To regard human nature as benevolence and righteousness is like to regard cypress and willow as cups and bowls."
Mencius said: "Can you follow the nature of cypress and willow trees and make them into cups and bowls? You will have to kill the cypress and willow trees before you can make them into cups and bowls..."
Seeing that he had memorized it word for word, A Yuan interrupted him with a bit of jealousy: "Alright, alright, stop showing off! I know you've memorized it!"
Ye Xiaofan was having a great time reciting the poem, but when he heard what he said, he pouted and said mockingly:
"You're just playing around. I memorized all this during sword practice! If you can't beat the master today, you'll have to eat fried pork on a bamboo board!"
A Yuan said with a sad face: "But...but, cricket fighting is too much fun!"
"Really, really, Ye Xiaofan, let me tell you, I caught a black-backed general yesterday. It was super brave!"
The three boys were talking as they walked, but they saw a cloud of dust rising on the road in front of them, and then a group of brave soldiers rushed out!
"drive!"
Seeing that the group of soldiers was less than fifty or sixty steps away from Ye Xiaofan and his two companions, and would be right in front of them in a few breaths, Ye Xiaofan quickly pulled the other two children to the side of the road!
"Ye... Ye Xiaofan, who are they? So handsome! Such tall horses!"
Seeing that the cavalry was so majestic, little Lu Kuo couldn't help but praise them.
Ye Xiaofan ignored his words and just stared at the cavalry team. He saw that the leader of the cavalry team pulled the reins and dismounted when he saw the three people on the road.
Then he rushed to Ye Xiaofan, pulled him over and said viciously:
"Boy, is that the Sanqi Shop up ahead?!"
Ye Xiaofan's school bag was torn apart by his pull, and the books, steamed buns and dried meat in the bag were scattered all over the floor.
"Crack!"
He felt sorry for the dusty steamed buns and dried meat, and resented the cavalryman's rudeness. He exerted his internal force and broke one of the cavalryman's fingers directly!
The cavalryman howled in pain and let go of his hand:
"Damn you little bastard!"
The cavalry cursed and drew the saber from his waist and slashed at Ye Xiaofan!
The sharp blade of the saber flashed with cold light, from top to bottom, as if it was going to split Ye Xiaofan in half!
Ye Xiaofan used his internal strength with both feet, jumped back and retreated three or four feet away as light as a swallow!
But several of the cavalrymen dismounted and rushed out from behind them. Upon hearing that their leader was injured, they drew their sabers and glared at Ye Xiaofan and the other two fiercely.
"You little bastard, you dare to hurt me, I think you are tired of living!"
But the injured cavalryman raised his hand to stop the people behind him. He covered his injured right thumb and said to everyone:
"This young boy is so young in this desolate village and knows martial arts. He must not be from an ordinary family!"
"Capture the three of them and hand them over to Qian Hu for thorough interrogation!"
Several cavalrymen behind him put away their swords at the same time:
"Here!"
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