Chapter 315 Knowing yourself and knowing the enemy, leading the snake out of the hole
Yuan Ji's cavalry drove at high speed, and in two days they left Yuxian County and entered the area of Yongqiu.
"Prince Yuan, where are you?"
Cai Yong opened the curtain and asked Yuan Ji's carriage.
"Master Cai, now we have left Yu County and entered Yongqiu County."
Yuan Ji opened the curtain and responded to Cai Yong's question.
"Yongqiu, what a wonderful place."
When they arrived at Yongqiu, Cai Yong felt completely relieved. After all, they killed people in Yuxian County. If the county magistrate sent people to hunt them down, what would they do? They could just enter Yongqiu.
"Well, everyone Cai, if you are tired, we can take a short rest."
Yuan Ji smiled at Cai Yong.
"No, it's better to get to Jizhou as soon as possible."
Cai Yong shook his head.
"Okay, then let's go with all our strength."
"good."
Yuan Ji and the others ran as fast as they could, but they didn't know that someone was paying attention to them in front of them. Wei Hong, as the leader of the Wei family's private soldiers, was quite proficient in marching and fighting. After arranging everything, he waited for Yuan Ji to come.
"Boss, something seems wrong up front."
A scout rode up to Yuan Chen and reported the news to him.
"Something's wrong? Why is something wrong? Have you sent someone to investigate."
Yuan Chen glanced at the scout, with a trace of doubt in his eyes.
"Boss Yuan Bi has already taken people there. I believe there will be news soon."
The scout nodded.
"All troops stop."
Since there is a situation, we must pay attention to it. Yuan Chen immediately waved the horse team to stop.
"what happened?"
Yuan Ji opened the car curtain, and Cai Yong also opened the car curtain.
"Sir, there may be something going on up front. Yuan Bi has already taken people to see it. I believe there will be a result soon."
Yuan Chen explained the situation to Yuan Ji and Cai Yong's family.
"Okay, implement it as soon as possible."
"promise."
Yuan Bi got off his horse and led the horse forward slowly. Behind him were four personal guards of the Yuan family who also led the horse.
"How about it?"
Yuan Bi looked at the place under his feet, his eyes full of suspicion.
"I don't know, it just doesn't feel right."
Lin Chang next to Yuan Bi was also full of suspicion.
"Yes, there is not a single footprint on this road, and there is not even a leaf on it. It looks like it has just been swept by someone."
Another Yuan family guard stared at the road under his feet and spoke.
"Dale, what did you just say?"
A flash of light flashed through Yuan Bi's head, and he grabbed the guard who spoke and asked him.
"I said it felt like someone was scanning me."
The guard looked confused.
"By the way, this is it, there is definitely a problem here,
This road is a must-pass and it is impossible for no one to pass by, and as you said, even if no one walks there, there should always be fallen leaves, dead branches, etc., but this place is so clean, someone must have cleaned it up, so the front
There must be an ambush."
Yuan Bi directly stated his guess.
"You are right."
Lin Chang nodded. The old scout saw many things not through his eyes, but through his feelings. Just like now, on the surface, there is no problem here, but something feels wrong, and problems appear as soon as he sorts it out.
"Dafeng, you go back immediately and inform the young master, and the others will follow me to explore further."
"promise."
Now that he knew there was a problem ahead, Yuan Bi did not hesitate, and while sending people back to report the news, he took the remaining people on their horses and continued to explore the road.
"Your Majesty, someone is coming. Do you want to take action?"
Zhang Zhi's men were lying in ambush at the end of the road. When they saw Yuan Bi coming on horseback, they couldn't help but feel excited.
"This is the scout, let them pass."
Wei Hong could tell at a glance what Yuan Bi did for food. If he really killed Yuan Bi and the others, it would be difficult to get Yuan Ji to come over.
"King?"
After hearing Wei Hong's words, the man glanced at Zhang Zhi beside him.
"Didn't you hear what my brother said? Let the scouts pass."
Zhang Zhi pressed his hands and put down the bows and arrows he had prepared.
"There's something going on on the mountain."
After walking around, although there was no ambush as expected, Yuan Bi still felt that there was something going on here.
"Well, there are people on the mountain. These guys' hiding skills are far behind."
Lin Chang nodded.
"Let's go, we've gone around enough, it's time to go back."
Yuan Bi turned his horse's head and returned with several brothers.
"You can prepare. These scouts found no problems."
"Um."
Zhang Zhi nodded, and the soldiers and horses under his command did the same and began to prepare for battle.
"Yuan Bi, how are you doing?"
Everyone is waiting for Yuan Bi's return. After all, only by knowing the enemy's exact ambush can we formulate a strategy, whether to attack or circumvent.
"Sir, I don't know the exact number of enemies, but they should be ambushing them in the mountains."
Yuan Bi told the truth exactly what he discovered.
"Sir, why don't we take a detour? We have our families with us, so there is no need to take risks."
After listening to Yuan Bi's words, Yuan Chen immediately made a judgment: the enemy is hidden and we are clear, and there is an ambush in front, so hard steel is not suitable.
"Yuan Chen, is there any big force in Yongnu's direction? Or a force that dares to attack us."
Yuan Ji smiled slightly and did not make a decision immediately.
"The Yongnu official, that is, the Yongnu Order, will definitely not dare to send troops to ambush us. In addition to the official Yongnu, there are three major aristocratic families. However, the aristocratic families here are very small and do not pose a threat to us. If they are explicitly excluded,
Then there are only the bandits from Dawang Village."
Upon hearing what Yuan Ji said, Yuan Chen immediately told all the news about Yong Nu.
"According to what you say, then what we have in front of us are basically bandits from Dawang Village? Tell us about their situation."
Yuan Jichong nodded to Yuan Chen. To be honest, such a subordinate was a bit inferior to his talents.
"The thief chieftain of Dawang Village is named Zhang Zhi, also known as Defang. He is nicknamed the King of Hell. He has five thousand fierce bandits under his command. He is the most powerful force in Yongnu, and even has more say than the county magistrate.
Big, but why did he want to rob and kill us?"
Yuan Chen took Zhang Zhi's information out of his mind and told it to Yuan Ji, but he also had many puzzles.
"Hmph, no matter what he does, it's a capital crime. Five thousand gangsters? If we fight against him in the wild, are we sure?"
After listening to Yuan Chen's introduction, Yuan Ji couldn't help but fall into deep thought.
"Although Zhang Zhi, the deadly king of hell, has five thousand fierce bandits, I regard them as nothing. If the five hundred personal guards were fighting in the field, they could be killed in half an hour at most."
Hearing Yuan Ji's question, Yuan Chen couldn't help but raise his head.
You must know that they are the personal guards carefully built by Yuan Shu for Yuan Ji. They are among the best in Jizhou in terms of armor, equipment and combat skills.
At this level, if even five thousand miscellaneous bandits could not be defeated on the plains, they would not need to be soldiers to be paid, and they could all go home and farm.
"Okay, I remember what Gao Dao said: when the enemy advances, we retreat; when the enemy retreats, we advance. Now let's follow Zhang Zhi's strategy of retreating when the enemy advances and luring the snake out of its hole."
