Lingxi City is built on a plain, with fertile land and sufficient water. On the plain, it is difficult to set up an ambush if marching and fighting. On the east and west sides of Lingxi City, there are two dense mountains and forests.
The mountains are relatively gentle, stretching for dozens of miles along the Qianshui River. The mountains to the west are steeper and the woods are denser. However, wild beasts are infested in the mountains and forests, which is also very dangerous.
Yun Shang chose the mountain to the east as the destination for his day's visit. Yun Shang rode his horse straight out of the city and headed for Langya Mountain.
Not far after leaving the city, they saw the road up the mountain. Although there was no official road on the mountain, the mountain was not steep, so Yun Shang rode directly up the mountain. After climbing more than half of the way, the forest gradually became denser.
, the horse seemed a little tired, so Yun Shang got off the horse and led the horse up the mountain.
There are mostly cedar and cypress trees in the forest, and there are also azaleas in full bloom.
Yun Shang walked for more than an hour, but she didn't see anything wrong. Thinking of the last time she surveyed the terrain like this, it seemed like it was during the battle in Kangyang. It was because of that time that she met Liu Yinfeng.
Later, she was trapped in the small courtyard by Liu Yinfeng's Seven-Star Big Dipper Formation. In the end, it was Luo Qingyan who rescued her.
Yun Shang thought about it and raised the corner of her mouth. After a moment, her footsteps suddenly stopped. Seven-star Big Dipper formation? If she remembers correctly, Yelang Kingdom seems to have never seen formations on the battlefield since ancient times. Marching troops
All battles depend on the bravery of the soldiers and the strength of the horses. It is very possible that Cangjue Qingsu has no idea of the battle strategy.
A flash of light flashed in Yun Shang's eyes. She had previously worshiped Qing Cang, the master of formations, as her teacher. Although she was too busy, Yun Shang didn't really learn too much from Qing Cang, but Qing Cang taught her
She has read the formation book carefully, and she can even draw every formation diagram in it.
If we fight with formations, it may not be impossible to defeat many with fewer enemies.
Yun Shang was thinking to herself when she heard the secret guard behind her exclaim: "Master, look, there seems to be smoke there."
Yun Shang looked in the direction pointed by the secret guard, and indeed saw a line of green smoke curling up from the woods in the distance. Yun Shang looked at the green smoke carefully. The smoke was small, and it should not be caused by moisture.
The leaves are dry things. And there is only a streak of smoke nearby, so there should not be a large-scale garrison.
"Explore." Yun Shang ordered concisely and concisely.
The secret guard responded, and with a movement of his body, he quickly disappeared into the woods.
Although she felt that there would not be a large-scale garrison, Yun Shang was a little worried that it might be spies sent by the Yelang Kingdom, so she found a place to hide under a protruding stone.
The secret guard's movements were very fast, and he came back not long after: "Master, there is a thatched house in the distance. The subordinates looked at it. It should be a temporary resting place for the people down the mountain when they go hunting in the mountains. But now
There are two old couples living there, I'm afraid they are common people who have taken refuge."
Yun Shang was a little surprised: "There are still people taking refuge in this mountain?"
The secret guard nodded and responded: "During the war, most people will flee farther, but some older people who have inconvenient legs and feet and are not entangled will mostly just hide in the mountains and forests."
Yun Shang still had doubts in her heart. She pondered for a moment and then said: "You guys wait outside, go and go with me. I have to go and see if they are real people or fake."
When the secret guard behind him heard this, a female secret guard stood up and said, "Please accompany the master. There is a woman who will not easily arouse suspicion."
Yun Shang nodded lightly. Fortunately, in order to hide his identity, the secret guards dressed up as ordinary people, so their attire was not out of the ordinary.
"What's your name?" Yun Shang asked.
The woman quickly said: "I know how to do it."
"Zhiwei, right? Give them the sword for safekeeping and let's go." Yun Shang said and walked towards the place where the green smoke was rising.
It looked close, but it took some time to walk. When Yun Shang walked to the thatched house, she was already out of breath. From a distance, she saw an old woman about fifty years old at the door of the thatched house.
Clean the wild vegetables, pick the roots, put them in a bucket, wash them and pick them up.
The old woman stood up and saw Yun Shang and Zhiwei. The old woman seemed to be startled by the sudden appearance of the two people. She trembled suddenly and screamed. The wild vegetables in her hand fell out.
Fell into the bucket.
An old man walked out of the room quickly, holding a kitchen knife in his hand and staring fiercely at Yun Shang and Zhiwei.
Yun Shang said quickly: "Don't panic, old man. Xiaosheng and his sister originally came to Lingxi City to find relatives, but they were driven out by the officers and soldiers before they entered Lingxi City. They got lost for some reason. Old man,
I want to go to Lucheng, how should I go?"
The old couple's expressions were still full of vigilance, their eyes fixed on Yun Shang and Zhiwei. After a while, the old man pointed in the direction: "That way."
Yun Shang nodded quickly, thanked her with her hands, and left the thatched house with Zhiwei.
"Master." After they were far away from the thatched hut, Zhiwei spoke: "The old couple probably don't have any martial arts skills."
Yun Shang nodded: "Let's go, let's walk again."
The two of them met up with other secret guards, and it was already around noon. The secret guard handed Yun Shang some water and cakes, and Yun Shang stuffed some indiscriminately before starting to walk again. After walking not far, the secret guard stopped her again.
Liao Yunshang: "Master, there are footsteps."
Yun Shang paused, and two of the secret guards behind him bent down and listened to the ground for a long time before saying: "The footsteps came from the north, and there must be a lot of people there, but I didn't see the footsteps approaching.
He hasn’t gone far.”
Listening to the secret guard's description, Yun Shang had already vaguely guessed what was ahead.
Yun Shang took out the map from her arms. There were many red dots marked on the map. Yun Shang raised her eyes and looked at the sunlight between the gaps in the shade of the trees: "Where are we now?"
Upon hearing this, the secret guard quickly approached Yun Shang, looked at the map in Yun Shang's hand, and pointed to a place.
Yun Shang's eyes moved, and there happened to be a red dot where the secret guard was pointing. Luo Qingyan said that it was the garrison point where the Xia army was dispersed. The map was small after all, so they saw where they were now on the map.
The position almost coincides with the red dot, but in fact there should be some distance.
"Judging from the footsteps, how far away are we?" Yun Shang asked.
The secret guard lay on the ground and listened for a while, then responded: "About a mile."
One mile is very close.
Yun Shang used her nails to make a mark on the red dot, and then raised her eyes: "Let's not go to the north, let's go east."
Yun Shang explored the mountain for another two hours before going down the mountain. After going down the mountain, Yun Shang went straight to the camp outside Lingxi City.
It was getting dark outside the camp, and torches were lit everywhere in the camp. Yun Shang walked to the entrance of the camp, and saw Zhao Yingjie riding a horse and leading many people out of it.
Zhao Yingjie saw Yun Shang from a distance. He quickly reined in his horse, jumped off the horse and said, "I will finally pay my respects to the Queen."
When the soldiers guarding the camp and the generals who were originally following Zhao Yingjie saw this, they looked at Yun Shang in surprise. After a long while, they all knelt down with Zhao Yingjie: "Greetings to the Queen."
Yun Shang nodded slightly and looked at Zhao Yingjie: "Where is General Zhao going in such a hurry?"
When Zhao Yingjie heard this, he quickly responded: "General, I will go on an inspection tour."
"Where is your Majesty?" Yun Shang asked softly.
Zhao Yingjie understood clearly and quickly called the guards on the side: "Take the Queen to the commander's camp."
Yun Shang thought for a while and then said: "General Zhao will go on inspection later. I have something to discuss with Your Majesty. It is about this war. General Zhao should come with us."
When Zhao Yingjie heard this, he responded repeatedly, turned around, and said to a general following him: "I will bother General Li with today's inspection."
The man responded quickly, and then stood up with everyone behind him. He bowed his hands towards Yun Shang, then got on his horse and hurried away with the soldiers. Only then did Zhao Yingjie throw the horse's reins to the soldiers guarding the camp.
, turned towards Yunshang and said respectfully: "My dearest lady, please come this way."
The commander's camp was in the middle of the entire camp. As soon as Yun Shang entered the commander's camp, he saw Luo Qingyan standing behind the table, his hands constantly drawing something on the long map on the table.
"Your Majesty." Yun Shang said with a smile.
Luo Qingyan raised his eyes and laughed: "Back?"
Yun Shang nodded lightly and walked forward: "Didn't Cang Jue Qingsu come to call for formation today?"
Luo Qingyan nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, but I scared him away after a few clicks."
Yun Shang knew it wouldn't be that simple, but since Luo Qingyan didn't want to say anything, she wouldn't ask further questions. She just whispered, "Is there any news about the father, the emperor, and the empress?"
"When Yelang Kingdom called for battle this morning, they were detained on the train station as a threat." Luo Qingyan said, his voice still as casual as usual.
Yun Shang looked a little worried, and Luo Qingyan added: "But it doesn't matter, looking at their appearance, they should be fine."
Luo Qingyan obviously didn't want Yun Shang to worry too much, so he quickly changed the subject of the conversation: "I heard that you went for a walk on Langya Mountain? Did you find anything?"
Yun Shang nodded lightly: "Yes."
After saying that, Yun Shang turned around and looked at Zhao Yingjie: "General Zhao knows that there are some old and weak people in the city who have no way to escape to other cities, so they hid in the mountains."
Zhao Yingjie nodded lightly: "There are quite a few, but we have made a special trip to investigate these people, and they are indeed common people."
Hearing this, Yun Shang shook his head, his eyes full of disapproval: "Not necessarily, but I found out that there are some people from the Yelang Kingdom who have sneaked into the mountains. Although only two people were found today, I am afraid that the real
