The next day, late at night, inside the Red Dragon Mandala.
Now that it was the time agreed by Xiao Muqing, Peng Cheng quietly came to the back of the mansion with a group of confidants.
The temporary county capital where he currently lives was built against Chilong Mountain. There is only a walkway less than two meters wide between them. It can be said that as long as you come down from Chilong Mountain, you can enter his house immediately.
Peng Cheng stood in the backyard and looked up. There was no light on the dark cliff. After waiting for a long time, he anxiously asked his confidants: "What time is it now?"
"Replying to your lord, it's almost two quarters of an hour after Haishi." One of his subordinates replied in a low voice.
"Why haven't you seen Feng Jun's signal yet?" Peng Cheng muttered, turned to look at Tan Liu, and asked in a deep voice: "Tan Liu, you can't remember it wrong, right? It must be Haishi?"
"Sir, it's absolutely true. Xiao Muqing, the commander-in-chief of the Feng Army, said it himself, tonight at Haishi."
"What about them? It's past Haishi, why haven't we seen Feng Jun yet?"
"This..." Tan Liu couldn't explain why Feng Jun didn't show up as promised. He was so anxious that the sweat on his forehead was covered with sweat. He wiped it randomly and stammered: "Maybe... maybe Feng Jun changed his mind temporarily...
…”
"How could Feng Jun change his plan at the last minute for such a big matter?" Peng Cheng's heart was burning and he reprimanded angrily: "Useless thing, none of the things I tell you can be done well."
Tan Liu was so scolded that he couldn't even lift his head, and asked cautiously: "Then... sir, do we... still... continue to wait?"
"What are you waiting for?" Peng Cheng said angrily: "It has been so long since Haishi, and even Feng Jun can't be seen. I guess Feng Jun will not come again tonight." As he spoke, he shook his robe.
Xiu, with an angry look on his face, turned around and went back to his bedroom.
Everyone else looked at each other, and finally shook their heads in unison, and whispered: "Everyone should leave first!"
Not long after, Tan Liu was the only one left in the huge backyard.
Until this moment, his face was still full of unwillingness. He raised his eyes and looked up the mountain. While looking, he frowned and murmured to himself: "That's right! The time Xiao Muqing agreed on yesterday is indeed tonight at Haishi. Why?
No one is coming!”
He couldn't figure out what happened. After standing in the courtyard for a long time, he sighed and walked away.
The situation on their side was clearly seen by the Sky-Eye spy who was ambushing in the dark. The Sky-Eye spy was actually very close to them, hiding on a ten-meter-high cliff, but he was wearing dark green clothing, even his face and
His hands were smeared dark green, and he was sticking to the cliff, just like a part of the cliff. Even if he walked closer and took a look, he might not be able to find it, not to mention it was still dark late at night.
Watching everyone in the courtyard leave, the spy with the Sky Eye, who seemed to be integrated with the cliff, slowly climbed towards the entrance of the cave on the mountainside.
The entrance of the cave is not big, and it is surrounded by grass and vines, which completely blocks the entrance. It is precisely because of this that the existence of this cave has not been noticed by anyone.
The spy with the Sky Eye moved quickly, holding the fire folder, and quickly passed through the cave to the exit on the other side. Then he descended the rope and quickly descended the mountain with the help of the rope.
When he reached the bottom of the mountain, he took out the fire rope again, burned the rope, and made sure that no traces were left before returning to the Fengjun camp.
After the Sky Eye spy saw Xiao Muqing, he told him everything about the situation in the county capital. Xiao Muqing nodded while listening. After the Sky Eye spy finished speaking, he asked uneasily: "Is there really no ambush at the foot of the mountain?"
"No! I saw it very clearly. Except for the dozen or so people waiting for our signal in the courtyard, there are no other soldiers." The spy with the eye of the sky said with certainty.
It seemed that Tan Liu was not lying, and Peng Cheng did intend to surrender. After confirming this, Xiao Muqing was completely relieved. He rolled his eyes, pondered for a moment, and said to the spy with the Sky Eye: "Brother, you have to bother,
Go back again and find a way to sneak into the county capital, meet with Peng Cheng, and tell him that tonight's appointment was due to internal changes in our army, so we were unable to keep the appointment as scheduled. Tomorrow night, we will attack the city at night.
When attacking the city, our army will use the secret passage to sneak into the city secretly and let him respond, and the time will still be Haishi."
The spy's face straightened, he stepped in and saluted, "General, don't worry, I will definitely get things done!"
Xiao Muqing still has great confidence in the people of Tianyan. They are all elite people carefully selected by Lotte.
He stood up and said: "This trip is dangerous. Brothers, you must be more careful. You would rather not see Peng Cheng than alert the enemy and arouse the suspicion of Mo Jun in the city."
"I understand!" The spy with the Sky Eye bowed and said, "General, I take my leave!"
The spy with the Sky Eye said goodbye to Xiao Muqing, and then returned the same way. With the help of the cave, he sneaked into the Red Dragon Mandala again without anyone noticing.
As long as you can enter the city, it is not difficult to enter this temporary county capital. The defense here is very loose, and there are no more than fifty soldiers keeping watch at the front and back together.
It's not that there are insufficient troops in the city, Peng Cheng has transferred all his guards to defend the city, but that Wei Bo did not give him military power at all. Now Peng Cheng has lost all military and political power, and only has the title of county chief.
Forget it, the person who really controls the real power is already Uncle Wei.
Peng Cheng had a clear mind, as long as he waited until this war was over, he would definitely be the unlucky person next. With Wei Bo's character, he would never let go of his collusion with Feng Ren, and would definitely complain in front of the king.
Not only was he dead, but the lives of his entire family were probably also in danger.
It was precisely because he saw through the stakes that he decided to take a risk. Even if he was charged with killing Lu She, he still took the risk and sent people to communicate with Feng Jun to gamble on his luck. Maybe he could find a way for himself.
Way to survive.
Peng Cheng has been the head of Sishui County for a long time. A few years ago, he accidentally learned from a medicine farmer that there was a cave on Chilong Mountain that ran through the mountainside. At that time, he didn't pay much attention to it, but now
, this piece of information became his magic weapon to save his life.
This is the whole story of how Tan Liu came to Fengying to meet Xiao Muqing secretly.
Leaving aside how the Sky Eye spies found Peng Cheng in the county capital and how they negotiated with him, the next day, early in the morning, Xiao Muqing took several generals and a group of guards to ride fast horses to the Jade Army.
camp.
After hearing the news that the commander-in-chief of the Pingyuan Army, Xiao Muqing, came to visit him in person, the commander-in-chief of the Jade Army, General Bailitu, led many jade generals out of the camp to greet them. After the meeting, the two sides inevitably exchanged polite greetings, and then Bailitu gave up Xiao Muqing and others.
Enter the Chinese military tent.
The two sides sat down separately, and Xiao Muqing said straight to the point: "Today, our army plans to attack Chilongtan. I wonder if it will be convenient for Brother Yujun?"
"Oh! Brother Xiao, to tell you the truth, I have been impatient for a long time." Baili Tu was overjoyed and said with a smile: "I have been waiting for Brother Xiao's words for many days. In fact, Brother Xiao only needs to send an envoy.
Just come and let me know, why bother going there in person?"
"It's a matter of great importance, so I should come in person. What's more, Brother Baili is the host and I am the guest. It would be too rude to send only one envoy to inform you about joining forces and go to war. Moreover, the envoy may not be able to explain some things.
clear!"
"Haha, Brother Xiao is so polite." He didn't expect Xiao Muqing, the famous coach of the Pingyuan Army, to be so polite and courteous. Baili Tu was impressed. He leaned forward and asked, "How did Brother Xiao arrange it?"
"During the day, you and our soldiers will have a good meal, sleep and rest, and recuperate their energy. At night, our two armies will launch a strong attack on Red Dragon Altar!"
"Brother Xiao, are you going to attack at night?" Bailitu asked in surprise.
"Yes! Although there are many inconveniences in attacking the city at night, our army is well prepared, while Mo's army is negligent in taking precautions. Perhaps the night attack can have a surprising and miraculous effect!" Xiao Muqing said confidently.
Bailitu frowned slowly. Attacking the city at night would be very disadvantageous to the attackers. Attacking the city was already very difficult. With the soldiers holding torches in one hand and weapons in the other, it would be even more difficult. If they didn't
Huge advantage, no chance of success at all, why did Xiao Muqing suddenly come up with such a bad idea.
Seeing that he didn't answer for a long time, Xiao Muqing knew that he didn't agree with his night attack tactics. He smiled slightly and said: "Brother Baili, don't worry, I am very confident in this battle, and our army also has a secret weapon.
It will definitely display unexpected power in battle!"
Huh? After hearing this, the eyes of the Jade Kingdom generals present brightened up, and expressions of confusion and curiosity appeared on their faces unconsciously. Bailitu asked with great interest: "What secret weapon?"
He had long heard that the Ordnance Department of the Feng Kingdom was particularly powerful, with all kinds of strange weapons emerging in an endless stream. Could it be that the Ordnance Department of the Feng Kingdom had secretly developed some unknown weapon?
Xiao Muqing looked up and smiled and said: "Well, let's keep it a secret for now. Brother Baili will know when the battle starts tonight."
He refused to say anything, so Bailitu stopped asking, but he felt relieved. As long as the Feng Army had a weapon to break the city, what did he have to fear? Then he would just follow the Feng Army and fight.
He said with a smile: "Okay, Brother Xiao, we have made an agreement. Tonight, you and I will attack the Red Dragon Altar at night!"
"Okay! Let's meet in front of the Red Dragon Mandala tonight!"
"See you in front of the city!"
Xiao Muqing and Baili Tu made an agreement to join forces at night to attack the Red Dragon Altar. To make a long story short, at night, all members of the Pingyuan Army left the camp and divided into two groups, heading all the way down the Red Dragon Mountain and all the way to the Red Dragon Altar.
forward.
The two armies each numbered 50,000 people. The soldiers going to Chilong Mountain were led by Chen Fang, the deputy commander of the Pingyuan Army, and the soldiers going to the city were personally led by Xiao Muqing.@.