Jade Girl Pool? Who sent this? Does he want to help me, or does he want to harm me?
Yue Fei and others saw Li Qi looking at the cloth in silence and looking solemnly, and looked at each other. Yue Fei shouted softly: "Bu Shuai, what is written on the cloth?"
Li Qi was slightly startled and handed the creed to them.
After everyone had finished reading them one by one, a general suddenly said: "Commander Bu, this is clearly the enemy who wants to deliberately lure us into being deceived. We must not go!"
Li Qi nodded, but said nothing.
Yue Fei said: "I thought otherwise."
Li Qi snorted and said, "Yue Fei, what do you think of this?"
Yue Fei said: "As we walked along today, I carefully observed that several of them are perfect places to set up ambushes, and the woods are one of them. If the other party really wants to ambush us, they will have them during the day."
There are many options. Since they can make two or three thousand soldiers disappear suddenly, they must be quite strong. In this case, why do they not attack during the day and choose to do these little tricks? This is undoubtedly unnecessary."
Li Qi nodded and said: "And the fake farmer, he told me a lot of information. Although I don't know what his intentions are, none of them can harm us, so we can't count him as an enemy yet.
Then he is probably helping us, which means that we are not fighting alone here."
Yue Fan said: "What Bu Shuai means is that we go to Jade Girl Pond immediately to find out what's going on?"
Li Qi waved his hand and said: "It's getting late now, so it's not appropriate to march. Let's wait until tomorrow. Pass on the order and tell the brothers to be alert tonight to avoid a sneak attack by the enemy."
It was late at night. Li Qi lay on the bed for a while, unable to sleep. He put on a coat and came to the courtyard. He looked up at the crescent moon hanging on the horizon, his face looking extremely heavy.
Suddenly, there was a rush of footsteps outside.
"who?"
Li Qi's expression tightened and he shouted.
"Bu Shuai. It's me."
"Yue Fei?"
The person who came was none other than Yue Fei. He saw Li Qi standing in the courtyard and asked, "Commander Bu, you haven't rested yet!"
Li Qi smiled bitterly and said: "How can I sleep in this situation?" Then he asked again: "By the way, what do you want to see me for?"
Yue Fei hurriedly said: "Bu Shuai. I just thought about it carefully in the room. Maybe we overlooked something at the beginning?"
Li Qi was slightly startled and said with a smile: "Actually, we have never ignored it, we just don't want to think about it."
Yue Fei was stunned and said: "It turns out that Bu Shuai has thought of it a long time ago."
"No, I just thought of it." Li Qi shook his head and said directly: "You are talking about the Zhe Family Army."
Yue Fei nodded and said: "Yes, the Zhejia Army has always adopted a hereditary system. It is said that the soldiers of the Zhejia Army are as close as brothers, and the 20,000 shi of army rations are second. However, the more than 2,000 soldiers suddenly disappeared, and they were stationed in
Weizhou and Qingzhou are very close to Fengxiang Mansion. It is impossible that there is no movement at all and everything is expected from the imperial court. But when we are here, we don’t even see the shadow of the Zhe family army, which has to make people suspicious. "
Li Qi hummed and said: "Do you still remember the wave of people we met in the woods today? The drunkard said that those people have undergone strict training and are no worse than our Divine Guards. Here, in addition to the Zhejia Army, there are
Who else has this ability?"
Yue Fei looked solemn and said: "Could it be that the Zhe Family Army is really rebelling?"
"If this is the case, then our Song Dynasty will be in trouble." Li Qi sighed heavily and said: "The Zhejia Army is our gateway to the Song Dynasty in the northwest. Once they want to rebel, they will most likely unite with Xixia.
Don’t talk about us anymore. Even the Song Dynasty is in danger."
Yue Fei was also very worried about this and said: "Commander Bu, it seems like we have to guard against it."
Li Qidao: "How to prevent it?"
Yue Fei said: "The foundation of the Zhejia Army is still in Fuzhou, which is right across the Yan'an Prefecture where the Zhongjia Army is located. The Bu Commander can write a letter of resignation to the Zhonggong and let them deploy on the road from Fuzhou to Fengxiang Prefecture.
, cut them off. If this matter has nothing to do with them, that would be best. If they really rebel, we can immediately mobilize our troops and defeat them one by one."
Li Qi shook his head and said: "If they really form an alliance with Xixia, they can come to Xixia for rescue, and we are probably already surrounded by them. Do you think this letter can be delivered? But it makes me curious.
What's more, if the Zhejia Army wants to rebel, why do they have to resort to pretense? They can just rebel directly, and maybe they can catch us off guard. Why should I be given time to fully prepare, in case the emperor decides that they are rebelling?
Sending a large army to suppress it is not worth the loss. In addition, they have been loyal for generations. What is the reason that makes them go to extremes? Alas, in short, everything is still confusing now, and this matter is of great importance, and we should not make hasty decisions.
Conclusion.”
"Yes. Yue Fei knows." Yue Fei nodded and said: "But, Bu Shuai, if it is really the Zhe Family Army, how should we deal with it?"
Li Qi chuckled: "What else can we do? Now they are in the dark and we are in the open. This is their territory. If they want to hide, we can't find them. If they want to fight, we can't avoid it. We can only wait."
They showed up."
"Then do you want to go to Jade Girl Pond tomorrow?"
Li Qi shrugged his shoulders and said: "Go! Regardless of whether it is the Zhe Family Army or not, we are going! Although the authenticity of this news is not reliable at all, it is the only clue in our hands. You know, we are now
We don’t even dare to send out sentries. Humph. Is this really a soldier catching a thief, or a thief playing with soldiers? It’s my first time to lead an army, and I feel so aggrieved. Oh, it seems that God is jealous of me.
So handsome.”
Li Qi scratched his head vigorously, and then said seriously: "However, Yue Fei, you must remember that if the Zhe family army really rebels, we must not be willing to fight. We must break out at all costs, and every one can escape."
.”
In his philosophy of putting interests first, if you can't beat someone, you have to run away, and you must minimize losses.
Yue Fei was startled, then he clasped his fists and said, "Yue Fei accepts the order."
...
At dawn, Li Qi led the army towards Jade Girl Pond.
Yunutan is about ten miles away from the county seat. Not long after, Li Qi came to the foot of Yunutan and looked from a distance. However, he saw that the terrain was extremely dangerous, with a narrow entrance, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack, with high mountains and streams.
, the mountains are majestic, shaped like a flying phoenix. Looking around the canyon, the strange rocks look like a lion crouching and a tiger squatting. Looking up at the sky, there is only a thin line in the sky.
The terrain alone made Li Qi and the others break out in a cold sweat. They had gone in. Once they were ambushed, it would be difficult to break out.
To enter? Or not to enter?
This really posed a problem for Li Qi. But after thinking about it, since they were all here, how could they be scared away like this? Li Qi finally decided to send three sentinels to explore the way first.
After about half a stick of incense, the three sentinels finally returned.
One person said: "Qi Zun Bu Shuai. There is indeed something strange inside. Although we didn't find anyone inside, there are more than two hundred stoves beside the pool, and the fires are still warm."
It seems that the information is not wrong, they are indeed hiding here. Li Qi asked again: "Apart from this, are there any other clues?"
The three sentinels all shook their heads.
Yue Fei said cautiously: "Is there any investigation on the mountain?"
A sentinel said: "We originally wanted to go up the mountain to investigate. But it is surrounded by cliffs and there is no way to go up."
Niu Gao said: "Bu Shuai, do you think they ran away?"
Li Qi shook his head and said: "There are more than two hundred stoves, so there are at least hundreds or thousands of people. However, the fire is still warm, which proves that they just left not long ago. If so, it is impossible not to leave any traces. Take a look."
It seems like hundreds of people have just passed by everywhere around here, so there must be some mystery inside."
Yue Fei said: "Commander Bu, why don't we let people find the way up the mountain, find out the situation and then make plans."
Li Qiyou looked around and thought to himself, the terrain here is so dangerous, the roads are rugged, and there are so many strange mountains and rocks. If we send less people, we will undoubtedly find a needle in the haystack. But if we send more people, it will be difficult to look at the beginning and the end. It is really too risky. I think
It's easier said than done to find out. He shook his head and said, "No need. If we continue to investigate, I don't know when to wait. I'm too lazy to play this hide-and-seek game with them anymore. As the saying goes, I know that there are tigers in the mountains, so I prefer the tigers."
Mountain walk.”
Seeing that Li Qi had made up his mind, Yue Fei pondered for a moment and said: "If the Bu Commander must go in, we can let the light cavalry guard the intersection and support us outside to prevent the enemy from blocking the intersection. The Bu Commander only needs to lead the archers in, and there will be enemies on all sides inside."
It's a cliff. Since we can't get up there, it's hard for them to rush down. It's futile for the cavalry to go in. We can also ask our brothers to install lime rockets. If we are really ambushed, these lime rockets can also be a good cover for our breakout.
"
Li Qi nodded and said, "I'll do as you say."
Afterwards, Yue Fei immediately ordered the crossbowmen to load lime rockets and follow Li Qi into Jade Girl Pond, while Yue Fan led a thousand cavalry to hold the intersection.
After walking through a long and narrow canyon, Li Qi and others finally came inside, but they saw that there was a different cave inside. It was extremely empty, surrounded by mountains on all sides, and the terrain was steep. It was indeed difficult to go up. The mountains were lush with leaves, green grass, and kingfishers.
The chirps rise and fall one after another. In the middle is a large lotus-shaped pool. The pool is so clear that you can see the bottom. On the left side of the pool, there is a waterfall several feet high. It pours into the pool from the middle of the mountain, and pearls and jade burst out. It is really amazing.
nice.
On the edge of the water pool, there are more than two hundred stoves, arranged neatly and densely, some of which are emitting white smoke. Judging from the size of the stoves, they can be used by at least one or two thousand people.
Li Qi walked around the stove, thinking to himself, it seems that the 20,000 stones of military rations were handed over here. He looked around again, and only heard the sound of water rushing, and there was no other movement.
Ma Qiao's keen sense of smell detected a hint of danger and whispered: "Bu Shuai, the situation is not good!"
Yue Fei seemed to have felt it, and immediately ordered two hundred soldiers to put on rockets. These rockets contained fuel. Obviously, Yue Fei did not intend to escape blindly. He saw that the mountains were densely covered with leaves, and he might be able to get a good result with fire attacks.
Effect.
Suddenly, there was a swishing sound from all directions.
I saw many people suddenly popping up in the middle of the mountain. At a glance, there were at least two to three thousand people, all holding bows and arrows. The coldly shining arrows exuded an aura of death. It was obvious that these people were by no means ordinary people.
Swish, swish, swish!
The crossbowmen on Li Qi's side also quickly made preparations for the battle.
But on a hillside in front of Li Qi, a young man in his twenties shouted: "I didn't expect you to find this place so quickly. It seems I underestimated you this time."
It seems that the news was not sent by them. However, Li Qi didn't care so much at this time, and laughed and said: "I really didn't expect that the dignified Zhe family army would be hiding here and becoming the king of the mountain. It seems that I have always overestimated you.