Finally, after much deliberation, Wu Zhi decided that this time he would lead the expedition and must make every effort to maintain the relative balance of the three parties as much as possible.
Of course, on this basis, it is also necessary to plunder as much strategic material as possible for the Liangshan Mountains.
Wu Zhi was not only good at this kind of secret sap work, Qian and Bai Sheng were also the ones who understood the essence of it.
A few days later.
Wu Zhi, together with several brothers, led a brigade of soldiers and finally arrived eight or nine miles away from Qingfeng Village.
Wu Zhi used a small wine shop near the foot of the mountain that had been abandoned for many years as his temporary base.
As for the brothers, Wu Zhi asked them to dress up and pretend to be mountain farmers living nearby, who made a living by hunting and cutting firewood.
After Wu Zhi had properly arranged all his brothers.
So they sent out more than a hundred soldiers in the direction of Qingfeng Mountain Stronghold, asking them to act as scouts and spies.
Come and explore the Qingfeng Village, the Liao Bandit Suppression Army, and the Great Jin Cavalry that may appear anywhere at any time.
During the days of waiting for the news, the lives of Wu Zhi and others were undoubtedly the most boring.
If they were on Shuibo Liang Mountain, their group could at least drink and eat meat and chat about many things without restraint.
But here, they have to be much more careful.
Wu Zhi and others are now hiding their identities and are ordinary hunters.
If they were 'hunters', they would spend the whole day not only drinking, but also eating meat and chatting unscrupulously.
Then people will definitely be suspicious of you.
What's more, don't think that the Great Liao Bandit Suppression Army and the Great Jin Cavalry will not send spies to collect intelligence.
Even Chao Gai, Song Jiang and others who have been entrenched in Qingfeng Mountain for a long time will most likely send spies to collect intelligence when they are besieged by a large Liao army.
At that time, no matter which group of forces suspects their identity, this will not be good news for Wu Zhi.
So in the past few days, Wu Zhi, Lu Zhishen, Shi Qian, Bai Sheng and others were either sleeping in a small broken house, or going up the mountain in twos and threes to hunt and chop firewood.
Gradually, the structure of the rations eaten by these people changed.
From the initial combination of meat and vegetables, it once leapt to the current small barbecue.
Anyway, during this period of time, we hunted a lot of delicacies and game.
Firewood and other fire-starting materials were also piled into hills.
If you don’t eat barbecue, wouldn’t it be a waste of these ready-made ingredients?
A few days later.
The spies and scouts who went to inquire about the news finally passed back the compiled information.
Although they and their group are only a few hours away from Qingfeng Village.
But those spies and scouts have a lot of tasks.
Not only do you have to disguise yourself, but you also have to pass through the detection range of Qingfengshan strongmen, the Liao bandit suppressing army, and the Jin cavalry.
And find out all the personnel and strategic intentions of their three parties.
This itself will take a long time.
And when Wu Zhi, Lu Zhishen, Shi Qian, and Bai Sheng saw the information that was sent back, they immediately felt that all the previous efforts had been worth it.
This information not only clearly marked Qingfeng Mountain Stronghold, but also the garrison location of the Daliao Bandit Suppression Army.
At the same time, even the Jin cavalry, which they had never met before, were detected.
The original intention of this group of Jin cavalry was to hide in the distance, and then always have insight into the fighting style of the strong men of Qingfeng Mountain and the Liao bandit suppressing army.
After the batch of bows and crossbows that had been robbed earlier and officials from the Ministry of Industry of the Song Dynasty appeared, they would attack again and rob them all.
The reason why we are hiding quietly now is that we don't want to conflict with the Liao bandit suppressing army at this time.
There are more than six thousand people in their group.
At this moment, this group of Dajin cavalry were all lurking about ten miles away from the right rear of the Liao bandit suppressing army.
Even from Qingfeng Village, it is only about fourteen miles away in a straight line.
According to Wu Zhi's analysis of the combat power of the cavalry of the Kingdom of Jin, if they wanted to, they could all rush to the foot of Qingfeng Mountain in one charge.
In addition, what the intelligence recorded was relevant intelligence information about the Daliao Bandit Suppression Army.
At this time, the Daliao Bandit Suppression Army was the closest to Qingfeng Mountain among several groups of forces.
It's only four or five miles away.
At this time, tens of thousands of cavalry had already set up an attack formation.
The reason why the headquarters of the Daliao Bandit Suppression Army did not immediately issue an order to push back was because they were trying to resolve this dispute through negotiation.
Because they are not stupid, they can also guess that the Da Jin Kingdom, which loves to join in the fun, will not let go of this opportunity to fish in troubled waters.
Maybe he is hiding behind some mound at this moment, preparing to sap him secretly.
Therefore, if this dispute can be resolved through negotiation.
By then, even if the Great Jin Kingdom wanted to kill someone, they might not be able to find the most suitable opportunity to do so.
But Wu Zhi learned from the intelligence sent back that the negotiation between the Daliao Bandit Suppression Army and the Qingfeng Mountain strongman did not seem to be harmonious.
At the end of the information, it was recorded about the situation at Qingfeng Village.
The 'heroes' at Qingfeng Village immediately went crazy when they learned that they had been surrounded by the Liao cavalry.
You must know that their Qingfeng Village is hundreds of miles away from the border of the Song Dynasty.
Why did the army suddenly arrive at the gate of the stronghold?
Not only the minions couldn't figure this out, but even Chao Gai, Wu Yong, Song Jiang and others couldn't figure it out.
Their Qingfeng Village claims to have nearly 10,000 troops.
It seems that the number of Daliao cavalry is equal to that of the Daliao cavalry at the foot of the mountain, but in fact there are not that many at all.
Even if all the old, weak, women and children were added up, the number would be less than six thousand.
Among them, those who are still capable of fighting are in their early 2,000s.
So now, facing several times the number of enemies at the foot of the mountain, Wu Yong was able to use his own cleverness to lead everyone on the mountain to escape, which was already quite good.
If you want to defeat the Daliao cavalry, it is absolutely impossible.
After Wu Zhi read this information, he and the brothers present carefully considered their situation at this time.
At this time, they were at the right rear of the Daliao bandit-suppressing army, about four or five miles away from the Liao bandit-suppressing army in a straight line.
The straight-line distance from Qingfeng Mountain is about eight or nine miles.
As for the number of soldiers, the one Wu Zhi led this time was less than a brigade-level organization, with a number of more than 2,100.