Almost at the same time as Su Fu's raid on the Yuzhong money and grain convoy, the first light rain since the beginning of spring began to fall near Di Dao. The guards near the city gate have already taken refuge in the hole in the city gate. The peddlers and pawns who entered and exited the city gate were also busy looking for a place to hide from the rain. For a while, the vicinity of the city gate, which used to be orderly, has become chaotic at this time, like a noisy vegetable market in the city.

Liu Jiwu wore a hat and a hat, and together with Zhu Jie and his subordinates, drove an ox cart out of the city. Liu Jiwu looked at the crowded city gate hole, and he couldn't help frowning. I saw that many people in the city gate who were crowded to hide from the rain were blasted out of the city gate by the soldiers guarding the city gate, and then ran again, either to their own homes or to the eaves on the side.

As if he had seen through what Liu Jiwu was thinking, Zhu Jie smiled and said, "Sir, don't worry, we can go out of the city calmly." With a flick of the whip in his hand, it was already whipped on the buttocks of the strong ox pulling the cart, and the bull mooed loudly, and then struggled to pull the cart towards the city gate.

Seeing that the ox cart came to the city gate, the soldiers guarding the door on the inside side had stepped forward to stop them, and a military commander walked to the ox cart, looking at Zhu Jie who was driving the car, and his face was already smiling: "Yo, Li Laoshun." Do you still have to collect vegetables at this time? ”

Zhu Jie said with a smile on his face: "Master Jun, you also know that those old men in the county government always have fresh dishes when they eat." It's going to rain again, and I'm not happy to get me out of town...... Isn't there no way...... "As he spoke, Zhu Jie shrank his left hand, and a small hanging money in his sleeve slid into his hand, and then silently, pretending to pat the arm of Wu Chang, and the small hanging money was already in Wu Chang's hand.

"Okay, then you can get out. Come back soon. If the gates are closed, I won't be the master!" ”

"Yes, yes...... But listen to the military master's orders...... "Zhu Jie on the ox cart still has a smile on his face. And the Wu Commander had already opened his throat and shouted: "Clear the road, let Li Laoshun get out of the city!" ”

The soldiers hiding from the rain in the cave of the city gate heard the shouts of the captain, and shouted with guns and whips to clear a way. Zhu Jie took Liu Jiwu and others through the narrow city gate hole and went out of the east gate of Didao City.

went out of the city gate so easily, and Zhu Jie also gaged with the guards, which really made Liu Jiwu feel a little surprised. He looked at Zhu Jie and said lightly: "It's a good mix." ”

How could Zhu Jie not hear the meaning of Liu Jiwu's words. He knew in his heart that for those of them who had been appointed by prisoners by Li Yanzhi and came here as spies, these lieutenant generals would definitely not be at ease with them. Among them even includes his own benefactor, Li Yanzhi. Otherwise, why was it that in the days after they returned home, the prisoner who wanted to escape was arrested without running out of the street?

However, Zhu Jie made up his mind to come here, but it was Li Yanzhi who advanced the money and rice to his family in advance. In previous years, the family worked hard for a quarter, and the harvest was almost like that. However, if he agrees to this, then their family will receive so many offerings every month in the future...... Even if he thinks about it for the family, Zhu Jie has no reason to refuse Li Yanzhi.

Pulling his thoughts back from the previous events, Zhu Jie looked back at Liu Jiwu and said, "I have entered the Didao County Mansion and am on duty in the house......

Liu Jiwu heard the words and nodded: "You are really not bad." Immediately buckled on someone else's pulse. Zhu Jieyan said that he was on duty in the Didao County Mansion, which means that if Li Yanzhi wants to take the life of the dog ordered by Didao County, he doesn't even have to go through a lot of trouble, he just needs to put some medicine in the meal......

However, in today's situation, one's own side does not need to attack Di Dao, and second, killing a county order will not help one's own side much. Instead, it will make the enemy realize that there are their own spies lurking around them. In this way, it is very likely that Zhu Jie will be exposed in advance, and it will not be conducive to the development and growth of these spies in the enemy territory in the future. This kind of stupid thing of giving up watermelon and picking up sesame seeds, Li Yanzhi is absolutely impossible to do.

The two chatted with each other, Liu Jiwu pointed to the road, and unconsciously arrived at the periphery of the temporary station of his cavalry. Seeing that it was Liu Jiwu and Zhu Jie and others, a few sentinels on duty came out of the forest, led the ox cart to the forest to hide, and then led them to a few horses.

The temporary location chosen by Li Yanzhi was a narrow valley. The road in this valley is impassable. Therefore, it is usually inaccessible. More than a dozen horsemen abandoned their horses and climbed to several commanding heights around the valley, monitoring the movements of the outside world. Once there was an abnormality, they sent a message to the robes in the valley, and then Li Yanzhi decided whether to hide on the spot or get on the horse and leave.

Zhu Jie was brought to Li Yanzhi. Li Yanzhi was sitting in the tent at this time, nibbling on half a piece of Hu Biscuit without any image. Tao Heng beside him, as well as a group of soldiers, were also holding the Hu cake and eating it happily. When Zhu Jie saw such a scene, his expression was quite embarrassed, and he hesitated, not knowing how to speak.

When Li Yanzhi saw Zhu Jie, he beckoned excitedly: "Have you eaten?" If you haven't eaten, sit down and eat a bite. ”

Zhu Jie looked at the Hu cake that was as dry and hard as a stone, and couldn't help but think of the delicious food in the Didao County Mansion. Immediately shook his head: "My subordinates have eaten ......."

Seeing that Zhu Jie was not sensitive to the hard Hu cake in his hand, Li Yanzhi was not surprised. He laughed twice, then pointed to the hay-covered ground and said, "Sit down, sit down." ”

Zhu Jie thanked him, then walked over to a pile of hay and sat down. Li Yanzhi was gnawing on the cake in his hand, and generally looked at Zhu Jie with interest. He believed that his vision should be right. Zhu Jie will most likely provide him with some of the information he wants.

Zhu Jie looked at the soldiers around him who were gnawing on the Hu Cake with some restraint, and Li Yanzhi immediately saw the doubts in his heart, so he waved his hand to the people in the tent and said, "Go down first, and I'll call you in later!" ”

When everyone heard the order, they immediately walked out of the tent with the unfinished Hu Biscuit in their mouths. Zhu Jie saw that only himself, Li Yanzhi and Liu Jiwu were left in the account, and his heart was a little settled. He thought for a while, and said to Li Yanzhi, who was still nibbling on Hu Cake: "The tax collected in the county is guarded by two hundred people led by more than two hundred foot soldiers. About the day after tomorrow, they will set off for Nan'an County......"

Hearing this, Li Yanzhi put down the cake and asked in amazement: "Where did this news come from, and is it reliable?" ”

Zhu Jie pondered for a moment, and then said, "It's true. I was on duty at the county office, and I often delivered food to the county order. When I was delivering food yesterday, I saw him writing official documents. It was a warrant document issued to the county lieutenant general...... But they set out the day after tomorrow. ”

Li Yanzhi turned to Liu Jiwu and said, "Bring the map!" Liu Jiwu took out a map from his arms, and then put his hands in front of Li Yanzhi. Li Yanzhi took a closer look, and finally pointed to a location in the middle of Di Dao's road to Nan'an County......

"You are in the county government now, can you be in danger of your life?" Li Yanzhi looked up at Zhu Jie, but Zhu Jie shook his head firmly and said, "I only say that I am a fellow and I am illiterate." No one else doubted him. Everything is safe at the moment. ”

"Alright, you can go back. If there is a risk of exposure, do not force it. Your personal safety is at stake! The voice fell, and Zhu Jie, who had a warm feeling in his heart, had already bowed down in a deep voice: "Humility is willing to serve Sima, even if the sword mountain and the sea of fire do not dare to ......resign."

Li Yanzhi waved his hand and said, "Why bother." You still have a high cousin wife and a young family at home. If you have a good one, who do they want to return? Be careful, don't be in a hurry. Go ahead. ”

Liu Jiwu got up and sent Zhu Jie out of the tent, returned after a while, and then walked to Li Yanzhi, who had already finished chewing the Hu cake and was pouring it into his mouth with a water bladder: "Sima, the day after tomorrow ......"

Li Yanzhi pointed to a place on the map between Di Dao and the official road of Longxi County: "Right here, ambush the enemy!" ”

Liu Jiwu looked carefully, and the place on the map was a mountain on one side, and Weishui water flowed through it on the other. Traditionally, this type of terrain is not ideal for ambushes. So Liu Jiwu couldn't help but look at Li Yanzhi with a puzzled expression. Seeing Liu Jiwu's ignorant expression, Li Yanzhi patiently explained to him: "This place is called Caojiaya. I've brought people here many times before. This place is surrounded by mountains on one side, and on the Weishui side, there are lush artemisia grasses by the river. Enough to shade the height of the centaurs. ”

"When the time comes, we will first ambush a few and a half horsemen on the side of the mountain, dig a pit in the mountain forest, and arrange some falling logs, boulders and other mechanisms. Then, when the enemy convoy arrived, most of the cavalry hidden in the artemisia grass were killed. In a hurry, it was difficult for the enemy army to form an effective defensive position. The enemy generals will inevitably gather most of their forces and try to retreat to the mountains, in order to take advantage of the mountain situation to resist stubbornly, so that it will be difficult for our cavalry to attack. ”

Li Yanzhi paused: "At that time, on the hillside here, the pits and boulders and huge trees will play a role, and it will be impossible for the enemy troops to attack it!" Li Yanzhi raised his right hand, and then slapped it heavily on the map. Liu Jiwu listened to Li Yanzhi's series of plans, and after thinking about it carefully, he didn't find any obvious flaws, so he nodded vigorously at Li Yanzhi.

The soldiers were instructed to rest tonight, and then Li Yanzhi also returned to the improvised tent and slept for a while. He has always held the position of a junior officer in the army, so that Li Yanzhi has long been accustomed to these hardships. He lay on his makeshift bed of hay and listened to the muffled sound of rain smashing into the ground in the tiny cracks in the roof of the tent. As a human being in two lives, it is really more comfortable to be in the military in the previous life.

Tomorrow will face this small test of looting. Li Yanzhi tossed and turned, and an inexplicable excitement lingered in his heart. In addition to thinking about miscellaneous affairs, he imprinted in his mind every detail of the ambush step by step. It wasn't until the plan was designed repeatedly that he unconsciously lost consciousness and fell into a deep sleep.

In the early morning of the next day, Li Yanzhi sent a team to stay in this place overlooking Didao City to monitor the movement of the convoy. The rest of the people, led by him and Liu Jiwu, crossed the mountains and went to the preset ambush site.

Although Caojia Cliff is called a cliff, the mountain is not steep. It's the kind of level that can be climbed on foot. Li Yanzhi asked Tao Heng to take two people to arrange obstacles such as giant trees and boulders on the mountain. And he himself took the rest of the cavalry and came to the edge of Weishui, which was about 600 steps away from Caojiaya.

At this time, although Weishui has not yet reached the flood season, with the arrival of spring, the artemisia grass that is more than one person tall on the riverside has already sprouted. Although it is not yet able to accommodate an adult to stand upright, he is slightly bent over, or squatting in it, and there is no abnormality in sight from the gallop two or three hundred paces away.

After the arrangement on the hillside was completed, Tao Heng left a soldier, while the rest of the people went down the mountain and ran to the artemisia grass on the edge of Weishui, which was dispatched by Li Yanzhi. In all fairness, although Li Yanzhi had planned this ambush carefully, he still vaguely felt that there was something that would not go so smoothly. He and his soldiers ushered in the twilight of the day in the midst of a whole day of waiting.

Seeing that the time was already dusk, not only did he not see the shadow of the convoy, but even the soldiers who stayed in Di Dao to monitor the convoy did not report back. Li Yanzhi was a little uneasy, and was about to send another team of sentry cavalry to return to reconnoiter along the road he came, but he vaguely heard a faint sound of horses' hooves coming from the gallop.

Li Yanzhi straightened up and leaned out of the artemisia grass, but saw several riders in coarse cloth shirts rushing towards him along the gallop road. He hurriedly sent one of his soldiers to lead them into the artemisia grass. Seeing those sentry riders, Li Yanzhi couldn't help but feel anxious, and asked, "What's the matter?" What about the convoy of Didaw? ”

The leader Wu Chang was startled by Li Yanzhi's annoyance and anxiety. However, he thought about it for a while, and still replied: "An hour ago, the convoy had camped and rested near Xiliang Mountain, which was more than thirty miles away from here......

Li Yanzhi's eyelids jumped instantly, and he turned his head to Liu Jiwu and said, "Damn, plans always can't catch up with changes." "He had been planning for almost all day yesterday before he came up with this plan. Who knew that the soldiers of this transport team and escort team did not give face at all. The whole day's scene is still thirty miles away from them!

Li Yanzhi thought for a while and said to Liu Jiwu: "Since they are camping and resting, we will also find a mountain col to rest for a while, so that the brothers can have a full meal, and wait until nightfall, and then go to find their trouble!" ”

Liu Jiwu nodded, then took out a bamboo whistle and blew out three long and three short signals on the side of his mouth. The horsemen, who were lying in ambush in the artemisia grass around them, straightened up one after another, and then led their horses around them.

"Sima has an order, go to the opposite col to rest first, and after nightfall, then go out separately and attack the convoy!"