Ma Wenxiang was like an old ape in the mountains, leaping between the houses, heading in the direction of Luoshui.

Li Rong's heart moved, stopped, and turned to walk in the direction of the Chengcheng Canal, and then rushed south along the causeway next to the Chengcheng Canal.

This is Li Rong's gamble, ** Wenxiang's destination is Chengfufang.

Chengfu Fang is adjacent to Luoshui in the south, and is connected to the city canal in the west, which is the closest city to the imperial city.

Li Rong has been thinking about how Li Ruoxue would destroy the sacrificial ceremony if he was a snake spirit. The first thing is naturally to destroy the Luoshui Dam and create a flood, which can directly rush down to flood the Fang City on both sides of the Luoshui River, and the sacrificial altar will not be spared. Then send elite soldiers to attack the civil and military officials in the chaos, and it is better to wipe them out so that the imperial power can be paralyzed.

The key to the first point is the dam, and he doesn't know what method Li Ruoxue used to destroy the dam. However, to send someone to storm the altar, you must prepare a hiding place in advance, and there is no doubt that Chengfufang, which is closest to the imperial city, is most likely to become the new lair of the snake spirit.

Li Rong showed his strength, his body flew forward like electricity, and it took less than half an hour to cross Qinghua Fang, Lide Fang, and Chengfu Fang.

Li Rong's figure flashed, jumped over the wall of the square more than a foot high, jumped to the roof of a house in the northwest corner of Chengfu Fang, hidden in the shadows, quietly waiting for Ma Wenxiang's arrival.

If possible, Li Rong wanted to capture Ma Wenxiang. However, after seeing Ma Wenxiang's movement of flying away, he knew that he had recovered from the internal injury half a month ago.

It was a fluke that Li Rong was able to sneak attack and capture Ma Wenxiang that time. Ma Wenxiang was unlucky, just after a fierce battle, his true qi power was exhausted, and Li Rong was easily knocked down. Now that Ma Wenxiang has recovered from his injuries and his true qi is intact, it is too difficult for such a master of the same level to be captured alive.

After dozens of breaths, Ma Wenxiang's figure appeared in Li Rong's field of vision. I saw Ma Wenxiang leaning low and soaring, jumping over the wall of the workshop and sneaking into the workshop.

Li Rong looked at it from a distance, his eyes moved, and he used his microscopic eye, staring at Ma Wenxiang's figure tightly.

The true qi of the six-rank master can spread all over the body at any time, and it is extremely sensitive, and it can sense the gaze shooting from the surroundings at close range, and the power of hearing and hearing can reach more than three zhang, which is almost difficult to track.

Seeing Ma Wenxiang's figure disappear into a mansion in Fangnan, Li Rong quietly followed, sneaked to the vicinity of the mansion and stopped, patiently observing the surrounding movements.

At this time, Ma Wenxiang's figure came out of the roof again, stood on the roof and looked around cautiously before jumping into the courtyard next to him.

Since leaving Yuefu, Ma Wenxiang faintly felt that someone was following him, so he was very careful.

For a long time, Li Rong squatted motionless on the eaves of the roof, staring at the mansion where Ma Wenxiang disappeared, trying to detect something unusual about it.

It wasn't until early in the morning that Li Rong and Yang Siqiao returned to a pre-prepared house, located in Wheelhouse Place.

"I knocked Le Sihui unconscious, got him out, and tortured him with secret techniques," Yang Sixuan sat on the couch and said in a deep voice, "Le Sihui did collude with the snake spirit and provided him with information about Luoshuiyan, and he also knew that the snake spirit was going to open the dam on the day of the sacrifice, flood Luoyang, and wipe out all the civil and military officials, but he didn't know the specific plan." ”

"Unexpectedly, Li Ruoxue should not make the plan known to everyone," Li Rong said, "My harvest is not big, I only found one of the six snake heads of the snake spirit, the green snake, that is, the hidden mansion of Ma Wenxiang, the head of the Heshan Xiang Society, for fear of alarming them, I didn't dare to enter the mansion to check." ”

"None of the information we got could touch the core of the snake spirit plan," Yang Siqiao frowned.

"If a few of our soldiers can figure out the true plan of the snake spirit, Li Ruoxue will not be the master of the heavenly list who is full of tricks and martial arts." Li Rong said with a smile, "Let's go back and see what they have gained from Wei Chi." ”

Early in the morning, Li Rong and Yang Siqiao arrived at the camp of the right thousand horses in Xiyuan.

Wei Chi Xiu came back last night, and in the morning he heard that Li Rong and the others had returned, so he walked into Li Rong's camp with a few brigade commanders.

"Wei Chi, what have you gained?" Li Rong stood in the tent and asked Wei Chi Xiu who walked in.

"Yuan Ming, you guessed right, there are indeed signs of human activity on the mountain behind Xiao Gu." Yu Chi Xiu said excitedly.

"Xiaogu, have you drawn the topographic map of Luoshuiyan?" Li Rong didn't answer and asked.

Before leaving, Li Rong had told Wei Chi Xiu that in addition to checking the traces on the mountains behind Xiao Gu, he also asked several people to draw a geographical map of the mountains and rivers near Xiao Gu in order to deduce the attack plan of the snake spirit.

"It's drawn, Xuanjing takes it." Yu Chi Xiu said quietly.

Dong Xuanjing came out of the crowd, took out a rolled map from his arms, and gently placed it on the bookcase.

The bookcase in Li Rong's account is specially customized, and the area is two or three times larger than the ordinary table, and in addition to writing, Li Rong also likes to display the map on the table for everyone to see.

Drawing maps in later generations was a basic skill for generals, but in the Tang Dynasty, few people understood this skill. At this time, the generals all pursued martial arts, and learned as much as possible the art of war, formation and other skills, and no one would learn to draw. Since Li Rong entered the Thousand Cavalry as the commander, in addition to training soldiers, he also gathered these brigade commanders and team members together to teach them how to draw geographical maps of mountains and rivers, and how to deduce the battle examples of the current dynasty and the previous dynasty, which benefited Wei Chi Xiulian and others a lot.

"You also make geographical maps of mountains and rivers?" Yang Siqiao exclaimed beside him.

"I think drawing a topographic map is a basic skill for a general, if you want to become a qualified general, you can't look at the terrain, how to camp, how to arrange an offensive and defensive plan?" Li Rong said.

"The more I listen to you, the less I feel," Yang Siqiao said with a wry smile.

At this time, Dong Xuanjing unfolded the map and spread it on the bookcase.

Li Rong and the others gathered around the bookcase, looking at the drawn map.

"According to our calculations, if the Serpent Spirit's attack plan is like this, the chances of successfully capturing the dam and destroying the sluice gate are quite high." Wei Chi Xiu said happily, "Wu Chonggui arranged the camp in Xiaogu, which is a big taboo for camping. Assuming that the snake spirit sent a master to sneak behind the small valley and kill into the camp, and another large group of men and horses landed from the dam in a large boat, attacking back and forth, Wu Chonggui would definitely be defeated. Of course, this is only one of the possibilities, if Wu Chonggui arranges manpower according to the normal arrangement, and sends half of the soldiers to be deployed outside the valley to maintain vigilance at any time, so that it can be quickly supported in an emergency, which can be regarded as a relatively complete defensive arrangement. ”

"We've already said these days, what might the serpent spirit's attack plan be?" Li Rong asked.

"If I were a snake spirit, there should be no more than 300 men and horses under my command to attack the dam," Wei Chi Xiu said, "The mountain road upstream of Luoshui is difficult and dangerous, and it is very difficult to march, especially the large group of men and horses is not easy to walk, if there are too many people, it will inevitably take a long time to march and it will be easy to be exposed." Moreover, there are many peaks near the small valley, there are almost no roads, and the attack of the brigade cannot be carried out, and it is not very useful to have more, and five hundred people is already the limit. ”

"Judging from the offensive route, Lord Wei Chi and we think that the snake spirit is likely to swim down the Luoshui River by boat, first, it is convenient to transport and avoid the fatigue of long-distance marches, and second, it maintains the suddenness of the attack." Dong Xuanjing continued, "Of course, the ships can carry limited people, which is one of the reasons why we estimate that the attack under the command of the snake spirit is only five hundred. ”

"That's right," Li Rong said, nodding.

"The thieves may choose to land here," Yang said, pointing to a place on the map, not far upstream of the weir, "The terrain here is a little gentle, which is suitable for the formation of a large group of people." At the same time as landing on the shore, the thieves can also send another man and horse to board the dam from the other side of the dam on the north bank of Luoshui to destroy it, but at this time, Wu Chonggui's men and horses are entangled and cannot be stopped, even if Wu Chonggui arranges the men and horses outside the valley, he can't stop the attack of the snake spirit. ”

"You're doing a good job, I'll go and see Lord Changshi when I go back, maybe then we'll also participate in the battle to stop the snake spirit's conspiracy."

In the upper reaches of Luoshui, there is a small boat five miles away from Luoshui Weir, "Snake Spirit" Li Ruoxue is with Lin Qianyue, "Dragon King", taking a boat down the river, seemingly comfortably browsing the scenery on both sides of the strait.

"According to the green snake's night observation of the sky, it will start to rain continuously near Luoyang as late as tomorrow and the day after tomorrow, lasting for three or four days," Li Ruoxue said.

"Heaven help me wait," Lin Qianyue said with a smile, "This time Wu Zetian will deny that the loss will be stopped or postponed to sacrifice to Luoshui, I want to see if her face is thick enough." ”

It is said that Wu Zetian has obtained the fact that the snake spirit is going to destroy the sacrifice, but the sacrifice ceremony is related to her change of dynasty, and many forces inside and outside the court are staring at this matter, ready to see her jokes, since even the date of the sacrifice and the ceremony are promulgated in detail, Wu Zetian has no possibility of changing easily.

"It is said that Wu Sansi invited Tianhuang Wu Youxu to sit in Luoshuiyan and wait for me to come." Li Ruoxue said softly, her words revealing endless battle intent.

"Tianhuang" Wu Youxu ranks first on the heavenly list, representing the luck of the martial arts family, and has always been one of the biggest enemies in Li Ruoxue's heart.

Lin Qianyue next to him also changed his expression. Wu Youxu and Li Hui's top two masters on the heavenly list are all on Wu Zetian's side, making it difficult for Lin Qianyue, Li Ruoxue and others to make a difference, but it is not a pain in Lin Qianyue's heart.

Of course, Lin Qianyue once played against Li Hui, but unfortunately he was one move short of chess and had no choice but to lose. This made him haunt his arms for many years, and he could only hide and meditate on martial arts, looking forward to defeating his opponent in the future.