When Yan Chongyi heard this, he looked out of Zhuang in the direction of his brother's finger, and was shocked to find that the strangers in the mouth of those sentinels had already set up camp not far from Zhuangzi. Seeing that the other party was in full swing, it seemed that he didn't want to hide his whereabouts at all, obviously not taking this small village seriously.

Yan Chongyi observed for a long time, turned his head to his brother and said, "Big brother, since these outsiders dare to build a camp under our noses so swaggeringly, does that mean that they have no intention of attacking our Zhuangzi?" ”

Yan Chongren shook his head and said, "This may not be. These people dare to do this, firstly, it may be like you said, their goal is not our Zhuangzi, so they are not afraid of being seen by us. Second, it may also mean that they feel that they are strong and fearless, and they don't take us seriously at all, and feel that even if they fight against us openly, they are completely sure of winning. ”

Hearing his brother say this, Yan Chongyi's originally somewhat relaxed spirit tightened again, and asked, "Then according to the eldest brother's opinion, how should we deal with it next?" ”

"I haven't thought about this brother yet," Yan Chongren replied, "Now we have no clue about the origin and purpose of the other party, and we can't tell whether we are friends or enemies, and we can't talk about how to deal with it." But now it's daylight, and it's impossible to get close to the opponent's stronghold. Therefore, he wanted to wait until it was dark, and then try to get close to their camp and make a decision. ”

Although Yan Chongyi instinctively felt that the other party was very old in camping after observing the camp opposite, he was afraid that the precautions would be very strict, and it was not easy to get close to investigate while it was dark at night. But now there is no other way to do it than this stupid solution. So, after a long silence, he said to his brother, "Now there is only one way." However, eldest brother, you are the leader of Zhuang Ding, and now that the enemy is present, you should stay in Zhuang and control the overall situation. It's better for the brothers to do the work of this village investigation. ”

Yan Chongren naturally understood that his brother was afraid that he would go to investigate if he said this, and if something went wrong, the impact on the Yan family would be much greater than that of other brothers, so he was unwilling to go in person. However, he also knew that since the second brother had already said this, it would be very difficult to get him to change his mind. Therefore, after pondering for a while, he still agreed to Yan Chongyi's proposal and said, "In this case, then the heavy responsibility of this Zhuang investigation will be entrusted to you, brother." However, before leaving the village, we still have to explain this matter to my father and listen to his old man's opinion. ”

"It's nature," Yan replied.

The two brothers looked at the village wall for a while, and saw that the other party had no intention of crossing the river to disturb Zhuangzi except for camping, so they ordered their subordinate Zhuang Ding to closely monitor the other party's every move, and he returned home with a few confidants to report everything he had seen to his father, Mrs. Yan.

In the back hall of Yan's house, Mrs. Yan also felt a little strange after listening to the reports of her two sons. However, decades of social experience have taught him that the more eccentric the other party behaves, the more unkind he may become. Therefore, he immediately instructed his two sons that as long as the other party was no more than that small river, then no matter what they did or what they did, they should not act rashly on their side. Unless the other party attacks the village, the people in the village are not allowed to take the initiative to go out of the village to challenge.

However, for Yan Chongyi's request to go out of the village to investigate, Mrs. Yan finally agreed to her son's idea after careful weighing - after all, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can win all battles. It's just that he repeatedly told his son that the other party is by no means easy to match, and he must be more careful when he goes to investigate. If nothing happens, you must not force it, and you should return to the village immediately.

The brothers of the Yan family naturally did not dare to disobey their father's orders, and the two of them should say in unison. Later, Mrs. Yan ordered the servants at home to put the meal on the table again, and the whole family had a late lunch.

After eating, the brothers Yan Chongren and Yan Chongyi went up to the village wall again and continued to monitor each other's movements -- to the slight peace of mind of the two brothers, except for a few members who went to the river to fetch water, there was no sign of a large group of people leaving the camp from the beginning to the end.

It was easy to survive until dark, and Yan Chongyi began to get busy after dinner. He changed into his night clothes, brought flying grabbing, ropes and other climbing objects, and carefully checked them, and felt that there was nothing wrong with them, so he came to see his father. Mrs. Yan told her second son again before letting her leave with her eldest son. ,

The Yan brothers came to the village wall again, and the two of them first observed for a while by the faint moonlight and the light of the fire in the camp opposite, and found that there was no major difference from noon except for the addition of a watchtower about three or four zhang high. In addition, the two brothers did not find any ambush on the road between the village and the camp, so they came down from the village wall and went to a room where the village patrol rested, and prepared to move after late night.

In the middle of the night, Yan Chongyi saw that the time was almost up, so he got up and hugged his brother and said, "Big brother, the time has come, brother will go out of the village for a walk." ”

Yan Chongren nodded and said, "Okay." You must be careful when you go, if you encounter an accident, you will return immediately when you can get out, if you can't get out for a while, you must remember to send a signal, even if you don't want to fight for your brother, you will be rescued. ”

Yan Chongyi nodded emphatically when he heard this, and said, "Big brother don't worry, brother can save it." ”

After speaking, Yan Chongyi checked what he was bringing again, helped the single knife on his back, and saw that there was nothing wrong, so he hugged his brother with a fist, and turned around to leave the house with a brow-raising stick in his hand, and went up to the village wall.

Yan Chongyi first looked at the camp on the other side of the river, and saw that in addition to a few bonfires at the gate of the camp, only a few tents in the middle of the entire camp were still lit with sporadic lights, and it seemed that most of the other party had fallen asleep. At this time, it was the best time to get close to the probe, so Yan Chongyi did not wait any longer, and slid down the village wall along the rope that the Zhuang Ding had already prepared - he was afraid of making a noise when opening the village door, so he chose to hang down the wall - and cautiously touched the opponent's camp.

The distance between the village wall of Qiulin Village and the opposite camp was not far away, and after quietly wading through the small river, Yan Chongyi finally approached the trench dug outside the opponent's camp. Although the trench is relatively wide, it is not deep, and with Yan Chongyi's skill, he can climb up from the ditch without the help of any tools. However, considering that there might be traps arranged in the ditch, Yan Chongyi did not dare to be careless when crossing the ditch. He first used the Qi Mei stick in his hand to probe the bottom of the ditch, and after making sure that there was no trap, he slowly slid to the bottom of the ditch and turned over from the other side.

After climbing over the trench, Yan Chongyi did not immediately approach the outer wall of the barracks, but crawled on the ground and listened carefully, and only after confirming that there were no patrolling footsteps did he tiptoe under the outer wall of the barracks. He looked up at the position and judged that the sentry on the watchtower should not be able to see the place, and put his ear to the outer wall to listen again, before he took the flying grab from his bosom and threw it onto the outer wall. Because the head of the flying scratch is wrapped in animal skin, it does not make any sound when it is hung on the outer wall. The outer wall of the camp was made of trees cut down from the nearby woods, and the height was not high, so Yan Chongyi climbed over it after a few strokes and slid into the camp along the flying rope.

After landing, Yan Chongyi shook the rope in his hand, took the flying grab off the outer wall, and put it back in his arms, only then did he pull out the single knife from behind, probe the ground with a Qi Mei stick in his left hand, and hold the single knife in his right hand, deliberately avoiding the sight of the sentry on the watchtower, and cautiously touched the tents in the middle of the camp that were still lit.

I don't know if these outsiders are too confident, or they only know a little about the method of camping, although the whole camp is arranged in an irregular manner, but except for the sentry at the camp gate and watchtower, there is not a single patrolling soldier in the camp, and there is no personal soldier in front of the so-called middle palace tent.

Although this situation made Yan Chongyi very puzzled, at the beginning, it even made him feel that the other party had already discovered his arrival and was waiting for him. However, Yan Chongyi's vigilance did not last long, because among the several tents passing by, the snoring of the soldiers was clearly heard, which made his original heart back into his stomach - if the other party had already laid an ambush, how could the soldiers sleep so deadly. If the enemy is pretending to snore to lure himself in, how can he possibly know from which position he will get into the camp?

Therefore, after a short period of tension, Yan Chongyi regained his composure when he first came in, and continued to cautiously move towards the location of the central military tent, until he sneaked into a shadow only ten steps away from the Chinese military tent before stopping, and cautiously peeked into the tent. ,

Through the light in the tent, Yan Chongyi could clearly see two people in that weird, colorful clothes sitting opposite each other, pointing at the table, as if discussing something. Although these two people were dressed very strangely, and it was impossible to judge their identities from this, in Yan Chongyi's opinion, since they were in the Chinese military tent, even if they were not the leaders of this team, they were at least senior staff members.

In this way, the content of the late-night conversation between the two men is likely to be related to the purpose of their visit. It's a pity that because these two people didn't speak loudly, even though it was quiet at night, Yan Chongyi still couldn't hear what the two were saying. So, Yan Chongyi, who was bent on finding out the origin of the other party, hesitated slightly, then made up his mind, dodging left and right from one shadow to another, and finally came to the position behind the side of the Chinese military tent.

After confirming that there was no one on the left and right, Yan Chongyi put his ear to the tent and listened carefully, and found that although the effect of eavesdropping was much stronger than just now, because the cowhide used to build the tent was thicker, and the two people spoke with some foreign accents, it was still difficult to understand what they were saying. As a result, driven by the desire to obtain secrets, Yan Chongyi had forgotten his father's and brother's advice to be careful in everything, and gently cut a small hole in the tent with a single knife. He first peeked in through this small opening, and when he saw that the two people were still pointing to the table and talking, he put his ear to the opening and eavesdropped. Now, Yan Chongyi can finally clearly hear the content of the two people inside, and the foreign accent of the other party's speech is not as heavy as just now, although there are still some differences with the locals, but Yan Chongyi can already fully understand.

I heard a deep voice in the tent say: "Old Twenty-four, do you think Old Twenty-Six's trick will work?" ”

Another louder voice replied: "Brother Eleven, don't worry, this trick of the old twenty-six is well thought out and will definitely work." ”

The deep voice continued to ask, "If it works, why hasn't there been any movement until now?" ”

The louder voice replied: "Brother, don't worry, isn't there still a distance from the village wall of Qiulin Village to our Chinese military tent?" People came cautiously all the way, so it took a little more time. ”

Hearing this, Yan Chongyi finally heard that the other party was not talking about the purpose of this trip at all, but seemed to be talking about his own investigation operation. In other words, his every move has long been well known, and he has already set up a set waiting for him to drill in, and this time he was calculated by the other party.

As soon as he thought of this, Yan Chongyi didn't dare to slack off, quickly stopped eavesdropping, turned around and left. As a result, before he could turn around, he heard a calm voice next to him say: "Since the strong man is here, why should he be in such a hurry to leave, there are still many things to ask the strong man for advice." ”

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