The firecrackers traveled through two peaks and valleys, and spent two days covering a short distance, secretly clearing eleven secret posts along the way, and finally glimpsed beyond the mountain pass where the thief camp was stationed in the early morning of the third day.

Leaning on the icy ice and snow slope to look around, but I saw that the three peaks in front of me were towering in a zigzag shape, and the peaks were closely connected to each other, enclosing a courtyard-like valley, and the valley mouth was facing the direction of the ancient plank road in the north.

The mouth of the valley is an arched bridge-shaped mountain beam, which is connected on top, and there is a natural door hole below, which is like an axe chiseled into heaven, forming a natural walled gate. Above the beams, you can see the hand-stacked earth buttress wall, on which many figures go back and forth, and at the huge doorway below are two huge wooden doors, which lock the mountain path into the valley.

Song Nan's heart was shocked, such a ghostly place was actually found by the thieves, it was really a place that could be defended, and in just a few months, they had already operated, no wonder they made a mistake in judgment, thinking that they would definitely break through the mountain after the snow, but the thieves did the opposite and stuck here.

"Lord Song, the inner side of the valley is full of cliffs, and it is impossible to enter the valley from the mountain wall, and there are several sentry posts at the top of the three peaks, which can not only look out for the enemy, but also have a beacon alarm station, if you want to enter the valley from other places, I am afraid it is impossible."

Zhao Qi saw Song Nan's brows tightly locked and looked towards the peak, and lost no time in making up for it.

"Shut up, no one will treat you as a dumb person if you don't speak, don't you have eyes? We could all see the beacon lookout on the top of the mountain. Wang Yong scolded in a low voice.

Zhao Qi sneered and said nothing, but he was quite proud in his heart, how much ability do you think you have, Lao Tzu brought you here, what can you do? Now that the camp is here, do you have a way to break it?

Song Nan looked carefully for a while, and saw that the defense of the valley mouth was really strong, this kind of terrain only needed to stand on the mountain beam of the valley mouth and defend it with bows and arrows, and no matter how many officers and soldiers there were, it would not help; The valley can accommodate more than ten people to enter side by side, and no matter how large the number of soldiers and horses is, they can't be used, so they can only become live targets above.

Look at the green smoke curling in the valley, faintly visible wooden houses, stone houses, tents and other things, it can be seen that it is indeed the nest of thieves, but it is a pity that when entering the mountain, General Zhankou can not be brought in, otherwise it can be carried out long-range bombing, more than 20 generals can turn the valley upside down.

"For today's plan, the only way to do this is to think of a way from the side cliff, maybe you can think of a way to get rid of the lookout post and warning station on the side cliff without realizing it." Song Nan pointed to the terrain and discussed with Wang Yong.

"But this guy said that there are a lot of secret whistles on the side of the hillside, and they can't be killed without anyone knowing." Wang Yong frowned and said, "Besides, the firearms around the camp cannot be used for the time being, otherwise their whereabouts will be exposed." ”

Song Nan nodded in agreement, when he got to the left of the lair, he couldn't be like halfway up, blocking between the rock walls of the secret whistle or in the cave woods with a fire gun to quickly solve it, without being known, although the roar of the fire gun could be transmitted, but the enemy was solved cleanly and neatly, and the time was very short; The momentary sound then calms down, but does not attract the attention of the next sentinel.

After hesitating, Zhao Yi said: "I know of a hidden path up the mountain, and the way is not under the supervision of the outpost and the alarm station. ”

Song Nan was stunned for a moment, looked at Zhao Qi and said, "Is there such a good thing?" ”

Zhao Qi said: "Of course it's not so cheap, I won't tell you this news, I have a condition." ”

"On what terms?"

"I sue you for the route, you let me go, although we have reached an agreement, and you have promised to spare my life, but I will go to Beijing to be tried, eat the punishment and not mention, and finally send the border city to be the slave of the armored people, I don't want to bear that crime. To tell you the truth, I might as well be killed by you in a life like that. ”

Song Nan said coldly: "Zhao Qi, I thought you were a trustworthy person, but I didn't expect you to keep your back hand and threaten me here." ”

Zhao Qi smiled and said: "Lord Song, let's tacitly, like people like me, there is no way to live at all; Let's make it clear, before you said that you would spare me not to die, it was just perfunctory to me, don't think I don't know. You lied to me, I lied to you, everyone evened out. ”

Song Nan said: "What if I don't agree? ”

Zhao Qi said: "Then you, Lord Song, will find a way to attack the valley by yourself, I won't wait, if you want to kill or chop as you like." No wonder I didn't warn you, your soldiers and horses are useless in the face of such terrain, if you can't sneak into the valley and join forces, not to mention your thousands of officers and soldiers, it will be useless to come ten times more. Although we eat, drink and live in a very simple way, but when we entered the mountain, dozens of guns and guns in the Yizhou armory were fished, and the bows and arrows were almost a set of arrows, and seven or eight hundred bundles of arrows were also brought in tirelessly, and in the early winter, a lot of bamboo javelins were made in the mountains, in short, tens of thousands of people were not killed or injured, and they did not want to enter the valley; Maybe Lord Song has a lot of soldiers and horses, but he is not afraid of 35,000 deaths. ”

Wang courageously waved his palm, and Zhao Qi shouted: "Don't mess with me, provoke Lao Tzu, and Lao Tzu will make up his mind not to make this deal." ”

Wang Yong said angrily: "Then Lao Tzu will invite you to taste the eighteen punishments of Jinyiwei." ”

Zhao Qi sneered and said: "Lao Tzu is not afraid, it's a big deal that Lao Tzu ran into the cliff and ended up happy." ”

Before Wang Yong could scold angrily, Song Nan waved his hand with a calm face and said, "Okay, okay, don't say it, Zhao Qi, the condition I promised you is that." ”

Zhao Qi said with a smile: "It's still Lord Song who understands the overall situation, and your subordinates will be arrogant and unsuccessful." ”

Song Nan raised his eyebrows and shouted, "What are you talking about?" You don't mess with me, you don't mess with me, you don't want to enter this valley, and you are tortured by the master, it's a big deal that the master withdraws from the mountain and besieges it, I don't believe that these thousands of thieves can live in the mountains for a lifetime. I'm afraid that the military rations you brought in are almost at the bottom, so could it be that you have to open up fields in the valley to grow grain and become farmers? ”

Zhao Yi was startled, what Song Nan said hit the door, and when the officers and soldiers entered the mountain, the thieves said that the officers and soldiers were stupid, obviously they only needed to be trapped outside the mountain, and the thieves in the time would not be able to support it; But they wanted to go into the mountains. At this moment, it seems that it is not that the officers and men do not know the most concise method, but that there is another reason.

"Are you sleepy?" Zhao Qiwu's mouth was as hard as a dead duck's mouth, but his momentum was much weaker.

Song Nan spread out the map, ordered the guards to bring pen and ink, marked the location of the three peaks on the map, and said to Zhao Qi: "I want to attack from the peak on the right, you mark a route out." ”

Zhao Qi took the pen and suddenly said: "The peak on the right is not easy to move, I only know the hidden route of the peak on the left." ”

Song Nan frowned and said: "How is it possible, the hillside on the left looks bare, there is no place to hide, and there are obviously many woods and boulders on the right, why is it much easier on the left?" ”

Zhao Qi opened his mouth and said expressionlessly: "If you ask me, who will I ask?" Anyway, I only know the passage of the mountain peak on the left, I don't know the right one, and if you want to go up from the right, I can't guarantee that you won't be noticed by the sentry. ”

Song Nan thought for a while and said, "Okay, it's up to you, let's go up to the mountain peak on the left." ”

Zhao Qi said: "It's best for Lord Song to come with me, this surnamed Wang I don't have the right eye with him, in case there is a quarrel along the way, I don't care if I take the wrong way." ”

Wang Yong scolded angrily: "Fuck you, are you looking for a beating?" ”

Song Nan hurriedly said: "That's it, I'll take someone with you." ”

Wang Yong hurriedly said: "My lord, how can you personally go to clear the thief sentry alarm station, but stay in the back." ”

Song Nan pulled Wang Yong to the back of the rock, and said in a low voice: "The mountain on the right is densely wooded, you can take people up from the right, and after solving the sentry post on the mountain, we will fall into the valley with a long rope on both sides at the same time, and launch an attack at the same time to create chaos in the valley, and then let the army rush into the valley by taking the opportunity." In comparison, I have Zhao Qi as a hostage much safer, but you, you have to be careful. ”

Wang Yong nodded and said, "Don't worry, my lord, I will be careful." ”

Song Nan smiled and said: "I can avoid the sentry here, so I only bring twenty people, you bring more people over there, and the remaining eighty people will belong to you, in case you are found on the mountain, you can also get out with more people." Don't argue, it's so decided, it's a military order. ”

Wang Yong really wanted to refuse, but Song Nan had already cut off his words in advance; Song Nan beckoned to Li Daniu and said, "Where is the army now?" ”

Li Daniu said: "Last night, General Xu Tai sent soldiers to say that they had joined Master Jiang's soldiers and horses, and now they are on their way; The road is not easy to walk, and the army is scattered on the slopes of the valley, and I am afraid that the speed will not be very fast; But after all, the road has been trodden by us, although it is difficult to walk, it is estimated that we should be able to reach it tomorrow morning. ”

Song Nan calculated: "Arrive tomorrow morning, then we will start in the early morning, Wang Yong, tell the brothers to stand by, take advantage of the sun to come out, lean on the rocks and sleep well, after dark, we will move in the dark, if a qiē shun lì, tomorrow morning we can exterminate the thieves and soldiers to return to the court." ”