Fu Youde followed Along's point, looked at the mountains in the distance, and after observing it, he said in a deep voice: "There are still twenty miles." ”

"The general is really a god." Aaron couldn't help but praise: "Few people can see so accurately. ”

"It's just basics." Fu Youde smiled faintly, and asked Aaron again: "Is there a place where you can condescendingly observe?" ”

"Yes." Ah Long nodded hurriedly and said, "The place where His Royal Highness and the Marquis of Xiping stepped on was very good. ”

"How to get there?"

"Go up from the hill in front of you, and follow the mountain beam all the way to the mountain." Aaron hurriedly replied, "I have to walk for half a day." ”

"Hmm." Fu Youde nodded, and first instructed his deputy general Jin Chaoxing and said, "Xuandehou, you lead people to continue to move forward, and find a proper place to camp early today." ”

"Yes." Jin Chaoxing is Fu Youde's old subordinate, and he was crowned a marquis with Mu Ying for his conquest of Xiqiang before, but it is not the kind of hereditary replacement.

Fu Youde said to a seventeen or eighteen-year-old soldier beside him: "Mu Chun, you take a few people, follow Ben Shuai to copy the trail, and go to investigate." ”

That Mu Chun is Mu Ying's eldest son, this time he joined the army for the first time, and when he was eager to try and full of energy, he immediately went to Zhang Luo when he heard the words.

~~

Aaron took Fu Youde and his entourage up the mountain, looking for the marks left last time, walking through the dense forest and mountain beams for half a day, and at dusk, they arrived at the mountain ridge where Zhu Zhen and Mu Ying looked at the canyon.

A large canyon three or four miles wide and forty or fifty zhang deep appeared in front of everyone's eyes.

Fu Youde saw at a glance that at the entrance of the canyon, the military camp with strong walls, several trenches had been dug outside the camp, and deer firewood had been installed, which could be called a strict battle.

Looking into the distance, you can vaguely see the flat-topped mountain that stands abruptly in the canyon, as well as the fortress on the mountain.

"That's Fort Putting." Aaron explained: "That is also the widest part of the canyon, it must be ten miles wide,"

He said again: "Good girl, when the villain left before, there was nothing at the mouth of the canyon." It's only been less than ten days, and there are so many more military camps. ”

Fu Youde ignored him, but continued to stare at the canyon. It was time to cook dinner, and the smoke rose in the canyon, and Fu Youde silently counted the smoke until it was so dark that he couldn't see anything, and Fang said slowly: "There are nearly 30,000 people at the mouth of the valley." There are still about 40,000 people on the side of Fort Puding, and after removing the 25,000 people in the fort, there should be more than 10,000 enemy troops. ”

"More than 40,000 enemy troops?!" Ah Long couldn't help but be speechless, but he didn't think so, it seemed that the old general also had a time to look down, so he corrected: "However, the three divisions of Puding Pu'an Luo Mountain combined, they can't get together 30,000 soldiers. ”

Fu Youde smiled, didn't argue with him, and thought to himself: "Eighty percent of the enemy army has already discovered us, and if we attack head-on, the loss will be too great." ”

"Huh? When did they find out? Aaron was surprised.

"You're quiet!" Mu Chun scolded him: "Don't keep interrupting our general's train of thought." ”

"Oh." Aaron shrunk his neck and quickly covered his mouth. It seems that not everyone is as easy-going as His Royal Highness and Xiping Marquis.

"It doesn't matter." Fu Youde waved his hand, but still explained: "Looking at the strict law of the Yuan army's camp, you know that their generals are not straw bales. As long as it's not a straw bale, you won't be stupid and wait. ”

"This mountain is high and densely forested, and the scouts only need to put a cat on the top of the mountain, keep an eye on our path, and see the army send a signal." Mu Chun also answered: "We have such a big army, we don't want to escape their eyes at all. ”

"But eyes can sometimes deceive." Fu Youde suddenly said incomprehensibly: "If you rely too much on geographical advantages, you will often be pitted by geographical advantages." ”

Then he asked Aaron, "Your Highness, where did they put the lamp?" ”

"In the west, because it was a westerly wind." Aron pointed to the distance and said, "We walked along the cliff to the south until we reached the west side of the fort before we found a place to put the lights. ”

"Check it out." Fu Youde said in a deep voice.

"It's getting dark, can the general walk the mountain road?" Aaron asked.

"Just go away, don't worry about the old man." Fu Youde smiled, and Mu Chun said to Ah Long: "Our general has been fighting horses all his life, what road has he not walked?" ”

"Okay, then I'll lead the way." Aaron relieved himself and led the way.

As he walked, he heard a snap behind him and someone fell to the ground.

"General!" The soldiers quickly lifted the man up from the ground.

"It doesn't matter, the old man has strong bones...... Fu Youde's voice trembled, but this mouth was still very hard.

After speaking, he laughed self-deprecatingly: "The years are not forgiving, and the legs and feet are not as good as they were back then." ”

"It's inevitable to stumble on the mountain road." Mu Chun hurriedly said, "My subordinates also stumbled just now. ”

"Why don't we talk about it when it's dawn?" Aaron asked again.

"No, you don't." Fu Youde said resolutely: "The soldiers are fast and can't waste time." ”

Ah Long was very convinced when he heard this, and said in his heart that this Da Ming is really different from Da Yuan. The marquis and even the prince of the Ming Dynasty can all endure hardships and are not afraid of death, the aristocratic lords of the Yuan Dynasty are just the opposite, no wonder they will lose the world.

~~

Along the way, the average person fell twice, all of them had blue noses and swollen faces, and finally arrived at Pudingbao on the third watch.

Fu Youde watched the torches on the fort illuminate the sky, and the camp under the mountain was also brightly lit, and finally breathed a sigh of relief, and said to Mu Chun: "Your Highness and your father are fine." ”

"Hmm." Mu Chun nodded, and he was relieved to see that Fort Puding had not yet been captured.

"And in the last few days, the enemy army should not have attacked the city again." Fu Youde asserted again.

"Huh? Master Hou knows this? "Aaron is almost incredible.

"Aren't you a hunter, can't you smell only corpses in the air, and no fresh smell of blood?" Fu Youde said lightly.

"Really?" Aaron hurriedly sniffed hard, and did smell a stench.

"It should have been a fierce battle a few days ago, but for some reason, it hasn't been fought again for a few days." Fu Youde rubbed his swollen wrist while reviewing the battle of the previous days, trying to get a glimpse of the thoughts of the generals on both sides.

"Guess what the hell is going on?" He said to Mu Chun and the others again.

"Did you fight for a long time, but you really couldn't attack it, so you won't fight?" Mu Chun guessed.

"And what are they doing here?" Fu Youde frowned and said, "And the troops deployed in the valley mouth are twice as large as here." This is clearly a siege but not a siege, and it does not want us to join the people in the fort. ”

As he spoke, he suddenly gasped and said, "Could it be that they already know that His Highness is in the castle?" ”

"Where do they know where to go? Unless His Highness takes the initiative to tell them. Aron said casually.

"It's really possible that His Highness took the initiative to reveal it." Fu Youde's eyes lit up, and his eyes were as bright as morning stars: "The purpose is to drag down the enemy and help us create an opportunity to annihilate them!" ”

(End of chapter)