Liao Ji and his party took advantage of the night to sneak around.
The Shu army sentries encountered along the way were in groups.
If these guys hadn't gone through special systematic training, they might not have been able to escape the fate of being discovered.
Everyone disappeared and appeared in the night, and it didn't take long for them to find the location of the Shu army's main formation.
In order to facilitate support, the Shu army's camp was set up in the col at the southern foot of Jian Mountain.
And the camp where 20,000 people were stationed was really not small, almost filling the entire mountain col.
Seeing this scene, Liao Ji's heart sank.
Now there are more than 10,000 troops stationed behind the Jianmen gate, and there are 20,000 reserve troops at the foot of the mountain ready to support them at any time.
Jianmen Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, but now that these people are stationed there, even if our side breaks through Jianmen Pass, it will probably cost a lot of casualties.
It is even possible that our offensive will be blocked outside Jianmen Pass...
After thinking for a long time, Liao Ji lowered his voice and said: "Hurry up and draw the map. You must go back to meet His Highness before dawn."
After hearing this, everyone was unambiguous and took out charcoal and paper from their bodies.
When they drew a map, they didn't just draw the shape of the opponent's camp.
It is also necessary to mark the locations of patrol checkpoints and towers, and for more sophisticated ones, write down the number of people, etc.
Therefore, this map painting is also a big project.
While a few scouts were drawing pictures, the other people were scattered everywhere to keep watch for them.
Although the moon is hidden and the night is dark tonight, the lights in the Shu army camp are brightly lit.
Although it is not possible to see every checkpoint in detail, the key nodes are vaguely visible.
Wait until the map is drawn.
These people did not hesitate, and under Liao Ji's command, they began to return along the original route.
But just when everyone was about to cross the Sword Mountain, a scout accidentally tripped over a branch without paying attention to his feet.
Although the scout didn't fall down on the spot, it made an extremely crisp breaking sound.
Before Liao Ji could say anything to scold the man for his recklessness, a shout suddenly came from the front: "Who is that person?"
This voice had a strong Shu accent, and you knew without asking or looking that this person must be a sentinel of the Shu army.
Hearing this voice, several people around him had already drawn up their posture and prepared to fight.
Liao Ji quickly waved his hand to stop the behavior of several people.
Then, he spoke in an authentic Shu accent: "First Battalion, Eighth Formation and Tenth Army, Captain Qian Hou, was ordered to patrol the mountain!"
As the leader of the spies.
Learning the languages of various places was one of the required courses given to him by Li Chengqian.
As for the name Qian Hou, it does exist.
It's just that this person was already dead, and died during Li Chengqian's previous clearing of the Shu army's detective horses.
However, the Shu army sentry obviously didn't know.
At this moment, he was still approaching the other party. As he walked, he said: "It turns out that he is a brother from the first battalion. I am disrespectful."
"But aren't you responsible for defending the city?"
"Why are you here to patrol the mountain today?"
The man was obviously a little confused.
The first battalion is responsible for guarding the customs. Why did it come over to patrol the mountain?
"It's not that the general is afraid of your hard work. He's also afraid that those Liangzhou dogs will sneak up on us at night. You don't have enough manpower."
Liao Ji just said nonsense: "So let us brothers come over and help the brothers keep an eye on it."
"By the way, which team are you from?"
"Could it be that the Liangzhou dog deliberately pretended to have the accent from my hometown to deceive me?"
As the other party got closer and closer to him, the corners of Liao Ji's mouth raised higher and higher.
He said bluntly: "Can you please state your identity, or just state your password directly?"
"Camellia!"
The man seemed helpless and replied.
Then, he asked directly: "Where is your password?"
"Kill the thief!"
When these two words came out of his mouth, Liao Ji's figure also moved.
The Shu army sentry didn't even have a chance to react. In the blink of an eye, the opponent was already close to him.
And when he saw the other party's appearance clearly, he was also horrified.
What this guy is wearing is clearly the armor of the Liangzhou Army.
He almost subconsciously wanted to shout.
But Liao Ji didn't give him any chance and cut his throat cleanly.
Looking at the Shu army sentry lying on the ground with a fearful expression, Liao Ji sneered.
Immediately afterwards, he waved to everyone to come over and hide the body.
Then, they no longer hesitated and ran towards the top of the mountain quickly.
Along the way, they did encounter many Shu army sentries.
But because of their previous experience, they had nothing to fear.
If the other party has a large number of people and torches, then temporarily hide in the darkness and wait for the other party to pass.
If the opponent has few people and few torches, then use passwords and Liao Ji's Shu accent to kill the opponent.
There were no surprises along the way.
Everyone finally arrived at their own military camp before dawn.
When they came back, Li Chengqian had just stayed up all night.
After all, it was wartime right now, so as a general, how could he be in the mood to rest.
Now all he could think about was how to defeat the enemy.
But now that Liao Ji has sent the news back, it also makes him feel happy and worried.
Fortunately, they knew the Shu army's defense situation.
What is worrying is that the Shu army has set up such a heavy force at Jianmen Pass, and if we want to attack by force, we will definitely have to pay an extremely heavy price.
This is not what Li Chengqian wants.
And besides that, Li Chengqian was still a little angry.
That is, Liao Ji was so reckless that he killed the opponent's sentry.
Doesn't this guy know that once the bodies of these sentries are exposed, one's own actions are likely to be noticed by the other party?
If these guys change their defenses at that time, will all his adventures this time be in vain?
But now that the matter has been done, I can't say anything more.
After a few brief words of advice to Liao Ji.
Li Chengqian looked at the sketches in front of him and fell into deep thought.
While he was thinking about it, he suddenly saw something sticky next to a sketch.
Seeing this thing, Li Chengqian couldn't help but frown.
He raised his hand and touched it, then looked straight at Han Qilue who was standing in the tent and said, "Go and call Liao Ji back."
"yes."
Han Qilue responded and walked out of the tent.
Not long after, Han Qilue walked in with Liao Ji.
Li Chengqian raised his hand and said, "What is this?"
Seeing this, Liao Ji couldn't help but be stunned.
He stepped forward, looked down carefully and said, "Is this rosin?"
"You think I'm blind?"
"I don't know, is this rosin?"
Li Chengqian asked directly: "Let me ask you, where does this rosin come from?"
Liao Ji hasn't reacted yet.
He just said truthfully: "There are a lot of pine trees at the southern foot of Jianshan Mountain. These must have been accidentally touched at that time."
After finishing speaking, he asked cautiously: "But this rosin fell on the drawing paper and affected your viewing?"
"If your Highness doesn't understand something, you can just ask me directly."
Liao Ji said: "I remember the Shu thieves' defense arrangements."
"This is not important."
Li Chengqian shook his head slightly, and then smiled.
He threw the picture stained with rosin on the table.
"The weather has been dry recently, and there are many pines and cypresses in Jianshan Mountain."
Li Chengqian narrowed his eyes and said to the two of them: "When they knew this situation, they still chose to camp in the mountain col. This is simply asking for death..."
