After successfully evading Meng Xiuyan's detection, Lin Manliu and his party finally entered the outer city of Dongdu through Xiyongmen.
After walking through the streets and alleys, the two carriages carrying "swill" finally stopped at the door of a hidden house.
At Shen Yutong's signal, Hua Jin and Wu Ji began to arrange for people to carry the swill buckets and move all the full wooden buckets to the backyard.
After the two carriages were all moved, Hua Jin and Wu Ji acted as guards at the gate of the house.
Shen and Tong went to the backyard and opened the swill buckets one by one.
After Lin Manliu climbed out of it, he looked at Shen Yutong first.
Without waiting for the young man to ask the question, Shen Yutong shook his head at him to indicate that nothing was wrong.
Seeing that Lin Manliu still seemed worried, he had no choice but to explain: "Although Meng Xiuyan's attacks just now were severe, every move and every move was a test, and there was no actual move..."
Lin Manliu looked at Shen Yutong for a long time before slowly nodding his head.
He had just been hiding in the barrel, and he was clearly aware of the fierce fighting outside. It was Meng Xiuyan who made provocations several times.
Now seeing the minor wounds on Shen Yutong's shoulders, lower abdomen, and right leg, it was hard not to remind the young man of the power of the "cold soul" sword move just now.
Shen Yutong looked at Lin Manliu with no clue, and immediately pinched his nose.
He said: "In order to make it more realistic, I specifically asked Hua Jin and Wu Ji not to wash them too clean, but to leave some smell... Now it's a bit unbearable. Did you guys change the washing before?"
After hearing this persuasion, Lin Manliu quickly raised his arm and got closer to take a sniff.
Well, it is indeed a very tolerable taste, and it is really strong!
It was as if the sauerkraut, which had been pickled for too long and had a rotten smell, was wrapped all over his body.
It’s so sour and refreshing, I can’t believe it!
Lin Manliu quickly tilted his head to the left and retched, but when the young man opened his eyes, he saw Yue Hanzhi standing on his left.
The boy immediately turned his head to the other side and covered his mouth and nose with his hands, hoping to reduce the smell.
Unexpectedly, there was also a person on his right side. The person on his side was the scholar in white robe who was taking care of his clothes.
Ning Ke watched Lin Manliu retching in her direction, and a sense of disgust immediately appeared on her face.
Without waiting for the boy to react, he kicked forward. Lin Manliu couldn't avoid it and received a solid kick on his butt.
Ning Ke said: "If you feel sick, just vomit in other places. We haven't found it too bad yet..."
Yue Hanzhi is on this side, as if he has reached a consensus with it.
She also muttered: "You are so powerful, but you can't bear the smell? I thought it was quite clean..."
The two looked at each other and covered their noses almost at the same time.
The smell is indeed quite strong...but this guy still needs to be taught a lesson!
Lin Manliu almost fell over. When he was about to fall to the ground, he twisted his body several times before regaining his footing.
The young man looked back at Ning Ke and Yue Hanzhi, and spoke.
"Then later, Hanzhi will take the junior and senior sisters in the village to prepare for washing first. The rest of the people will follow me to allocate a place in the house so that they can stay behind later."
Seeing that he had nothing to do, Ning Ke walked towards the house in the backyard first.
After saying goodbye, he stopped where he was and led Lin Manliu to give orders.
He was the first to notice when the "cold soul" blocked people's way, but the final result was beyond his expectation.
Subsequently, both his views on Lin Manliu and Shen Yutong, who called himself "Fan Canhong", had a great change.
At first, he just felt that Lin Manliu was a little thoughtful, and his control and analysis of the situation was probably done by Ye Dangting.
But after entering the city, Yanbie completely concluded that his previous idea was wrong, even a big mistake!
According to the real situation, Ye Dangting might be able to quickly analyze the pros and cons and make the most effective judgment in a short period of time just by briefly mentioning an issue.
And that "fashionable red" is also not simple...
As early as in the previous account, Lin Manliu and the leading guard of the Dongdu garrison had explained that Shen Yutong must have appeared in the Dongdu garrison recently.
But in just a few months, less than half a year, he was able to climb to his current position, and even cultivated two confidants in the army, "Hua Jin" and "Wu Ji".
If all these behaviors are to be exchanged for a peaceful world, aren't they instigating generals in the rebel army to commit rebellion?
It is rare in the world for someone who is so determined to tie his head to his belt and still work so hard to help others.
After saying goodbye and thinking about this, he became more and more curious. The disciples in Yijian Villa were all like this, so what kind of existence were the three owners of Yijian Villa?
Just like Ye Dangting, he looks unreliable and mediocre on the surface, but he repeatedly hits the mark in their agenda.
There is also Lu Fengbai, whose name is only heard but not seen. Mr. Ning Xiao and Commander Jun have mentioned this person's strategy many times.
It was actually possible to keep Xiao Baoli in southern Xinjiang until now with just the disciples of Yijian Villa, which numbered less than a hundred people.
Such a move forced Xijing to protect Shannan and Gyeonggi and prevent the snow-trotters from going north to Gyeonggi at all times.
As a result, Xiao Baoli, who was sitting on the mountain watching the fight between tigers and tigers, waited until the battle in Dongdu was over before he could take any action.
This made Xijing quite busy and gave them on the Dongdu side an opportunity.
As for the last person, the leader of the three villages, Xue Tang...
It's not easy to comment too much on Yan Farewell. We still have to look at the intentions of their commander-in-chief before we can fully understand the master of the three villages.
He was still thinking carefully about the deeds of the three owners of Yijian Villa, and shouts came one after another in his ears.
"Commander Yan...Commander Yan...are you okay?"
Yanbie looked over and found that it was Lin Manliu calling him.
He immediately responded: "What plans does Young Master Lin have?"
Lin Manliu said: "Senior Brother Shen needs to rush back to Xiyongmen as soon as possible in order to ensure that the plan does not go wrong. Later we need someone who is roughly familiar with the layout of the city, so I would like to ask Commander Yan about your wishes..."
Yanbie nodded and said: "Well, there should be no problem! When I was preparing to attack the east gate of the town, I had already read the defense map of the outer city of Dongdu, and the general route was already engraved in my heart!"
Lin Manliu responded: "Then when it gets dark, I'll ask Commander Yan to lead the way!"
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After nightfall, in a house on the west side of the east capital.
Lin Manliu, Yanbie and others all changed into night clothes, and then under the leadership of Yanbie, everyone quietly left the hidden house.
The main roads in the outer city of Dongdu were still brightly lit. Except for some narrow alleys where no light could be seen, the rest of the place looked like daytime.
Most of the soldiers responsible for patrolling the streets were from the original Dongdu garrison. All the Yanyang soldiers who came to support this time were all transferred by Quexie to guard the city gate.
Yanbie led Lin Manliu and others through the streets and alleys, avoiding the patrols of two groups of Dongdu defenders, and finally slowly approached the south gate tower.
Lin Manliu lowered his voice and whispered: "We are here just to check the defense situation. If there is danger later, we need to evacuate as soon as possible. We must not expose our traces!"
The disciples of Yijian Villa, including Yue Hanzhi, all nodded in the deep alley in response to the young man's arrangement.
Yan Farewell patted his shoulder and looked at the tower on the south gate.
He whispered: "On the day I rescued General Li, I still hadn't really seen the layout of the city tower. If I had the chance, I would like to climb up to the top of the city and take a closer look..."
Lin Manliu looked at him and whispered next to him.
"After this event is completed, when General Li and Commander-in-Chief Jun break through the Zhendong and Yongqiao passes, Commander-in-Chief Yan can do whatever he wants..."
Yanbie lowered his head, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Lin Manliu curiously.
"Why does Young Master Lin sometimes...he talks in the same tone as Young Master Ning? He always makes people feel full."
Yue Hanzhi whispered from the side: "His family used to sell cakes. It's not difficult to make some sesame cakes casually..."
As soon as these words came out of Yue Hanzhi's mouth, Yan Farewell immediately opened his mouth and made an "oh" gesture.
Although no sound was heard, it seemed more hilarious than usual. Silence was better than sound at this time.
Lin Manliu had no choice but to say: "We are here tonight to explore the city's defense..."
Yan Farewell quickly ended his previous actions, and then nodded to show understanding.
Later, Lin Manliu and his party recorded the number of patrols on the south gate tower, the time of their rotation, and the faces of several of the people who led the way.
No matter how big or small, these things will be of great use to the soldiers when they make dangerous moves later.
After exploring the location of the south gate tower, Lin Manliu saw that it was still early, so he suggested to Yanbie that he should look around the streets in the city as much as possible.
Because in the previous garrison camp, he had heard the old liar talk about...
Dongdu is the place where Quexie made his fortune. In this majestic city, there are still many heavenly creations called "hidden grids".
Even in Ye Dangting's evaluation, these heavenly creations used to strengthen the city defense are not much worse than the imperial vehicles in the Northern Yan King's formation, or even worse.
Therefore, they still need to find out as much information about these "hidden cells" as possible tonight.
After listening to Lin Manliu's oral narration, Yanbie already had some idea of the "hidden pattern" mentioned by the young man.
He then roughly divided his route into three directions, pointing to a baggage dump southwest of the east gate of the town, a drainage channel outside the inner city, and the last one leading directly from the outer city to Yongyong. On the cycling road of the bridge.
