Here, Xia Qingfeng followed Ling Haoxuan back to the Third Prince's Mansion.
On the other side, Ling Xiaoyu, who received the news, had arrived in the western suburbs with his special forces team. Last night, Ling Xiaoyu, Cang Qiang, and Cheng Ye had made careful plans for this operation.
Today is indeed a good time. Xu Jingchen, who is in charge of the western suburbs, is no longer trusted by Ling Haoxuan, and no one has been arranged to take over yet. And Ling Haoxuan is still frantically looking for those tens of thousands of taels of silver. He won't be able to come to the western suburbs for a while. It should be said that the place is leaderless now.
Therefore, as long as a few important figures of this team are captured, the entire army can be easily controlled.
Ling Xiaoyu first sent Wu Si, who was good at reconnaissance, to take a few team members to the mountains to investigate and find the specific location. Of course, if conditions allowed, it would be best to capture a few tongues.
This method was what Xia Qingfeng mentioned to them. When spying on the enemy's camp, it was best to catch a few of the enemy's tongues. In this way, we can have a more accurate understanding of the military camp to prevent mistakes from causing casualties to our personnel.
Because of some information collected by Cang Dao before, Wu Si and others quickly found the hiding place of the 20,000 people in the mountain.
This is a large mountain depression between two mountains. There are many military tents set up at the foot of the mountain on one side. It was already early in the morning, and they would be preparing to cook soon.
Wu Si led a few people to a relatively remote military tent and saw several people drinking water and resting. They were sweating profusely, as if they had just finished training.
They quietly approached the tent, Wu Si waved, and several people rushed in together. Each of them held a handkerchief and directly covered the mouths and noses of several soldiers. They passed out before they could react.
Wu Si led two strong team members and carried two relatively older soldiers on their backs, and left first. The others hid the remaining soldiers in a hidden place behind the military tent, covered them with branches, and then quietly left.
And all their actions were not noticed by the people around them.
Back at the garrison, Wu Si put the two down and gave them both the antidote.
These two soldiers are also villagers near here. Their families are in a bad situation, so they came here in order to make more money for their families. They only know that they are soldiers of the imperial court and will serve the country in the future.
Ling Xiaoyu thought: My third uncle is really good at lying!
Ling Xiaoyu showed his identity and took out a token that represented his identity. One of the older ones knew some words and knelt down in front of Ling Xiaoyu.
Ling Xiaoyu helped them up, sighed and said, "Do you know? What you are joining is not the imperial army, but the rebels."
After hearing this, the two of them were so frightened that their legs weakened. They knelt on the ground and kowtowed, saying, "Your Highness, please spare your life! The common people really don't know!"
Ling Xiaoyu helped the two of them up again and said, "I know you may have been deceived, so I didn't kill you. Now are you willing to tell me about the situation on the mountain?"
Both of them agreed.
These two soldiers, the older one is called Li Shu and the other is called Li Er. They are both from the nearby Lijia Village. Since they are from the same hometown, they were integrated into the same team and lived and ate together every day. A total of nine strong laborers came out of their village.
Then they introduced the situation on the mountain. Through these two people, everyone learned a lot of information.
This Xu Jingchen is really a talent. He sets many training tasks for these soldiers every day. He completes them for lunch in the morning and dinner in the afternoon. They had just finished their training in the morning and were resting in the military tent, preparing to have lunch later.
They have two generals on the left and right, each commanding 10,000 soldiers. The right general is Zheng Ming, who is a confidant of the third prince, while the left general Li Dali was promoted by Xu Jingchen.
I heard that Li Dali was a good martial artist, strong and upright, and he looked down on General You, the noble son who had come up through connections, so they were at odds with each other.
They often saw a noble prince coming up the mountain, and each time he entered the general's tent directly. The two generals were very polite to him.
One time, for some unknown reason, the right general and the left general had a big argument. Not long after, the left general came out holding the right general by the neck collar, and beat the right general in front of their soldiers, without giving him any face. , in the end it was the noble prince who came forward to give up.
In addition to the two generals on the left and right in the military camp, some Qianhu and Baihu were also promoted below. But they are all their respective cronies, and now the military camp has been divided into two very clear factions.
Ling Xiaoyu also heard from the words of the two of them that they supported General Zuo.
Ling Xiaoyu felt that he could start with General Zuo, and the other two people also agreed.
Lunch is about to be made at the military tent, and now is the right time.
Ling Xiaoyu looked at the two soldiers and said, "Are you willing to take us on a trip?"
The two of them looked at each other, knelt down and said, "I hope His Majesty the Emperor Grandson can spare the lives of ordinary people, and the ordinary people are willing to accept the crime and perform meritorious service."
"Okay! If you perform well, there will be rewards!"
"Thank you, Your Highness!" The two of them kowtowed.
Ling Xiaoyu asked Cang Dao to take Wu Er and others, dressed in villagers' clothes similar to the two soldiers, and went into the mountain together. Yes, only generals and people with positions here wear military uniforms. Others still wear the clothes they brought when they went up the mountain. The noble prince said that the imperial court's treasury is tight now and will provide them with military uniforms and military pay as soon as possible.
This also makes it easier for the special forces members to distinguish which officers are officers and facilitate action.
When Cang Dao and his party quietly returned to the camp under the leadership of Li Shu and Li Er, smoke was already rising from the camp.
Since they were stationed for a long time, they set up several earthen stoves on the side of the mountain, closest to the stream. Several older fire-headed soldiers were cooking there.
Cang Dao took the others to hide, and Wu Er walked over with Li Shu and Li Er.
"Brother Zhao, what are you eating today? It tastes so delicious!" Wu Er walked in carefree.
"What's there to eat? It's always the same old guy, you! Are you hungry? Just wait a little longer." The veteran named Zhao didn't know this person at all. There were 20,000 people, where could they go? Remember, he only knew that these young men were greedy and would always come over to see what they were eating, and he would always answer cheerfully.
Wu Er came over in a familiar manner, "Brother Zhao, I will help you watch the fire, just let me see it!" After saying that, he opened the lid of the pot, and there was a pot of water with many vegetable leaves in it. Wu Er picked up the big spoon on the side, scooped up a spoonful of soup and pretended to drink it.
Brother Zhao quickly went to grab it, "You brat, why are you so greedy? Give me the spoon quickly."
Wu Er quickly hid aside and drank again with a playful smile. Li Shu and Li Er on one side hurriedly stopped him, "Brother Zhao, just let him drink some soup. This kid has been eating a lot since he was a child and he gets hungry quickly. Otherwise, the family can't let him go out to serve as a soldier! That's really raising money." I'm sorry." When the other fire-headed soldiers saw it, they also laughed and didn't stop him.
Wu Erze took the opportunity to pour a pack of Xia Qingfeng brand's enhanced version of Mongolian sweat medicine into a large spoon, put it into the pot and stirred it, then opened several other pots, stirred them one by one, and said, "I'll try them all." !”
When he moved to the innermost pot, Brother Zhao finally got angry and jumped on his feet and shouted: "You brat, that's for the general, you can't eat it!"
Wu Erze quickly inserted the whole spoon into the pot, kept stirring, and said: "No wonder I smell the fragrance, it turns out there is meat in this pot! Old man Zhao, you are too partial!"
"I'm partial to your head. It belongs to the general. If you dare to touch it, see if I don't beat you to death!" After saying that, he was about to find a fire stick. Li Shu and Li Er quickly stopped him, "He is still a child and is not sensible. , don’t argue with him, I’ll pull him away, leave now.”
