But under the weakening sunlight from the west, the mist-shrouded mountains and forests don’t look like a good place.
"What's so good about this stone?"
As a master of the Xungui family, he could not understand the strange behavior of Li Ke and Qu Yang.
But no one paid attention to him. Li Ke gestured at the size of the rocks on the shore, then pointed at the small canopy and said to Qu Yang, "What do you think, Brother Qu?"
Qu Yang picked up a bunch of withered yellow leaves from the shore stone, "I think it should be here. Although these dead leaves can't be seen as camouflage, this stone is bigger than our ship and is suitable for use as a dock for large ships."
Since the stone is suitable for use as a dock, it has the ability to provide supplies for Wu Meiniang's base in this area.
However, the surrounding area was littered with grass and trees, swaying and desolate, and there was no sign that anyone had been there.
"It's not enough to just have a dock, there must be a road." Li Ke looked at the thick forest and said: "There must be a secret road here."
Qu Yang nodded, "And it should be a flat road. The enemy has established a stronghold in the mountains and forests. If the road is inconvenient, it will only be a dead stronghold."
Therefore, only after finding the road can we find the camp set up by Wu Meiniang.
"Oh." Wu Tianfeng sighed, "It's so complicated."
He is a master of the Xungui family. Although he has heard many stories about solving crimes, he has never thought about how a soldier like Li Ke would find a hidden enemy.
But Wu Yinwei didn't think it was complicated at all. He jumped on the shore stone, clanked and rushed to Li Ke and said: "You can't enter, you can't enter, you must not enter the Black Forest."
The jingling sound came from the bag of copper coins on his waist. He felt that since he was employed by Li Ke, he should tell Li Ke everything.
Li Ke turned around and smiled, "Don't be afraid, I brought a battle axe!"
"All evil spirits."
Now as long as we can find the second pier, we can find the entrance from the Jinjiang waterfront to the secret camp.
The reason is simple. There must be a road dedicated to transportation in the area between the two docks.
And no matter how well the disguise is done, this road cannot be completely hidden.
Qu Yang drove Wu Yinwei back to the boat and followed Li Ke with a knife. He had realized that Li Ke was indeed no ordinary person.
Most people can imagine the relationship between docks and roads, but the relationship between two docks or three or more docks is not the first thing ordinary people understand.
This is a smart guy, okay, that's bragging.
"What do ordinary people think?" Li Ke asked, looking at the bow and arrow at Qu Yang's waist.
"What?" Qu Yang was stunned, "What ordinary person?"
Li Ke explained: "I mean, if you were a member of Wu Meiniang's influence, what would you think?"
Wu Meiniang's force is a secret organization, and their behavior will naturally be different from ordinary people.
Li Ke raised his eyes and looked around the high river bank and continued to ask, "Wu Meiniang is secretive. If you were the leader of his men, where would you choose to be on guard when transporting grain and grass?"
In fact, it is not difficult to guess the warning position of Wu Meiniang's forces. Not only does it need to be able to see the whole view of the dock, but it also needs to be able to see the road transportation situation.
"Yeah." Qu Yang understood what Li Ke meant, pointed to a hill and said, "If it were me, I would choose that place. The slope is not high, it is easy to get up and down, and you can control the first pier with a bow and arrow."
As someone who has been in the military for many years, in addition to terrain advancement and retreat, of course the most important thing is the range of the bow and arrow.
Li Ke nodded and finally found the second pier along the highest water level. It was a very large stone buried among thick grass.
But Qu Yang disagreed that this was the second pier, because it was too far away from the hill just now, and it was beyond the range of ordinary bows and arrows.
Li Ke sighed and said: "Brother Qu has never seen green-faced warriors. Their heavy crossbows can far surpass ordinary people."
Green-faced warriors are a super powerful species, otherwise Wu Meiniang would not have worked so hard to create these people.
But Qu Yang was disdainful, "Could it be that they are all vulture shooters? It's impossible. There are only one vulture shooter in our army of the Tang Dynasty. It's absolutely impossible for those ghostly men under Wu Meiniang."
The Condor Shooter is an extremely rare soldier, and one may not be found among millions of people.
And Qu Yang happened to be the one who hacked to death the enemy's vulture shooter.
That was in the distant North Sea...forget it!
"You'd better believe it." Li Ke didn't say much, stepped on the huge stone hard, and was sure that this was the second pier.
Finding the road was actually not too difficult. We walked from between the two piers towards the mountain forest and soon came across clues hidden under the turf.
"It's a green brick slab." Qu Yang couldn't help but gasped as he peeled off the turf. Under the artificially cut turf were large pieces of fired green bricks.
Li Ke sighed. The green brick road in front of him once again proved that Wu Meiniang's power has super strong construction capabilities.
But as more sod was dug up, something even more shocking came into view.
No, not the eyes, but the brain!
Qu Yang used the sheath of his sword to pound the wide blue brick road, and asked Li Ke with a sore tooth: "Your Majesty, how big do you think the enemy's camp in the mountains and forests should be?"
Judging from the green brick road now discovered, the width of the road that can accommodate two vehicles can directly indicate how big the camp in the mountain is.
The pattern of this road is far greater than that of the usual country roads, which shows that Wu Meiniang's forces invested a lot of manpower and material resources in the mountains.
From this, we can be sure that the camp in the mountains and forests is definitely not small.
Li Ke was a little numb, "Brother Qu, tell me, is it enough for Governor Ou to mobilize 500 troops from Zhangzhou?"
Qu Yang also felt that it was a bit difficult to decide, but as an old officer, he still said calmly: "Your Majesty, it is useless to think too much. The key is to look at the investigation results. Seeing is believing. You and I have to see the enemy camp with our own eyes before we can know the truth." One hundred is not enough.”
In fact, he did not believe that five hundred elite soldiers would not be enough. They were soldiers transferred back from the battlefield, and they were heavily armored elites in combat status.
Let alone five hundred of these soldiers, even if they were fifty, ordinary bandits would never be their match.
But, are Wu Meiniang's forces just ordinary bandits?
Li Ke raised his head and looked at the fading skylight, stood up and said, "When we go into the mountain tomorrow, everything will come to light."
Lu Zhigang and Gong Liulang found a secluded ring-shaped area, surrounded by dense woods that could block all sight.
Just wait until dark and start cooking.
This is Li Ke's order. Cooked food must be made when conditions permit, and the cold and hard dry food carried by the team cannot be eaten until the most urgent time.
Qu Yang and Wu Yinwei have no objections to this, because this is the case for a normal military, and even more so for a military with combat effectiveness.
Wu Tianfeng had no objection, because it was none of his business. He was happily tearing apart the hare skins. He stoned two fat hares to death.
