After receiving Zhao Zhen's order, Li Hao and Ouyang Xiu left the palace together.
On the way, the two agreed to meet at Kaifeng Mansion.
So Li Hao went back to the camp to summon his generals and took them all to Kaifeng Mansion.
When everyone arrived at Kaifeng Mansion, they and the officials in Kaifeng Mansion discussed how to eradicate Wuyou Cave.
But on the first step, both sides were stuck, because no one here knew the specific location of the bandit in Wuyou Cave.
There is also no source of information about the environment inside and whether the thieves had weapons, armor, bows and arrows.
However, Li Hao was not anxious about this, because Li Hao believed that since King Yan wanted him to pull out King Yong's hand, the news would definitely come.
But something was a bit unexpected. Li Hao thought that the person who brought the news should be from his camp, so he let Gu Tingye and the others keep an eye on him.
Unexpectedly, in the end, it would be someone from Kaifeng Mansion who would come forward to inform them.
The news passed by Xie Guangtao, the current Kaifeng Prefecture Left Army Inspector, said that he had obtained accurate information about Wuyou Cave.
This solved a big problem, but it made Li Hao a little disappointed.
After listening to Xie Guangtao's introduction in detail, everyone decided to send someone to sneak in first and verify the authenticity of the news again.
As for who should be responsible for this matter, at Li Hao's suggestion, it was left to the people of Kaifeng Mansion. After all, the people of Kaifeng Mansion were more experienced in dealing with the three religions and nine schools of thought.
Moreover, it was Xie Guangtao who inquired about this news, so it was logical that he and Judge Cai should be jointly responsible for this matter.
Afterwards, everyone agreed to verify the accuracy of the information and then discuss specific matters regarding the suppression of bandits based on the situation.
From then on, Li Hao took the people and left. After leaving Kaifeng Mansion, Li Hao asked the people to go home.
Only Yang Wenyuan, Gu Tingye, and Yuan Wenshao were allowed to follow him.
When he arrived at his house, Li Hao asked his servants to leave.
Gu Tingye then said: "I didn't expect that this news would eventually come from Kaifeng Mansion. We were so tired that we stared at it for so many days in vain.
You think, maybe we don’t have any of their people. "
After saying this, Gu Tingye, Yang Wenyuan, and Yuan Wenshao all looked at Li Hao.
Li Hao pondered for a while and said: "Who knows, but I think we should be more cautious. After all, the people we have are complicated.
There are so many noble families, maybe one of them will fall over. "
Gu Tingye asked: "Then continue to stare?"
Li Hao replied: "Keep watching, the fox will show its tail one day, but this time everyone has the same purpose, so there should be no big problems.
I'm just afraid that he will dig a hole for us on purpose and want to hurt both us and the thieves.
So find someone to keep an eye on the military patrol and check where his news comes from.
In addition, I am also worried that since we are making such a big noise, King Yong should have known about it for a long time, and whether the people in Wuyou Cave will get the news and run away. "
After hearing this, Yang Wenyuan said: "What should we do? We can't do it now. We are not sure whether the news is true or false."
Li Hao said helplessly: "Forget it, there is no good way, just let nature take its course.
Thinking about it, there is nothing we can do, but since King Yan buried someone next to King Yong, he should have an idea.
In addition, find something unobtrusive and secretly stare at the entrance and exit mentioned by Xie Guangtao today to see if anyone comes in or out. "
After a brief discussion on the matter, Li Hao let them go.
Next, Li Hao concentrated on annihilating Wuyou Cave, and began to lead his troops to practice continuously. He also found a large cave around Bianjing and began to specifically practice how to form a team to deal with the enemy in a narrow environment.
In addition, in order to reduce casualties, Li Hao made some improvements to existing firearms. The specific direction of improvement is like smoke bombs and poison gas bombs in later generations.
It doesn't have to be powerful, but it needs to be able to force people out. For this reason, a blower is specially equipped to blow the smoke towards the enemy.
Of course, the main reason was that Li Hao was rich and had a lot of pepper and realgar. The actual test may not be possible in an open place.
But when used in a closed space, no one can really sustain it.
Gu Tingye was curious and went to test it himself. As a result, he burst out with tears and snot in his mouth after only a few breaths.
While Li Hao was busy training, news from Kaifeng Mansion was also coming continuously.
It's just that the people Li Hao and the others sent to keep an eye on it never found out who was spreading the news.
Li Hao was not surprised by this. After all, there was no news about such a big thing as King Yan's rebellion beforehand. I don't want you to find out about such a small thing. It is not necessarily difficult. This arrangement is just a precaution. .
The only thing that surprised Li Hao was King Yong. For some reason, there was no movement from King Yong's side.
He neither came to see Li Hao nor Kaifeng Mansion, nor did he send anyone to Worry-Free Cave. He seemed not to care about the life or death of these people at all.
After both sides made their own preparations, everyone gathered in Kaifeng Mansion again to discuss the specific attack.
After obtaining the personnel distribution information in Wuyou Cave and the corresponding weapons and equipment.
The two sides decided to go down and clear out all the personnel who were sent by the imperial camp. The manpower of the Kaifeng Mansion was only used to cooperate with the remaining personnel of the imperial camp and blockade all entrances and exits of Wuyou Cave.
After clarifying the details, in order to keep the specific action route confidential, Li Hao took his people back to the camp for deployment.
Of course, before that, I would have been tricked.
Li Hao still asked Gu Tingye to find people from the Cao Gang, and sneaked in with the current information to verify again. Only after he confirmed that the information was indeed what he heard in Kaifeng Mansion, he was completely relieved.
After everyone discussed it, the imperial army was divided into two parts according to the situation.
Among them, 4,000 people entered Wuyou Cave for clearance. They were divided into eight groups. Six groups entered from six entrances and exits and cleared the area one by one according to their respective areas.
There are two more groups as mobile forces, following the two groups in the middle respectively, and will go to support once the attack on either side is blocked.
The remaining one thousand people, together with the people from Kaifeng Mansion, guarded the entrance and prohibited anyone from entering or exiting.
Of course, for the sake of confidentiality, only the leaders of each group know this plan for the time being, and others will only know it on the day of departure.
As for the leaders selected, they are all people whom Li Hao thinks are trustworthy.
Among them, Gu Tingye and Yang Wenyuan each led a mobile force, and the other six were Li Yixing, Yuan Wenshao, Zhang Wen, Cheng Guosheng, Cao Zhen and Wang Yu.
Li Hao and Xu Ning sat outside together in case of emergencies.
On the day when the plan was implemented, the imperial camp troops were organized into groups and headed to their destinations.
At the same time, when everyone has arrived, using the fireworks as a signal, all the people entering will enter from various entrances at the same time.
Afterwards, they were already prepared and waiting on the ground to block the entrances and exits, preventing people from entering and exiting at will.
At this time, Li Hao and Ouyang Xiu, who had nothing to do, gathered their people together and waited for the progress of the people below to be informed.
