Chapter 73: The Yellow Bird Behind

"The man finally entered the Zhang family's mansion, and then several people came out and kept hanging around the Beidaying.��

Royal Mansion.

Xu Ke reported what he saw to Zhao Xu.

"Your Highness, this matter is too strange." Xu Lie frowned, "Be careful of fraud."

Zhao Xu nodded slightly.

When Xu E told him the news, he hesitated.

After all, if the intelligence was wrong, it didn't matter if he made a wasted trip, but if it was a trap, his loss would be great.

"The Zhang family has people watching the military camp, which is a problem. It seems that they have determined that soldiers will be dispatched from the Beidaying." Zhao Xu touched his chin.

If the Zhang family was just monitoring him, there was no need to send people to the Beidaying to follow him.

This made him more suspicious that there was a trap waiting for him.

Thinking of this, he immediately sent people to the Beidaying to call Chang Wei and Lu Chang over.

"This is indeed very strange. "

After Zhao Xu told Chang Wei the intelligence that Xu Ke had found, he frowned.

"Your Highness, are you too cautious? Zhang's spies are everywhere in the city. It's not surprising that there are a few in Beidaying. If you miss the opportunity, I don't know when you will have another chance next time."

Lv Chang was excited when he learned that there was a war to fight, but now he was poured cold water on his head and was very unwilling.

Everyone was silent. What Lu Chang said was not unreasonable. So far, this was just their guess.

"It's really troublesome, Your Highness, just give me two thousand elite soldiers, I will directly raid the Zhang family and bring Zhang Kang here for interrogation." Lu Chang suddenly became impatient.

Chang Wei glared at Lu Chang. This kid is a material for a fierce general, but he is too impulsive.

Zhao Xu paced and fell into deep thought. Then he said: "If my guess is true, since the Zhang family has people staring at Beidaying, they must want to see how many people I will send so that they can arrange their manpower. In this way, we can trick them again like we did last time. ”

For him, even if he couldn't catch the Zhang family's smuggling handle this time, it was also an opportunity to wipe out Qingfeng Village.

To ambush his people, the Zhang family would probably have to devote the entire Qingfeng Village's military force.

"I'm afraid it won't be easy. The Zhang family failed last time, and this time they will definitely keep a close eye on us." Chang Wei said.

Zhao Xu smiled strangely, "I have my own way. In two days, Lu Chang, you will send a thousand soldiers to Qingfengkou at night, and I will secretly send three thousand soldiers out of the city. "

Chang Wei thought about it and guessed the intention of King Yan.

If this transaction is fake, then let Lu Chang lure the enemy.

When the enemy is out, he can lead the remaining three thousand people to support.

But he still couldn't think of how King Yan would deceive the world and let the Zhang family think that King Yan only sent a thousand elites.

While he was thinking, Zhao Xu spoke again, "Chang Wei, the food and grass in Beidaying are almost gone. "

"Yes. "Chang Wei said subconsciously, was suddenly stunned, and then smiled knowingly.

"Tonight, you send people to the warehouse to transport food and grass, and I will prepare 3,000 civilians to replace the soldiers."

"Yes, I obey your order. "Chang Wei was delighted. This was the truth and falsehood.

If the Zhang family could relax their vigilance, he would have 4,000 elite soldiers and would not be afraid of the three Qingfeng Villages.

After discussing some details, Zhao Xu asked the two to go back.

Then he called Liu Fu and asked him to send his confidants to secretly gather civilians from the royal farms around Yancheng.

Then let these civilians disperse into the city without attracting attention.

Before dark.

The civilians arrived one after another. When night fell, Yancheng was shrouded in darkness. The civilians gathered in the courtyard of the royal warehouse one after another.

Soon, the team from Beidaying to transport food and grass arrived.

When returning, the soldiers stayed and replaced them with an equal number of civilians and returned to Beidaying.

Zhang family.

A man stood in front of Zhang Kang, telling him about the transportation of food and grass in Beidaying.

"Did you see clearly how many people went out and how many came back? "Zhang Kang asked.

During the last assassination, the King of Yan hid his soldiers in the palace while collecting food and grass, so he had learned his lesson.

"I counted them on purpose, not one person is missing." The man said.

Zhang Kang nodded, and then he felt relieved.

Then, he said, "You keep watching, don't be careless."

Two days passed.

The man entered Zhang's house again in the evening, "Master, a thousand soldiers from the palace went to Qingfengkou."

"A thousand? Hehe." Zhang Kang sneered several times.

Entering the secret room, he told Tuoba Lie about the North Camp.

These few days, Tuoba Lie has been in Zhang's house to plan this matter.

"A thousand armored soldiers?" Tuoba Lie frowned, "It's enough to deal with your Qingfeng Village. "

Zhang Kang was secretly unhappy when he heard this, thinking that you underestimated the strength of my Zhang family.

After a moment of silence, he said, "There are also two thousand warriors from my Beidi coming with the cavalry this time. They should be more than enough to deal with these thousand people."

He stood up and walked out, saying, "I have to go to Qingfengkou in person and let them ambush. You just need to ask the people from Qingfeng Village to deliver the things."

Zhang Kang was surprised and said, "Commander, won't the transaction be terminated? What if something goes wrong?"

"What's there to be afraid of with just a thousand people? Humph, with my Beidi warriors here, what can go wrong? Chang Wei's five hundred cavalrymen were beaten to death by a scout team from my Beidi. Your soldiers from Dasong are just trash." Tuoba Lie's eyes were full of disdain, "Wait for the Khan to quell the civil strife and march south to destroy Dasong as easily as hand. "

"Yes, sir, you are right." Zhang Kang showed a flattering smile, "I hope sir will not forget the contribution of my Zhang family at that time."

"Of course, not only Yan County, but also Yanzhou will be handed over to your Zhang family." Tuoba Lie looked proud.

After saying this, Tuoba Lie put on a cloak and sneaked out of the Zhang family's small door.

Looking around, he saw that it was quiet in the darkness, so he turned and disappeared in the darkness.

He just left.

A black shadow walked out of the darkness, looked in the direction of Tuoba Lie, and the black shadow followed.

After a while, a man came out of Zhang's house and disappeared in the darkness.

And another black shadow appeared behind the man and followed.

They were Xu Ke and his son.

At the same time.

In Fushi Village, Yancheng, the three thousand soldiers hiding here put on brand new armor transported from the Armory.

With an order, Chang Wei led the soldiers to travel by night and rushed to Qingfengkou.

Two days later, the night was full of stars and moon.

Chang Wei arrived at Qingfengkou.

This is a straight valley with a narrow mountain path in the middle and dense forests on both sides.

Because it was night, even with moonlight, the woods were dark.

According to the plan, Lu Chang's men ambushed on both sides of the valley, while he hid on the north side of the mountain.

Once he encountered an enemy, he would lead his troops to support Lu Chang.

And according to Tianxianglou, tomorrow morning is the time for the transaction.

Then we can see the truth.

After a night on the mountain, Chang Wei woke up at dawn the next day.

He let the soldiers eat the dry food they brought with them. After two hours, the sound of horses neighing suddenly came from the valley.