Start Being a Vassal King Today - Chapter 406

[Chapter 406 An Eye For An Eye]

“Your Highness, the guide has been found.”

Qingfengkou Bastion.

After another two days of fierce fighting with the black iron king’s tent, Chang Wei brought a man over at noon that day.

This is a middle-aged man, followed by an eight-year-old boy.

Zhao Xu smiled helplessly. In ancient times, the common people were afraid of the rich and powerful. When facing the powerful, they were like a sheep standing in front of a lion.

“Can you take my soldiers there?” Zhao Xu said.

“Yes.” The man said this, hesitant to speak, Zhao Xu understood, and asked him to take a hundred taels of silver for him.

One hundred taels of silver was exactly the amount of reward he offered when he was looking for the guide, the general trotted away after hearing the words, and came back with one hundred taels of silver in a while.

Seeing the money, the man seemed relieved, saluted, and said, “Thank you, Your Highness.”

“This is what you deserve.” Zhao Xu smiled.

This time the man will lead his soldiers into Qingfeng Mountain, be responsible for leading the way, and may even face the war.

For him, this is tantamount to risking his life, and it is not too much to give him some money.

Stuffing the silver into his bosom, the man said: “Please follow the grass people.” After finishing speaking, the man went east.

Zhao Xu’s purpose of looking for a guide is naturally to launch a surprise attack on the Black Iron King’s Tent.

One of the reasons why ancient marches had to take the road was to prevent the army from getting lost.

Therefore, if you are not very familiar with the terrain, the army seldom runs around in the mountains, because the trees in the mountains block out the sky and make it easier to lose your way.

It was for this reason that he asked Chang Wei to find a guide.

This is the same as the old horse knows the way.

Wei Qun bowed to Zhao Xu and Chang Wei, and then followed the man for about ten miles. After stopping, the man pointed to the front and said, “General, this is the path I used to go up the mountain to hunt. Follow this path to go up the mountain. The mountain on the right side of Qingfeng Mountain.”

Wei Qun looked and saw a steep mountain wall, and there was only a narrow slope to go up.

A soldier couldn’t help but said, “It’s too dangerous. This rock wall is at least twenty meters high. If you fall down, you will die.”

Hearing what the soldier said, the man became a little nervous, and said, “General, this trail can be climbed every time you go up.” As I go up the mountain, I always go up this path, so there must be no problem, I will climb up to show the general.”

Wei Qun thought for a while, and a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and said: “It’s fine if someone can go up, let him take it with him.” The rope is tied to the tree on the mountain, why don’t we just grab the rope and go up?” The

man couldn’t help but nodded.

Wei Qun then asked the soldiers to look for ropes. After a while, the soldiers came back with seven or eight long and thick hemp ropes.

The man tied the rope around his waist and climbed up the rock wall, which made Wei Qun admire.

Under the guidance of the man, they groped and walked north along the path stepped on by the man.

After walking more than ten miles in a row, they saw the camp of the black iron king’s tent from the mountain peak. On the 100-meter-high mountain, the entire camp was within the sight of the guards. Looking through the binoculars, I soon found Beidi soldiers who were cutting down soldiers to make ladders at the foot of the mountain.

After confirming that this path would allow them to reach the side mountain of the Black Iron King’s Tent, Wei Qun led the people down the mountain, and at the same time set up markers along the road in case they would bring the army back.

Go back to the bastion.

Wei Qun told Zhao Xu what he had observed.

The mountain body of Yanshan Mountain rises and falls one after another, like waves. It is not easy to go around to the side of the Black Iron King’s Tent.

He said: “Tomorrow we will set up an infantry phalanx in front of the bastion, pretending to be in a decisive battle with the Black Iron King’s Tent, then Enke will definitely attack with more troops, and then we will use flintlocks to destroy them.” Some Beidi soldiers, the guard group led another 5,000 soldiers up the mountain from the trail at night, and attacked the Black Iron King’s Tent camp in the dark, at least they would have to be hurt in one battle.” Zhao Xu said.

Generally speaking, the camps of the Black Iron King’s Tent are distributed in long strips in the middle of the valley of Qingfeng Mountain. The dense forest on this side of the mountain is very suitable for infantry to hide, and the slope of the mountain is not steep, which is very suitable for ambush soldiers and surprise attacks.

“Yes, Your Highness!” Everyone said in unison.

(end of this chapter)