Chapter 249

Night, Wang Fu corridor, wind lamps flickering.

Deep in the painting hall, Li Jingxuan gathered rice into mountains and scattered beans into forests, setting up a sand table map on the long table.

At this time, the Prince of Badong brought Kong Zhangyu over, and Li Jingxuan hurriedly put down the rice grains in his hand and bowed to the Prince of Badong.

The Prince of Badong asked with a smile: "Gongyu, how is it going?"

"There is still one last place left, please wait a moment, Your Highness."

The Prince of Badong looked at the map and replied: "Hmm, good, no rush, take your time."

Li Jingxuan heard that the Prince of Badong seemed to be in a good mood, his spirit was also lifted, and he hurriedly continued to set up the map.

The Prince of Badong said "Eh": "What is this ribbon..."

Li Jingxuan answered while placing rice grains: "It is the Ju River."

The Prince of Badong frowned, walked to the east side of the table, suddenly enlightened, and smiled:

"Gongyu, once you set up this map, the area of Wenyang and Ju is as clear as the palm of your hand. Mr. Kong, isn't my Zhang Liang quite good?"

Kong Zhangyu bowed and congratulated:

"When Guangwu conquered Wei Xiao, the plan was not yet decided, Ma Yuan gathered rice into mountains and valleys before the Emperor, pointing and drawing the situation, the Emperor said: 'The captives are in my eyes.' The events of that year are seen again today."

Kong Zhangyu's words made the Prince of Badong and Li Jingxuan very happy, and the Prince of Badong laughed heartily: "I cannot compare to Guangwu!"

Liu Fu inner chamber, candle shadows sinking.

The servants had long been dismissed, and Wang Yang was eating sweet fermented rice, red bean, and tuckahoe soup, spoonful by spoonful, his expression calm.

At this time, Director Liu Tan Tan led a middle-aged man to lift the curtain and enter: "Zhiyan, Uncle Feng has arrived."

As soon as the man entered the curtain, his piercing gaze fell on Wang Yang.

Wang Yang put down the soup bowl, stood up calmly, and bowed to the man: "General Feng, you have worked hard."

The man was stunned, as if he didn't expect Wang Yang to greet him first, and hurriedly bowed in return: "I dare not. I have long had no military position, and I cannot bear the title of General."

Wang Yang smiled: "Li Guang was dismissed, and people still called him General. With General Feng's merit, if it weren't for following the Duke and voluntarily retiring, today, what is the word 'General' worth?"

Feng Yiling's heart felt warm! He was originally a Liu family retainer, following the Duke through dozens of battles, and the Duke resigned due to illness when his momentum was at its peak. Although he still doesn't understand why the Duke did so, he didn't say a word and took off his armor and resigned, just because in his eyes, the future is not important, and being able to follow the Duke is enough. Although that is the case, sometimes he inevitably misses the years of military life, and looking at his former colleagues all leading troops and camps, armor majestic, can there be no ripples in his heart? However, not only does he not regret it, but he is very proud, because this represents his loyalty to the Duke surpassing these things: it is not that I, Feng Yiling, cannot get a position, but that I, in order to serve the Duke, disdain to do so!

So Wang Yang's words hit exactly where Feng Yiling's pride lies! And in Feng Yiling's view, what this young master said was even better than what he thought in his heart! Yes, if it weren't for my voluntary retirement with the Duke, what is the word 'General' worth?!

Director Liu Tan Tan reminded: "Uncle Feng, let's start."

Feng Yiling woke up: "Oh, good."

He took out a piece of sheepskin from his lapel, opened it and spread it on the table, on which there was a map drawn with charcoal, then pointed his finger at the map and began to explain to Director Liu Tan Tan and Wang Yang.

Two fingers pointing at the rice pile, Li Jingxuan in white clothes and wide sleeves, his voice clear:

"Before this mountain, it is not convenient to take action, for three reasons: First, Xi Gongmu sent a thousand state soldiers to escort the mission, and once something happens, the nearby counties can also support. Second, the barbarian soldiers are unwilling and unsuitable to cross the border and sneak in. Third, if something happens within the territory, the Prince's responsibility will not be small."

Li Jingxuan's fingers moved gradually:

"After passing this mountain, it is outside the border, which is the buffer zone between Han and barbarians, and Xi Gongmu's soldiers can only escort to here. From here to Wenyang Gorge, nearly ninety miles, the road is dangerous and uninhabited, the mission has 128 people, excluding the main and deputy envoys, documents, interpreters, ritual officials, carriage and horse servants, etc., the soldiers are less than a hundred. Although there are few people, there are many horses, and seeing the situation is not good, the two princes may ride horses to escape at any time, so destroying them is not difficult, the difficulty is how to kill them all without missing one..."

The Prince of Badong interrupted and asked:

"Must they all be killed? Wouldn't it be better to let a few insignificant ones come back to report?"

Li Jingxuan paused, wording it with difficulty:

"That would certainly be good, but..."

The Prince of Badong smiled: "I was just asking casually, if there is any problem with what I said, feel free to point it out, why are you still stuttering?"

Li Jingxuan was relieved and said:

"What the Prince said is certainly a high opinion, but there are also some inappropriate places. First, whether a person is insignificant or important, the barbarians may not be able to distinguish accurately. Once chaos arises on the battlefield, anything can happen, what if Wang Yang disguises himself as a soldier? What if Wang Yi mixes with the servants and luckily rushes out? Plus the barbarians are lazy, maybe they think they have to leave live captives anyway, so they don't pursue if someone escapes, and finally let the key figures go. Rather than letting them release a few unclearly, it is better to require 128 heads, not one less.

Secondly, the Yongning barbarians don't know that this is our dynasty's envoy, they just think this is sent by the Prince's political enemy to trade with the Wenyang barbarians. Although it was said in advance that they might impersonate the imperial envoy, to ensure the secret is not revealed, it is best that as soon as the Yongning barbarians see the mission, they will use thunderous momentum and heavy hands to destroy them all. If they leave some room for maneuver and create a few live captives, and then by chance, they hear the explanation of a few live captives, and then become suspicious, it will not be worth the loss."

The Prince of Badong nodded: "Makes sense, continue."

"Yes. Among these ninety miles, there are three must-pass roads, of which the two most dangerous are: one is the Zhangtan Slope. To enter the slope, you must first cross a cable bridge, and after crossing the bridge, the road is five feet narrow and muddy and difficult to walk. After walking for a mile and a half, there is a reed field on the right side of the road, two miles wide and three miles long, the reeds are very high, dense like bundles of arrows, which can be used to hide soldiers. If you ambush here, you only need to cut the cable bridge after the mission crosses the bridge, and then the ambush soldiers will kill them, and they will have nowhere to escape.

The second is the Fish Belly Valley. The whole valley is three miles long, fish-belly shaped, the entrance and exit are three feet wide, and the further inside, the narrower it gets. Three hundred paces away, the two walls are clamped, and the narrowest place can only accommodate carriages. The middle ground is large, although there are several stone pillars, it cannot hide soldiers, and the two sides are too high to climb, and ambushes cannot be set. However, the whole valley only has two entrances, north and south, and after blocking them, the mission cannot fly.

These two are the places of 'Heavenly Prison' and 'Heavenly Net' in the art of war.

The third place is called Hutou Intersection, not as dangerous as the first two, to the north is a narrow mountain road, to the south is a forest, to the west is a high mountain slope, and to the east is the Ju River beach..."

A red bean fell into the blue ribbon symbolizing the Ju River under Li Jingxuan's flick.

A soft and glutinous red bean was scooped up by a porcelain blue spoon and sent into Wang Yang's mouth.

Wang Yang tasted it carefully, looking at the map, listening to Feng Yiling's words in his ears:

"... The mission goes from south to north, first passes the forest, to Hutou Intersection. Walk five more miles, and it is Wenyang Gorge. This is the last must-pass road, now the problem is, if there is really an ambush, where will they choose to take action?"

Director Liu Tan Tan said: "If there is really an ambush..." He paused, looked at Wang Yang, and then said: "It's not Zhangtan Slope, it's Fish Belly Valley."

Wang Yang finished eating the last bit of tuckahoe soup, put down the bowl, tapped his fingertips on the table three times, and said: "Neither."

Feng Yiling looked at Wang Yang, Director Liu Tan Tan frowned, just about to speak, but saw Wang Yang had already reached out and pointed at the map:

"The art of war says: 'If the land has desperate ravines, heavenly wells, heavenly prisons, heavenly nets, heavenly traps, and heavenly gaps, you must leave quickly and not get close.' The heavenly prison is where the reeds are deep and wide, a place to imprison a broken army, this is Zhangtan Slope. The heavenly net is where the mountain stream is narrow, a place to net a desperate army, this is Fish Belly Valley.

However, danger is not fixed danger, and shape has no constant shape; places that are dangerous may have advantageous thickets; places that are desperate may not necessarily hide vitality. Although Zhangtan Slope is a dead place, the place where the reeds hide soldiers fears fire attack, if you get the wind direction, ride the wind and set fire, first burn the enemy soldiers, second borrow the fire smoke to rush out, the mud traps the feet, not only limiting me, but also limiting the enemy, this is called a dead place that can be walked.

Although the valley is desperate, the inside is narrow, which is the image of one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot open it, carriages, corpses, and stones can all block the road, which is convenient for holding, although the ambush soldiers can block the outer valley, they cannot unfold inside, which is not conducive to quick battle. Since they are sneaking an attack, they are afraid of being known by others and attracting reinforcements, how dare they hold on for a long time? This is called a desperate place that can be fought.

Therefore, although these two places seem dangerous, if they are used as ambush places, they are not enough to fear. Only this third place, Hutou Intersection, does not look as dangerous as the first two, but the high ground in the west can station soldiers, see the enemy's momentum from afar, and look down from near, this is called 'seeing life and living high'. At that time, the small road in the north is blocked with stones and wood, the forest in the south is cut off by an army, the east is the Ju River, and the surroundings are all desperate, this is a true dead and desperate place! If the enemy sets an ambush in the first two places, of course it is good, and there will be ways to deal with it. But predicting the enemy should not respond to the easy but to the difficult. What's more, the person setting the ambush this time is definitely not someone who doesn't understand military affairs."

Wang Yang's palm pressed down, falling on the Hutou Intersection on the map, slowly raised his eyes, and said in a deep voice:

"Therefore, the enemy's ambush place must be Hutou!"

Li Jingxuan's palm slowly moved away from Hutou Intersection, his fingertips still stained with a few rice grains, he flicked them casually to the ground, the rice grains rolled down, silently, with murderous intent in his eyes:

"Although the terrain here is flat, it is a true heavenly net, unbreakable..."

"It can be broken!" Wang Yang's eyes were like swords, his two fingers joined together, pointing at the Ju River, and said to Director Liu Tan Tan: "You are the Wenyang Prefect, and the County Sima is also your old subordinate, you send a small team, light boats and small boats, with crossbowmen, go up the Ju River, and come to Hutou Beach to meet."

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Finally May Day! Cool! First of all, I wish all my little friends a happy May Day!!! Celebrate!! Do a twist dance! Also need to match YouNeverCanTell!

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