Chapter 127

Western suburb garrison camp.

Main camp.

In the spacious camp room, there were only two people. Two men sat opposite each other, neither discussing military strategy nor studying the terrain. What was even more bizarre was that a charcoal brazier, which shouldn't have appeared on a hot day, was placed at their feet, and the small clay pot on the brazier was crackling.

The leaner man leisurely took out a small tea bag, gently opened the thin paper covering it, and a faint fragrance permeated the room. Pouring the tea leaves slowly into a purple clay teapot on the side, the man carefully took the clay pot off the charcoal fire and elegantly poured boiling water into the teapot. When the boiling water came into contact with the tea leaves, the originally faint and elegant fragrance suddenly became rich, as if it wanted to rush from the nose into the heart and lungs, occupying all your senses. This shouldn't be the taste of tea, but it was indeed tea, named June.

It was also Su Ren's favorite tea.

The brown-red tea soup was slowly poured into a white jade cup. Slender fingers pushed the jade cup to the strong man opposite him. Only then did Su Ren pick up his own cup and sip it carefully.

Han Shu curled his lips, grabbed the jade cup, and drank it in one gulp. He didn't understand why drinking tea had to be so troublesome. Just get a big cup, throw the tea leaves in, fill it with water, and drink it whenever you want. This tiny jade cup wasn't even enough to moisten his throat!

Putting down the empty cup, Han Shu couldn't help but smile, "You are quite leisurely."

Su Ren looked at the empty cup with a look of pity. Poor June, it would be better not to waste it on someone who doesn't know how to appreciate it in the future.

Feeling the mellow sweetness of the tea fragrance slowly seeping into his heart, Su Ren replied indifferently, "Likewise." Speaking of leisure, he was no less so, leaving the work at hand to come here to watch the fun.

Han Shu was speechless. He was indeed here to watch the fun.

"Report!" A loud report sounded outside the door.

Su Ren's mind was on the tea in his hand, and he replied absent-mindedly, "Speak."

"Suspicious people have been discovered near the camp."

Han Shu's eyes lit up. He thought he would have to wait until night to see a good show, but he didn't expect the confrontation to come so soon.

Unfortunately, Su Ren disappointed him. Busy adding boiling water to the teapot, Su Ren replied casually, "Stand in your positions and let them be."

"Yes."

Han Shu was very dissatisfied, and his voice became even louder, "You are deliberately letting water go like this. Not only is it unfair, but the night raid battle I was looking forward to won't be exciting either." He had come here specially, and if it were a battle like this, what was there to see?

Su Ren smiled leisurely and said mysteriously, "This is part of my layout. It won't leave you without a show to watch."

Is that so? Then let's wait and see. Seeing Su Ren pour himself another cup of tea, Han Shu also handed over his cup. Su Ren looked at him and shouted outside, "Someone! Go to the kitchen and bring a big bowl of tea!"

Han Shu was stunned and instantly couldn't help but laugh or cry. He was just a bit impatient to drink tea!

You hour.

Western suburb Wuli Pavilion.

In the stone pavilion, on a small stone table, lay a drawing. Although it looked a bit rushed and not very exquisite, it was very detailed, and the main structure of the camp could be seen clearly.

Gu Yun stood in the middle, and Ge Jingyun stood on her right, pointing to the edge of the drawing, saying, "Within one mile outside the camp is open ground, and beyond one mile is all forest and chaotic bushes. After dark, our army can lie in ambush here, closest to the camp, and the trees are the densest, making it hard to be discovered."

Gu Yun nodded, and Ge Jingyun continued to point to the dense center of the drawing and explained, "There are sixty-seven rooms in the camp, most of which are concentrated at the back of the camp. The front is mainly the main camp, three side halls, two studies, and small rooms for soldiers to rest behind the city gate. As for the troop deployment in the camp, it is estimated that there are three hundred soldiers guarding the city gate, and more than one hundred people on the high walls in other directions are also guarding the city with arrow formations. In the entire camp, only the courtyard near where the soldiers rest has slightly lax guards, so we can sneak in from here. However, I also found that the back of the camp, where the rooms are concentrated, is very heavily guarded, and a team patrols almost every half-stick of incense time. It is not easy to find the wooden box inside."

Drawing a circle on the area where the rooms were gathered, Ge Jingyun said confidently, "So I suspect the wooden box should be in this area."

Gu Yun just scanned it once, and the basic structure of the camp was already memorized in her mind. Folding the drawing and handing it to Ge Jingyun, Gu Yun said, "Let your soldiers memorize this terrain map well, until they know the terrain like the back of their hands even without the map."

"Yes." Ge Jingyun left the stone pavilion. Gu Yun looked at Leng Xiao on the side and asked, "How is your weapon preparation?"

Leng Xiao replied, "Three hundred shields and five thousand fire arrows have been prepared. And the things you wanted have also been prepared properly."

Nodding with satisfaction, looking at the sky, it was already gray, Gu Yun said loudly, "Prepare yourselves, and set off after a stick of incense."

"Yes!" Another magnificent answer showed the high morale and confidence of these young people, but...

After lying in ambush in the haystacks for two hours, that high-spirited fighting spirit easily grew into restlessness. They had been guarding here since dark, and no one expected that this guard would last for two hours. Gu Yun didn't explain a word, nor did she give any other orders, just lying there! If it weren't for the endurance training they had done, they would have been unable to stand it long ago.

Watching the soldiers beside her becoming more and more restless, Ge Jingyun crawled gently to Gu Yun's side and asked in a low voice, "Boss, what are we doing now?"

Compared to their impatience, Gu Yun looked very calm, her eyes keenly observing everything around her, and she only coldly said one word: "Wait."

Wait? Wait for what? Ge Jingyun was confused. Gu Yun narrowed her eyes slightly at the distance and replied, "Wait for Su Yu to come."

He could understand waiting for others, but why wait for Deputy General Su? Ge Jingyun asked curiously, "The time limit for the night raid battle is three days. How can you be sure he will come tonight? It's already the third watch. Even if he really comes, shouldn't we strike first?"

"You aren't saying that we only have five hundred people, so how can we fight one thousand? I am waiting for Su Yu's five hundred people." In the far distance, the slight swaying of the grass still attracted Gu Yun's attention. It seemed that the person she was waiting for had already come.

Leng Xiao also suddenly leaned forward and asked, "You want to form an alliance with him?"

Alliance? It should be called utilization, right! Gu Yun smiled a bit awkwardly, "You could say that."

Ge Jingyun was still puzzled, "Aren't we opponents with him? How can we form an alliance?" Wasn't this night raid for the sake of competing on whose training technique was better? If we form an alliance, what are we competing on?

Gu Yun's cold eyes narrowed slightly, looking at Ge Jingyun and Leng Xiao, her voice low and cold, "On the battlefield, there are never eternal enemies, nor eternal friends. Everything we do has only one goal, and that is to successfully complete the mission."

The goal is just to complete the mission, and everything else is just a means, is that what you mean? Leng Xiao and Ge Jingyun looked at each other, and this sentence slowly settled in their hearts.

In the distance, bright firelight had already been lit, which also successfully attracted the attention of the guarding soldiers. Gu Yun smiled leisurely. He is here, and the game has begun.

Following Gu Yun's gaze, Leng Xiao and Ge Jingyun also saw the firelight in the distance. Squinting, they realized that it was rows of neat soldiers walking forward in unison. Every three rows, there was a row of soldiers holding burning torches. Looking from afar, the firelight reached the sky, and dark blue figures stepped forward with neat steps, with great momentum, high morale, and a bit of a deterrent effect.

In order to distinguish the personnel of the two teams, under Gu Yun's suggestion, her team all wore black, and Su Yu's team all wore blue, for easy identification. Unfortunately, in the middle of the night, unless they were very close or under the torches, they couldn't be distinguished clearly.

The team got closer and closer, and the guards on the city tower also moved quickly. Arrows with full bows were aimed at the soldiers below. As long as they dared to cross the thunder pool, they would be shot into a honeycomb.

The team stopped at a distance of thirty zhang from the city tower, not moving forward, nor retreating a step, standing in a stalemate with the guards on the city tower.

Gu Yun patted Ge Jingyun, who was fascinated, and scolded with a smile, "Still watching! Weren't you in a hurry to act just now?! Now it's time to work! Take the soldiers under your command who have good night vision, in groups of three, each group with a clear goal to attack one room. If you don't find the wooden box, return immediately. If you find the wooden box and can bring it out, bring it out. If you can't bring it out, return and report immediately."

There are sixty rooms in the backyard. Three people per group, wouldn't that be almost two hundred people going in at once? Leng Xiao frowned and said, "Sending so many people in at once, will it alert the enemy?"

Gu Yun shook her head with amusement and pointed to the team that was making a big show in front of the city tower, saying, "If you want to talk about alerting the enemy, Su Yu has already done it. He is using this move now to contain a large part of the military force. He must also send others to sneak into the backyard to steal the wooden box. This is something everyone knows. Su Ren probably has been prepared for a long time. Our primary task is to find the correct location of the wooden box as quickly as possible. It doesn't matter how many people we use; what matters is that the speed must be fast!"

"Yes." Ge Jingyun nodded forcefully and left full of confidence.

Watching Ge Jingyun's excited and high-spirited back, Leng Xiao was also eager to try. After all, it was a competition with the elite army of the Su family, which was a good opportunity that might not be encountered in a lifetime!

A slender hand patted his shoulder gently. Leng Xiao came back to his senses, only to see Gu Yun's eyes flickering, and she said with a half-smile, "Don't be impatient, it's not your turn to play yet."

What she meant by this... Leng Xiao's sword eyebrows tightened, concentrating on thinking. The Boss looked so relaxed, could it be that she already had a plan in mind? What did she intend for him to do?

(End of chapter)