Yang Cheng looked at Fei Zhong with slight surprise. So Fei Zhong had already come up with a plan, and it sounded pretty good.
Fei Zhong then looked at Yang Cheng and said with a smile, "General Yang Cheng, you are the strongest here. I wonder if you would be willing to lead your elite troops to launch a surprise attack on Sishui Pass through the tunnel?"
Yang Cheng said calmly, "No problem, leave this matter to me."
Fei Zhong clapped his hands: "Good! General Yang Cheng is indeed generous!"
Then let's launch a night attack on Sishui Pass at midnight!
However, General Yang Cheng, you can only bring a maximum of one hundred men with you.
Otherwise, that tunnel wouldn't be able to hold so many people.
Yang Cheng stood up immediately and said, "Alright, I'll take some men to prepare right away."
Seeing Yang Cheng leave so readily, one of Fei Zhong's retainers hesitated and said, "Sir, didn't Yang Cheng agree a little too readily?"
Fei Zhong sneered, "He's a smart man. I'm the commander-in-chief and he's the deputy commander. If he doesn't agree, I'll immediately go to the King and complain that he's delaying military operations!"
Attacking Sishui Pass via tunnels was the best option, and Yang Cheng couldn't come up with a better one, so he had no choice but to comply.
"So, are we really going to cooperate with Yang Cheng to attack Sishui Pass?"
Once Sishui Pass is captured, Yang Cheng will be the first to scale the city wall, which will undoubtedly be considered the greatest achievement.
Fei Zhong sneered, "It's not that easy."
There are spies left by our army inside Sishui Pass, and the main force of Zhou Wu's army camp is stationed at the entrance of that tunnel.
Once Yang Cheng steps out of the tunnel, he will be immediately surrounded and attacked by Zhou's army.
We only need to delay for a tiny bit of time, and then whether Yang Cheng lives or dies will be up to fate.
If he survives under these circumstances, I wouldn't hesitate to give him the credit, since we won so easily.
Fei Zhong's retainers quickly flattered him, saying, "My lord, what a brilliant plan!"
After Yang Cheng returned, Boyi frowned and said, "Fei Zhong is acting strangely. Although I said it wasn't anything wrong, the fact that he sent us as the vanguard to launch a surprise attack on Sishui Pass is definitely suspicious."
Yang Cheng shook his head and said, "Even if you and I know there's a problem, so what?"
Fei Zhong was the commander-in-chief, and he had even devised a plan on how to capture Sishui Pass.
If I disobey, I will have no way to explain myself to the King.
This is an open conspiracy; we have no choice but to obey.
But Brother Boyi, don't worry, I am very confident in my abilities.
Whatever schemes or tricks Ren Feizhong might pull, we'll just deal with them as they come.
After sending Boyi away, Yang Cheng immediately used his magic weapon to contact Jiang Kai.
After a while, Jiang Kai's video finally appeared, clearly indicating that he was hiding from others.
What's the situation inside Sishui Pass right now?
Jiang Kai said in a deep voice: "More than 50,000 troops have now gathered inside Sishui Pass. Among them, 20,000 are elite troops of the Zhou Dynasty, and the remaining 30,000 are the allied forces of the Hundred Tribes. These people are led by Nangong Shi, a general under King Wu Ji Fa. He is a man of both literary and military talent, and is a man who can serve as both a general and a prime minister."
Both individuals carrying the legacy of Laozi (the Supreme Lord Lao) have arrived: Lei Jiang, the patriarch of the Lei Clan, and Yu Lian, the patriarch of the Zhongfang Yi tribe among the Nine Tribes of the Eastern Yi.
Yang Cheng said, "Fei Zhong has already devised a plan to use tunnels to launch a surprise attack into Sishui Pass, create chaos, and then launch a strong attack on Sishui Pass from the outside."
I suspect he was trying to trick me into going to my death.
The tunnel's exit was located in the smallest courtyard west of Sishui Pass. Was Zhou's army stationed there?
Jiang Kai said with a strange expression, "It's quite a coincidence, I was stationed there."
Yang Cheng raised an eyebrow: "Fei Zhong clearly knew the layout inside Sishui Pass in advance. The moment I showed myself, I would be attacked by Zhou's army."
"So what do you plan to do now?"
Yang Cheng squinted and said, "Take advantage of the chaos!"
Find a way to move the troops away at midnight. After I enter Sishui Pass, I will start setting it on fire, then open the city gates and let Fei Zhong and his men in.
"I'll kill Lei Jiang and Julien, and you can take Fei Zhong!"
After reaching an agreement, Yang Cheng immediately led Boyi to select over a hundred elite soldiers, equipped them, and began infiltrating the tunnel at noon.
The tunnels at Sishui Pass are of unknown origin, and they are dozens of meters deep below the surface.
This depth is clearly designed to shield cultivators from perception, and the tunnel is also covered with various runes to block power fluctuations.
Upon reaching the top of the tunnel, Yang Cheng did not immediately go out. Instead, he used two fingers together to lightly touch his brow, using his Heavenly Eye to detect that there was indeed no one up there before letting Boyi and the others come out.
It wasn't that Yang Cheng didn't trust Jiang Kai, but he was also afraid that if something unexpected happened to Jiang Kai, things would be terrible.
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