After joking around, the two stood on the edge of the cliff, gazing at the indistinct figures on the opposite bank. Xu Di, after looking for a while, suddenly remembered something and said to Xi Jing'an behind him, "Jing'an, did you bring my binoculars?"
Xi Jing'an nodded and said, "I brought it with me. It's in the bundle. Master, I'll get it for you right now."
Xi Jing'an took out a pair of binoculars, one thick and one thin, from the bundle tied to the horse's back. After setting it up, his expression immediately turned serious. He handed the binoculars to Zheng Boyuan and asked him to take a look.
Looking through his binoculars, Zheng Boyuan saw more than a dozen armored men fighting over there. One of them was also holding a binocular and observing his side. He must have seen Zheng Boyuan through the binocular, because he immediately put the binocular down, then picked it up again and continued to look in his direction.
Zheng Boyuan's face was grim. He put down his binoculars and said to Xu Di, "Brother, you're right. They probably think Luzhou is the place they're planning to attack."
Xu Di lowered his head and pondered for a long time before saying, "This won't do. The defense force of Lüzhou Guard is too weak. With just these people, they won't be able to handle the enemy. We shouldn't delay. I'll submit a memorial to His Majesty now and ask him to transfer soldiers from other places."
The only troops that can be mobilized now are the border guards stationed at Yanmen Pass on the west bank of the Yellow River.
Xu Di thought of those special forces soldiers and had an idea: he wanted to cross the border river to the other side and take a look at Dayan.
This idea was just a prototype. To go there, he needed to consider many things and make many preparations. However, Xu Di couldn't rest easy without going there in person. After integrating a lot of information, Xu Di was convinced that his opponent, whom he had never met, was hiding in the Great Yan.
From the great victory in Hexi a few years ago, to the spies in Dengzhou, the Japanese landing, and the surprise attack in Liaodong, Xu Di summarized the events of the past few years. On the surface, some of these events originated in the capital, but behind the scenes, there was an unseen hand guiding things. The breakthrough point was the two people currently imprisoned in the basement of the Miaozhou government office.
These two men were captured at sea when they were in Penglai. Although they had been imprisoned for several years, they had not confessed anything. However, Xu Di would talk to the scholar whenever he had time.
These two were kept in solitary confinement. When you're alone for a long time, even if you can hold on, there will be times when you can't help yourself. It was from this scholar that Xu Di learned some rather secret things.
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