Advisor An smiled slightly. Xu Di squinted at the refined middle-aged man, a strange feeling lingering in his heart. He had a good memory and felt that he had seen this person before, but he couldn't remember where or when.
Seeing Strategist An smile, the owner of the rough voice who had his back to Xu Di raised his voice considerably and said, "I know Strategist An is a capable man. Daliang is so well-defended. You can plant spies in Daliang as you please. No matter how dangerous the spies in Daliang are, they can always send you messages. But Strategist An, we have been here for more than a month now. We can't stay here any longer. If we stay any longer, the morale of my soldiers will continue to decline."
An Junshi said nonchalantly, "I will infiltrate Luzhou from the cliff. The quality of soldiers is more important than their quantity. Li Fujun, there is no need to worry. I have already decided on the infiltrators. Once they successfully infiltrate Luzhou, our soldiers behind us can take Luzhou without losing a single soldier."
Lieutenant General Li sneered twice and said, "Military Advisor An, the year before last, I also listened to you. The Marshal led his men to attack Wuzhou, but unfortunately, he has not been able to break through the city. It has been more than a year, and the army is stationed outside Wuzhou, unable to advance or retreat. Now, the Marshal is leading his men to this riverbank again. What if he cannot successfully infiltrate Luzhou?"
Military Advisor An smiled and said, "Deputy General Li, please rest assured, I have made arrangements. At the latest, it will be three days before we attack Luzhou."
Upon hearing this, Xu Di made a plan. He memorized the appearance of the man called Military Advisor An, intending to draw it upon returning to Lüzhou and have Ma Ming and the others help him identify him. Xu Di was confident in his ability to recognize people, and since he could remember Military Advisor An, he must have seen him somewhere before. Xu Di had a premonition that if he could figure out Military Advisor An's identity, many things he couldn't understand before would be easily resolved.
Xu Di tiptoed out from the main tent and quickly found Ma Ming and the others who were still patrolling the camp. Xu Di did not come empty-handed this time; he brought some self-made landmines. When they retreated, he would bury them on the slopes along the shore and on the small slope below the cliff. He could not miss any of them and had to bury as many landmines as possible.
Xu Di and Ma Ming led their men out of the camp with great agility. Only Xu Di knew how to plant landmines. Under the cover of night, Ma Ming and six others kept watch for Xu Di, who quickly planted the dozen or so landmines they had brought along the only route from the camp to the river.
After planting the landmines, Xu Di gave Ma Ming a hand signal. Then, the group quickly went to the riverbank, found the hidden diving gear, changed into it, and, led by a team member who was very skilled at diving, slowly crossed the river by rope.
Several ropes hung down from the cliff. Ma Ming pulled hard on one of the ropes, and several more ropes hung down from above. After Ma Ming and the others slowly climbed up the cliff by pulling on the ropes, Xu Di carefully buried the landmines that he had placed there. Then he tied the rope tightly around his waist, gave a signal, and was pulled up by the people on the cliff.
Lin Zhen was puzzled as to why Xu Di had brought so many people there in the middle of the night. Xu Di did not explain, but after asking for paper and pen, he quickly drew out the appearance of the military advisor An based on his memory.
Xu Di didn't let more people know. He invited Ma Ming, Lin Zhen, and Zheng Boyuan into the room and said, "I just feel that the person in this portrait looks familiar, but I can't remember where I've seen him before. Please help me think if you've seen him somewhere before."
When Ma Ming saw the portrait, his brows furrowed tightly. Lin Zhen also looked at the portrait with a hesitant expression. Xu Di sat down and said, "Don't rush, think slowly, you'll remember eventually."
After a long pause, Ma Ming said, "Young master, back in Hexi County, the fifth prince of the Northern Di had a Han Chinese advisor by his side. I saw him from afar, but he only looked somewhat like him; I couldn't be sure."
Upon hearing Ma Ming mention seeing him in Hexi, Xu Di frowned deeply, slowly recalling his memories of Hexi. Soon, he remembered that the Fifth Prince did indeed have a Han Chinese advisor who claimed to be surnamed Su. At that time, Xu Di was quite flustered because it was his first experience with cold weapon warfare. He had fought the Fifth Prince in close combat and naturally knew that he had such an advisor. However, when the battlefield was cleaned up after the battle, the body of this Han Chinese advisor was nowhere to be found. Xu Di remembered that Wei Lang had even written to the Third Prince of the Northern Barbarians, inquiring about this advisor surnamed Su. Unfortunately, at that time, those who knew about this advisor were all the Fifth Prince's men, and most of them had already died in battle. Verifying this person's identity was indeed extremely difficult.
Thinking that the fifth prince of the Northern Barbarians had borrowed the route from the Great Yan to attack Hexi, Xu Di suddenly understood. No wonder, although the Northern Barbarians and the Great Yan also shared a border, the relationship between the two countries had always been bad. Xu Di had never understood why the Great Yan had lent the route to the Northern Barbarians. With this person in mind, Xu Di understood a bit more.
Xu Di slammed his hand on the table, sneered twice, and said, "No wonder, no wonder, it turns out there's a traitor who betrayed the country."
Lin Zhen then said, "Lord Xu, I have seen this person before at the post station in the capital."
Xu Di paused for a moment, then asked, "Lord Lin, are you sure it's this person?"
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