Yangping Pass.
The terrain here is dangerous, easy to defend but difficult to attack.
As the gateway to the north of Yizhou, Xiao Cheng had Yangping Pass renovated and expanded many years ago. It could originally accommodate only 10,000 soldiers and civilians, but now it can accommodate 30,000.
The increase in the number of troops naturally made this pass more solid, and it can be said that it is basically impossible to take it down.
Unless the imperial court is willing to pay any price and use blood and flesh to fill the gap, the army of Yongzhou alone will be unable to take this pass.
It was already night, and torches were lit inside Yangping Pass, illuminating this military stronghold as if it were daytime.
The defenders on the city wall patrolled back and forth, not daring to relax at all. A few days ago, Xiao Heng launched a night attack, so Xiao Cheng also increased the number of night patrols to ensure that no accidents would occur.
Shen Yanyu and the other two had already arrived at Yangping Pass.
For masters like them, no matter how tight the defense of Yangping Pass is, it will be useless.
The three men's figures were like ghosts. The guards on the city wall didn't even see their shadows, and the three men entered the pass.
The alleys inside the pass are intricate and there are teams of night patrollers patrolling back and forth.
Leng Qingqiu whispered: "Do you know where Xiao Cheng is?"
Chen Yanyu remained silent, and Ye Jinghong shook his head, obviously not knowing.
Just then, a team of patrolmen came from the alley entrance. The three of them hid in the dark alley and waited for the patrolmen to pass by. Shen Yanyu took action and grabbed the last person.
"Tell me, where is Xiao Cheng?"
The patrolman's eyes widened. He never expected that someone could sneak into such a heavily guarded checkpoint.
You can tell from the way these three people are dressed that they are gangsters.
"I...I don't know."
"I don't know. You will die."
"I really don't know. I'm just a patrolman. How would I know where the prince is?"
Shen Yanyu's eyes turned cold, and as he pressed the opponent's mute point, his icy internal energy invaded his body, and the patrolman's face immediately showed pain.
"Say it or not."
The patrolman nodded hurriedly, and Shen Yanyu retracted his internal energy and untied the opponent's mute point.
"Come……"
Just after shouting a word, Leng Qingqiu had already killed him with a sword. The three men looked a little ugly. They originally wanted to catch the man and interrogate him, but who knew that the other party was so stubborn.
You're just a small soldier, do you really need to be so loyal to Xiao Cheng?
I'm afraid Xiao Cheng doesn't even know your name.
"Catch more people and interrogate them. I don't believe these people are not afraid of death."
Chen Yanyu also lost his temper. As the owner of Yanyu Tower, he had many ways to force a confession.
Soon, the three men captured another patrolman.
This time the patrol soldier was straightforward, "The prince is not inside the pass, but at Luofengpo, five miles behind the pass. The terrain there is wide and can accommodate an army of 200,000."
When the patrolman finished speaking, Shen Yanyu knocked him unconscious.
Ye Jinghong said: "Then let's go to Luofengpo."
Then the three of them left and soon came to a high slope. Looking down, their pupils shrank slightly.
The military camp that stretched for miles was brightly lit, and the tents were neatly arranged like a chessboard. In the center, a large tent was particularly eye-catching, with a royal flag with the word "Xiao" erected in front of it.
There were patrolling cavalrymen holding torches, constantly moving between the camps.
Judging from the scale of the camp, there are at least 70,000 troops stationed here, but fortunately Xiao Cheng’s tent is very conspicuous, so there is no need to look for it. Otherwise, it would be difficult to find with so many tents.
"You wait here. I will go to the central army tent to capture Xiao Cheng, and then you will pick him up."
After Shen Yanyu finished speaking, he moved directly and headed towards the military camp below. His figure was like a ghost, as if there was no one around.
To her, those patrolling soldiers were just decorations.
Soon, she arrived outside the central army tent with a large flag with the word "Xiao" on it. There were four guards standing outside the tent like sculptures. These four were all masters in the army and were responsible for Xiao Cheng's safety.
Chen Yanyu looked around and saw that the patrolling soldiers were still some distance away from here, so she dodged directly and before the four men could react, she shot out four gusts of wind from her fingers, hitting their acupuncture points.
The four guards fell to the ground in response, and Shen Yanyu entered the tent.
As long as I move quickly, no one will be able to spot me.
The corners of Shen Yanyu's mouth curved slightly under the mask.
"It seems that the prince was right. You will really come."
An old voice sounded in the tent, and Shen Yanyu's pupils shrank suddenly. There was no Xiao Cheng in the big tent, only an old man.
The old man had white hair and a hunched body, but he sat cross-legged in the tent as steady as a mountain.
"Master Chen, I, Mo Sangeng, have been waiting for you here for several months. I thought you would not come."
Shen Yanyu's expression under the mask changed suddenly.
Mo Sangeng was famous in the martial arts world thirty years ago and was known as the Ghost-Fearing Man. It was rumored that he was dead, but no one expected that he was still alive.
She said in a cold voice: "Senior Mo, Xiao Cheng rebelled, but you helped him. Are you going to be a traitor too?"
Mo Sangeng smiled and said, "Traitor? That's serious. I'm just waiting for you here. The rest has nothing to do with me."
Shen Yanyu didn't expect Xiao Cheng to guess her arrival. From what Mo Sangeng said, he had been waiting here for several months. It seemed that he knew that she had defected to Pei Yun and had been on guard against her.
With Mo Sangeng, a top-notch master, around, it was impossible to capture Xiao Cheng, so he tried to get out as soon as he moved.
At this moment, the ground trembled slightly, and countless golden threads as thin as hair emerged from the ground, instantly interweaving into a giant net, covering the entire interior of the tent.
"Master Chen, this is the net I prepared for you. It is specially prepared for a master of Qinggong like you. You can't escape."
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