When Li Xu led the main force to Fengyukou, Zhang Long, who had taken the lead, had already sent someone to wait here.

"Reported to General, Zhang Xiaowei has led his troops to search the mountain valley several times, but no traces of the large group of people passing by."

"Where is Zhang Long?" Li Xu asked.

"Person Zhang continues to lead people to investigate, and the last general will wait for the general to report the details again."

"Go and report to Zhang Long, stop investigating, rest and stand by at the valley entrance, and make arrangements after the army arrives."

Li Xu calmly ordered that the governor immediately rode his horse to pass the order.

Zheng Yaoxian, who was standing aside, saw Li Xu so calm, was confused and asked, "How did General Li Zhonglang determine that the rebels would definitely go to the opposite mountain canyon? If Liu Shutong was accidentally discovered by Yang Wenrui, the rebels' plan to go out to grab food would definitely be abandoned, and they would most likely escape. Wouldn't our army be in vain?"

Li Xu looked at him and smiled and said, "What Commander Zheng said is very true. The battlefield situation is changing rapidly and there are many variables. As you said, I cannot ensure that Liu Shutong used bitter meat schemes to sue for surrender and wanted to earn our army, nor do I know whether Yang Wenrui would come out of the mountain to grab grain."

Zheng Yaoxian heard this and became even more confused.

Li Xu ordered the army to continue moving forward, and rode his horse in parallel with Zheng Yaoxian, explaining: "All plans and tactics are arranged on the basis of known various enemy and us information. Although our army's purpose is to set up an ambush against the mountain canyon, if the rebels do not go to the mountain canyon, but abandon the village and escape as you said, then my previous arrangement will naturally be invalidated and will become the main goal of capturing the rebel's nest. As for the subsequent situation, we can only take one step at a time."

Zheng Yaoxian was a little disappointed when he heard this. He thought he could hear some amazing secret, but unexpectedly, it was such an answer that had no new meaning.

But he suddenly woke up in his heart when he looked at Li Xu's smile.

There is no general in this world who is completely unscrupulous. When Li Xu is so old, he is arrogant and arrogant, but he can be as calm as a general in the army. He does not drag his feet when he should be decisive, and when he should be cautious and calm, he can take every step. This is the greatest amazing thing.

Thinking of this, I felt ashamed of my contempt just now.

"General Li Zhonglang, it's Zheng Menglang."

Seeing Zheng Yaoxian sincerely apologizing, Li Xu didn't care, but just smiled and said, "You can't blame you. I blame myself for performing too well before, which made everyone's expectations of me too high. Therefore, I feel lost when I find that I am just a mortal. Alas, being too outstanding is also a burden."

Hearing Li Xu's intentional sigh, Zheng Yao was stunned first and then laughed.

This General Li Zhonglang is an interesting young man.

With this smile, the little bit of emotional turmoil just now disappeared.

It was midsummer, and the two sides of the mountain road were lush and green, and the mountains were undulating. Walking in it was not very hot.

There was a gurgling mountain spring near, and there were birds chirping in the distance. Thousands of troops were slowly moving forward, and people shouted and neighed from time to time, and they arrived safely outside the opposite mountain canyon.

When Zhang Long saw the army coming, he hurried forward to report.

"General, the last general investigated again and again, but still did not find any enemy. I think the rebels have not passed here yet."

Li Xu looked at the entrance of the canyon in the distance, pondered for a while, and said, "I ordered the whole army to rest and have a meal here, and be careful at the same time. Zhang Long, take a few people into the canyon with me and investigate."

Zhang Long received the order and went down to pass the order.

"General Li, noon has passed at this time and the bandits have not passed yet, so he should not come out again. Why should the general do more investigation?"

Zheng Yaoxian had a dream of commanding the army, but when he saw Li Xu so easy-going, he couldn't help but say again.

Li Xu said: "If Liu Shutong was sincere, but was noticed by Yang Wenrui because of his unclear behavior, what do you think Yang Wenrui would do?"

Zheng Yaoxian was speechless.

I am not Zheng Yaoxian, how do I know?

Li Xu said: "Being able to endure secret planning for many years without being noticed by the court, except that the people in the relevant yamen were too idiots, Yang Wenrui himself was also a meticulous and decisive person. I don't believe that he would be unaware of his subordinates' rebellion."

Zheng Yaoxian's face turned hot when he heard this. Isn't this relevant department just talking about his own black ice platform?

It is indeed their dereliction of duty. King Yong secretly plotted against the enemy for three years and they did not notice it. If he, as the commander of the late emperor, would have been beheaded, he would have been dismissed from prison.

However, in the past three years, although the Black Ice Platform has sent people to monitor King Yong as usual, it has basically become a formality.

One of the key monitoring targets of Black Ice Platform is the hostile countries around, especially the Wei State.

If you are in the inner world, it is the imperial party led by Lin Ruhai who advocates the rule of the little emperor.

He was ignorant of one thing, and King Yong was always very low-key, so he couldn't help but ignore it.

Therefore, after learning that the chief assistant Song Mu and others were ambushed outside the city, Zheng Yaoxian almost twisted his brain off.

However, when she heard that the ambush failed, Song Mu and others were safe and sound, she breathed a sigh of relief.

After knowing that it was Li Xu who saved Song Mu, Zheng Yaoxian was full of gratitude to Li Xu.

Fortunately, Song Mu is fine, otherwise a large number of people would be unlucky from Hei Bingtai, Zheng Yaoxian.

However, although Song Mu scolded Zheng Yaoxian fiercely, he did not replace him. Instead, he asked him to atone for his merits and investigate the details of the rebels as soon as possible.

Zheng Yaoxian was naturally grateful. He has been investigating this case almost never to sleep these days.

This time, Li Xu entered the mountain to quell the rebellion. He could have sent a thousand households, but he insisted on coming in person. In fact, he wanted to capture Yang Wenrui as soon as possible and overthrow King Yong so as to calm Song Mu's anger and reduce his mistakes.

So although he has so many problems along the way, it is a bit annoying, but it is indeed because of his impatientness.

Li Xu noticed Zheng Yaoxian's embarrassment and ignored it.

If you make a mistake, you must be scolded, otherwise you will not be able to have a good meal.

He continued: "If Yang Wenrui is brave and decisive, he might even give us a counter-ambush. And here is a good place to ambush."

Zheng Yaoxian came back to his senses, looked at the valley entrance in the distance in surprise, and said in confusion: "You mean Yang Wenrui is likely to have been ambushing us here? But why did Captain Zhang Long repeatedly fail to investigate?"

"Are there any? You will know if you go into the valley with me?"

Li Xu smiled confidently, took off the general's armor on his body, put on a small soldier's armor, pretended to be a soldier, followed Zhang Long, and walked into the canyon.

Zheng Yaoxian was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly rode his horse to follow him.
Chapter completed!