Chapter 1016 Patrolling The Mountain


    The Lingxi City was built on a in with fertilend and sufficient water. On the in, it was difficult to


    set up an ambush if there was a battle. On the East and west sides of the Lingxi City, there were two


    mountains with dense forests. The mountain in the East was rtively t, and it extended for dozens


    of miles along the Qianshui River. The mountain in the West was steep and the forest was more dense,


    but it was also very dangerous because beasts roamed wild there.


    Yun Shang chose the mountain in the East as the destination for her visit today. She rode out of the city


    and headed for the Langya Mountain.


    They were just out of the city, when they saw the way up the mountain. Although there was no official


    road to the mountain, it was not steep. Yun Shang directly rode up the mountain. After passing through


    more than half of the forest, they found it became more dense and the horse seemed to be tired. Yun


    Shang got off the horse and led it up the mountain.


    Most of the trees in the forest were spruces and cypresses, and the azaleas were blooming brightly.


    They had walked for more than two hours, but Yun Shang didn''t see anything wrong. She remembered


    thest experience when she investigated the terrain like this. It seemed to be during the battle in the


    KY City. It was during that terrain investigation that she got to know Liu Yinfeng.


    At that time, she was trapped in the small yard by Liu Yinfeng''s North Seven Stars Array. Atst, it was


    also Luo Qingyan who saved her.


    Thinking of this, Yun Shang smiled. However, she suddenly stopped. North Seven Stars Array? If she


    remembered correctly, it seemed that the State of Yng had never had an array in the battlefield since


    ancient times. What they relied on in the battles were their brave soldiers and valiant horses. It was


    highly possible that Cangjue Qingsu knew nothing about the array.


    A light shed in Yun Shang''s eyes. She had been apprenticed to Qing Cang, the array master.


    Although Yun Shang was too busy to learn much from Qing Cang, she had read the array book given


    by Qing Cang carefully. She could even draw every array in it.


    If they fought with the array, it might be possible to have victories in spite of being weaker and


    outnumbered.


    Yun Shang was thinking about it, when the secret guard behind her eximed, "Master, look, there


    seems to be smoke over there."


    Yun Shang looked in the direction pointed by the secret guard and saw a ck smoke rising from the


    forest in the distance. Yun Shang looked at the smoke carefully. It was small, and it should not be


    burned from wet leaves, but dry things. Besides, with such an only smoke nearby there should not be a


    "Probe," Yun Shang ordered concisely.


    The secret guard responded and quickly hid away in the forest.


    Although she didn''t think there would be arge number of soldiers stationed there, Yun Shang was


    also worried that it would be some spy sent by the State of Yng, so she hid under a protruding


    stone.


    The secret guard moved very fast. Not long after, he came back and reported, "Master, there is a


    thatched hut in the distance. I think it should be a temporary resting ce for the people at the foot of


    the mountain when they go hunting. But now an old couple live inside. I''m afraid they are the people


    who seek refuge."


    Yun Shang was a little surprised, "Why are there people hiding in this mountain?"


    The secret guard nodded and replied, "During the war, most people will escape far away, but some


    older people have troubles in walking, or they don''t have enough money. Thus most of them just hide in


    the woods."


    Yun Shang still had doubts in her heart. She thought for a moment and said, "You wait outside. One


    person will go with me. I have to see myself if they are truly ordinary hiding old people or not."


    Hearing this, a female secret guard stood out and said, "I''ll go with Master. Women are not easy to be


    suspected."


    Yun Shang nodded slightly. Fortunately, today''s secret guards dressed up as ordinary people in order


    to hide their identity.


    "What''s your name?" Yun Shang asked.


    The woman hurriedly replied, "I am Zhi Wei."


    "Zhi Wei. All right. Give them your sword. Let''s go, " Yun Shang said and walked towards the ce


    where the smoke rose.


    The hut looked quite near, but it would take some time to walk over there. When Yun Shang arrived at


    the thatched hut, she was out of breath. From a distance, she saw an old woman in her fifties washing


    wild vegetables at the door. The old woman first removed the roots off the wild vegetables, washed


    them in a bucket, and then picked them up.


    She stood up and saw Yun Shang and Zhi Wei. She seemed to be shocked by the sudden appearance


    of the two visitors, and her body trembled. She then let out a scream, and the vegetables in her hands


    fell into the bucket.


    An old man walked out of the hut quickly, with a kitchen knife in his hand. He stared fiercely at both Yun


    Shang and Zhi Wei.


    Yun Shang hurriedly said, "Don''t panic, Grandpa. My sister and I came to the Lingxi City to look for our


    family, but we were driven out before we entered the city. We don''t know why we got lost ande


    here. We want to go to the Deer City. How can we go, Grandpa?"


    The old couple were still on their guard. They stared at Yun Shang and Zhi Wei. After a long time, the


    grandpa pointed in a direction and said, "Over there in that direction."


    Yun Shang nodded, cupped her hands in gratitude, and left the thatched hut with Zhi Wei.


    "Master," when they were far away from the hut, Zhi Wei said, "Both the elders should not be kung fu


    masters."


    Yun Shang nodded, "All right. Let''s go."


    It was about noon when they two met with the other secret guards. The secret guards handed water


    and cakes to Yun Shang, and Yun Shang ate some randomly before starting their journey again. They


    had just gone not far away, when a secret guard held Yun Shang''s hand again, "Master, footsteps."


    Yun Shang paused, and two of the secret guards behind her had already bent down on the ground and


    listened for a long time before reporting, "The footsteps areing from the north, and there should be


    many people. But they don''t get close or go far."


    Listening to the description of the secret guards, Yun Shang had vaguely guessed what was ahead.


    She took out the map, which was marked with many red dots. She then looked up at the sunlight in the


    gaps between the trees and asked, "Where are we now?"


    A secret guard quickly got near the map, looked at it, and pointed to a ce on it.


    Yun Shang''s eyes lit up. The ce the secret guard pointed at had a red dot. Luo Qingyan had told her


    that it was a military camp of the State of Xia. The map was small after all, so they could see that their


    current position was almost identical to the red dot on the map. However, in fact, they should still be a


    little far from each other.


    "Judging from the footsteps, how far is it from us?" Yun Shang asked.


    The secret guardy on the ground again and listened for a long time before answering, "About a mile."


    One mile away was very close in distance.


    Yun Shang made a mark on the red dot with her nails and then looked up, "Let''s not go north. Let''s go


    east."


    Yun Shang patrolled the mountain for about two hours before going down. After that, Yun Shang and


    the team went straight to the camp outside the Lingxi City.


    It was getting dark when they got to the outside of the camp. The torches had been lit up everywhere.


    When Yun Shang and the others walked to the gate of the camp, she saw Zhao Yingjieing out on


    a horse with many people.


    Zhao Yingjie also saw Yun Shang from a distance. He stopped the horse, jumped off it and greeted,


    ""Hail Your Majesty."


    The soldiers and the generals following Zhao Yingjie were surprised to see Yun Shang. After a pause,


    they knelt down with Zhao Yingjie and said, "Greetings, your majesty!"


    Yun Shang nodded slightly and looked at Zhao Yingjie, "Where are you going, General Zhao?"


    Zhao Yingjie replied in a hurry, "I''ll go on an inspection tour."


    "Where is his majesty?" Yun Shang asked softly.


    Zhao Yingjie understood what Yun Shang meant. He called his bodyguard aside and said, "Take her


    majesty to the General''s tent."


    Yun Shang thought for a while and said, "General Zhao, please go on an inspectionter. I have


    something to discuss with the Emperor about this battle. Let''s go together."


    Hearing this, Zhao Yingjie answered yes. Then he turned around and said to a general behind him,


    "General Li, you have the inspection today, please."


    General Li responded in a hurry. Then he stood up, bowed to Yun Shang, got on his horse, and left with


    the soldiers. Zhao Yingjie then threw the reins to the soldiers guarding the camp and said respectfully


    to Yun Shang, "Your majesty, this way please."


    The general camp was in the middle of the whole camp. As soon as Yun Shang entered, she saw Luo


    Qingyan standing behind the table, drawing something on the long map.


    "Your Majesty," Yun Shang greeted with a smile.


    Luo Qingyan looked up and smiled, "you''re back?"


    Yun Shang nodded slightly and walked forward,. "Didn''t you say that Cangjue Qingsu would be here to


    fight today?"


    Luo Qingyan nodded and smiled, "yes, but he was scared away by me right away."


    Yun Shang knew it wouldn''t be that simple, but since Luo Qingyan didn''t want to tell her, she wouldn''t


    ask. She just asked softly, "Do you have any news about their former majesties?"


    "When the State of Yng called for battle this morning, they were taken to stand on a carriage as a


    threat to us," Luo Qingyan said casually as usual.


    Yun Shang was worried. Luo Qingyan added, "But it doesn''t matter. They looked fine."


    Obviously, Luo Qingyan didn''t want Yun Shang to worry too much, so he changed the topic quickly, "I


    heard that you went to the Langya mountain today? Have you found anything? "


    Yun Shang nodded slightly, "Yes."


    Then she turned to look at Zhao Yingjie, "General Zhao, do you know that there are some old and


    weak people in the city who can''t escape to other cities, so they are now hiding in the mountain?"


    Zhao Yingjie nodded slightly, "Yes, there are a lot of them. But we have specifically investigated them.


    They are indeed ordinary people."


    Hearing this, Yun Shang shook her head, with disapproval in her eyes, "No, I found that there were


    spies from the State of Yng sneaking into the mountain. Although only two people were found today,


    I''m afraid the real number of the spies is not small."             Content is ? 2024 N?velDrama.Org.