Daming: At the start of the showdown, Lao Zhu was stunned

Chapter 820: Trouble at Night
"No." Zhu Su shook his head and denied Gou'er's guess. "If we really want to leave, they can't stop us... Again, they are not strong enough. Fu Puxin is not a mediocre person, so he must know this truth: no matter how good the strategy is, if the strength is not enough, it will be difficult to achieve anything."

He thought about it. He still couldn't figure out the key point, so he laughed and said to himself: "Perhaps, I really misunderstood the good people's hearts. The old patriarch is really just a foreigner who admires the rule of the Han people... I have also seen that there is no sign of fighting in this tribe. Even if Fu Puxin can deceive the fools again, I am afraid that it will be difficult to make the entire tribe submit to him in just a few days. There must be fighting."

"Not to mention that they deceived us by letting the entire tribe work with them."

Everyone nodded with a heavy heart, and a layer of doubt in their hearts. Zhu Su thought about it, but still worried, so he simply ordered: "Di Meng, take a few people to investigate at night to see if there are any unusual movements among the tribe's people."

"Remember, don't let the foreigners find out...if they are really hospitable, it would make us look mean."

"Yes." Di Meng accepted the order in a low voice and went out immediately. Chang Mao thought about it and said, "Your Highness, I will also ask the brothers to make some preparations."

"It's no big deal to not sleep this night, but if something goes wrong, I'll regret it."

"Yes." Zhu Su nodded. This was indeed a safe move. "Go ahead. Thank you, Brother Chang."

Chang Mao also responded to the order. Zhu Su touched the cold armor on his body and felt a little relieved for some reason...

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But Di Meng returned to his lodgings and woke up several Zhou Wangwei. They changed into black clothes and began to investigate the tribe on the top of the mountain. These Zhou Wangwei had been trained as special forces in the past. They were good at facing the enemy head-on in battle formations, but they were also good at high-profile and low-profile spy work. Several people went to different places to collect suspicious intelligence.

Di Meng went to the place where the banquet was held. According to what His Highness said, there seemed to be something suspicious about the old clan leader, and the place where the banquet was held was the clan leader's house. Tonight, the moon was bright and the stars were sparse. He stepped carefully in the shadows and touched the clan leader's house little by little.

The tribe seemed to have a small population and there were not many guard posts. Di Meng safely reached the house. When he looked up, he saw a small light in one of the windows of the house, which was particularly eye-catching in the cold moonlight.

Di Meng narrowed his eyes and secretly moved towards the window.

Most of the foreigners' wooden houses were built with logs, and the window hinges were mostly just holes dug in the wood, without any shielding. It was precisely because of this that the sounds from inside the house could be heard clearly outside. Di Meng crouched under the window and indeed heard someone whispering inside the house.

One person said: "... we finally managed to divide the Ming army into two groups. Once the hour of Chou comes, we will move together."

The other person's voice was obviously that of the tribe leader, but originally he sounded like an honest old man, but now he sounded a lot more treacherous. He just said, "Hey, I thought the Sea King asked us to stay in the mountains, so we could only pick up some rotten fish and shrimp to eat."

"I didn't expect that the commander of the Ming army would be so reckless as to personally lead his troops up the mountain. What's even more intimidating is that the leader of the team is actually a prince!"

"If we can capture this hostage, then the Ming Dynasty will be at our mercy. Even if we can't capture him, burning a Ming prince to death will make us famous!"

The man in front hesitated for a while and said, "This damn place has a hot and humid climate. I'm afraid it's not easy to catch fire. Is the plan going to go wrong? We're moving too fast. What if Wei Ming Gouzi finds out? We should follow the arrangement of the Sea King. It's better not to alert the enemy..."

The old clan leader said, "Hey, what do you know? Not to mention that the prince of the Ming Dynasty is trapped in the house, even if he hides in the sea, I can still burn him..."

The sound of clinking glasses rang out, and the two seemed to be still drinking, but Di Meng was frightened and said, "Oh no, Your Highness thought that the White Lotus bandits were not strong enough, but he didn't expect that there was another group of people on Dawan Island."

"This so-called Sea King must be a gang of pirates. I'm afraid they have been operating in this Great Bay Island for a long time... Do they want to burn Your Highness to death? No, we must quickly warn you."

Di Meng hurriedly stepped on the shadows and left. When he saw a bush in front of him, he dodged into the bush. He thought those people in the shadows would not be able to see him, but he forgot that the windows of the tribe were not sealed. The two people sat opposite each other in the house and drank, but he saw the bushes outside the house swaying in his peripheral vision.

"Who?" One of them stood up in surprise.

"What's wrong?" The bandit disguised as the old patriarch was stunned for a moment, then asked alertly.

"...It seemed like there was someone there just now, but it also seemed like there wasn't. Maybe I was seeing things." The man was skeptical.

The old bandit was much more cautious. He quickly picked up a big knife and called someone to go out of the house with torches. After searching, they indeed found a shallow footprint in the bushes. The group couldn't help but become serious.

"Damn it, Ming Gouzi heard it." The old bandit cursed.

"When did they begin to have doubts?" another person asked in confusion.

They thought they had no flaws, but they didn't know why these Ming people would send people to eavesdrop at night?

"No matter how these Ming dogs know... Tell the people down the mountain, don't wait until the morning, act now!" the old bandit said fiercely. "The Ming dogs don't know our details, it's not too late to act now, we should take advantage of the night and kill them first!"

"Can this... really work?" The man hesitated. "The Sea King just wants us to hold them off until dawn..."

Unfortunately, the bandit disguised as the clan leader was too eager to gain merit and could not hear his words. He had no choice but to grit his teeth, raise his sword, and join the troops fighting against the Ming army.

Di Meng sneaked along the way and met up with his personal guard who was going to other places to investigate. The personal guard looked anxious and said to Di Meng in panic: "Commander, it's bad, this tribe is really cheating."

"Go west and explore... We found that they are secretly preparing hay and firewood piles. They must be planning to set fire to them!"

Another guard also looked solemn. He clasped his fists to Di Meng and said, "Commander, I have checked the houses of the aboriginals in the south."

"This tribe is really weird. The houses are filled with strong men, and there is no trace of women or old people... Could it be that these people have been reproducing for generations without the need for women?"

Di Meng's face turned pale, and he said to his subordinates, "I already know everything you have found out."

"Now is not the time to delay... Hurry, go back and find His Highness. It is important that He leaves this place as soon as possible!"

(End of this chapter)