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"Tie Niu, I'll just ask you one question,"

Zhao Yuan said helplessly,

"If I die in the future, will you cut off my head and send it to the government?"

"Brother, what nonsense are you talking about!"

Li Kui immediately shouted without thinking.

"With me, Li Kui, here, no one else can harm a single hair on my brother's head!"

"Tie Niu, the chieftain was just using an analogy,"

Qin Ming shook his head, amused.

"Even using an analogy won't work!"

Li Kui said in a stunned and bewildered tone,

"If my brother really dies one day, I, Tie Niu, will definitely go before him!"

"Go to the underworld and be the little devil who clears the way for your brother!"

"never mind,"

Zhao Yuan was both amused and touched.

Li Kui is indeed bloodthirsty.

But once he's made up his mind...

Yet they were also utterly loyal and unwavering in their commitment!

Chapter 520 Showing the Enemy Pride

After pacifying Qingyun Mountain,

Afterwards, Huang Xin was ordered to lead 500 soldiers to guard the silver mine on the back mountain.

The Liangshan army rested for a day at Qingyun Mountain.

the next day,

They continued their advance towards Yizhou Prefecture.

Three days later,

The Liangshan army was far from Yizhou Prefecture.

It's less than thirty li away now.

"Chief, the soldiers have been traveling for several days straight,"

Xu Ning suggested,

"It would be better to set up camp here and rest for the night, and then advance on Yizhou Prefecture tomorrow."

"If we set up camp here, we must also be wary of a night raid by the Yizhou Prefecture army,"

Lin Chong frowned and said,

"Brother, has no news come out of Yizhou city?"

"No,"

Zhao Yuan shook his head.

"Our scouts reported that Yizhou Prefecture has been under lockdown for the past five days, with entry and exit strictly prohibited."

"It seems the authorities are also wary of our spies."

Sun An said in a deep voice,

"Chief, let's set up camp here as Teacher Xu suggested."

"However, it would be best to set up an empty camp!"

"You also think the Yizhou garrison will come back to raid the camp at night?"

Zhao Yuan asked.

"If it were ordinary state or local government troops, they might not dare to launch an attack,"

Sun An analyzed,

"But according to the scouts, the one currently in charge of the city's defense in Yizhou Prefecture is Zhao Xin from Zhaojia Village in Mengyin County."

"Although this person is young, since he took office, he has managed the city's defenses in an orderly manner."

"Young people are often hot-blooded, so we have to be careful around him!"

"Zhaojia Village, Mengyin County..."

Zhao Yuan pondered for a moment,

I recalled the sorghum I obtained while seeking medical treatment at Liangshan.

I don't know which fair-skinned woman...

Having learned that Liangshan was attacking Yizhou Prefecture,

What would you think?

"How about this,"

Zhao Yuan looked up at the Liangshan generals.

"It's just past noon now, the entire army should immediately set up camp and rest."

"At night, clear out the camp and have all the soldiers lie in ambush around it, waiting for the enemy to raid the camp."

"But what if the Yizhou garrison doesn't come tonight?"

Qin Ming spoke up.

"The soldiers have been lying in ambush outside all night; they probably won't have the energy to attack the city tomorrow?"

"That's alright. Can we find a way to lure the enemy out to raid our camp?"

Zhao Yuan smiled slightly.

"Qiongying, in a little while you'll take a troop of cavalry and take a patrol outside Yizhou city."

“I’ll have someone write some arrogant letters of surrender, and you have the soldiers shoot them into the city.”

“Brother, if you want to persuade someone to surrender, you should do so with kind words. How can you be so arrogant?”

Qiongying asked, puzzled.

"Because this letter of surrender was intended for the general of Yizhou Prefecture,"

Sun An explained with a smile,

"The chieftain is showing off his arrogance to the enemy, making the generals of the Yizhou Prefecture army think that our Liangshan army is an arrogant army, thus luring them to raid our camp at night."

"...So that's how it is,"

After thinking for a moment, Qiong Ying understood.

"No wonder my brother entrusted this matter to me; it's simply because I am a woman!"

"If you don't want to go, I'll find someone else?"

Zhao Yuan asked with a smile.

"Yes, of course I'm going!"

Qiong Ying replied immediately,

"So what if they're arrogant soldiers? Don't worry, brother, I'll make sure those government troops from Yizhou Prefecture see what arrogant soldiers are all about!"

.....

In Yizhou Prefecture City,

Zhao Xin was instructing his trusted servants.

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"Remember, when you get to Zhaojia Village, give this letter to the old man."

"Bring the person back to me after the old man has taken care of things properly."

"Bring people back? Whom?"

Zhuang Ding asked in surprise.

You'll find out then,"

Zhao Xin frowned and said,

"Remember, try not to attract attention when entering the village, especially don't let the Gao family see you."

"Yes!"