Armed with a machete and a gun, armed with a system, they fled the famine.

Chapter 456 What do you mean?

Yu Hao slapped his thigh and immediately said, "Then let's do as Brother Yang says. Brother Yang, how should we use a feint attack now?"

Yang Sanlang glanced at the sky and said to Yu Hao and the others, "It's almost dawn, so it's no longer suitable to use a feint. Let's have our men find a place to hide and rest, and we'll deal with Wutuhu after dark."

Yu Hao and Zhang Liang nodded simultaneously and said, "Okay."

So, they led more than 10,000 men through the Yulin Mountains for a short while, and soon stopped five miles away from Wutuhu and hid.

Yang Sanlang remained in place to keep an eye on the movements of Wutuhu and his soldiers.

Before long, it was dawn.

Wutuhu thought about it for a long time and finally made a bold decision.

"Pass on my order: everyone continue eastward! We are to cross the Ngoc Lin Mountains and head directly to the capital of the Great Nguyen Dynasty!"

"General, this is far too risky. Should we send someone back to discuss this with the Khan and General Wutuxiong?"

When Wutuhu's trusted lieutenant heard that he wanted to cross Yulin Mountain to go to the capital, he immediately stepped forward to persuade him to stop.

Dou Qingran is in charge of the capital of the Great Ruan Dynasty, and there are more than just tens of thousands of troops there. They only have a mere 80,000 soldiers. How could they possibly take the capital?

But Wutuhu was always arrogant and didn't listen to his confidants' advice at all. He glared at them and kicked them.

"Get away from me! How dare you disobey me?!"

"Pass down the order: depart now!"

The trusted lieutenant was kicked so hard that he rolled over and lay on the ground, unable to get up for a long time.

Finally, enduring the excruciating pain and suppressing his emotions, he said, "Yes, Your subordinate obeys."

Before long, the barbarians made their move.

Yang Sanlang stood on a tall tree trunk and looked into the distance. He saw that the large tent where Wutuhu had rested had been removed. He himself remounted his horse and was surrounded by his trusted men as he headed east.

The other barbarians also hastily ate some dry rations to fill their stomachs, and followed behind dejectedly eastward.

Yang Sanlang's dark eyes flickered slightly, and he waited until all the barbarians had gone far away before climbing down from the big tree.

At this moment, Zhang Liang and Yu Hao, having heard the commotion ahead, also rushed over with their men.

Upon seeing Yang Sanlang, Yu Hao anxiously asked, "Brother Yang, Wutuhu has led his men eastward. Further east is Yizhou. Could it be that he intends to cross Yulin Mountain to reach Yizhou?"

Zhang Liang, stroking his chin, said from the side, "I think he doesn't want to go to Yizhou; he wants to go directly to the capital."

Yang Sanlang immediately gave him an approving look.

"You're right. Wutuhu wants to take advantage of the capital's unpreparedness to launch a surprise attack on the court. Heh, he's quite ambitious."

Upon hearing this, Yu Hao immediately gripped the large knife in his hand.

"Then what are we waiting for? I'm going to kill that beast right now!"

After saying that, he turned around and tried to leave.

Yang Sanlang hurriedly called the person to stop.

"Haozi, don't get excited. Going up against Wutuhu now would be like throwing an egg against a rock, and we'd only lose more than we gain. Let's quietly follow them and make our move after dark."

After thinking for a moment, Yu Hao had no choice but to suppress his impulse and listen to Yang Sanlang's arrangements.

Wutuhu led tens of thousands of troops into the unfamiliar Yulin Mountains. As a result, they walked through the mountains for a day but did not go very far.

Because they were unfamiliar with Yulin Mountain, they even went slightly astray. They were originally going east, but now they are heading southeast.

Yang Sanlang and Yu Hao, along with their men, quietly followed behind, always maintaining a certain distance from Wutuhu's army.

When the barbarians moved, they moved with them; when the barbarians stopped to rest, they stopped to rest as well.

Yang Sanlang and his men followed them for a whole day, but Wu Tu Hu's men didn't even notice they were being followed.

It was getting dark.

Wutuhu had his men find a wide, suitable area for camping, and they stopped to rest early on.

He probably just remembered the purpose of his southward march, so before going to sleep, he quickly wrote a letter, summoned his trusted subordinates, and ordered them to secretly head north with the letter.

The letter contained nothing particularly special, only stating that Yuncheng could not be captured for the time being due to the help of the Great Ruan Dynasty's reinforcements. He had made a last-minute decision to lead his troops to the capital to catch Dou Qingran off guard, hoping that the Khan and his men would quickly resolve the Dou family army in the north and come to the capital to help him as soon as possible.

Yang Sanlang spotted his trusted subordinate as he emerged from the barbarian camp.

He instructed Zhang Liang and Yu Hao not to act rashly, and then quietly followed his trusted subordinate into the distance.

Only after Wutuhu's trusted men were far away from Wutuhu's army did Yang Sanlang lightly tap his toes, leap over, and slice off the man's head with a single stroke.

The poor man died without ever knowing how he died.

Yang Sanlang quickly wiped the broadsword clean, then went up and began to grope the man's body.

He quickly found the handwritten letter from Wutuhu in the man's arms.

Coincidentally, Yang Sanlang had learned the barbarian script from Su Yanzhi back then.

He unfolded the handwritten note and read its contents by the dim light of the fire.

Seeing that the capital city and Dou's army in the north were indeed mentioned above, Yang Sanlang realized that the current situation in the north might not be optimistic.

So he burned the book, quickly dug a hole, buried the barbarian, and then hurried back.

When Yu Hao saw him return, he quickly asked in a low voice, "Brother Yang, what's the situation with that guy just now? Did that bastard Wutuhu come up with some weird tricks again?"

Yang Sanlang lowered his brows slightly and said calmly, "No, Wutuhu just wrote a letter. In the letter, he said that he plans to lead his troops directly across Yulin Mountain to the capital and then launch a surprise attack on the capital."

Upon hearing this, Zhang Liang immediately said, "Wu Tu Hu really did have this plan."

Yu Hao, who was standing to the side, rubbed his hands together excitedly and urged Yang Sanlang, "Brother Yang, it's getting late, shall we start our operation?"

However, Yang Sanlang reached out and pressed down on his eager shoulder, and said in a deep voice to him and Zhang Liang, "No, there is one more thing we must do immediately."

Upon hearing this, Yu Hao and Zhang Liang exchanged a glance and were both taken aback.

"Brother Yang, what do you mean?"