Chapter 729 Smuggling
In the early morning of the next day, Ye Ningyu, Bai Chengzhi, Ye Anshu, Liu Yiping, Wu Sheng, and Xiao Weibei walked lightly and said goodbye to Mr. Lan in the courtyard.
"I just came here, and you have to leave again. Pay attention to safety and come back safely." Mr. Lan looked at a few young people and sighed, "You really have a life of running around and working hard."
"Teacher, don't worry, my disciple will return safely." Bai Chengzhi nodded deeply.
"Oh, I'm not talking about you, I'm talking about..." Lan Lao smiled and looked at Ye Ningyu, "You girl, even if you can fight, don't show off. Let him do dangerous things first. Dirty work is tiring.
Leave all the work to him." Mr. Lan said while pouting in Bai Chengzhi's direction.
Although Bai Chengzhi felt that he might not be the old man's biological disciple, he was very happy when he heard the teacher explain Ye Ningyu like this.
"Yes, Mr. Lan." Ye Ningyu did not refuse and agreed with a smile.
"Are you really going to take him with you?" Lan Lao looked at Ye Anshu who looked excited, "This time we are going to do business, not just for fun."
Ye Anshu hugged Lao Lan's arm. "Of course I followed my eldest sister and brother-in-law to do business, and I didn't have any intention of playing around."
Hearing Ye Anshu call him brother-in-law, Bai Chengzhi raised the corners of his lips. Ye Ningyu rolled his eyes at him. Last night, Bai Chengzhi was completely smitten by the call of brother-in-law and persuaded Ye Ningyu to take Ye Anshu with him.
Afterwards, Ye Ningyu thought about it and decided that it was right to take her eighth brother with her. As her eighth brother, she had never been thinking about studying since she was young. Instead, she wanted to go to the battlefield as a young general. She had not had the chance before, so she took her out to practice this time.
It's not impossible.
"From today on, Ning Mansion will close its doors to thank guests," Bai Chengzhi explained.
Lan Lao smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have already thought about what I said to Master. Just say that Master is seriously ill. You two good disciples have no intention of seeing anyone, so you will take care of Master behind closed doors."
Although this statement is not very auspicious, Mr. Lan doesn't mind. As for Bai Chengzhi, when he and Mr. Lan traveled around the country, this reason... was quite gentle. It was better than the one time when he just pretended to be dead.
"You really don't need me? Can you do it with just Liu Yiping?" Baili Xun frowned.
"Why can't I do it? My medical skills are not inferior to yours now." Liu Yiping was not convinced.
"Senior, don't worry. We are not going to fight this time, we are just conducting a secret investigation. We will not be seriously injured." Ye Ningyu comforted. "Besides, Kyoto may need you more."
Baili Xun said nothing more and nodded. "Waiting for you to come back."
"Have everyone outside been lured away?" Bai Chengzhi looked at Wu Sheng.
"Don't worry, young master, you won't even notice it." Wu Sheng believed in his head.
Before dawn, several figures dressed as servants left the back door of Ning Mansion and hurried all the way to the outside of the city. Outside the city of Kyoto, several entourages and several fast horses arranged by the concubine were already waiting.
"Young masters, my name is Xue Shan. We will take you to the border on this trip."
Xue Shan is an old man from the Ministry of War who is loyal to the Queen Mother and is very familiar with the border situation and the Nangong Army. Having them with you this time will get twice the result with half the effort.
The group of people left Kyoto at a high speed and traveled non-stop. When encountering a post, they changed horses and did not stay in an inn. They rushed forward eight hundred miles. They ran for four days from Kyoto to the first city in the western border of Yan Kingdom.
Xue Shan brought a map to Ye Ningyu and Bai Chengzhi. "Going to the west and passing three cities, there is our Yan Army camp. However, those Yan Army are all Nangong Army. We can't do this on this trip.
Enter the camp directly to avoid being held hostage by the Nangong Army."
Ning and Bai nodded after hearing this. The concubine had already told them about this situation.
There are 200,000 Nangong troops in the Yanxi territory, but the concubine estimated it to be 300,000.
Their purpose of coming to the border this time is to find out the situation and prevent all actions of the 300,000 troops at the border.
To capture the thief, capture the king first. To stop these armies, we must first find their generals.
Xue Shan handed a list to the two of them. The more than ten people on it were the generals of the Nangong Army stationed in the western border. However, it is not yet clear who caused the turmoil with the Yu State.
Ye Ningyu put the roster in his sleeve, "Since we can't go to the Yan Army camp, then we will go to the Yu Army camp."
"Yu Army Camp!" Xue Shan was shocked.
He only received an order from the concubine, asking him to bring these people to the Western Region with all his heart, and all actions should be under the command of Mr. Bai and Mr. Ning. Xue Shan did not know their identities.
Now when I heard Ye Ning say that going to Yujun's camp was as simple as having a meal, I felt excited in my heart.
"Don't worry, she has a way to get into the Yu Army's camp." Bai Chengzhi looked at Xue Shan, "It's just that it may be a bit troublesome to leave the Yan Kingdom now, and she will have to go through many rounds of investigations. You just need to tell us how to bypass the Nangong Army.
If you don’t go inside the city of Yan State, you can enter Yu State.”
Xue Shan was stunned, "Smuggling?"
"That's what I mean..." Bai Chengzhi curled his lips.
Xue Shan thought for a moment, "There is such a road, but the terrain is steep and requires climbing two mountains. There may be Yan soldiers guarding the mountain, but the number of troops is much smaller than in the city, and the inspection is easier."
"Then this is the way." Ye Ningyu said without thinking.
Fortunately, all of them had been in border battlefields, so it was no big deal to climb a few mountains, except for Ye Anshu.
But what surprised Ye Ningyu was that this noble man, who had lived in the Duke's mansion for sixteen years, followed them without saying a word, and he never felt tired even when he was sleeping in the open air.
In the past, she had underestimated him, but Ye Ningyu was happy for her eighth brother.
"Sister, was this the case when you fought in the past?" While resting on the way over the mountain, Ye Anshu came over and asked while nibbling on a piece of bread.
"Every time the battle situation is different, the situation will be different. However, in real war, life will not be in danger all the time. This is the only thing that is the same."
Ye Anshu looked at Ye Ningyu and was silent for a while.
"As the commander-in-chief of an army, your eldest sister not only has to consider her own safety, but also estimates the life and death of the army. During the battle at Gray Wolf Mountain, the terrain was much more complicated than it is now."
“The battle at Gray Wolf Mountain?”
Xue Shan closed his eyes and took a nap. He didn't hear anything else. He only woke up when he heard the words "Hui Lang Mountain".
"Yes." Bai Chengzhi smiled and looked at Ye Ningyu.
Xue Shan's eyes were full of awe, "That was indeed an unprecedented battle. If there is a chance, Xue would also like to ask the female general for advice in person."
Hearing this, Ye Anshu's face was filled with pride, and he pointed at Ye Ningyu who was wearing men's clothing and said, "What's so difficult about this? Just ask my brother."
Chapter completed!