At night, the biting cold wind blew across his face like a knife. Chen Jinjun, wrapped in a thick cloak, took Xu Fanming and several bodyguards who were familiar with the situation in the mountains, and quietly walked into Huo Tingyu's study through the back door of Huo Mansion.
Chen Jinjun knocked on the door and heard the heated discussion inside stopped.
"Come in, Mr. Chen's house." Huo Tingyu's rich voice came from inside.
The escort on the side helped Chen Jinjun open the door.
As soon as Chen Jinjun entered, he saw a huge map spread on the table in front of Huo Tingyu.
"It's difficult to walk at night, so we were delayed for a while." Chen Jinjun untied his thick cloak, revealing his pale face from the cold.
Huo Tingyu glanced at the paper-white skin and frowned.
After a bit of cold wind, my face turned pale like this, which means my body is a little weaker.
But Chen Jinjun immediately began to discuss the operation into the mountain tomorrow afternoon, which made him put down this idea.
After this evening's discussion, Chen Jinjun had a better understanding of Huo Tingyu.
The adjutants and military advisors under him are not like those officials in Yongzhou who just sit there and do nothing to fulfill their duties. Instead, they all have extremely high military attainments.
It seems that there is a reason why Yongzhou has been so peaceful these years.
Chen Jinjun couldn't help but glance at Huo Tingyu.
At this time, Huo Tingyu was also looking at her with a look that she couldn't understand.
This look made Chen Jinjun's whole body hairy and he felt uncomfortable everywhere.
She frowned and glared at Huo Tingyu.
Huo Tingyu came to his senses as if from a dream, and then immediately lowered his eyes and looked at the map on the table.
It wasn't until late at night that the final action plan was finalized.
Chen Jinjun stretched out and said to Huo Tingyu: "Then as agreed, the commander will send 5,000 people into the mountain, and Captain Xu and I will send 500 escorts to lead the way."
"When the time comes to raid the house, we have to ask Xu Fan to lead the way." Huo Tingyu gave Xu Fanming a meaningful look.
Xu Fanming raised his eyebrows indifferently: "Of course."
"Then I'll go back first." Chen Jinjun planned to resign.
"Everyone, go back and have a good rest during the day. In the evening, prepare to go into the mountains with your men."
Huo Tingyu waved his hand and put away the map on the table.
Chen Jinjun left Huo Tingyu's study and prepared to return to his yard.
Xu Fanming walked with her and asked her pretending to be unintentional: "What do you think of Huo Tingyu?"
Chen Jinjun didn't even think about it: "He is a good general. Although he does not know about gold and silver, he understands the suffering of the people and can clearly distinguish between right and wrong."
Then she looked at Xu Fanming curiously: "Why do you ask that?"
Xu Fanming looked up at the night sky without stars or moon, and said with some emotion: "It's nothing, we both have the same idea."
After saying this, he smiled to himself.
Xu Fanming, Xu Fanming, what are you thinking about?
There is not much green in the mountains during the March-Ninth season. All you can see is a vast expanse of brown and black, with occasionally pines and cypresses revealing a dim green.
Chen Jinjun looked at the hands held together by Huo Tingyu and Xu Fanming, and felt that there was a strange atmosphere between the two people.
While the sky was still bright, a large group of people began to quietly circle from the mountains to the top of the mountain.
Huo Tingyu looked at Chen Jinjun in surprise: "My boss can actually follow the team for so long."
Chen Jinjun glanced at him in confusion: "How useless am I, Chen Jinjun, in the eyes of the commander-in-chief?"
"No, I was originally worried that Dongjia wouldn't be able to keep up with the team, but now it seems that Dongjia is doing well."
Huo Tingyu looked at the gray clouds in the sky: "It looks like it's going to snow."
"I guess we'll have to wait until noon tomorrow to get the rain." Xu Fanming also looked up.
Huo Tingyu looked at Xu Fanming curiously and inquiringly: "Head Xu is very knowledgeable about celestial phenomena?"
"You'll know it after you've been around a lot," Xu Fanming smiled nonchalantly, "Speaking from experience cannot be put on the table."
The group of people walked slowly, quietly getting rid of a few Cai family members who were hiding here and watching out.
Chen Jinjun looked at the hilltop in front of him that was the same as the one on the sand table: "We're here."
Huo Tingyu looked at the sky: "It's estimated that there are still two hours until dawn. Let's put the rope in place first and act as soon as dawn comes."
This time to clear out Cai Ying's hidden cigarettes, Huo Tingyu took more than 2,000 people to the mountain, arranged more than 1,000 people at the foot of the mountain, and more than 1,000 people were on standby in the city. When the signal was received, he immediately surrounded those who wanted to arrest and ransack their homes.
's mansion.
Chen Jinjun sat on the ground and leaned on the edge of the stone to recover his strength.
Xu Fanming stood aside and looked down the mountain. The city was dark, and he could only vaguely see the road paved with rock slabs.
I guess Cai Ying is still having sweet dreams at this time.
He smiled mockingly.
The army's mobility was very strong, and within a short time the ropes had been tied up on the mountain.
After resting for about an hour, the sky turned slightly white.
As soon as Huo Tingyu waved his hand, the vanguard immediately pulled the rope and descended along the cliff.
In the early morning, when the sentries were most relaxed, their throats had been cut before they could even scream when they saw the figure.
Huo Tingyu saw on the edge of the cliff that someone had entered the fortress hidden in the mountain, and immediately sent the second group of people down.
After a while, the people inside the fortress discovered the intrusion of outsiders and immediately began to fight back.
For a moment, gunshots rang through the mountain forest, startling birds and animals, and also alarming the Cai family in the mountains.
But what they faced was the army of the Yongzhou government, and no amount of resistance was in vain.
After a while, a rhythmic whistle came from below. Huo Tingyu looked at Chen Jinjun: "Let's go, boss."
Chen Jinjun held the rope tightly and slowly descended.
Xu Fanming, who was descending from the side, looked at Chen Jinjun's nervous look and couldn't help but tease her: "I didn't expect my boss to be afraid of something."
Chen Jinjun ignored him, pursed his lips tightly, and carefully landed at the entrance.
The entire entrance doesn't look very big, and it's so dark inside that no one can be seen clearly.
Chen Jinjun followed Xu Fanming and walked in. The oil lamp inside illuminated the entire space.
Cai Ying's men who were guarding the place were detained in a corner, and soldiers took them to find a place where the smoke was hidden.
Chen Jinjun couldn't help but hold his breath when he looked at the spectacular scene inside the warehouse.
She thought that the Chen family's warehouse was full of things, but compared with the baskets of big black lumps here, they were still inferior.
Huo Tingyu frowned: "Is this all?"
"Go back to Marshal, we found this with the servants here. Vice Admiral Ji is now examining it over there."
Huo Tingyu nodded: "Count all the smoke here. Not even a basket can be left behind."
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Chen Jinjun looked at this mountain palace that was carved out with huge manpower and material resources, and couldn't help but sigh: "This Cai Ying is more willing to work than those bandits in Guandong."
"Have you seen the dens of the Guandong bandits?" Xu Fanming asked curiously.
"We met when we went to Guandong to buy ginseng." Chen Jinjun looked at the large blue bricks on the roof and couldn't help but admired.
At this time, Ji Li walked out of it and wiped his hands with disgust on his face as he walked this way.
"I asked, this is just the upper layer, there is another layer below, and there is probably heavy smoke inside."
"Have you asked how you got down?" Huo Tingyu looked at the blood on Ji Li's hand that had not been wiped off and didn't ask any more questions.