Zhang Han did not immediately analyze the possible locations where the Mohists would take action. Instead, he chose to continue asking for help and asked Gu Xun directly:
"Sir, the people from the Mo family are now..."
"You have to check it yourself." Gu Xun did not directly tell Zhang Han the answer as he wanted, but smiled and let him figure it out on his own.
However, this was not because Gu Xun was deliberately making things difficult for Zhang Han, but because he didn't know it either.
Recently, he had been eating until he was full, waiting to go to bed, and waiting to eat when he woke up. He didn't pay much attention to the Mo family's movements at all.
In addition, the Mo family has done a good job in keeping secrets this time. The ordinary disciples at the bottom and the reinforcements from the farmhouse don't know exactly what they are going to do before they officially take action tonight.
Only the top management understands the general content of the plan, and naturally the top management will not leak important information easily.
Of course, Liusha has a way to get information, but because Gu Xun is not interested in it, Liusha, who has been diving recently, will naturally not have any trouble.
Even if Gu Xun wanted to help Zhang Han, he couldn't do anything... Moreover, he didn't want to help Zhang Han in this matter.
Zhang Han didn't know this and thought that Gu Xun just didn't want to tell him. He was quite disappointed but didn't bother much.
In any case, his old boss at least let him know that he no longer had to worry about the most troublesome problems. As for the rest, he just had to do his best.
If you're lucky, you can get away with nothing, but if you're unlucky, you'll be punished.
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At the same time, on the edge of a sea cliff on the outskirts of Songhai City.
Wearing a black robe that perfectly blended into the night, Wei Zhuang quietly brushed his teeth and looked at the bright moon on the sea, his silver hair shining like water under the moonlight.
In the shadow of the mountain forest behind him, two figures walked towards him slowly.
One of the visitors was Zhang Liang, and the other was A Yan.
Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many people, and the three of them are certainly no exception.
Hearing the movement behind him, Wei Zhuang immediately turned around.
Zhang Liang stepped forward and asked, "Brother Wei Zhuang."
Ayan then bowed and said hello in a gentle tone, "I've met Uncle Wei Zhuang."
Wei Zhuang replied coldly, "You two seem to have a lot of time tonight."
"Of course he is not as busy as Brother Wei Zhuang." Zhang Liang replied with a smile, his tone was neither negative nor positive, making people feel as if he was being satirized, but also not as if he was not.
Wei Zhuang snorted softly and replied in the same tone of voice, "Take people's money and naturally eliminate disasters with them."
He couldn't stay idle tonight, but he was busy because Zhang Liang was bleeding and asked him to take action, so his work would not be in vain.
Zhang Liang was still smiling, as if he didn't care about anything outside him at all, and turned to ask, "Speaking of which, I don't know what mission the Mo family has arranged for Brother Wei Zhuang tonight?"
Although Wei Zhuang was hired by Zhang Liang, and although the Mo family was not very willing to contact Wei Zhuang directly in the past, this time they unusually took the initiative to bypass Zhang Liang and directly assigned tasks to Wei Zhuang.
Hearing this question, Wei Zhuang's lips curled up with a touch of sarcasm, and he turned around and asked lightly, "I'm still staying in Songhai at this time, what mission do you think they have arranged for me?"
After Zhang Liang lowered his eyes and pondered for a moment, he suddenly raised his head and said, "Oh...it seems that Brother Wei Zhuang is responsible for blocking Songhai's reinforcements."
Wei Zhuang corrected him, "To be precise, they only asked me to find a way to intercept Zhang Han."
Although Wei Zhuang is very strong, it is definitely unrealistic to expect him to intercept all the reinforcements from Songhai alone.
The last time Gai Nie tried to intercept Meng Tian and his Golden Fire Cavalry, he had to rely on certain terrain advantages, plus Meng Tian's personal life was at risk.
But this time, if Songhai made any move, he would be rushing to rescue him.
Don't even threaten the general's life for this kind of thing. Even if you threaten the eighteenth generation of the general's ancestors, he won't dare to withdraw his troops.
Although the Mo family was concerned about Wei Zhuang's position and did not dare to use him on key matters, they had no intention of sending him to die.
So I just asked him to find a way to stop Zhang Han, the commander of the Shadow Guards.
For Wei Zhuang, this job is a useful but unimportant task that can make almost perfect use of his strength and will not interfere at all with the main battlefield situation on the Xixiang Valley Road.
"For the Mo family, this is indeed the most suitable task for you to assign to Uncle Wei Zhuang." Ayan immediately understood Master Ban's plan after hearing this, and couldn't help but sigh with a smile.
Wei Zhuang just sneered and didn't want to express any opinions on this.
If he hadn't collected the money in advance, he would have given up his choice.
Upon seeing this, Zhang Liang changed the subject with a smile and said, "Speaking of it, the recent movements of the Shadow Guards are quite surprising. Commander Zhang Han doesn't seem to be very active."
Wei Zhuang sneered, "It's just fear."
Wei Zhuang didn't know Zhang Han's specific mental journey, nor Gu Xun's repeated warnings to him, but he still deduced the reason for his behavior from Zhang Han's behavior - it was simply the fear of getting involved in the power struggle within the empire.
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Of course, Zhang Liang clearly saw the political implications and understood the meaning of Wei Zhuang's words, and then continued, "General Zhang Han's temporary hibernation seems to have prevented him from catching up with the good show tonight."
Zhang Han's recent conservatism has caused him to fail to catch the tail of all the Mohist family's actions, so he doesn't know where the Mohist family will take action tonight.
The Xixiang Valley Road is too far away from Songhai. When the news of the attack on the convoy comes, Zhang Han leads people to rush there, I'm afraid... it's over!
Hearing this, Ayan added, "If he is still unable to locate the Mo family's movements tonight, he should soon figure out the problem."
"If you respond in advance, you won't be late."
Zhang Liang's smile did not change and he looked at Wei Zhuang, "In this case, the money I spent will not be wasted."
Wei Zhuang glanced at him sideways, "Are you here because you are worried about money?"
"Money is naturally just a trivial matter." Zhang Liang raised his eyebrows and smiled, and then told a piece of information, "I want to tell Brother Wei Zhuang something."
"Not long ago, Zhang Han went to the general's residence. I'm afraid he will make further moves soon."
This news was indeed of great value to Wei Zhuang. He twitched his brows, thought for a moment, then turned around and left.
Zhang Liang and Ayan watched silently, no one tried to stop them, and no one spoke to Wei Zhuang again.
After Wei Zhuang left, Ayan looked at Zhang Liang and said, "Uncle Zhang Liang, even if Uncle Wei Zhuang can stop Zhang Han, the Mo family's actions will not go smoothly."
Considering the scale of the Mo family's operation this time, it really doesn't matter whether Zhang Han and the Shadow Guards can arrive in time.
It's not that Zhang Han is useless, but that he can't control the outcome.
Zhang Liang replied with a smile, "After all, we can be considered allies of the Mo family. We should help no matter what."
Ayan nodded when he heard the words and didn't say anything more about it.
Anyway, it was Zhang Liang who paid the money and Wei Zhuang who did the work. He had nothing to do with her, just mentioned it casually.
"Uncle Zhang Liang, are you going to watch the play tonight?" Ayan asked again, changing the subject.
"Of course I want to go." Zhang Liang put his hands on his back, replied, and walked back along the way he came. "The Mo family must not make a big fuss this time. If we miss it, I will probably regret it for the rest of my life."
Ayan smiled slightly and followed Zhang Liang.
As Zhang Liang said, even if you don't consider any profit factors and simply consider seeing the world, tonight's scene is not to be missed. You must go there in person to see it.
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Shortly after Wei Zhuang left and parted with Zhang Liang, Zhang Han, as they expected, led the elite main force of the Shadow Secret Guard out of the city.
Although he could not get the standard answer directly from Gu Xun, Zhang Han quickly came up with his own answer.
At first glance, Zhang Han seems to have no clue at this time and has no way to solve the problem. In fact, there are still many clues for him to analyze.
First of all, he judged what the Mohist family planned to do based on the Mohist family's large-scale personnel mobilization, the possible support of farmers, and their choice to start directly outside Songhai.
Considering the tightness of the protection of the East Patrol Team, the Mohists definitely have no chance of sneaking in for assassination. Coupled with the large-scale mobilization of manpower...
Although Zhang Han felt that the Mo family was completely crazy, he had to admit that the Mo family most likely planned to attack the Eastern Patrol Team.
Of course, with the strength of the Mo family, even if they get some support from the farmers, it is impossible to really defeat the Eastern Patrol Team, but after creating a certain amount of chaos, there may not be no chance of fishing in troubled waters.
Zhang Han felt that he was probably as crazy as the Mohists for thinking of this direction, but this was indeed the most likely inference he could think of.
Based on this possibility, it will be much easier to continue to speculate on the location of the Mohist family's actions.
Large-scale ambush battles cannot be fought in any location, and there are not many locations for them to choose from.
Zhang Han deduced the current approximate location based on the speed of the convoy, and then excluded the suburbs of Songhai that had been searched by the Shadow Guards, and successfully circled a rough range.
Then...he couldn't directly pinpoint a clear answer, and could only vaguely select a few possible locations.
But this is enough.
Zhang Han sent his scouts ahead to confirm the situation at the location he selected, and then he led his large army slightly behind, closing the distance while waiting for news from the scouts ahead.
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After everyone got moving, Gu Xun in the general's mansion finally finished his supper.
After eating and drinking enough, he cleaned up the mess and left the general's mansion.
After Gu Xun left the general's mansion, a bright white figure descended from the sky in the moonlight and landed next to Gu Xun.
"grown ups."
Bai Feng, who still scored full marks, raised his fist towards Gu Xun, "We have found out the Mo family's movements. They are in a place called Xixiang Valley Road, nearly a hundred miles west of Songhai."
Gu Xun asked calmly, "How long will it take for the Eastern Patrol Team to enter the Mo family's ambush range?"
"Probably..." Bai Feng pondered for a moment and made an estimate, "between the end of Zi Shi and the beginning of Chou Shi."
Gu Xun nodded, "That time was quite rich."
When he came out of the General's Mansion, he asked the time. It was a quarter past midnight, and there were still two quarters of an hour before the end of midnight, about half an hour.
Not enough for others, but more than enough for Gu Xun.
For Bai Feng, who has Bao Ge Ge as his mount, there is plenty of time.
"That……"
"I'll go there by myself, you... feel free to do whatever you want tonight." Gu Xun interrupted Bai Feng and gave a casual instruction.
Then he took one step forward and suddenly disappeared.
Bai Feng looked around and realized that he still couldn't find Gu Xun's whereabouts, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
Bai Feng has looked away from his own fighting ability over the years. He is considered a master in the world, but that's all.
He has come into contact with and heard of too many masters from various sects on a daily basis, especially from their own people in Quicksand and from their sworn enemy Luo Wang. There are even more masters emerging one after another.
The more I see it, the more naturally I no longer feel how strong I am.
However, Bai Feng always maintained great confidence in Qing Gong.
He may not be the best Qinggong master in the world, but if he is not, then others cannot be either - this is not a wrong sentence.
I say this because the levels of Qinggong between Bai Feng, Mo Crow and Pirate Zhi are so close that it is difficult to say who is better than the other.
So either they are all number one in Qinggong, or none of them are.
Later, Bai Feng knew that he was indeed not the best Qing Gong master in the world, because Gu Xun's Qing Gong was stronger than him, better than Mo Ya, and better than anyone else.
It's not that he can't catch up with Gu Xun, it's just that he can't see Gu Xun at all.
This cruel reality makes the arrogant Bai Feng somewhat emo, and he has been trying to close the gap with Gu Xun for so many years.
It's a pity that no matter how hard he tries, he still can't even see Gu Xun clearly...
After sighing in his heart as usual, Bai Feng didn't stay much longer. He turned over and jumped straight into the sky. Then he was caught by Bai Fenghuang and flew away on the bird, heading straight to the Xixiang Valley Road.
He is also a person who loves to join in the fun. Since Gu Xun has no other tasks to arrange, of course he cannot miss the big show tonight.
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As all parties took action, many other anti-Qin forces, and even organizations that were not clearly anti-Qin, began to prepare for action.
Most of the forces do not know what the Mohists are going to do, let alone what will happen, but they can definitely feel the undercurrent in Songhai's calm atmosphere.
This makes them unable to hold back for reasons such as self-protection, causing trouble, or fishing in troubled waters, taking chestnuts from the fire... and other reasons.
Thousands of words turned into one sentence - Songhai is particularly lively tonight.
In this chaos, the Eastern Patrol Team finally walked into the Mo family's ambush with a clueless attitude.
In the emperor's carriage, Ying Zheng put down the memorial in his hand with some annoyance, took a deep breath, closed his eyes and sighed.
For some reason, he suddenly felt a little confused, but he didn't know why he felt this way.
Could it be that you stayed up too late?
Ying Zheng felt that it had nothing to do with him staying up late, but after hesitating for a while, he decided to call it a night and rest early.
Just when Ying Zheng was about to order Zhao Gao to wait for him to rest, the commotion started.
The Xixiang Valley Road is called Valley Road, but it is different from Han Valley Road, which is almost a line of sky. Overall, it is quite spacious, at least enough for the Eastern Patrol Team to pass through in their original formation.
Moreover, the mountain walls on both sides of the road are not high, and the slopes are gentle in many places, and there are even some forked roads.
This kind of place is not a perfect place for an ambush, but it is useful enough.
As long as you choose a section of road with no forks and arrange enough manpower to block the front and rear ends, it will not be easy for those trapped in the middle to break out.
What the vanguard troops led by Gao Jianli and Big Hammer wanted was to block the convoy and hold it back for about two-quarters of an hour at all costs, and ensure that Ying Zheng would not escape.