From eunuch to emperor

"How wide is this place, and how many people can it accommodate?"

"How wide...not so wide, and it is difficult to walk, you can only pass people, not horses."

Wu Jian pointed to the map, he had never been there, only heard that Shi Ming sneaked in from this place.

"Shi Ming and the others went to the rear and snatched the horses from the county."

Di Lingyi later learned something.

Long Chen looked at the map and said: "The enemy can come, and I can go! They can come, and we can go there too."

Di Lingyi asked, "You want to rush to the rear of Xixia?"

Long Chen nodded and said: "Yes, they can mess with our rear, so can we."

Dugu Jiali said happily: "Yes, we can too! Take revenge!"

However, Di Lingyi looked embarrassed and said, "I'm afraid it's inappropriate. They are beasts who slaughter unarmed civilians. Let's go..."

When Shi Ming came to the rear, he would kill people whenever he saw them. What he did was all beastly things, and Long Chen couldn't do this kind of thing.

"Don't kill the common people, only kill the bald donkeys and officers and soldiers."

It is impossible for Long Chen to be as beastly as Shi Ming.

"What if Kongji and Deshan besiege you?"

In case Xixia sent out soldiers to besiege, with so few troops, Long Chen might not be able to break out of the encirclement.

"Yes, this issue needs to be taken into account. If Shi Le makes a move himself, and the Kongji donkey intercepts him from the front, my lord will be in danger."

Zhang Qian also felt very dangerous.

But Long Chen said with a smile: "At most, they will intercept from east and west sides. If there is no way out, I will go north."

To the north is the barbarian grassland, and when entering the grassland, there are Tuzhi to support them.

"Yes, if they go north, they will definitely not be able to catch up."

Di Lingyi wasn't worried anymore.

"Old Wu, choose five hundred fighters from the Xiaoqi battalion for me, and set off at night."

Bai Tingting said, "I'll go with your lord!"

Zhang Qian and Dugu Jiali also want to go, Long Chen said: "Zhang Qian, you have to lead the Lancers, Jiali, you have to command the Bow and Crossbow Battalion, you can't leave, you are here to help the princess guard the pass."

"Tingting comes with me, the princess just stay here and don't attack lightly."

"I'll send a letter back when I mess up the rear."

Di Lingyi nodded and said: "You have to be very careful, if the situation is not right, go north."

Back in the room, Long Chen gave Wu Jian a secret letter, saying: "Tomorrow morning Feiying will send the letter, and hand it to Tuzhi."

Wu Jian received the secret letter, Long Chen put on the Qingjiao armor, took Bai Tingting, and walked towards the pass in the dark.

In midsummer, there is still a slight chill in the desert at night.

Long Chen and Bai Tingting led Xiaoqi battalion to ride their horses for two hours, and finally arrived at the mouth of the valley.

"It's so dark, it's hard for people to pass by, let alone war horses."

Bai Tingting looked at the winding mountain road in the valley and worried.

Leng Yu, the school captain of the Xiaoqiying Camp, said: "At most, two people can walk this road at the same time, and there is a cliff in the middle. I walked it once when I was exploring the road and drawing a map."

"In the evening, people can only go, and the horses must stay here."

To guard the Jade Buddha Pass, the surrounding terrain must be surveyed and mapped, and Leng Yu is the person in charge.

Wu Jian asked Leng Yu to fight with Long Chen because Leng Yu knew the situation on this road.

"I came here on horseback just to be quicker, and I didn't plan to take the war horse there."

"In this way, everyone dismounts, leaving one brother here, and when the sun rises, take the horse back, and the others will follow me."

"Captain Leng, you lead the way."

Long Chen was the first to dismount, and Leng Yu took the lead. Everyone only brought two days of dry food, and their weapons, bows and crossbows were on their backs.

The road at night was a bit dark, Long Chen asked everyone to light up torches, but not too much, and slowly climbed over the valley to reach the territory of Xixia.

"Where are we?"

Long Chen asked Leng Yu.

It was dark at night, Leng Yu stood on the top of the mountain, looked at it for a while, and then said: "We are in the east of Tower Town, and during the day we can see a tower in that direction."

Open the map, and with the light of the fire, Long Chen looked at the map carefully.

"We are in Ta Town, to the west... Zhenguo Temple..."

Mobility is very important to enter the enemy's rear, Long Chen is now thinking about how to get [-] horses.

This is not a small amount.

"Does your lord want to get a war horse?"

Bai Tingting watched Long Chen frown all the time.

"Yes, I've been thinking about this all the way."

Long Chen scratched his head, pointed to the map and asked Leng Yu: "I remember there are horse thieves around here, do you know where they are?"

The last time he walked the darts, Long Chen met the horse thief who robbed the darts in the valley near Ta Town.

Moreover, I inquired about it at the time, and said that there are many horse thieves near here.

If you can find the lair of the horse thief and encircle and wipe out the horse thief, you will have a war horse.

"There are indeed horse thieves nearby, but the subordinates really don't know where the horse thieves' lair is."

Leng Yu said awkwardly.

At that time, the focus of his surveying, mapping and investigation was on things of military value, and he never paid attention to things like horse thieves.

"That would be a bit difficult..."

You can't maneuver without a horse, let alone make trouble in the rear.

"My lord, how about... Let's sweep the nearby villages and towns, just pay for it."

Bai Tingting wanted to forcefully buy it from the common people.

"No, what's the difference between doing this and those bald thieves."

Long Chen didn't want to become a beast like Shi Ming.

"We give money, it's not about stealing things."

Bai Tingting thought it would be fine to just give the money.

"My lord, there is a situation."

The guard soldiers ran over.

"what happened?"

"There is a team of people coming over there, and it seems that there are a lot of people."

Long Chen went up to the top of the mountain and saw a group of torches moving in the northwest.

Taking out the binoculars, Long Chen saw a team of about seventy to eighty people, riding horses and holding torches, behind them were some crying women, and a group of war horses, all with complete saddles.

"What a coincidence!"

Long Chen put away the binoculars with a smile, and said: "There is a team of horse thieves coming over there, let's go to the front to ambush, we must not let anyone go!"

Bai Tingting asked in surprise, "What a coincidence?"

Long Chen secretly laughed in his heart: I have the halo of the protagonist, what a coincidence!

Leng Yu didn't find it strange, and said: "Xixia doesn't care much about the lives of the people. It's normal for soldiers to be recruited to fight in the front and bandits to run rampant in the rear."

Usually, I still have scruples about officers and soldiers. When it comes to war, the world is in chaos, and horse thieves also take the opportunity to make trouble.

"Go, enter the ambush circle!"

Long Chen led the people to move to the front of the horse thief, and then ambushed on both sides of the mountain road.

The torch came gradually, and the first three horse thieves rode horses, walking slowly.

"Boss, I got rich tonight and snatched some pretty girls."

A slender horse thief looked back at dozens of women, his eyes full of lust.

"They are the bald concubines of the thief from Zhenguo Temple."

A bearded horse thief smashed his mouth, feeling a little impatient.

"Didn't you have a good time just now, and you're still hungry!"

The thin and long horse thief laughed.

The little guy behind him booed, "Third Master's health is good, one time is not enough."

All the horse thieves burst into laughter.

The leading horse thief remained silent, and the second child asked, "Boss, are you worried about the thief's revenge?"

The boss said: "Yes, we have robbed Zebald's logistics transportation. If they attack us, it will be difficult."

"As you know, the gang of thieves in Zhenguo Temple are different, they have a strong desire for revenge."