Chapter 399

"What you mean by the method of destroying the city..." Xiao Muqing leaned forward and stared at Tan Liu without blinking.-

Tan Liu swallowed his saliva and said cautiously: "There is a secret passage through which you can sneak into the Red Dragon Mandala without anyone noticing."

"Oh?" Xiao Muqing's eyes lit up. There was actually such a passage! But when I thought about it, I felt something was wrong. The surrounding areas of the Red Dragon Altar had already been explored countless times by spies from the Jade Army and our own spies.

, why have you never found any secret passage? He straightened his body, narrowed his eyes slightly, and sneered: "Tan Liu, are you bullying me for being handsome and ignorant?"

Tan Liu was shaken and kowtowed hurriedly, saying: "I don't dare, I don't dare. There is indeed a secret passage to the city. Now that the city has been closed, the reason why I can get out of the city is precisely through this

A secret passage.”

Xiao Muqing inhaled, clenched her fists subconsciously, and said word by word: "Please tell me in detail where this passage is. If it is found to be true, not only will I not kill you, I will also reward you heavily!"

"This..." Tan Liu looked confused and stopped predicting.

The hearts of the generals on the left and right were already in their throats, and people couldn't wait to shout: "Say! Speak quickly!"

Tan Liu suppressed the fear in his heart and stammered: "It's not difficult to get the villain to tell me the location of the passage. I just hope that General Xiao can agree to the villain's conditions."

"What conditions?"

"After the city is destroyed, I will not kill my master, and I will ask His Highness, King Feng, to reuse my master."

After hearing this, Xiao Muqing frowned secretly. Even if Lu She did not die at the hands of Peng Cheng, it still had something to do with him. With the king's love for Lu She, it was lucky to spare Peng Cheng and reuse him. So what?

possible?

However, if Tan Liu doesn't agree to it now, I'm afraid he won't tell the location of the secret passage. Thinking of this, he nodded and said: "I can only guarantee that after the city is broken, I will never kill your master.

, as for whether the king can reuse him, that is beyond my control. However, I can try my best to put in a good word for him in front of the king."

Tan Liu was overjoyed when he heard this. He kowtowed again and said repeatedly: "Thank you so much, General Xiao. Thank you so much, General Xiao!"

Xiao Muqing waved her hand and asked: "Now, can you say it?"

Tan Liu said seriously: "Report to General Xiao, the secret passage is in Chilong Mountain."

"Oh?" Xiao Muqing raised his eyebrows and said, "Our army's spies have also inspected Chilong Mountain in detail and found no secret passage in it."

"The location of the secret passage is extremely secret. Even the locals who have lived in Chilongtan for generations do not know where this secret passage is, so..." Tan Liu looked at the surrounding Feng Jiang, scratched his hair, and said, "So

, the spies of your army took a quick look at it, and it is reasonable that they did not find the secret passage."

Hearing this, the surrounding generals were all furious, but Xiao Muqing threw up his head and laughed, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense." After a slight pause, he said again, "Xu Bai, where is Hou Yuan?"

"The last general is here!" Following the response, two generals stepped out of the queue and stepped in to salute Xiao Muqing.

"You two go with Tan Liu to see what is going on in that secret passage. After you find out, return to camp quickly and report back to me!"

"General, I obey!" Generals Xu Bai and Hou Yuan led Tan Liu out of the central military tent. As soon as they left, the generals present excitedly said: "General, God is really helping our army! As long as our army

If we can sneak into the city quietly, no matter how many enemy troops there are, it will be easy to capture the Red Dragon Altar."

Xiao Muqing was naturally very happy, but he was much calmer than the generals and said: "Don't be so excited! Let's not say whether the secret path Tan Liu mentioned is true or false. Even if it is true, how do you know it is not true?

What about Mo Jun’s trick? If there is a deceit in it, wouldn’t our army be in disaster?”

Ah? His basin of cold water made all the generals take a breath. That’s right! Tan Liu said that Peng Cheng didn’t harm Lu She because he wanted to join his own side, but people have two skins. Jiutian Literature Network, who knows the truth?

Is the situation as he said? If it is really a trick, if you believe it to be true, the consequences will be disastrous.

"General, in your opinion, is this Tan Liu...a human or a ghost?"

Xiao Muqing laughed and said: "I don't have the eyes of the sky, so how can I tell whether he is a human or a ghost? However, based on my understanding of Mr. Lu, he will never fall into Peng Cheng's plot easily. There may be something else in it."

There is something hidden."

Everyone heard that he was also ambiguous, and the excitement they had just felt disappeared. They all frowned and fell into deep thought.

That night, Xu Bai and Hou Yuan took Tan Liu back to the Fengjun camp. They first settled Tan Liu, and then came to see Xiao Muqing and report the details to him. What Tan Liu said was true, in Chilong Mountain

There really is a secret passage.

This secret passage is located on the mountainside of Chilong Mountain. It is a long cave that runs through the mountain and can be walked from one side of the mountain to the other.

It is difficult to determine whether this cave was formed naturally or was dug artificially, and Tan Liu couldn't tell. In short, it existed a long time ago.

Although the entrance of the cave is located halfway up the mountain, it is still tens of meters high from the foot of the mountain. As for how to climb up, it turns out that there are some iron bars nailed to the cliff under the cave entrance. People can climb up on the iron bars little by little.

Climbing, because there are not many iron bars, the protrusions are not very obvious, and the rocks are all of the same color, it is difficult to find its existence even if you get closer and observe. This is why this secret road is not popular.

The reason why people know it.

It can be said that even if a normal person knows the location of the iron bars, it will be difficult to climb with them. Only an expert mountaineer must be familiar with mountaineering techniques to do so.

Hearing this, Xiao Muqing spread his hands and said, "According to the two of you, there are only a few hundred people in our army who can pass through the secret passage?"

"No, no, no!" Hou Yuan shook his head hurriedly and explained: "As long as one brother climbs up first and throws down the rope, the other brothers can go easily."

"Yes!" Xiao Muqing nodded, and then confirmed again: "Can the cave really lead to the Red Dragon Altar?"

"Yes, I will see it with my own eyes." Xu Bai said sternly: "Go through the cave and turn to the entrance on the other side. You can see the entire city of Chilongtan, and the internal deployment of the city defense can be vaguely seen."

"Go down through the hole on the other side, where is it?"

"According to Tan Liu's account, below the entrance of the cave is the temporary county capital, which is where Peng Cheng lives." Hou Yuan replied.

"If Peng Cheng really intends to help our army break the city, this is a good opportunity. We don't have to worry about our soldiers being discovered by the enemy when they come down from the cave."

"Exactly!"

"Go and find Tan Liu quickly. I want to talk to him in detail."

"Yes! General!"

After about two cups of tea, Tan Liu was brought in by Xu Bai and Hou Yuan. When he saw Xiao Muqing, he carefully knelt down and saluted, and said: "I see General Xiao!"

"Get up! I have heard about the situation of the secret passage from Generals Xu and Hou. It can indeed be used by our army for sneak attacks. Go back and tell Mr. Peng that our army will pass through the secret passage quietly at midnight tomorrow.

Sneak into the Red Dragon Altar, and you must ask Mr. Peng to take good care of you."

"Yes, yes, yes! Don't worry, General Xiao. I will definitely bring the general's wishes to you."

"Yes! When the time comes, we will use the torch as a signal. Our brothers will wave the torch at the entrance of the cave to signal. If everything is safe, you can wave the torch at the bottom of the mountain to signal our army to enter the city."

"Yes! The villain has remembered it." Tan Liu listened carefully, for fear of missing a word.

"After the city is broken, I will not harm Mr. Peng's life, and can still let him continue to be the head of Surabaya County. As for whether he will be promoted to a nobility in the future, it depends on the king's decision. It is not just a matter of mine.

The legion commander has no control over it." Xiao Muqing didn't want to deceive Peng Cheng. To be honest, even if he could appoint the county chief, it would only be temporary. Whether he can retain him for a long time ultimately depends on Tang Yin's decision.

Tan Liu nodded and responded repeatedly while listening.

After finishing what he had to say, Xiao Muqing waved his hand and said, "Go back to the city quickly. When you see Mr. Peng, tell me all the commander-in-chief's wishes and ask Mr. Peng to be ready to respond. In addition, this time

This matter is of great importance and must not be leaked, do you understand?"

"Yes, yes! The villain understands, the villain understands!"

"Well! You go!"

"Goodbye, villain."

Tan Liu kowtowed again, then stood up, took small steps, and retreated to the door of the camp, then turned and left. After he left, Xu Bai and Hou Yuan also stood up, raised their hands to Xiao Muqing and said

: "General, I will go back and prepare for war right now!"

"What kind of battle are you preparing for?" Xiao Muqing asked with a smile.

"Isn't the general going to use the secret passage to attack the enemy city tomorrow?" Xu Bai and Hou Yuan said inexplicably. Isn't it necessary to prepare for such a big thing?

Xiao Muqing smiled lightly and said slowly: "Who said I would attack the city tomorrow?"

"But just now..."

"That's just a little test!" Xiao Muqing narrowed her eyes and said faintly: "I have to see first whether Peng Cheng's surrender is sincere or false, whether he really wants to help our army break the city, or whether he has other reasons.

Pictured."

Xiao Muqing was a veteran and a rich man, but he could completely believe Tan Liu's words just because of his few words, even if the secret passage Tan Liu said was true.

"That's it!" Only then did Xu Bai and Hou Yuan understand his intention.

"You two, please quickly ask the brothers from Tianyan and Diwang, as well as Tan Liu, to sneak into the city without causing the other party to notice it, and find out the details of the city." Xiao Muqing raised his head and said.

"Yes!" Xu and Hou did not dare to neglect, they both agreed, and then hurriedly ran out of the Chinese army tent.
Chapter completed!