Li Feiyu only had ten-some subordinates, while Ha Mi Guo had forty-some assassins under his command. The disparity in strength was still rather large. For this reason, Li Feiyu had his subordinates quietly hide and closely monitor these assassins to see what they were up to.
In the temporary camp at the summit, Ha Mi Guo was surrounded by forty-some subordinates. These subordinates were all powerful warriors, assassins that had been carefully selected and trained by his master.
Ha Mi Guo had always been both intelligent and courageous, and for this reason, he had received the unanimous support of his subordinates. But this time, he had brought seven of his most outstanding subordinates to assassinate Ang Lee in Chen Cang City, and they had all died in battle. This was a massive blow to his confidence, and at the same time, it had greatly reduced his prestige.
"Ha Mi Guo, you seem to be afraid of that Ang Lee. That's not like you."
"That's right. Is that Tang general Ang Lee really that formidable?"
"Hmph, even if Ang Lee is more formidable, so what? As long as he dares to come, we'll throw him into the water and feed him to the turtles."
Several subordinates saw that Ha Mi Guo was no longer as confident and loudly encouraged him.
Ha Mi Guo suddenly got up and shouted, "I, Ha Mi Guo, am an indomitable spirit. How could I be afraid of an ordinary man? I'm just reminding you not to underestimate your enemy."
"Ha Mi Guo, we've already stored up five days' worth of spring water. It's enough to deal with an army of thousands. How could we underestimate our enemy?"
Ha Mi Guo glared at this subordinate. "Impudent! We've come on the orders of our master to assassinate Zhao Yefu. There can be no accidents. Has the dam been reinforced? Take me to see it."
The subordinate lowered his head and walked toward the dam, with Ha Mi Guo following close behind.
Seeing Ha Mi Guo's subordinates leave, Li Feiyu exchanged glances with his ten-some subordinates, indicating that they should stay where they were while he went alone to see what was going on.
After bypassing a forest, Li Feiyu was surprised to find that behind the mountain, there was actually a sizable lake. Under the sunlight, the sparkling water surface was very dazzling.
Li Feiyu did not expect such a beautiful scenery to be hidden in this place. However, he soon discovered a problem. The height of the lake was obviously much higher than Chen Cangdao. If the dam were to burst, the consequences would be extremely serious.
Li Feiyu seemed to have realized something and quickly hid himself. After the Ha 'Mi fruit left, he quietly walked towards the place where the Ha' Mi fruit had been.
They actually built such a high dam. So they wanted to use water to attack.
Li Feiyu looked at the dam in front of him and was secretly shocked. With so much lake water, if the dam were to collapse, the consequences would be unimaginable.
After learning that the assassins wanted to use water to attack, Li Feiyu had his subordinates withdraw one li and wait for orders. Meanwhile, he immediately rode his horse back to Chen Cangdao City, preparing to report this important matter to Ang Lee.
In the evening, Li Feiyu rode his horse into Chen Cangdao City and went straight to the county office.
"Fei Yu, you're back so quickly. Did you find anything?"
Ang Lee had just walked out of the county office when he saw Li Feiyu rushing over.
"Big Brother, there is an ambush in Chen Cangdao. The assassins built a dam halfway up the mountain, allowing the mountain spring water to gather into a lake. If the dam bursts, the people passing through Chen Cangdao will not be able to escape."
Ang Lee was shocked when he heard this. He rejoiced and said, "Fortunately, you discovered the assassins' plot. Otherwise, our thousand-some men would have been washed into Gu Dao to feed the fish."
"Big Brother, what should we do now? Should we immediately send troops to annihilate all of these assassins?"
Ang Lee smiled faintly, "No rush. Let them live for one more night. You just need to do as I say." Then he whispered in Li Feiyu's ear.
"Big Brother, don't worry. I know what to do."
Li Feiyu complied and immediately went to prepare.
In order to assassinate Guichang King, these crazy assassins actually used water to attack. It should be known that if the dam bursts, more than half of the thousand-some men would be killed or injured.
Ang Lee could not help but be shocked by the assassins' ferocity. At the same time, this also proved that the assassins would not give up until they killed Guichang King. The burden on his shoulders was very heavy.
Protecting Guichang King's safety was Ang Lee's responsibility. However, Ang Lee did not intend to tell others about the ambush of the assassins. He did not want the news to leak and cause the plan to fail.
After resting for a whole day, Ang Lee led the troops and slowly left Chen Cang City. Although there were assassins lying in ambush ahead, Ang Lee had already made proper arrangements. Therefore, he was not worried about the water attack of the assassins.
Half an hour later, the troops entered an extremely dangerous terrain. On one side of the road was Gu Dao water and on the other side was a steep cliff. This kind of terrain was very advantageous for setting up an ambush.
Xi Yu gently lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked at the dangerous terrain on both sides. He was slightly worried. The scene in the Ghost Howl Valley made him have a conditional fear of this kind of terrain.
Where was Li Xiaowei?
Xi Yu stuck his head out of the carriage and looked around.
"You, go and call Li Xiaowei."
"Yes, Assistant Minister Xi."
Ang Lee was in the back, happily chatting with Zhao Yefu. Xi Yu suddenly wanted to see him. This made Ang Lee quite unhappy. However, Xi Yu was a high official of the court. Ang Lee did not dare to casually refuse him.
After looking at Zhao Yefu and smiling, Ang Lee urged his horse forward.
"Assistant Minister Xi, what are your orders?"
Li An reined in his horse to slow down and asked.
Xi Yu pointed outside the curtain of the carriage and said worriedly, "Li Xiaowei, you see that both sides of the road are dangerous. If there are assassins lying in ambush, we will be in danger."
Ang Lee smiled faintly, "Assistant Minister Xi, don't worry. I have already investigated the situation here. There are no assassins lying in ambush."
Xi Yu nodded with relief, "Good, it's good that there are no assassins. I am not afraid of death. However, we have to protect the safety of King Guichang. As officials, we must not let down His Majesty's high expectations."
"Assistant Minister Xi is right. Ang Lee will be loyal to his duty and serve His Majesty wholeheartedly."
Ang Lee echoed.
Ang Lee, who had lived two lives, could see the fear in Xi Yu's heart. However, Xi Yu was a high official of the court after all. He was a person who valued his face very much. Ang Lee not only could not expose him, but also tried his best to protect him.
Seeing that Xi Yu was relieved, Ang Lee smiled gently and looked up at the distance of Chen Cang Road. At this moment, Li Feiyu should have deployed his troops.
A team of more than a thousand people lined up for several miles on the narrow Chen Cang Road. It looked quite spectacular. Unknowingly, the vanguard of the Tang Army cavalry entered Ha Mi Guo's sight.
"Ha Mi Guo, the Tang Army is here. Let's do it."
Ha Mi Guo waved his hand, "No hurry. This is the vanguard of the Tang Army. Let them go first. When Guichang's carriage comes, we will send the signal."
As a rather intelligent assassin, Ha Mi Guo understood that only when Prince Guichang's carriage happened to pass by could he give the order to break the dike for the best effect. At that time, the huge flood would quickly sweep away Prince Guichang's carriage and rush it into the Old Path Water not far away. In this way, Prince Guichang's chances of survival would be extremely low. Moreover, he and his main force were lying in ambush halfway up the mountain. As long as the Tang army was swept away by the flood, he could lead his men to calmly shoot and kill the survivors on the water.
"Ha Mi Guo, what about Ah Yi? Isn't she with the Tang Army?"
Ha Mi Guo frowned slightly, "I don't care so much. Ah Yi is very good at swimming. I hope she is fine."
His words were stiff and cold, which was enough to show that Ah Yi did not have much weight in Ha Mi Guo's heart. In order to complete the task given by his master, Ha Mi Guo did not care about Ah Yi's life at all.
The main force of the Tang Army was getting closer and closer, and the carriages came into Ha Mi Guo's sight one after another.
Ha Mi Guo's mouth was ferocious, and he ordered, "Send the signal."
A wisp of smoke slowly floated into the sky from the position where Ha Mi Guo was lying in ambush. This was the signal that Ha Mi Guo asked his subordinates to start breaching the dam.
As soon as the smoke rose, they would immediately dig the dam.
At the thought of the huge flood rushing the entire Tang Army into the old river to feed the fish, Ha Mi Guo was extremely excited and suddenly stood up.
"Ang Lee, Zhao Yefu, just wait for your death!"
A proud look appeared on Ha Mi Guo's face again.
Complacent, proud, and refreshed, Ha Mi Guo was happy for a while, but suddenly he felt that something was wrong. The signal had been sent for a while, but why was there no movement at all?
"Ha Mi Guo, half of the main force of the Tang Army has passed through."
Ha Mi Guo gnashed his teeth and said hatefully, "These disappointing bastards have delayed the important matter. Come with me."
With all his subordinates, Ha Mi Guo quickly rushed to the location of the dam.
"Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh."
A rapid rain of arrows was shot from the dam, shooting down a large number of Ha Mi Guo's subordinates.
As it turned out, Li Feiyu had followed Li An's orders and led a few dozen warriors to set off from Chencang City that very night to set up an ambush near the dam. When Ha 'Mi Guo and the others were halfway up the mountain to set up an ambush, Li Feiyu had quietly killed the five or six assassins guarding the dam and completely controlled the dam, waiting for Ha' Mi Guo to deliver himself to his doorstep.
"Damn it, how did the Tang Army know? How did they know there was a dam here?"
Ha Mi Guo's eyes were red. He was going crazy. Such a flawless water attack plan was broken by the Tang Army so easily.
"Impossible, impossible. How is this possible?"
Ha Mi Guo shook his head hard. He couldn't believe it was true.
"Ha Mi Guo, we've lost more than half of our men. Run!"
Ha Mi Guo saw that the enemy was strong, so he glared at Li Feiyu and the others. Then, he led his few remaining subordinates and ran around the trees.
Li Feiyu led the warriors under his command and chased after them for a while, killing a few more assassins. However, they still let the Hami Guo escape.
The sound of fighting coming from the top of the mountain surprised the advancing Tang Army. All the soldiers clenched their weapons and looked nervously at the top of the mountain.
"Captain Li, why are there fighting sounds?"
Xi Yu lifted the curtain and looked nervously at Ang Lee.
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