"My lord, leave the Horse Gang to me. I will definitely kill them all!”Hua Rong was the first to step forward.
" I'm willing to go too..." The rest of the people also said loudly, unwilling to be outdone.
Liu Rui waved his hand and said,"Sit down first and let Prajna introduce the situation of the Horse Gang!"”
Qin Prajna smiled and said,""Generals, according to the information we received, this gang of Horse Gangs has about 500 people. The leader is called Wang Dang, who used to be a subordinate of the Yellow Turban Army. After their leader Zhang Jiao died of illness, the Yellow Turban Army was quickly wiped out by the Han army. Wang Dang gathered hundreds of remaining Yellow Turban soldiers and laid them on Mount Yunwu, 30 miles east of Lingshou County. Lingshou County is the only way to enter Jizhou from Youzhou. They have two inns outside Lingshou County, and they used these two inns to investigate. Those horse dealers would pass by their inn on their way back and forth, so they knew the whereabouts of the horse dealers like the back of their hand, so they could make a profit every time they attacked. According to the news we received, Wang Dang transported the stolen horses to Zhang Yan, the former commander of the Yellow Turban Army in Jizhou, in exchange for gold, silver, jewelry, and supplies!”
The generals in the hall also looked at Qin Prajna with admiration, especially Tian Boguang, who had done intelligence investigation before. He knew better than anyone how difficult it was to investigate intelligence. Now that Qin Prajna had investigated all the information in such a short time, Tian Boguang was only impressed.
"Prajna, have you investigated the activities of the bandits?”Liu Rui asked.
Qin Prajna replied," Wang Dang probably sends 200 warhorses to Zhang Yan every month. Three days ago, in the east of Lingshou County, where we found traces of Horse Gang, Wang Dang robbed about 100 warhorses. He probably needs another 100 warhorses to send to Zhang Yan. Their activities don't have a special pattern. As long as their inn sends the news, the Horse Gang on the mountain will go out to rob. The rest of the time, they are mostly on Yunwu Mountain.”
"What do you think?" Liu Rui nodded.”
"My lord, the military counselor has already investigated the Horse Gang's intelligence so thoroughly. We can just directly kill and injure Mount Yunwu!”Tian Boguang said with a relaxed expression. Now that Tiger Tooth Mountain already had five thousand men, Tian Boguang felt that it was too easy to kill five hundred mounted gangsters.
"My lord, Zilong is willing to lead two thousand men to eliminate the Horse Gang!”Zhao Zilong stood up and cupped his hands.
Qin Prajna shook her head slightly and said,""General Zilong, don't be careless. Yunwu Mountain is not like Huya Mountain. Mount Yunwu has rugged roads and there is only one path up the mountain. It is easy to defend and difficult to attack. If we choose to attack forcefully, I'm afraid we will have to pay a huge price!”
Liu Rui looked at the confident Qin Prajna and asked,""Prajna, I'm sure you already have an idea. Tell us!”
"My lord, Mount Yunwu is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If we attack, we might have to pay a painful price. In that case, we can lure Wang Dang and the others to the foot of the mountain and then set up an ambush to capture them all.”Qin Prajna said confidently.
"I'm afraid Wang Dang and the others aren't that easy to fool, right?”Tian Boguang asked in confusion.
Qin Prajna smiled and said," Wang Dang sends 200 warhorses to Zhang Yan every month. It's almost time for him to hand over the horses. If we pretend to be horse dealers and deliberately release false news to them, Wang Dang will definitely come!"”
Qin Prajna took out a map and placed it on the table in front of Liu Rui.""Everyone, look here!"
Liu Rui and the generals came to the map. Qin Prajna pointed to a place on the map and said,""This is Mount Yunwu in Lingshou County. It's called Anlu Slope 50 miles to the east. It's the only way for horse traders to travel from Youzhou Province to Jizhou Province. It's also one of the places where Wang Dang's team often plundered. There's a dense forest in the south of Anlu Slope and a cliff in the north. There's a valley in the east of Anlu Slope called Fallen Shadow Valley. There's only one exit in Fallen Shadow Valley. We only need to lure Wang Dang's team into Fallen Shadow Valley and seal the exit. After that, we can take them down easily!”
Liu Rui nodded and said with a smile,"Good plan!"”、
The generals were also impressed by Qin Prajna.
"Generals, listen up!" Liu Rui returned to his seat and said loudly.
"Your subordinate is here!" The generals cupped their hands and said in unison.
Liu Rui pondered for a moment and said,"Tian Boguang, you will lead 50 soldiers dressed as horse traders to Lingshou County to spread the news to lure Wang Dang down the mountain!"”
"This subordinate will obey!" Tian Boguang replied excitedly.
Liu Rui looked at the generals and said," Qiao Feng, Zhao Zilong, Lin Chong, Hua Rong, the four of you will gather 500 cavalrymen, 1,000 infantrymen, and 1,000 archers to follow me to the Fallen Yinggu Valley to set up an ambush. Du Jue, Yao Qing, you two will lead 500 infantrymen to set up an ambush at the foot of Yunwu Mountain. Once the Horse Gang descends, we will attack Yunwu Mountain."”
"Yes, sir!" the generals replied in unison.”
Liu Rui glanced at Qin Prajna and said,""Prajna, I'll leave you with two thousand men. The safety of the village is in your hands!”
"Don't worry, Lord. Prajna will not let you down!”Qin Prajna said firmly.
Liu Rui looked at everyone and said,"Go and prepare. Tomorrow morning, the soldiers will be sent to Yinggu!"”
"Yes, sir!"
The generals replied in unison, and then everyone left the stronghold hall to make their own preparations.
The next morning.
After bidding farewell to Li Shishi and Qin Prajna, Liu Rui left Tiger Tooth Mountain with his generals and 3,000 soldiers, heading straight for Luoying Valley outside Lingshou County. Tian Boguang disguised himself as a horse dealer and headed to Lingshou County with his men.
After a day of rapid marching, Liu Rui and his men arrived at Luoying Valley in the evening. After a careful observation, Liu Rui admired Qin Prajna's ability even more. Luoying Valley was a natural place for ambushes.
There was only one road leading to the outside of the valley. The valley was surrounded by mountains on three sides. If Wang Dang's men were led into the valley, they could block the exit and shoot arrows from the three sides of the mountain. Even if there were several times more Horse Gang members, they would only be a few more live targets, let alone five hundred Horse Gang members.
In order to prevent alerting the enemy, Liu Rui took advantage of the night to lead the crowd to set up camp on the mountains on three sides of Fallen Shadow Valley. At the same time, he sent Du Jue and Yao Qing to lead five hundred men to sneak into Yunwu Mountain and wait for news from Tian Boguang to lure Wang Dang to lead the Horse Gang down the mountain.# Daguan Review Passed: Daguan Time:011720195:21PM
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