Chapter 68 Xu Zhaojie's Trick (Thanks to book friend Rose Cherry Meat for the monthly ticket!)
After being comforted by everyone, Yamazaki Yoichi's face looked better. After a moment, he seemed to remember something, turned to look at Watanabe Hinata, and asked, "How long will it take for the Red Tide to arrive?"

"According to the plan arranged by Lord Asai, it will take about five days for the red tide to reach Manpu Mountain, the only way for the Zhou army to return to Datianguan. During this period, we need to keep an eye on this Zhou army!" Watanabe Hinatai recalled, and then said helplessly:
"In addition, Lord Asai also asked us to find out Ye Mingsheng's position in the Zhou army and whether the thing is on him!"

"Humph!"

Yamazaki Yoichi groaned and said angrily, "Asai Souji, that bastard, how does he want me to confirm it?"

"I only have seven of us. Does he want to break into the Zhou army camp and see if the thing is on Ye Mingsheng?"

In response to the leader's complaints, the seven Higashijima ronin, including Watanabe Hinata, kept silent. The matters between the leaders were not something that ordinary foot soldiers like them could discuss.

After cursing for a while and venting his anger, Yamazaki Yoichi gradually regained his sanity. He thought for a while and continued to ask Watanabe Hinata: "Is there any way to contact the Red Tide and ask them to speed up and ambush the Zhou army in Luwang Town in advance?"

Watanabe Hinata put on a bitter face, shook his head helplessly and said: "Leader, you know that in order to ensure the safety of Red Tide, the organization stipulates that there can only be a single line of communication between Red Tide and us. Only Red Tide can contact us, and we can't contact them..."

Yamazaki Yoichi shook his head. Unable to think of any good solution, he could only helplessly say, "Hinata, you will guard the night first. The others will take turns to take over. Each person will be on duty for half an hour. Stay alert and keep a close eye on the movements in the city!"

"Hi!"

The seven East Island Ronin present said in unison:
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Early the next morning, Ye Mingsheng, who had a good night's sleep in the county government office, had just got up and had not had time to wash up when he heard Ye Tie's report outside the door.

"Master, Lord Xu sent a messenger to give you an important military order!"

Upon hearing the news, Ye Mingsheng had a bad feeling in his heart. Although he didn't know why Xu Zhaojie gave him a military order again at this time, it was obviously not a good thing for him to send him a military order at this time.

"Son of a bitch!"

Cursing inwardly, Ye Mingsheng tidied his clothes a little, walked out of the door, and took the military order given to him by Xu Zhaojie from the dusty messenger.

Opening the military order and looking at the familiar handwriting of Xu Zhaojie on it, Ye Mingsheng couldn't help but tighten his hands while holding the military order, and his breathing became a little heavier...

The military order was short, and Ye Mingsheng glanced at it and read all the contents. However, it took him nearly a minute to suppress the anger in his heart. He put the military order down, looked at the messenger in front of him and asked, "Where are you from?"

The young messenger could not understand Ye Mingsheng's thoughts, so he lowered his head and answered honestly: "Report, Commander, I came from Commander Cai Pengbo in Wujiagou."

Hearing the name "Cai Pengbo" from the messenger's mouth, Ye Mingsheng raised his eyebrows and continued to ask: "Cai Pengbo and his 3,000 men are stationed in Wujiagou?" "Yes! Our Lord Cai has been ordered to suppress the bandits!" The messenger said in detail:

As the messenger finished speaking, Ye Mingsheng's murderous intent towards him also disappeared. He sighed secretly in his heart, waved his hand, and the messenger immediately retreated.

"boom!"

After closing his eyes and thinking for a while, Ye Mingsheng couldn't hold back his anger. He punched the desk heavily and said in a low and vicious voice:
"Xu Zhaojie, you bastard, you've gone too far in bullying me!"

Seeing Ye Mingsheng so angry, Ye Tie, who was standing by, hesitated for a moment, but still asked Ye Mingsheng: "Master, what happened?"

Ye Mingsheng lowered his head and did not say anything, but handed the general order to Ye Tie.

Ye Tie took the order and glanced at the content. A look of surprise flashed across his face. After hesitating for a moment, he carefully said, "Master, although fifteen days is not enough, we can still reach Datian Pass on time at our current marching speed!"

Seeing that Ye Tie did not realize the danger in this military order, Ye Mingsheng did not blame him. He just shook his head and ordered him: "Notify all units and prepare to set off!"

"Yes, sir!" Seeing that his young master was unwilling to say more, Ye Tie did not say any more and went down to do his work.

An hour later, Ye Mingsheng took the supplies brought by the Fengxi County Magistrate and led his troops out of Fengxi County and continued to move forward in the direction of Da Zhou.
After walking for about two sections of flat wilderness, a few small hills began to appear sporadically, so the soldiers' marching speed naturally slowed down.

Realizing this, Ye Mingsheng looked around at every valley around him with a serious expression. According to the map, his current location should be approaching the outskirts of Huishan area...
Xu Zhaojie required in the military order that he should arrive at Datian Pass in Liaoyang, Great Zhou from Liujing within 15 days, otherwise he would be subject to military law.

Ye Tie was right. Although fifteen days was not a long time for their team to reach Datian Pass, it was not a small amount. Even if they speeded up a bit, they could reach Datian Pass one or two days earlier.

However, the key to the problem is not the time, but the marching route. If Ye Mingsheng wants to reach Datian Pass within fifteen days, he must go straight through the most dangerous Huishan area, which is full of bandits and robbers. There cannot be any detour. Once he takes a detour, he will not be able to lead his troops to reach Datian Pass within fifteen days.

Therefore, although Xu Zhaojie did not mention Huishan at all in the military order, the subtext of his order was actually to require Ye Mingsheng to cross Huishan.

There is no doubt that the reason why Xu Zhaojie did this was that he must have arranged something in Huishan and dug a trap waiting for Ye Mingsheng to jump in!
After realizing Xu Zhaojie's sinister intentions, Ye Mingsheng's first reaction, apart from cursing Xu Zhaojie and his ancestors for eighteen generations in his heart, was to kill the messenger and pretend that he had not received the military order!

(End of this chapter)