As night fell, everything was silent, and Wulong Ridge was crowded with people. Liu Yixuan and a small group of infantry rushed to this dense persimmon forest. Sure enough, a curved path was winding through the forest.

This path is located northeast of Cizhou City and is a shortcut to Daming Mansion. However, this path has to pass through Wulong Ridge. The Wulong Ridge has high trees and dense forests. In the early years, there were often strong people who robbed the road. Therefore, the passing merchants all detoured elsewhere and were unwilling to take the risk to take this path. Over time, this path has become sparsely populated.

Liu Yixuan and the soldiers below came along the rugged mountain road along the rugged mountain road. On the way, they passed by a small village at the foot of the mountain. The village was not big, with only more than thirty families. Liu Yixuan marched at night and did not want to disturb the nearby villagers too much, so he just walked around the back of the village.

"Mr. Liu, where are we going? Didn't we say we wanted to guard the intersection? Why did we still have to go up the mountain?" Xiao Liu asked behind him.

"If you don't go to the mountain, where are you going to stay?" Liu Yixuan asked.

"Just live in the village at the foot of the mountain! We can find a house in the village, and then send a few brothers to ambush in the grass on the side of the road. When we find the messenger of the Jin man, we will come out to capture it!"

"Waiting in the village? You think beautifully. If Han Ji sent someone to ask for help, it must be because the road is deserted and hidden, and few people know about it. Those officials who sent letters will definitely be careful step by step. When we passed by the village just now, it caused the chirping of chickens and dogs in the village to keep ringing. If we live in the village, who can guarantee that we will not make any noise? If the enemy notices it, then our plan will not be wasted? So, we should go to the dangerous place on the ridge first, and wait until there is any movement at the foot of the mountain, and then act at the opportunity!"

"Oh, after hearing Mr. Liu's words, I understood. Mr. Liu was afraid that the barking of the dogs in the village would reveal our identity, so he wanted to choose a quiet place to hide it. However, the mountains are tall and dense, and there are many mosquitoes. I am afraid that my brothers will not be able to stand it for the time being!" Xiao Liuzi said.

"What can't stand it? What are you afraid of by a few mosquitoes? You are the imperial guards of the Song Dynasty. Don't just think about being lazy and sloppy. When you catch the envoy of the Jin Kingdom and make great contributions, you will naturally be indispensable for rewards. Stop talking nonsense, leave quickly!"

The group talked about nooba and rushed straight to the highest point of Wulong Ridge. Looking at this path, it passed through the low depression between the two peaks. There was a persimmon forest on both sides of the path. Taking advantage of the hazy moonlight, Liu Yixuan saw that these persimmon trees were tall and thick, and there were many persimmon fruits hanging on the branches. Several agile soldiers saw the persimmons on the tree, and they all climbed the top of the tree like monkeys. They reached out to pick a few persimmons to pinch them. Only when they saw the fruits were rough and hard, did they realize that the persimmons were not ripe yet.

"Mr. Liu, there are so many persimmons here. Should I pick more and go back?" a soldier shouted on the tree.

"What are you picking? I took you out to catch people, not to pick fruits. I guess these persimmons were planted by the villagers at the foot of the mountain. Don't pick them randomly! Besides, it's just August, and the persimmons are not ripe yet, so don't slap things!"

After hearing the excuse, several soldiers stopped thinking about these persimmons. Liu Yixuan asked them: "Can you guys see the movements under the mountain on the tree?"

The "monkey soldiers" on the tree stood at a high place and looked down the mountain to the west, but saw the bright lights on the Cizhou city wall in the distance, and many torches were moving back and forth on the city wall. It was probably the officers and soldiers guarding the city were patrolling at night and looking out the city. It was indeed pitch black and there was no sight.

"Mr. Liu, we can vaguely see the lights on the Cizhou city wall in the tree. As for the bottom of the city wall, it is too dark to see!"

After hearing this, Liu Yixuan felt that it would be useless to let them stay in the tree. He wanted them to stay down the tree, but he saw that he had brought many ropes and fishing nets. If there were indeed Jin soldiers passing by, it would be better to capture them alive. So he said to Xiaoliu: "Liuzi, give these fishing nets to the brothers on the tree and let them pull them up on the tree. If Jin soldiers pass by, they will directly cast a net to capture them."

After hearing the order, Xiaoliu quickly asked someone to pull the fishing net open and hand it to the brothers on the tree. He also asked his soldiers to tie a few tripping ropes between the big trees on both sides, which could be considered as laying a net of heaven and earth, just waiting for the fish to take the bait.

Seeing that everything had been arranged, Liu Yixuan said to himself: "Unless the Jin people do not pass by this road, we will definitely be captured alive." He said to Xiaoliu, "Leave twenty brothers to ambush here, and the rest will follow me to wait in front!"

Xiao Liu divided his men into two groups as instructed, one guarded the rocks under the tree or climbed to the tree to cool down, and the other followed Liu Yixuan to wait in front of the ambush point. Everyone turned off the torch and found a huge rock in front of the mountain. The group sat on the rocks to cool down and joked, because the second update was just over this time, even if Han Ji wanted to send someone out of the city to deliver the letter, it would not be so early. According to normal reasoning, he would definitely wait until midnight when the soldiers patrolling the Song army were sleeping and tired before they opened the door and let people go.

In ancient times, the army outside the city was generally stationed three or five miles away, and would not be stationed directly under the city wall, because they were afraid that the army in the city would rob the camp at night, but this also gave the army inside the city a chance to send people out for help. Although the troops outside the city would send people to patrol carefully, due to the long defense line, it was inevitable that there would be some negligence. Therefore, the envoys of the besieged side would sneak out while the night was sunken. Such cases are everywhere in the history of ancient wars.

At the end of the Qin Dynasty, the princes rebelled. The Qin general Zhang Han and Wang Li led their troops to surround Julu. The King of Zhao and Prime Minister Zhang Er in Julu City saw that there were many Qin troops outside the city, so they had to send people to ask for help from other princes. Zhang Er sent fifteen envoys overnight to send letters of help from the princes of Qi, Chu, Yan, Zhao and other countries to ask for help, so that the princes of various countries could know the news that Julu was surrounded. However, later, various people came to rescue and did not dare to fight with the Qin soldiers, and they all looked at it. Only when the King of Chu Xiang Yu burned his boats and fought to the death with the Qin army, he lifted the siege of Julu. Therefore, the "Battle of Julu" became a famous classic battle of siege and counter-encirclement in Chinese history.

This time, the Song army surrounded Cizhou. Although Cizhou was not on the line, the Song army had an advantage in both strength and morale. Princess Wanyan was captured by the Song army again. Han Ji and Wanyan Hong had no choice but to ask Guo Yaoshi in Handan for help. Han Ji knew that the Song army was in strict supervision, so he decided to send a few more troops out of the city to deliver the letter, hoping that there would be a messenger who could break out of the siege and hand the letter to Guo Yaoshi.

Liu Yixuan and the soldiers were having a cool and chatting on the big rock in the forest. Seeing the stars and the moon setting in the west, the soldiers were no longer as energetic as they came. They were yawning and drowsy, and a few were lying on the big rock and snoring.

"Mr. Liu, I think this messenger from the Jin Kingdom is not good. It seems that we have been waiting all night in vain today!" Xiao Liuzi also yawned and said listlessly.

Liu Yixuan looked at the sleepy guys and said, "It's just after the third update, you're so sleepy, you don't look like a young man! In our era, this point was the most exciting time!"

Xiao Liuzi said: "Young Master Liu, do people of your era not sleeping at night? Why are you still having fun in the middle of the night?"

"Well, I always sleep when I sleep, but I don't sleep so early. For example, I can play games and watch movies. If I catch up with the World Cup or something, I might even stay up late until when!" Liu Yixuan said with a smile.

"'World Cup'? What is the 'World Cup'?" A soldier next to him heard Liu Yixuan tell them about the future again, and he also asked around curiously.

"The World Cup...is an international Cuju competition. Each country sends a team, and then plays together. After layers of competition, the team that wins is the champion and will win a trophy. This is the World Cup."

"Oh, so that's how it is." Several soldiers nodded in a slight sense of understanding and asked again: "Then have won many championships in our Song Dynasty?"

After hearing this, Liu Yixuan touched the soldier's head and sighed: "Oh, brother, stop talking, it's all tears if you say too much! Since our Taiwei Gao retired, the Cuju of the Song Dynasty has been in a slump. In our era, it has not recovered for nearly a thousand years! Alas, it's better not to mention this matter!"

...

Liu Yixuan had a chat with these soldiers. These soldiers of the Song army also liked to listen to him telling some illusory things, just like listening to a storyteller telling stories. However, unlike Storyer, Storyer likes to tell stories about the past, while Liu Yixuan likes to tell the future.

Liu Yixuan looked up at the deep sky above his head, but couldn't see what the distant future would look like. After he left, he didn't know whether his parents were all well, he didn't know whether he could return to them, and the Spanish national team he always loved, and whether they could successfully defend their title in the Brazil World Cup. Everything in the future is already the past, and only the dark night sky in front of him is so real.

Just as Liu Yixuan was in infinite thought, he heard a few barkings of dogs in the village at the foot of the mountain. Liu Yixuan immediately cheered up and listened carefully to the bottom of the mountain with his ears. Sure enough, in addition to the barking of the dog, there was also a rapid sound of horse hooves.

"Brothers, cheer up, the deal has come to the door!" Liu Yixuan turned around and said to the soldiers. After hearing Liu Yixuan's order, several soldiers woke up their sleepy companions, took the swords, guns, and quietly approached the winding path. (To be continued)
Chapter completed!