Hearing Yang Huazhong ask, the old man's eyes fell on him.

"If you don't go to the ground, I'm here to help you dig the foundation." The old man said.

"ah"

Yang Huazhong was surprised.

He said hurriedly, "Dad, we have enough people here. Go and have a rest at home."

Old Yangtou said, "With one more person and one more shovel, we can dig earlier."

He spit into his calloused palms, rubbed them a few times, and then held the shovel in his hands.

"My son is going to build a big and grand house. As a father, I am so happy. Why don't I dig the foundation?"

"Come on, let's do it"

Watching Lao Yangtou holding a shovel and joining the army digging the foundation with high spirits.

Yang Huazhong had mixed feelings.

The man also picked up the hoe in his hand, turned around and followed.

Far away on the other side of several mountains.

Travel day and night, over mountains and ridges, and across mountains and rivers.

As night fell, Ning Su and Luo Fengtang finally arrived at the small forest where the military camp was stationed.

However, they found that the tents in the grove had already been pulled up, and the cooking pots accompanying the march were scattered on the ground.

There were still signs of a fight at the scene.

The two of them checked separately, and then Ning Su frowned.

"Oops, there must be another bandit attack after I left. Did the Lord retreat to another place or were they captured?"

Ning Su couldn't figure it out.

Luo Fengtang looked away.

"Judging from the footprints at the scene, there was a small fight here."

"The generals must have abandoned their camp and retreated elsewhere. Let's go and look for them elsewhere," Luo Fengtang said.

Ning Su looked at the towering mountains all around. It was getting late and everything was getting dark.

"You didn't leave any clues for me. Look around the peaks to find where to go," he said.

Luo Fengtang pondered for a moment and patted Ning Su's shoulder, "Follow me."

The two of them wandered through the mountains and forests in the dark for several hours, and finally found the garrison in the middle of the night.

When Ning Su arrived near the station, he was discovered by the sentry.

The token was shown and the sentry let him go.

There was a lamp left in the general's tent.

When Ning Su came in, a middle-aged man wearing armor was looking at the marching formation chart under the lamp.

There were two little soldiers standing beside him.

Seeing Ning Su coming in, the general said, "Vice General Ning, you have come back at the right time. After these few days of recuperation, the general planned to lead the soldiers to attack Heifeng Village in the early morning and destroy the bandits' lair in one fell swoop."

Ning Su frowned when he heard the general's words.

"General Zhu, can we discuss the plan to capture Heifeng Village later?"

"The military situation is so fierce, how can we delay it?" General Zhu asked somewhat displeasedly.

Ning Su said, "This time I went down the mountain and found a villager who is familiar with the terrain here to be our guide."

"According to the guide, the drawings in our hands are incomplete, which is detrimental to our march and formation to encircle and suppress the bandits."

"How about we listen to what the guide said first?" Ning Su asked for instructions.

General Zhu pondered for a moment and said, "Bring the man in and show him to me."

Ning Su turned around and said hello to the outside of the tent, and a tall figure immediately entered the tent.

"Luo Fengtang, a villager in Changping Village, has met General Zhu."

Luo Fengtang greeted General Zhu respectfully.

General Zhu raised his eyelids and looked at the guide in front of him.

He is very young and has a strong build.

He was wearing coarse clothes, with patches on his cuffs and elbows.

At first glance, they are descendants of farmers who have been digging in the soil for eight generations.

General Zhu sat down, took a cup of fragrant tea from the soldier next to him, and took a sip.

"Are you familiar with the local mountain roads?" General Zhu asked Luo Fengtang.

Luo Fengtang nodded, "I am a hunter in the mountains. I have never been to the two peaks except for the two peaks in the Black Wind Village. I have climbed all the peaks nearby."

General Zhu nodded, "Vice General Ning said, if the drawings are incomplete, how can the method be incomplete?"

Luo Fengtang took out the drawing he brought with him.

It has his relabeled ox hoof dam.

Then, hand it over with both hands.

General Zhu didn't answer, but the soldiers on the side did.

General Zhu took it from the soldier's hand to his own and glanced at it.

"Cow Hoof Dam"

"Yes," Luo Fengtang said.

"Tell me, what kind of place is this Niupi Dam?" General Zhu said.

Luo Fengtang then explained the situation of Niuti Dam to General Zhu in detail.

Finally, Luo Fengtang added, "Niuti Dam is like an outpost to Heifeng Village."

Luo Fengtang said.

"There is a small force of bandits in Black Wind Village, stationed at Niutiba. The two are like horns to each other and complement each other." He said.

General Zhu narrowed his eyes after hearing this.

On the side, Ning Su asked for instructions again, "General Zhu, this brother Luo Fengtang is not only familiar with the terrain here, but he is also very skilled."

"He also proposed tactics that his subordinates felt were appropriate regarding our tactics for encircling Heifeng Village. General Zhu might as well listen to it."

Hearing this, General Zhu's eyes moved to Luo Fengtang.

He twitched the corner of his mouth.

How could a mere country hunter know how to march and form a formation?

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"Since Vice General Ning strongly recommends it, please come and listen to it," General Zhu said.

Under Ning Su's encouraging eyes, Luo Fengtang nodded.

Then, he explained the encirclement and suppression tactics revised by Yang Ruoqing to General Zhu one by one in a clear and logical manner.

"We should concentrate our main force and first besiege Niudaba where the bandits are relatively weak."

"In this case, if Niuti Dam is in emergency, Heifeng Village will definitely send forces to help."

"At this time, we will ambush the remaining troops on the road from Heifeng Village to Niuti Dam to contain them."

"The rescue could not be made in time. Our army captured Niu Tiba, and then attacked with the remaining troops from both front and back, wiping out the bandits who rushed to help in the middle of the journey."

Luo Fengtang said.

"Once the Niudao Dam is broken, it is equivalent to breaking the door of Heifeng Village."

"Our army can be repaired and supplied with supplies at Niuti Dam, next"

"Okay, no need to say anything further"

General Zhu suddenly raised his hand to interrupt Luo Fengtang.

He crumpled the drawings Luo Fengtang brought and threw them on the table.

"Vice General Ning, where did you find such a guide who talks nonsense?"

General Zhu looked at Ning Su with great displeasure.

"What about dividing the troops into several groups? How about surrounding the Niutiba to supply supplies? We are an army sent by the imperial court to suppress thieves. Is it possible that we still have to station and multiply in these barren mountains?"

"In my marching purpose, Mr. Zhu, I did not avoid the important points, but just talked lightly and went all out to win the Black Wind Stronghold."

General Zhu stood up.

"Pass my order, early tomorrow morning, the entire army will be mobilized to attack Heifeng Village from the front and approach the bandit's lair."

Ning Su was anxious.

"General Zhu, Heifeng Stronghold is a natural danger. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. A strong attack would be really detrimental to our side."

Over there, Luo Fengtang also frowned and said, "If we don't destroy the Niudao Dam first, then the bandits will attack from both sides, and our army will be attacked from both sides and have no way to retreat."

"Shut up"

General Zhu slammed the desk.
Chapter completed!