Crossing the Sword

Chapter 142 Helping Ling Fei

"Brother, are you going to fight again?" After getting away with it, Bai Yu asked Ling Fei.

Ling Fei sighed and said, "This is what happened. A group of bandits gathered nearby and they're making a lot of noise. They often robbed nearby residents and the residents are complaining bitterly. These bandits occupied a large island in the middle of a lake and ordinary local troops can't do anything about them. I was ordered to bring five thousand elite soldiers here to encircle and suppress them, but I didn't expect to meet you here." He only said "you" instead of "you guys" at the end, obviously to create the illusion that he and Ye Shisan were not familiar with each other.

Bai Yu smiled and said, "Now that they have encountered Brother's invincible force, those bandits are probably in trouble!"

Ling Fei did not feel proud after hearing this. Instead, he shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I didn't take them seriously at first. However, after investigating their defense arrangements and the geographical environment just now, I realized that this group of bandits is not so easy to deal with. There must be people among them who understand military affairs, so it will be difficult to fight them!" After saying this, he sighed.

Bai Yu asked in confusion: "Are the other people very powerful? All the enemies you met before were knowledgeable in military affairs, and they were all fled by your Five Elements Flag. Why are you so cautious this time?" Although Bai Yu was in the Fuxi Temple, he had heard about Ling Fei's affairs.

Ye Shisan just listened quietly without making any comments. He had already considered Ling Fei's difficulties. In this special terrain, although the regular army is stronger than the bandits, due to geographical reasons, it may not be able to gain any advantage. Moreover, most of the northern troops are cavalry, and the base camp of the bandits happens to be an island in the middle of a lake. Even if the Five Elements Flag is brave and good at fighting, it may not be involved in water battles. If the opponent cannot be lured out for a land battle, it is really hard to say whether he will win or lose.

Sure enough, Ling Fei also said: "If we fight on flat ground, I am certainly not afraid of anyone. But we in the Five Elements Flag are almost all weaklings, and I am not sure about water battles. Of course, if we have 5,000 elite soldiers, we have a chance of winning, but I really can't bear to see those brothers suffer too much loss."

Bai Yu immediately perked up when he heard this and said, "If you can help the people get rid of harm, then I'll help you too, okay? Hehe, I've been doing chivalrous things all along the way."

Ling Fei immediately shook his head and said, "Forget it. If anything happens to you, I won't be able to face my master."

Bai Yu retorted, "That's no problem. I have Tan Shang to protect me. Are there any god-level masters among the bandits? Does anyone have a top-grade immortal weapon? If not, I will be absolutely safe and have nothing to worry about. Don't you think so, brother?" As he spoke, he looked at Ye Shisan, asking for his opinion.

When Ye Shisan was in Youdu, Ling Fei helped him a lot. Now that Ling Fei was in trouble, he naturally couldn't just stand by and watch. Besides, Bai Yu had already brought it up, and Ye Shisan didn't want to spoil her fun. So he stepped forward, clasped his fists and said, "General Ling, just do as Yu'er said. She's really amazing."

When Ling Fei heard Zhang Tianya say the same thing, he thought about it for a while and finally nodded in agreement.

The two followed Ling Fei back to the military camp, and Ling Fei led them to the central army tent. He immediately sent the other generals away, set up a soundproof barrier, and asked the two, "How did you become brother and sister?"

Ye Shisan turned on the autumn fan with a "puff" sound, shook it twice and said: "Of course Yu'er admires my literary talent and romanticism, so we became sworn brothers. Hehe, no kidding, but we really became brother and sister. In order to deal with your Black Emperor's poison mark, I have to dress like this." He shrugged helplessly as he said this.

"Oh..." Ling Fei said depressedly: "Thirteen, I'm not saying anything bad about you. You also know how sensitive your current identity is. It's fine if Bai Yu wants to get rid of harm for the people, but why are you joining in the fun? What if your identity is discovered, how can I say good things to you?"

Ye Shisan smiled and said, "I think my acting was pretty good, but I saw that you have no confidence in this battle, so I wanted to help you and try to minimize the losses of your troops. If you don't want my help, I can leave now." Of course, he was just joking with Ling Fei.

However, Ling Fei has a typical general character. When he heard that the losses could be reduced, his eyes lit up immediately and said, "Do you really have a way? That's right, you are the world's number one expert in solving cases after all. If that's the case, thank you so much. Whatever you think, come up with a plan quickly!" Then he asked the two to sit down.

Bai Yu also asked curiously: "Brother, I didn't expect that in addition to solving the case, you also have a way to encircle and suppress the bandits. What is your trick? Tell me about it."

Ye Shisan sighed. He thought he would leave after just one meeting, but he didn't expect to have to stay in touch with him for a while longer. It seems that the name Ye Sixia will have to be used for a while longer. It's really awkward. I should have thought of another name earlier. Seeing the two people's expectation, he pretended to be deep and said, "If I don't even know the basic information about the opponent's military strength, characteristics, and geographical environment, I can't do anything about it."

Ling Fei slapped his forehead and said, "Look at me, I was so happy that I actually forgot such an important thing. Look, this is a map." He took out the map and pointed with his finger, introducing it to the two people, "This is Baihu Lake, and inside is the island in the middle of the lake. The mountain on the island is the mountain fortress of Song Yi and his gang. Their defense is arranged like this..." After that, he began to introduce the defense of the mountain fortress to the two people in detail.

After listening to his introduction, Ye Shisan thought for a moment and said, "Their defense is well arranged, not suitable for a strong attack. However, on the island, in addition to the Bifeng Mountain, there are large areas of open space around, you have to take advantage of this. Now you are facing two main difficulties. The first is the landing problem; the second is how to take down the mountain pass after landing. Am I wrong?"

"That's absolutely right!" After seeing Ye Shisan's methods of solving the case, Ling Fei no longer had any doubts about his wisdom. Now that he had hit the nail on the head, he was even more convinced that he had a way to help solve the problem. He immediately asked, "You already know the problem, so do you have any solution?"

Bai Yu didn't know the key point, so he didn't say anything and just stood aside as a qualified listener.

Ye Shisan smiled confidently and said, "I already have a plan. I have two ways to land. And I have four ways to defeat the enemy."

"What?" Ling Fei's eyes widened, and he said in a lost voice, "I have been thinking hard about how to defeat the enemy for such a long time, but to no avail. You have come up with so many plans at once, don't keep me in suspense, tell me quickly, let me see what ingenious plan our great military advisor Ye has."