Why My Domineering Prince Regretted Filing for Divorce?-Chapter 830 - 623: Why Do You Bully My Little Sister?

After leaving the military camp, the three of them first rode their horses for a while. Climbing the gently sloping uphill road was not too difficult for their riding skills, but further on, the narrow and rugged mountain path and the dense pine and cypress branches stretching out on both sides were no longer suitable for riding, so they had to lead the horses for a stretch and then ride for a stretch.

By the time they approached the mountain wall, it was close to midnight.

Although they knew that there was still a distance between the northern mountain wall and the valley where Yu Wencheng was located, to be on the safe side, Yu Wenye had them stop when there was still some distance from the mountain wall. He wrapped the horse hooves with cloth they carried, muzzled the horses, and then tethered all three of them to trees.

Then, under the moonlight, the three of them silently passed through the dense Pine Forest on the mountaintop and finally arrived quietly at the mountain wall.

At this time, the night was as dark as ink, and everything was silent.

The side of the thousands of feet high cliff beneath their feet was smooth as if carved by a knife, as if indeed an Immortal had wielded a giant axe and knife to split Cangbai Mountain in half. Standing on the cliff, there was a panoramic view before them. Although the night sky was deep at this time, the clouds overhead had luckily cleared a bit, revealing bright stars and the moon that cast light illuminating the contours of large mountains afar.

Among them, a particularly deep shadow, like ink spilled on paper, was the valley ahead.

"That’s it, there..."

Yu Wenye furrowed his brows slightly, examined it carefully once again, and immediately became alert.

He clutched Shen Wuzheng and Nie Chong beside him with both hands and hurriedly crouched down to lie flat on the ground, his eyes burning as he stared ahead. Shen Wuzheng looked at him somewhat surprised: "What is it?"

Yu Wenye said, "Ahead, there’s firelight."

"Oh?"

Shen Wuzheng was stunned for a moment, and then he looked up again, indeed seeing in the gloomy night a faintly flickering, almost imperceptible point of light at the entrance of the valley. Upon closer inspection, there were indeed several points of firelight.

It seemed to be several campfires.

And around the campfires, some faintly moving dark spots seemed to be people gathered around the fires.

He said in a deep voice: "That is—"

Yu Wenye said, "Those should be the troops Wang Shaoji sent to pursue Yan Jie."

As he spoke, he slightly narrowed his eyes. Despite the deep night, his eyes under the dim light exuded an eagle-like sharp and refined glow. After watching ahead for a good while, he said, "Yan Jie is trapped in the valley, and they have been guarding the outside."

"Guarding the outside all the time? Not attacking in?"

Shen Wuzheng was stunned and then started to understand: "Could it be because the entrance to the valley is very narrow?"

"Yes." Yu Wenye nodded and said, "The entrance is narrow, making it easy to defend and hard to attack."

Saying this, he furrowed his brows again and his gaze traced the valley towards another side, but he did not see the exit within sight. He exhaled heavily, unsure if it was in frustration or helplessness, saying, "It’s a place that can only be entered, not exited. Although others can’t get in, they are also trapped inside."

"..."

"Without backup, even if these people can’t attack inside, just blocking the outside, they can slowly wear them to death."

Shen Wuzheng watched ahead and nodded silently.

At this moment, Nie Chong lying on Yu Wenye’s right side asked softly: "Your Highness, since we’ve found the location, should we seize the opportunity and launch a surprise attack?"

"..."

Yu Wenye thought for a while, then shook his head: "No."

Upon hearing this, Shen Wuzheng and Nie Chong were both taken aback. They exchanged glances and simultaneously looked at him: "Why?"

Yu Wenye said, "The night is too dark now. Although attacking might catch them off guard, if these people scatter and flee, it would be very difficult for us to capture them all."

Shen Wuzheng widened his eyes slightly: "You want to catch all of them?"

Yu Wenye nodded: "Yes."

"Why?"

"Because if they escape, they would surely return to Taiyuan to report our movements here."

"..."

"If there is going to be a ’surprise’ battle, I want it to be in Taiyuan, not here."

"..."

After hearing his words, Nie Chong couldn’t help but draw a cold breath but remained speechless. Meanwhile, on the other side, Shen Wuzheng’s eyes glittered slightly, contemplating for a long while before saying: "Your words have merit, but the enemy’s forces—"

Speaking as he squinted his eyes and stared ahead for a long time, despite the deep night making it impossible to discern how many troops were actually before the valley, having chased Yu Wencheng here, there certainly were many hands, at least several thousand. Even though they led a vanguard of twenty thousand troops, defeat is possible, but capturing all is nearly impossible.