Chapter 297: Let’s do it?
Translator: Dragon Boat Translation Editor: Dragon Boat Translation
Moreover, if her husband’s army happened to be fighting the Liao army nearby and she burned the Liao army’s provisions at this point…
Perhaps, she might end up helping her husband.
The four men were overjoyed.
“However, we can’t do it rashly. We have to make some preparations in advance,” Qin Xiaoyao replied quickly.
“You guys come here…” With that, she called them to the table.
Then, she began to assign tasks.
“Later, Huang Fei, you follow me to check out the location of the grain storage.”
“Okay!” Huang Fei immediately responded. His eyes were brimming with radiance.
“After that, Huang Shi and Huang An, you two think of a way to buy wine. The more the better.”
“The rations and provisions of a dozen towns will definitely not be little. If there isn’t enough fuel, we won’t be able to burn them all.”
“Okay!” Huang Shi and Huang An also answered.
Finally, Qin Xiaoyao looked at Huang Daqiao.
“I’ll leave the transportation to you. You must find someone who can transport the wine to the grain storage location. Also, get the other party to cooperate.” “Okay!” Huang Daqiao agreed excitedly.
Qin Xiaoyao added a few more words before allowing them to leave. They agreed to start the operation in 15 minutes.
Although the specific time of action was the following night, they had to start preparing tonight.
After they left, Qin Xiaoyao tied up her hair, changed her clothes, and went out.
When she left the room, she found Huang Fei already waiting for her.
Qin Xiaoyao gestured with her hand and set off with Huang Fei.
After they left the inn, Huang Fei led the way and brought Qin Xiaoyao to the campsite of the Liao army.
“Although I didn’t manage to find out the exact location, the food rations should be stored in this army camp.
“This place isn’t that big. Let’s look around. We should be able to find it,” Huang Fei said in a low voice.
“Mm-hmm,” Qin Xiaoyao replied in a low voice.
“Then let’s split up and search. You will go left, I will go right.”
“Regardless of whether you find it or not, come back here in half an hour,” Qin Xiaoyao instructed quickly.
“Okay!” Huang Fei replied.
He quickly left.
Qin Xiaoyao also swiftly went searching on the right side of the camp.
In the dark night, she moved as fast as a phantom, and the patrolling Liao soldiers did not notice her at all.
After a round of searching, Qin Xiaoyao didn’t find any place where they stored their food rations.
However, she did find the tent of the head of the Liao army.
When she overheard a meeting going on in the tent, and thinking that it was still early for her to meet up with Huang Fei, Qin Xiaoyao decided to hide and listen in on the meeting.
“There’s nothing to worry about. Even if the Jin State’s Second Prince blocks our reinforcements and follow-up provisions, we won’t run out of food for ten days,” someone said.
“That’s right! Sir, I have just received news that the Imperial Court of the Jin State has made up their mind. They have agreed to the new conditions of our envoy.”
“Hahaha! We might not even need 10 days to return to the Great Liao State!” another person said.
As soon as he said that, the tent was filled with laughter.
After a while, the leader on the main seat raised his hand, and everyone quieted down.
“Although the people of the Jin State are all cowards, there are people like the Second Prince. Let’s not underestimate our enemy.
“Now, the negotiations between our Great Liao State and the Jin State have entered the final stage. We cannot afford to be careless at this final juncture.” “Yes!” Everyone saluted.
Then, the leader explained the short-term arrangements, such as details of the defense and patrol arrangements.
Qin Xiaoyao perked up and took mental notes as she listened.
At this moment, she was glad that her memory was not bad. With this information, it would be much easier for them to burn the food rations tomorrow night.
In addition, she didn’t need to look for the place where the food rations and provisions were stored anymore, because these people had already told her outright.
Qin Xiaoyao waited until the discussion in the tent was over before leaving quietly.
When she returned to the place where she had agreed to meet Huang Fei, Huang Fei was already waiting for her.
Huang Fei heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Qin Xiaoyao return.
“How’s the situation? Have you discovered where the Liao soldiers store their food rations?” Qin Xiaoyao asked.
“I’ve found it!” Huang Fei said with some excitement.
“The place where the Liao soldiers stored their food rations is less than 1500 feet from here.
“They have stocked up on a lot of food rations, and there are also a lot of people guarding and transporting the food rations in and out.
“In order to avoid being discovered, 1 didn’t dare to go too deep inside to investigate.”
Qin Xiaoyao nodded.
“Take me there,” she immediately spoke.
Although she knew about the internal arrangements within the military camp going forward, she still had to go to the actual site to check it out just to be safe.
This way, Qin Xiaoyao could make the appropriate arrangements when she returned.
Not only did she have to check out the place where the food rations were stored, but she also had to go to some key checkpoints within the military camp and some critical routes in Yellow Flower Town.
This way, they would be able to get out of here in one piece after accomplishing tomorrow’s big operation.
“Okay!” Huang Fei replied.
He quickly brought Qin Xiaoyao to where the Liao army had stored their food rations.
Along the way, Qin Xiaoyao observed her surroundings keenly, memorizing the terrain as she walked.
When she reached the place where the food rations were stored, she told Huang Fei to wait outside while she sneaked in alone.
In the end, Qin Xiaoyao discovered that there were indeed a lot of food rations stored there.
At the same time, there were also many people from nearby towns who came to transport the grain out.
Qin Xiaoyao watched the exchange between the two parties for a while and formed some ideas in her mind.
After staying for a while longer and getting a fairly good understanding overall, she sneaked out.
When she returned to Huang Fei’s hiding spot, Huang Fei let out a sigh of relief again.
“Let’s go. We’ll talk when we get back,” Qin Xiaoyao said.
“Okay!” Huang Fei replied.
The two figures quickly crept out of the military camp.
Then, the duo returned to the inn.
When Qin Xiaoyao returned to her room, Huang Shi and the others had yet to return.
She locked herself in her room and began to draw up the map of the Liao army’s camp.
Of course, she couldn’t draw the complete layout, but most of the areas were already imprinted in her mind, and the map she drew was enough to deal with the operation tomorrow night.
As soon as Qin Xiaoyao finished drawing the map, Huang Daqiao came back.
After letting Huang Fei and Huang Daqiao in, Qin Xiaoyao turned to Huang Daqiao.
“How did it go?”
Huang Daqiao cupped his hands at Qin Xiaoyao.
“I’ve already found the people and carts. The other party agreed to help transport the goods into the military camp. However, we’ll have to personally bring them in.”
Qin Xiaoyao nodded.
“There are five of us. We have just enough manpower.”
“How about this? Can we negotiate with the other party and let them rent five carts to us? When the time comes, we’ll act on our own.”
At the grain storage area, she discovered that there were not many people in each team that went to retrieve the army provisions.
Some teams had more than ten people, while others only had a few.
If they went in as a team of five, they wouldn’t be so conspicuous.
The key was that they had to find a way to mix in with the crowd.
In addition, the other party didn’t know their intentions at all if they were to hire outsiders to act together.
If they were to fight, those people would be implicated and might even lose their lives.
Huang Daqiao thought for a while.
“I think it can be done!” he responded.
“Then let’s do it this way.”
“Tomorrow, you will go and get the carts settled. Once Huang Shi and Huang An have bought the wine, we’ll load the carts and send the carts to the military camp.”
“Okay!” Huang Daqiao answered..