After Mao Wenlong's side was well prepared, he had already set off to fight in Liaodong. And Cheng Zuo, who set off first to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng, had already led a total of 50,000 soldiers and horses to Datong Mansion City at this moment.

The prefect informed Chengzuo that the rest of Li Zicheng's troops were still hidden in Liangshan, and from the fact that there were more and more frequent cases of probing horses out of the mountains to investigate, it could be judged that it should be the time for Li Zicheng to take action.

Although the prefect has noticed some circumstances, it has not yet known the specific location where Li Zicheng is hiding in Liangshan. Everything still needs to be sent by Cheng Zuo himself to investigate, after all, the prefect's ability is limited, and he does not dare to startle the snake, so as not to scare Li Zicheng away.

In the palace, Cheng Zuo, Zhuang Yexiang and Adou gathered around a table, discussing how to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng.

Cheng Zuo pointed to the hand-drawn map of Liangshan, and said in a condensed voice: "The terrain of Liangshan is steep, and it is a deep mountain and old forest, and there are few people. We want to encircle and suppress Li Zicheng inside, and once there is a slight disturbance, it will inevitably cause Li Zicheng to be frightened, and if he escapes after that, we have no way to deal with him. ”

Zhuang Yexiang frowned: "Li Zicheng must not be allowed to escape again, it was not easy to wait for this opportunity, if he is allowed to escape, I am afraid that there will be no chance to kill him in the future." ”

Cheng Zuo smiled bitterly and comforted Zhuang Yexiang: "Don't be in a hurry, this time we came in a hurry, we must understand the basic situation." You can't make a move until you're foolproof, and you can't be careless. ”

Adou said at this time: "Is General Cheng that as long as he knows Li Zicheng's current exact location, he can start an encirclement and suppression of Li Zicheng?" ”

Cheng Zuo nodded and said: "That's true, but there is a premise, you must quietly determine Li Zicheng's hiding place." ”

Under Li Zicheng's close surveillance, he was still in the unfamiliar deep mountains and old forests. It's not so easy to do this, and for this reason, Cheng Zuo is full of sadness at the moment.

Adou pondered for a moment and then said, "Why don't you let me try it?" ”

After Cheng Zuo and Zhuang Yexiang glanced at each other, the two nodded at the same time, obviously agreeing with Adou's ability.

"Then there is Brother Rau Adou." Cheng Zuo was not polite, and immediately gave up.

At present, apart from Adou, Chengzuo can't think of anyone more competent than him.

"That's a big deal." Adou got up directly.

"Brother Adou is leaving now?" Seeing Adou get up directly, Chengzuo was very surprised.

"Without further ado, I'll go and prepare some things now, and I'll leave at once, so as not to delay business." Adou said frankly.

Chengzuo hesitated for a moment, and felt that what Adou said was reasonable, so he didn't say more. He and Zhuang Yexiang sent Adou to the door and watched him leave quickly.

In the evening of the same day, Adou changed into a night suit, quietly left the mansion, and quickly disappeared in the direction of Liangshan.

The moon is high, and the wind and waves are calm tonight, although it is autumn, I don't feel the slightest bit of fresh air. On the contrary, it was very hot weather, and the drought in the north did not ease, and the cracked earth opened with a large mouth that was cracked, and under the light of the night, it was chilling.

Like a ghost, Adou ran quickly across the cracked wilderness, and the bright moonlight illuminated his way forward.

In the middle of the night, the towering peak of Liangshan had already appeared in front of Adou's eyes, he stopped and looked around for a moment, and after finding no abnormal movement, he continued to speed up and run towards Liangshan in front of him.

"Chirp"

All kinds of insect chirping filled Adou's ears, and in such a noisy environment, he couldn't detect any unusual movements in the dark. But this is not without its benefits, in the noisy environment of insect chirping, he cannot detect distant movements, and likewise, others must not be able to easily detect his traces.

Adou began to let go of his courage and continued to run towards the depths of Liangshan, walking in the deep mountains and old forests in a dark environment, in fact, it was no different from a blind man in a hurry.

The bright moonlight could not penetrate the dense foliage, causing the ground under the shade of the trees to be completely black, almost to the point where you could not see your fingers. Adou's speed of progress slowed down again and again, until finally there was no way to continue moving forward, so he had to stop and think of a way.

"Damn, it's so dark, it's a problem to even walk, let alone look for Li Zicheng's traces." Adou muttered, leaned helplessly on a large tree trunk, and rested a little.

While resting, he racked his brains to find Li Zicheng's hideout. After nearly half an hour passed, Adou still couldn't think of a good way, raised his eyes and looked at the surroundings that were still pitch black, he finally had to choose to give up, only to wait until dawn to see the situation.

If you want to sleep in the woods at night, you can't stay on the ground stupidly, Adou turned around and climbed up the big tree he was leaning on just now.

Climbing all the way to the top and sticking his head out of the dense foliage, he saw the bright moonlight again.

Suddenly, in Adou's line of sight, there was a faint light reflecting the light of fire. Adou was stunned for a moment, and then began to search carefully, and soon he found that the fire he had accidentally discovered just now was actually emitting from a col in front of him.

From a distance, the light of the fire was shining like a firefly, if it weren't for Adou's carefulness and being in the dark, otherwise he would never have been able to find this firelight.

In such a deep mountain and old forest, it is sparsely populated during the day, let alone at night. There is nothing to doubt, nine times out of ten this is Li Zicheng's hideout. Thinking of this, Adou suddenly became excited.

The unexpected discovery made him not waste most of the day. There was nothing to say, Adou immediately turned over and got off the tree, relying on the direction he had just remembered, and slowly touched it in the direction of the firelight.

It was almost dawn when Adou approached the place where he had found the light source in the darkest hour before dawn.

Adou can already clearly see that there is a small village in this hidden mountain col. Dozens of small cabins are built around a semi-circular col, and only when you get close can you find a village, which is definitely hidden by the dense woods if you can't see it from a distance.

"Damn it, there's nothing in the mountains, and I don't know how long it will take for us to get out of this damn place." A deep voice came from where the light source came from.

Adou didn't dare to be careless, and repeatedly slowed down his pace and approached cautiously. Hiding his body behind a thick tree trunk, Adou looked cautiously.

I saw two guards in leather armor sitting around a small fire, and it was clear that these two men should be the night watchmen.