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"Hey, hey......" Cao Ke smiled meaningfully, and said: "Sometimes, seemingly impossible things can often be solved in the simplest way, just like this time, whether it is me or you, they all think about the problem is a little cumbersome and troublesome, in fact, if you want the prince and my eldest brother on the mountain to know about our arrival, you don't really need to send someone up the mountain to inform them, you just need me to raise my hand!"

As he spoke, Cao Ke raised his right hand and gently touched the space ring on his left hand, and an object more than ten centimeters long was held in his hand. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

Looking at the thing that Cao Ke took out like a small stick, the eldest grandson Ling and Long Er next to him didn't know what it was, the two looked at each other very inexplicably, and then the eldest grandson Ling asked Cao Ke, "Brother Ke, what is this thing you took out?"

Cao Ke didn't answer Changsun Ling's question immediately, but raised the small stick high above his head, and then slapped the bottom of the small stick with his other hand, and he heard "pop!" and "whoosh!" Two crisp sounds in succession, and a colorful streamer shot out of the small stick, straight into the sky!

This colorful streamer rushed straight into the air at an altitude of 100 meters before it exploded with a "bang!" Like fireworks released by people during the New Year's holidays, bursting into a brilliant light all over the sky! Even though it was still a sunny morning, these rays looked so clear and beautiful from a distance!

"Ahhh......h

"That's right!" Cao Ke threw the useless stick in his hand to the ground, and said with a smile: "This is our Cao family's signal flare! This kind of signal flare has its special light effect, even if the distance between the two sides is one or two kilometers, it can be clearly seen! With it, the eldest brother on the mountain should be able to know that I am coming! Where do you need Karnaca to stealth up the mountain to ventilate and report?"

Eldest Sun Ling and Long Er nodded excitedly in agreement, and Long Er asked, "Then Cao Gongzi, what should we do next?" Do you want to wait for the people on the mountain to rush down and disrupt the enemy's defenses, and then we will rush up?"

"No!" Cao Ke waved his hand: " My eldest brother's team on the mountain, has been besieged by Prince Tang Feng's side for a long time, fighting almost every day in the middle, and there has been a period of rations, in this case, no matter how elite they are, they are now a tired division, how much combat strength can be left, it is really difficult to judge, our side can't just count on them to help us solve the battle, we also need to launch an attack with them to the enemy position halfway up the mountain, and we also have to attract the enemy's attention as much as possible, so as to give my eldest brother and them the best chance to break through the enemy's position！”

"Okay! I understand this!" Ryuuji replied firmly: "I'll send people out now and continue to feint on the enemy's position to attract their attention." ”

With that, Ryuuji turned around directly and went down to arrange.

Looking at Ryuuji's back, and then looking up at the mist-shrouded mountaintop, Cao Ke said to himself very solemnly: "The victory or defeat of this battle is ...... in one fell swoop."

Halfway up the mountain, General Du's position.

The signal flare launched by Cao Ke under the mountain, General Du naturally saw it clearly, which made General Du frown, and an ominous premonition arose.

"General......" The adjutant standing next to General Du said to General Du: "According to the subordinates, this seems to be a signal flare used to transmit information...... Could it be that the enemy, seeing that they could not attack the mountain with their present strength, called for reinforcements from the fleet at sea?"

General Du snorted: "Is this possible...... However, the size of the enemy at the bottom of the mountain should be less than 20,000, and even if they call in more reinforcements, they will not be able to use them on this narrow mountain pass, and if I were the commander of the enemy, I would not have done such useless work......"

The adjutant said suspiciously: "What does the general mean, does it mean that the enemy's signal flare has another meaning?" ”

"That's what I'm afraid of!" General Du stared at the Cao Ke camp at the bottom of the mountain, and said solemnly: "It's true that this team should look at the flag of the Sea Clan, but the question is why the Sea Clan's army suddenly appeared here, and why did it suddenly attack us...... You must know that now that they are fighting with the Sunset Kingdom, it stands to reason that they should not fire at us who are holding the military flag of the Tongtian Empire......"

The adjutant thought for a moment, his eyes lit up, and he said: "There should be only one answer to all this......!

"That's the real purpose of their attack on us this time, it's completely in the crown prince on the mountain!" General Du didn't wait for the adjutant to finish speaking, and said directly: "They want to break through our blockade and rescue the people on the mountain!"

"And that flare was the one they used to communicate with the mountain?" asked the adjutant.

"It should be ......" At this point, General Du's heart felt a fierce chill, and he hurriedly ordered the adjutant: "Quickly, send an order, and tell a thousand brothers to immediately form a defensive formation facing the top of the mountain, and if Cao Hong's army on the mountain rushes down, death will also be blocked for me!"

"Yes!" the adjutant knew that the situation was urgent, and immediately went down to make arrangements.

However, as soon as the adjutant's front foot left, two teams of 1,000 people came out of the Cao Ke camp at the bottom of the mountain, one left and one right, and these two teams of 1,000 people waved their flags and shouted, and launched a charge to the side of the mountain with amazing momentum, which made General Du's heart sink and he hurriedly shouted: "The enemy is here again, and the rolling wood and stones are ready......

On the mountain, the camp of Prince Jingyun and Cao Hong.

From the time Cao Ke ordered the bombardment of General Du's camp, Cao Hong and Prince Jingyun already knew that the huge sound of a hundred cannons that shook the earth could be clearly heard even from a few kilometers away from the Red Coral Islands and Reefs, let alone them on the top of the mountain.

However, Prince Jingyun and Cao Hong did not have an accurate judgment as to why there was a sudden fight below, they didn't know whether the team attacking General Du was friend or foe with them, and they didn't know what the real purpose of this team was here, so Prince Jingyun and Cao Hong briefly discussed, or decided to stand still on the top of the mountain for the time being, and wait and see what happened, until Cao Ke shot the Cao family's unique signal flare into the sky......

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince!" Cao Hong looked at the bright light of the signal flare bursting in the sky, and said with great excitement: "It's Cao Ke! My third brother! The third brother has come to save us! This signal flare is unique to our Cao family! It can't be wrong!"

Prince Jingyun was also overjoyed when he heard this, and said, "So, this team that is now fighting with my imperial brother's army in full swing on the mountainside is led by Cao Sanshao?"

"It should be!" Cao Hong nodded affirmatively: "From the time Ling'er completed the grain robbery mission and left the Red Coral Islands and Reefs, she should also bring Cao Ke who is in the Sea Clan!"

"That's great, we can finally leave this ghost place!" Prince Jingyun let out a sigh of relief, paused for a moment, and then continued: "But, why did Cao Sanshao release a signal flare of your Cao family first? Just lead the troops up the mountain directly!"

Cao Hong took a closer look down the mountain, because of the dense vegetation on the red coral island and reef, and the mountain road was winding, so, from Cao Hong's current position, he couldn't see anything, after thinking about it, Cao Hong could only say: "Listening to the shouts and killing voices of both sides, it seems to be halfway up the mountain...... It may be that the enemy is holding the road halfway up the mountain, and the third brother can't rush up for the time being......"

Prince Jingyun frowned when he heard this, and said, "Then what should we do now?" The Lone King really doesn't understand this aspect of leading troops to fight, Cao Aiqing, come and give the Lone King an idea." ”

Cao Hong said: "Just like what Your Royal Highness the Crown Prince said just now, if everything goes well with the third brother, they should directly lead the troops up the mountain and it will be over, but now the third brother not only did not go up the mountain directly, but also launched the signal flare of the Cao family first, which shows that they have encountered some problems that cannot be solved temporarily......

"And I think that this problem is nothing more than the resistance of Prince Tang Feng's team, plus the place where they are fighting now is halfway up the mountain, so I estimate that Prince Tang Feng's troops must be defending according to the danger, and the third brother can't attack it, so he launched a signal flare to notify us, let us launch an attack from the mountain, cooperate with them to annihilate the enemy, and break through the blockade!"

"Oh?" Prince Jingyun was slightly stunned: "Cao Aiqing, are you so sure that the truth of the matter is like this?"

Cao Hong nodded affirmatively: "It should be right! Except for this possibility, there is no other way to fully explain why the third brother sent this signal flare...... Of course, there is another point, that is, the inexplicable tacit understanding between me and my third brother...... Does His Highness the Crown Prince understand what I mean?"

Jingyun Prince Tang Yun thought for a moment, and then smiled slightly: "I understand." ”

Cao Hong bowed his hand to the crown prince Tang Yunyi, and said loudly: "His Royal Highness the prince, my subordinates are willing to lead troops down the mountain and cooperate with my third brother to attack the enemy's position!"

Tang Yun raised his hand, patted Cao Hong's shoulder, and said, "Yes! Cao Aiqing be careful! Once you find out that it is not Cao Sanshao's army coming down from the mountain, or if the enemy is too strong to do anything, you should quickly withdraw to the mountain, and everything should be done with safety as the priority!"

"Subordinates understand!" Cao Hong glanced at Tang Yun very gratefully, then turned around in stride, and shouted an order to the army that was already standing behind him and was ready: "Everyone has it, go down the mountain with me!" Break away from the enemy's position and welcome my third brother up the mountain!"

"Yes!" all the soldiers raised their swords together and shouted in response!