(Sorry, I had something to take care of today and went out drinking. I drank too much, messed up the order of the chapters, and posted this one early.)
Mount Ge Yi, also known as Mount Ju, lay at the border between Pizhou and Suining Counties on the northern Jiangsu plain, directly southwest of Xiapi City.
It was not tall, with its highest peak reaching only 204 meters. It could hardly be called steep, but in the Late Han Dynasty, before the environment had been damaged, it still had high mountains and dense forests. Hiding a few people there was no problem at all.
After Gan Ning left that day, Wei Yan began making arrangements. Every day, when the army conducted drills outside the city, he split it into smaller groups and quietly sent out around a thousand men at a time. They secretly traveled south along the Sishui River, took a detour, and concealed themselves within Mount Ge Yi.
Day after day passed, and more than fifteen thousand men were quietly hidden in Mount Ge Yi.
Fortunately, the Han Army had never neglected training in wilderness survival. After hiding in the mountains for a full half month, they still retained more than eighty percent of their combat strength.
After receiving the intelligence he wanted, Wei Yan burst out laughing, excitement filling his expression. The chance for me, Wei Yan, to make my name shake the world—has come!
A sand table of all Xuzhou had been prepared long ago. Wei Yan had also been planning for Xiapi City for a long time. Over the past few years, whenever he had nothing to do, he had conducted countless simulations of different situations. Having Gan Ning serve as bait this time was somewhat unexpected, but no matter how circumstances changed, the fundamentals