At that "Lord Eagle's" command, the men still gathered below the slope prepared to withdraw.
But after only a few steps, "Lord Eagle" suddenly stopped and said to the man beside him, "Young Master Jiang, since Wu Tianyong was waiting here, one possibility is that he was sheltering from the wind and snow."
"The other is that he really was waiting here for an Eagle Catcher from Northern Liang."
Dressed in foreign attire, Jiang Zhizhou considered this briefly, then said, "You're right. Our stray arrow struck the mark earlier."
"If so, that Eagle Catcher from Northern Liang most likely arranged to meet Wu Tianyong here."
Jiang Zhizhou smiled. "What we did on the first day, we can do again on the fifteenth. If we could fool Wu Tianyong, we can certainly deceive that Eagle Catcher too."
"Here's what we'll do. Change clothes immediately, and wait for the eagle to come!"
"Yes, Young Master Jiang!"
After answering, the men beside him, Jiang Zhizhou included, stripped all the clothing from the subordinates of Wu Tianyong whom they had knocked down earlier and changed into their Northern Liang garb.
Once they had finished dressing, a series of cracks suddenly rang out throughout the body of the man who had previously used Disguise to take the appearance of Northern Liang's Lord Eagle. Within moments, he had grown considerably taller.
Then he raised his hands and worked them over his face. When he lifted his head again, he had an entirely different appearance.
He was the very image of Wu Tianyong!
Jiang Zhizhou and the others, meanwhile, donned the clothes of Wu Tianyong's men and posed as his subordinates.
They had just finished putting everything in order when they turned to see clouds of snow rising above the slope, accompanied by swishing sounds.
Jiang Zhizhou