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By the time they arrived at Little Tang Mountain, it was already late at night. They quickly changed into night clothes, went around the back of the mountain, and pointed to the cliff behind the mountain. "Fourth Manor Lord, let's climb up from here. With the water from the spring at the back of the mountain as cover, it won't be hard to discover us.

The more the An clan looked up at the precipitous cliff, the more numerous the rocks were, and because the cliff face had been washed by the people flowing down from the mountain all year round, it was as smooth as a mirror. Even if the An clan themselves wanted to go up from such a smooth cliff, they would find it difficult to find An Rong, not to mention ordering them.

"Fourth Manor Lord, you don't have to worry that we won't be able to go up this steep cliff. This subordinate has brought this along." As he said this, he took out a pair of iron claws from his luggage and handed it to An Jiaxue. Then he continued, "Fourth Manor Lord, please take a look.

He put on his eagle claws and supported his hands on the cliff with his fingers. The claw was immediately inserted into the rock, and after he pulled it out, he saw that his fingers were not damaged at all, so he called out to him and continued, "In a while, let this subordinate and Brother Gou Jun go up the cliff, when this subordinate comes up, put down the rope and the four manor lords, and tie it around their waists. With the help of the eagle claws, the four manor lords can easily climb up the cliff."

The An family laughed as they listened. "Brother Huai, you really have studied quite a lot these past few years. It's really rare to have something like this …"

An Min said, "Fourth Manor Lord, you flatter me. This subordinate will go prepare it."

The An clan nodded their heads as soon as they heard the order. They immediately divided the twenty members into four groups, and each group of five and Gou Jun each brought two groups of people with them to carry their hooks as they climbed up the cliff at the back of the mountain bit by bit.

The more the An clan looked up at them, the more nimble they were to see the twelve of them, crawling left and right before disappearing into the night. Even a fat man like Gou Jun looked the same, the more the An clan couldn't help but think, "The tiger, deer, eagle, and rat battalions all have their own strong points, but I am not as strong as them."

Just at this moment, he heard Lian Xin say from behind, "Fourth Manor Lord, how do you think I can bring this guy up?" As he spoke, Lian Ben lifted the two heads of golden gourd. In fact, he almost ran the entire way here because he felt that the golden gourd was too heavy. The horse he rode died of exhaustion before he could even travel half the distance.

An Jiajia looked at him and smiled. "Brother Lian, other than using this golden gourd, what else do you know?"

Lian Ben thought for a while and said, "Twin hammers!"

The more An Ran listened, the more he did not know whether to laugh or cry. He then asked, "Do you know how to use swords and blades, brother Lian?"

Lian Xin said: "That's too light, it's not convenient to use!"

An said: "Brother Lian, your golden gourd is too heavy, so it is definitely impossible to bring it up. Besides, we are here for a sneak attack, so it is inconvenient to bring this, so I advise you to choose between the sword and the saber."

Lian Ben thought for a while and said, "Then let's do it. It's easier to use it."

The more the An family listened, the more they ordered someone to pick out the heaviest Nine-ringed Knife. Lian Ben held it in his hand and giggled, "It's still light, but it's still passable!"

The more the An family listened, the more they thought to themselves, "This person is really strange." At this moment, the cry of Nightingale came from the top of their heads, and one of the soldiers from the deer camp walked over to An family and said, "Fourth Manor Lord and the others have already reached the top of the mountain and are calling us to go up."

An Jiu thought, "They are fast enough!" But he said, "Okay! Let's go up!"

At this moment, the call of Nightingale came from the top of the mountain, and then the soldier came forward and said to An Jiaxi: "Fourth Manor, we have made a miscalculation. The cliff is covered with a lot of big rocks, and the rope is not long enough."

An Jiu continued, "We need to climb a bit, don't we?"

The soldier answered with a "hmm". An Jiajia smiled and said, "Then let's climb!"

When they were about halfway up the stairs, they found the rope that An Dong had ordered them to put down. The rope was tied around everyone's waist, and the soldier also learned from Nightingale's call to send the signal to the people upstairs. An Huan and the others confirmed that it was the An clan who had come up, and pulled with all their might, and that the An clan hadn't been able to climb up from the bottom of the cliff for long.

Everyone gathered together and called out to each other. They then took out a map and spread it on the ground and said, "Fourth Manor Lord, we just roughly checked and found out from the information we have, that we are here." As he spoke, he pointed at the map and added, "Chen Longyu's cannons destroyed four of the thirty-one cannons in the last three days, and now there are only thirty-one of them. They are hidden in the forest not even half a mile away from the northeast side of the mountain."

The more the An clan listened, the more they spoke. "How about this. Brother Jun, I'll leave you alone. You stay here and guard the back. I'll call you brother to lead us forward!"

A few of them had changed into the clothes of Chen Jun from a moment ago and continued to guard the area, while the rest had hidden themselves. The rest of the people moved forward, and even though there were some heavy soldiers on the way, the An clan members, who were experts among the experts, were easily able to avoid the guards on the way.

The thirteen of them tiptoed to the place where the cannons were hidden. An Mai looked from afar and said in a low voice, "There's no mistake, Fourth Manor Lord. Look at those piles of grass, they've obviously ambushed quite a few people."

An Mi whispered, "Fourth Manor Lord is flattering me, this subordinate is the one who did it." Then she continued, "The biggest problem for Fourth Manor Lord is that we don't know how many people they ambushed."

The An family replied, "Why don't we kill them all with hidden weapons? Let's kill them all together!"

An Min said, "They are lying in ambush on top of this head. There must be heavy armor on their backs, ordinary concealed weapons can't penetrate them, and we only have the Fourth Manor Lord himself who can pierce through them. But the Fourth Manor Lord can't kill so many people in one fell swoop!"

"What should we do then?" the An clan asked.

An Min thought for a while before replying in a low voice, "We'll do this."

The more the An family listened, the more they laughed. "Calling you brother is a good plan!"