Adjutant Nan Chen said suspiciously: "Look at her clothes and armor, which are neat and clean, and she moves freely. It doesn't look like she was tortured and injured by Shen Tangzhong..."
Mu Jin felt his head was exploding, and he shook his head repeatedly in disbelief: "No way, Shen Tangzhong has always hated Yu Wensheng. If Zheng Quchi stayed in the inner house, he might not do anything to her for the time being, but Now she dares to inherit her husband's business and is an eyesore to Shen Tangzhong. With his arrogant and vengeful temperament, he will never let her go easily, unless——"
Unless the last two words had such an impact on his cognition and estimation that they were temporarily stuck in his throat, making it difficult for him to spit it out smoothly.
Unless... Shen Tangzhong was defeated, defeated by a country girl who had never even been on the battlefield.
He narrowed his cold eyes: "There must be something weird about this Ye Kingdom camp!"
Adjutant Nan Chen said with a hint of luck: "General, only Zheng Quchi came out, maybe the rest of the Ye army was really wiped out..."
Mu Jin glanced at him fiercely: "Don't think about it. I have been fighting for so many years and have seen so many strange things. Nothing is impossible. There is not only one smart person in this world, and no one else is stupid." , Now that I think about it, Zheng Quchi must have some connections to win over the famous Jichun Craftsmen Guild leader in the seven countries. I am not afraid that she will use real swords and guns, but I am just worried that she will play some unsavory tricks."
"Then what should we do? Send someone to investigate first?" Adjutant Nan Chen asked worriedly.
Mu Jin thought for a moment and then ordered: "Send a few people with agile hands and feet to sneak into Bailu Lake and go around to the rear of Ye Army to investigate the situation."
Adjutant Nan Chen responded quickly: "Okay, my subordinates will take care of it immediately."
Mu Jin twisted his neck, raised his chin and stared coldly at Ye Jun's camp. He only had one day to see the enemy, but he did not clear the surrounding cluttered shelters, eliminate possible spies, organized troop patrols, and did not have high gate ladders. On the platform, there are neither open or hidden sentinels, but instead a fortress and crooked sentinel towers that have no actual defensive properties. Their only use must be to deceive others.
Mu Jinchi laughed, with disdain in his eyes: "Only people without real ability would choose to engage in such sinister means behind the scenes. However, in the face of absolute strength, the paper tiger will only be torn apart."
Not long after, Adjutant Nan Chen trotted back: "General, five scouts have been sent secretly from the West Lake to sneak into the Ye camp to investigate the situation."
"Well, by the way, keep an eye on the two white wolves at the gate of Ye camp. If there is any situation, report it immediately."
ah?
Adjutant Nan Chen looked confused and didn't understand what Commander Mu meant by his words.
Unable to sleep all night, Mu Jin planned to take this opportunity to take a nap on the grass.
But not long after falling into darkness, he suddenly suspected someone. He opened his eyes suddenly and saw that it was Adjutant Nan Chen coming.
He breathed a sigh of relief and frowned: "When was it?"
"Half an hour."
Mu Jin rubbed his swollen eyebrows, got up from the grass, and patted the grass clippings on his body: "How is it?"
Adjutant Nan Chen shook his head and said seriously: "They never returned."
"Is there an emergency message sent out?"
"Not yet."
Mu Jin remained silent for a moment, his eyes showing deep contemplation.
Adjutant Nan Chen said again: "Zheng Quchi fed the two white wolves and then went in. Only the two white wolves were left to guard the door. Neither my observation tower nor the patrol guards were there. It was as if the Ye Army camp was just an empty shell."
Mu Jin stepped forward and said, "Wait another half hour. If they haven't come back yet, or there is still no movement in the Ye Army camp, then we will attack."
"Attack?" Adjutant Nan Chen looked surprised: "But, we haven't figured out the opponent yet..."
"It's just pretending to be mysterious. Zheng Quchi can only come up with some tricks and traps. She can't do any real tactics at all. As long as we expose their tricks and completely smash those disguises, there will be nothing she can do."
When Adjutant Nan Chen heard this, he thought deeply: "Everything follows the general's orders."
Half an hour later, the scouts sent by Mu Jin and the others still had not returned. They seemed to have fallen into the mouth of a dark abyss and were swallowed up silently without even a bubble.
"It seems that Shen Tangzhong has really capsized in the gutter. If he really captured our people, he will definitely come out of the camp to confront and show off to this general. Only Zheng Quchi is waiting to invite you to the urn."
Mu Jin and Shen Tangzhong have known each other for several years, and they are like enemies and friends. They know each other best. Now Mu Jin has determined that Shen Tangzhong has been tricked. It is still unclear whether he is alive or dead.
"So what should we do now?"
"Isn't she afraid to confront us head-on? Then we have to force them to fight." Mu Jin's lips curved into a sinister smile with a calculated intention.
Adjutant Nan Chen had been following Mu Jin for so long, and Wu Yin immediately knew what he meant.
"Does the general plan to gather troops to attack and destroy their outer perimeter first, forcing them to be exposed to the field of vision? Without that layer of cover, they have to come forward to fight?"
"More than that, this time, we have six thousand troops. In addition to leaving two thousand to guard the camp and supply supplies, the remaining four thousand troops are six hundred axemen, two hundred weapon soldiers, one thousand heavy infantry, and one thousand two short-blade soldiers. , there are also a thousand halberdiers. In addition to the 2,500 troops brought by this commander, the others are temporarily arranged in other positions. However, I have already sent a message to the machine soldiers and heavy infantry, and they have arrived with two catapults. .”
"It's wonderful to attack from far and near. Let's see how their Ye army responds." Adjutant Nan Chen said happily.
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Yejun camp
Zheng Quchi and a group of soldiers hiding behind the fortress looked out from the small hole to detect the situation. This hole was specially inserted with a reed rod in advance, and when the wall was slightly dry, it was pulled out, leaving small inconspicuous little ones. Hole.
To be honest, the purpose of the sentry tower was to confuse the enemy from the beginning. The construction was rough, saving time, effort and materials.
They dug trenches to provide cover for them to dig huge pits to bury people, otherwise the extra mud would arouse suspicion everywhere.
As for not sending troops to patrol, not organizing personnel to sweep the surrounding environment and clear away obstacles, it was all because there was no need. Yes, she had known for a long time that someone was investigating their situation, and she also knew that Ye Guo was definitely the first group. The place where leeks are cut.
So she knew that no matter what she did, the enemy would come and sneak attack or attack by force, so why should she defend herself?
Anyway, the "thief" is worried about him, so he can't guard against it.
She simply changed from being passive to being active. No matter which way the other party tried, she would make a plan in advance to deal with it.
Yuan Xingzhou had analyzed with her that although the five countries all had intentions of invading Ye, their methods were different, and their commanders also had different personalities and styles.
There are treacherous villains who intend to seize and sneak attacks, there are despicable and vicious people who will not give the enemy any room to breathe, and act fiercely and press forward step by step. Of course, there are also people who pay attention to evenness and frontal attack.
In short, what he meant was that the five countries would join forces to attack her camp. Without this possibility, she could at most defend one or two waves of offensives, and then it would be time to buffer.
Therefore, she worked hard and rushed day and night. In order to ensure that she could be safe, Yuan Xingzhou even left most of his troops for her to use. Who would have thought that the soldiers who usually killed the enemy with great dignity on the battlefield would be here? But one by one her hands turned into disgraced craftsmen.
"Adjutant Zheng, will Nanchen State attack?"
Zheng Quchi looked serious: "...It's hard to say."
ask her?
Little did she know that she was not a roundworm in Shen Jin's belly.
But now that she is an adjutant, she can't keep asking questions without knowing anything. It would be too embarrassing. She has to pretend to be serious and let them guess.
"Perhaps they were frightened by Hong Shengguo's disappearance and chose to retreat temporarily?"
Zheng Quchi shook his head: "It's unlikely."
"Then they will still attack?"
Is it necessary to ask back and forth about Chelulu? Zheng Quchi gave advice based on her sixth sense: "It's best to be prepared for them to attack at any time."
As soon as she said this, she saw Ye Guo's sad face and frown disappear, and he suddenly became energetic.
"We've burned the rocks!"
"The equipment soldiers and shield soldiers are ready."
"Everyone else has also made arrangements."
Seeing that they were all in high spirits and eager to charge forward immediately, Zheng Quchi felt strange and asked, "Are you not afraid now?"
It was clear that before this, each of them was indifferent to the war, as if they would just lie down and let them be laughed at when something they couldn't resist, but now looking at them, their faces and eyes were all bright, as if they were living in darkness. People are trying to crawl towards the light.
"Afraid, but I seem to think we can win."
"Yeah."
Of course, the more important thing is that although they usually don't flaunt how proud they are to be soldiers, they would rather charge and kill the enemy and bravely stand in battle than be carpenters, masons, and miscellaneous handicrafts.
After listening to them, Zheng Quchi was also deeply affected by them. His drowsiness and drowsiness were all gone at once, and he was full of ambition: "Yes, keep this mentality, because I also think we can win."
——
This Ye Jun had just finished expressing his passionate emotions. When he turned around, someone came to report urgently: "Here they come! Adjutant Zheng, they really put aside their doubts and chose to attack head on."
When Zheng Quchi heard this, before she had time to feel anxious, she took a look at the soldiers who were tense and tense, waiting for her to speak.
Her heart suddenly sank into her stomach, and she said with a calm face: "These people have never put Ye Guo in their eyes at all. Of course, they will not be scared away casually. I would have had such an outcome long ago." Expect it.”
Her attitude and look affect the mentality and spirit of most of the soldiers. She can't be confused, because she is the one who arranges the people below. She can't panic, because if she panics, the soldiers will lose their temper. Fighting spirit and confidence.
She can't be afraid.
She was scared, so who else would shoulder the burden of guarding the camp and ensure the safety of Yuan Xingzhou's rear.
In his past life and present life, he only lived for a young man in his twenties. Zheng Quchi evolved from an ordinary little woman to the strong woman with a strong will like steel. It was because of nothing else but being treated like this ghost. The life is forced.
"In short, everything is going according to the original plan, do you understand?"
"yes."
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"cast--"
The trebuchets of Nanchen State continued to advance. The power of such large equipment should not be underestimated. Zheng Quchi knew what they were planning at a glance.
When they were one or two hundred meters away, they were preparing to launch the catapult. Five or six of the hundreds of kilograms of large stones were released.
"The shooting range is probably between 280 and 300... It seems that they want to break our barriers."
"How can we let them succeed? Let's go too."
"Our trebuchet does not have such a long range and power, but... as long as the weight is reduced, distance is not a problem."
"Put it up."
"yes."
They were at the rear, and Zheng Quchi was behind the wall, looking through the hole to measure the distance and range.
"Pour the stone."
"yes."
"Move quickly."
"yes."
——
Outside, Mu Jin's people all shouted, and he immediately put the heavy and large equipment like the catapult "Flying Stone" in front and got into a posture.
"Prepare."
After a dozen catapults were placed, and the orientation and distance were adjusted, Mu Jin was filled with pride, waiting to smash Ye Camp to pieces.
However, things always backfired. The soldiers of the Nanchen State were moving a load of heavy stones and were preparing to put them on it. Unexpectedly, the Ye State camp, which had been as quiet as a chicken, suddenly made a long and continuous sound.
Immediately afterwards, the world seemed to be raining down stones, hitting him in this direction.
"Ye's army has a sneak attack, take cover quickly!"
Stones rained down from the sky one after another. They glanced at it and found that the stones that fell were fist-sized stones. Although they were light in weight, they were numerous.
Their eyes widened in shock to avoid being hit on the head, and they immediately hid next to the trebuchet. However, they did not expect that these stones were far from "weak and harmless" as they seemed.
When they hit the body, it hurts, but it is not fatal. When it hits the body more fatally, the moment it touches the skin, there is a heartbreaking burning sensation.
If it is not brushed away in time, not only will a hole be made in the clothes, but also big blisters will be made in the skin.
These stones scattered and fell in a mess, and soon enough heat was generated and fell on the catapult, causing it to make a "bang bang bang" sound.
When Nan Chenjun realized that this was not a simple stone, but the kind of flint that had been burned to the point of scalding a layer of skin off a person, he immediately stood up when he smelled the burnt smell wafting from the catapult. , subconsciously brushing off the stones that fell on the trebuchet with his hands to avoid causing heavy losses.
Who would have thought that there are even red charcoal lumps mixed in here. If the delay is long and the weather is dry, the equipment made of wood will definitely be ignited by the fire.
Mu Jin stepped aside and shouted, "Go up and help!"
After a moment of panic, Nan Chenbing's hands were blistered with large blisters one after another. He was in so much pain that he could no longer use the catapult.
Those who operate equipment require long-term training. For aiming, setting the direction, distance, and pulling and turning of the hand stick, the strength of their arms is particularly developed, so that they can complete this series of operations in a very short time without making mistakes. .
However, now that all the weapon soldiers have injured their hands, it is obvious that they can no longer operate the trebuchet as usual. This made Mu Jin, who was initially determined to smash the Ye camp, gritted his teeth in anger.
He had just prepared the sling, and the other side had already prepared corresponding countermeasures. Now if he still thinks that Zheng Quchi is a pustule who doesn't understand anything, he will have to slap himself twice.
But this level of counterattack still had no big impact on Mu Jin. He crushed the falling charcoal at his feet: "Do they think there is nothing we can do since we can't use the catapult?" ( End of this chapter)
