By the sparkling Xiao River, several navy soldiers of the Lu family were busy on the shore. These days, many tree stumps have drifted down from the upper reaches, drifting with the current and running rampant on the river. These stumps were of little use except for firewood.
What's damning is that the appearance of these tree stumps has made navigation on the Xiao River much more difficult. If you are not careful, you will hit these strange-shaped tree stumps. In more serious cases, you may even hit the boat into a hole. Therefore, these soldiers had to run to the river to retrieve wood or push it to the shore.
While he was busy, a sharp-eyed soldier suddenly saw a corpse floating down the river. The corpse was hit by a tree stump and slowly moved closer to the shore. It fell among the water plants and could not move.
"Bah, bah, bah, bad luck." A young soldier ran forward and took a look. The corpse was obviously dressed as a soldier. Judging from its appearance, it should be a member of the Ji family.
An older soldier came over, took a look, and shouted around: "Go find some scratching rods and fish out this floating corpse."
The young soldier said in confusion: "Boss, what are we doing to get him? This is obviously a member of the Ji family."
"You know what the heck, we are also boat people, can we just ignore this kind of thing, or be careful of capsizing the boat in the future." The older soldier cursed at his men, his beard trembling with anger, "If we encounter this kind of thing again, Everything must be fished out, no matter whether it is an enemy or a friend, find a hole to bury it, and accumulate some virtue for yourself, lest anyone looks for you in the middle of the night."
The young soldier muttered, obviously dissatisfied, but he and a few companions still hooked up the swollen corpse.
After finding a refreshing place on the shore, these people dug a hole and put the body in. They muttered, "Good luck and good luck. There are no taboos. We will let you rest in peace. You can't pester the brothers in the future." After saying that, he was ready to fill the pit with soil.
After filling in a few words, the old soldier suddenly stopped a few people, pointed to an iron cylinder on the back of the corpse and asked, "Wait a minute, this man's outfit looks a bit like a messenger. By the way, this What is it?"
Soon someone covered his nose and took out the cylinder. The older soldier took it and shook it. There was a clanking sound inside, indicating that the cylinder was sealed well and water had not entered it.
"Open it carefully." The older soldier said to the person next to him: "There must be no treasures in it."
Several people used knives to pry open the cylinder, and there was a ball of paper inside. After opening the paper, the old soldier took a cursory glance, and his expression suddenly changed.
In the coalition tent, Lu Lie looked up with a tired face, no longer as high-spirited as he had been at the beginning. Since the beginning of the army, the big tent has been filled with noise every day. As the leader of the alliance, he not only has to formulate military strategies and organize rear supplies, but also coordinate relations between all parties, which really makes him a little exhausted.
Qiu Linhe walked in angrily and threw his helmet on the table, "Leader Lu, our Qiu Lin family's Flying Tiger Cavalry has suffered so many losses this time, so we have to let others from the south go up to support it. The key is still Wu Gen. This traitor did a good job and killed 6,000 of my troops. Later, the men also went to see this man. He was so ruthless that there were almost no corpses in the entire Jia Lin Valley. Leader Lu, this man is from the Lu family. Tell me what to do."
Lu Lie was furious when he heard about this. In the past two days, news came back from home that Wu Gen had rebelled in the south, killed Lu Ben brazenly, and wiped out all the secrets planted by each family. Not only that, he also counterattacked and directly killed the Flying Tiger Army on the southern front. Then the Lu family soldiers lost the cover of the Flying Tiger Army and were killed by Yuan Xin.
Currently, the southern front is all on the defensive. The reason why the coalition forces have stagnated in the past two days is largely due to the defeat on the southern front. This time, the leaders of the six families were summoned here to coordinate the next step in the use of troops.
"Sooner or later, I will cut this slave with two surnames into pieces." Lu Lie said fiercely, turning to the young masters, Zhenfu and thousands of households in the tent and asked: "Everyone, Now that I have captured three cities, I will soon reach the boundary of Hanlu City. I would like to ask you to discuss how to use the troops in the future."
The noisy tent suddenly became much quieter. Gu Yangsi and his own Zhenfu Gu dared to look at each other. The latter immediately stood up and said, "Alliance Leader Lu, although there was a small setback on the southern front, for our army, the overall victory is still a great victory." , the Ji family was retreating steadily.
At present, the layout of the Ji family is heavy on the south and light on the north. Although the Southern Army is divided into two parts, the overall momentum is large. I want our army to still attack the Northern Front as the main direction. After completely defeating the Northern Army, we can then turn to the Southern Front and wait for opportunities to encircle and suppress the Southern Army. . "
"That's right." Gu Yangsi gently shook his folding fan and glanced at the people in the tent. These days, the coalition's advance plan was mostly proposed by him. "Wu Gen has always been cunning. This time he joined the Ji family. I'm afraid it's more because of him." For Ji Ye's sake. If you say how loyal he is to the Ji family, I don't think so.
This time he made a sneak attack on our coalition forces on the southern front. In addition to wanting to use the route to return north, I'm afraid he also had the idea of leading our troops to the south to prevent his fearless army from losing too much. Therefore, since I have the advantage of troops, a small defeat cannot shake the overall situation. Wounding five fingers is worse than cutting off one. My intention is to capture the small ones and enlarge them to annihilate the Northern Army in one fell swoop. and. "
Speaking of this, Gu Yangsi paused briefly, "Compared to Ji Ye, I am more worried about Wu Gen. This person behaves erratically, does not follow the rules, and does many surprising things. He is also good at controlling troops, and he has many elite soldiers. The general is really difficult to deal with."
Hearing this, Qiu Linhe said disdainfully: "I feel that Brother Gu has somewhat destroyed his prestige. Wu Gen is a human race, even if he has some abilities, it is possible that he can make a difference. This time our Flying Tiger Army suffered a setback, but it was due to the carelessness of its ambush. If If we face him head-on, I'm sure I can capture him in one fight."
"Ahem." Cangjia Zhenfu Cang Yu coughed lightly, "The Northern Army on the opposite side has merged, and we are still lingering here. As time goes by, I'm afraid there will be other changes. I agree with Gu Zhenfu's opinion. Since the direction of sending troops remains unchanged, otherwise our army will adjust back and forth, which will not only easily cause chaos, but also make it more difficult to supply supplies to the south.
Nowadays, a lot of waste wood has been thrown into the Xiao River by the Ji family, and the boats are not running smoothly. It is not easy for these hundreds of thousands of soldiers to move. It is necessary to capture the Northern Army as soon as possible and seize the small towns along the way. The frontline troops will arrive at Hanlu City as soon as possible, forcing the Southern Army to the south of Hanlu City and opening up both land and water supply lines.
Hanlu City is difficult to defeat. The city has high walls and thick walls. I heard that there are formations in the city. I'm afraid I won't be able to defeat them for a while. I have to be prepared for a long-term siege without sufficient supplies. "
Lu Lie glanced at the other party and said with a smile: "Don't worry, Cangzhenfu, no matter how high the city is, it can't hold a large number of people. We won't have reinforcements when the time comes. What you said is very good, but our army will continue to attack the north." It would be better for the army to completely eat up this force, so as not to be noisy around like flies. I wonder who is willing to take the lead in attacking.
Qiu Linhe lay back, leaning his head on the back of the chair, and said in a strange tone: "This time our Qiu Lin family went out to the southern front with many casualties, and we really don't have the energy to attack the Northern Army again."
Lu Lie was annoyed. The Qiulin family had taken the initiative to attack the southern front last time in order to gain credit. However, his subordinates were not good enough and were ambushed by Wu Gen. They were beaten like that by a weak army that had not been established for a long time. , I still have the nerve to lose face.
Just when he was feeling angry, Gu Yangsi smiled slightly and said, "Brother Qiulin's army horse suffered some damage this time, so he needs to rest for a while. That's good. Our Gu family is willing to serve as the vanguard."
Cang Yi also agreed, "My Cang family is also willing to send troops."
Qiu Linhe was in a better mood. He suddenly turned around and saw Murong Yuqiang beside him. His face sank involuntarily, "This is a military meeting. Some people can just go and check the luggage in the granary. If they have nothing to do, apply powder, draw eyebrows, and dot their lips." Why come here to join in the fun?”
Murong Yuqiang's face was livid, "Qiu Linhe, your own army is weak and you were beaten to a pulp by others. How can you show off here if you don't think about revenge?"
Qiu Linhe smiled coldly, "My army is weak, come on, come on, bring your Murong family here to try it out, let you see what a strong army is, just don't cry and beg for mercy."
"Qiu Linhe, I think you really want to die." Murong Yuqiang became calmer at this time, and ice appeared on her fingertips.
"Forget it, you two, stop bickering here. Now there are edicts from all the families in Zhaoqin City agreeing to the restructuring, except for our six families, which means that there is no room for peace between the Ji family and us. This When the time comes, let’s not fight among ourselves.” Ba Hong persuaded from the side with a sad look on his face.
"Hmph, Brother Ba, when will your remaining 10,000 troops send out troops? We are almost reaching Hanlu City, and Yediyuan has nothing to worry about, so why stay there." Qiulinghe sneered. , completely did not accept the other party's affection.
Ba Hong's face darkened. He wanted to be a peacemaker, but he didn't expect Qiu Linhe to take any medicine today and bite whomever he caught. "Okay, please ask Brother Qiulin to send someone to guard Yediyuan. I will take care of him." The Ba family troops charged forward."
Seeing that the three of them were about to get into a stalemate, Lu Lie was just about to say a few words to calm down, when suddenly there was a military intelligence report outside the door. The visitor placed a cylinder on the commander's desk and whispered a few words into Lu Lie's ear. Upon hearing this, Lu Lie quickly opened the cylinder and poured out a pile of paper.
After unfolding the papers on the case one by one, Lu Lie glanced at them for a few times, then his expression suddenly changed, and he quickly picked up the paper at the back and looked at it carefully.
Gu Yangsi saw something was wrong, stood up and walked to the handsome desk, gently picked up a piece of paper, glanced at it, his expression suddenly became serious, he turned his head and glanced, but did not speak.
Attracted by the strange behavior of the two people, everyone gathered around them for a while. After reading the papers, Gu Yangsi was the first to ask, "Alliance Leader Lu, where did this secret letter come from."
Lu Lie frowned and handed the paper in his hand to Bu Kuan, "It was obtained by the soldiers from corpses floating in the river. According to them, the corpses were dressed as messengers and fell into the river for unknown reasons. If they hadn't happened to salvage the sunken wood in the river, , I’m afraid it’s still difficult to find.”
Gu Yangsi nodded, tapping the palm of his hand with a folding fan, and said as he walked: "The Northern Army sent a letter to Ji Ye, preparing for a long-distance attack and secretly attacking our grain road. They even drew a map. The furthest point is Cut to the east of Yedihara.
Wu Gen wanted to use this to block our advance, disturb our rear, and undermine our military morale, haha, but he didn't even think about how many people would have to be sent to cut off our food route after traveling such a long distance. "
"One elite army is enough." Bu Kuan suddenly said, picking up a map from the commander's desk, which clearly marked several important granaries on the coalition's supply line, and even roughly wrote down the strength of the guards, and also highlighted the areas that could be attacked. several nodes.
Everyone is leading the army, so naturally it can be seen that this map is really detailed. There are many small roads that the coalition forces may not have mastered, but the other side has also marked them, which is a bit shocking.
"Since the other party is so familiar with the terrain, he is able to avoid my scouts and sneak attack the granary garrison." Bu Kuan smiled bitterly and glanced at Lu Lie, "Also, Wu Gen has a volunteer falcon army with local personnel. Birds and shuttles come and go at high speeds, making it easy to attack grain roads."
Everyone took a breath of air when they heard Bu Kuan's words. Wu Gen has such a sharp weapon, it is really possible to cut off the food routes of the coalition forces. By then, the Northern Army will cling to the city and defend the city. If the coalition forces are short of food and grass, they will be in chaos without fighting.
Some people died, but not completely...
