Chapter 53: The Real Goal
|||->-> Li Shuangjue can also understand what this deputy marshal means, but he is not in a hurry to climb this relationship now. He chose to bounce the topic away like tai chi.
"Ah, deputy marshal, what you are talking about! You are the deputy marshal of the dignified army, and you have the greatest position. When you were alive, you already had a well-known name. What am I, an assassin, compared to you?"
"Alas, General Li Shuangjue is really modest!" Guan Yunlong raised his right hand, but did not let go of the reins of the horse. He directly made movements in the style of pulling the reins and dangling in front of him, "Who doesn't know now? Several generals who came to the front line were all trained by the state. They had come here to divide the honor of annexing Saran, so that their future would be smoother. So...... General Li Shuangjue, you were also loaded for me. I'm really curious now, when this war is over, what position will the king give you?"
"Isn't it still in the middle of the war? It's hard to say who will lose and who won? Why do you always want one, as if we were winning in Sauron? ”
"Alas, the outcome of the war was actually concluded long before the war began. As long as we are serious in the country of Sauron, the bunch of waste in Saran will definitely not have any chance of winning. So, we can already begin to talk about the attribution of credit. Guan Yunlong spoke so confidently, his chest was raised high.
"In any case, I think we should wait until the end of the war to talk about it! After all, we now have a difficult task!"
"Alas, why does General Li Shuangjue always look worried? Actually, you should know very well in your heart that we are almost sure of victory. I believe that it will not be long before we can feel the joy of victory. ”
"Deputy Marshal, don't say it so absolutely!" Li Shuangjue shook his head casually, "Isn't there a saying? ”
In my opinion, this so-called colloquial saying is just the self-comfort of some weak people! In the face of absolute strength, the victory or defeat of the two has long been predestined. Just like our war with Saran, it was almost a one-sided situation. The victory will be in our hands immediately, and it won't take much longer. Guan Yunlong continued to let out excited words, without any change of tone.
In fact, his words are also the true thoughts in Li Shuangjue's heart. Li Shuangjue also believed that the war would end soon, and Saran would definitely not be able to hold out for more than three months.
However, Li Shuangjue didn't want to show his ambition too much, he still pointed out the arrogant side of the deputy marshal more tactfully, "No matter how simple the war will be, we have to deal with it seriously." I believe the deputy marshal must have the same idea!"
After the words fell, he also raised an arm, the palm of which was turned up, facing the sky.
"Well, I get that. I just wanted to tell you about what's next. If Li Shuangjue doesn't want to mention it, I can also shut up immediately. ”
"Marshal Guan is serious! I just feel that now is not the time to mention the merits, after all, the enemy still exists!"
Guan Yunlong was right to think about it, so he began to nod slowly: "You are not bad! It seems that we should put all our minds on dealing with the enemy!"
was resonated by the words, and Li Shuangjue also nodded. Although there is a huge age difference between the two, there is a feeling of nodding their heads in each other's hearts.
Guan Yunlong was also about to straighten his head and concentrate on hurrying. But who would have thought that just as he was about to look at the road ahead, a noise sounded on his right.
Listening to the voice, I also knew that it was Sun Junfeng, who was called the leader of the young generation of archers.
Sun Junfeng seemed to have discovered something terrible, and drove his horse to the front. He looked to the left, then to the right.
"What's going on? What's going on? Ah...... This ...... "The horse that Sun Junfeng is riding looks like a toy horse at first glance. One moment to run here, the other to that place.
Guan Yunlong saw this scene and looked a little down, he shouted: "Hey, what are you doing?"
Sun Junfeng's breathing rate seemed to be very fast, and he felt like he was about to lose his mind, "This...... This...... Wait! This road is ...... The road conditions seem to be a little wrong!"
Guan Yunlong's eyes narrowed slightly, and he also glanced at the oblique corner like a ghost in his heart, "What are you worried about?"
"But...... But the road conditions are ...... The road conditions are not right! We ...... We seem to be on the wrong path!" Sun Junfeng looked around again blankly, his neck about to turn one hundred and eighty degrees.
Guan Yunlong didn't know how to answer, because he knew that Sun Junfeng was not wrong. In fact, their army of 20,000 did not advance according to the original route at all.
The route of the march can be said to have been led crooked by Guan Yunlong a long time ago, and he is carrying out the plan he has brewed in his heart.
"Damn it!, it was discovered so quickly!" Guan Yunlong muttered quietly.
His move made Li Shuangjue next to him also react. Li Shuangjue let out a quick 'ah' sound, and drove his horse closer to him next to him.
"......Vice-marshal! What's wrong with this?"
Before Guan Yunlong could respond to anything, Sun Junfeng rode his horse one step ahead. His style is still galloping and jumping, and the legs of the horse he rides are almost always off the ground.
"We're in the wrong direction, we seem to be on the wrong track. Over here...... Here it has been ...... It seems to have penetrated very deep into the interior of the Saran land. ”
"What?" Li Shuangjue couldn't understand what he wanted to express for a while, so he frowned and opened his mouth straight 'ah'.
"How did we get here? This is not the big rear of the Yokoga military camp at all. We seem to have gone too far, here...... It's almost the center of the territory of Saran. ”
"What?huh?" The fluctuating sense of Li Shuangjue's tone had already come out, and he was also imagining the whole map of Zhang Saran in his mind.
If, as Sun Junfeng said, they have reached the middle position of Saran, doesn't that mean that they have taken a lot of unjust roads?
The purpose of their trip was to outflank the rear of the Yokoga military camp on the border with Saran. In other words, after breaking into the border, it is not necessary to penetrate into a very large part of the territory of Saran.
But now......
Li Shuangjue unconsciously stopped the horse, and he also looked around with him. There was nothing alive except for the rising mountains and green trees.
"Anyway...... Where the hell is this? Where are we going...... Huh?"
It was only at this moment that Li Shuangjue realized a serious problem. With the army gone for so long, he had forgotten where he was now.
"Isn't there a map?" shouted a soldier behind him.
Li Shuangjue was also abruptly reminded, and he quickly found a map recording the whole picture of the ancient traffic in East Asia from the duffel bag tied to the back of the horse's buttocks.
While groping backwards, he still heard Sun Junfeng's continued roar.
"I'm not lying or anything. I remember very well that in the center of Saran, there was a very, very large wooded mountain. It has so many bulging hills that it is like breaking the waves. I think we should be here now. But...... But why are we here? We don't have to run that much?"
What's the use of you yelling here, it's better to find a map quickly to find out - Li Shuangjue is about to let out curses in his heart.
Fortunately, he quickly got the map and pulled it from a roll to a flat form.
But who would have thought that just as he was about to look at the map to confirm his location, Guan Yunlong's words came ruthlessly.
"Li Shuangjue, don't look at the map anymore. Now we are in the heart of the country of Saran. ”
Guan Yunlong's words were really like five thunderbolts, so that the map in Li Shuangjue's hand was loosened and fell to the ground.
"Ahh......h
"This is what I did on purpose, we are here just to come here!" Guan Yunlong stretched out his arm slightly forward, and he also had the intention of persuading the people around him to calm down.
Li Shuangjue, including several soldiers who were relatively close behind him, all showed extremely surprised looks. In the next instant, he shouted a clear 'what' almost at the same time.
"Wait, Deputy Marshal, what the hell is going on? Why are you ...... me? What about our army brought here?" Sun Junfeng was already completely flustered, and he even had a feeling that he couldn't control the horse he was riding, "Isn't our mission to break through to the Saran border and then go around to the rear of the Yokoga military camp?"
"Sun Junfeng, can you not be so alarmed? Do you still have a sense of composure from a general?"
"No......! I...... The current situation ......" Sun Junfeng's arms crossed into a fork and quickly separated, "The current situation is too dangerous. We must have been pressed for time! We must try to get around the rear of the Yokoga camp as quickly as possible, so as not to be discovered and cut off by the enemy. But now...... We went deeper and thrust into the depths of our own lives. If the Saranites find out at this time, then we ...... Aren't we ......?"
Sun Junfeng didn't dare to say any more about the rest of the words, he just gasped hard.
"Yes, Deputy Marshal, we are in a terrible situation. Without any supplies, go so far behind enemy lines, in case ...... In case ......" Li Shuangjue suddenly took a deep breath, and he looked at the soldiers who were still rushing behind him, "Besides, don't we still have a mission? We need to raid the Saran army in the Yokoga military camp from behind." But if there is a delay here, it is estimated that it will affect Marshal Lian Yunpo's total plan. So, why did you bring us here?"
Li Shuangjue's current appearance is clenched fists, and his body is still twitching.
Compared with the two generals, Guan Yunlong still looks very indifferent. It was as if everything was under his control, and he didn't have the slightest urgency to explain.
In desperation, Li Shuangjue could only forcibly pull off the horse's head, causing the horse to turn its head around, "Wait! Who will tell the soldiers to stop!"
The soldiers at the front knew what was going on, but the rear was still on the way, as if they were bored. They all looked incredulous as they came to a stop after they were conveyed in rows.
Immediately afterwards, the greetings of 'what's wrong' quickly spread in the team.
What can be intuitively felt is that in the originally relatively quiet mountain forest, many soldiers erupted in questioning.
However, if the progress of the soldiers has been stopped, at least the situation will not continue to deteriorate. Li Shuangjue was about to ask Guan Yunlong a question, but the words that just came to his lips were preempted by Sun Junfeng.
"Deputy Marshal Guan Yunlong! You are an old qualified commander in our army, and I shouldn't have questioned you anything. But can you give an explanation for the current situation, why are we here, why is the army here?"
Facing the extremely angry Sun Junfeng, Guan Yunlong still had no urgency. But just when he realized that Sun Junfeng was about to have a complete seizure and couldn't even control his temper, he still released some explanations.
"Hey, hey, hey, I said, you little hairy kids, why are you excited? Do you have the momentum to be calm and calm in the face of problems?"
"But in the current situation, how can you tell me to be calm? If we continue like this, not only will we not be able to complete the task, but we may all be annihilated by the enemy!" Sun Junfeng seemed to be about to stomp his feet, but because he was still riding on horseback, his feet in the air could only be shaken casually.
"Hey, why are you talking so seriously, how can you annihilate our 20,000-strong army with that bunch of garbage from Saran?"
"But...... We are already some distance from the Yokoga military camp, so how can we sneak up on the army over there? Or ...... Let's hurry around and hurry back now, and strive to reach the Henghe military camp within two days!" Li Shuangjue pulled off the reins of his horse slightly, and the horse he was riding immediately took a few steps in the direction where Guan Yunlong was.
"No! no!" Unexpectedly, Guan Yunlong directly refused, even stretched out his hand, and made a gesture in front of him, "Not only can't we turn around, but we have to continue to rush deeper into the Saran land?"
"Ahh
"Yes, you heard me right! All of this is my plan, and I intend to bring the army deeper into the lands of Saran!"
"Ahh......h Deputy Marshal, you ...... What is your purpose in doing this?" Li Shuangjue asked quickly.
Guan Yunlong seemed to be smiling slightly, and he even touched the long beard at the place of his chin, "That's what I did on purpose." Because...... Because our purpose is not to attack the Yokoga military camp at all, but a more important mission. ”
"A more important task?" Li Shuangjue followed and recited the words. After a long time, he rolled his eyes at the sky, "Deputy Marshal Guan Yunlong, I hope you can give the army a reasonable explanation." ”
"Well, General Li Shuangjue! You have to explain reasonably, right? I'll ...... with you right now. No, it should be said that everyone in the army, let's talk about it!" Guan Yunlong made an extremely imposing appearance, and his expression was slightly majestic.
He rode his horse and walked a few steps further, so that his figure could be seen by the soldiers who were further back. When he felt that he was too far away, he finally informed everyone of the plan he had been brewing for a long time.
"My original target was not the Yokoga military camp, and the waste Saran soldiers there were too priceless to be as good as my magic eyes. What I really want to do is ......" Guan Yunlong suddenly raised his arm and pointed in the northeast direction, "It's the national capital of Saran-Seise City!"
When Guan Yunlong finished speaking, there was a hysterical discussion in an instant. The two generals, Li Shuangjue and Sun Junfeng, were even more surprised.
"What......? What do you mean by that? You say...... Are you going to attack Kiyose Castle?"
"General Sun Junfeng, please pay attention to your wording. I'm the deputy marshal, and you're just a general!" Guan Yunlong glared and reprimanded.
But Sun Junfeng was not cowardly about this, and he also went to the confrontation with great fanfare, "A person who brought our army into danger, what kind of deputy marshal is he worthy?"
"What?danger?Where are we in danger?" Guan Yunlong opened his arms, his hands slowly rising, "Aren't we safe now?"
"But, Vice Marshal, why did we give up on raiding the Yokoga military camp and instead attack Kiyose Castle, which was far away in the sky?"
"Li Shuangjue! Your question is really good, this is the calmness that a general should have. Although Guan Yunlong was speaking to Li Shuangjue, his eyes were always hovering at Sun Junfeng's position.
"Enough! I've had enough! Guan Yunlong ...... Okay, I'll call Deputy Marshal Guan Yunlong again, please explain to me why you brought us to this place!" Sun Junfeng slammed his finger towards the ground viciously.
"The reason I have just made clear, let's not go and raid the Yokoga military camp, where the Saran army is not as good as the stuffed teeth! ”
"But Vice Marshal Guan! When Marshal Lian sent us out, the task we had to accomplish was to make a detour and sneak attack on the Henghe military camp?" Li Shuangjue's face was already a little sweaty because of panic.
Unexpectedly, what he got was an extremely resistant response, Guan Yunlong also shook his shoulder at will, and his appearance was extremely indifferent, "So what?