Chapter 566: The Trick of the City
"My lord, the last general doesn't understand why the lord wants us to take off the clothes of those soldiers so that they can feel the cold of early winter?" After Shen Yan led everyone to leave the granary for almost fifty miles, a trace of doubt flashed in Guo Jinarc's eyes, and he walked up to Shen Yan and asked loudly.
"How many sets of clothes did you take off in total?" Shen Yan did not immediately answer Guo Jinarc's question, but asked Guo Jinarc rhetorically.
"Three thousand one hundred and twenty-seven sets." Guo Jinarc didn't quite understand Shen Yan's intentions, and replied loudly with a frown.
"How many of us are not hurt?" A touch of helpless sadness flashed in Shen Yan's eyes, and he asked loudly.
"Three thousand one hundred and thirty-five." Guo Jinarc then replied.
"Two wars have cost us more than 100 brothers, nearly 600 brothers have suffered different injuries, the war is cruel, as the commander-in-chief, I not only have to consider the victory, but also the lives of my brothers, I once said that I want to take you to live, however, I have broken my word, there are more than 100 brothers left us forever." When Shen Yan said this, a faint sadness appeared in his eyes.
"I said that the injured brothers should find a safe place to be treated, but a day has passed, and we are still on the road, so I want to fulfill my promise to find a safe place for the injured brothers to be treated, although we do not have excellent medical skills, we do not have advanced medicines, but as long as the injured brothers have herbs to wear, most of them will be safe."
"There is a mountain mausoleum almost sixty miles ahead, inaccessible to people, and it will be the best place for wounded brothers to heal." Shen Yan said this, paused for a moment, a deep groan flashed in his eyes, and continued.
"You must be very strange why I took off my soldiers' clothes, and I don't have any bad habits, I do this to get the most out of the least cost."
"What do you mean by fraud?" When Pei Xiangdong heard this, his eyes flashed with a look of understanding, and he said loudly.
"Yes, if we attack any city by force, the casualties will far outweigh the gains for us, and the best way is to open the gates by deception, and then quickly seize the dangerous area, so as to successfully capture the city." When Shen Yan said this, a strong confidence flashed in his eyes, and he said loudly.
"Your Lord's goal is still Wuzhou Mansion?" Pei Xiangdong's eyes flashed with admiration, and he asked loudly.
"Yes, Wuzhou Mansion is the capital city of Lingnan, and laying down Wuzhou Mansion is also of considerable strategic significance to Lingnan." A faint smile appeared in Shen Yan's eyes, and he said loudly.
"My lord, there must be a lot of troops in Wuzhou Mansion, if the people of the White Lotus Sect see through our deception, it will evolve into a strong attack." Guo Jinarc already knew why Shen Yan had to take off more than 3,000 White Lotus Sect clothes, the Great Xia Royal Army wore these clothes, whether it was to open the city gate of Wuzhou Mansion or go to other places, it was guaranteed, who would have thought that the person wearing this White Lotus Sect military uniform would actually be the Great Xia Royal Army.
"Your concern is not unreasonable, which is why I have been chatting with the general of the grain and grass army, although he knows very little, but it is still very possible to deceive the gate of Wuzhou Mansion." Hearing Guo Jinarc's concern, a faint smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth.
"My lord, the last general now finally understands why the adult must talk to the general of the grain and grass army about such a boring topic, it turns out that the adult has thought of how to deceive the city from the beginning." Zhu Mingxuan's eyes showed a look of sudden realization, and he said loudly.
"Fraudulently opening the gate of Wuzhou Mansion is a crucial battle, now there are more than two hours before dawn, and we are almost two hours away from Wuzhou Mansion, so every minute of time in the next is very precious, so everyone should not rest, and after opening Wuzhou Mansion, everyone can relax." A faint smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and then he said aloud.
"This time, I will take 3,125 soldiers to open the gates of Wuzhou Mansion."
"Wait, my lord, my old guard's brain is not good, we still have three thousand one hundred and thirty-five people, but the adult only brings three thousand one hundred and twenty-five people, so the remaining ten people, the adult is not going to ask for it?" After Wei Chongan heard Shen Yan's arrangement, he counted it in his mouth, and suddenly his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly spoke.
"Who said that you Wei Chongan would only use your fists to solve problems, you see, the number I said, even Pei Xiangdong and others didn't see the problems inside, but you Wei Chongan saw it." Hearing Wei Chongan's words, a playful smile appeared on the corner of Shen Yan's mouth, and he said loudly.
"That's my old guard's luck." Hearing Shen Yan's joke, Wei Chongan smiled honestly.
"The remaining ten people will become important personnel to protect the wounded soldiers, although the mountain is inaccessible, but more than 500 wounded and sick still need to be taken care of, they must not be allowed to take care of themselves." After Shen Yan praised Wei Chongan, he immediately said loudly.
"From the first team to the fifth team, two soldiers from each team will be selected to stay and take care of the wounded soldiers, and when we have achieved the final victory, I will personally come here to welcome them home, and we will have their share of all the credit we have won on the battlefield."
"Yes." Hearing Shen Yan's reasonable and intimate arrangement, a faint mist flashed in the eyes of Pei Xiangdong and the others, and with a hint of choking in their voices, they said loudly.
"Brothers, don't you dare to be the present or the future, you are all my most trustworthy brothers, but the battle situation requires, I can't take you to continue to move forward, so I need you to heal in the mountain in front of me, until I personally come to pick you up. When you get there, there are two things to do, one is to recuperate from your wounds, and the other is to choose a place to bury your brothers who died in the sheep intestine path. Shen Yan then took Pei Xiangdong and others to the front of the wounded, Shen Yan looked at these wounded people in his eyes, and said loudly.
"I will draw ten brothers from each team to stay and take care of you, I hope you can recuperate well here, don't worry about missing the battle, I promise you here, there will be a battle for you to fight in the future."
"My lord, we are reluctant to ......" Hearing Shen Yan's arrangement, some of the wounded soldiers let out some slight cries.
"The ten of you will take on the preliminary protection work of the injured brothers, and when their injuries are healed, they will join you, I hope you can protect them, and at the same time, be self-sufficient, don't forget everything I gave you, when I take you home, I will personally assess your strength, if you can meet the standard, I will set up a pro-soldier team, and you will become the first members of my pro-soldier team." Shen Yan looked at the injuries in front of him, a smile flashed in his eyes, and then he looked at the soldiers who were selected, a touch of helplessness appeared on his face, and he said loudly.
"Thank you, sir, we will do our best to do these things well, and we will definitely live up to your expectations." Hearing the cake drawn by Shen Yan, the eyes of these soldiers showed a touch of emotion, they originally felt that they were selected to do this, and they felt that they were not valued by the people above, it turned out that doing this thing was more important than going to the battlefield.
"Alright, you guys go now." Shen Yan waved his hand and motioned for the ten soldiers to take the wounded soldiers out of the confused mountain in front of them.
"Fang Butong, you lead the special operations team to eliminate all traces here, leaving only traces of our large army." Looking at the injured team that was gradually moving away, Shen Yan's eyes flashed with a touch of contemplation, and then he said loudly to Fang Butong, who was not far away.
"Command." Hearing Shen Yan's words, a touch of emotion flashed in the eyes of Fang Butong and other generals.
"Alright, we don't have much time left, so let's try the city trick." Shen Yan looked at the expressions of Fang Butong and the others, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, he did this, not only to arrange for the injury to have a relatively safe place to recuperate, but also to completely close the hearts of Fang Butong and the others, although he had completely won the allegiance of Fang Butong and others, but that hand always felt that something was missing from the talent and wrist, and now it was different, both in ability and emotion.
"Let's go in a hurry for an hour and a half, and then I'll tell you how to implement the strategy of defrauding the city."