Chapter 261: Poison Scheme
Cui Lan led the front army to Linjiang City that night, and the reason why the speed was so fast was because the front army took a steam car when they passed GuΓ² Nanshan Road, and when they took a steam boat from the transit station to Linjiang City, they were extremely fast.
The building of Linjiang City is almost complete, here is a cement city, the ground and many houses are made of cement, the use of various molds has increased the construction speed countless times than before, and all kinds of facilities are very solid, this repair of Linjiang City will not collapse even if it encounters the flood season again.
If it is a modern person, you will definitely frown when you see this kind of city, the color of the cement is gray-white, which is quite ugly, but the ancient people would not have this idea, colorful is not suitable for this era.
Cui Lan is a celebrity in Wanghai City, almost no one knows it, and they all know Cui Lan's status, and when they saw Cui Lan coming with the army, the sergeant at the pier hurriedly saluted.
"General Ben is ordered by my lord to come to Linjiang City to prepare for the war with the Haka tribe, you go as soon as possible, find Zhang Cheng and Huang Chengyan, and say that General Ben has something to discuss, and it must not be delayed."
The sergeant took the order, and Cui Lan went straight into the city, and after asking, he went in the direction of the city lord's mansion.
Huang Chengyan heard the sergeant's report, he didn't dare to delay, he was in the city lord's mansion, so he immediately came out to greet him, Huang Chengyan was quite curious about Cui Lan.
Cui Lan and Huang Chengyan met on the road, Cui Lan was actually quite curious about this name Huang Chengyan, because she had never heard of this name, seeing the group of people in front of her, Cui Lan asked tentatively: "Huang Chengyan County Order?" β
"General Cui, it's the old man." Huang Chengyan replied, taking this opportunity to take a closer look at Cui Lan, and at first glance, he felt that this person named Cui Lan was really a bit like his daughter Yueying. They are all quite heroic, but Cui Lan still has a kind of evil spirit, at this time, there are hundreds of sergeants behind him, and the military appearance is at its peak, which also adds to Cui Lan's momentum.
"Cui Lan went out some time ago, so she didn't see Huang County's order. In the future, you and I will communicate more. β
"It's right to work for Lord Ryujin."
Cui Lan nodded: "I came this time to conquer the Haka tribe on the order of the lord, and I have sent someone to inform Zhang Cheng, you and I will go to the city lord's mansion to discuss matters." β
"General Cui, please."
"Huang County Order"
When they met for the first time, the two didn't have much friendship, and Huang Chengyan also put his posture relatively low, after all, Huang Chengyan had already heard of Cui Lan's fame, and this was the person that Lord Longshen valued the most. General Chenlong's position is comparable to the three envoys, if Lin Bei establishes a country, Cui Lan will be the generalissimo of the country's soldiers and horses, with a high and powerful position, which is not comparable to Huang Chengyan, a newcomer.
Zhang Cheng also came to the City Lord's Mansion soon, Cui Lan inherited Lin Bei's style, and she liked to go straight to the topic when she did things, she first announced Lin Bei's decision. Finally, he asked Zhang Cheng about the Haka tribe.
Zhang Chengyan said: "Our army has been monitoring the Haka tribe, and your lord has said it. Be careful of the spirit witches of the Haka tribe, these spirit witches will summon snakes, which is very difficult to prevent, and after dozens of days of exploration, it was found that the Haka tribe should have two spirit witches. β
"Why should it?" Cui Lan asked suspiciously.
"Because only one spirit witch has ever appeared in front of the Sentinel's eyes, and the other person has not seen it."
"How many warriors are there in the Haka tribe?"
"More than four or five thousand. The bravest of their warriors were called the barbarians, and the sergeants came out, and the natives had three barbarians. β
"Brute? How is it compared to Meng Huo? β
"Meng Hulongwei is brave and invincible, these natives should be incomparable."
"That's not a good idea." Cui Lan was very cautious, and after inquiring about the military situation of the Haka tribe. He also asked Huang Chengyan how he was prepared for the heavy business, and Huang Chengyan said that he had prepared all the military rations, which were enough for 10,000 soldiers for five days, and they were all dry food, which could be carried with him.
"What about the ships needed? Maybe 10,000 troops at a time? β
Huang Chengyan shook his head: "Although I have stepped up the construction of large ships in Linjiang City these days, it is still not enough to carry 10,000 sergeants, and I can only carry 3,000 sergeants at most each time. β
"Zhang Cheng, in addition to the water road, is there a road in the forest that can lead directly to the Haka tribe?"
Zhang Chengdao: "There is a small road on the bank of the river more than fifty miles away from the Haka tribe, but the road is very difficult, I am afraid that there is only one way to storm on the water, general, with the courage of my dragon god army, even if it is only three thousand, the natives are not worried." β
Cui Lan nodded and said: "Having said that, but in this expedition, the lord once told the general that the casualties of the sergeants must be minimized, if they attack strongly, of course, they can win, the casualties of the sergeants must be very large, and the generals can't bear it." β
Zhang Cheng whispered: "How can there be immortals in war." β
Cui Lan glanced at him and was awe-inspiring: "Zhang Cheng, be cautious!" β
Zhang Cheng's heart jumped: "My subordinates know that they are wrong." β
Seeing that the atmosphere was not very good, Huang Chengyan coughed and arched his hand: "General Cui, the old man has a plan, he can take the Nahaka tribe lightly, but I am afraid that it will hurt the peace of the heavens." β
"Oh? Huang County's order, please tell me frankly. β
Huang Chengyan said softly: "Fire attack is the best." β
"What is a fire attack?"
"I see that the weather is hot now, and the trees in the forest are dry, and the Nahaka tribe is located on the bank of the river, and they are camped with wood, and they are in response to the fire attack, and the general can send a sergeant to go up in a light boat, and only have archers on the boat, and attack them with rockets, and it only takes a few times to make the Nahaka tribe crushed, and when the time comes, our sergeants will come ashore again, and they will be able to win easily."
Cui Lan was overjoyed, but then, she knocked on the couch with her finger and said, "In this way, the natives will suffer heavy casualties, and maybe it will cause a forest fire, which will indeed hurt the heavens and the peace." β
The Haka tribe is surrounded by dense forests, and once a fire is caused, the natives will definitely not have time to put out the fire, so that the fire will spread, maybe it will burn for hundreds of miles, and it will definitely be quite miserable.
Zhang Cheng said: "General, this plan is very good, there is no one around the Haka tribe, even if the forest is set on fire, it is only an indigenous tribe, I think this plan is feasible." β
The line must be OK, and when the fire is ignited, the natives have no combat effectiveness at all, so they naturally win easily, and now it depends on how Cui Lan chooses.
Huang Chengyan saw Cui Lan's eyes closed, and the expression on his face changed, Huang Chengyan knew that his plan was very vicious, and if he changed his own words, he would definitely not use it. But he wanted to see if this General Cui would adopt it, and in his heart, Huang Chengyan still looked down on women to be generals.
Cui Lan opened her eyes suddenly, and her awe-inspiring color flashed: "Just act according to this time, even if it hurts the heavens and harmony, it is Cui Lan's business." I, Cui Lan, have been repeatedly favored by adults, and I don't report it at this time, just waiting for when. β
Huang Chengyan was shocked in his heart, and said in his heart, good guy, this female general is really ruthless, even more ruthless than many men, and said busily: "Yes." Huang Chengyan no longer has a little contempt.
After deciding on the fire attack, the next thing will be easy to do, and all the ships of Linjiang City will be dispatched. There were nearly 300 ships, 100 of which would be filled with archers, a thousand sergeants, and 200 ships to capture the natives who had fallen overboard when the Haka tribe was on fire.
A maximum of 2,000 sergeants will be dispatched, but if the fire attack is calculated, the result is greater than that of 10,000 men.
There are almost four or five thousand Orions in the Dragon God Army, and these people are all superb in archery, so that night. Cui Lan ordered a thousand archers, and prepared hundreds of barrels of grease tung oil. The ships also stopped at the pier of Linjiang City, and the next morning, Cui Lan ordered the departure of 300 boats towards the upper reaches of the Mekong River, and these ships would probably arrive at the Haka tribe tomorrow morning to carry out a fire attack. Cui Lan left Zhang Cheng behind and went out in person.
When Lin Bei arrived at Linjiang City, it was already the morning of the third day, and then he heard the news.
"Attack with fire? Cui Lan only brought 2,000 sergeants? β
Huang Chengyan nodded: "Exactly, I think it's better to attack with fire." β
Lin Beichong Huang Chengyan smiled bitterly: "You all know that it is likely to cause forest fires and cause misery. And still use fire? β
"Your Excellency." Zhang Chenglang said: "It is better for the indigenous people to die than for my Han people to die, if there is any harm to the heavens, let Zhang Cheng bear it." β
Lin Bei shook his head and didn't speak again.
Putting aside the saying that there is a wound to the sky, fire attack is indeed a good plan, not only for the Haka tribe, but also for the rest of the nine tribes, and it can be burned cleanly.
Waiting for noon, Lin Bei estimated that the war on Cui Lan's side should have been fought for a long time, Lin Bei couldn't hold back his anxious thoughts, so he said to Zhang Cheng and Huang Chengyan, Lin Bei jumped into the Mekong River, marched upward, and prepared to go to the Haka tribe to have a look.
Lin Bei's speed was very fast, he could swim hundreds of miles in an hour, and when he swam for nearly two hours, and was still nearly two hundred miles away from the Haka tribe, Lin Bei suddenly stopped, because he saw smoke and fire in a far, far away,
"It's burning." Lin Bei's heart sank, and the thing he was most worried about finally happened.
If it is dry today, a fire in the forest will be extremely terrible, and the smoke and fire can be seen in the north of the forest for more than 200 miles, you can imagine what the scene will be like in the Haka tribe, not to mention that the Haka tribe only has more than 10,000 people, it is estimated that they will all be burned to death.
Lin Bei walked forward again, swam for another hour, and saw more clearly, thick smoke and fire rose into the sky, as if even the sky was burned into the void, some animals in the dense forest began to run in panic, they felt the danger.
After another half an hour of swimming, Linbei is only more than 50 miles away from the Haka tribe, and the fire has already burned here, and at the same time, the fire has also caused strong winds, but the Mekong River is wide, so there is no problem in the river.
A corpse floated down from the upstream, these people were the corpses of indigenous people, and there were many arrows stuck in the corpses, which must have been shot to death by the archers of the Dragon God Army, and occasionally the natives with complete corpses should have been drowned.
Lin Bei was about to go up again, and a fleet of ships went down the water, it was the Dragon God Army looking at the sea, and at this moment, he finally couldn't stand the fire and smoke in the sky, and began to retreat.
Lin Bei surfaced, raised his body, and let the sergeant on the boat see him, Lin Bei shouted: "Where is Cui Lan, where is she?" β
"The general is still behind." The sergeant on the ship said loudly.
"Hurry back to Linjiang City." Lin Bei went up along the river, and under the guidance of the sergeant, he found Cui Lan on the ship, Cui Lan stood on the bow of the boat, looking at the fire on the river bank with a trance.
"Cui Lan." Lin Bei shouted.
Cui Lan came back to her senses, saw Lin Bei, and forced a smile: "My lord." β
Lin Bei got on the boat and asked, "Did you win this battle?" β
Cui Lan nodded, but smiled bitterly: "It is indeed a big victory, and there are no casualties among our soldiers." β
"Then why are you like this? Does Lord Ben still think that our army has been defeated? β
"My lord, Cui Lan's actions have caused misery to the lives of the people, and Cui Lan is deeply disturbed."
Cui Lan was uneasy, but Lin Bei had to be comforted, because things had already appeared, could it be that Lin Bei still scolded Cui Lan for not succeeding, he couldn't do it.
Yu Linbei laughed and said, "What's uneasy? On the same day, I led you to move from Hepu to Wanghai City, and on the way I ordered to kill the barbarians of the two counties of Rinan and Jiuzhen, a total of more than 35,000, and my lord is not uneasy, and now the Haka tribe is only more than 10,000 at most, you will fight in all directions in the future, and the corpses will be million, and now I feel uneasy, how can I rest assured that I will let you lead the army in the future? β
Cui Lan said that the misery of life not only includes people, but also includes animals and plants in the forest, Lin Bei secretly changed the concept and replaced it with the number of indigenous people, in fact, Lin Bei also felt that such a large-scale burning of the forest would hurt the heavens and the peace, but if you do it, is it still useful to regret it? Lin Bei said to himself: I am the descendants of Yan and Huang, and the rest are not of my race, and this is war, if they don't die, the descendants of Yan and Huang will die, he just made a choice that is the same as his heart.
Lin Bei took himself as an example, Cui Lan was depressed at the moment, and after thinking about it, she was not even afraid of adults, what was she Cui Lan afraid of? Even if there is really a heavenly send, she Cui Lan suffers it, and dies for adults, what is she afraid of?
Lin Bei nodded and said: "Yes, if you want to open a little, everything has me, this time our army returned with a great victory, and there were no casualties, this is the biggest happy event." β
I have to say that Lin Bei's attitude made Cui Lan very grateful, and the sentence "I have everything" really moved Cui Lan, and she also realized the meaning of that sentence: A scholar dies for those who know him, and having a lord who understands you, knows you and supports you all the time behind you can be regarded as the greatest blessing as a subordinate.
In the smoke of the fire, the fleet flowed downstream, and the Haka tribe became history after this war.
"It's a pity that the drum of Nahaka is not seen, and it must have burned in the fire." Lin Bei was a little regretful. (To be continued......)
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