[549] Empty grain carts
The continuous rain swirls and sways in the air with the cloudy wind. The flags of the Nine Shadows Kingdom standing around the Dianjiang Platform swayed with the wind in the rain.
Sometimes the flag is rolled up, sometimes it is raised. Sometimes it falls with the wind and clings to the flagpole.
Ula's move of retreating left and right made several tree spirits feel a little nervous. The reason is none other than her words.
It's not that they don't want to prove their loyalty with practical actions, it's just that they don't know what the Nine Shadows Kingdom wants them to do, so they have the slightest inexplicable nervousness, which swims all over their bodies.
After thinking about it for a while, it was still the one who was the leader, the old tree spirit, and took the lead in speaking: "General, please speak!"
As everyone knows, the reason why Ulla retreated left and right is because her next actions must be kept absolutely confidential. They are about to start looting the rations;
This matter is important, according to the internal rules of the Nine Shadows Army, this kind of operation is a Tianzi A operation, the highest military secret, there is no plan before the action, and the report after the action is only archived, which is stored in a confidential place in Yuque City; And except for the planner of the operation and the general who executes the order, the other participants do not know what they are going to do until the operation begins.
All they had to do was to prepare without hesitation according to the requirements of the generals and planners who carried out the orders.
This is also one of the reasons why the spies of the Northern Yin Dynasty in the capital are obviously very professional, but why they have rarely been able to detect the military deployment of Xiao Shizhu and the Nine Hidden Kingdoms, as well as the intelligence of military operations.
During Xiao Shizhu's years in the world, he watched a lot of movies and TV, and learned a lot of clever things. These things have been learned and used by him, and they have improved a lot according to the timing of the underworld, and I have to say that they are still very useful.
However, Ulla's move was also risky. But she is a high disciple and fan of Xiao Shizhu, and in Xiao Shizhu's body, she learned what is called risky chess is also an opportunity.
Stepping back and revealing the secret mission will let the dryads know the tip of the iceberg of the action, but it can also test the sincerity of the other party.
The next second, after quickly thinking back and forth about the plan made in this moment in his mind, Ulla, who confirmed that it was correct, said to the dryads in a hurry: "We are about to rob the grain, but we need your help. ”。
The dryads were stunned for a moment, then looked at each other. These spirits who can talk about Toucheng on behalf of their people are not stupid souls. After thinking about it for a while, he knew that the grain that Ulla said was the military food of the Xudu army fighting in the south.
After a while, the tree spirit, who was the first to speak, asked, "Burn or rob?"
"Snatch as much as you can. If you can't take it, burn it all. The meaning of the Nine Shadows King is that this batch of grain cannot be flowed into the hands of the Xudu army who are fighting in Dongyi Continent. Ulla leaned back slowly, leaning her back against the simple and sleek backrest behind her: "If you are willing to behave, then we will act together and provide you with air cover and strikes, as well as your weapons." ”。
As soon as she finished speaking, several of the dryads fell into deep thought again. But after a while, several dryads exchanged a few glances, and the same dryad at the head said to Ulla, "Yes, we agree with the general's proposal. Moreover, this is the order of the King of the Nine Shadows, and my people and I are willing to serve him. ”。
Ula nodded, stood up with a slender bamboo pole in his hand, strode to the map and stood still, pointed to the map with a bamboo pole in his hand, a dense forest more than fifty miles south of Fengming Valley, and said in a deep voice: "Arrange your people here." I'll take a picture of the two of you so you can keep in touch with us at any time. As soon as a grain wagon passes by, my soldiers will cause chaos in the air to the ground to attract the attention of the army of grain carriers, and you will take the opportunity to seize the grain and grass. ”。
A few tree spirits raised their eyes slightly, but saw that where she was pointing, in the dense forest on the map, another winding official road crossed from south to north......
King Yama took the ghost soldiers as scheduled and went north to pick up grain in Mingfeng Valley. A day later, in the evening, he returned the same way with the grain and grass and returned to the barracks.
According to the rules, it was already dark at this time, and he should set off early tomorrow morning to transport grain. However, the grain and grass had just arrived in the camp, and they were ready to be harvested, and despite the opposition of the king of Yama, they took the army ready to go, escorting the grain and grass on the road immediately.
This means that the information that King Yama has finally sent out will be completely wasted because of this. Because his intelligence claimed that hundreds of thousands of stone grains and grass would leave Fengming Valley early tomorrow morning.
Watching the army leave, King Yama was calm on the surface, but he was very anxious in his heart, making him fidget like an ant on a hot pot, thinking only about how to inform the Nine Shadows Kingdom of this sudden situation.
And after leaving the harvest of Mingfeng Valley, his heart is not steady. I can't say why, he always felt that there would be trouble with this grain transportation, so he made a temporary decision to let the grain transportation army set off non-stop, and never proceeded according to the predetermined plan.
He never expected that his move would lead to death for himself.
After walking out of the harvest of ten miles, the grain transportation team suddenly stopped.
"Take all the grain and grass in three carts and two carts, quickly. Waving the whip in his hand, he rode on the back of his purple gold unicorn and ordered his subordinates aloud.
The afterglow of the setting sun sprinkled on the ground, dyeing the sky and the earth red.
Doing this, it looks like a bit of a fart off his pants, but it's nothing more than a double insurance for himself. Although King Yama had gone to transport grain twice before, nothing had happened, but he was not afraid of 10,000 yuan, but he was afraid of what happened. And south of Fengming Valley, until the north of Manjiang City, hundreds of miles of land are endless plains, and the only shelter is a few woods and a few rivers.
If the enemy's cavalry wanted to make a detour to the rear and rush to attack his grain and grass on such a plain, not only would it come and go quickly, but he and his men would not even have a favorable terrain to rely on, and they would just be a group of movable live targets under the guns of the Nine Shadows Kingdom.
The harvest had to use some empty grain trucks to create an illusion and smoke. Once the empty grain cart is attacked, then the vehicles and guards that are really loaded with grain and grass behind will be prepared to deal with it and will not be caught off guard.
The army of grain carriers looked at each other and was suspicious. However, the Xudu Army was also a strictly ordered army, and these ghost soldiers only after a short period of stunned thought, they began to merge the grain on the three grain trucks on two of them according to the order of harvesting, and vacate an empty car.
But these Xudu troops are used to idleness, and their speed of action is very slow. It wasn't too much work, but it took an hour to complete.
By the time everything was ready, it was completely dark. Without having dinner, the Xudu soldiers who hurriedly came to transport grain were even more hungry at this time, and some resentment was faintly resentful in their hearts, and there was a faint anger in their eyes when they looked at Bei Shu.
But before they could take out the dry food they were carrying and take a bite, they ordered again: "The empty car will go first, set off immediately, and don't stop until dawn." ”。
After an order was given, some of the scolding and scolding troops took those empty grain trucks on the road first. Before the group left, the rest of the ghost soldiers had to light torches and follow.
He rode the beast forward, stopped them, and asked in a deep voice, "Who told you to light the torches?"
This was like a reprimanding question, which made those Xudu soldiers immediately stop lighting their torches, frowning in the darkness, and their eyes were full of suspicion.
"The order goes down, and no torches are to be lit. After a pause, Bei Shu ordered again: "Let the empty convoy go five miles first, and then we will set off again and follow slowly." ”。
With that, the beast turned around and began to time and count the time in the direction of the empty convoy leaving.
I have to say that Harvest is indeed an excellent ghost general. Not only could he immediately think of using an empty car to go to the Ecstasy Array, but he also knew that the ghost soldiers of the Nine Shadows Kingdom were good at using firearms, and they were using them on a large scale.
On this endless plain, once the empty convoy in front of it was ambushed or raided by the army of the Nine Shadows Country, it would inevitably be separated by five or six places, and the firelight and smoke brought by the firearms of the Nine Shadows Country could be seen.
Two quarters of an hour later, he whipped his mount, and with the neighing sound of the beast's soul, he waved his hand, and let the remaining ghost soldiers under him once again carry the grain cart with grain and grass to the south.
At the same time, the empty car that took the lead was already five or six miles away from harvesting them. The drivers who had been driving the empty car forward, scolding.
They didn't even stop along the way, and they were chased on the road. And the same is true of the soldiers who marched with the empty car.
Along the way, they could only eat and drink cold. Moreover, they also ordered that they should not stop until dawn, which made their resentment even heavier.
Fortunately, they are all empty cars, and there are beast spirits pulling them, so they don't need these ghost soldiers to push and pull, which also makes them feel a little more comfortable.
Before they had gone far, some of the sergeants took off the heavy armor on their bodies, and together with the heavy shields, they put them on the grain control cart to lighten their loads.
After walking out of the land for ten miles, these ghost soldiers with empty grain trucks had no armor on their bodies. The grain cart, which was originally empty, was weighed down by their heavy armor, and even the wheel marks rolled by the wheels on the ground became much deeper.
By midnight, they had already taken a step ahead of the grain transport team and came to the dense forest more than fifty miles south of Fengming Valley.
Tonight, the moon and stars were dim in the sky, and the sky and the earth were already dark, and the lush woods were even darker. Even if the Xudu Army, who was carrying an empty car, lit a torch, it could only illuminate three or five feet of ground around him.
The roots are intertwined, and the branches of tall old trees are mostly entwined, and the huge canopy of the trees covers the sky and the sun, covering the sky above. A damp breath rose from the giant trees, spreading among the fangs and claws of the branches and wrinkled trunks.
The axle of the armored grain cart containing the Xudu army creaked in the swaying light of the ignition, breaking the silence in this dense forest.
The Nine Shadows Army, which was dormant behind the bushes in the woods, gently picked up a little bush branches, and looked in the direction where the lights were emitting, and saw that the cars with armor were heading south along the forest road.
Although the distance was not close, the scouts of the Nine Shadows Kingdom hidden behind the dense forests and trees could still see that the cars were heavy, and the wheels were deep in the dirt road, and deep car marks were rolled on the ground.
The advance dispatch of the harvest did not make the Nine Shadows Kingdom empty. The Nine Shadows Kingdom did not get the timely information of the King of Yama, but Ulla temporarily changed the original plan in order to ensure the success of the operation, and made a subordinate on the premise.
When Beishu stopped to arrange the empty grain truck, the Jiuyou National Army and the Tree Spirit Army had already entered this place, but they didn't expect Beishu to send a team of empty trucks and walk in front.