Chapter 451: A Wooden Thorn
"Uh-huh!" Seeing the expressions of both sides getting more and more excited, Conrad had to use a light cough to stop the argument that was about to turn into a quarrel.
"Earl Lei Bin, what do you think after reading these secret letters from His Royal Highnesses, do you still think that we should send troops to attack the granary of the Fengqi people?" Conrad waited until the camp was completely quiet, he smiled and turned his head to a general beside him and asked.
Although Count Lei Bin's title is not very high, he is one of the few people in this camp who can make Conrad scruples.
Nominally, Lei Bin is Conrad's deputy and needs to obey Conrad's command, but in reality, he is the commander of a team that is completely independent of Conrad's leadership!
The counterattack strategy of the Aojin Empire against the Fengqi Empire is: with Conrad as the main and Lei Bin as the supplement, complementing each other and fighting together.
Conrad knows very well that under this high-sounding rhetoric, there is another layer of meaning: once he performs poorly, Lei Bin will immediately become his replacement!
Thankfully, Conrad's performance after becoming the marshal was remarkable, almost forcing the Fengqi army to retreat all the way.
While Conrad won the trust of the court and the generals with practical actions, he also made Lei Bin farther and farther away from the position of the marshal!
Although Lei Bin was unwilling, he had to admit that Conrad was extraordinary! In desperation, he hid his envy, jealousy, and hatred deep in his heart.
The intelligence of the Fengqi granary gave Lei Bin hope, he felt that this was his only chance to surpass Conrad, and he thus became the staunchest supporter of the plan of 'sending troops to attack the Fengqi granary'!
Lei Bin's insistence made Conrad very embarrassed, and Conrad felt that the Fengqi army had just changed the coach. It is too much of a coincidence that such information has leaked out; He didn't want to take the risk.
The phrase 'attacking the Fengqi granary' is easy to say and can be operated. But it's difficult!
First of all, how to let tens of thousands of troops hide their whereabouts and bypass the Fengqi army in front of them is a difficult problem that needs to be solved urgently.
The granary is bound to be heavily guarded by heavy troops, and it is useless for the army to go less, and it is easy to be exposed if it goes more.
Now, both sides are trying to probe the movements in each other's camps as much as possible, and even a leaf blown off by the breeze may cause a big battle between the two nerves!
In such a situation, Conrad has no certainty that he will solve the problem of transporting the army silently!
Secondly, another important factor in the success of the operation lies in whether the Aojin side can launch a sudden and swift attack on the Fengqi granary!
With the current distance between the Fengqi granary and them, it will be opened. 'Suddenly' and 'Swift' are not possible for other troops, only cavalry can do both.
Due to their own characteristics, Aojin does not produce high-quality war horses, and they are far away from the grassland, which leads to the number of war horses they own is pitiful.
Conrad's only 30,000 cavalry relied on a patchwork of materials, and the varieties could be described as 'varied'. Usually it is reluctant to let them fight with the main force, counting on them to go deep behind enemy lines, Conrad feels terrible when he thinks about it!
And Conrad's biggest worry is in case these 30,000 cavalry are discovered by Feng Qi, or if they can't attack the granary for a long time. Then they have almost no chance of surviving!
In addition, there are too many uncontrollable factors! Conrad, who has already seen the dawn of victory, naturally does not want anything to go wrong at this time.
It's just that Conrad also knows Lei Bin's earnest thoughts of meritorious service, and he understands that if he blocks it too much. will make Lei Bin disgusted with him.
In order to ensure the harmony of the generals, Conrad reluctantly sacrificed the procrastination trick, and it was precisely for this purpose to send letters to the princes.
Let's be honest. Conrad didn't expect him to receive a reply so soon, or he didn't expect to receive it at all, he just wanted to drag Lei Bin in this way.
The six-to-two 'scoreline' surprised Conrad. He tried to dispel Lei Bin's urge to send troops.
"I admit that all Your Highnesses are very good, but they are all young after all! The eldest prince is only over thirty years old! I wonder what is going on every day ahead of them. It's actually not clear!"
"They don't know that we have nearly a thousand soldiers to pay for their lives every day, and they don't know that the materials we consume every day are an astronomical amount! If they knew this, I don't think they would have sent us such irresponsible letters!"
"I still insist on my idea, and I ask the marshal to order the dispatch of troops immediately!" Lei Bin straightened his waist and didn't look at Conrad.
Conrad didn't expect that in front of the generals in the battalion, Lei Bin actually didn't care about his face, and directly gave him a 'forced palace'! He was unhappy in his heart, pretending not to hear Lei Bin's words, frowning and saying nothing.
For a while, the atmosphere in the tent was extremely embarrassing, and the generals bowed their heads and were silent, afraid that a single look would ignite the anger between the two.
"Ahem!" At this moment, an old cough came from outside the tent, and then a pot-bellied old man slowly walked into the tent.
"Old Marquis!" Seeing the arrival, all the generals in the tent, including Conrad and Lei Bin, hurriedly stood up and saluted the old man one after another.
This old man is none other than the current Emperor Aojin's eldest brother, the Marquis of Simpson.
"Everyone is in the same boat this time, you don't need to be so polite, sit down!" Simpson, sitting in the empty seat next to Conrad, waved everyone to sit down with a pun.
"I heard that several highnesses have sent letters, can you let me see this old thing?"
"Old Marquis, you are polite! You are the overseer, and your supervision is welcome in all our military affairs at any time!" Conrad said, handing a few letters on the table to Simpson.
"If only you didn't bother me with my old thing!" Simpson said as he smiled as he took the three letters.
"The little ones are really growing up!" Simpson's face was relieved as he read each letter carefully.
"What do you think of this?" said Simpson, holding up the three letters and shaking them lightly to Conrad and Lei Bin.
Conrad glanced at Lei Bin and introduced the general situation to Simpson, and he deliberately avoided the unhappiness between him and Lei Bin.
"Look at the payment time. It won't take them a few days to get here, so how about we hear what they have to say?"
"This" Simpson's proposal is tantamount to rejecting Lei Bin's previous proposal. Lei Bin intended to argue.
"What, that, that's it!" Simpson didn't have as many taboos as Conrad. He didn't even let Lei Bin finish his words, so he made a decision.
"When they arrive, we'll discuss it together!" Simpson dropped the sentence, took the secret letter into his arms, nodded with Conrad, and walked directly out of the big tent.
Simpson is no better than Conrad, Lei Bin is no longer dissatisfied in his heart, and he doesn't dare to disobey his orders!
"Hmph!" In the end, Lei Bin snorted coldly. With an iron face, he walked away with his subordinates.
"General!" Lei Bin left and didn't even say hello to Conrad, seeing him so rude, the generals around Conrad were a little dissatisfied.
"It's okay, it's nothing! I understand what you mean, don't say any more, let's go back and rest first!" Compared to Lei Bin, Conrad behaved very generously, he smiled and got up and sent all the generals out of the big tent.
Seeing everyone leave, Conrad turned around and returned to the big tent, the moment he stepped into the big tent. His face immediately darkened.
Although Lei Bin was pressed down by Simpson again this time, Conrad was sure that Lei Bin would never stop there, and the next 'storm' would only get bigger and bigger!
Conrad wasn't sure what else Lei Bin would do, which was what he was most worried about at the moment!
Unlike Conrad's worries. Li Zijun was very leisurely, and after he handed over military affairs to the five leaders, he almost never asked about the internal affairs of the army.
In the eyes of Marcas. Li Zijun's daily task is to study the next day's recipe!
"You don't do anything but what to eat every day. I'm starting to regret spending so much money on you now!" After seeing Li Zijun's new recipe, Marcas couldn't help but complain to him.
"Oh?" Li Zijun, who was about to go to practice. Hearing Marcas's words, he immediately turned around.
"I once encountered such a thing, is Your Highness interested in sharing it with me?" Li Zijun paused slightly, walked to Marcas's side with a smile and said.
"Tell me about it!" Marcus took a slight step back, not breathing.
"Actually, my real profession is a veterinarian, especially when it comes to large animals like horses!"
"Just you?" Marcas's eyes immediately widened when he heard Li Zijun's words, and his face was full of 'disbelief'!
"Don't interrupt me, listen up!"
"One day, a guy came to me with a good horse in tow. He said: For a long time, he didn't know what the road was about, and his horse suddenly became restless, and he searched for many veterinarians but could not find the crux of the problem. So, he approached me and asked me to help him solve this problem. ”
"Blow, you'll go!"
Li Zijun smiled slightly, indifferent to Marcas's ridicule, and continued to tell the story of 'himself' to Luxia.
"I took the horse around and found out what was wrong with it. At that time, I offered him fifty gold coins!"
"How dare you open your teeth!"
"That horse's level is absolutely one in ten thousand! Its value is at least two hundred gold coins, and I only ask him for fifty gold coins, which is not much!"
Although he was reluctant, he agreed to my request for the sake of the horse. ”
"What about the last?" Marcas was a little curious when he heard this.
"Finally, I pulled out a finger-long wooden thorn at the base of the horse's right hind leg, and it healed without medicine!"
"Just a wooden thorn? You asked someone for fifty gold coins for this wooden thorn?
"The owner of the horse said the same thing, but do you know what I told him?"
"No matter what you say, you can't change the nature of your black-hearted ghost!"
"I told him that this wooden thorn is worthless, but it is worth fifty gold coins when he finds it!" Li Zijun smiled and patted Marcus on the shoulder after recounting his experience, and turned away. (To be continued......)