Chapter Seventy-Eight: Inference from the top of the mountain, three thousand cattle changed their original intentions
The endless camp tents of the soldiers of the Scorching Sun Country did not disappear until the end of the line of sight, leaving Wang Yan, who stood on the top of the mountain to check the situation of the enemy army, with endless imagination.
"Your Excellency, the enemy has already been killed by us, how can there still be so many camps? Could it be that the enemy army is playing tricks?" Li Zihao couldn't believe what he saw, and rubbed his eyes vigorously, wanting to see more realistically.
"General Li, are you scared?" Wang Yan turned his head to look at Li Zihao beside him, feeling that his movements were unnatural.
"No, no. Li Zihao hurriedly denied it.
"Then why did your body start to tremble?" Wang Yan deliberately found out Li Zihao's flaws, this fear will be transmitted to others unconsciously, and he must be made to forget this feeling
"Let the general of the shooting sun smile, I am afraid of the cold, so my body trembles involuntarily. Li Zihao squeezed out a smile with difficulty, trying to hide the real reason why he was shivering: "It's really cold on the top of this mountain." ”
"Cold, General Li, you should be cold, right? Wang Yan stared at Li Zihao unceremoniously, and then pointed to the camp tent of the Scorching Sun Army with his hand, and said meaningfully: "You and I are both flesh and blood, and it is normal to be afraid. Do you think that I will not be afraid when I see an enemy army a hundred times larger than us? But General Lee, as a soldier, as a general who leads the troops, when the country needs us to defend it, when the people need our protection, we lose the right to be afraid. Bury your fears in your heart and puff up your chest. Show the fearlessness of a man, at this moment, we have no choice!"
"Thank you for your advice, the last general knows what to do. Li Zihao was infected by Wang Yan's heroic words, and his spirits were immediately lifted. Thinking of last night's victory, he understood that the enemy army was not invincible, and the fear in his heart disappeared imperceptibly.
"General Li, what kind of means will the enemy army take next to attack the fortress we are defending?" Wang Yan saw that Li Zihao had overcome his fear so quickly, and knew that he had calmed down. Listen to his analysis.
"Your Excellency. The last general has not commanded so many troops, so he does not dare to speculate, and I hope that my lord will forgive me. Li Zihao did become calm, but what he said was too conservative. Wang Yan was very disappointed.
"Since General Lee cannot judge the enemy's attack. Then let's take a different approach. Let me imagine several possible methods of attack by the enemy. General Lee made a defense based on the existing defenses of the fortress to see if our fortress could withstand the enemy's attack. Wang Yan looked at the enemy army in the distance, and several attack methods that the enemy army was very likely to use in his mind.
"Shogun Sun, please. Li Zihao seemed full of confidence at this time. Since the enemy army has already suffered the first defeat in reality, it is also possible to defeat the enemy army a second, third, or even more times.
"Listen up. Wang Yan reminded Li Zihao to pay attention to every word he said: "If the enemy gives up attacking the fortress head-on and only uses a small number of soldiers to contain us outside the fortress, the main force of the enemy will find a way to cross the mountain and attack us from the rear of the fortress, how can we deal with it?"
"This is impossible!" Li Zihao shook his head, directly refuting Wang Yan's first hypothesis, and said it well-founded: "The mountains on both sides of the Hukou Fortress are extremely steep and cannot be climbed at all. Since the establishment of the fortress, there have been hundreds of large and small battles, of which the enemy army attacking the fortress tried to cross the mountain in no less than 30 battles, but all the enemy troops failed to succeed, which is a very detailed record. “
"There may be exceptions to everything, and we can't take it lightly. Wang Yan criticized Li Zihao. You must know that Wang Yan has lived in the mountains and forests for many years, followed Grandpa Tao to conquer many steep mountains, and many times climbed them under seemingly impossible circumstances. Besides, he and Li Zihao are now standing on the top of the mountain, and there will definitely be soldiers in the enemy army who can climb up.
"If you don't trust what the Admiral says, you can only send the inhabitants of the fortress here to keep an eye on the enemy, because this is the only place where you can reach the top of the mountain. Li Zihao didn't insist on his opinion, anyway, it didn't hurt to arrange a few people to watch here.
"It was decided. Wang Yan nodded, and he could accept it if he chose a few young and strong residents, trained a little, and replaced the soldiers to defend here.
"My lord, please continue. Li Zihao felt that the first idea of cracking Wang Yan was too simple, so he didn't take Wang Yan's second idea seriously.
"Good. If the enemy army rebuilds siege engines and concentrates its forces to storm the fortress, how should it respond?" Wang Yan put forward the second idea.
"My lord, isn't this second scenario a replica of last night's enemy attack, we have already defeated it once, and it is impossible for the enemy army to use that method and fail again. The expression on Li Zihao's face was relaxed, unless the enemy army became stupid, such an idea would definitely not become a reality.
"General Li, don't underestimate the enemy. It is very possible for the enemy to do that, and our victory last night was very lucky, and how could the enemy continue to be fooled after suffering a loss. Once the enemy army is well prepared and makes a comeback, it will be difficult to stop. Wang Yan corrected the mistakes in Li Zihao's consciousness.
"My lord, in last night's battle, we still had a lot of methods that we didn't use, such as pouring hot oil, like arson, etc., all of which can have a very good killing effect on the enemy, and the general will feel that the enemy will still be helpless. Li Zihao thought that a lot of prepared materials did not come in handy, so he was not worried at all.
"Those means can only play the role of killing the enemy, not retreating the enemy. It seems that this second hypothesis is not something we can deal with. Wang Yan knew that if there was no effective strategy to retreat from the enemy, the fortress would be breached by the enemy sooner or later.
"What your lord said is very true, and the final consideration is inappropriate. Li Zihao listened to Wang Yan's words, and only then did he understand Wang Yan's intention in putting forward this hypothesis: "Let's go back and find more people to study countermeasures." ”
"That's all it can be. Wang Yan sighed, he didn't have a good way to retreat from the enemy for a while.
"Can you still think of other ways for the enemy to attack?" Li Zihao could not solve the second hypothesis put forward by Wang Yan, and began to worry.
"The third way the enemy may attack is ......" Wang Yan was just about to say the method he had envisioned, when he suddenly saw a lot of vehicles transporting grain and grass in the camp where the army of the Scorching Sun Kingdom was stationed, and immediately stopped what he wanted to say and observed carefully.
"General Li, you see, the enemy army is storing grain and grass in a centralized manner, which makes me think of a way to retreat from the enemy. If we burn the enemy's food and grass, we will definitely force the enemy to retreat. Wang Yan's words were tinged with a little excitement.
"My lord, you mean to burn the enemy's food and grass? But the enemy camp is heavily defended, how can we sneak in? This is impossible. Li Zihao saw the soldiers of the Scorching Sun Kingdom pushing the vehicles loaded with grain and grass into the depths of the barracks, and he did not have any hope for this method.
"If you don't give it a try, how do you know if it works. In the current situation, it is definitely better for us to be proactive than to defend passively. Without further ado, let's hurry back to the fortress and discuss the detailed steps. Wang Yan turned his head and left, no longer making any hesitant movements.
"Shogun Sun, wait for me. Li Zihao looked at the camp of the army of the Scorching Sun Kingdom, and did not understand where Wang Yan's confidence came from, and when he turned around, he found that Wang Yan was gone, and hurriedly chased along the way down the mountain.
Back at Hukou Fortress, Wang Yan and Li Zihao had just sat in the makeshift council hall, and before they could summon the officers who were in charge of the soldiers, they saw a soldier walking into the council hall quickly.
"Your Excellency, Zhou Shan and Miss Dong Yun have returned from completing their mission and want to see your lordship. The soldier knelt on one knee and said quickly with one hand on his body.
"Zhou Shan and Miss Dong Yun have completed the task?" Li Zihao was confused, and he didn't know when Wang Yan was hiding from him and delegating the task to the two girls.
"Let them in!" Wang Yan ignored Li Zihao, but hurriedly ordered to the soldiers who reported the news.
"Yes!" the soldier agreed, quickly exiting the chamber.
After a while, Zhou Shan and Dong Yun ran into the conference hall arm in arm.
"Wang Yan, Yun'er and I have done your task excellently. Come and get your reward. There was a hint of mischievous in Zhou Shan's words.
"I've worked hard for you, I don't know how much?" Wang Yan asked impatiently after showing a little concern.
"Hmph! Dong Yun looked elsewhere and expressed dissatisfaction.
"Yun'er, Wang Yan is too anxious, so don't worry about it. Zhou Shan pulled Dong Yun to sit on the chair, and then smiled at Wang Yan: "When I heard the news that we were looking for cattle, the people were very cooperative and helped us find more than 3,000 heads, which greatly exceeded your expectations." “
"More than 3,000 cows?" Li Zihao glared at Zhou Shan and Dong Yun, and then at Wang Yan: "My lord, our soldiers can't eat so many cows." “
"Poof". Zhou Shan and Dong Yun laughed out loud, and without waiting for Wang Yan to answer, they said to Li Zihao: "General Li, who said that the cattle we found were to be eaten by the soldiers." These cattle were to play an important role in the battle to defend the fortress. “
"What the hell is going on? I don't understand what you're saying?" Li Zihao really couldn't figure it out, how could Niu help defend the fortress.
"General Li, that's right, when I was building the fortress, I began to think about how to disrupt the enemy's army. Originally, we wanted to rely on the herd to disperse the enemy army, so as to relieve the pressure on the soldiers and prolong the time we could defend the fortress. But now I have a better idea, relying on so many cattle, we may even defeat the enemy army completely. Wang Yan explained to Li Zihao why he sent Zhou Shan and Dong Yun to find the cow.
"Your Excellency already has a way to deal with the enemy army?" Li Zihao was overjoyed, this is really great news. (To be continued......)