books44 Chapter 259: Military Tent Decision (3)
Chapter 259: Military Tent Decision (3)
He thought that if the army rashly rushed forward with something to start the fire, they would certainly be discovered by the spies of the Claw Tribe. By then, the assassins would come out in full force, and the soldiers of Bicheng might never return. Not only would they fail to destroy the enemy, but they would be annihilated by them instead.
Zhou Bu thought for a moment and said, "This is not difficult. My Nanding Army can form more scout groups, at least more than thirty teams, each riding fast horses. When they see the assassins, they can only flee but not fight. They can lure the Claw Clan spies to the sides, and the arson team can drive straight in." He stood next to the map on the ground and gestured in the air with his hands as he spoke.
Yang Luo said: "That's right, we can set out at night. It's still very cold at night, so we can catch them off guard."
Bi Ye smiled and said, "With the two of you leading the army, the Claw Tribe camp will surely be broken. Then the merits will be used to offset the mistakes. Xiao Bo, don't mention punishment to me again."
Zhou Bo replied, "I thank the general."
Chu Xiaomu said: "I'm not 100% sure whether this plan can succeed. The two commanders must be careful... I think... I think... the situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and we must be able to adapt to the situation during the battle." He thought to himself that if you really used my plan and failed, you can't blame it all on me.
Yang Luo said: "Of course, the general always tells us this every time he calls us back to the city."
Bi Ye smiled and said, "After all, I learned this principle from Brother Chu Xiong. In the past, when I fought with the enemy, I always liked to use generals against generals, soldiers against soldiers, and formations against formations. Brother Chu Xiong would always have a big quarrel with me every time he saw me. It was thanks to his advice that my Cangmu Kingdom was able to drive the other three countries out of our territory."
Zhou and Yang smiled at each other. They never thought that the famous General Bi Ye, the spiritual king of Cang Mu Kingdom, would actually learn skills from an ordinary mortal.
Bi Ye turned into a serious expression, and continued, "After this battle, I will meet with Yan Zhua, the spiritual king of the Claw Clan, and ask him why he suddenly attacked my Hu Mu Pass and killed my Bi City soldiers! I will not hesitate to fight him again!" He suddenly remembered what Huang Jie Shi said a few months ago. The reason why the Claw Clan suddenly attacked Bi City was probably because the Mingyuan Ding had left the Death Pole, causing disorder in the world's spiritual energy. He could not help but sigh heavily.
Bi Ye thought of Li Xi who went to Xihai City to track down the whereabouts of the Dark Abyss Cauldron. It had been several months and there had been no news of him. He didn't know how he was doing. And he wrote to the six cities of Baijun, Xihai, Jinyang, Anfeng, Yutuo, and Yan, but only Yutuo City responded, and there were only a few meaningless words of thanks, and it seemed that they didn't care about the Dark Abyss Cauldron. He thought that it was not their fault that the six city lords didn't care about the departure of the Dark Abyss Cauldron. After all, these six people had not experienced the catastrophe battle more than two hundred years ago, and didn't know how important the four artifacts that guided the flow of spiritual energy were.
Zhou Bo and Yang Luo also felt that the fire attack plan was very feasible and were very happy.
The four of them then discussed for a while, thinking about who should organize the scouts to lure the enemy, who would supervise the production of incendiary objects and rockets, who would lead the troops to charge into the camp and set fire, and who would lead the main force to sit in the rear...Bi Ye made detailed arrangements one by one.
Biye sent someone to call Zhongjing Army Deputy General Feng Tan and asked him to arrange for someone to secretly check the ships traveling in Kun River within the Bicheng territory to see who was secretly supporting the Claw Clan. Feng Tan took the order and left.
After everything was discussed, Zhou Bo asked Chu Xiaomu, "You have ten people in your horse herding team. Where are the others? Have they all returned?"
Chu Xiaomu replied, "Returning to the central army, there are ten people and more than 1,700 horses in our horse herding team, but only Yingdan and I have returned to Bicheng. After we received the message from the flying eagle, we rushed to the Nanding army camp overnight, but we were afraid that the target would be too big, so Yingdan and I went to explore first, and the rest of us waited forty miles to the east of the camp. I think... I think they are still there waiting for us to go back." Thinking of the other brothers and so many horses, he couldn't help but worry. What if they encountered the Claw Tribe heading east?
The more Zhou Bo listened, the more confused he became. He asked, "What do you mean by flying eagles delivering messages? What do you mean by more than 1,700 horses?"
Chu Xiaomu took out the small bamboo tube that the messenger eagle had sent from his bosom, took out the letter from it, handed it to Zhou Bo, and said, "It was through this letter that we learned that something had happened in the camp."
Zhou Bo took a look and immediately recognized the handwriting of his daughter Zhou Jinglan. He snorted and said, "This girl is kind enough to remember to write to you. Fortunately, she didn't kill you." He then asked, "What about the more than 1,700 horses?"
Chu Xiaomu then told the story of how he encountered a pack of wolves at Cuilai Lake and was rescued by a group of wild horses led by Shenma. Then, the military horses and wild horses got mixed together and could not be separated, so they had to be rushed back to the Nanding Army camp together. Everyone was amazed.
Yang Luo was even more delighted and said, "Third brother, congratulations, you lost several hundred horses, but brought back nearly two thousand horses. You've made a lot of money this time!"
Zhou Bo glared at him and said, "My Nanding Army has suffered such a great humiliation. What is there to congratulate? Besides, the horses we brought back are all wild horses. There is no way to tame them. They might run away one day!"
Bi Ye said, "Although wild horses are difficult to tame, if they mate with military horses and produce more foals, it will be of great benefit to Bi City. The four countries have been at peace for more than a hundred years, and the current military horses have never been on the battlefield. They are too docile and lack wildness, which is a great deficiency. After this battle with the Claw Tribe, we should let the horse officials take good care of the horses, let the military horses and wild horses mate, and produce more foals."
Yang Luo said, "There used to be a lot of wild horses in Biyuan. I've seen them several times. But for some reason, I've rarely seen them in recent years. You went out to herd horses and brought back so many. It's really a great thing."
Chu Xiaomu remembered that he had not mentioned the secret letter to everyone yet, and finally couldn't help but said: "General, I have something else to report." After he was pulled into the general's tent by Yang Luo, he had been talking about the Claw tribe camp and had not found a chance to mention the secret letter intercepted from the two Claw tribe members.
Bi Ye said: "If you have anything else to say, please tell me now. The military situation is urgent and we can't delay any longer."
Chu Xiaomu took out two small wooden boxes wrapped tightly with gray cloth used for military tent bedding, two small stones of strange appearance, and a piece of hard animal skin from his bag, and carefully piled them on a small table in the tent.
He pointed at the hard animal skin and said, "We happened to see two Claw Tribe members in the Nanding Army camp. After killing them, we searched them and found these things. From what they said, it seemed that the words written on them were secret letters to be sent back to their Spirit King."
When everyone heard the word "secret letter", they were all shocked and looked at the thing in Chu Xiaomu's hand at the same time.