Chapter 44: Rolling the Barrel(1/2)
The war is still going on. Changfeng and Lin Yunfang have been divided into two hills by Yuwencheng for seven days. The morale of the army is extremely low, and the food and supplies are lost. They can only compress the daily marching rations and dare not run into the Panlong Mountains. There is a primitive forest. Even if you take tens of thousands of people into the primeval forest, you can get rid of the danger of being surrounded, but walking in is a greater danger. No one will know where the way out is, which will save Yuwencheng a lot of trouble. Not only can you send troops to attack Dugu City eastward, but you can also watch them fend for themselves. Changfeng is not a fool, but he ordered everyone to keep the army on the mountain, and not retreat or advance, and then he will waste it with Yuwencheng.
Trapped in the lonely mountain, he had no choice but to look at everyone's eyes and stare at him. He knew that it was no longer important whether he was their true master or not. He became famous in battle seven days ago and had already established his image as an invincible commander among all the soldiers, not to mention that his current identity is their commander.
Grain gradually decreased enough for them to eat, and horses could still use grass instead of food. How could they support the consumption of tens of thousands of troops with just a little dry food and hunted prey? Maybe there would be hope for one battle. However, the people were strong and strong, and they set up tripping ropes at the foot of the mountain and dug countless traps. Their army rushed over like this, undoubtedly to die. What should we do? Even if we wanted to surrender, we were not the real king of the country, and we could not make this decision. Changfeng really wanted to break his head and couldn't think of any good way.
God will not favor those in trouble. The only source of water is at the foot of the mountain. Without water, no amount of food will not last long. I thought it was summer and it was also a rainy season. God would give them some rain. It would be fine to collect some rain. But for seven days, a drop of water did not fall. The soldiers were almost desperate. Walking in the camp, except for the soldiers monitoring the enemy, no one was hanging their heads and listless. If there was no commander again, the army would probably fall apart.
Changfeng sat in the coach's tent and was secretly sad. If he was alone, he could easily break through the siege, but what should these soldiers do? Lin Yunfang on Fengshan opposite didn't know what happened. The spies sent out did not reply to contact him. It seemed that he could no longer rely on her, and he had to think of a way.
"Xiang Ning, the commander of the Imperial Guard, asked to see the Lord." A calm voice came from outside the tent.
Changfeng knew that he had to see him. He had been waiting outside the tent for an hour, so he said, "President Xiang, please come in."
Xiang Ning lifted the curtain and walked in, knelt down and asked, "Report to the Lord, we have not much food anymore. We will only want to kill the horses and fill the soldiers' hunger."
Changfeng also knew the current situation, so he had to say, "It's all we can do now. Try to kill the thin horses first, and then the horses without soldiers, do you know?"
"The last general understands the Lord's will." Xiang Ning said calmly. No wonder he was able to be the commander of the Imperial Guard. This calmness is enough to prove that he is an excellent general.
"Okay, you go down." Changfeng waved weakly.
"I will surrender first." Xiang Ning originally wanted to persuade the master to break through, but now he has no energy at all, even if he encourages the master to agree to break through, it may be difficult to break through, so he hid his words in his stomach and did not say it. Xiang Ning stood outside the tent for so long to kill horses for food, which was too much of a big deal. Changfeng did not expect that Xiang Ning's purpose was not just this, but also secretly hurt his god.
Dongfang Furong quietly placed the food on the table in front of Changfeng and said, "Lord, it's time for you to have a meal."
Changfeng opened his eyes and looked at the girl who was secretly following him and said, "You and I don't have a relationship with the monarch and the ministers, and there is no need for so much etiquette."
"Yes, Senior Chen." Dongfang Furong turned quite quickly and quickly thought of another title.
"Miss Dongfang, what do you think about the situation in front of you?" In the past few days, Changfeng has to make his own decisions, but he himself does not understand the way of governing the military, so he can only ask Dongfang Furong in a different way, and he has really learned a lot.
Dongfang Furong started to feel no suspicion. Over time, she began to doubt. Chen Di, the king of Wu Yue, has been managing the army for more than 20 years. Why did she always ask her how to manage the army? If she wanted to take the exam, she wouldn't have to take everything to test her. With this question in her heart, she was concerned when answering, hoping to find something on Changfeng's face, but she didn't find anything. She also became wary when answering, only half of the answer, and left the other half for Changfeng to guess. This time she simply didn't answer directly and threw the ball directly to Changfeng and said, "Senior Chen must have a plan to defeat the enemy, Furong listened attentively."
"The strategy of defeating the enemy has not yet thought of it." Changfeng knew that he was not the material to command the war, so he told the truth.
Furong didn't expect him to answer like this, and she had no idea for a moment and said, "What should I do now?"
Changfeng looked at her seriously and said, "Miss Dongfang, you are not from our Wu Yue country, so you don't have to die with us, so the Lone King decided to send you secretly tonight. With the Lone King's martial arts, I believe there will be no danger."
"Dongfang Furong was arranged by the Empress to help Senior Chen, how could she leave alone!" Dongfang Furong's face changed suddenly, and she firmly expressed her desire to stay.
Changfeng looked at her with a determined and unyielding look, and knew that no matter how much she advised her, she would not leave, so he sighed and said, "Miss Dongfang, why bother you!"
"Furong's favorite life is to lead the army on the battlefield, fight thousands of miles to die, and live there. Now that there is such a good opportunity, Furong will never leave no matter what?" Unexpectedly, Dongfang Furong, who has been practicing in the nunnery for more than ten years, has such a grand ambition, and she really underestimated her. Her personality is really a bit similar to Cao Ruifeng, with strong and unique resilience towards her choices.
"Okay, let's do this for now. Miss Dongfang, leave the things here and go down and rest." Changfeng ordered.
I haven't taken a shower for many days. Changfeng was worried at the empty bath bucket. His body was almost stinking. He had no water to drink, so he could not take a shower.
In the battle seven days ago, his vitality was completely recovered only now. He planned to try it tomorrow, regardless of life or death. It would be best to break through the siege. If he couldn't break out, his greatest hope would cause significant losses to the enemy and allow Lin Yunfang to break through successfully.
Changfeng looked at the bathtub and was ecstatic. Suddenly, a light of inspiration flashed in his head. He quickly walked out of the tent and said to a guard: "Go and call General Fu, General Xiang and Miss Dongfang to my commander's tent. The Lone King has something to discuss with them."
Changfeng asked someone to carry the bath bucket to his handsome tent with excitement, then waved everyone away, and sat in the handsome throne waiting for them.
Dongfang Furong was closest to his coach camp and was the first to enter the coach camp. Changfeng meant that she would not talk and stand behind her.
After a while, Fu Yueying and Xiang Ning walked into the camp in charge, and Changfeng waved his hand to salute and said, "The Lonely King came to discuss with the two generals. The Lonely King originally wanted to take a bath, but suddenly there was no water on the mountain, so the Lonely King gave up this idea, but the Lonely King thought of a strategy to break the enemy and wanted to discuss with the two generals whether it was feasible."
Fu Yueying said happily with a pretty face: "Master, please tell me." These days, this beautiful female general has lost a lot of weight and has become much more mature. War can indeed make people mature.
"Justice Gu observed the Gu Wang's bath barrel just now. Look at the two generals..." Changfeng said his thoughts.
The three people present had their eyes shining, and they could have such a wonderful idea. This method of breaking the enemy would definitely become a classic of war. The three people kept nodding and calling it "wonderful". After a few days, their frown eyebrows also stretched out, and Dongfang Furong also dispelled her suspicion of Changfeng.
The solution was to come out. Changfeng would not choose which side to break through was put on the agenda. After discussing for a long time, the three of them finally followed Dongfang Furong's advice and arranged the most troops from Yuwen Cheng, and concentrated most of his cavalry to break through the east side.
Changfeng explained the matter, and the three of them understood it in their hearts and went on and prepared with confidence.
"Brother, there has been no movement in the mountains in the past seven days. Could it be that they have retreated to the primeval forest?" Yu Wengong asked.
"They are not that stupid. As long as they enter the primeval forest, it is equivalent to death. Moreover, once they enter the primeval forest, it is not so easy to think of it. Then the handsome man can immediately enter the east and occupy their capital. Do you think they will be so stupid?" Yuwen Cheng said to his younger brother with a smile.
"As so calm, they must be accumulating strength to break through." Yu Wencheng continued to analyze.
"Then what should we do?" Yu Wengong relied entirely on his resourceful brother.
"Brother Gong, please judge what would be Chen Di's first purpose of breaking through?" Yuwen Cheng asked with a smile.
"Meet Lin Yunfang on the opposite side." Yu Wengong replied without hesitation.
"If I were him, it would never be like this. His first purpose would be water!" Yuwen Cheng said with an incomprehensible smile.
"Well, brother thinks he will break through our weakest riverside part?" Yu Wengong was not a fool, so he came over and said.
"No, Chen Di is also a famous general of the generation. How could he not see that there is actually a trap? He has only one direction to break through, and only breaking from the east." Yuwen Cheng smiled even more fascinatingly.
"There are heavy troops there, wouldn't he ask for trouble?" Yu Wen Gong asked in disbelief.
"There are two reasons why I have camped all the cavalry in the east: one is to prevent Chen Di and Lin Yunfang from breaking out in the east, and the other is that if they fight to the death, the cavalry can chase and kill immediately." Yuwen Cheng explained slowly. He seemed to have seen Chen Di's head cut off by himself, and his dream of becoming the number one wise general in the mainland is about to become a reality. It is just around the corner for the title of marquis and prime ministers, which made the warlike blood in his blood vessels boil continuously. He clenched his fists and hit the case hard on the seat, and his eyes shot out a sensation light. Yu Wengong was also chilled when he saw it.
Another day later, everything was proceeding step by step. Anyway, there were many trees on the mountain, so it was no big deal to cut a few. Xiang Ning ordered the killing of a group of unowned war horses to satisfy his hunger.
Lin Yunfang was even more sad. Their food was slightly more than Changfeng. There was no need to kill the war horses to satisfy their hunger. However, internal conflicts bothered her. It was not a matter of one or two days. However, in the past few days, she noticed that Tuobakong had found many low-level generals in the army without telling her, and didn't know what he said to those people behind his back. At this critical moment, if Tuobakong rebels again, the entire Wu Yue Kingdom would be over.
Yuwen Cheng had no connection with the dead surroundings of the lower part with Changfeng in the Black Mountain. Now he could only rely on his own strength to reverse this unfavorable situation, first stabilize the expansion and then seek a breakthrough strategy.
"What's wrong with Chen Di today?" Yu Wencheng put down the book in his hand and asked his younger brother who walked in.
"There is not much change, but they have begun to kill war horses to satisfy their hunger. It seems that their food is almost exhausted." Yu Wen Gong said to his elder brother who had always respected.
"Where is Lin Yunfang?" Yuwen Cheng was not interested in a fact that he had already expected.
"Today they were suddenly on high alert and didn't know what happened." Yu Wengong hesitated.
"Are there any strange behavior?" Yuwen Cheng immediately asked with interest.
"We haven't found out yet, our spies can't get to their camp at all." Yu Wengong explained.
"What must have happened to Lin Yunfang. You can go on and send someone to the point. You must figure out what's going on." Yuwen Cheng pointed at his younger brother and ordered.
"General Tuoba, do you think we should get rid of the current predicament?" Lin Yunfang asked slowly.
"The last one will think that only the reinforcements sent by the capital are waiting for the capital." Tuoba Kongdao.
"Bastard, there are only 20,000 garrison troops in the capital, so how can reinforcements be sent here? Do you intend to be good-looking in this palace?" Lin Yunfang scolded the handsome boy loudly.
"I dare not." Tuobakong knew that it was not the time to turn against him, so he hurriedly said.
"You dare not. You secretly conspire with the generals in your own camp with me on your back. Do you think I don't know?" Lin Yunfang suddenly asked sternly.
Tuobakong was shocked. What she did was extremely confidential about this matter. She could know that there must be a traitor she arranged by her side. So she hurriedly knelt down and said, "The General of the Mo is just summoning the generals to discuss strategies to defeat the enemy. The General of the Mo is loyal to the king. How could he do that kind of thing?"
"Hmph" pretends to be quite similar. If I hadn't borrowed your strength, I could kill you with one sword, so I said in a gentle tone: "So that's the case. Then I blame you wrongly. General Tuoba, get up."
"Empress Xie believes in the last general." Tuobakong said with his head down.
"Have you ever discussed how to defeat the enemy?" Lin Yunfang asked in a gentle voice.
"The Mo Jiang and others have not thought about it yet." Tuobakong thought about it. He wanted to discuss peace with Yuwen Cheng after rebelling, give him some benefits, and then use Yuwen Cheng's power to help his elder brother succeed.
"Okay, you go down first. In the future, discuss what matters and come directly to the big tent of our palace. I also want to hear everyone's opinions." Lin Yunfang's purpose is just to warn Tuobakong, and to tell him that your every move is under my surveillance. You'd better not act rashly, otherwise don't blame her for taking action first.
Tuobakong originally wanted to design and kill Lin Yunfang, and then reached an agreement with Yuwencheng. When the army besieged Chen Di, he killed Chen Di, and then explained to the people that the king and his wife were killed by Yuwencheng in the chaos, and all their crimes were pushed to Yuwencheng. At that time, a new king would have to be elected. With the military strength of their Tuoba family, they led their troops to attack the Dugu Dynasty and kill Yuwencheng. With this power, it would be not difficult for his brother to ascend to the position of the king, and there were support from the other two tribes, which was even more powerful.
But now all the plans are still alive, and the messenger sent by Tuobakong to see Yuwencheng was inexplicably hung on a tree. It doesn't matter who killed it anymore.
Two days later, Fu Yueying, Dongfang Furong, and Xiang Ning gathered at Changfeng's handsome tent to discuss the breakthrough strategy tomorrow morning and why they didn't choose to break through at night. It was precisely because their tricks did not show any effect in the dark that they decided to break through during the day. And there was another purpose to allow Lin Yunfang, the opposite side, to see all the situations and cooperate with them to break through.
Changfeng waved his hand and said to the three of them around the map on the case: "Tomorrow's breakthrough is the last battle. If we win, we can continue to live. If we lose, try to kill the enemy's vitality. With the talent of our wife, we will definitely see that this is the best time to break through and cover them to break through. Do you understand?"
Xiang Ning and Fu Yueying said seriously: "I will swear to protect the Lord to break through!"
Changfeng laughed and said, "You don't have to worry about the Lone King, you must protect Miss Dongfang and break out."
Fu Yueying and Xiang Ning thought of Changfeng’s martial arts, so they stopped persevering and agreed.
This time, Dongfang Furong did not object to Changfeng's orders, but was just listening silently. It seemed that she already knew Changfeng's intentions. No matter how much she persuaded her, it would be in vain. Keeping her mouth shut is the best answer.
"Let's listen to Miss Dongfang explain the details of the breakthrough for us." Changfeng has used Dongfang Furong as a military advisor. Although she is not a real military advisor, the three people present persuaded everyone when they discussed the direction of breaking out two days ago. In everyone's mind, Dongfang Furong's heart is as delicate as her thoughts, and she is not surprised when things change. It's hard to imagine that she was a monk before, but she has a little more experience and will become a heroine in the future.
Dongfang Furong looked excited. This was her first time commanding a war, and it was an extremely difficult breakthrough battle. She thought of everything she could think of, so she took a deep breath and said, "Furong believes that the other party is actually Dugu's first wise general, and he must have extraordinary points. No matter where we break through, he will definitely have solutions. The reason why we chose to break out in the east was mainly because we made those five hundred wooden barrels in the past two days. Even if the other party knew about this wooden barrel, it may not be useful. The east was the enemy's cavalry station, which means that the enemy we dealt with was the sixty thousand.
Cavalry, this requires our wooden barrel to help. Each wooden barrel can hide two people, and no one carries a sabre. At that time, we will sacrifice one person first to cause the enemy cavalry to be dispatched. Then the wooden barrel hiders will roll down. The soldiers in the barrel will stretch out their own inverted and chop the enemy cavalry's legs. When Yuwencheng's cavalry is in chaos, we will order our cavalry to be dispatched, carry bows and arrows, and shoot within the range of the bow and arrows, causing major casualties to Yuwencheng's cavalry. They must not be allowed to shrink their troops, defeat Yuwencheng's mobile power in one fell swoop, and break out."
"Okay, Miss Dongfang is indeed good at making plans. Xiang will have a few angers from the previous few days." Xiang Ning suffered a little injury seven days ago, so he said so.
After saying that, Dongfang Furong glanced at Changfeng. Changfeng knew that the order would eventually be issued by himself, so he said, "General Xiang obeys the order, tomorrow you will select a thousand soldiers who are skilled in swordsmanship early in the morning and tell them how to deal with the enemy. You will also go into battle yourself."
"I will obey the order." Xiang Ning took the order and ordered the arrow.
"General Yueying, you and Miss Dongfang lead the infantry to follow the cavalry of the Lone King, wear more bows and arrows, shoot Yuwencheng's cavalry, and pay attention to protecting the safety of the Dongfang girl!" Changfeng pulled out another command arrow and said.
Fu Yueying stepped forward and ordered the arrow: "Yueying will definitely not cause any damage to Miss Dongfang."
"Master, Yu Wencheng's 60,000 cavalry are the most elite, and we may not be as strong as possible." Xiang Ning said in confusion.
"General Xiang is right to worry, but as long as they are confused, the elite cavalry can only be a group of mobs, and will not hurt ours at all." Dongfang Furong replaced Changfengdao.
Changfeng did not answer, which was considered as accusing Dongfang Furong's answer, so Xiang Ning naturally had nothing to say and stepped back.
"Okay, you all go down and have a good rest. Tomorrow will be a fierce battle." Changfeng closed his eyes and entered Kong Ming.
The three of them left Changfeng's camp. Before leaving, Dongfang Furong looked back at Changfeng, not knowing what kind of feelings it contained.
To be continued...