boyutpedia Chapter 436 Another Loss
Chapter 436 Another Loss
Murong Yanhui's gaze was scorching, and even the way he looked at Yu Qingli deepened. The scorching gaze made Yu Qingli cough uncomfortably, "Your Highness, do you think my idea is bad?"
"No! On the contrary, I think this is a great idea! Otherwise, I wouldn't have let General Zhang and the others make the arrangements."
"So now, Your Majesty, what you mean is..."
"I just suddenly feel that it is a great misapplication of your talent to be a woman, Lili. Otherwise, you would have been a powerful and influential general in the army."
"Can I take this as a compliment?"
"Of course!"
Yu Qingli suddenly burst out laughing, "If I were a real man, I probably wouldn't be standing here with you, Your Highness."
"That's not necessarily true! Whether you are a man or a woman, as long as it's you, I will fall in love with you!"
Yu Qingli's eyes warmed up. Hearing these words from Murong Yanhui's mouth really made people feel warm from the bottom of their hearts. Perhaps, it wouldn't be bad to live with such a person for the rest of her life.
The people responsible for infiltrating the Northern Army have already been selected. They are two exceptionally tall soldiers. However, those Northerners are naturally strong, so such people will not appear out of place.
After everything was arranged, Murong Yanhui waited for news from the enemy.
Yu Qingli did not continue to stay in the camp. There was no fighting these days, so she took advantage of this free time to open a free clinic where the people in Xiangyi City could go to see a doctor.
Practicing medicine is a matter of practice makes perfect, otherwise there would not be the saying that long-term illness makes a good doctor. Moreover, most of the people in Xiangyi City now have external injuries caused by previous wars, and some have infections, which are not difficult to cure.
It is worth mentioning that the pills developed by Yu Qingli previously were very effective and were loved by the soldiers. Compared to spending time boiling medicine, most people chose to use this kind of pills, which was very convenient. Therefore, some doctors in the city came to ask for the production method, and the people in the city were also very supportive.
Some soldiers in the city even thought that if they could store some of these pills, they would be able to get timely treatment even if they were injured on the battlefield, without having to wait for others to rescue them. Therefore, for a while, the previously very famous Doctor Li finally became famous again as a doctor.
In the Northern Kingdom, under Yelu He's arrangement, the previously injured soldiers were properly sent back, and a new group of people were transferred from the court to replace them. At this time, the news of the food and grass spread like wildfire, and after repeated inquiries, several generals in the Northern Kingdom were very sure that the news was true.
"Your Highness, this is a great opportunity for us. We can take the food back before it is delivered to the city!" a soldier in the army suggested.
Yelu Han also thought this was a good idea, and said woodenly, "Rob!"
Head coach Yelu Jin swept his cold eyes over the crowd and stroked his chin. "Do you think the Canghe people are so cunning that we can seize the food so easily? Besides, this news came out of nowhere. I have a feeling there's something fishy going on."
"Your Highness, if we don't seize the food, I'm afraid that with the limited military rations we have now..."
"What are you afraid of?" Yelu Jin glared. "Isn't there still food in this city? Just gather the food from the dead people's homes!"
"Your Highness, have you forgotten? Before Nangong's massacre, all the food in Moliang City had already been requisitioned." If it weren't for the food, so many people wouldn't have died. He didn't dare to say the last sentence.
Yelu Jin glanced at them coldly, and no one dared to continue talking. After a while, Yelu Han, who had been silent all the time, said, "Seizing the grain is feasible!"
Yelu Han said as he drew a small circle on the map, "This is a good place to attack!"
Yelu Jin looked in the direction of his hand. The location on the map showed a jungle area, about half a day's journey from Xiangyi City. There were mountains on both sides. It had been snowing continuously in recent days and the road was very slippery. The conditions should be very difficult for Canghe and his soldiers, but it was indeed very favorable for the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom.
"What do you think, Your Highness?"
Yelu Han looked at Yelu Jin with an inquiring look, as if seeking his final conclusion.
Yelu Jin thought for a moment, "Okay! In that case, let's grab all the food!"
At the same time, intensive deployments were being made in Xiangyi City. Murong Yanhui, Deputy General Yang and others were making final arrangements for the encirclement and suppression.
"Deputy General Yang, this mission is extremely dangerous. Do you have the confidence to complete it?"
"Don't worry, General. I will definitely fulfill my mission!"
"Alright! You take a thousand men and pretend to escort food supplies. If they attack, you don't have to fight back desperately. Saving your lives is the most important thing!"
"But what about the food?"
"Don't worry about that. The food will come back eventually."
"But why not use something else instead?"
"Yelü Jin is a man who has always been cautious. He will definitely check every cart of food carefully, and we must seize this opportunity to capture them in one fell swoop! We should pretend to be real, and pretend to be real. Only in this way can we completely confuse the enemy. Besides, I don't need the food in the city."
"What do you mean, General?"
"I want you to go pick up General Yu and the others, and by the way, get them to cooperate with this operation!"
The soldiers looked at Murong Yanhui who was so confident and their hearts were also excited. With such a commander, why worry about not winning the war?
Heavy snow blocked the mountain and the dense forest was covered with snow. On the only official road in the forest, a group of people and horses were walking slowly. The leader was Yang Cheng, who was riding on a horse to lead the way. The soldiers behind him were in two rows on the left and right, protecting the grain cart in the middle.
The dense forest was so quiet that even the sound of falling snow could be heard clearly.
"Hurry up, after passing this forest, we will soon reach Xiangyi City. Then we will have wine and meat to enjoy a good meal!" Yang Cheng shouted to the soldiers behind him.
"General Yang, how can we move fast in this icy and snowy place? Didn't you see how we're taking one deep step and one shallow step? We're lucky to be able to move forward a little bit."
"That's right, General Yang. Why is this place so spooky? Could it be haunted?"
"..."
These soldiers were talking nonsense, and all this fell into a pair of cruel eyes not far away.
"Attack!"
Following an order, many northern soldiers suddenly emerged from between the trees that were originally empty. They shook off the snow covering their bodies and rushed towards the grain carts.
"Oh my god! There really is a ghost!"
The Canghe soldiers seemed to panic all of a sudden, running around in a panic. Yang Cheng, who was sitting on his horse, shouted loudly: "Don't run around, protecting the food and grass is important! Don't run!"
But no one would listen to his arrangements. Most of the soldiers had already run away, looking as if they had seen a ghost, which made the northerners laugh out loud.
In the end, Yang Cheng seemed to be very helpless and fled for his life. The Northern Kingdom soldiers laughed loudly, but did not chase him. Yelu Han felt a little strange. Why did these Canghe soldiers just run away without even resisting? Subconsciously feeling that something was wrong, Yelu Han sent his deputy general to investigate.
Another deputy general laughed and said, "General, you're worrying too much. Judging from the expressions of those Canghe people just now, they are most likely frightened!"
"Whether he was frightened or not can only be known after investigation."
Seeing Yelu Han insist on his own opinion, the deputy general just curled his lips in disapproval. What a fuss! Are those Canghe people so timid? But speaking of it, General Yelu Han seems to be a Canghe person too! No wonder he is so petty.
Not long after, the deputy general who went to investigate came back quickly and brought Yelu Han some good news: there was no ambush in the surrounding woods.
Yelu Han led his subordinates to take all the food and grass for themselves, and then slowly headed towards the northern army camp.
"Wait a minute!"
After walking a few steps, a group of cavalry rushed towards them. Yelu Han saw the person leading them from a distance. He seemed to be the captain of the personal guard beside the crown prince.
The man dismounted and saluted Yelu Han, "General, His Highness has ordered you to inspect all the food and fodder before taking them back."
"Got it! The terrain here is narrow and very easy to be attacked. By the time those Canghe soldiers react, they might counterattack again. Let's go forward a little. The terrain ahead is flat. We can check there."
"Everything is subject to the general's arrangements!"
The soldiers of the Northern Kingdom were all very happy. Looking at the carts of food and fodder, they seemed to see bowls of delicious food. The scene of Cang and his soldiers being scared to death also made them in a good mood. They even laughed at those people along the way.
Soon, they left the lush forest and came to an open plain. The grain carts also stopped. The soldiers of the Northern Kingdom opened the grains one by one as required. After seeing the plump grains of rice, the soldiers of the Northern Kingdom could not hide their surprise and excitement. Even Yelu Han's usually wooden face softened a lot.
No one expected that at this moment, an army suddenly appeared out of nowhere on the originally white snowfield and surrounded them.
This team appeared very suddenly, and the Northern soldiers were not even prepared. Moreover, as soon as these people appeared, countless arrows were shot at the Northerners.
Yelu Han was the first to react and quickly ordered, "Everyone disperse!"
As he spoke, Yelu Han drew his sword and rushed towards an encirclement.