Chapter 294 Excellent Opportunity

"What's the back-up plan?"

Facing Bai Dalang's eager face, Bai Li wanted to tease him.

However, thinking that this was a military meeting and it was better to be serious, he gave up the idea.

"My backup plan is this: if the King of Jin dares to deploy most of his forces to encircle him, Ji Huanan and the others can turn around and raid his camp, cutting off his support!"

"Brilliant! This trick is really brilliant. Now I'm not afraid of King Jin discovering it, but I'm afraid he doesn't discover it!"

Bai Dalang gave his sister a thumbs up and praised her generously, with an exaggerated expression on his face.

"Well, the best outcome is that his men don't notice us. We can sneak out and take these two counties. Then, before Simon's army counterattacks, we can quickly send people to defend them. That way, we can take over two counties and one city from Simon in one fell swoop!"

Nangong Min looked at the confident woman with shining eyes. She was like a guiding star in the sky, so dazzling that people couldn't help but believe in her, admire her, and want to get closer to her.

"King Jin now thinks that if he can trap us in Qinzhou City, Simon will not send troops to attack Qinzhou. None of them can imagine that I will leave the city to attack other prefectures and counties. Therefore, this is a great opportunity for us to attack, and we must not miss it."

"Just give the order from Marshal Bai as soon as you need us to do anything!"

Everyone was so excited that they rolled up their sleeves and wanted to get to work.

Bai Zongrui and Nangong Min looked at each other. Bai Zongren had specifically asked these two to watch over Bai Li, fearing that she would act on impulse and do something wrong.

But now, Bai Li was thinking carefully and planning thoroughly, taking every aspect into consideration. It was definitely not an impulsive move, so they didn't know what to say even though they wanted to.

Seeing that no one objected, Bai Li immediately arranged personnel and made deployments.

"Bai Zongrui and Bai Zongze will lead 5,000 soldiers to defend the city. You will be divided into two shifts, day and night, to take turns resting. You must keep a close eye on the outside of the city and not let anyone sneak up on the city walls without you noticing."

"Bai Zongrui and Bai Zongze will obey your orders and promise not to let down our guard at any moment!"

"If you find someone approaching, shoot him with the Eight Ox Crossbow!"

Bai Zongze raised his hand weakly, "Well, what if they only come with a few people to gather information? Will they also use the Eight Ox Crossbow?"

"If only a few people use the Dragon Soaring Crossbow, the crossbow's arrows have a range of thousands of feet, forcing them back to their lair!"

The Longxiang crossbow was newly improved and designed by Bai Li. The arrow head is made of black iron, the arrow tail uses a balance-assisting design, and a spring mechanism is added to the crossbow body, so the range is extended and the power is not reduced.

"This is great! I'll use this to shoot that jerk into a hedgehog!"

"Luo Yang, how many of the improved Eight Oxen Crossbows and Soaring Dragon Crossbows are there?"

These days, Bai Li has used the armory in Qinzhou City to improve many weapons, and these two are just some of them.

Luo Yang is in charge of the Arsenal.

"We already have 30,000 Dragon Soaring Crossbows, 300 Light-Armored Eight-Oxen Crossbows, and 50 Heavy-Armored Eight-Oxen Crossbows."

The heavily loaded eight-ox crossbows were brought along with the army. However, due to their heavy base, only one could be pulled by a two-horse carriage, so only fifty were brought along.

However, these fifty planes are enough to attack Qinzhou City.

These bulky weapons can be kept for defending the city, but they must be carried lightly when going out.

For the improved Eight Oxen Crossbow, Bai Li did not use a pure iron base, but a thick pure wooden base instead. He also installed several mechanisms to allow the base to bear a great weight, achieving the effect of using only two ounces to move a large object.

The crossbow arrows of the Eight Oxen Crossbow have also been improved. The original pure iron crossbow arrows have been changed to pure wood arrow bodies, and the arrowheads and tails are wrapped with iron. In this way, the weight of the entire Eight Oxen Crossbow has been reduced from more than 1,000 kilograms to only 200 kilograms.

Moreover, the base and crossbow arrows can now be disassembled and assembled. One person can carry both on his back, and can carry a weight of dozens of kilograms. Only three or five people are needed to transport an Eight Ox Crossbow.

The improved Eight Oxen Crossbow has the same range and power, but is lighter. Bai Li trapped himself in the room for two days (actually he entered the space for two days). Only after the modification was successfully completed did he draw the blueprints and let the craftsmen mass-produce it.

Everyone around Bai Li was amazed by her ability to design magical weapons from time to time.

In their eyes, Bai Li is omnipotent. As long as she wants, there is nothing she can't do.

Bai Li made the following arrangements for the personnel: she and the Bai brothers took Luo Yang and others, leading 10,000 troops to Qiangzhou County, Nangong Min led 5,000 troops out of the city to meet up with Ji Huanan, and the two of them led 15,000 troops to Chizhou County.

At this point, Namgoong Min expressed a different opinion.

"No, Ji Huanan and I will lead 10,000 troops to Qiangzhou County. In Qiangzhou is the fierce general Xiao Xiong from Ximen. He is brave and good at fighting, and he is not easy to deal with."

"What? You think your combat abilities are better than mine?"

"Or do you think I don't know how to lead troops in battle?"

Everyone knew from the tone of his voice that Bai Li was really angry.

Bai Dalang was so anxious that he kept winking at him. Nangong Min certainly understood that he didn't dare to argue with her again, both publicly and privately.

So I suppressed my worries and obeyed the arrangements.

"Qu Bu of Chizhou County is also a tough guy to mess with, so you should be careful."

It was night time, and Bai and Nangong Min led teams of 10,000 people each to Qiangzhou County and Chizhou County.

As for the geographical location and deployment of these two prefectures, Bai Li had sent out scouts to find out clearly before Qinzhou City was besieged by King Jin.

It was night time, and Bai Li and Nangong Min each led a team of people out of the city.

The northwest city gate closed quietly behind them, and the two teams quickly walked away in the night and could no longer be seen.

Bai Zongrui put down the telescope and prayed silently in his heart, hoping that they would have a smooth journey and achieve success.

At this time, people from the Jin King's military camp came from time to time to report that everything was normal in Qinzhou and the city gates were closed.

The four gates of east, west, south and north were guarded from a distance by the King of Jin's men, and he could even see a fly going in or out.

The King of Jin sat behind the desk, frowning as he listened to the conversation between his adviser and deputy general.

"I think the people of Da Zhou are frightened and have no choice but to stay in the city. They don't even dare to open the city gates these days."

"That Bai Li is just a little girl who doesn't know her place. She took over Qinzhou City out of sheer fervor, but now she's probably scared out of her wits and doesn't know how to respond!"

"How old is this little girl? How dare she act wildly in our Simon? Sooner or later, we'll let her know that you can't touch a tiger's whiskers!"

"Prince Jin's trick of boiling a frog in warm water is truly remarkable. Within a month, Bai Li will have to open the city gates and surrender!"

"They can steal our food and supplies, and we can also steal theirs. As long as we guard the intersections, we can intercept their supplies and let them taste the pain of having their food and supplies stolen!"

"Haha! Aren't we a bit of a bully?"

"No matter who is older or younger, since ancient times, the victor is the king and the loser is the bandit. Who told her to come here and seek death?"