"General, no! This must be a trap set by the Tianling people! First they blew up our food supplies, then deliberately cooked meat in public to entice us. Their goal is to shake our morale. Maybe they have a trap ready for you! You can't let them succeed!"
Ever since he knew that the person who stewed the meat was General Tianling, it only took him a moment to figure out the other party's purpose. Thinking that he actually wanted to drink the broth just now, he suddenly felt scared. This Tianling person is too cunning and has a really cruel heart!
The furious Jabbar was poured with a bucket of cold water by the military advisor's words, and he came to his senses. However, he could not save his face when his subordinates were looking at him. He turned his eyes and gave the military advisor a big slap in the face.
"With your ability, can't this general see that this is their trap? I assembled the army just to settle accounts with them. Do you think I am like you, doing nothing but thinking about eating meat all day long?"
With just a few words, he put the blame on the military advisor for wanting to eat the meat, while he himself was the one who was sober.
The military advisor lost all his face and dignity when his subordinates were beaten. Not only could he not refute, he had to bow his head and take the blame.
"Yes, yes, the wise and brave General must have seen through their conspiracy long ago. It was all my own will."
Seeing that he was still cooperative, Jabbar waved his hand and gave up! "Alright, alright, send someone to check where our supplies are. Let's get our brothers fed as soon as possible so we can capture Xijing Pass sooner."
Well! He can eat the delicious meat sooner.
While he was still dreaming about eating meat, the voice of the signalman came from outside the tent.
"Report—General, the troops who were supposed to pick up the food supplies were late waiting for the ones escorting them, so they went to check, and found out…the food supplies were robbed again."
"What? Say it again, what happened to the military rations?" Jabbar grabbed the communications soldier's neck and said gritting his teeth.
"The army, the military rations, have been robbed again..." The communications soldier squeezed out scattered words from his neck in fear and pain.
"Waste, a bunch of waste, so many people, they can't even guard a few bags of food..." Jabar waved his hand and threw away the signalman.
The poor communications soldier was thrown heavily onto the gravel outside the tent, spitting out a mouthful of blood, and then fainted, his life or death unknown.
Inside the tent, Jabbar, who was already furious because he couldn't get any meat, seemed to be adding fuel to the fire. He picked up his scimitar and was about to lead his men to Xijingguan to steal food and meat.
"General, you can't...ah..." The military advisor almost peed his pants before he could finish his words because of the sharp knife that Jabbar held against his neck.
"If you keep talking nonsense, I'll chop you up right now."
The military advisor wanted to cry but had no tears, but he had to say, "General, even if you want to go and grab the food, you can't go now! At least, wait until late at night, at least you can catch them off guard!"
Jabar narrowed his eyes, and his already narrow eyes suddenly became filled with sinister intent. "Then I'll listen to you once more. If the military rations cannot be recovered, I will hold you accountable."
Late at night, on the Xijingguan city gate which had been repaired, the soldiers guarding the city yawned sleepily, turned around and leaned against the city wall to close their eyes and take a nap, not noticing the dense crowds of Western Liao soldiers climbing up the city wall.
Only after they were slapped in the face and still didn't wake up did the Western Liao soldiers finally stand up, clapped their hands, and began to command their own people to open the city gates.
Because it was a matter of life and death, the operation was led by the military advisor himself and the deputy general, who vowed to retrieve the lost military rations at all costs.
They originally thought it would be a fierce battle, but they didn't expect things to go so smoothly. They didn't even have to spend time looking for the looted food.
All I saw was the food and fodder lying intact in front of the city gate.
"Why is this just placed here so casually? It must be a trick!" the deputy general asked worriedly.
The military advisor frowned and carefully went forward to check the food on the carriage. Until he held the real food in his hands, the vigilance in his heart completely disappeared at this moment.
After several days of hunger, he wanted to stuff the food in his hand into his mouth and eat it raw just by looking at it.
He put the food in his hand into his pocket and turned to the deputy general and said, "It is indeed the rations we lost. Perhaps we haven't had time to place them yet, so let's put them here for the time being!
Let's take the food and leave quickly before they notice!"
"But..." The deputy general was still worried that the reason given by the military advisor was too far-fetched.
But at this point, he had no choice but to run away with the food. He couldn't just abandon the food right in front of him! Didn't you see the soldiers' eyes light up when they saw the food?
The military advisor and the deputy general easily carried the military supplies out of the city gate. Although they were always worried and cautious along the way, they completely let down their guard when they saw the person who would pick them up was right in front of them.
"I said it was okay! It was thanks to me that I sent people to sneak into the city in advance and drug the people guarding the city gate, that we were able to do so smoothly this time. You have to give me credit for this time!" The military advisor said proudly, touching the beard on his chin.
"Oh? Is that so? It seems that the military advisor will be held responsible for drugging our soldiers?" Just as the military advisor finished speaking, an abrupt voice suddenly appeared behind him.
They turned around in horror and saw that the young enemy general had unexpectedly sat on the carriage carrying food and fodder.
"You, you, you, when did you get here?" the military advisor said with a look of surprise on his face.
Zhao Yiming curled his lips and slowly stood up, "This general has always been here!"
The military advisor and the deputy general looked at each other, and the next second the deputy general drew the knife at his side and stabbed towards Zhao Yiming quickly.
The military advisor also hurriedly ordered the rest of the soldiers to siege him, "Quick, he's just one person. Killing him will be a great achievement, and promotion and honor are just around the corner!"
Zhao Yiming easily dodged the deputy general's attack without even drawing his sword. He then looked down with disdain at the eager Western Liao soldiers below him, "Want to be the first to achieve merit? Want to be promoted to a higher rank? You'll need to have the ability to do that."
He raised his hand and double-clicked three times. Countless Tianling soldiers suddenly emerged from the carriage that was supposed to be filled with military rations. "What makes you think I would be so foolish as to go deep into the enemy's territory and die alone?"
The military advisor and the deputy general's faces suddenly changed. They were too excited when they saw the military rations, and they were afraid of going deep into the enemy camp. They only made a quick inspection and pulled the carriage out of the city. They didn't expect that such a big mistake would occur due to their negligence.
But when they thought about the people who were waiting for them, they forced themselves to calm down. "So what if you're not alone? The people in front are ours. You can't escape. One more person would just be sending them to us for nothing."
Unexpectedly, Zhao Yiming was not panicked at all. "Are you sure that's your guy in front?"
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