Chapter 303: Feint to the East and Attack in the West
"Hey, what are you staring at?"
Bai Li called out a few times but no one responded. She looked up and saw someone staring at her like a fool. If his eyes weren't filled with tenderness, she would have slapped him.
Being caught, Namgoong Min felt embarrassed for a moment.
But before he could adjust his expression, Bai Li sent him away.
"I wrote two letters and sent them to my father and his family by carrier pigeon."
"All right."
Nangong Min reluctantly left with the letter. He didn't want to be separated from Bai Li for a moment.
When will this damn war end? Because Bai Li said that he can only win the beauty when the Great Zhou unifies the six kingdoms and achieves peace.
It was clearly agreed at the beginning that we would send troops to attack Simon to avenge Simon's bullying of the Great Zhou.
He didn't even know when the attack on Simon turned into the unification of the six kingdoms.
He seriously suspected that this was a bad idea of his cousin, the emperor, but unfortunately he had no evidence.
Time soon came to the third day. The King of Jin had sent people to wait for the arrival of the supply team on the road yesterday. He estimated that the team was not far from his barracks. He was about to lead his troops to greet them in person, but the sentry came to report in a panic.
"Prince Jin, this is bad! A large number of Great Zhou troops have been spotted heading towards us from the south!"
"Report!"
"Great Zhou soldiers have been spotted in the west, numbering tens of thousands!"
The King of Jin stumbled and was prevented from falling by the help of his deputy general.
"Prince Jin, what should we do?"
"The Great Zhou is probably coming for our supplies. We must protect them!"
"Can……"
"so,"
King Jin forced himself to calm down quickly and come up with a countermeasure.
"We have less than 30,000 troops in our barracks, so we won't get any benefits if we go to meet them.
It would be better if we defend the bamboo forest to the death and set up traps and mechanisms everywhere. If the Great Zhou soldiers dare to come, they will never return!"
"Well, regarding the supplies..."
"Yesterday I sent 30,000 troops to support them, plus an escort of 20,000. I doubt Bai Li has any special abilities to defeat so many people."
"Right now, setting traps, installing mechanisms, and building defenses are the top priorities!"
Although the King of Jin knew that this tactic of making a feint to the east and attacking in the west was Bai Li's evil idea, he did not dare to lead his troops out now. If the barracks were raided by them, he would have no place to stay after receiving the supplies, which would be troublesome.
He is not afraid of ten thousand things, but afraid of one thing, so he dare not gamble.
Bai Li used a telescope to watch the movements in the bamboo forest. He could see the situation clearly in broad daylight. From the shape of their lips when they spoke, he knew that King Jin was deploying defenses and had no intention of leading his troops out.
"That's perfect, it's time for us to set off!"
I wanted to ask Nangong Min to stay in the city, but when I thought about how he would stick to her like a dog-skin plaster, I simply gave up.
Follow us if you want. Anyway, the city is impregnable and I don’t think the King of Jin has the courage to attack it.
Bai Li and Nangong Min led 10,000 troops, avoiding the bamboo forest and taking a small path. They did not stop until they saw the troops ambushed by King Jin from a distance ten miles away.
“You guys, flank them from the left and see if there’s any bush over there. They’re lying in ambush there.
When you get close, light the torches in your hands and throw them at them. Then stand back fifty steps and when you see them all coming out, release your crossbows."
Bai Li's troops were divided into two groups. Five thousand of them were sent out to set fire from the left, and she led five thousand to encircle them from the right, making sure that no one of them could escape!
Both sides took immediate action. They had to deal with them before the food delivery team arrived. Time was tight and the task was arduous, but no one showed any dissatisfaction or hesitation.
Soon, a group of people arrived and suddenly threw countless torches at the Simon army lying in the grass.
The blazing torches fell on them and their clothes immediately caught fire. The pain was so severe that they no longer cared about military discipline and jumped out screaming to put out the fire.
The torches fell in the grass. The weather was already dry and the grass lacked water. Coupled with the high temperature of the sun, a small spark could start a prairie fire, let alone so many torches!
In the blink of an eye, the grass turned into a sea of fire. The people in ambush could no longer stay and jumped out one after another.
In broad daylight, King Jin probably never dreamed that someone would do something unconventional and actually come with torches to rob food!
As soon as the people came out of the sea of fire, they immediately became living targets of the Great Zhou army. A wave of crossbow arrows killed half of the troops.
"kill!"
At this time, Bai Li did not delay any longer and immediately shouted and led the charge towards the enemy.
The Simon army, who had just struggled out of the sea of fire and was then hit by a wave of crossbow arrows and was dazed, did not even have time to resist the powerful and aggressive Great Zhou army before they were killed.
The battle was over in less than half an hour. At this time, the sentry came back from ten miles away and said that the grain transport team was already five miles away.
Without even taking a breath, Bai Li immediately ordered, "Take off all the clothes that haven't been burned and change into them!"
The soldiers did as they were told without hesitation.
"Li'er, we're already very close. It's hard for us to set an ambush, right?"
Namgoong Min asked as he changed his clothes.
Because he was very tall, he searched for a long time before finding someone of similar height, took off his clothes and put them on.
Bai Li moved quickly. She found a short man, stripped him of his clothes, and put them on him.
When she put on her clothes and looked up at Nangong Min, she couldn't help but burst out laughing.
"What's wrong? Doesn't it look good?"
Nangong Min lowered his head and looked around, feeling disgusted no matter how he looked.
"Don't look at it, he's just like a big kid, it's nothing."
The sleeves and trouser legs are too short. Doesn't he look like a child who has grown up and whose clothes no longer fit him?
Bai Li held back her laughter and left without waiting for him. Nangong Min had no time to change, so he had to follow.
"Hide all our bows and crossbows behind your backs, and take all their weapons."
The Simons were accustomed to using scimitars, axes, tridents, bows and arrows, while the Baili people used broadswords, machetes, and crossbows.
They were so used to their own weapons that they were reluctant to throw them away, so they carried their weapons and crossbows on their backs and held the enemy's weapons in their hands.
"Remember, you will follow my gestures and don't talk too much."
Bai Li made arrangements as he walked, and the plan was passed on by word of mouth. Soon everyone received the military order.
Everyone knows that Marshal Bai has no time to gather and make unified deployment.
They soon saw a huge team of people delivering food ahead.
Simon's black and gray flag fluttered in the wind, the same as Bai Li's flag.
The food delivery team stopped far away, and then a soldier holding a flag came out from the front, holding the flag high with both hands and waving it three times to the right.
"What...what are they doing?"
Nangong Min didn't know what they were doing, so he asked Bai Li.
Bai Li didn't respond to him immediately. He took the flag beside him, raised his hands high, and waved it three times to the left.
Nangong Min was confused and didn't understand what it meant.
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