Chapter 277: Depression
"Everyone, please come in!" Pingshan heard this and made a gesture of invitation to several deputy generals!
The deputy generals nodded to Pingshan, then lifted the curtain and entered the tent.
"Prince!"
When they entered the tent, several deputy generals respectfully saluted Huo Xifei with their fists clasped.
"Please sit down!" Huo Xifei said in a calm voice while sitting behind the table in the tent. Yuan Ziyu looked submissive and stood behind Huo Xifei with his head slightly lowered.
After thanking several lieutenants, they were told to take a seat.
Lieutenant General Liu smiled and said, "Your Highness, our scouts haven't returned yet, and we're feeling uneasy, so we've come to you for advice. It's well known that You Ye Tower is strategically located, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack. Over the years, His Majesty has sent troops to siege and suppress it several times, but to no avail. This time, I wonder if you have any good ideas."
Huo Xifei smiled when he heard this and said, "First, tell me what you think."
The lieutenants exchanged glances, and it was Lieutenant General Liu who spoke up, "To be honest, Your Highness, we discussed this before we arrived. Youye Tower is located in Lumian Mountain, and the terrain is difficult. If we attack head-on, we'll definitely suffer heavy losses. It would be better to try a sneak attack, and who knows, we might be able to achieve some surprising results."
"Do you know the terrain of Youye Tower?" Huo Xifei asked.
"I heard that the Youye Tower is located in the mountains, with mountain streams on three sides and a valley on one side. I'm afraid it's difficult to attack from the mountain stream, but we can try to go through the valley and maybe catch them off guard."
"Oh?" Huo Xifei looked at the lieutenants and asked, "How do you plan to launch a surprise attack? Do you know the situation in the valley?"
"This..." Lieutenant General Liu was speechless. He looked at the other lieutenants and they were all deflated. No one really knew the situation in the valley, but everyone knew that the place surrounded the stream on three sides required Youye Tower to lower the suspension bridge before it could be passed. It was impossible to pass through the mountain stream. Moreover, if the valley was easy to attack, the imperial court would have surrounded Youye Tower long ago.
"Sir, what should we do?" Another deputy general named Wen said with a worried look on his face, "The emperor has said that we cannot return to the capital until Youye Tower is wiped out. If that's the case, then aren't we..."
Before he finished speaking, he sighed. What else could he do? Either he would wipe out Youye Tower and return victoriously, or he would fight Youye Tower to the death here, and maybe even lose his life in the end.
The other deputy generals also had worried expressions on their faces. This task was really a hot potato!
Huo Xifei narrowed his eyes. When he set out from the capital, he found that several deputy generals were all frowning and looked worried. He could understand. Over the years, they had surrounded and raided Youye Tower, but basically everyone who came here never returned. Even the situation of Youye Tower that we know now was told by the few people who had escaped back before.
I'm afraid these deputy generals are also worried that they will follow in the footsteps of their predecessors.
Huo Xifei said, "I do have an idea in mind, but I still need to wait for the scouts to come up with the details..."
Before Huo Xifei could finish his words, Pingshan hurried into the tent and said with a fist clasped, "Sir, the scouts are back!"
"Bring him in quickly!"
"yes!"
After a while, a soldier covered in blood staggered into the tent with the help of others!
"Why are you the only one here? Where's the other one?" Deputy General Wen asked hurriedly when he saw that only one person came in.
"I greet the Crown Prince and all the lieutenants..." The scout couldn't help coughing as soon as he saluted. A trickle of black blood flowed from the corner of his lips. The scout was exhausted and fell to the ground.
Everyone was shocked when they saw that it looked like he had been poisoned!
Huo Xifei quickly looked at Yuan Ziyu. Yuan Ziyu understood and hurriedly took out a medicine bottle from his sleeve and handed it to Huo Xifei.
"Pingshan, feed him this medicine quickly!" Huo Xifei threw the medicine bottle to Pingshan and hurriedly ordered.
"Yes, Prince!"
Pingfeng took the medicine bottle, took out a pill from it, and stuffed it into the scout's mouth!
The scout took the pill and felt relieved. He then felt the tightness in his chest ease. He hurriedly bowed and thanked him, "Thank you, Your Highness, for the medicine!"
"Rest for a while before you talk!" Huo Xifei ordered, "Help him sit down on the chair!"
"This...this...Prince, this is unreasonable!" The scout was a little frightened. He was just a small soldier, how could he be on equal footing with the Prince?
Huo Xifei didn't have so many rules: "Extraordinary times call for extraordinary things. There's no need to observe those empty formalities. Take a seat!"
"Yes, thank you very much, Your Highness!"
The scout then thanked him profusely and sat down.
After Huo Xifei gave the order, the deputy generals did not dare to rush him even though they were anxious. They could only wait for the scout to recover before asking him any more questions.
After a long while, the scout regained consciousness and said hurriedly, "Your Highness, I was useless. When I was investigating the situation with Dafeng, we were discovered by the people from Youye Tower. Dafeng was captured on the spot. While dodging, I accidentally strayed into the valley and desperately ran back. Now... I'm afraid the people from Youye Tower are already on guard!"
"Oh, why are you so careless?" A deputy general frowned and complained.
The scout lowered his head in shame upon hearing this.
Huo Xifei glanced at the deputy general and said, "Youye Tower is located at a high altitude. If the scouts go there to investigate, they could easily be discovered if they are not careful. It's not their fault!"
"Yes, Prince! I know I was wrong." Upon hearing this, the complaining deputy general hurriedly lowered his head in response.
"What was the situation at that time?" Huo Xifei asked the scout.
"My Lord!" the scout said, "Night Night Tower is indeed surrounded by streams on three sides, and a valley on the other. The terrain is extremely dangerous. If the people from Night Night Tower don't come out, we will never be able to attack. Moreover, the valley is full of poisonous miasma and there are probably many poisonous insects. I was poisoned by something in the valley."
"Oh, what should I do?"
"Yes, this kind of terrain is like a natural city wall. Let alone breaking in, we can't even find the door to get in!"
"That's right! And there's also the poisonous miasma in the valley... Oh, what should I do?"
After hearing this, several deputy generals frowned again, shook their heads and sighed, looking dejected.
Yuan Ziyu stood behind Huo Xifei, looking at these deputy generals with some dissatisfaction.
She grew up in the frontier and knew that if a war was to be fought, the morale of the soldiers was the most important thing. If the soldiers were demoralized, the battle would be lost before it even started.
But now these deputy generals have not done anything yet, but they have revealed such expressions. If they are seen by the soldiers below, it will definitely affect their morale.
Low morale is the root cause of defeat!
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