After Fu Youde and Feng Sheng left, Lan Yu said, "Marshal, is this really appropriate?"
"I guess Zhang Wuji has come from afar and is exhausted now. We should take him by surprise."
Xu Da glanced at Yan Yu coldly and said: "Zhang Wuji has indeed come from afar, but even if the journey is far, he is still a fresh force."
"But look at our soldiers. In the decisive battle with the Japanese the day before yesterday, more than 20,000 of them were killed on the spot, and countless were wounded. After the battle, the wounded bled to death, and more than 10,000 died. These are not counted. We still have tens of thousands of soldiers chasing the Japanese who fled into the mountains or other places. At this moment, I don't even have 100,000 soldiers around me. How can I go head-to-head with Zhang Wuji's 70,000 to 80,000 fresh troops?"
"What's more, don't forget, Zhao Min is here too. Almost all the generals of the former Yuan Dynasty are gathered here. Neither Duan Zihao nor Wang Baobao is easy to deal with. In addition, Zhang Wuji has an extraordinary cultivation level. If you lead the troops to attack actively, I'm afraid you will be beheaded by Zhang Wuji in less than half an hour."
After hearing this, Lan Yu really didn't say anything more, because he felt that Xu Da was right. Zhang Wuji was not an ordinary opponent, so it was better to be cautious.
…
Two hours later, just as the sun was setting, clouds of dust rose up as far as Xu Da could see.
"What a grand ceremony! The generals of Wei are really damnable. Zhang Wuji, with such a large army, can actually rampage through the south of the Yangtze River, and wherever he goes, it's as if he is in an empty place. It's really outrageous."
Fu Youde said on the side: "At the beginning, Zhang Wuji only led 20,000 light cavalry into Jiangnan, and then Zhao Min led 60,000 troops to join him. These two people alone are already a headache. Now that the two of them are combined, I am afraid it will be even more difficult to deal with them."
Lan Yu said: "I don't think so. After all, Zhao Min was a high and mighty empress in the past. Even if she has surrendered to Zhang Wuji now, how can she sincerely assist him? In my opinion, they are just in name only. As long as we can get Li Jian and the others, we will be able to break up their offensive this time."
Fu Youde said: "General Lan, women have always been very fickle, and even Zhao Min is no exception. Back then, when Zhang Wuji sent his troops south from Beijing, Zhao Min's army was at Zhigu Village. If she could really stab Zhang Wuji in the back, how could she have waited until today? As long as she led her troops back to the city of Beijing when Zhang Wuji was confronting His Majesty, she could have restored the Mongol Yuan Dynasty's system without bloodshed. If that were the case, how could the situation have developed to this point."
Xu Da said, "General Fu is right. The Zhao Min now is no longer the same Zhao Min as before. However, although Zhao Min is loyal to Zhang Wuji, there are still certain variables regarding the soldiers under her command."
"I just don't believe that the soldiers under her command can be so sincerely loyal to Zhang Wuji."
"Later, when Zhang and Zhao arrive here, I will sow discord among them. If I can incite those Mongols to stop fighting, then Zhang Wuji will be left alone and powerless."
Feng Shengyan said: "It's a good idea, Marshal. Even if it fails, at least we can humiliate Zhang Wuji and Zhao Min. In this way, the morale of our own soldiers can be boosted, and we can free up more time to repair the offensive."
Lan Yu said: "This is not enough. We must hide our cannons in a more secretive place. If the Marshal fails to persuade Zhao Min to rebel, it will not be enough to just humiliate her. We must blow Zhao Min and Zhang Wuji to pieces."
After Lan Yu finished speaking, Xu Da, Fu Youde, and Feng Sheng all looked at him.
Lan Yu was a little panicked: "Did I say something wrong?"
Xu Da laughed and said, "Take advantage of their unpreparedness and bombard Zhao Min and Zhang Wuji with dozens of cannons at the same time. This is such a good idea, I didn't think of it."
"General Lan, you are truly a hero in your youth. I'll leave this matter to you. Go and do it quickly. I will definitely call Zhang Wuji or Zhao Min to the front of the battle to talk. When the time comes, follow my gestures. As long as I raise my right hand, all the dozens of cannons on your side will fire at the same time. Then, you must blow them into pieces."
Lan Yu said quickly: "I will definitely live up to the mission, but it's a pity that Zhao Min is so beautiful that it would be a shame if she was captured alive. If she could be captured alive, the Marshal could spend a night with her."
After hearing this, Xu Da laughed and said, "Lan Yu, don't think I don't know what you are thinking. In my opinion, you should be the one who wants to spend a night with Zhao Min."
"However, don't feel sorry about it. Zhao Min is just a daughter who has given birth to a child. Even if she dies, we still have Zhao Linger and Zhou Zhiruo. According to our spies' previous reports, Zhang Wuji was accompanied by six or seven women on this expedition. It's really outrageous. As long as we can defeat him, those women around him will all be ours."
"When the time comes, I will only want Zhou Zhiruo, and you can divide the rest among them as you see fit."
Lan Yu, Feng Sheng and Fu Youde's eyes immediately lit up: "Thank you, Marshal, for the reward."
…
Two quarters of an hour later, Zhang Wuji and his group were the first to arrive in front of the two armies. In the next quarter of an hour, a large group of soldiers led by Wang Baobao and Duan Zihao also gathered behind them and formed a neat formation.
At this moment, they were at the old site of the Ningde battlefield. The corpses of the Japanese could be seen everywhere. At a glance, the corpses of the Wei army soldiers could also be vaguely seen. The scene was very creepy.
Zhao Min frowned: "Damn Xu Da, he only cares about killing and not burying him? He's attracting flies."
Zhang Wuji said: "The battle between Xu Da and the Japanese just ended the day before yesterday, and the cleanup work is probably not finished yet. It must be that he has not had time to bury it."
"How disgusting," Zhou Zhiruo said with a frown.
Then she took out a handkerchief from her bosom and covered her face with it.
Zhao Min said with a wicked smile: "Fox spirit, you are too confident. Now two armies are fighting. My fear is that your beauty can only charm Zhang Wuji, and can't charm anyone else."
Zhou Zhiruo said viciously: "Stop talking nonsense. I'm not covering my face, but my nose. So many people have died, can't you smell the stench of corpses?"
As soon as Zhou Zhiruo finished saying this, Zhao Linger and others frowned: "That's true. So many people died. If they are not buried quickly, who knows if a plague will break out."
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