The loud voice came from a man in brown clothes, followed by the man who had sparred with Qiao Zhen. Clearly, the man who spoke was of a higher rank than Qiao Zhen's boss.
"This is General Ge's vanguard."
"Hello, Wei Xianfeng."
Wei Xianfeng had originally come to casually inspect the military camp, but unexpectedly overheard Qiao Zhen's conversation. "Young man, you have some insight, but according to you, military pay is a big problem."
Qiao Zhen said nonchalantly, "Then let's think of another way. Is having your head propped up on your neck just for show?"
Then...then Wei Xianfeng took Qiao Zhen to General Ge's main army.
"Wei Xianfeng, the general requests that you take that talented man inside."
"good."
Qiao Zhen, like a newborn calf unafraid of tigers, looked around and observed the furnishings in General Ge's tent.
Wei Xianfeng cupped his hands and said, "Your subordinate greets the general. The method in the previous letter was exactly what this person wanted to do."
Qiao Zhen then knelt down like a quail and bowed, saying, "This humble one greets the Great General."
General Ge was very curious about Qiao Zhen and asked, "What did you see in my tent just now?"
"I'm telling you, please don't blame me," Qiao Zhen said, giving General Ge a heads-up.
General Ge, holding a book on military strategy, pointed at Qiao Zhen and said, "Speak freely!"
Qiao Zhen turned her head and looked carefully. "The water stains on this stool are still wet, and you can still see the water stains curving, which should be from the steep mountains near Dongluan City. And this silver armor, although the iron on the right breastplate is only a few millimeters thicker than the left breastplate, it is enough to prove that you want to protect the right side more, but ordinary people should protect the left side. The book in your hand is clean and tidy, but it cannot hide the crumpled marks on the right page, which is enough to prove that you often read it, but the book next to your arm should be the one you actually use in battle."
General Ge asked with great interest, "Oh? How do you know?"
Qiao Zhen looked at the book and said, "There is a black mark on the side of the book, which should be ink. It is the ink that needs to be used that you should really investigate."
A glint of light flashed in General Ge's eyes. "In that case, could you tell me how we should capture Dongluan City?"
"General, you should already know the method I casually mentioned earlier. That method is very time-consuming, labor-intensive, and expensive, so let's forget about it for now. As far as I know, although Dongluan City is surrounded by mountains, the city itself is full of beautiful scenery. We can send troops to surround Dongluan City and then attack directly through the city gate."
General Ge: "Oh? Why?"
"Because we can send strong and agile people to climb the city walls using ladders, and we surround Dongluan City to prevent them from picking up large stones from the mountains outside and throwing them down from the city walls."
Strategist: "But they also have mountains in the city, so what should we do then?"
Qiao Zhen looked at the strategist with the eyes of someone looking at an idiot, "Of course we should ignore them. The mountains in the city are all good mountains, so there are no large rocks that fall easily. If they want to move the mountains, they have to ask if the mountains agree. The mountains are inherently dangerous, and missing a piece could cause a collapse. If they want to bring about their own destruction, should we stop them? They might move small pieces and throw them down. To be on the safe side, we need exceptionally strong and agile people to clear the way and climb up the city wall."
"Or we can take Dongluan City without losing a single soldier. We can surround them and set two flaming arrows to burn their grain. Then they will have no pay and the people in the city will have no food, so they will have no choice but to surrender."
"If you think this method, though it doesn't cost a single soldier, is time-consuming, we can cause more trouble. We can throw fire, throw some sharp stones, and have our men provoke them from below their city walls. Say whatever you want to say, until they get angry and have headaches. Bring shields or something to prevent them from shooting arrows. When their morale is low, we can take them down in one fell swoop."
The strategist thought Qiao was a promising talent and asked, "How did you come up with these methods?"
Qiao Zhen shook her head and smiled: "I have my own brilliant plan. I'd like to give the general and the strategist a piece of advice: 'Water that is too clear has no fish, and a person who is shameless is invincible.' Don't be fooled by my lewd smile; the truly lewd part is here." She raised her finger and pointed to her head.
General Ge laughed heartily: "What a fine saying! If the water is too clear, there will be no fish!"
The strategist bowed to General Ge, saying, "Congratulations, General, on acquiring another talented individual." He then turned to Qiao Zhen and asked, "Young man, do you have a master? If not, what do you think of me?"
Qiao Zhen resolutely refused, saying, "I only have one master in this life. He has been gone for a long time. The methods he came up with today are just superficial."
General Ge instructed, "Vanguard Wei, arrange for him to stay in the elite soldiers' tent."
Qiao Zhen followed Wei Xianfeng, walking and stopping intermittently.
Wei Xianfeng also looked at the places Qiao Zhen had glanced at, then asked, bewildered, "What did you see this time?"
"It's nothing." Qiao Zhen was a little worried. She had managed to stay in the elite soldiers' tent of the main army with a little trick, so Pan Zhao must have stood out as well. She just hoped that they wouldn't run into each other again.
Wei Xianfeng settled Qiao Zhen in a tent belonging to an elite soldier. There were two empty seats in the tent, and Pan Zhao was not there either, so Qiao Zhen settled in with peace of mind.
A few days later, the elite soldiers selected from all over the country moved into the main army's elite soldiers' tents one after another, but Qiao Zhen still couldn't find out about Pan Zhao.
Wei Xianfeng lifted the tent flap and said, "Brother Qiao, could you squeeze in a little more? There are still two soldiers who haven't settled in yet."
Without looking up, Qiao Zhen said, "Ask them."
Wei Xianfeng said, "You're small, why don't you squeeze in?"
Qiao Zhen sat up straight and said, "Why should I squeeze in? Is this discrimination against mental workers? Don't be fooled by their big builds. They're just dull. Hundreds of thousands of dullards put together wouldn't be as strong as me. So what if I'm strong! Give me a fulcrum and I can move..." the Earth.
Seeing Qiao Zhen suddenly pause, Wei Xianfeng asked, "What is the fulcrum? What can you leverage?"
"My God, I actually missed such a good idea!" Qiao Zhen pushed aside Wei Xianfeng and went to see General Ge.
General Ge readily allowed Qiao Zhen to enter, as he was eagerly anticipating the surprise Qiao Zhen would bring.
"General, we can use the stones outside to throw at them and force them to surrender. This place is surrounded by mountains, and there's no shortage of big stones here."
"But who could throw such a heavy stone at the city wall?"
"I have a brilliant plan."
So General Ge ordered Wei Xianfeng and the strategist to take men to help her with her scheme. Qiao Zhen used certain principles and continuous experimentation to adjust the equipment. In the end, she was helped back by Wei Xianfeng, limping.
Wei Xianfeng looked at Qiao Zhen curiously: "How did you come up with that?"
Qiao Zhen frowned and replied, "I was thinking that as long as I use my brain, I can create things that are more useful than manpower, so I suddenly remembered that." Thanks to the TV series, she suddenly recalled the scene of those soldiers smashing stones.
Wei Xianfeng lifted the curtain and said, "Be careful." Then he carefully helped Qiao Zhen inside.
Qiao Zhen looked at the extra pillow on her bed and said, "Are you kidding me? I worked so hard all day! I deserve credit and recognition, and you want to give half of my sleeping space to someone else? How can you be so unfair to my legs!"
“As long as you can beat him, you can have the sleeping area all to yourself.” Wei Xianfeng pointed to someone behind Qiao Zhen.
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