"General, the Tatars have two reasons for this arrangement, both of which are extremely disadvantageous to us. First, if we attack their empty camp, they will surely think they are fleeing, and we will have no choice but to continue chasing them north. If the Tatars hiding in the valley come out and chase us, even if we are strong, we will suffer heavy casualties from being attacked from both sides."
"Secondly, after we pursue them, they will plunder our food supplies. By then, we might face a food crisis, and they can wipe us out without even a single soldier."
After listening to Lu Zifeng's analysis, King Jing said
"What Zifeng said makes sense, but Zifeng, do you have any countermeasures?"
"General, I checked the terrain today. There's a very narrow mountain road not far from the valley's exit. It's about ten feet wide and can accommodate three or four people walking side by side. We've seen that there are probably a hundred thousand Tatars in the valley. It wouldn't be easy for such a large group to escape. So, I thought, why don't we send some people to guard there to prevent them from leaving the valley and pursuing us? Once we've broken through the Tatar camp at the foot of the mountain, we can come up the other side and then encircle and wipe them out all at once."
After listening to Lu Zifeng's advice, King Jing sent them both away.
Lu Zifeng returned to his own tent. The others in the same tent had already eaten and were about to go to sleep. Seeing Lu Zifeng coming back, they hurried forward and asked, "Hey, Brother Lu, you and Captain Zhang went out hunting. Did you get any prey?"
Lu Zifeng glanced at his comrade, Danniu, who was lying next to him on the bed. "They're all with Captain Zhang. We weren't very lucky today. We only shot a few pheasants and rabbits. We didn't see any big ones because we were just wandering around the periphery."
Tie Niu was not disappointed at all when he heard this. "Brother Lu, why don't you bring back two so we can have some meat!"
"That's right! But it's too late now. We can't go find Captain Zhang, right?"
Let me tell you here that this Captain Zhang is Situ Yi. When he came to the army, he couldn't still use the surname Situ, otherwise everyone would know him. Since he wanted to gain experience, he couldn't use his previous name, so he used his mother's surname.
After washing up, Lu Zifeng returned to his bed and prepared to sleep. He had to get up early for training tomorrow morning, so it was better to go to bed early to avoid being tired tomorrow. Now he didn’t know how King Jing was going to deal with the Tatars?
Early the next morning, while it was still dark, Lu Zifeng and the others got up. Their White Tiger Battalion had to get up early every morning for training. If they got up late, they would not even be able to eat and would also be subject to military law. This training did not seem to have much effect on Lu Zifeng, but Lu Zifeng still chose to get up early and train with them. This was also an opportunity to cultivate feelings with his comrades.
Three more days passed, and Lu Zifeng didn't hear anything from the Marshal. It seemed that his opinion was not accepted by the Marshal. However, he was just a soldier for the time being, and these things were not something for a soldier like him to worry about. So he was training every day these days. He trained with his comrades in the squad during the day, and went to the foot of the mountain to hunt some prey at night and secretly roasted them to eat. Although the taste was not very good, the important thing was to participate.
In the past few days, several people lost to Lu Zifeng in the boxing and kicking competitions, so Lu Zifeng has been promoted to the sergeant of the five-man team. Lu Zifeng taught them the military boxing of later generations. In the past few days, the boxing and kicking skills of these four people have improved greatly, so much so that the four people are very grateful to Lu Zifeng. You know, on the battlefield, if you have good kung fu, the chance of survival is much greater.
You have to know that those who join the army are those whose families are having a hard time. By joining the army, one can save food for one person, so that the mother, wife and children at home can have more to eat, and secondly, there is military pay. This is a win-win situation, but there are still not many people willing to join the army.
"Cao Yong, where is Tie Niu? Why hasn't he come back yet?"
Cao Yong stood up and looked at the nearby forest. "I don't know. I'll go over and take a look. Who knows what this guy is doing? He's taking so long to take a shit."
Lu Zifeng's team consists of five people: Cao Yong, Tie Niu, Zhang Shan, Liu Can and Lu Zifeng, and Lu Zifeng is the squad leader.
"Help!" A cry of alarm echoed from the nearby woods. The moment Lu Zifeng heard the sound, he immediately ran towards the woods, his speed so fast that even Zhang Shan and Liu Can were stunned. By the time they reacted, Lu Zifeng had already disappeared. Then, sounds of fighting could be heard from the woods, and the two of them quickly ran back into the woods.
When Lu Zifeng entered the woods, he saw more than a dozen Tatars fighting with Cao Yong with big knives, but Tie Niu was already dead at this time, with a scimitar that the Tatars were good at using stuck in his chest. Lu Zifeng's eyes were full of murderous intent, and he rushed forward at an extremely fast speed, grabbed the wrist of a Tatar, and broke his wrist with a light pinch. The scimitar in the Tatar's hand fell, and Lu Zifeng took the scimitar and wiped the Tatar's neck. A look of astonishment flashed in the man's eyes, but no matter how many doubts he had, no one could explain them to him.
Lu Zifeng killed more than a dozen Tatars in a few flashes. His speed was so fast that Liu Can, Zhang Shan and Cao Yong, who had just arrived in the woods, opened their mouths in amazement.
Lu Zifeng glanced at them and said, "Don't just stand there. Let's deal with this place quickly and leave quickly. I think this is where the Tatars often come and go."
There were five people when they came, but one was missing when they went back. Tie Niu died at the hands of the Tatars. Although they avenged him, Tie Niu was still dead. The four of them felt a little heavy-hearted. He was a living person a quarter of an hour ago, but now he had turned into a cold corpse.
After returning to the military camp, Lu Zifeng personally found Situ Yi and told him what happened this afternoon and also told him his guess. After Situ Yi knew about it, he quickly reported the matter to King Jing. Since then, King Jing ordered that no one was allowed to leave the military camp without necessary. If there was anything, they had to report to the superiors and only leave the camp after getting permission.
Lu Zifeng didn't know what King Jing was thinking. Now that he knew that the Tatars had a camp in the valley, why didn't he quickly deal with them? Why was he still waiting like this?
King Jing is still waiting for news from another army. This time, the Dayu Dynasty is preparing to defeat the Tatars in the north at one stroke, so the court has sent King Jing to sit in Lanling County to attract the attention of the Tatars. At this time, another army is heading towards Bingzhou Prefecture. This is a preparation for a two-pronged attack, and all the Tatars who enter the Dayu Dynasty will be kept in the Dayu Dynasty.
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