It is said that "one soldier is incompetent, and the whole general is incompetent". What can the brothers learn from such a general?
I'm probably lucky to be alive now.
She said with a gloomy face: "My brothers must always remember that whether it is the Dingguo Army, the Su Family Army, or any other army, they are all Cangwu's army, your Majesty's army, not the army of a certain family."
Seeing everyone's serious expressions, Song Jinxiu smiled and said, "General Wei is gathering the troops, you have to go out as well. Especially you two, centurions have the responsibility of centurions, go and lead your soldiers."
Song Chunsheng and Cheng Jinhao blushed and strode out quickly. The rest of the group hurried to follow.
"An Yi, mix these nutrient pills into today's meat porridge. Distribute them to the soldiers working later."
"Yes," An Yi took the order and left.
Song Jinxiu then stood up and said, "Let's go, let's go out too."
In the military camp, the lights were on. In front of the main tent of the central army, the soldiers, tired after a day of fighting, stood quietly.
Wei Qingyun looked at Song Jinxiu who was walking over with a bad face and said, "Princess, please come and give me a lecture."
Song Jinxiu didn't even look at him. She strode to the light in front of the central army tent, letting the soldiers look at her, and then said, "Everyone, please sit down and rest."
Everyone was stunned, not understanding.
Song Chunsheng and Cheng Jinhao were the first to react and quickly waved their hands behind them, "Listen to the princess' order, sit down and rest."
Hula La, the soldiers in their hands sat down obediently.
A general who had been saved by Song Jinxiu also waved his hand and sat down with the others.
At this time, everyone finally understood what Song Jinxiu meant, and those who didn't understand also sat down.
Song Jinxiu's eyes were calm and gentle as she scanned the tired soldiers one by one.
"Everyone is tired after a hard day's work. I'm letting you sit down so that you can take a break. We have a tough battle to fight soon."
After that, she turned to the seven foreman standing behind Wei Qingyun and whispering, "Young General Wei has told you, right? You will follow my command for the next three days."
A few people immediately looked at Wei Qingyun.
This hasn't been said yet?
Song Jinxiu looked at Wei Qingyun calmly. Wait for him to speak.
Wei Qingyun smiled wickedly and said loudly: "Our smart Princess Royal Highness said that she has a way to defeat all the elephant soldiers without bloodshed. If she fails, she will leave Southern Xinjiang. So, for the next three days, we will follow the Princess Royal Highness's orders."
His voice was very loud. In the quiet night, almost everyone heard it. Even those who couldn't hear it clearly later were passed on by word of mouth among the soldiers. So, they knew what it meant.
"Can the Princess really defeat the elephant soldiers?"
"Yes, it was done without bloodshed. This is not just nonsense, right?"
"Just now, the Princess Royal Highness told us to take a break because there will be a tough battle soon. Since we are going to fight, how can we guarantee zero casualties?"
Some people also asked: "Boss, what does it mean to fight without bloodshed?"
"Tsk, you are so stupid. Although I can't read, I know what this means. It means that the knife should not shed blood."
"If the sword doesn't bleed? Is it still a war?"
"Hey, what do girls know? It's just a woman's kindness."
"Hush, keep your voice down. Do you think you can interfere with the eldest princess?"
"Why are you talking so much? We are all soldiers, we just do what we are told to do. Apart from anything else, I think it's very good that the Princess lets us sit down and rest. I am exhausted today."
Hearing the discussions of the crowd, Wei Qingyun smiled complacently. He wanted to let everyone know and see if this princess would still have the face to stay here if she couldn't do it.
snort! You'd better get back to the capital as soon as possible.
Song Jinxiu glanced at Wei Qingyun indifferently and said, “In three days, you can wait for military punishment.”
She looked at several foremen and said, "I need three people to dig traps. Can you each take out 500 yuan and do it?"
After saying this, she emphasized: "This matter is very important."
"Yes." Cai Kang, Xu Gan, and Tian Ming said loudly.
Zhao Xingye glanced at Wei Qingyun and stammered, "My Lord Princess, we have suffered heavy casualties, and at most we can only send out 200 people."
He saw that his young general did not like the eldest princess.
Song Jinxiu glanced at him and said calmly, "It's okay, two hundred, two hundred, but you have to pick someone with great strength."
After she finished speaking, she looked at the remaining three people. When they saw that Zhao Xingye had refuted the eldest princess' words, the eldest princess did not get angry.
So they boldly said, "Your Highness, we can only offer two hundred at most."
"Ding, so do we."
"Me too."
Song Jinxiu looked at the few people whose eyes met and snorted and laughed. He glanced at Wei Qingyun with disdain.
There was a look of contempt in his eyes, which meant: How could you let your hands pretend to obey you but actually go against your will? You can't afford to lose?
Wei Qingyun glared at the man and said, "How dare you! Since the Princess said she wants five hundred dollars, then give her five hundred dollars. If it's not enough, you can pay from the wounded."
"Yes, let's pick some lightly wounded soldiers here, and we will definitely get 500 of them."
Song Jinxiu ignored them. She took out the trap sample map that she had printed out in advance and gave two to each of them.
"We have to dig traps on three sides of the camp overnight. We have to act quietly and not alarm anyone. The traps must be deep enough. If we dig one more trap and make it one inch deeper, we may save one of our soldiers from dying."
As she spoke, her aura suddenly shone, and she said sternly, "Whoever fails to meet the requirements and leaks the news will be punished by military law."
"yes"
Everyone obeyed the order and went.
Song Jinxiu then said to Wei Qingyun who seemed to be thinking about something: "General Wei, please take the wounded and sick to a safe place tonight."
Wei Qingyun looked at her and asked, "Do you want to set a trap to deal with the elephant soldiers?"
Song Jinxiu glanced at him and said, "Young General, please follow your orders. Remember, the transfer of the wounded must be concealed. If the news leaks out because of your actions..."
Wei Qingyun frowned: "Let me go, I won't joke with the lives of the soldiers."
As he said this, he took two steps and turned back to say, "I didn't order them to do that just now."
He was talking about Zhao Xingye's hypocrisy.
Song Jinxiu glanced at him and said, "But they are your soldiers. Their mistakes will be held against you. So, you'd better warn them to obey orders. Otherwise, if something goes wrong, the princess will be responsible for you."
Wei Qingyun was so angry that he threw his sleeves and strode away.
The night is dotted with stars. The soldiers moved quietly under the command of the general. They began digging traps around the camp.
On the way, An Yi led the team and brought hot meat porridge to serve as a snack for the soldiers who were digging the pit.
After eating a bowl of hot meat porridge, they immediately felt refreshed. The soldiers, who had been tired all day, felt that they had endless energy.
The pace of digging traps has increased.
Each trap was about ten feet deep and spacious enough to accommodate an entire war elephant. The bottom of the trap was filled with sharp bamboo spikes or wooden stakes.
The soldiers carefully covered the trap with a layer of branches and weeds, and then sprinkled a thin layer of soil on it, making it no different from the surrounding surface, like an invisible giant mouth, waiting for prey to step into it.
Song Jinxiu also designed a special trap. In the relatively flat area northeast of the camp, the soldiers dug a deep pit with a slope around it and an even steeper bottom. In the middle of the trap, they erected a thick wooden stake with the tip polished to an extremely sharp edge. The trap was also camouflaged to make it difficult to detect.
There is strength in numbers. After a night of hard work, the trap was finally dug.
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