Chapter 331 Sun Chu's Deployment
Chen Kui's letter was sent eight days ago.
Because of heavy snow blocking the road, his confidant risked his life to deliver the letter to Tianshan County.
As soon as the letter reached Qi Yanzhou's hands, the person who delivered the letter fainted.
As for why not use carrier pigeons to deliver messages?
It was because the weather was too cold and the wind was too strong that the pigeons could not fly thousands of miles.
On the way, it will be frozen to death or exhausted.
Ten days have passed, and eight days have passed now.
In other words, if Qi Yanzhou is willing to send troops to support, he must reach Linzhou City within two days.
If the road hadn't been blocked by heavy snow, we could have gotten there by riding at full speed.
But the current situation is absolutely impossible.
Even if he wrote a letter to the Khan and asked the northern garrison troops of Tianshan County to rush to support Chen Kui, it would be too late.
Because shoveling snow takes more than two days.
After Qi Yanzhou finished describing the situation in Linzhou City, he asked Ye Chutang.
"Atang, Linzhou City is a border fortress and cannot be breached. Can the 'Ghost Thief' help?"
If he had no other choice, he wouldn't have said this.
Ye Chutang did not answer Qi Yanzhou immediately, but looked at Sun Chu.
"Do you have any idea to defend the city?"
Sun Chu spread his hands and shrugged.
The key now is that Linzhou City has no food, not that Chen Kui has no soldiers.
He was able to give Chen Kui strategies to defend against the enemy and allow Chen's army to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
But the premise is that Chen’s army can defend against the enemy!
He said bluntly: "A good cook cannot cook without rice, and without food and grass, there is no way to fight a war."
Qi Yanzhou said: "I have prepared food and winter clothes, but the problem now is that the road is blocked by heavy snow and we can't transport them there."
The food and winter clothes were prepared to force Chen Kui to surrender.
Unexpectedly, the Chen army survived the severe cold and hunger, but was defeated by an invasion from outside.
Sun Chu asked, "Aren't you using salt water from the salt lake to clear the road recently? Can you gather everyone together to clear the road to Linzhou City?"
"There are only two days left. The time is too short. It's too late."
When Sun Chu heard this, he looked at Ye Chutang.
"I can only count on you now."
Ye Chutang checked his merit points and found that they were nearly 200,000 points.
Tianshan County is too far away from Linzhou City, and these merit points are not enough to transport food and winter clothes.
"The 'Ghost Thief' can help, but his ability is limited. He can't do it alone."
She doesn't mind spending all her merit points.
Because by saving Chen's army, the people of Linzhou City would also be saved.
The merit value can be increased at least tenfold!
Qi Yanzhou quickly asked: "What do you need me to do?"
"Bring the maps of Tianshan County and Linzhou City, and invite Miss Chen over."
Chen Ruoyun not only has a living map of Linzhou City, but also knows the distribution of troop forces.
With her around, the plans made will be more perfect.
Qi Yanzhou quickly invited Chen Ruoyun and informed her of the situation in Linzhou City.
Chen Ruoyun was extremely anxious and wished she could fly back to Linzhou City immediately to fight alongside the Chen family army.
But she knew that what the Chen army lacked was not her, but food, winter clothes, and reinforcements.
After entering the main hall of Tangzhou Courtyard, she immediately knelt down in front of Qi Yanzhou.
"Master Qi, Madam Qi, please save the Chen family army and the people of Linzhou City.
Once Linzhou City is captured, Beichen Kingdom will be surrounded by wolves and the country will be unstable! ”
Neighboring countries have always been eyeing Beichen.
Once someone opens a gap, others will surely take advantage of it.
Ye Chutang quickly helped Chen Ruoyun up.
"Miss Chen, we called you here to discuss countermeasures."
"Madam Qi, as long as you can save the Chen family army, I will convince my father to surrender!"
"Based on your understanding of your father, he said he could last ten days, but how long can he actually last?"
Chen Kui is a very down-to-earth person who will neither exaggerate nor minimize the facts.
Chen Ruoyun's eyebrows were twisted together, and her worry was evident in her words.
"If my father said ten days, it must be ten days. This is the longest time I have ever spent at the cost of the lives of the Chen family's soldiers."
Ye Chutang frowned slightly, "In other words, at most there are only two days."
"Yes, Madam Qi, do you have a way to solve the problem of Linzhou City?"
If Chen Ruoyun had not known about the existence of the "Ghost Thief", she would have despaired of the situation in Linzhou City.
“You can give it a try, but you may not succeed.”
"Even if there is only a glimmer of hope, I want to give it a try, no matter what the cost."
Ye Chutang walked to the table and sat down, his eyes falling on the two maps on the table.
"Right now, the biggest problem facing the Chen family army is that they have no food. As long as we can feed the soldiers, they should be able to resist for another three to five days without any problem."
Chen Ruoyun nodded repeatedly.
"Mrs. Qi is right. My father has been through hundreds of battles. If the Chen family army had not been short of food and clothing and unable to fight at full strength, they would never have asked Master Qi for help!"
"I can ask the 'Ghost Thief' to deliver food to the Chen family army, but time is too tight. He can't care about the lives of 200,000 soldiers. He can only deliver food for 50,000 soldiers for one day."
When Chen Ruoyun heard this, a conflicted look appeared on her face.
If the food was concentrated to feed 50,000 soldiers, the remaining soldiers would most likely starve to death.
If food is distributed uniformly, everyone will be hungry and unable to fight the enemy.
She hesitated for a long time before making a decision.
"We can gather the food to feed 50,000 soldiers, but with only 50,000 soldiers to fight the enemy, my father will not last more than three to five days. He can only last one day or two days."
The reason why she dared to make this decision was because the Chen family army was united and would not draw their swords against each other just for a bite of food.
Thinking of this, she asked Ye Chutang, "Madam Qi, if my father can only fight for one more day..."
Ye Chutang interrupted Chen Ruoyun and looked at Sun Chu.
"With Master Sun here, General Chen will surely be able to hold out for more than three days."
Chen Ruoyun looked at Sun Chu in confusion.
"Mr. Sun, a mere merchant, how can you help my father defend against the enemy?"
Sun Chu shrugged, "Making money is my hobby, and arranging troops is my specialty, but I can't say for sure whether I can help."
Chen's army was clearly at a disadvantage, and he had no idea how long they could hold out.
Chen Ruoyun didn't believe that Sun Chu could give any advice on how to defend against the enemy.
But for Ye Chutang's sake, she did not say anything in rebuttal.
"Thank you for your help, Mr. Sun."
Sun Chu knew that Chen Ruoyun didn't believe him, but he didn't care.
"Miss Chen, first tell me about the Chen family army, then describe the frontier defense map and the barbarians' fighting methods. Don't hide anything."
The situation and deployment map of Chen’s army are confidential and cannot be disclosed to outsiders, otherwise they will be punished by military law.
But the situation is urgent now and Chen Ruoyun has no choice.
She looked at the map of Linzhou City and directly drew the defense map with charcoal.
While painting, he introduced the situation of Chen Jiajun.
"The Chen family army has 10,000 cavalry and 20,000 elite soldiers. Their best skill is..."
Sun Chu arranged his troops while listening to Chen Ruoyun's description.
Then slowly adjust according to various details.
When Chen Ruoyun finished speaking, he had also finished drawing the battle formation diagram.
"Miss Chen, take a look at my deployment of troops. Is it okay?"
Chen Ruoyun took the pieces of paper handed over by Sun Chu.
It was covered with words and formations were drawn on it.
All the difficulties that Chen Jiajun might face are depicted, and methods for dealing with them are also given.
The more she looked, the more frightened she became, and her heart was beating like a drum.
"I didn't expect that Master Sun is actually proficient in the art of war and is so powerful."
Not to mention her, even her father couldn't come up with such a perfect strategy to defend against the enemy.
Sun Chu waved his hand nonchalantly, "It's just that I read a few more military books and I like to study."
Chen Ruoyun stood up and bowed deeply to Sun Chu.
"Mr. Sun, I apologize for offending you just now!"
"Miss Chen, there's no need to be polite. I'm not helping you."
After Sun Chu finished speaking, he raised his index finger towards Ye Chutang.
Ye Chutang nodded readily.
"One point."
"This blueprint was not written in vain."
"Go to Linzhou City to help General Chen and get another point."
Sun Chu was not a true member of the Sun family and had no interest in practicing military tactics on the battlefield.
He didn't like the bloody battles and just wanted to stay in Tianshan County and build a greenhouse.
But before he could say no, Ye Chutang blocked his reply.
"If you still want to do business together, you are not allowed to refuse."
"Okay, okay, I'll go! Aren't you afraid that I'll die on the battlefield and never come back?"
Ye Chutang looked at Sun Chu with a serious tone.
"I believe you can help Chen's army get through this difficult time and come back with me safely."
Sun Chu's eyes widened. "You are going to Linzhou City too? What about the students of Yinghua Academy?"
"Of course I have to go to Linzhou City. I will ask Miss Xia to help teach at the academy. The barbarians have been invading the northern border for a long time. This time, we must not only drive them away, but also make sure they dare not invade again!"
After Ye Chutang finished speaking, he looked at Qi Yanzhou and raised his eyebrows.
"Master Qi, can you do this?"
Qi Yanzhou looked at the naughty Ye Chutang and said with a smile: "My Madam has spoken, I will do my best!"
Chen Ruoyun asked quickly: "Master Qi, how many reinforcements can you bring to Linzhou City?"
"I will borrow 20,000 troops from General Zuo and bring 10,000 elite soldiers myself."
Before Qi Yanzhou came to Tianshan County, he had arranged for 5,000 personal soldiers of the Qi family to come here.
Over the past three months, former members of the Qi family army have gradually come over, totaling six to seven thousand people.
Some are too old to be suitable for marching and fighting, and are only suitable for training elite soldiers and taking care of their food, clothing, housing and transportation.
It should be no problem to select 5,000 people to go to Linzhou City.
Chen Ruoyun knew that Qi Yanzhou was leading elite soldiers and that 30,000 would be enough.
"Thank you, Master Qi!"
After thanking her, she asked Ye Chutang, "Madam Qi, how can I help you with the transportation of food and fodder?"
"The only thing we can do now is to open up the route from Tianshan County to Linzhou City to facilitate the march later."
"The food and grass..."
"Don't worry about the food and fodder. I will send some to General Chen first to help him out of his immediate crisis, so that Chen's army can hold out for another three days. I will give the rest of the food and fodder to Chen's army when I reach Linzhou City."
Seeing that Ye Chutang didn't want to say more, Chen Ruoyun didn't ask any more questions.
Qi Yanzhou said: "I will go to the prefectural government and inform everyone to do their best to open up the route to Linzhou City."
Ye Chutang stopped Qi Yanzhou who was about to leave, "Wait a moment."
"Atang, do you have anything else to say?"
"The route can be narrow at first and then wide, I have to go ahead."
Qi Yanzhou knew that the ability of the "Ghost Thief" was limited by distance, so he nodded.
"Okay, I'll arrange it right away."
Before he left, he gave the formation diagram drawn by Sun Chu to Ye Chutang.
"Ah Tang, when you ask the 'Ghost Thief' to deliver food to General Chen, give this to him as well."
"Okay, go and arrange it quickly, time is running out."
After Qi Yanzhou left, Sun Chu yawned.
"I'm going to go back and rest first. Just come find me before you leave."
Chen Ruoyun also said goodbye to Ye Chutang and went to the guest room to visit her father's confidant.
After they all left, Ye Chutang went to the side room to see An An and Le Le.
The two little guys were already able to recognize people, and when they saw Ye Chutang, they stretched out their hands to hug him.
Ye Chutang smiled and said to the nurse: "Give them all to me."
She held one in each hand and kissed them on the forehead and face.
"An'an, Lele, Mom is going to be away for a while. You have to behave yourself and wait for Mom to come back and hold a hundred-day banquet for you."
When Jinzhi heard this, she quickly asked, "Madam, where are you going? How long will you be away?"
"I'm going to Linzhou City. It shouldn't take too long, about twenty days."
"That's quite a long time. When will Madam leave?"
Ye Chutang scratched An An's nose, making him giggle.
"I'll leave tomorrow. The snowstorm in Linzhou City is severe and I need to go there immediately."
These words made Jinzhi's heart skip a beat and worry appeared on her face.
"Ma'am, is there any danger?"
"Of course there is no danger. Even if there is, it won't be a problem for me. Don't worry, Aunt Jin, just wait for me to return safely at home."
Jinzhi nodded reluctantly.
"Okay, Miss, if you want to take anything, I will go and pack it for you."
"Don't bring anything. Travel light."
"Tianshan County is a long way from Linzhou City. We should at least prepare some dry food and water, right?"
Ye Chutang shook her head, "Aunt Jin, there's really no need."
***
The next day.
Ye Chutang got up early in the morning.
After a simple breakfast, she went to the Xia family's Renxin Medical Clinic.
Since Renxin Medical Clinic moved to the main street, many more people have come to see the doctor.
Xia Shu was busy sorting out the freshly harvested medicinal herbs early in the morning.
Xia Chuanbai stopped working as a traveling doctor because his daughter was too busy to take care of him alone.
It was still early and there were no patients.
When the father and daughter saw Ye Chutang coming, they quickly stood up to greet him.
"Uncle Xia, Miss Xia."
After Xia Chuanbai responded, he led Ye Chutang to the back hall to sit down.
"Mrs. Qi, is there something going on?"
He knew that Ye Chutang was very busy and would not visit him unless necessary.
Ye Chutang looked at Xia Shu and nodded.
"I would like to ask Miss Xia to do me a favor. I need to delay her for about twenty days."
After saying that, she told Xia Shu that she was going to Linzhou City to fight off the barbarians and that she needed her help in teaching.
"Miss Xia, it will take a while, if you don't want to..."
Xia Shu agreed before Ye Chutang could finish his words.
"I am willing. Madam Qi, go to Linzhou City with peace of mind. I will teach the students' medical skills, but I am sure I will not be as good as Madam Qi."
Although she didn't know how to fight a war, she knew that if Linzhou City was broken, Tianshan County would be in danger.
"Miss Xia, you are too modest. I have already planned the content of the daily lectures."
Ye Chutang handed Xia Shu the schedule he wrote last night.
She was also given two test papers.
"My students take a small test every ten days and a big test every month. Please, Miss Xia, take the test on time."
Xia Shu took the course schedule and test papers.
"Okay, I will do my best to teach my students well. Madam Qi, please pay attention to safety. I wish you a successful start."
"I will!"
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