Chapter 271 Trap
The next day, the army broke camp and returned to Yanliang Pass, taking away all the food and fodder they could, and releasing the war horses that could not be taken away.
Chen Yu kept her promise and did not kill the Western Jue captives, but she did not untie them when the army left.
The Western Jue soldiers listened to the army's retreat, and waited until there was no sound around them before they leaned against each other and untied the ropes.
The soldier rubbed his aching shoulders from being tied up, "This Chen Yu really doesn't kill prisoners."
"Humph, womanly kindness." The soldier shook off the rope, "Women are women. A true general will never give the enemy a second chance."
The soldier pulled one up and said, "Let's go out and check the situation."
The captured Western Judean soldiers numbered several hundred. The camp was in a mess, and all the movable items had been moved away. There was little food left in the camp. It seemed that the army had indeed left.
The Western Jue soldiers lit a fire, found some food, and sat around to discuss countermeasures.
"What are we going to do now?"
The deputy general who led the troops previously died, and these Western Jue soldiers lacked a backbone, so they elected a leader.
"We can't go home. The men of Xijue don't desert. We have to go to the leader's camp."
A soldier said, "The people of Da Zhou are very cunning. Will they let us go back on purpose and then follow us?"
"I don't think so. I heard Xiao and that woman quarreling last night. Xie Tingzhou's woman was scared and wanted to go back to Yanliang Pass. Xiao disagreed, and the two quarreled fiercely."
Several soldiers who were imprisoned nearby heard it and gathered together to roughly recount the content of the quarrel between the two.
"It seems that the man surnamed Xiao is not convinced by Xie Tingzhou's woman."
"The people of Da Zhou are different from us. We look at military achievements, but they look at status. A grown man will definitely not accept working under a woman."
The scout came running over on the snow, "Princess, General Xiao."
Xiao Chuan raised his chin, "How is it?"
The scout crouched down, "They haven't moved yet. I don't know if they are on alert or something else."
Xiao Chuan looked at Chen Yu, "Princess, what should we do? These people are not stupid."
"Just wait." Chen Yu said, "The food in their camp is only enough for them to survive tonight. They will run out of food tomorrow. The later they set out, the more food they will have to eat.
The more they die of starvation on the road.”
"I didn't kill those people because they had some backbone. With people like them, the others wouldn't run away. They would definitely go."
"The princess is still amazing." Xiao Chuan said with a smile: "If the princess hadn't reminded me before bringing the captives in, I wouldn't have thought of this trick."
Shen Yu glanced at Xiao Chuan and said, "Don't flatter me."
Xiao Chuan smiled and touched his chin. The beard on his chin had grown. "I, Xiao Chuan, never lie."
“Oh.” Chen Yu stood up, “Then your performance last night was probably from your heart.”
"That's definitely not possible."
Shen Yu left him with her back and waved her hand.
…
The soldier on the watchtower was rubbing his hands. When he saw someone passing by below, he raised his hand and gestured to indicate that there was nothing going on.
Shen Zhao nodded and walked into the tent holding a military report.
"Here it comes." Xiao Changfeng was sitting in the tent with his upper body naked, and the military doctor was applying medicine on his back.
Xiao Changfeng was injured in the previous battle and a three-inch long cut was made on his back.
Chen Zhao looked at Xiao Changfeng's back covered with scars and thought of Shen Zhongan. Shen Zhongan had a similar scar, with hardly a single piece of good skin on his body.
After Shen Zhao and the Xiao family army entered the heart of Xijue, it was easy for them to occupy the camp here.
Boda's army was at Yanliang Pass, and there were not many soldiers in the camp.
This place is backed by the Chihe River, so we can advance further and retreat quickly.
When Shen Zhao decided to lead his troops away that day, Xiao Changfeng finally relented and decided to lead the Xiao family army deep into the heart of Xijue.
The Xiao family army had not had a good fight for a long time. They had been guarding the Chihe River for many years, facing the guerrilla forces of the Western Jue tribe. They would attack the enemy from time to time, harass them, or rob them and then leave.
The land here is poor and the resources are barren. It is a thankless job to be stationed here. When they return to Beijing to report on their work, they will be laughed at by those parasites in the Ministry of Revenue. They say that their Xiao family army is eating the people's food and playing hide-and-seek with the Western Jue people on the border every year. Their swords are probably rusted.
Xiao Changfeng was lucky to get 80 out of the one million military pay, so he could only swallow his anger.
Fortunately, Shen Zhongan often provided assistance, and whenever Yanliang Pass had some surplus food, it would be sent to
Go to Chihe.
Xiao's army urgently needs a victory to prove itself.
They had fought against Boda twice. Boda's military strength was greater than theirs, so they could not fight head-on. Therefore, they learned the tactics of the Western Jue people and engaged in guerrilla warfare against them. They did not engage in head-on attack to consume their energy, but used small-scale harassment to force Boda to run around.
Although time was delayed, neither side gained any benefit.
"We should have played like this a long time ago." Xiao He said, "Boda is good at attacking, but not at defending. We will play fast break with them and then run away."
"There is a military report." Shen Zhao raised the military report in his hand and handed it to Xiao Changfeng first.
After reading it, Xiao Changfeng handed it to Xiao He and said, "You and your sister were really taught by Shen Zhongan. You use the same brain."
Chen Zhao smiled and said, "That girl is more active than me."
"What a pity." Xiao Changfeng said, "What a pity that the baby was a daughter."
"My dad said the same thing."
Xiao Changfeng waved his hand, "That's different. Your father felt sorry for her because she was a girl, but I really felt sorry that she couldn't give birth to a boy."
After Xiao He finished reading the urgent report, he couldn't help but glance at Shen Zhao and said, "Your sister is really brave."
"Is that so?" Xiao Changfeng glanced at Xiao He. "If she hadn't married Xie Tingzhou, I would have wanted to marry her to you, but it's a pity that the King of Beilin got there first."
"Dad." Xiao He glanced at Chen Zhao awkwardly, "My brother is still here, so stop talking nonsense, okay?"
Xiao He used to dislike Shen Zhao, but over the past period of time, he has eased off a little, and only went so far as not to trip up the other party.
Xiao Changfeng laughed, hurting the wound on his back. "But it's true. Without Queen Beilin, it wouldn't be your turn. Your brother is still with her."
Xiao He was embarrassed and awkward, and hurriedly changed the subject, "Let's talk about business, Shen... Princess Beilin led troops to repel Xijue at Yanliang Pass, and also took out their retreating camp. I don't know what happened afterwards. Assuming that Boda was attacked from all sides, the channel for us to communicate with the princess is too slow."
"Take this military report for example. It says that it happened on December 17th. The news went back to Yanliang Pass and then took a long detour. Now it's already the 23rd. We don't know the situation over there at all, so we can't launch a pincer attack."
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