My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

Chapter 218: The expected 'raid'

Gongsun Pu had heard about this earlier and thought it was just a trick played by the enemy army, trying to cut off their water supply and cause trouble for them.

Moreover, when the enemy made such small moves, Zong Yanli had already discovered it when he sent people to patrol, and arranged spies to keep an eye on it, so he did not take the matter to heart, and paid more attention to major issues such as the enemy's food supply route and whether they would attack the Jin city.

This was the case for everyone in the army, and judging from Zong Yanli's arrangements, it was obvious that all the troops were focused on intercepting food supplies and defending the city.

However, after the military order was issued, Zong Yanli chose to stay in the camp.

"Even a cunning rabbit has three burrows. Since the enemy has made such unusual moves, I have to be on guard." Zong Yanli guessed that since Gongsun Pu had come, he must have made some guesses in his mind, and smiled slightly, "I'm worried that the enemy's strategy has also changed."

"So I left the main camp for myself." Zong Yanli was thinking about Benes. The last time her army was defeated was when the Lu army attacked her camp.

If the grain transportation was fake and the attack on the city was real, it would not necessarily mean that the Northern Army and the Lu Army went together.

Zong Yanli had made many plans in the past few days, and finally focused his attention on the fact that the water of the Qu River was blocked for no reason. What if the Lu army repeated the same trick and separated from the Northern Army and attacked the camp again?

"Sir, please stay in the camp for the next few days and don't move around casually." Zong Yanli put the long sword that had been polished to a shine back into the scabbard, stood up, looked at Gongsun Pu with a smile and whispered.

"..."

Gongsun Pu was speechless for a moment. He really guessed it right.

Zong Yanli did not stay behind in the camp to sit idly by and wait for the enemy to attack. Instead, he made full use of the resources to make major improvements to the camp's defenses. He dug channels outside the camp to set up ambushes, dismantled tents and took wood to make traps. The soldiers left in the camp were busy day and night.

Zong Yanli personally carried the huge pillar, tied it up with a hemp rope and hung it up to hide among the leaves.

She never spared her strength, nor did she think that as a general she could only help in battles against the enemy. Couldn't she do miscellaneous tasks like digging ditches and carrying wooden pillars?

With her strength, it would take two people to carry a wooden pillar, but she could easily carry one on each shoulder and walk briskly with ease.

The soldiers under her tent worked hard to push the huge rock, and she pushed it back and forth by herself without showing any sign of fatigue. The trap that was originally very difficult to set up became much easier with the addition of Zong Yanli. Zong Yanli, as the commander, was able to achieve such a level.

How could so many soldiers not work hard?

Shi Gandang, who did not follow Meng Qi, was also captured by Zong Yanli and used as a coolie.

It’s good to be strong!

After working for three consecutive days, Shi Gandang felt a little dazed and at one point doubted whether he was really a soldier.

They have never even seen the enemy. Every day when they open their eyes, they are either carrying wood or transporting stones. They are even more exhausted than coolies!

"Are you a reincarnated ghost who died of starvation?" When the meal was served, the soldier next to him was shocked to see Shi Gandang almost burying his head in the rice bucket. This child was really strong and ate a lot. He licked the rice bucket clean.

"If I don't eat enough, I won't have the energy to work..." Shi Gandang touched his stomach and felt like he was coming back to life.

"Hahaha! It will all be done in one more day." The person next to him patted Shi Gan Dang on the shoulder and laughed. He sat down casually beside him, ate the rice in his bowl and said, "I'm so tired. Our general is really amazing..."

Under the starry sky, Monkie, Sha Haoqian and others had arrived at their destination. After so many days of waiting, the enemy finally moved.

In the upper reaches of the Juqu River, after many days of efforts by the enemy, the river was blocked.

In the Lu army camp, Benes looked at the huge chessboard in front of him, listened to the report from the soldiers below, and smiled with great satisfaction.

"General, General Yi has already set off!" The soldiers who followed reported. Baines stood up and said, "In that case, we should set off too!"

Among the shadowy dense forest, there seemed to be figures approaching quietly.

What can be seen in front of the dense forest is the Daqian military camp lit up with sparks. Zong Yanli is sitting upright in the military tent, facing Gongsun Pu at this moment. Boiling tea is bubbling beside them, and Gongsun Pu is holding the teacup in one hand and placing a chess piece in the other.

Zong Yanli was wearing military armor, half leaning against the armchair behind him, turning the black piece in his hand, seemingly thinking about how to make his move.

Just as Zong Yanli raised his hand to make a move, he suddenly heard a horn blowing outside the tent.

Zong Yanli paused and looked outside the tent, a smile on his face, then he lowered his eyes and quickly placed a piece on the chessboard. He stood up and said with a smile on his face, "It seems that I am slightly better than you in this game."

After Zong Yanli finished speaking, he bent down, picked up the armor on the stage, put it on, and strode out of the tent.

Gongsun Pu stood there in a daze, holding the cup in his hand. He turned his head to look at Zong Yanli's back as he walked away. Then he turned back to look at the chess game in front of him. After watching it for a long time, he suddenly laughed: "Indeed, the general won..."

"General! We have found the enemy's traces five miles away!" Gao Feilin rushed over and saw that Zong Yanli was already ready, so he stopped quickly.

"Meet the enemy." Zong Yanli narrowed his eyes, jumped on his horse and headed out of the camp.

"General, I'm going too!" Shi Gandang, wearing a soldier's armor, with a battle axe on his back, ran over excitedly.

Zong Yanli glanced at him, then said to Wen Nian, "Follow me."

She had no intention of confronting the enemy head-on, she was only trying to delay the battle.

Baines led his troops here this time because he expected that Zong Yanli would send out all his main forces. It didn't matter whether they were to defend the city or to cut off the food supply. It was enough for him to make sure that there was no one in Zong Yanli's camp!

Therefore, Baines did not launch an offensive immediately, but waited until he was sure that the Northern Army had received news that Zong Yanli had indeed dispersed his troops, and the Northern Army had also launched an attack on the city to completely attract the firepower.

On the other side, war also broke out on the grain road. The grain transport was indeed fake, but there was indeed a "grain transport" team that deliberately lured them into action and divided all the troops of Daqian.

The consequence of this was that the forces of the Northern Army and the Shandong Army were also divided up.

The difference is that the main force of the Lu army is all concentrated on the side of Baines, and the Northern Army all attacked the city, and the person leading the troops at the grain road is none other than Kan Shi!

Kan Shi led a small number of troops, and his purpose was only to delay Sha Haoqian and others and confuse Zong Yanli.

This was equivalent to a huge Tian Ji horse race. Baines took great pains to set up the game in order to use his own 'inferior horses' and very few troops to attract away the majority of Zong Yanli's 'superior horses' main forces.

As a result, the defense of Zong Yanli's camp was left unattended, and then Baines's main force of "superior horses" attacked the camp.

He was neither transporting grain from the north nor preparing to attack the city to seize grain. What he wanted to do was to attack the camp and seize the grain and grass in Zong Yanli's camp!

"Everything is ready!"

"kill!"

Seeing that his plan had succeeded, Baines was overjoyed and without hesitation, he ordered the entire army to light torches and charge recklessly towards the unsuspecting Daqian camp.

He thought that what he saw was the camp being broken into easily, the enemy's terrified screams, the pleasure brought by wanton killing and looting, and the scene of countless military supplies and fodder being seized.

However, they never expected that just after they lit the torch and rushed out of the forest for only a few hundred meters, they suddenly heard a sound like a bowstring breaking, and the next second they saw a huge black shadow above their heads passing through the leaves and suddenly falling towards them.

The wooden pillar of the horizontal railing fell freely from the tree and suddenly hit them like a swing.

"Ah--!" The vanguard team that had just rushed out didn't even see the gate of the enemy's camp, and was knocked away by the falling wood along with their horses.

"What is that?!" Baines was standing at the back when he heard a scream in front of him. His heart skipped a beat and he quickly raised the torch, as if he wanted to see more clearly what was hidden in the forest.

"General, there is a trap!" As the scream rang out, the Daqian soldiers hiding in the dark raised their swords and cut the ropes tied to the tree trunks one by one.

The sounds of ropes breaking were heard one after another. The wood that fell from the leaves one after another was heavy and fierce, knocking the vanguard soldiers and horses at the front to the ground, forcing them to retreat again and again.

Baines listened to the report from the soldiers who had escaped from the front, and his face suddenly changed. He sneered, "Good! Good! Zong Yanli is really capable. He made such a detailed deployment. Do you really think these few pieces of wood can stop me from going? "

Baines turned around and gave orders, ordering the army to march separately.

I thought that this would be foolproof, but I didn't expect that the traps set by the enemy were so overwhelming. Wood falling from the sky was considered good, and there were also huge rocks and ditch traps. It would be a pity if I just dodged one, but another one came.

After such great difficulty, they finally advanced two steps, but were met with an overwhelming rain of arrows from the enemy.

“General, General!” Seeing that it was difficult to advance, the general in front came anxiously and said, “The enemy has clearly made defensive arrangements. I’m afraid they have already seen through our intentions. I think we can’t advance any further!”

"Humph! If they had known our intentions, they should have led us into the camp and then surrounded and killed us instead of obstructing us like this." Baines was thinking clearly, and he stopped the general and said, "The enemy is obstructing us like this because there are not enough soldiers left in the camp and they dare not face the enemy head-on!"

"Stop talking and rush over!"

"Don't let the enemy delay any longer, charge forward!"

It has to be said that after leading the army for many years, Baines has some skills. He was able to guess the enemy's situation and issue military orders without hesitation.

The general gritted his teeth, and finally agreed, turned around and led his troops to force their way forward.

Although they finally crossed the ditch, the casualties were extremely heavy. Baines simply couldn't understand how someone could set up the traps so densely and how such huge wooden pillars and boulders were hung up!

After finally rushing through this trap, Baines saw the enemy camp.

He was excited and wanted to charge forward, but when he got closer, he suddenly saw the man walking out from behind the enemy's shield soldiers. Zong Yanli, who was sitting high on the horse, walked out slowly, raised his eyes and looked at Baines, his dark eyes flashing with a cold light.

"Zong Yanli!?" The moment Baines suddenly saw Zong Yanli, his heart pounded and his eyes were filled with disbelief. He had never expected that Zong Yanli would be here!

"Want to get past?" Zong Yanli slowly drew out the long sword from his waist in front of Baines, and pointed the dark wolf-shaped long sword directly at Baines and said, "Better than me."

"..."

This was completely different from the 'raid' he had expected!

Why does it look like you are here to overcome obstacles and defeat the future?

Baines was extremely anxious, and couldn't understand why Zong Yanli was here. Now he had no choice but to go ahead. He was sure that his judgment would not be wrong, and there were definitely not many troops in Zong Yanli's camp.

Although Zong Yanli has the strength to resist thousands of troops, but how long can he resist?!

Baines gritted his teeth, stared at Zong Yanli and said, "The chance to take the general's head is right in front of you, kill him!"

Baines had no intention of fighting with Zong Yanli. He would not give Zong Yanli a chance to turn the tables, so he led his men to charge forward.

Zong Yanli clenched his sword and rushed forward to meet the enemy. The soldiers behind him roared and rushed forward. The two armies fought in front of the camp.

"Archers, get ready!" Gongsun Pu stood weakly on the lookout tower at the rear, looking at the battle situation in front. He wanted to follow Zong Yanli's advice and wait in the camp, but when he heard the shouts of killing that were getting louder and louder, he could not sit still no matter what.

Gongsun Pu stood on the observation deck, watching the battle situation and calculating the enemy's offensive in his mind. He then called a soldier to deliver a message to inform Zong Yanhongjing, who was giving orders in the front with Zong Yanli in the back.

His mind worked very quickly. He could make a rough guess just by seeing the enemy army change direction of attack. He calmly gave a response strategy. When he got anxious, he choked on the night wind and could not help but lean forward and cough violently.

"The wind is coming, we can use fire attack..." Gongsun Pu's face became paler, and the knuckles of his hands that were holding the railing turned white. His body seemed to be trembling a little. He tried his best to endure the pain caused by the cough in his chest and asked the soldier to go and pass on the message.

He ordered the archers to replace the arrows, burn kerosene to make fire arrows, and shoot arrows from the side using the wind.

The rocket hit your collar and caught fire directly. How could you fight the enemy while you were distracted by putting out the fire?

The enemy's formation was disrupted for a moment, Zong Yanli shouted loudly, and he and Wen Nian seized the opportunity to charge into the enemy's formation. Amid the deafening shouts of killing, Baines kept changing his strategy and finally broke through the gate of the enemy's camp after spending a lot of time.

Gongsun Pu struggled to hold on all night but finally couldn't hold on any longer. He passed out with a blackout.

Just as dawn broke in that day, Sha Haoqian finally broke free from Kan Shi's entanglement and led his troops back to provide support, while Wang Yi crossed the Juqu River and returned.

Baines only broke through the main camp but could hardly advance an inch. Sha Haoqian attacked from behind and Wang Yi came from the side. Baines realized something was wrong. If he went deeper into the enemy camp, he would surely be surrounded and strangled by the enemy's reinforcements!