Chapter 193: One side of water and soil supports one side of people
Chapter 193: One side of water and soil supports one side of people
"I am not a kind-hearted person, and I will not take in an orphan who suddenly appeared out of nowhere." Zong Yanli sat on the high seat, staring at Sai Ya with cold and sharp eyes and said: "Since you have come to me, then you should take out the bargaining chip that will make me keep you."
Sai Ya raised her head and fearlessly met Zong Yanli's gaze. She said with a firm look in her eyes, "The North and the South have not fought for several years. Now the war situation has reached a stalemate. I would like to list for you the capable and skilled warriors in the Northern Army!"
Sai Ya said loudly: "It is difficult to defeat a pack of wolves. The way to win is to defeat them one by one!"
Sai Ya paused, with a hint of sadness in her eyes, and gritted her teeth as she said, "I only ask to chop off Yi Tiangan's head with my own hands!"
Zong Yanli raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at Sai Ya for a while and said, "Okay."
Zong Yanli did not give Sai Ya absolute freedom. She was taken to a tent and all her weapons were confiscated. Sai Ya did not object to Zong Yanli's imprisonment. Perhaps she knew that she had not gained Zong Yanli's trust for the time being.
Gongsun Pu, Zhan Haoyue and others who came upon hearing the noise were extremely alert to the sudden appearance of the princess of the Wuhuan Kingdom.
He was worried that this might be a trick used by the Wuhuan. After all, Zong Yanli had just captured a spy from the Wuhuan who had infiltrated from the Wu State. He could not rule out the possibility that the Wuhuan were going to use the same old trick again.
Fortunately, Zong Yanli did not show any trust in him, and after imprisoning the person, he secretly sent people to inquire about the movements of Wuhuan.
"Do all the princesses of the northern countries look like this?" Monk and his companions were curious and took a peek at the princess of the Wuhuan Kingdom. They were shocked to see how tall and muscular she was. She didn't look like a princess at all, but more like a female guard.
"People in the north have tall bones, both men and women." Zhan Haoyue had a calm expression and was not surprised by the appearance of the Wuhuan Princess.
As the saying goes, the land and water shape the people.
Even the royal princess values martial arts, and her riding and archery skills are no less than others.
But not all crown princes are like this. It is rare to find a woman like Sai Ya who can travel all the way from Wuhuan to here alone and even dare to enter the enemy's military camp.
When the Northern Army challenged again, Zong Yanli had someone bring Sai Ya to the front of the army. She asked Sai Ya to put on our army's armor and wear a black scarf covering most of her face, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.
Dressed as a personal soldier, he was brought to Zong Yanli's side. Zong Yanli looked at Sai Ya and said, "Have you seen your Wuhuan soldiers?"
Sai Ya squinted her eyes, frowned and shook her head, saying: "It's too far away, I can't tell clearly."
"Do you recognize the general who went into battle?" Zong Yanli continued to ask without saying anything.
"I recognize him." Sai Ya nodded with certainty and said, "His name is Kuno, he is a capable general under Yi Tiangan, and his weapon is a mace."
"The end of the mace is made of an iron chain, which can be extended into an iron ball for swinging." Saiya understood that Zong Yanli wanted to see whether she really knew everything about the Northern Army. She spoke calmly and revealed the general's true colors in a few words.
"This man is cunning by nature. Be careful of being attacked from behind when fighting him." Saiya pursed her lips and looked at Zong Yanli.
Zong Yanli raised his eyebrows slightly, then pointed to Bai Xiuyun to go and fight.
Now that we know the enemy's details, the fight won't be that difficult.
But Zong Yanli still asked Bai Xiuyun to be careful, what if Sai Ya was wrong?
Kuno, who was on the field, didn't expect that he was being beaten before he even started. He originally thought it was a trump card, but when he swung the chain towards Bai Xiuyun, Bai Xiuyun seemed to have eyes behind him and directly grabbed the chain he swung.
He kicked the iron ball back and hit Kunno hard in the chest.
He was knocked off his horse and vomited blood with a cry.
After all these years of fighting, this was the first time that Kunno was hit by the iron ball he threw out. His eyes were full of panic, and he couldn't understand how Bai Xiujun could see through his attack.
He had no intention of fighting anymore and just fled back.
"General." Bai Xiujun returned victoriously. After leaning slightly towards Zong Yanli, his gaze fell on Sai Ya with a bit of scrutiny in his eyes. It was really as she said.
"Yeah." Zong Yanli nodded slightly.
In the subsequent battles between generals, our side seemed to have cheats. No matter who the enemy general was, Zong Yanli could find a way to deal with him very cleverly, so that the Northern Army suffered successive defeats without even knowing where the problem lay.
Yi Tiangan had never suffered such a defeat before, and his face turned pale with anger.
"General! Is there a spy in our army?" After being defeated in the battles for several days in a row, even a fool could sense that something was wrong. Those generals who had gone into battle were lucky enough not to have been beheaded, but they were still very angry.
When Yi Tiangan heard this, he immediately looked at Yu Jinghui. Yu Jinghui's heart skipped a beat. He met Yi Tiangan's gaze and said with a gloomy face, "General Yi, what do you mean by this?!"
Yu Jinghui glared at you and said, "This is Jin State. What good will it do me to betray you?"
Yi Tiangan also felt that Jin State had gone to great lengths to seek help from the Northern State, and would never do such a thing. Wouldn't it be putting itself in a dead end in the end?
He frowned and said with a cold face, "I just want to remind General Yu to keep a close eye on his men. You also said that this is the State of Jin. If there are spies in the city who steal military intelligence and cause our army to be defeated, General Yu will have an unshirkable responsibility!"
Yu Jinghui's face was still furious as he said in a cold voice, "You Northern Army have been acting recklessly in the city, causing countless troubles. If I hadn't intervened to calm things down, did General Yi think there wouldn't be civil unrest in the city?"
"Haha! I think it might be those rough guys under the general's command who disobeyed discipline and went to the city to have fun, and leaked military information when they were drunk."
"General Yi, you should take care of your own soldiers first!" Yu Jinghui's tone was not good, and his attitude was naturally not good. Yi Tiangan had been defeated in succession, and he didn't have the face to be arrogant. Hearing Yu Jinghui's words, he suddenly stood up in anger: "What did you say!"
Yu Jinghui was too lazy to argue with Yi Tiangan. After saying a few words, "You know the answer to this question," he turned around and went to check the army himself.
Although Yi Tiangan was angered by Yu Jinghui's words, he also knew that he was telling the truth.
He was naturally clear about the character of his soldiers, so he suppressed his anger and ordered the generals to go back and check their troops, and issued a military order that from now on no one could leave the camp without his order.
The Northern Army felt suffocated after hearing such an order. They were used to freedom and had no reason to be bound by such rules. Besides, they did not go anywhere else but were just moving around in the city. Why did they need to be treated so seriously?
"There are fewer soldiers and generals of the Northern Army in the city recently." Sang Caijie has now quietly cultivated an investigative network, and his spies lurking in various places bring him all kinds of information.
"The Northern Army suspects that there are spies among them, and they are investigating recently." Sang Caijie said as he stood in front of Zong Yanli, "The Jin Army has strengthened the city's defenses, so it may be difficult to get information from them in the future."
Zong Yanli nodded slightly in response. She keenly felt that this would be their opportunity.
In the military tent, Zong Yanli took out the blueprint of the enemy's military camp deployment drawn by Sai Ya.
This was drawn by Sai Ya based on her own memory. It includes the general deployment of the Northern Army. The Northern Kingdom had close contacts with the Wuhuan, and their military deployments were almost the same. Perhaps each general made some adjustments and reinforcements to the deployment, but this was generally the case.
Sai Ya said that she could persuade Du Zhe to surrender as long as she was given the opportunity to meet Du Zhe in person.
This is too risky for Zong Yanli. If Saiya turns against them and betrays Zong Yanli after meeting Duzhe, it will be a devastating blow to them.
"General, perhaps we can lure the enemy deeper into our territory." After much discussion, Gongsun Pu and others gave their suggestions to Zong Yanli.
"Feign defeat to lure the enemy."
"Let Princess Saiya be the bait to lure Duzhe into the trap."
As long as they can lure Duzhe into their encirclement, even if Saiya turns against them, they can still kill the two of them directly inside the encirclement.
Zong Yanli then discussed the matter in detail with Gongsun Pu and others.
Three days later, the tactics were agreed upon and Zong Yanli led his troops to launch an offensive against the Northern Army.
Yi Tiangan looked at the attacking Zong Yanli and said mockingly, "Zong Yanli is too anxious. Do you think I am afraid of him just because I lost a few battles?"
"A battle between two armies is a test of the strength of their troops!" Yi Tiangan had great self-confidence. In a head-on battle, the soldiers under his command were definitely not weaker than Zong Yanli's. Therefore, when he saw Zong Yanli coming to attack, he sent troops to fight without hesitation.
"Kill!" The deafening shout of killing rang out throughout the world.
Zong Yanliduan watched the battle situation, Sai Ya stared at the front, and after a long time, he finally saw the familiar military formation, which were the soldiers of Wuhuan!
Sai Ya looked a little excited, turned to look at Zong Yanli and said: "They are there!"
Although it is a battle, each team is actually clearly divided.
The Wuhuan soldiers tacitly fought around their own general, staying in a relatively central position. They would occasionally go out to conduct guerrilla warfare and then quickly withdraw. It seemed that their deployment was perfect.
Zong Yanli turned around and called Sha Haoqian, Fu Jiashi and others, and began to divide the battle situation in an orderly manner. The purpose was to separate the Wuhuan team. When the time was right, Zong Yanli personally took Saiya to join the battle.
Sai Ya was like a personal soldier following Zong Yanli, protecting the safety of the commander.
When they gradually got closer to the troops led by Duzhe, Zong Yanhongjing, who had taken over the battle situation, began to order a retreat after being defeated.
Yi Tiangan naturally had no intention of pursuing the enemy, and was ready to withdraw his troops when he saw the enemy was defeated. But just when Yi Tiangan gave the order to withdraw his troops, Du Zhe suddenly caught a glimpse of Zong Yanli leading his troops to attack.
Duzhe was already alarmed when he saw Zong Yanli, but when he turned around, he suddenly saw someone appear next to Zong Yanli. The appearance of the face made Duzhe shocked, and he angrily spurred his horse to chase after him.
"General! Don't chase after a desperate enemy!" Miu Mo was shocked to see Du Zhe's action, and hurried forward to stop him, saying, "General Yi has already ordered a withdrawal!"
"Get out of the way!" Duzhe watched Saiya's figure go away, then he whipped Miu Mo away, rushed out of the army alone, and chased in the direction Saiya left.
"What is Duzhe doing!" Yi Tiangan suddenly saw this scene, stood up immediately and lowered his eyes.
Miu Mo watched Du Zhe go out without hesitation, then looked back at the Wuhuan soldiers behind him, gritted his teeth and said, "You stay here! The rest of you follow me!"
It was impossible for Miu Mo to just watch Du Zhe chase out and do nothing, but she did not dare to take the risk of all the Wuhuan soldiers, so she selected a few good fighters and sent them after Du Zhe.
Over there, Duzhe chased Saiya all the way until they completely ran away from the central battle circle and appeared in an open space behind a hill.
"Stop!" Duzhe shouted anxiously. Saiya slowly stopped her horse and turned her back to Duzhe.
"Princess!?" Duzhe finally saw Saiya's face. He couldn't believe it and hurriedly dismounted and ran towards Saiya.
"General Duzhe." Saiya also got off the horse and looked at Duzhe with tears suddenly welling up in her eyes.
Du Zheduan looked at the haggard and dusty princess in front of him and was a little bit incredulous: "Why is the princess wearing the enemy's armor? Why is she here!?"
Sai Ya shook her head. She had so many things to say, but now she didn't have much time. Sai Ya eagerly grabbed Du Zhe's hand and said, "Yi Tiangan is simply a beast! My father and brothers were killed by the Northern Kingdom!"
"What..." Duzhe's eyes widened with anger, and he was shocked by Saiya's words.
"Wuhuan has been completely controlled by the Northern Kingdom. Mother..." Saiya choked up and said, "In order to save me, mother suffered humiliation from the king of the Northern Kingdom. That's how I was able to escape."
"General Duzhe, Wuhuan..." Saiya's eyes were filled with tears. She held Duzhe's hand tightly and said, "This is all a scam by the Northern Kingdom! Yi Tiangan deceived you!"
Duzhe fell into great confusion. He could hardly believe that when he went to the war, the king saw him off. How could the Wuhuan have undergone such a drastic change in the blink of an eye?
Sai Ya looked at Du Zhe and said, "I want to avenge my father! General Du Zhe... you are all I have."
Duzhe came back to his senses, held Sai Ya's hand tightly and said, "Don't be afraid, Princess. I will protect you."
"I have reached an agreement with Zong Yanli. Is General Duzhe willing to help me?" Sai Ya looked at Duzhe and said.
Du Zhe’s first reaction was that Zong Yanli could not be trusted, because they were enemy troops!
But when he wanted to say more, Sai Ya suddenly pushed Du Zhe away and said, "General, go back first. Don't mention my existence to anyone, no one! Not everyone around the general can be trusted!"
Sai Ya turned around hurriedly and said, "If the general believes me, let's meet at Xing'an Tavern in three days."
After saying this, Saiya turned around and ran away. She rode on her horse and disappeared in an instant. Duzhe stood there in a daze for a long time, then turned around and saw the figure of Miu Mo coming towards him.
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