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

Chapter 191 Another Year

Seeing Monk's victory in this battle, our soldiers were so excited that they immediately followed Zong Yanli and charged forward.

Before Yi Tiangan could recover from Gesimu's tragic defeat, he saw Zong Yanli leading a large army to charge. Frightened, he ordered his men to bring back Gesimu's body first, and then quickly gave orders to meet the enemy.

Not only was the enemy defeated and the morale of the army broken, but the fact that Monk won in such a confrontation was simply terrifying to watch.

Fearful after repeated defeat, Zong Yanli, who was rushing over, felt his legs trembling, and even the movement of raising his sword seemed weak and powerless.

Yi Tiangan stood up, shouted angrily to intimidate the soldiers with his general power, and was the first to mount his horse to meet the enemy.

When the Northern Army soldiers saw Yi Tiangan standing in front of the army, the fear and panic in their hearts were temporarily soothed. They clenched their swords and followed the general to fight the enemy.

Morale was of utmost importance to the two armies when they charged into battle. This was not the first time Yi Tiangan was a general, so he naturally knew how much of a blow Monk's intimidation and Gesimu's death had dealt to our soldiers in the last battle, so he responded immediately.

In this way, he stabilized the morale of the army and ordered it to hold its position to deal with the enemy's charge.

Yi Tiangan thought that even if the fighting general was defeated, Zong Yanli's troops would never be able to break through his army formation. However, he never expected that while he was concentrating on dealing with the vanguard, the left and right wings were attacked at the same time.

"What's going on!?" Yi Tiangan's face suddenly turned ugly when he heard the report from the patrol officer.

"The enemy deployed their troops first!" Yu Jinghui panicked and asked quickly, "When did Zong Yanli deploy his troops?"

Yu Jinghui's face looked a little ugly. He had already reminded Yi Tiangan that Zong Yanli was not just a brave and powerful general. His strategic ability was not inferior to many strategists in the world. When fighting against him, one must not only keep an eye on his terrifying military power, but also be careful not to be surrounded and killed by the army!

Yi Tiangan really couldn't understand, at such a critical moment of the battle, how could Zong Yanli have time to divide his thoughts and deploy his troops when he was standing in front of the army and watching closely?

But now Yi Tiangan didn't have much time to think about it, he had to dispatch troops for emergency support.

One had a plan in advance, the other made a plan at the last minute.

This final battle made Yi Tiangan extremely frustrated. His military defenses were forced to retreat again and again. In just his first battle with Zong Yanli, he was driven back twenty miles by her.

"How can this be!" As night fell, Yi Tiangan returned to the tent angrily, took off the armor on his head, threw it on the ground angrily, and said with anger on his face: "This Zong Yanli is much more difficult to deal with than the fierce general of Gao State!"

"General, calm down." The generals who followed him in all spoke out to persuade him.

He just said that they underestimated us this time, and that their estimate of the soldiers under Zong Yanli was too one-sided. Then, when talking about the battle between the two armies today, he couldn't help but say seriously: "Although the enemy's troops are not as strong as ours, their troops are well-trained and should not be underestimated."

It stands to reason that most powerful armies have an elite division.

The same was true for the Northern Army.

However, after the battle with Zong Yanli today, they were horrified to find that any one of the soldiers under Zong Yanli's command could be called elite!

This……

But it really surprised them. The vanguard troops led by Zong Yanli had already displayed an amazing offensive, but they didn't expect that the Ghost Camp and the Tianlei Army on the left and right wings were not weaker at all. Even the guerrilla support of the White Eagle Army was too much to deal with.

The Northern Army was really defeated in this battle. Yi Tiangan sat in the tent with a gloomy face, and was about to re-examine Zong Yanli.

"Ge Simu..." Yi Tiangan quickly adjusted his mood. He took a deep breath and frowned, saying, "Alas, I was careless. I didn't expect that the generals under Zong Yanli were so terrible that even Ge Simu couldn't win."

"That Monk is really scary. It seems that the many generals under Zong Yanli need to be treated with caution." The generals next to him all changed their expressions when they talked about Monk.

It can be seen to some extent that during today's fight, Monk became more and more courageous, and at the end it even seemed that Gesimu seemed to have made Monk successful.

Yi Tiangan frowned in annoyance. He asked everyone to count the losses and then asked them to go back and rest for the time being and discuss the war further another day.

Finally, he asked, "How is General Duzhe's injury?"

Miu Mo quickly stepped forward and said, "The wound has been bandaged by the military doctor. The bleeding has stopped, but the severed hand has not been found. It should be..."

Yi Tiangan's face became even uglier. Du Zhe cut off his hand to save his life, but because it was his right hand that was cut off, he was now equivalent to a waste without any fighting ability. In other words, this was the first time he met Zong Yanli, and not only did he lose two generals, but he was also defeated and retreated twenty miles away.

It's shameful, really disgraceful.

Yi Tiangan couldn't even utter any words to comfort and console her. He just waved his hand at Miu Mo and told him dryly to take good care of General Duzhe, then sent everyone back.

Compared to the miserable situation of the Northern Army, the shouts from Zong Yanli's side were deafening. Monk washed off the coagulated blood stains on his body, and the wounds on his back, waist and abdomen were exposed. The cold water made him shiver all over, and he couldn't tell whether he was shivering from the pain of the wound or from the cold.

Zong Yanli took off his military armor and was also dealing with external injuries. His arms and shoulders were stabbed, but fortunately the military armor blocked the damage, so the cut on his body was very shallow.

Zong Yanli didn't take it seriously at first, but when Wen Nian saw the blood on his wound, he forcibly dragged him to get it bandaged.

"The military doctor has gone to check on Monk's injuries. General, don't worry." Wen Nian said in a low voice, as if he saw Zong Yanli's worry.

"Yeah." Zong Yanli's tense shoulders relaxed a little. Since returning to the capital, Zong Yanli left the mute slave in the capital.

One reason was that the mute slave was forced to serve in the army. As she grew older, Zong Yanli was worried that the hardships of the upcoming march would cause her death.

The second reason was that the one they were fighting against was the Northern Army's royal division, which was undoubtedly a more grand and dangerous war than the previous one. Zong Yanli himself was not very confident, so he left the mute slave in the capital.

Now that Zong Yanli has such status and position, he has fewer troubles, but things like bandaging wounds have inexplicably fallen into Wen Nian's hands.

After Wen Nian carefully helped Zong Yanli apply medicine and bandage his wound, Zong Yanli had just put on his clothes when he heard a report from outside the tent that Zong Yanhongjing strode in with a medicine bottle in his hand. He walked in and saw Wen Nian had just packed the medicine box.

When he took another look at Zong Yanli's wound that had been bandaged, he looked at Wen Nian with a subtle and cold look.

Zong Yanli was stunned by this scene, and then he paused and said, "Wen Nian, you go down first."

"Yes." Wen Nian responded with his eyebrows lowered, and went out carrying the medicine box.

"He..." Zong Yanhongjing's expression changed, his eyes were serious as he pointed at Wen Nian who had taken it out.

"As father thought." Zong Yanli nodded after inviting Zong Yanhongjing to take a seat, and said calmly, "Wen Nian knows my identity and has been hiding it for me for ten years."

Zong Yanhongjing stared for a moment, then fell silent.

The flame of murder that had just arisen in his heart instantly weakened. Looking at Zong Yanli again, he couldn't help but think that his child was so strong and excellent that even if people knew she was a girl, there would be countless people who would submit to her and admire her.

Zong Yanhongjing paused as he thought about this, nodded slightly and said, "It's a good thing that you trust and value Wen Nian so much."

It's better than carrying everything alone.

Zong Yanli was silent for a moment, lowering his eyes and not saying anything. Zong Yanhongjing then asked, "How is the injury?"

"It's nothing serious." Zong Yanli raised his eyes and replied, frowning slightly, "Although our army won this time, it also let Yi Tiangan know the details of our army. I'm afraid he will be cautious next time, and it will be difficult to win again."

"That's normal." Zong Yanhong nodded and said, "But you don't have to worry too much. Judging from this battle, our army is indeed capable of fighting."

"What I'm worried about is the Northern Army's request for help." Zong Yanli remembered deeply that now they were only dealing with the Northern Kingdom and the Wuhuan Kingdom.

The other countries in the north had not made any moves yet. Zong Yanli pondered for a while and said, "Father, we should be careful about the fire in the rear."

Although Zong Yanhongjing wanted to say that the other northern countries would not go to war so easily, he also felt that Zong Yanli's worries were not unreasonable. He nodded and asked people to pay attention to the caravan and report as soon as they heard of any unusual movements in the north.

Then the father and son said a few words to each other and went to bed.

The next morning, the commanders of each camp reported the statistics of losses and the number of enemies killed. Zong Yanli compiled them slightly and asked the bookkeeper to record them in a book, which was then submitted to the capital along with the military report.

During this winter, Zong Yanli fought with the Northern Army dozens of times, with some wins and some losses, and engaged in a tug-of-war for a long time.

It was in the midst of such fierce fighting that another New Year arrived.

The snow was getting heavier that day, and even the Northern Army proposed a temporary truce, which shows how severe the wind and snow were.

"Such heavy snow will cause many disasters..." Gongsun Pu tightened the collar of his fur jacket, and white air came out of his breath as he spoke.

"I hope there will be fewer disaster-affected areas." The new monarch had just ascended the throne, and the Wu Kingdom had changed its name to Daqian. If disasters occurred frequently in the first year of the new monarch's reign, it would be a bad start to the year, and would be even more detrimental to the new monarch's winning the hearts of the people.

Twenty-six-year-old Zong Yanli had not changed much. Except in the military tent, she never took off her armor.

Many soldiers and generals had never even seen her face, so naturally they were curious and asked their generals why the general never took off his armor.

Kuang Xingquan, Meng Qi and others recalled Zong Yanli's face, and finally said that the general looked like Yama Luo, and he was once known as the god of death General Yama!

Wearing armor is to take care of you, so that you little soldiers won’t be scared when you see it!

No one knew how this rumor spread, but it became more and more outrageous, and Zong Yanli's notoriety spread far and wide.

In the military tent, Zong Yanli had just finished taking a bath and was wearing a fur coat, writing a military report at the table. There was a charcoal fire burning next to the table to keep him warm. His hair, which was dried by the bake, was cut in half. Monk and others, who had just been spreading rumors about their general, came into the tent.

When he raised his eyes, he saw Zong Yanli sitting at the table, and he felt a little guilty for a moment.

Under the roasting of the charcoal fire, Zong Yanli's fair face had a warm blush, and he looked handsome no matter how you looked at him!

"What are you looking at?" As soon as she raised her eyes, her cold and sharp black eyes seemed to cut through the peaceful picture of the years, so clear and intuitive that they instantly put aside their wandering thoughts.

"Greetings, General." Monk and his men all bowed their heads and stepped forward to greet him.

"Sit down." Zong Yanli put down his pen, looked at them and asked, "What's the matter?"

"The wind and snow have stopped in the past few days, and I'm afraid the enemy will set out again soon. I have discussed with the generals, and you think we can take the initiative to launch an offensive this time?" Kuang Xingquan said boldly.

Zong Yanli did not refute, but sat upright and listened further to Kuang Xingquan's analysis.

When they were halfway through their conversation, Zong Yanli simply asked Gao Feilin to invite Long Feiguang, Sha Haoqian and other generals.

It was originally just a private conversation, but somehow it suddenly turned into a military meeting.

Zong Yanli made more detailed arrangements based on Kuang Xingquan's proposal.

The generals sitting below looked up at Zong Yanli, who was wearing a fur coat. She had a calm demeanor and spoke in a gentle tone, analyzing the enemy situation step by step in such detail. Standing in front of the huge map, she looked like a powerful person who controlled the world's war situation.

At this moment, no one cared about her pretty face, no one cared about her smooth chin, and no one would look down on her.

Just standing there was enough to make everyone submit and obey.

"I obey your orders!" All the troops stood up in unison and bowed their heads respectfully in response.

Zong Yanli nodded slightly and watched everyone leave.

Peng Hai and the others who walked out of the tent all heaved a sigh of relief, looked at each other and said with a smile: "The general's oppressive feeling really makes me feel uneasy every time..."

"Haha! Why are you panicking? This is our general!" Fortunately, he is our general.

They simply couldn't imagine how terrifying it would be if this was the enemy's general...

Zong Yanli decided to take the initiative to launch an offensive, so this would not be a trivial matter.

She deployed troops in a very short time, and just when the war was about to break out, she received news from the capital.

Daqian was hit by disasters and the situation was not optimistic.

The general meaning is to let Zong Yanli worry about the reserve military supplies. On one side are the people in the disaster area, and on the other side are the soldiers in the army. After the new monarch ascends the throne, Empress Dowager Gao will control the government and will wait until the emperor comes of age to return power to the monarch.

The current situation is not optimistic, and Gao Jiayue is having a hard time. She has caused a lot of controversy since she came to power.

The political situation was not yet stable, and there was a disaster, so the country was in a dilemma for a while.

Now I am sending a message to Zong Yanli, also wanting her to think of a way to save the situation?