novelaction Chapter 260 Secretly assassinating Chen Cang
Chapter 260 Secretly assassinating Chen Cang
Min Wenshan wondered for no reason, when did he stop paying attention to Lu Peibai, and stopped being amazed and grateful for her appearance?
Perhaps it was from Lu Peibai's first compromise that she no longer left the barracks at will and avoided working with military generals as much as possible. He was the one who did everything and everything. For some reason, it seemed that many of the strategic deployments given by Lu Peibai had inexplicably become Min Wenshan's strategies.
At that time, Lu Peibai smiled gently and said that he was giving him advice and didn't care about these false reputations.
But it was precisely because of Lu Peibai's compromise that Min Wenshan was deeply moved, and he kept approaching her. From initially not allowing her to show up, to later not allowing her to handle military affairs at will, and then to later listening to the persuasion of his personal soldiers, using the many inconveniences during the march as an excuse, and half persuading and half threatening Lu Peibai to commit herself to him.
It seemed that all of a sudden, Lu Peibai went from being an extremely intelligent female strategist to an inconspicuous concubine in his room.
"It's really ridiculous that you were fooled by a woman." Qiu Wu's rude mockery made Min Wenshan feel ashamed. He turned around and said with a stern face, "Don't laugh at me. This woman does have some strategies."
"Now that she has joined Zong Yanli and has been given such an important position, I think we will face each other soon."
"If you suffer a loss at her hands, it's too early for you to laugh, General Qiu."
Qiu Wu snorted coldly after hearing what Min Wenshan said, and sneered, "Zong Yanli accepted that woman into the camp, which clearly meant to humiliate you. He has many advisers under him, how could he be interested in a woman?"
Qiu Wu obviously didn't believe that a woman could do anything, so he said coldly: "General Min is really old, it seems that leading an army is not suitable for you."
"General Min, why don't you hand over your military power and retreat to the rear!" Qiu Wu said with a laugh.
"Qiu Wu! Don't go too far!" Min Wenshan was furious when he heard this. He scolded Qiu Wu and even used the new emperor to pressure him, which made Qiu Wu restrain himself a little.
Zong Yanli's troops were already at the gates of the city, and Qiu Wu didn't want to make things too awkward with Min Wenshan at this moment. Besides, Min Wenshan had the support of the new emperor. Qiu Wu would naturally not act rashly unless he was completely sure of bringing Min Wenshan down.
At that moment, Qiu Wu and Min Wenshan had a very heated debate about how to deal with Zong Yanli next.
At this time, outside Taoyang City, in the Daqian military tent, Zong Yanli was also sitting with the generals.
"General, we have explored Qiu Ding River. Although there is ice, it is too thin and fragile to pass through." Long Feiguang stretched out his hand to pull off the scarf around his neck, shook off the snow particles on his body and said, "If you want people to walk on it, I'm afraid it will still be difficult."
"It seems we need to wait a little longer." Zong Yanli frowned slightly, calmed down and nodded to show that he understood.
Zong Yanli had already imagined that if Qiu Dingjiang failed to freeze into a glacier, he would have to come up with another strategy for attacking the city, so he was not too disappointed when he heard the news.
Instead, he quickly regained his composure and began to discuss the current direction of the siege on Taoyang City.
After the army rested for two days, Zong Yanli once again gathered his forces to attack the city. This was the first time that Zong Yanli attacked Taoyang City. One reason was to test the defense of Taoyang City and understand the enemy situation. The other was to see if there were any signs of a sharp decline in our army's siege capability under the ice and snow.
Any deficiencies need to be observed in actual combat, and finally continuously trained and supplemented.
This is true whether it is individual ability or the ability of the entire army.
"No, Taoyang City has sufficient military strength and the city walls are built very solidly. Even the catapults could not shake them at all. The city gates are even more indestructible. If we use such a strong attack, we won't be able to break through even after several years of fighting." Long Feiguang stared at the snow on his head, even his eyebrows were dyed white by the snow.
"Have you checked all the city gates?" Zong Yanli sat upright on the horse. Although she did not look like this because she was wearing a mask, the snow still piled on her visor, making her look even more ridiculous.
"I've seen it all. It's very difficult to make a breakthrough." Since Long Feiguang gave such a high evaluation, it seems that Taoyang City is indeed indestructible.
Zong Yanli was not discouraged, and immediately ordered his troops to withdraw and rest and fight again the next day!
This went on for nearly half a month. Min Wenshan and Qiu Wu in Taoyang City saw that Zong Yanli had attacked the city several times and seemed to be at a loss as to what to do. They were overjoyed and believed that they could definitely hold Taoyang City.
On that day, the two brothers Yan Yingshan and Zhu Jin rushed back and told Zong Yan that Li Qiu Dingjiang was frozen!
"The two of us went to give it a try, but we're not sure if we can allow thousands of troops to pass..." There was no problem for the two of them to go up, but he was not sure if the army could go with them.
"Let's go and take a look." Zong Yanli didn't hesitate. He put on a fur coat and went out of the tent in the wind and snow. He really saw the frozen river. Unfortunately, Zong Yanli only walked halfway to the ice river and didn't go any further.
"What's wrong, General?" Gao Feilin turned sideways and asked Zong Yanli.
"This plan won't work." Zong Yanli squatted down, his tone containing a hint of helplessness and regret, but his voice was extremely firm.
The river was indeed frozen, but the ice became thinner as it got closer to the center of the river. Zong Yanli squatted down and reached out to wipe away a layer of snow on the ice. Through the ice, he could seem to see the surging river water below.
Such an ice surface is extremely dangerous. Once you step on it, it is equivalent to embarking on a path of no return.
If the enemy noticed, they would not need to do anything. They only needed to throw stones onto the ice surface, which would easily cause the thin ice layer to collapse and the entire army would be wiped out without losing a single soldier.
"Let's go back to the camp." After carefully walking around, Zong Yanli led his men back to the tent.
"If the snow and wind don't stop, maybe we can wait a little longer?" Long Feiguang asked in a low voice.
"If we wait any longer, we will miss the best opportunity to attack the city." Zong Yanli took off his armor and handed it to Gao Feilin. He then took off his helmet and hat, and then got into the warm military tent. Long Feiguang and others also took off their armor and followed closely behind.
Pei Liang, Lu Peibai and others in the military tent saw Zong Yanli coming back, and then heard these words from Zong Yanli. They felt a little sorry for a moment, because you know, Zong Yanli had done a lot of training in this regard in order to cross the glacier.
It is now difficult to pass through the glacier, so this plan has become useless.
Zong Yanli took off his gloves and stretched out his hands to warm them by the brazier. His hands were rough and broad, full of cracks. Sitting in the upper seat, Zong Yanli's lips were slightly chapped. He took two sips of water to moisten them, and then he said, "Our army attacked the city one after another, but failed to cause any losses to the enemy."
"I guess the Qi army is very complacent right now, thinking that Taoyang City is indestructible." Zong Yanli raised his eyes slightly and looked at everyone and said, "Complacency will overflow. Now is the best time to attack the city."
"Since marching across the glacier is not feasible, do you generals have any good ideas for attacking the city?"
As Zong Yanli continued to ask, everyone started talking at once. The atmosphere in the tent was heated, but after a long discussion, no strategy could be come up with.
Zong Yanli looked around, and finally set his eyes on Lu Peibai. He said in a gentle tone: "Mr. Mingxi is most familiar with the Qi army. I wonder if you have any good plan this time?"
Lu Peibai thought for a moment and said, "Yes and no."
Zong Yanli was stunned when he heard this, and frowned in confusion: "What do you mean?"
"General, please forgive me. Although my strategy can break the city, it is..." Lu Peibai glanced at Zong Yanli and said with some difficulty: "I am afraid it will hurt your reputation."
"My reputation?" Zong Yanli became even more curious, and immediately sat calmly and raised his hand to Lu Peibai and said, "In that case, I really want to hear what good plan Mr. Mingxi has."
"Since the general insists on listening, I will tell you." Lu Peibai bowed to Zong Yanli and said, "If I have offended you, please forgive me, general and general."
Duzhe, who was sitting lazily on the side, straightened his back and said, "What do I have to do here?"
Lu Peibai narrowed his eyes and gave Du Zhe a mysterious smile. That smile really gave Du Zhe goosebumps. He always felt as if he was being plotted against.
Lu Peibai slightly adjusted his words and said, "General, you are right. Complacency will lead to overflowing. The Qi army must be in this state of mind at the moment. Instead of storming the city gate, it is better to let the enemy open the city gate for our army. There is a saying that goes, 'repairing the plank road in the open while marching through Chencang in secret.'"
"If at this critical moment, Wuhuan breaks with you and defect to Qi, do you think the Qi army will believe it?" Lu Peibai said with a smile, pursing his lips.
"There must be a trick for this to happen without any reason. The Qi army is not that stupid." Zong Yanli shook his head and frowned.
"That's true." Lu Peibai nodded and replied, "So there was a plan that would damage the general's reputation."
"They were supposed to be an indestructible alliance, but they broke apart overnight. There are only two possibilities." Lu Peibai's eyes fell on Du Zhe, then turned to Zong Yanli and said faintly, "It's nothing more than 'revenge for killing my father' and 'hatred for stealing my wife'."
"I remember that the Queen of Wuhuan was very beautiful, and she is also an old acquaintance of the general?"
"It was the general to whom the queen first surrendered..."
Du Zhe was confused at first, but when he heard the second half of Lu Peibai's sentence, his alarm bells rang and he became alert: "What do you mean? I'm asking you what you mean!"
Lu Peibai's eyes were calm: "General, please be at ease..."
What the hell is An!
How can I live peacefully when my wife has been taken away!!!
Zong Yanli was also stunned by Lu Peibai's words. Seeing Du Zhe so excited, he quickly spoke to comfort him, "General Du, please listen to what Mr. Mingxi has to say. I know you are eager to protect your wife..."
Besides, she can't really do something like stealing his wife, right?
Lu Peibai spoke up to comfort Duzhe, and explained in detail the feasibility of this plan. It was impossible for Wuhuan and Daqian to fall apart without any reason. The so-called "hatred of having your wife taken away" was only one of the reasons. The deeper reason was that Saiya was the princess of Wuhuan.
Duzhe, the new king of Wuhuan, was simply a figurehead. Zong Yanli came with the slogan of unifying the north. Wuhuan had long been in her pocket. It would be better if the queen of Wuhuan became his woman. In this way, it would be effortless to seize the land.
Lu Peibai said that they only needed to spread such rumors and then stage a drama in which Zong Yanli robbed the Queen of Wuhuan.
And it caused Duzhe to rebel...
"How can this damage the general's reputation? It's clearly damaging the reputation of our Wuhuan!!!" Du Zhe was so angry that he was unwilling to agree to such an absurd proposal.
"If Duzhe 'rebelled', how could he enter Taoyang City?" Zong Yanli briefly ignored Duzhe's shouting, pondered Lu Peibai's plan, and asked a further question: "Even if Duzhe is allowed to enter Taoyang City, with the limited military strength of Wuhuan, if the Qi army finds out that it is a false surrender, he will probably be strangled in an instant."
"Yes." Lu Peibai smiled and raised his eyebrows and said, "So what I just said was just to repair the plank road."
"Since there is still the second half of the plan to sneak through Chencang, there must be another plan." Lu Peibai thought for a while, looked at Zong Yanli and said, "General, do you still remember that I once mentioned a dragon carving man to you?"
"Remember." Zong Yanli nodded in response.
Lu Peibai looked extremely confident, and said with a straight posture: "The current political situation in Qi is unstable, and there are many rumors about the new king's succession to the throne."
She wanted to fabricate an "oracle" and a "common ruler of the world" out of thin air at this time. Lu Peibai whispered: "The people of Qi are very concerned about the ice sculpture of flying dragons around the pillar. Why don't you make a fuss about it?"
"There is only one person in the world who can carve a dragon, but... there can be thousands and thousands of them." Lu Peibai pursed his lips and smiled, saying, "It depends on how the general creates it."
"I'll send you the 'oracle' as a token of my trust, and use the ice sculpture to do this, as a great gift to the State of Qi."
Zong Yanli fell into deep thought as he listened to Lu Peibai's words, and seemed to be gradually advancing the feasibility of this matter. If the ice sculpture could be transported, it would be a big deal. It could be packed in wooden boxes and covered with cloth, and people could also hide inside them.
Zong Yanli always believed that the power of these four words "common ruler of the world" was absolutely extraordinary.
Du Zhe was anxiously walking around, and Zong Yanli had to notice him. Finally, he said helplessly: "General Du, don't worry. If Queen Saiya refuses this, I will never use such a strategy."
Du Zhe: “…”
He didn't know why, but he didn't feel comforted at all after hearing Zong Yanli's words, and even had an illusion in his heart.
If Zong Yanli told Sai Ya about this, Sai Ya might really agree...
As expected, Zong Yanli temporarily kept Lu Peibai to further understand the plan. Finally, after he felt that it was very feasible, he immediately wrote a letter to Queen Saiya who was far away in Wuhuan, and decided to implement this plan with her.
In order to ensure the feasibility of this matter, Sai Ya even planned to come in person and perform a "robbery" scene with Zong Yanli.