Pig Killer

Chapter 251

"No regrets, there will be plenty of opportunities in the future." Li Nu looked at A Niang and the others with innocent eyes and said, "We can still tell the difference between what is important and what is not. I just want you to come back safely."

"Good children." Shen Hui'e looked at them gently and said.

"We will train well." The big bug looked at her with his round eyes.

"Okay!" Shen Hui'e replied with a smile.

"Is it cold? Water freezes into ice today." Shen Changsheng looked at them worriedly and said, "Why don't we stop practicing?"

"It's okay, I'm wearing thick clothes." Da Chong patted his thick sheepskin coat and said, "My brothers have stopped training, but we won't."

"Yeah!" The cat nodded like a chick pecking at rice.

"Okay! Do whatever you want. But don't practice too hard or you'll hurt yourself." Shen Hui'e looked at them gently and said.

"I know." The brother and sister nodded in unison.

"Should we tell other people about this trip to Hezhong Prefecture?" Shen Hui'e looked up at them and asked.

"Brothers, don't say anything. This involves military matters. If you tell them to keep it confidential, they won't ask about it." Huang Zhongchang thought for a while and said.

"I'm the one here!" Zhang Jixian said, pointing at himself.

"What about Da Chong's grandmother? Does his family want to tell her?" Shen Hui'e looked at him with her bright dark eyes.

"I'll go and tell him." Huang Zhongchang blinked his dark eyes and looked at him and said, "If I go with my brother-in-law, my mother won't ask anything."

"What are you saying?" Shen Changsheng looked at him with a helpless look.

"In my mother's eyes, whatever you do is good." Huang Zhongchang couldn't help but tease, "We are the ones who don't live up to expectations."

"Nonsense." Shen Changsheng pretended to be angry and said, "When my father was still alive, he praised you as his son-in-law."

Huang Zhongchang smiled sheepishly, "I am so unreliable and my wife has to suffer with me."

"Let's not talk about this." Shen Hui'e said, "How many troops does a county governor usually have?"

"Because the border counties bear heavy defense responsibilities, they usually have tens of thousands of troops." Zhang Jixian looked at them with his dark eyes and said, "In the west, in order to prevent the Xiongnu from moving south, the entire defense line has about 400,000 government troops!"

“Hiss…” Everyone present gasped.

Huang Zhongchang swallowed a few times and said, "So many people?"

"This is the real iron cavalry, which is completely different from the criminal army." Zhang Jixian said as he looked at them with his dark eyes.

"They were not called back to quell the rebellion." Huang Zhongchang asked curiously.

"I haven't heard of it." Zhang Jixian blinked and looked at them and said, "They have a heavy defense task, guarding against the Xiongnu!" Then he said, "Using the prisoner army to suppress the rebellion proves that we are not worth worrying about in their eyes, and it is not worth it for them to use their elite troops."

"Although it's true, it's really sad to hear." Huang Zhongchang said with a dim look in his eyes, and suddenly woke up, "What should we do if they want to mobilize 400,000 troops?"

"They are in the northwestern border, and their logistical and food supplies all rely on inland transportation. By cutting off their food supplies, we can force them to surrender." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her deep and bottomless eyes.

"Is it that easy?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her in disbelief and said, "Don't you know how to hunt?"

"That's 400,000 troops, in a vast Gobi desert where no grass grows and no birds shit." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her ink-black eyes.

"Is it so poor?" Huang Zhongchang said, his eyes falling on Zhang Jixian.

"Yes!" Zhang Jixian nodded and said, "Life on the grassland is difficult. When there is a famine, the Xiongnu will harass and plunder the border towns. Otherwise, they will not be able to live like this."

"Why would you rob us of it?" Huang Zhongchang said angrily.

"They are good at horse riding and archery." Zhang Jixian said helplessly, "The grassland is like this, they still fight with each other! But we are fat meat, everyone wants to grab us."

"This is not something we need to consider right now." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her dark eyes and said, "How many troops does Hedong County have?"

"In the inner counties, there are usually one to two thousand soldiers and horses." Zhang Jixian said as he looked at them with his dark eyes.

"Fortunately, fortunately, we are outnumbered." Huang Zhongchang breathed a sigh of relief.

"The county governor who controls the strategic location has more than 10,000 soldiers." Zhang Jixian looked directly at them and said.

"Ah!" Huang Zhongchang's face fell when he heard that. "We are short again." Then he said, "It doesn't matter. We are elite soldiers. One is worth two, no, no, one is worth three."

Shen Hui'e shook her head and laughed when she saw this, "Hehe..."

"Madam, don't laugh. Don't you trust the soldiers you trained?" Huang Zhongchang said to her with a smile.

This was a counter attack. Shen Hui'e glanced at him unhappily and had nothing to say.

"It's not just a comparison of numbers. It depends on the combat effectiveness and willpower of both sides." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with calm eyes.

"Willpower?" Huang Zhongchang asked her with his dark eyes.

"The determination to fight to the death, the bravest will win when two meet in a narrow road! Even if I die, I will take someone with me." Shen Hui'e said as she looked at them with her fists clenched.

"Really? Who wants to lose when they can win?" Huang Zhongchang snorted and looked at Zhang Jixian and asked, "How strong are these soldiers?"

"Not too bad. They have all been trained in military affairs." Zhang Jixian said, looking at them with his dark eyes.

"It seems like it will be a tough battle for us." Huang Zhongchang said as he looked at them with cold eyes.

"How is their daily training going now?" Shen Hui'e looked at the Shen brothers and asked, "Do you know?"

"There's no way we can get close to this important military camp." Shen Changsheng blinked and said to his second sister.

"I want to say?" Shen Hui'e closed her eyes and said, "Forget it, I'll go find out."

"How do you find out?" Huang Zhongchang asked curiously.

"We make so much noise during training that we can hear it from far away. How about them? The barracks won't be quiet, right?" Shen Hui'e raised her eyebrows and looked at them and said, "If they neglect training, their combat effectiveness will be greatly reduced."

"That's right!" Zhang Jixian's eyes lit up when he heard that.

"Training combat effectiveness is like sailing against the current. If you don't advance, you will retreat." Shen Hui'e looked at them with deep and penetrating eyes and said, "Training or not training makes a big difference." She pursed her lips and said very straightforwardly, "We have Datura stramonium. If it doesn't work, we can give them knockout drugs."

"Cough cough..." There was a burst of coughing.

"Mother, this is not good!" Da Chong stared at her with his eyes wide open and said in a low voice.

"What's wrong with that?" Shen Hui'e looked at them innocently with her pure big eyes.

"It's an unfair victory!" Huang Zhongchang looked at her unhappily and said.

"I'm doing this to save their lives and reduce our casualties." Shen Hui'e looked at them with eyes as dark as black holes and said, "If they dare to resist, what will you do?"

"They will definitely be killed," Huang Zhongchang said without hesitation, "They'd better know the situation."

"It's hard to say." Zhang Jixian looked at them with his dark eyes and said, "They may not obey us."

"That's right. They say they are government troops and we are just common people." Huang Zhongchang told the truth.

"This is the worst possible strategy." Shen Hui'e looked at them with her deep and bottomless eyes and said, "Don't use it unless it's absolutely necessary, okay!" She added unhappily, "You think it's easy to get a medicine! That's a barracks, not our yard where we can come and go freely." She tapped the wooden table with her index finger and said, "I have to report to all levels to enter your barracks!"

They looked at her awkwardly after hearing what she said.

"How many guards does Mr. Zhang estimate there are in Hedong County?" Shen Hui'e asked, looking straight at him.

"This place is not a strategic location, and there are probably only about two thousand people here!" Zhang Jixian said as he looked at them with his dark eyes.

"Two thousand people, that's not bad, not bad." Huang Zhongchang breathed a sigh of relief when he heard that.

"Among them, 250 are cavalrymen," Zhang Jixian reminded them.

"Then we can drug the horse!" Huang Zhongchang said cleverly.

"Haha..." Shen Hui'e laughed heartily upon hearing this.

"What are you laughing at?" Huang Zhongchang's cheeks flushed because of her smile, but fortunately his face was dark, so it was not very obvious.

"I'm serious. Drug the horses so that they can't move. Otherwise, we won't be able to deal with the cavalry." Huang Zhongchang said seriously.

Shen Hui'e gave him a thumbs up and said, "I agree." A gleam of light flashed in her eyes and she said, "And all these horses can fall into our hands."

"Okay! Okay!" Huang Zhongchang and his son nodded in unison.

"I've wanted to ride a horse for a long time, but I've been busy with other things and never had the chance." The big tiger looked at them with starry eyes and said.

"Okay then, let's find a way to eat these 250 war horses." Shen Hui'e said to them with confidence in her eyes.

"From the tone of your voice, you think eating cavalry is as easy as eating and drinking water. They are cavalry." Zhang Jixian looked at them naively and said, "Although they are not a huge army, the impact of these cavalry rushing over us is not small."

"That's why their horses fell asleep!" Huang Zhongchang said excitedly.

"Wait until I come back from Hezhong Prefecture, then we'll formulate a battle plan." Shen Hui'e said, looking at them with her deep and penetrating eyes.

"Okay then!" Zhang Jixian had no choice but to say after hearing this.

"Since there are guards in Hezhong Prefecture, why don't they expel the refugees outside the city?" Shen Hui'e asked the Shen brothers curiously.

"The county governor has military power, but he can't just send troops out at will." Zhang Jixian raised his eyebrows and looked at them and said, "After all, we are still civilians, not bandits."

"They want to squeeze every last drop of money out of the refugees." Shen Penglai said gritting his teeth.

"Then why don't these guards come down to clear us out?" Shen Hui'e asked curiously.

"Do they dare to come? There are only so few of them. Aren't they afraid of being ambushed on the road?" Huang Zhongchang looked at her with deep eyes and said, "Aren't they afraid of refugees rushing into Hezhong Prefecture? They are more afraid of death than us."

Shen Hui'e tapped her forehead and said, "I forgot about it."