vrcanaries Chapter 120 There is an enemy attack
Chapter 120 There is an enemy attack
When Su Muxi arrived at the main camp, even with A'er's count, there were less than five generals and officers, and the Northwest Camp really became an empty city.
Several generals clasped their fists and said, "Princess."
Su Muxi asked them to sit down. Lieutenant General Kuang had the highest position, so he took the initiative to ask, "Princess, why did you summon us? Did something big happen?"
Su Muxi was not polite to him, "General Kuang, report the deployment of the camp."
Su Muxi has no official position now, only the title of a princess, so it is not possible for her to give orders. Lieutenant General Kuang is an old man who has watched Su Muxi grow up. He knows that she must have discovered something, so he told her everything about the defense deployment in the camp.
There are only more than 50,000 people left, and this is still counting the situation of the fire troops. Su Muxi frowned, "These are the only people left in the army. Did father give any instructions?" Su Muxi didn't believe that his father didn't understand the situation. He could only say that his father had discovered a bigger problem.
"Heralds are on standby. If scouts discover an enemy attack, go find General Ningyuan and General Ningde immediately."
If there is a war, it will be too late. Su Muxi frowned and thought, staring at the map, "By the way, where is Lieutenant General Lin?"
"In Yancheng."
Yancheng was the first city to be conquered. After the outer border cities were conquered, Yancheng was the first. To the left of Yancheng was Hongcheng, which was guarded by the third brother, and to the right front was Shicheng, which was guarded by the second brother. These four cities had always belonged to Feng State before this.
Too scattered. "Send an order, ask General Ning Yuan to come back."
Now Lieutenant General Kuang could not agree and let Su Muxi know about the deployment. Firstly, he knew she was not an outsider, and secondly, the Marshal had said that he was afraid that someone would take advantage of the lack of troops in the camp to cause trouble. Su Muxi was considered a helper, but now the order was given to Shi Cheng, and she had this right.
Su Muxi also knew that she had overstepped her bounds. "Well, send a messenger to tell General Ning Yuan to pretend to abandon the city and make the return to defend a bigger move."
Lieutenant General Kuang immediately understood what Su Muxi meant. The camp was empty now. If someone really launched a sneak attack, regardless of whether it would succeed or not, it would certainly disrupt the morale of the army.
But if what the princess said was true, General Ningyuan had 80,000 soldiers under his command, and if he abandoned the city to return for support, the Feng army would naturally have to think twice and not dare to attack. What's worse, the Feng army wanted to test the strength of Guanyang City, and with General Ningyuan's reputation, he would definitely deal a heavy blow to the Feng army.
"I will pass the order immediately."
There were still three captains left in the main tent. Su Muxi readjusted the deployment and asked them to make arrangements immediately. After they all left the tent, only Er was left.
"How many of my men are still in the camp?"
Su Yi is a family servant, A Da and A Er are her deputies. They depend on each other for life and death in the same trench. There are only a few dozen soldiers left who truly belong to Su Muxi. Now Su Muxi is asking about the newly assigned ones.
Ah Er knew what Su Muxi was asking, so he said, "Less than two hundred."
"Pick out the people and have them guard the border town. I'll be able to use them later."
"Subordinates obey orders."
The Yunchao is shaped like a ship, half surrounding the Feng Kingdom. The border line is continuous, winding all the way from Hanshui City to Jingyu City. In addition to the Gobi Mountains that are difficult to climb, there are a total of six defensive cities.
Jingyu City was guarded by Marquis Jian'an, because it was the closest to the imperial city, and was guarded by 200,000 troops. Guanshan City was a geographical fortress, with many connections and various military information, and was guarded by General Weiyuan with 300,000 troops. The remaining four cities, Hanshui City, Guanyang City, Guanyu City, and Guanshi City, were all guarded by the Duke of Zhenguo, but they only had more than 200,000 troops.
Now that the four cities of Feng Kingdom have been captured, not only the northwest camp is empty, but the rest of the cities are also empty. Su Muxi must not give them a chance to take advantage.
She looked at the map and stared at Hanshui City. The terrain was easy to defend but difficult to attack. She wondered why her father would bring tens of thousands of people to support it.
Just as she was lost in thought, she heard shouting from outside, "Enemy attack, enemy attack."
Su Muxi jumped up, holding the red tasseled spear, and strode out. The inky black night sky was mostly burned red by the fire. The firelight shone on Su Muxi's face, like a demon walking out of hell.
Su Muxi leaped into the battlefield, and the red tasseled spear in his hand shot out like a sharp arrow, directly piercing the enemy's chest. Su Muxi followed and pulled the spear out of the opponent's body with one hand, then threw it to the side and directly pierced the opponent's throat.
The huge fire did not grow stronger in the cold wind, but gradually died out. The surrounded enemy troops finally realized, "Retreat quickly, retreat quickly, the granary is fake."
But it was too late. Su Muxi curled her lips and sneered. She had already expected this step. Feng Kingdom must have some plan to lure the tiger away from the mountain. Now the Su family army has already captured the four cities of Feng Kingdom. They chose to go far away and rush thousands of miles, only for food and grass.
The Feng Kingdom wants to take advantage of the emptiness of the Northwest Camp to cut off their food supply, but it depends on whether Su Muxi agrees.
"Princess, you are really a brilliant plan." Three captains came over to ask for a reward, "We did as you said, emptied a granary and arranged for soldiers to guard it heavily, and they really fell for it."
Knowing that they were coming to burn the food supplies, but not knowing where they would start, time was urgent, Su Muxi could only do this and give them a target.
"Thank you for your hard work, captains. I will report the truth when my father comes back." They have made contributions, so Su Muxi will not be stingy. "Go count the number of people and redeploy the defense."
"I will obey my orders."
After the captains left, Ah Er came over and said, "Princess, everything has been arranged."
"Come closer and listen," Su Muxi told A'er about her plan.
Ah Er said he understood and took out a few letters from his pocket. "These are all letters from the capital."
Su Muxi took it and glanced at it casually. Most of the information was transmitted through two fingers. It was probably about the Yong'an Marquis Mansion. Su Muxi did not open it. She planned to look at it after taking a shower.
"Oh! By the way," Ah Er walked to the door of the tent and then returned, "Princess, Tao County sent a batch of pottery bottles, one of which is for you. The Third Young Master received it for you. It should be in the tent."
"I see." Tao County was her fiefdom. Why was she given a pottery bottle at this time? Su Muxi put the letter down and walked around the tent before she found the pottery bottle next to the weapon rack. Her third brother used it as a barrel for shooting arrows.
Su Muxi took out the arrow and placed it on the desk beside her. She picked up the pottery bottle and took a closer look under the candlelight. It was a bottle with a large belly and a narrow mouth. After firing, it was still the color of adobe, but there was a pattern of mountains painted on the waist, which looked very ordinary.
Su Muxi looked around and even shone a light on the inner wall, but found nothing.
The candlelight flickered, and Su Muxi felt sleepy. She put the pottery bottle on the desk, went to the inner room to wash and change her clothes, then used the remaining water to clean the blood stains on the silver armor.