Needless to say, it must have been Ji Lin's instruction. How could a little palace maid have such courage!
This damn girl was planning to reduce their training volume from tomorrow onwards, but it seems that not only cannot it be reduced, but it must be increased!
If I guessed correctly, what was in the water was a kind of powder made from blue morning glory seeds. This thing is very corrosive. Ji Lin actually used this thing to punish me and wanted to kill me!
Fortunately, I like to take a shower instead of jumping directly into the tub, otherwise it would be really bad luck.
Just wait for me and start making tomorrow's devil training plan now!
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Ji Jie stayed up very late last night. Firstly, he was too hot to fall asleep, and secondly, he worked overtime to lay out the training content, which made his eyes red all the time when he woke up in the morning.
Ji Lin's face was as sinking as water, and she walked towards him.
Why are you looking like this? It seems I am the one who should be angry, right?
Before Ji Jie could speak, Ji Lin spoke first: "King Red Di found out that we were the ones who killed his vanguard last time. Last night, we bloodbathed a small town in the west. More than two thousand men, women, and children in the town were all killed.
Kill the mouth and leave no chickens or dogs behind!"
"What?" Ji Jie's eyes widened. They were too cruel. They wouldn't even let the elderly and children go!
"And they left a bloody letter on the wall!" Ji Lin continued: "They threatened to kill you and me to avenge the Pioneer Officer!"
"Damn, how arrogant!" Ji Jie cursed, and then asked: "What are your plans, His Highness King Yan?"
Ji Lin shook her head and said: "The Chidi tribe is difficult to deal with, and the new army has not been able to complete its training. We can only tolerate it temporarily and wait until the new army's training is successful before we make plans!"
Ji Jie really couldn't swallow this breath and said: "I have a suggestion. Select a thousand people from 20,000 people to form a cavalry. I will personally lead them to fight, and you will stay and be responsible for the training! If we don't
If we respond, King Red Di will think that we are afraid of them, and will harass them even more unscrupulously, and the border will never have peace!"
Ji Lin frowned and thought for a while, then said: "What you said makes sense. I will go with you and bring my two hundred personal guards. Just leave the training to the three brothers. They can do the job! You and I can do it together
Appearing here will attract the attention of King Red Di, preventing him from invading my border villages!"
"Okay!" Ji Jie nodded and said, "Let's go find your brother now!"
King Yan agreed to their proposal, and Ji Jie immediately selected 800 elite soldiers from the new army, all of whom were the best among the recruits. Including Ji Lin's 200 soldiers, the total was 1,000 people.
The total strength of King Chi Di was close to ten thousand, but he did not take all of them with him. Most of them were broken into pieces and robbed food and property on the border of Zhou and Yan. There were only three thousand troops following him.
Ji Jie used the spies of the Sima family buried among the Rongdi people and asked them to deliver intelligence to him promptly and accurately. Although the next step was to fight on the grassland, intelligence still occupied an important position.
Send out scouts in all directions. As soon as you find King Red Di, sound the signal.
The flare is made of gunpowder. It is actually a double-shot cannon that flies up into the sky and explodes to produce sound and fire. Although it is simple, it is very effective and can notify people miles away.
Originally, he would not use this thing for outsiders to use even if it was beaten to death, but this time he spent a lot of money. Not only that, he also took out a thousand thunderbolt bullets from the Sumeru Ring and distributed them to Ji Lin's personal guards.
This time we must wipe out all the Red Di gangs. Grandma, if you dare to threaten to kill me, I will kill you first!
Soon, scouts and intelligence arrived at the same time and discovered the whereabouts of King Red Di. They were heading north, and their destination was the border city of Yan State. Three thousand Yan troops were stationed there, and the most important thing was that tens of thousands of stones were stored there for the garrison.
Forage for winter.
King Chidi brings three thousand men and horses, so the small business will naturally not take notice. As long as he can seize the grain and grass reserves in the border town, he can at least solve three-tenths of this winter's grain consumption. How can he not be tempted by such a big deal?
!
Ji Jie took out a map and ruler and marked the current location of himself and King Chidi. After measuring the distance, his brain was running rapidly and he said: "Rongdi people are eighty miles away from the border town and can easily be reached in one day. If my estimate is good,
They will arrive outside the city before tomorrow evening and launch an attack in the evening while the defenders are sleeping. And we are still 120 miles away from the border city. Although we can arrive before tomorrow evening, we are short of people and horses, so it is difficult to jump in directly.
into the battle. So I suggest you drive all night today, ambush them on the road they must pass, and then seize the time to rest and wait for work!"
"What a great idea!" Ji Lin nodded and said, "King Rong Di must not have thought that we would be ahead of them!"
"Since you have no objection, let's set off immediately!" Ji Jie ordered, and he still served as the military commander of this operation.
I ran all the way and arrived at the reserved location before dawn. I immediately had a good meal and started to rest, waiting for the arrival of the Rongdi people.
It was not until mid-afternoon that Rong Di talents appeared in Ji Jie's sight unhurriedly. Just as he thought, King Rong Di wanted to use the night attack to destroy the border city of Yan State in one fell swoop, so he was not in a hurry and left.
If you go too fast, you might be discovered by the defenders!
After nearly a whole day's rest, Ji Jie's men and horses were all in high spirits.
Ji Lin's two hundred personal guards were placed at the forefront of the position, and eight hundred recruits were placed at the back. After all, they had not fought yet. Ji Jie had only one request for them - not to kill the enemy, but not to cause chaos.
There will naturally be someone responsible for killing the enemy.
There was a small dirt bag not far away, which was an excellent high ground. Ji Jie asked Ji Lin: "Can you use a trebuchet?"
"I know how to use small and medium-sized ones, but I have never used large ones!" Ji Lin replied.
"Great!" Ji Jie called two small teams of cavalry to go to the high ground with Ji Lin.
Ji Lin didn't know what he was going to do. After arriving at the high ground, he first asked two small teams to wait below and took Ji Lin up first.
Under Ji Lin's surprised gaze, Ji Jie waved his hand, and a medium-sized trebuchet appeared on the ground out of thin air, along with several large black wooden boxes containing sky-shattering artillery shells.
"Don't be surprised. I'll teach you how to use the Sky Cannon!" Ji Jie pointed to the scale on the trebuchet tray and said, "First you have to judge the distance between the enemy and you, then decide the length of the fuse and light it.
Fire it immediately after detonating the fuse, and the boom... will bloom among the enemies! Do you understand?"
Ji Lin is a very smart girl and learned quickly.
"When the two sides start fighting, stop, remember!" Ji Jie finished the last sentence, turned around and walked downstairs.
"Hey, can you tell me where this thing came from?" Ji Lin asked, pointing to the trebuchet.
Ji Jie said without looking back: "I will tell you after this battle is over!"
Returning to the ambush site, the Rongdi people were less than a mile away. The two hundred guards began to load ammunition for the thunderbolt crossbows. The recruits also hung the crossbow arrows on the strings, waiting for Ji Jie to give the order to attack.