Chapter 1,746 Continue to cultivate openly and secretly
"Qingming Valley just suffered a big loss, how dare you underestimate the enemy!" Wang Li cursed with hatred.
Bai Tu shrank his head, nodded repeatedly, and hurriedly admitted his mistake, "It's a mistake to be humble, General, don't blame me."
Wang Li turned his gaze back to the camp below and warned in a deep voice, "Now, treat them as the former armies of the Six Nations. Don't be disrespectful. They must show me the majesty of the empire!"
Upon hearing this, Baitu of Zhaobu replied in unison, "Yes!"
At this time, a messenger hurried over and said, "Report! General, the peasant traitors have taken the initiative to invade!"
"Oh?" Wang Li looked back at the messenger, his brows raised in surprise, "Which way?"
"There are four channels, but judging from the scale, none of them should be the main force."
"Ha!" Wang Li couldn't help laughing when he heard this, laughing angrily.
Did the farmer completely ignore him after winning a round?
"Pass my order, and the four Jackals, Tigers and Leopards can fight back at will, but they must not pursue excessively."
After the initial surprise and anger, Wang Li thought for a moment and issued the order.
Wang Li, who had already suffered a loss once, would certainly not treat the farmers as fools again.
As a result, there may be some conspiracy behind the farmers' eagerness to start a war.
Maybe it's a test, maybe it's a bait, maybe it's just to confuse.
There were many possibilities. Wang Li didn't have the ability to accurately guess the farmer's purpose, so he chose a safer response method.
No matter what, he can no longer follow the enemy's arrangements. He must take the initiative in his own hands!
After the messenger took the order and left, Wang Li turned to Bai Tu and ordered in a serious tone:
"Bai Tu, you will be on duty at the camp tonight!"
Bai Tu was stunned for a moment, and then happily accepted the task.
He likes guarding the base camp in the rear the most. It is safe and risk-free, and he can win directly.
If he goes out to fight with Wang Li, although he will gain more credit, the chance of sudden death will also rise sharply, just like the battle of Qingming Valley, where Bai Tu almost died.
He doesn't want to take any chances now.
Seeing Bai Tu's unpromising performance, Wang Li couldn't help but curse a few more times, but didn't say anything.
He chose Bai Tu mainly because the other party would not betray him.
Of course, Wang Li didn't know whether Bai Tu was loyal to him or not.
But according to the imperial military law, Bai Tu is already a man who cannot die anymore. The only person he can rely on and rely on is himself, the general.
Based on this, Wang Li was convinced that he was reliable enough.
As for the issue of ability... Anyway, it's just a big camp, it doesn't have any technical content, so it doesn't matter.
Not to mention that the peasants may not have the energy to divide their troops to surprise his camp. Even if they did, it would be in vain.
Although the camp cannot be compared with the city wall, it cannot be easily shaken by human power, not to mention that the farmers have no siege equipment.
Only three to five thousand men are needed to defend the camp, and even the exhausted peasants can't even think of capturing his camp in a short period of time.
And as long as there is a slight delay, the reinforcements can rush back and attack the farmers' troops from both inside and outside.
Therefore, Wang Li has absolute confidence in the safety of his camp.
If the farmer could raid his base camp, he would eat the camp gate on the spot!
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In the middle of Daze Mountain, Han Xin picked an open space as his temporary headquarters.
Of course, there are only three people in this headquarters - him, Liu Ji who is responsible for delivering orders, and Tian Zhong who is responsible for watching over him.
Except for the three people, there are only some maps, including a general map of the entire Daze Mountain and sub-maps of a certain area.
Han Xin was looking at the map at this time, with a gloomy look on his face that showed no emotion at all.
Liu Ji couldn't help but ask, "I said, you want all four armies to dispatch at once?"
"It's just a test." Han Xin replied casually without raising his head, "You have to see the quality of the jackals, tigers and leopards first."
"What if they are weak? Just attack them head-on?" Liu Ji asked curiously.
Han Xin finally glanced at him sideways, as if looking at a fool, "There is no such possibility."
"With the quality of the Imperial Army, even if the four generals of Jackal, Tiger and Leopard are replaced by real Jackal, Tiger and Leopard, the combat effectiveness of these four troops will not be low."
Liu Ji rolled his eyes when he heard this and was very disapproving of it.
Can you still be effective in combat if you replace four beasts as your generals?
He didn't believe what he said.
Han Xin ignored him and added, minding his own business, "The testing I am talking about is not only about combat power, but it is not just for testing, there are other purposes as well."
"What other purpose is there?" Liu Ji was stunned and asked subconsciously.
Han Xin did not keep secrets at all and answered directly, "Confuse the other party and prepare for night operations. At the same time, it also gives the peasant disciples a preliminary understanding of what war is."
The basic quality of this group of peasant disciples assembled is good, and most of them are serious people in the world who have seen blood. However, war and fighting are always different, and seeing blood and going to the battlefield are completely different.
They must be mentally prepared first.
"Okay..." After hearing Han Xin's answer, Liu Ji nodded to express his understanding, then his expression dimmed and he sighed, "It's just your temptation, I'm afraid you will lose a lot of brothers!"
Although there was serious internal fighting among the six halls, Liu Ji actually had no ill intentions towards the ordinary disciples in other halls. It was just that the life-and-death struggle among the upper echelons was unavoidable.
Liu Ji has never experienced a serious war, but anyone with a sound mind knows that human life is worthless when war breaks out.
So far, only about a thousand disciples have died in the internal fighting among the peasant families. After Wang Li entered Daze Mountain, he killed more than this number of peasant disciples during the siege of the mountain.
Today, I don’t know how many people will die.
Han Xin didn't feel anything about this, and replied indifferently, "War is about killing people."
His attitude is not directed at farmers, he also leads the imperial army in the same way.
For Han Xin, soldiers are chess pieces on the chessboard, pure tools, and the meaning of their existence is to win victory for the chess players.
Of course he will try his best to win with the smallest number of casualties, but no matter how many people die, he won't care.
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Hearing Han Xin's cold response, Liu Ji was a little dissatisfied. He was an emotional person and could not be as cold as Han Xin.
But he didn't get angry because of it.
Because he knew very well that Han Xin was right, that is what war is like.
Of course, the more important reason is that there have been no real casualties yet, and Liu Ji's mood is still very stable.
Tian Zhong hid behind the two of them the whole time, saying nothing, not adding any opinions, and just staring at them with unclear meaning.
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Songhay port, on the mirage deck.
Tianming and the three of them were groping forward.
Every time he advanced a certain distance, Tianming would arch his nose and take a few deep breaths of air, then close his eyes and frown, looking thoughtful.
Obviously, they were tracing the source of the aroma.
However, contrary to their initial expectations, after searching for a while, they found that the source of the aroma was not nearby.
In the end, we can only let Tianming, who has a more sensitive sense of smell, to track and guide the direction.
So far, they have come a long way.
Blind Shaoyu couldn't help but ask, "Where are we now?"
"Uh..." Tianming thought for a moment and replied, "It's on the north side of the deck, closer to the Fuso tree."
"Coming back?" Shao Yu was stunned when he heard this.
The mirage lies outside the Songhai port building, facing the east. It runs north-south, with the bow in the south and the stern in the north.
Most of the special areas on the mirage are located in the northern area, such as the Fuso Sacred Tree.
Then, Shao Yu thought of a possibility and said in a surprised tone, "You said the source of that fragrance couldn't be Yun Zhongjun's alchemy room, right?"
The location of Yunxiao Pavilion is also in the north of the mirage, not far from the Fuso Sacred Tree.
Shi Lan carefully checked the surrounding environment, hesitated for a moment and then replied, "Judging from the current route, this is not impossible."
"Then...are we still going?" Tianming scratched his head after hearing this and cast a searching look at the two friends.
Shaoyu spoke first, "I think it's better not to take risks."
"We just had a big fuss in Yunxiao Pavilion not long ago. That place is probably still very dangerous now, and our condition is in bad shape."
If everyone is in good condition, Shao Yu doesn't mind taking another risk.
But now, whenever they encounter a difficult enemy, the three of them have a hard time running away - one cannot see, the other cannot run fast, and Shi Lan has no ability to hold off the two.
After hearing this, Tianming turned to Shi Lan.
With his character, he naturally didn't agree with Shao Yu's idea, but he also knew that he really couldn't take any more risks.
So instead of directly objecting, he decided to see what Shi Lan thought.
Shi Lan hesitated for a long time and then said, "I think... maybe we can take the risk and try it."
"Why?" Shaoyu asked in confusion.
"If the source of this fragrance is really in the alchemy room, then it must come from a very special elixir."
Shi Lan explained seriously, "Maybe... we can try to steal it and alleviate our current embarrassing situation."
The so-called embarrassing ones are the two sick patients Tianming and Shaoyu.
If the source of this fragrance is really an elixir, its efficacy must be amazing, and it might be able to cure Tianming and Shaoyu's injuries.
In fact, Shi Lan had thought about Yunzhongjun's elixir before, but when he thought that the Yunxiao Pavilion elixir room was destroyed by the Nine-Headed Magatama, he gave up again.
Today this is a mistake.
Although the effects of elixirs are all kinds of strange, and there is a high probability that the ones refined by Yun Zhongjun are not healing elixirs, Tian Yan still feels that this plan is worth a try.
Just the fact that this fragrance can spread for several miles proves that its source is extraordinary, and it is probably a similar type of elixir to the real person's elixir.
All elixirs that nourish and improve energy often have varying degrees of therapeutic effects.
Tianming didn't understand the meaning of Shi Lan's words and looked at him blankly.
Shaoyu understood and asked directly, "Do you want to use this medicine to treat me or Tianming?"
Shi Lan nodded.
After the words were clarified, Tianming understood now and immediately asked with a smile:
"Shi Lan, are you sure you can do this?"
Tianming had long been suppressing his anger at the current situation of his "old arms and legs", and now he was overjoyed to hear that he was expected to recover.
Unfortunately, Shi Lan's response of shaking his head gave him a slap in the face.
"I am not sure!"
"We can't even tell whether it is really a pill, so how can we determine its effect?"
"So, it's an adventure."
"Action is a risk, and whether something can be gained is also a risk."
"But..." Shaoyu was still a little hesitant, not wanting to take risks and hoping for something safer.
Tianming relatively supported Shi Lan's point of view, but did not show it and remained neutral for the time being.
Seeing this, Shi Lan continued to persuade, "This may be the only chance for us to improve the current situation."
"Shaoyu, if we don't make changes, it will be difficult for us to escape from the mirage smoothly!"
"..." Shaoyu was completely silent.
There is nothing wrong with being cautious, but if they are blindly cautious, they may be trapped in the Fuso Sacred Tree forever.
Some risks must be borne by them.
Seeing Shao Yu let go at dawn, he also turned to Shi Lan:
"Then let's go to that old monster's alchemy room again."
"I was able to escape last time, and I will definitely be safe this time."
Faced with Tianming's pretense of ease, Shao Yu couldn't help shaking his head and laughing, but he completely agreed with the plan in his heart.
Since the three of them are together, no matter how big the danger is, they can face it calmly!
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At the same time, under the Fuso tree.
With obvious disappointment on his face, Robber Zhi jumped down from the branch of the sacred tree.
The good news is that after his quick and careful reconnaissance, he can basically conclude that someone has stayed in this place before, and if nothing else, it is Tianming and his friends.
Thief Zhi doesn't know the origin of this ridiculously tall tree, nor why it appears on the mirage, but one thing is obvious. Generally, no one will approach this tree, let alone under it.
Climb high and low.
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The bad news is that the person is gone now.
Robber Zhi couldn't tell whether they had moved to another hiding place in the morning, or whether they had temporarily left the hiding place for some reason, so they did not dare to waste time waiting here.
I wanted to leave a mark, but the bark of this tree was surprisingly hard. His instantaneous chakra could not be turned on at all, and I didn’t bring a pen or paper with me. In the end, I had to tie a clear ghost knot with the thread on my clothes and put it in a conspicuous place.
Location.
He definitely didn't expect Tianming and the others to be able to decipher the contents of Minggui's knot, he just hoped that they would be able to think of someone coming to save them.
As for him, he has to continue his journey to find someone.
Just as he was about to take a step to leave, Thief Zhi's eyes narrowed, and he quickly turned around and threw his instant flywheel upwards.
The sharp rotating blade passed over the branches of the Fuso sacred tree, drew an oval, and then returned to the hands of the bandit.
Doubt appeared in Thief Zhi's eyes.
He just clearly felt like someone was spying on him from behind...
When Thief Zhi was confused, he suddenly felt the sense of spying again.
At the same time, a three-legged golden crow fluttered its wings and landed gently on the branch of the Fusang sacred tree. Its small eyes were staring at the rogue plant.
Seeing this alien beast with black feathers, golden light, sun patterns on its chest, and three legs in front of him, Thief Zhi's eyes widened even more, and he couldn't help but raise his hand to rub his own eyes.
He felt that he might have gotten mad, but why did a three-legged crow suddenly pop out!? It was also glowing with golden light!
Thief Zhi didn't know much about mythology, so naturally he couldn't immediately think of the legendary divine bird like the Three-Legged Golden Crow.
Of course, he can at least tell that this thing is not a creature that normally exists in real life.