In Li Ziqiu's view, commanding 4,000 vanguard battalions is no different from commanding 40,000 central troops.
And as a teacher appointed by two people, I must first understand the personalities of my two students.
Therefore, it is particularly important to let the two of them show themselves to their fullest first.
What's more, even if something goes wrong between the two of them, wouldn't he still have himself as the teacher in charge?
Although Wu Jinzhi retreated and played well, he also understood the basic principles of respecting teachers.
Therefore, Wu Jinzhi did not dare to refuse Li Ziqiu's request.
After bidding farewell to Li Ziqiu, Wu Jinzhi still wanted to have a good chat with his brother Wu Tuizhi.
But after he came out of Li Ziqiu's camp, he could no longer find Wu Tuizhi.
And judging from the direction of the movement of the fire, Wu Tuizhi should have already set off with his people.
Looking at the direction his brother was leaving, Wu Jinzhi looked sad.
My brother is too aggressive.
In the current situation, it is better to wait for the main force to come up, or to take the initiative to move closer to the main force.
With a sigh, Wu Jinzhi returned to his vanguard camp, the Right Banner Camp.
Wu Jin issued an order that the Right Banner Camp should retreat ten miles tomorrow.
The actions of Wu Jinzhi and Wu Tuizhi here were immediately grasped by the Buddhist Kingdom of the Western Regions.
It is impossible to completely hide a team of thousands of people.
The intelligence obtained by the Buddhist scouts was reported layer by layer, and soon it reached the supply arhat who was specifically responsible for blocking the Wu Dynasty's army.
Yinggong Arhat is the Arhat who is closest to the second-grade Bodhisattva among the Buddhist countries in the Western Regions.
At the same time, he is also the agent who controls all the Buddhist kingdoms in the Western Regions on behalf of the Bodhisattvas.
Although the plan to block the Wu Dynasty this time was decided by Dazhi Bodhisattva.
But when it comes down to the specific executor, it is the supplying Arhat.
The status of the supplying Arhat at this moment in the Buddhist Kingdom of the Western Regions is the same as that of Ning Chen.
One of the two was the Generalissimo of the Western Expedition elected by the Wu Dynasty, and the other was the Generalissimo of the Western Regions who attacked the Western Expedition.
When the supplying Arhat heard the information brought back by the monks below, he did not immediately guess the purpose and intention of the vanguard camp.
The key is that because of the order of generals, everything about Wu Jinzhi and Wu Tuizhi was erased.
The supplying Arhat also doesn’t know who is commanding the troops now.
Even if they knew it, it was actually difficult to guess why the two of them were doing what they did at this time.
Whether it is Wu Jinzhi or Wu Tuizhi, they are both newcomers among newcomers.
It didn't matter whether he was in the Wu Dynasty or in the army.
There are no battle records.
For such people who have no records, it is difficult to judge the intentions.
"Go and investigate again and report their locations at all times." The supplying Arhat ordered the monks below.
"I will obey the laws of Arhat."
After the monk left, the supplying Arhat really couldn't figure out why the Wu Dynasty's vanguard camp was divided into two.
One moved forward firmly, and the other even went backwards.
This was the first time he had seen such a pioneer camp.
Yinggong Arhat believes that even the Great Wisdom Bodhisattva may have seen such a pioneer camp for the first time.
Ning Chen also knew the news that Luo Han knew here right away.
Seeing the two choices of Wolong and Phoenix to lead the troops, Ning Chen felt that it really fit the personalities of the two people.
But this is all nonsense.
Originally, Ning Chen planned to ask Li Ziqiu to stop these two people from messing around as soon as possible.
But after thinking about it, Ning Chen felt that this matter could be delayed for a few more days.
Let the bullets fly for a while first.
Now every move on the battlefield will be quickly transmitted back to the court.
When this matter reaches the court, it will inevitably cause great criticism.
The generation of disputes is the source of reputation points.
Originally, his use of two brothers, Wolong and Phoenix, had already aroused great criticism.
Now if Wolong and Fengxia appear again, they will fight in such an unruly manner.
There must be more criticism of myself.
These will eventually be converted into reputation points.
Ning Chen felt that there was no need to worry too much about the safety of Wolong, Fengchu and their soldiers.
The Wu Dynasty took the initiative and attacked a region in the Western Region whose foothold was unstable.
In addition, this is the vanguard camp, so the fight is fast.
Attack quickly and retreat equally quickly.
Safety issues do not require too much consideration.
Originally, Ning Chen did not expect Wolong and Fengchu to bring him much battlefield benefits.
The existence of the two of them mainly brings them a large amount of reputation point income.
To benefit on the battlefield, we still have to count on Zhao Tuo and the others.
Just as Ning Chen imagined.
What happened during the Western Expedition was spread to Fengjing just the next day.
After the ministers in Fengjing obtained the news through various channels.
They all felt that Ning Chen was just fooling around.
The Western Expedition is such an important thing.
Ning Chen actually let Wu Tuizhi and Wu Jinzhi, two people with obvious character flaws, enter the forward camp to play leading roles.
Even though the Wu Dynasty had a very good chance of winning this battle, Ning Chen was definitely not someone he could just waste away for his own selfish desires.
The Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Regions is definitely not a soft persimmon.
If it is really overturned by the Western Regions, the Wu Dynasty will definitely be severely damaged by then.
The morning court had just begun and there were more than a dozen officials.
No matter what the purpose was, one after another stood up and impeached Ning Chen.
But the impeachment of these people has no effect at all in Wu Zhao.
Because Wu Zhao believed in Ning Chen.
At the same time, Wu Zhao once again made it clear to everyone.
That is, as the Generalissimo of the Western Expedition, Ning Chen has the highest power of appointment and dismissal.
Ning Chen can appoint whoever he wants, and outsiders should not comment.
He had resentment towards Ning Chen in the first place, but also because of Wu Zhao's protection.
Ning Chen’s backstage point is really rising sharply.
There is no need to maintain this momentum, even if it rises this time, it will not rise again.
Ning Chen could earn millions of reputation points if he persisted until the settlement time.
Looking at the reputation points that were still rising, Ning Chen knew that he had played the two cards Wolong and Fengchu correctly.
Five days passed in the blink of an eye.
The vanguard force led by Wu Jinzhi always strictly maintained a distance of thirty miles from the large force behind it.
As for Wu Tuizhi, judging from the news that came back.
Wu Tui's capital has already crossed the first city and started to move towards the second city.
Wu Tuizhi is now obviously the vanguard camp among the vanguard camps.
The speed of this advancement is simply terrifying.
Only three days later, the second city was also breached by Wu Tuizhi's team.
It was only then that Wu Jinzhi arrived under the first city.
However, Wu Jinzhi was not in a hurry to enter the city.
He was worried that if there was an ambush in the city, if he entered rashly at this moment, he would fall into the enemy's trap.
So Wu Jinzhi chose a very safe method.
Eighteen hundred people were left behind and retreated two miles to monitor the situation in the city.
The remaining two hundred people went back to report the situation on their side to Zhao Tuo of the Chinese Army.
Please ask Zhao Tuo and the others to speed up a little. When the army arrives, he can bypass the city and continue to explore the way forward.
That's right.
From the beginning to the end, Wu Jinzhi never thought about entering the city.
As long as you enter the city, you may face various risks.
So the best way is not to go into the city at all.
Continue to serve as your own vanguard.
After waiting for about half a day, Zhao Tuo finally led the army to surround them.
After handing over with Zhao Tuo, Wu Jinzhi led his men, replenished food and grass, bypassed the city and continued towards the next city.
Wu Jinzhi was heading towards the second city.
But Wu Tuizhi was already forced to the place where the decisive battle was arranged by Dazhi Bodhisattva.
Faced with the monk who came to ask how to fight next.
The expression on the supply arhat's face was also very unspeakable.
Judging from the current situation.
The vanguard camp of Wu Tuizhi's vanguard camp has separated from the vanguard camp behind it, about eighty miles away.
And this distance continues to expand.
Now it is no exaggeration to say that the more than 2,000 city defense troops led by Wu Tuizhi were a lone army. That is absolutely not an exaggeration at all.
Facing such a lone army, capturing them and then killing them should actually be the optimal solution.
Especially now, the Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Regions indeed needs a battle even more.
And the battle against Wu Dynasty still had to be defeated.
Therefore, taking down such a lone army is the best choice.
Especially the Moko City he was approaching now was the place where he was originally preparing for a decisive battle with the Wu Dynasty.
Facing the monk's report, the supplying Arhat thought carefully for a long time before finally making a decision.
Ying Gongluo told the monks: "The two thousand people who broke away from the main force are most likely the vanguard of our actions to test our actions.
If you really encounter them, you can choose to let them go.
Wu Chao must not be allowed to figure out our arrangements now."
"yes."
After the monk agreed, he turned around and left the temple to convey the decree of offering arhats to the heads of one hundred and eight Buddhist kingdoms.
According to the vision of Great Wisdom Bodhisattva.
He would attack the Wu Dynasty's army on the way.
Therefore, the kings of the one hundred and eight Buddhist kingdoms were notified and dispatched two-thirds of their troops to gather in Moko City.
Moko City was located in the middle of the Wu Dynasty's offensive route.
Moko City is surrounded by mountains on both sides, and the city is located in the middle of the two mountains.
Directly opposite is a large plain.
Easy to defend but difficult to attack.
This is the place chosen by Dazhi Bodhisattva for the best decisive battle.
All monk soldiers dispatched from the Buddhist Kingdom must hide after entering Moko City.
No breath should be revealed.
At the same time, all the monk soldiers who came here brought their own food.
In this way, there will be no significant increase in the supply of food in Moko City.
It can also confuse the Wu Dynasty's army.
As long as the Wu Dynasty army arrives, the decisive battle will begin immediately.
This is the great plan and policy set by the Great Wisdom Bodhisattva.
Supplying Luohan felt that for just two thousand people, it was not worth exposing their true strategic intentions like this.
Therefore, when Wu Tuizhi led his two thousand vanguard troops to arrive at Moko City, they passed through Moko City smoothly without much effort.
After passing through Moko City, Wu Tuizhi still had no intention of retreating or stopping to rest.
Instead, he asked people to quickly send the situation in Moko City back to the back.
Then he continued to advance forward.
The news brought back by Wu Tuizhi was sent upwards layer by layer until it was delivered to Ning Chen.
Looking at the information sent over, Ning Chen felt as if he had overlooked something.
The whole thing didn't seem to be going right, it seemed a little too smooth.
Ning Chen did not give up on his idea, but shared his idea with Zhao Tuo.
After Zhao Tuo listened to Ning Chen's thoughts, he also realized that things seemed to be going too smoothly.
Zhao Tuo immediately ordered the army to stop temporarily and rest at the second Buddhist city in the Western Regions that was attacked.
Zhao Tuo, Ning Chen and Xu Muzhi discussed and exchanged opinions together through the jade slips.
After listening to Ning Chen's analysis, Zhao Tuo and Xu Muzhi also discovered the problem.
Wu Tuizhi's route was indeed too smooth.
According to Wu Tuizhi's current marching speed, this is completely standard equipment for a lone army.
Being able to pass through one or two Buddhist cities is not surprising.
But now, Wu Tuizhi was almost lying on his back all the way, which was very unexpected.
They didn't quite believe that the Buddhist Association of the Western Regions would not be able to discover the fact that Wu Tuizhi was a lone army.
But now that everything has been discovered, the Western Regions are still going their own way and letting Wu Tuizhi do what he wants.
This is very problematic.
Facing Wu Dynasty's Western Expedition, what the Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Regions needs most now is a victory.
Even though the scale of this victory was very small, only two thousand people.
As long as it is a victory, it is enough for the Buddhist country in the Western Regions.
It is enough to stabilize the morale of the military and at the same time it is enough to stabilize the morale of the people.
It can also, to a certain extent, counter the Mahayana Buddhism spread in Qingyuan.
After all, if you preach Mahayana Buddhism, there is no way you can defeat your opponent.
In reality, Mahayana Buddhism is inferior to Hinayana Buddhism.
This is obviously a good thing that can achieve multiple goals with one stone, but the Buddhist country in the Western Regions did not even respond in any way.
Just watching helplessly, these two thousand fat men were running around freely on their territory. This was completely illogical.
So if this is the current situation, there are two possible explanations.
First, the Buddhist Kingdom of the Western Regions really plans to place the location of the decisive battle in temples in core areas such as Daleiyin Temple.
Secondly, the Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Regions plans to fight, but the place for their decisive battle is no longer in a core area like the Great Leiyin Temple.
But it was in a place that Ning Chen and the others didn't notice.
The first possibility is unlikely, so everyone just rules it out.
The second possibility is the greatest.
As for the location, there are only a few suitable locations.
After confirming this matter, Xu Muzhi suggested calling directly.
Taking advantage of their unstable footing, attack directly and forcefully.
"Don't be anxious, continue to move forward step by step according to our plan." Ning Chen stopped Xu Muzhi who was about to rush past.
Zhao Tuo thought for a while and agreed to Ning Chen's suggestion.
Ning Chen, the coach, spoke, and Zhao Tuo, the general who executed it, had no objection.
The only thing we can do is to continue to move forward step by step.
"This matter is confidential and must not be disclosed to anyone except the three of us." Ning Chen reminded Zhao Tuo and Xu Muzhi before ending the discussion.
"Don't worry, Lord Marquis, this matter is of great importance, and the general will never say anything about it."
Xu Muzhi pouted, although he felt that Ning Chen was trying to show off again.
But he also promised that he would never talk about this matter.
After knowing the idea of the Buddhist Kingdom in the Western Regions in advance, the Wu Dynasty continued to advance according to the plan calmly.
Wolong and Fengchu in the Pioneer Camp still followed their teacher's philosophy of teaching students in accordance with their aptitude, advancing quickly and taking five steps forward and three steps back.
The Buddhist country in the Western Regions has no idea what this sleeping dragon and phoenix chick is planning to do.
On the other hand, Fengjing's scolding of Ning Chen was very unanimous.
Because in their opinion, this time the Western Expedition should have been halfway through.
As a result, because of the existence of this Crouching Dragon and Phoenix chick, the speed of the current Western Expedition has been greatly delayed.
It was supposed to be a quick fight and win this battle quickly.
As a result, it was almost half a month since I was beaten because of Ning Chen.
The entire team is out of touch, and Ning Chen's side has not yet reached the core of the Western Region.
Just scolding and scolding, but it has no effect at all.
Because Wu Zhao was completely on Ning Chen's side and made it clear that he wanted Ning Chen to solve this problem by himself.
Ning Chen couldn't scold him, but General Wu received a lot of criticism.
All kinds of people are condemning General Wu for using his interests to seduce Ning Chen and let Ning Chen use his two sons.
As a result, the current process of the Western Expedition is very unsatisfactory.
They even said that if the Western Expedition failed, as an old father, he would definitely be involved.
If it doesn't work well then, the insurance will be lost immediately.
General Wu didn't care at first, and was even very angry.
I feel that these people are completely slandering my son.
But when these letters became more and more numerous.
Even General Wu himself was in a daze at this moment.
He didn't know whether he was right or wrong in bringing his two sons over to Ning Chen.
If this Western Expedition was really completely defeated because of his two sons.
Even if he killed his two sons or even himself, there would be no way to make up for the loss.
And their family of three, father and son, are destined to be infamy for eternity.
Just when General Wu was about to contact Ning Chen, he suddenly slapped himself hard.
"The Marquis did not accept my two sons for my gifts at all.