My vicious dog, my horse, I can do whatever I want with it

Chapter 202 Which Strategist

"I will find a way to solve this problem." Zong Yanhongjing couldn't think of a perfect solution for the time being, so he just said, "Have you dealt with the spy in the Wuhuan army?"

"Yes." Zong Yanli nodded and replied: "This time the plan went smoothly, but I didn't expect that there is such a good strategist in the Northern Army."

"He was able to see through the battle situation and deploy troops in advance to meet the enemy." Zong Yanli frowned when talking about this matter. He thought deeply for a moment and didn't know what he thought of. He stood up and said, "I still have doubts about the battle situation this time. I will go back and discuss it with the gentlemen under my command first."

"I won't bother you anymore. Please pay more attention to the bookkeeping matter." Zong Yanli said while bowing to Zong Yanhongjing.

"Go ahead and don't worry." Zong Yanhong nodded in agreement.

Zong Yanli left the tent and turned around to ask someone to invite Gongsun Pu, Long Feiguang and others to review the battle situation and conduct a comprehensive analysis of the strategies adopted by the Northern Army.

This battle did not seem like something Yi Tiangan could deal with, and this deployment almost led to Zong Yanli's defeat. If her original intention was not to win the siege, but to catch the traitor and test the power of the siege crossbows, if she really wanted to attack the city, she would definitely suffer a loss this time.

"I've never heard of any strategist in the Northern Army." Saiya now also attends military meetings. Although she is a woman, no one looks down on her. Perhaps even if someone looks down on her, they will not show it openly.

After all, Saiya now represents Wuhuan, and even so, there is still a lot of gossip in the army.

For example, today, after coming out of the military tent, Fang Haocang and others watched Princess Saiya leave from afar and couldn't help but frowned and said, "Although she is Princess Wuhuan, she is a woman after all. It's a bit eye-catching to walk around the army so ostentatiously all day long."

"Since Wuhuan already has Duzhe as their chief general, why do they need to call out a princess?" Fang Haocang looked disdainful.

"Don't say too much. General Zong Yan didn't say anything." Tian Xingchao interrupted him and said, "This is the custom of the people in the north. It is common for women to show their faces in public."

"That was the north. Now that you're in the south, you should follow our rules." Fang Haocang said with a cold snort.

"Okay, okay, let's go see General Peng." Tian Xingchao probably agreed with Fang Haocang's words, but after all, they were not the personal guards under Zong Yanli's command. Some things were not easy to say, and they did not want to offend Zong Yanli.

Fang Haocang turned and went towards Peng Hai's tent. He learned that Peng Hai was going to leave today and move to the nearest city to seek medical treatment and recuperate.

I'm afraid he won't be able to take part in the war for a year or so. Although I feel sorry for this old friend, I'm also very glad that he has saved his life.

Gongsun Pu and Pei Liang, who stayed in Zong Yanli's tent, analyzed the battle thoroughly and came to a conclusion: "If our guess is correct, the person who gave advice to the Northern Army must be a Jin State adviser."

"There are only a handful of people in Jin who are good at strategy now..." Pei Liang suddenly stopped talking.

He raised his eyes and looked at Gongsun Pu. Both of them understood and said helplessly, "I am so confused. I have forgotten that I planned to help Jin and bring in counselors to Jin."

Originally, Zhan Haoyue was in charge of this matter alone, but now Zhan Haoyue has gone to plan a way for Zong Yanli to go to the temple to make money.

So much so that Gongsun Pu and others completely forgot about this person.

At the beginning, Zhan Haoyue recommended this person to Jin in order to balance the war between Jin and Gao. However, the two countries had just started fighting when the Northern Army appeared, so that there was no news at all about this person recommended by Zhan Haoyue after he entered Jin.

If it weren't for this battle, they really wouldn't have remembered it at all.

They said they would lead him into the State of Jin, but in fact they had never seen this person before, and were not even familiar with him at all. And now Zhan Haoyue was not in the army, which really put them in a dilemma.

"General, why don't you summon Mr. Wujiu back to the camp now?" Pei Liang paused slightly and looked at Zong Yanli.

"No hurry." Zong Yanli had other plans. He sat up straight, thought for a moment, and said, "Since we already know the Northern Army's advisers, don't you want to compete with them?"

"If we meet a worthy opponent, it will be a thrilling battle." Zong Yanli doesn't know much about Zhuang Chengbi, so he might as well give it a try.

Moreover, Zhuang Chengbi is not all bad in the Northern Army, which may become her trump card to victory.

If Zhuang Chengbi wants to gain Yi Tiangan's full recognition and trust, he naturally needs to demonstrate outstanding talent and strategy. In this way, they can serve as each other's sharpening stones.

Gongsun Pu was amazed by the breadth of Zong Yanli's plans. He suddenly began to ponder that his vision was still too narrow. After listening to Zong Yanli's words, he felt deeply terrified. He could actually take the overall situation into account step by step, in order to achieve a great victory!

"Pu is ashamed of himself." Gongsun Pu walked out of the tent, turned his head slightly to look at Zong Yanli who was sitting in the general's seat in the tent, and sighed a little.

"Sir, there is no need to belittle yourself. What we are planning is right in front of us, and what the general is looking at is the world." Pei Liang pursed his lips and smiled, his eyes full of pride.

"Great, what a great world." Gongsun Pu clenched his fists. The words that he had never dared to think about before now appeared clearly under their feet. It was a road to heaven!

At the same time, in the Northern Army, Yi Tiangan praised Zhuang Chengbi highly, as if he had just met him for the first time, saying: "Sir, you are so humble. You have such great talent but you are inferior to others. I almost misjudged you!"

Zhuang Chengbi lowered his eyes and said, "I don't deserve such praise from General Yi. It was just a narrow victory, but it still failed to cause any damage to the enemy."

"It is even possible that the spies that General Yi had planted in Wuhuan have already been dealt with." Zhuang Chengbi said with a sigh.

"What!?" Yi Tiangan was shocked and asked quickly, "Sir, why do you say that?"

Zhuang Chengbi's mention of Zong Yanli's so-called news of turning to attack Taicheng must be a deliberate false news.

Yi Tiangan had already fallen into the trap when he sent troops to support.

Zhuang Chengbi raised his eyes and said, "From watching the Wuhuan sneak attack on Liangcheng from behind, we know the enemy's true intentions. And this time we can see the power of the enemy's siege crossbow carts. If my guess is correct, Daqian will immediately start building a large number of crossbow carts."

"If our army cannot achieve an overwhelming victory within three months, then..."

"When the Daqian siege chariots arrive, our army will be defeated."

When Yi Tiangan heard Zhuang Chengbi's words, his facial expression changed again and again. Perhaps Yi Tiangan did not think that just a few chariots could change the situation, but he also knew that the siege chariots were not easy to deal with.

After pondering for a long time, he took the initiative to ask Zhuang Chengbi about how to meet the enemy next. From this battle, it was not difficult to see that Zhuang Chengbi had some skills, so he decided to use them.

Zong Yanli had already fully tested the chariot and found it to be usable, so he immediately wrote a military report and submitted it to the emperor. After receiving approval from the higher authorities, he asked Cai Kangyu to supervise its mass production.

It is said to be an easy task, but the human and financial resources are very tight. In fact, it cannot be completed in three months as Zhuang Chengbi said. It may take up to half a year.

But Zong Yanli was not in a hurry, and the battle against the enemy continued.

In the following battle, the two armies fought extremely smoothly. The counselors of both armies showed their skills, and they went back and forth like practicing Tai Chi. For a while, it was impossible to tell who was the winner.

During this period, Zong Yanli also led his troops to attack several other cities near Liangcheng, which shocked the army. In such chaos, winter came in a blink of an eye, and the strategy of the temple finally ushered in a turning point when Zhan Haoyue, Sang Caijie and others returned with a car full of cotton-padded winter clothes.

Zong Yanli finally breathed a sigh of relief, everything was going smoothly.

"We can have a good New Year this winter." Zong Yanli's eyebrows relaxed slightly, and he looked at Zhan Haoyue's vicissitudes and sloppy appearance and couldn't help but smile: "This time, it's all thanks to you, sir."

"I didn't do anything. It was General Sang who worked outside and made us successful." Zhan Haoyue said with a smile with his eyes lowered.

Zong Yanli used this incident to clear Sang Caijie's reputation and appointed him as a general, replacing Peng Hai to lead his soldiers. Now he has finally become a legitimate general of an army.

Frost covered the ground, and the roads outside the camp were covered with a layer of white frost.

The generals sat around the charcoal fire in the military tent. There was a map hanging in front of them. Zong Yanli sat under the map, rubbed his hands and whispered, "Winter came early this year, and it is colder than before. The Northern Army has been fighting for so long, and now it is short of military supplies."

"I am willing to fight. What do you generals think?" Zong Yanli looked up at everyone and said.

"Our troops have cotton-padded clothes to keep warm and are not afraid of wind and snow. The army has sufficient food and grass. I think we can fight." Lei Jiliang was the first to respond.

"Since the last battle, when we were cleaning up the battlefield, we saw that the dead generals of the Northern Army were wrapped in grass clothes to keep warm. It can be seen that the Northern Army is indeed short of supplies." Sha Haoqian next to him also said: "But the Northern Army has always been resistant to cold. If we attack blindly like this, I think we will not get any benefits."

After many battles with the Northern Army, they now have a deep understanding of the Northern Army.

This Northern Army division is tough and resilient, and they are used to the cold weather in the north. They are also worried that a main attack will be of little benefit.

Zong Yanli nodded slightly and looked at Zhan Haoyue, Gongsun Pu and others and asked, "Gentlemen, do you have any good ideas?"

"There is a road in Liangcheng that is the grain road of Jin." Huo Wenqi said, "The Yimen Road is the easiest to set up an ambush. General, why don't you seize the opportunity and pretend to cut off the enemy's grain road and launch an offensive to alert the enemy and make them block you, then pretend to retreat and flee."

"Set an ambush at Yimen Road and kill them in one fell swoop." Huo Wenqi said.

"It's easy to set up an ambush, but the enemy may not pursue us." Zong Yanli said with a slight frown.

"If it were an ordinary enemy, they would definitely not come." Huo Wenqi paused and said, "But the enemy will definitely be concerned about the importance of the food supply route, and if our army cuts off the food supply route, the enemy will also think that our army is short of food and grass."

"When retreating, throwing away weapons and armor, pretending to be defeated, may lure the enemy into taking the bait."

Zong Yanli frowned slightly. Although he thought this plan was feasible, he always felt that something was missing.

Zhou Cang, who was taciturn, took the initiative to speak: "General, there is a man under the command of Yi Tiangan of the Northern Army, named Fan Yongzheng. I have seen him lead the troops in battles several times and he is very impatient, and he is also reckless in fighting against generals."

Zhou Cang lowered his eyebrows and smiled, "General, why don't you deliberately launch an offensive and order people to challenge him in front of the battle array, so as to lure him into a fight by verbally abusing him."

"During the duel, play with this person, make him angry, and then leave without fighting." Zhou Cang pursed his lips slightly and continued, "This person must still be angry, so he took this opportunity to send troops to block the grain road and ordered the general who was fighting with him to lead the troops."

"Fan Yong is still angry and has nowhere to vent his anger, so he will definitely ask for permission to come and give chase."

"I think we can achieve twice the result with half the effort by implementing General Huo's strategy at that time."

After Zhou Cang finished speaking, everyone in the tent widened their eyes.

Otherwise, why do we say that this scholar is so amazing?

Zong Yanli raised his head and laughed, praising Zhou Cang's brilliant plan. They immediately started a more detailed discussion on this strategy, and finally decided to let Lei Jiliang go to be the one to start the quarrel.

Lei Jiliang had no problem accepting this mission. He started to curse at the gate of Liangcheng when he went to battle that day. Zong Yanli and others were greatly shocked to hear those insulting words. Pei Liang even glared and whispered, "General Lei is usually calm and measured..."

"I was worried that General Lei would not be able to fight with words and would not be able to lure out the enemy. Now it seems..." He was really worrying too much.

In Liangcheng, not to mention Fan Yongzheng, even Yi Tiangan was so angry that he stood up.

Zhuang Chengbi saw that the enemy army was acting so abnormally and engaging in such a verbal battle today, and wanted to persuade Yi Tiangan to be careful of a trick, but before he could say anything, Fan Yongzheng jumped out and shouted angrily: "General! Soldiers can be killed but not humiliated! Zong Yanli has bullied me like this, how can I not fight back!"

"General, I request to fight!" Fan Yong said angrily.

"Okay! Bring back to this general the head of the general who challenged us!" Yi Tiangan was furious. The man who challenged us insulted our ancestors, which really made him furious!

Zhuang Chengbi frowned secretly and said quickly: "General, don't underestimate the enemy. Chaos can easily occur in a hurry."

Fan Yongzheng had no intention of listening to Zhuang Chengbi's words. He waved his hand and said, "Why bother with your nonsense? I'll chop him up!"

Fan Yongzheng rushed out of the city gate to fight, and the two fought in front of the army. Fan Yongzheng, who was angry, was ruthless, but Lei Jiliang did not face the enemy head-on. He hit him twice and ran away, cursing as he ran, which really made Fan Yongzheng so angry that smoke came out of his head.

Seeing that Fan Yong was about to catch up with Lei Jiliang, Lei Jiliang threw away his weapon, hugged his horse and ran back to his own army, shouting: "I won't fight you today because I haven't eaten enough! Hahaha!"

He looked so playful that even the soldiers under Zong Yanli felt a little jealous. How come they didn't know that Lei Jiliang could act so mean?

Fan Yong was so angry that he had no place to vent it, so he roared and threw the weapon in the direction where Lei Jiliang left. He stared at Lei Jiliang's shameless smile viciously, and his teeth were almost broken with anger.

"Withdraw the troops." Zong Yanli said lightly, "The soldiers are not full, so we won't fight today."

"..."

Yi Tiangan in Liangcheng was also amused by Zong Yanli's action.