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

Chapter 165 I Have Another Plan

The rain outside the tent stopped and the sky brightened.

Zong Yanli was no longer sleepy. He put on his coat and walked out of the tent to watch the foggy sky lighten up. There was so little grass and trees in this place that the morning mist disappeared.

She coughed twice, suppressing her voice, which attracted the worried gaze of Wen Nian beside her.

Perhaps it was because Wen Nian's gaze was too direct, Zong Yanli sighed slightly and turned his head to look at him and said, "It's just that I caught a cold, there's no need to worry so much. Have you arranged everything I ordered yesterday?"

"Everything is ready." He lowered his head and responded with his eyes lowered. He seemed to have many words of persuasion he wanted to give. He wanted Zong Yanli to sleep more and recuperate in peace. He wanted her to stop taking care of military affairs for a while and take care of herself.

But I had a lot to say, but I couldn't say anything as I looked at her back.

Perhaps Wen Nian felt that he had no right to discipline her, and he also knew clearly that Zong Yanli was trying so hard to pursue her own path. No matter how many words he said, they would be too bland. He didn't want to think about anything else and just wanted to be by her side.

"Ahem..." Zong Yanli inhaled the cool air and felt his throat itchy. He turned around and said, "We need to secretly send someone to keep a close eye on the movements of Yao'an Pass in the next few days."

"If the military affairs are not urgent, let General Long take care of them for the time being." Zong Yanli was worried that he would be confused and fail to issue military orders in time, so to be on the safe side, he let Long Feiguang take charge of the army temporarily.

"Yes." Wen Nian responded in a low voice.

"You don't have to stay with me, just call Gao Feilin." Zong Yanli walked back to the tent, looked at Wen Nian who followed him closely and said, "Now you are the deputy general, you should lead the army on your own, why are you still acting like a hands-off boss?"

Wen Nian remained silent for a while, lowered his head and said, "I don't have the ability to lead an army, so it's best for me to stay by the general's side and serve as his deputy."

Zong Yanli held his forehead slightly, glanced at him and waved his hand to signal him to go down.

The mute slave helped Zong Yanli deal with the dirty clothes, and then went to make some medicine and brought it to him. After Zong Yanli drank the medicine, he fell asleep again. This time he slept well and did not have any dreams.

After the rain, Long Feiguang took over the military affairs and began to make intensive deployments.

As the incense ash was scattered into the stream, the river channel was blocked by sand and gravel, and the people living near the water source were driven away. In order to ensure the success of his plan, Gongsun Pu even had people drag in several starved bodies from the villages and towns, throw them into the river, soak them for a while, and then fish them out again.

It was placed on the shore, as if to warn everyone that these people were "poisoned" because they drank the water secretly.

"Despicable!!!" Lu Ruiguang pounded the table in anger inside Yao'an Pass, cursing, "Zong Yanli is not capable of attacking the city, but he actually did such a despicable thing and poisoned the water source. He is going to bury all the people in Yao'an Pass with him!"

"It is common to use any means to break through the city gate." Jin Guangji rubbed his aching knee joint and said in a deep voice: "I don't know what kind of poison Zong Yanli used. If he cares about his reputation, why would he do such a despicable thing."

"It really goes against the original intention." Jin Guangji vaguely felt that something was wrong.

"Today, the scouts went to investigate and found that the person giving orders in the enemy army had changed." A general nearby said, "I heard that Zong Yanli suddenly fell ill."

"Could it be that the soldiers under his command took advantage of his illness to issue military orders, trying to force us to go out of the city to meet the enemy?" Everyone couldn't help but nod their heads after hearing this, thinking it made sense.

Jin Guangji still frowned, always feeling that something was not right, but he couldn't figure it out for a while.

When people heard that some civilians had accidentally ingested river water and were poisoned to death, and that the enemy had dumped the bodies directly on the river bank, the people became even more terrified. The already difficult situation became even more dangerous.

Water source is the most indispensable thing. Although there are well water in Yao'an Pass, there are only two wells. Either they are too remote or the well water is diverted from the river. How can we dare to use them?

The two wells inside the pass are not enough to feed so many soldiers. The current situation is extremely tense and extremely unfavorable for Yao'an Pass.

Lu Ruiguang planned to follow Jin Guangji's earlier plan to send his team out of the city to transport water outside the city, while attacking the enemy to disrupt their line of sight. However, he never expected to encounter an enemy ambush just after leaving the city, and lost a lot of troops at once.

"The enemy has been prepared and has set up ambushes everywhere. There is no way out of the city." After Lu Ruiguang tried several times to sneak out of the city and encountered enemy ambushes every time, he knew that this plan was no longer feasible.

"It will be disadvantageous to our army if we continue to waste time like this." Jin Guangji stepped forward and said, "I have another plan, but I don't know if it can be used."

"Don't keep us in suspense, old sir. Just tell us!" Lu Ruiguang was very anxious at the moment, and he hurriedly said when he heard Jin Guangji's words.

"To capture a thief, we must first capture the leader. General, why don't you pretend to surrender first, lure the enemy into the city and then surround and kill them." Jin Guangji proposed a bold plan. Luo Shangguan Sha Haoqian had surrendered before, so if they surrendered voluntarily this time, no one would be suspicious.

"How to feign surrender?" Lu Ruiguang's mind moved, and he calmed down and said, "If the pass gate is opened, the enemy troops will enter, and it is not certain who will kill whom."

"It's a trick on top of a trick. We're going to set up a trap to lure you into a trap." Jin Guangji stroked his beard and said seriously, "I just don't know if Zong Yanli can be trusted."

"Please tell us in detail, old sir!" Lu Ruiguang hurriedly asked someone to serve tea.

Zong Yanli caught a cold and contracted a cough. He coughed for several days before he felt better. When Xiao Tianhe learned that Zong Yanli's cough had not yet been cured, he sent someone to bring him a small jar of honey. This was really a rare thing. Zong Yanli drank the honey after soaking it in water for several days and now he is much better.

She put on her armor again and walked out of the tent, heading towards the big tent, where she met Pei Liang and Gongsun Pu, the complaining counselors.

Long Feiguang was only in charge of training soldiers and deploying troops, and knew nothing about military affairs. There was no other way but for Pei Liang and Gongsun Pu to help deal with it.

They didn’t find it tedious before. After all, most of the tasks Zong Yanli assigned to them were things they were proficient in.

But these few days were different. Pei Liang and Gongsun Pu were so busy that they were dizzy. With more soldiers in the army, the camps had to call for military supplies, and the fodder for horses and the aging and damage of military equipment happened every day. How could a hundred people manage thousands or tens of thousands of people? ?

People are people, horses are horses.

There were military affairs to be taken care of, and Zong Yanli always handled them properly. Not to mention the scouts who would report the enemy's movements from time to time, and even some frictions and fights among the soldiers in the barracks, and those little things would be reported.

Pei Liang had led troops before, but he had never experienced such a thing, so he was completely flustered.

"General! If you don't come back, things will be in chaos." These handsome and elegant guests once looked more sloppy than the other.