Chapter 125 Exploring Military

Chapter 125 Exploring Military

The night was as cold as water, and the slight fog shrouded it, and an army of 50,000 people was resting in the forest. Thousands of temporary tents raised hundreds of bonfires.

"I have something to see General Wang! Is he in there? Li Hua came to the camp in the main battle army with a thunder sword on his back.

"Li Xianshi, General Wang is waiting for you inside. If you come, let you in quickly!" The soldiers in the camp bowed their heads respectfully and said to Li Hua.

"Oh? General Wang had already expected me to come?"

Li Hua was surprised that Wang Zigui had already expected to come to see him.

Entering the account, Wang Zigui was cling to a lonely lamp, frowning at the map spread on the ground, and carefully studying it.

"General Wang! It has been seven days since the march, and it should be not far from Qitu City in Guangjun. It is said that there are 60,000 troops guarded by the imperial court and dozens of disciples of the Kunwu faction.

Li Hua walked to Wang Zigui and pointed to a location on the map, which was the Qitu City in Guangjun, less than 20 miles away from their current location.

Since he met Wang Zigui in the military and political office of King Wu's Mansion that day, Li Hua promised to follow the army led by Wang Zigui.

And Wang Zigui was indeed approved by the King of Wu and took 50,000 soldiers to capture the remnant towns of Guangjun.

Under the offensive of the left army of King Wu, the court forces in Guangjun have gone to ten*, and only a few cities are still struggling. And this Qitu City is one of them. As long as you capture this Qitu City and then take down several other cities, Guangjun can be said to have completely fallen into the sphere of influence of the King Wu.

The three-way army of King Wu attacked Guangjun on the left, Jiangjun on the right, and Liangjun on the middle. With the help of many disciples of the Cangyun School, they all victoriously and retreated the army of the imperial court all the way inland.

Under the allocation of the offensive of the King of Wu, the three main elite troops specially conquered the big cities, while those stubborn small cities were left to other slightly weaker troops, just like the 50,000 troops led by Wang Zigui at this time.

Qitu City was originally a small city with a population of less than 200,000. However, after the left army of King Wu captured three large cities in Guangjun, most of the scattered soldiers who retreated and fled from the court flocked to these small cities that continued to resist.

The original garrison of this Qitu City was less than 10,000, but now the number of court sergeants who escaped by absorbing retreat has actually reached 60,000. Moreover, the court re-assigned the immortals of Kunwu to help the troops of Qitu City defend the city.

"Li Xianshi, you are here! I'm also worried about this matter. The enemy has 60,000 troops and dozens of immortals, while we only have 50,000 soldiers and less than ten immortals. And the enemy is still defending against the high city. If we want to attack, the casualties must be very huge!"

Wang Zigui looked up and saw Li Hua, but his frown did not stretch, but said worriedly.

General Wang, I'm here for this. The army is very close to Qitu City. I plan to explore Qitu City tonight to find out the military defense in the city and the strength of the Kunwu disciples in the city.

Only when you know yourself and your enemy can you win every battle. Li Hua is well aware of this truth, so he intends to sneak into Qitu City under the cover of dusk at night to explore the defense in the city and prepare for the siege of the army.

"Isn't it dangerous for you to go deep alone?" Wang Zigui hesitated for a moment and said, "It is said that there are dozens of immortal masters in that city! In case you are found, wouldn't it be more or less auspicious for dozens of immortals to deal with you? Why don't you call the other immortal masters?

"Moreover, the traces of 50,000 of our army must have been known by the imperial army in Qitu City. They must be prepared. You must be careful!"

Wang Zigui did not know much about Li Hua's strength, but ten years ago, Li Hua was still a nine-year-old child. In his opinion, ten years of practice was limited, no matter how powerful he was, let alone face the siege of dozens of immortal masters.

"It's okay! I will act according to the situation, but many people are easy to expose!" Li Hua took the thunder sword on his back, crossed the thunder sword, and said, "If they are found, I will kill one of them, and I will kill a pair of them!"

In fact, Li Hua wants to take a few other immortals in his heart, but the other immortals in Wang Zigui's army only have the cultivation of the practice period, which can't help him at all, and it's easy to drag himself down. Therefore, it's more convenient for Li Hua to go deep alone and kill and set fire.

"If there is any movement over there, I will ask other immortals to pick you up! Be careful..." In this army, after several days of in-depth conversation, Wang Zigui can be said to have established a good personal relationship with Li Hua.

"Ye! I will try my best to come back before dawn!"

Li Hua said goodbye to Wang Zigui, then went out of the camp and drove the thunder sword to the night sky.

"The sword flies in the sky, happy immortals! It's really fascinating..." Looking at Li Hua, who turned into a stream of light and flew away, Wang Zigui couldn't help showing a sense of envy in his eyes.

In Chitu City, more than 20 miles away from Wang Zigui's military camp, the tower is heavily guarded. Every five meters, there is a guard in armor and Jin Ge, and hundreds of patrols patrols back and forth on the tower. Above the tower, a Kunwu disciple in the foundation-building period guarded the field over the tower with nine disciples in the training period.

In Qitu City, in the city owner's mansion, the council hall is brightly lit, and the city owner's association of Qitu City and several generals in charge of military power in the army are discussing military affairs all night.

"All the generals used to be generals who deterred one side, but today the court asked me to control the generals. I hope you can cooperate with me to deal with the attack of the chaotic army and maintain the emperor's heavenly power!" Sitting in the middle of the council hall is Chitusenlu, the owner of Chitu City. Although his face is full of compliments to the generals present, he disdains these defeated generals.

The reason why this Qitu city is called Qitu City is that the city owner of this city has been held by the Qitu family for generations. It can be said that all other rights and wealth in addition to the name of the imperial court, this Qitu city is firmly in the hands of the Qitu family. Since the founding of the Qin Dynasty, the ancestors of the Qitu family followed the Qin family's founding emperor to fight in the north and south, and were finally divided into this Qitu city. It has been more than a thousand years now. The depth of operation has made the people in Qitu City "not afraid of the emperor's power, afraid of Qitu!"

Now the world has been in chaos, and rebels from all walks of life have arisen. The left army of Wu Jin, the king of Minyue, has defeated the imperial troops in all cities in Guang County. Those defeated troops have fled all the way. Unexpectedly, 50,000 people have fled to the city of Chitusenlu.

Although on the surface, the court issued instructions to let the escaped generals and their armies accept the restraint of the lord of the city where they were located, Chitusenlu knew that the nearly ten defeated generals under the council hall now did not pay attention to the lords of his small city at all. If you don't have to rely on yourself to provide food and fodder for soldiers day and night, you won't even come to today's meeting.

"Good to say! Good to say! I will definitely follow the arrangement of the owner of Qitu City..."

"Yes! Yes! Yes! Although the owner of Qitu City arranged it, if the chaotic army comes, I will call him back, but I don't know if we can give more food and fodder supply in our army..."

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Although the generals below don't pay attention to Chi Tusenlu in their hearts, now people have to bow their heads under the eaves. They need to rely on the other party's city to avoid themselves and rely on the other party to provide their own food and fodder. Naturally, they have to speak more beautifully.

"Let's talk about the food and fodder. Let's talk about it later!" As soon as he heard that a general mentioned the problem of increasing the supply of grain and fodder, Chitussenlu twitched slightly at the corners of his mouth and quickly changed the topic. He pointed to the map spread across the wall and said, "It is reported that 50,000 rebels of the King of Minhyue have camped 20 miles away from our city. The leader is Wang Zigui, and there are still seven or eight fairy masters in the army. It is expected that the troops will come to the city tomorrow. Generals, what do you think about this?

"Isn't it only 50,000 troops? We have 60,000 soldiers in Qitu City, and we still rely on city defense. Can we be afraid of him? As soon as Chi Tusenlu finished speaking, a bold general with a big mouth and a stubble face threatened, "If Wang Zigui dares to come, I will strip him naked and throw him back."

"Hmm! Yelu wrote, who guarded Ganhe City with 60,000 soldiers last time, but was defeated by 50,000 troops in the left army of the king of Minyue. The 60,000 army was raped by 55,000, and the rest of you, the commander, escaped with 5,000 remnants of the soldiers..." Another armored, burly general snorted and laughed disdainfully at the stubble-faced Yelu.

"Last time, there were 40 immortals in the left army of the king of Fujian and Yue. One of the female immortals actually used immortality, freezing my whole front tower, and all the soldiers guarding the gate were frozen into ice, making my strong city like a virtual place, which fell so quickly." Yelu was exposed, with an angry face, pointed to the burly general and scolded, "Zheng Zuguang, how capable do you think you are? Haven't you been beaten and peed by the left army of the king of Fujian and Vietnam..."

"Hmm! At least I know myself! Unlike some people, they obviously don't have two skills, and their tone is still very big!" Zheng Zuguang was not angry and arrogant. He held a long gun more than one person high in his hand and stared at Yelu with his eyes.

"Okay! Generals, don't quarrel, let's discuss how to respond to the enemy first!"

At this moment, the city owner Chi Tusenlu feels that his head is about to be big. In the face of the ten generals in this hall, he has to provide them with food and fodder for up to 50,000 troops every day, but he can't have the actual command of these 50,000 troops. Isn't this equivalent to raising so many soldiers for others for nothing?

But it doesn't make sense not to supply them with food and grass. After all, the court's will is there. If Chi Tusonru dares not supply food and grass, although each of the defeated generals has only 5,000 to 6,000 soldiers and horses, there are 50,000 people united. Chitusenlu himself has less than 10,000 soldiers and horses, which is not an opponent at all. He can only honestly provide food and fodder supply.

"I think Wang Zigui's army will be lax in its defense tonight. We can send 10,000 elite soldiers to raid Wang Zigui's barracks, which will definitely achieve miraculous results!"

Finally, some of those generals made some strategic suggestions.

"But in case the king's army is heavily guarded and the soldiers are ready for war at any time, won't the 10,000 elite soldiers we sent face 50,000 troops?" Some generals were worried.

"Yes! Yes! It's also a question of who will send these 10,000 elite soldiers!"

Some generals are more worried that it is their turn to destroy their strength.

The generals and the city owner Chi Tusenlu started to talk about it in the conference hall. There are differences between the city owner and the generals. The city owner wants to use the army of the king of Wu outside the city to kill the strength of these generals, and those generals also hope to kill the strength of the city owner through the army of the king of Wu.

There are also fights between generals and generals, and some generals are at peace, so they hope that the other party will be on the front, and it is best to die tragically under the iron feet of the army of King Wu.

Li Hua, who came to spy on military information, is now hiding on a tall tree outside Qitu City, using thick branches and leaves to cover his figure, staring intently at the tower in front of him.

On the tower of Naqitu, there are many bright and dark whistles, and there are also disciples of the Kunwu faction patrolling in the air, which is extremely vigilant.

"How to get in?" Li Hua originally thought that it was night, and with his own ability, it should not be difficult to sneak into the city endlessly. However, he did not expect that the security of this Qitu City was so strict that he would not let go from heaven and earth, especially among the disciples of the Kunwu School guarding the sky above Qitu City, there was a foundation-building disciple of the sword with nine practicing disciples driving the flying spirit beast.

"Yes! Why did I forget that I have a 'earth escape charm'!"

Just as Li Hua frowned, looking at the thick wall, he suddenly flashed and thought that among the many runes previously purchased in the Fucheng Market, there was a kind of rune called "earth escape charm", which could come in handy now.

This rune called "earth escape charm" is made of the fur and blood of an earth attribute monster. When it is attached to the body, it can dive into the ground. Because it is a low-level earth escape charm, it can only dive 10 meters underground, but this is enough for Li Hua now to come in handy.

"Haha! In the past, when I saw the list of gods, the native grandson was able to escape and enter Jiang Ziya's barracks like a no man's land, which made Jiang Ziya's great soldier panic. Today, I, Li Hua, will also play an unearthed grandson!"

With that, Li Hua pasted the earth escape charm and carefully came to an inconspicuous corner of the city wall. As soon as he injected vitality to stimulate the charm, he found that his feet were already muddy and water.

With a flash of squatting, Li Hua sneaked into the soil effortlessly.

"Wow! This wall is really deep! Fortunately, my escape charm can dive ten meters, otherwise I will really be helpless. Li Hua sneaked into the earth and found that the wall of the Qitu City actually penetrated five or six meters deep into the earth.

The city wall is built of solid marble, which is extremely strong, so Li Hua can't directly pass through the wall even if he has an earth escape charm. Only the wall made of condensed earth can Li Hua easily pass through it with the earth escape charm.

"Well, it's so convenient to have a local escape charm in hand! Probably those patrolling Kunwu disciples never dreamed that I would come in from the ground. When Li Hua came out of the ground, he had already crossed the thick wall, and the earth escape charm on his body was a little darker.

This earth escape charm can only be used twice, and each time can maintain a maximum of half a column of incense. Now Li Hua has used this opportunity of this earth escape charm. If you use it again, this charm will be completely useless.

"Hey! One is used twice, just one back and forth. What a local escape charm in hand, I have it in the world!" If it weren't for the enemy city now, Li Hua would really want to look up to the sky and laugh.

However, it is not the time for Li Hua to be happy. He has indeed sneaked into the city of Qitu. The most important thing for Li Hua is to quickly explore the military situation and record the military layout in the city for Wang Zigui to attack the city tomorrow.

"The sky is dry, beware of fire candles..."

There are no more people in Qitu City late at night, only the sound echoes far and deeply in the alleys.

Li Hua's primary purpose was to figure out the distribution of the city defense, so he took the lead in sneaking into the tower.

Although it was late at night on the tower, the soldiers stationed did not relax at all. Ten steps, one hundred steps, one whistle, and patrols from time to time made it impossible for Li Hua to appear on the tower at all.

"It seems that the defense on this tower is really tight, and there are no loopholes at all. I'd better go somewhere else to have a look!" In the middle of the night, the defense on the tower is still the same, and the security in the daytime must be more severe. Li Hua wanted to start from the deployment of the tower first, but now it seems that he can only start from other places.

After getting off the tower, Li Hua quietly touched the barracks around the wall.

Although Qitu City is small, it is also "full of internal organs". The thick marble wall surrounded the whole Qitu City. There were four gates in the east, west, north and south. Under the wall, four corners of the city were stationed with military camps.

Li Hua sighed over the barracks one by one and found that there were about 10,000 troops stationed in each barracks. The difference is that the barracks near the corner of the Dongcheng Gate are heavily guarded, and the sentry guards stare at each other and carefully inspect the surrounding situation. The soldiers resting in the tent also slept with their clothes, and their weapons and armor were also placed by the bedside, and they could enter the battle as quickly as possible at any time.

However, among the other three barracks, it is another situation. Not only are the sentry guards tired and careless, but also the inside of the barracks. At this late hour, there are still voices of soldiers gathering and jubilant, and even some spring moans came from the barracks of some officers.

And Li Hua, who looked all the way, had secretly kept these in mind, intending to let Wang Zigui avoid the East Gate when he attacked the city and start from several other gates.