Chapter 45: Bluffing
On the night of the swearing-in meeting, Gu Zuo summoned Sanniangzi and Wanhe Sanren in Changshi's study. After the two sat down, Gu Zuo said: "There is news from the front that Yizhou soldiers and horses have left camp today."
Sanniangzi asked: "Is the news confirmed?"
Gu Zuo nodded: "There are five golden elixir monks passing the news back and forth, so you can rest assured in this regard."
Sanniangzi said: "How to fight, it's up to you."
Gu Zuo asked: "How is the rectification of Lishui Camp going?"
Sanniangzi replied: "Twenty-three people have been cleared out, and now there are 512 people. The fighting spirit is firm."
"Okay!" Gu Zuo nodded, stood up and said, "Please take a look."
He came to the desk and turned on the light. On the desk was a map of Nanzhao. Sanniang Zi and Wanhe Sanren came over and looked at the map carefully.
Gu Zuo pointed at the map and said: "Today we will sacrifice the flag and tomorrow we will go out for battle. Your Lishui camp will be at the forefront of the army and serve as the vanguard. You will travel fifty miles a day and arrive at Lili City, the imperial city of Heishan in five days. You will repair in Lili City for three days, and then
Let’s go forward, also traveling fifty miles a day, towards Weiyuan Town.”
Wanhe Sanren frowned: "Why is it so slow? It has to be delayed for ten days and a half along the way? The soldiers are so fast, how can they fight if they are so lazy?"
Gu Zuo did not answer, but continued: "As the vanguard of Lishui Camp, I ask you to raise more flags, sound gongs all the way to clear the way, and try your best to create momentum."
Wanhe Sanren thought thoughtfully and said: "A bluff? The Chinese army is not on our side?"
Gu Zuo praised: "San Ren is very insightful, our battlefield is here!" His finger moved north from Weiyuan Town and landed heavily on Menngle Mountain, about eighty miles away.
Wanhe Sanren asked: "We, Lishui Camp, are the vanguard, but what about the Chinese army behind us? Where is the rear army?"
Gu Zuodao: "They are all recruited temporarily, and they are mainly untrained martial artists. Yang Jian is in charge of the central army, and Liu Xuanji is in the rear army."
The third lady stared at Gu Zuo and asked, "Is it possible that Gu Gu's master doesn't like me, Lishui Camp? Or does he mean he doesn't trust us?"
Gu Zuo shook his head: "Yang Jian said, Li Mi and He Luguang are both experienced in the military. Although Xian Yuxiang is a bastard, they are experts in using soldiers and should not underestimate the enemy. Most of the suspected soldiers have no training and can easily be
The other side's spies saw through that only the five hundred elites of Lishui Camp as the vanguard could make Li Mi and He Luguang fall into the trap."
Sanniangzi said: "No matter what, I want to join the war. I am not here to walk and carry the flag."
Gu Zuo nodded: "Of course, the Third Lady will definitely be needed when the fight begins. Even I will have to accompany the army for a while and will not take action until they arrive at Profit City. Then the Third Lady will go with me, and the individual soldiers will also be selected from the Lishui camp.
The foundation-building monks are going."
Wanhe Sanren said: "The strategy is a good one, but I am afraid of the Qingcheng faction. How to resist Qingcheng? What is the master's plan?"
Gu Zuodao: "We have been prepared. If everything goes well, the people from Qingcheng will not be able to get through."
Wanhe Sanren asked: "What if things don't go well?"
Gu Zuodao: "There will be a lot of trouble."
Wanhe Loose Cultivator frowned: "Beware of the enemy's strictness... Can you explain what the master's back-up plan is so that we can be prepared?"
Gu Zuodao: "This matter is top secret, but since we cooperate sincerely, there is no need to hide it from the two of you. I have asked the Tang Sect, and Senior Tingfeng promised me not to let the Qingcheng Sect enter Nanzhao."
Sanniangzi and Wanhe Sanren were both surprised. They looked at each other and asked in unison: "Tang Tingfeng agreed? Are they really willing to provoke Qingcheng?"
Gu Zuo said: "I gave the Tang clan Tongchuan County. If they don't come, then I, Gu Zuo, deserve to be unlucky."
On the second day of August, the large group of Nanwu Army set off amidst the roar of gongs and drums. Continuous trumpets sounded across the mountains, and tens of thousands of people from Nanwu Prefecture came to see them off.
A team of two thousand people and hundreds of carts marched out of the north exit, leaving behind thousands of blessings and reluctances. The team marched along the rivers and valleys, stopping and going, marching at a speed faster than
Gu Zuo thought too slowly.
This suspected army uses Lishui Camp as its name, and the remaining more than 1,500 people are martial artists recruited from Nanwu Prefecture, Tonghaizhao and Lingnan Seven Prefectures. People who are not familiar with Nanwu Army can stand aside and observe carefully. In fact,
There are no flaws. After all, the five hundred monks in Lishui camp can actually be regarded as elites. With martial arts masters as ordinary soldiers, this is the general composition of the imperial military system.
What's more, Gu Zuo is here. Isn't the place where he appears the main force?
After leaving the boundary of Nan Wu Prefecture, Gu Zuo and others have been observing around. Huaixian Pavilion has placed spies in Yizhou. It would be a waste of everyone's time if Jiedu Prefecture did the same thing if they were not in Nan Wu Prefecture.
A lot of hard work.
Sure enough, not long after, Yang Jian pointed to the sword light taking off from a nearby mountain and said: "I think they are soldiers and horses from Yizhou, but they are too far apart, so I don't know which general they are."
According to information from all sides, especially the military information disclosed by Yang Jian and Gu You, in addition to the two generals Li Mi and He Luguang, there are twelve Jindan generals in the Yizhou army. These people, Yang Jian was Jiedu
I've seen it all when I was a judge.
The third lady looked at Gu Zuo: "Should we pursue him or not?"
Gu Zuodao: "Of course we will chase him. It would be too hypocritical not to chase him. Lishui camp will send two Jindan members to chase him. It's interesting."
The Wanhe San people sent two Jindan members from the Yongchang Society to pretend to pursue them. After the two took off, they attacked from behind, one from the left and the other from the right. As a result, they chased them several miles away. When they were about to return to the camp, the Yizhou spies who were fleeing in front panicked.
He failed to control his flying posture and suddenly fell down from the flying sword and landed in the old forest below.
The two chasing men were caught off guard and rushed over at once. Both of them were confused. The mission given to them was to drive people away. Of course they knew what it meant, so what should they do now?
One of them was about to lower his head to check on the fallen Yizhou spy, but was stopped by another in a low voice, so they could only pretend not to notice and turned back in frustration.
"That guy ran very fast, why did he disappear in the blink of an eye?"
"This person's cultivation is really amazing, I can't catch up with him..."
Suddenly I heard someone calling for help below: "I'm here, I surrender -"
The two of them winked, and just as they were about to fly over from above, the shouts from below got even louder: "Help—"
As a last resort, the two of them had no choice but to go down. They saw that the spy was being entangled by several demonic vines and being dragged into the tree hole nearby. He controlled the flying sword to keep cutting the demonic vines, but more demonic vines were coming towards him.
He rolled over.
While the spy was chopping hard, he exclaimed: "Come and help me, my leg is broken!"
The two had no choice but to control the magical weapons to help each other, and then they rescued the spy. After dragging him up into the air, the spy was horrified: "What is this? What kind of monster?"
This is a tentacle vine deep in southern Xinjiang. It was brought to Nanzhao during the last invasion of beasts. People who have never seen it before will inevitably panic and don’t know how to deal with it. But in fact, you can deal with it by building the foundation - go and kill it.
The tree itself and the vines will shrink back.
The two of them were too lazy to answer him, and flew back to the army with the spies dejectedly. They threw the spies in front of Gu Zuo. Gu Zuo was immediately speechless. He looked at Wanhe Sanren, who was also speechless, and waved: "Take it with you, it will be a good life."
Chapter completed!