dognovel Chapter 378 Hot Air Balloon Detects Enemy Ambush
Chapter 378 Hot Air Balloon Detects Enemy Ambush
"Stand up, take off your uniform, and go home. Dayan doesn't need weak generals!"
Shen Changgong shouted in a deep voice.
Wu Ran raised his head, looked at Shen Changgong, tears streaming down his face, and said,
"Your Majesty, in the past, when I followed Prince Ning to guard Yao Pass, I never dared to take the initiative to attack. I only knew how to defend and never dared to provoke.
It is my fault that I brought this bad habit here.
I do not ask for forgiveness from Your Majesty, and I will not be a general anymore.
I only beg Your Majesty to let me be a vanguard, a pawn, to fight against the enemy and to avenge my brothers!
If I have to die in battle, I will be the first to die. I will die a worthy death!
I am not afraid of death. I have been waiting for you to come and take us to take revenge!
Please, Your Majesty!"
Wu Ran took off his helmet and banged his head hard on the ground, causing his forehead to bleed.
Shen Changgong looked at him coldly and said,
"My order will not change. Return."
After saying that, Shen Changgong turned around and took his men away.
Only Wu Ran was left, raising his head with an unwilling look on his face.
After getting on the carriage, Shen Changgong sat down again.
Tu Queling, who had been silent the whole time, asked,
"Your Highness, I think that general is a good man. His head is bleeding and he seems very sincere. Why don't you let him get revenge?"
Shen Changgong said calmly
"If kowtowing can forgive sins and atone for mistakes, then there is no price to pay for any mistake in this world.
If he really wanted revenge, he should have led his troops to massacre the barbarians before I came, and give them a taste of their own medicine.
He kowtowed not to show repentance but to beg for mercy.
He wanted revenge not because he really wanted it, but because he wanted to take advantage of the situation to keep his position as general.
Besides, I am soft-hearted in protecting you. If I forgive him this time, what will happen if everyone who makes a mistake comes to kowtow to me in the future?"
Hearing this, Tu Que Ling nodded in surprise and said,
"Your Highness is really thoughtful. I haven't even thought of this."
Gongsun Wan'er snorted coldly and said arrogantly,
"Learn something. You think you're smart, but you're just being clever. You always have a sullen face and pretend to be mysterious, but you're actually a big fool."
Tu Que Ling glared and gritted his teeth, saying
"So you're smart?"
"At least I never think I'm smart. I know my own worth, unlike you who act like you're worth two and a half million every day."
"You bitch!"
"You are the bitch!"
"You are!"
"Pooh!"
"Humph!"
The two women snorted coldly and turned their heads away from each other.
When Shen Changgong saw this scene, a smile appeared on his lips.
These two women have been at odds with each other since they were young, and they still don't get along when they meet each other. Whenever they meet, they often start quarreling and bickering after just a few words, and neither of them will give in.
But Shen Changgong also noticed that after more than a year of getting along, the relationship between the two of them was indeed getting better and better, but they both had the character of not admitting defeat in words.
In fact, neither of them had many friends, and it was rare for them to meet an old acquaintance who shared the same suffering, so they had long regarded each other as good friends.
It's just that they refuse to admit it.
When I returned to the military camp, the sun was setting and the long river was round.
……
The next morning, the army broke camp and set off. The enemy's lair was sixty miles to the north, and it could be reached in a day's walk.
This distance is almost equivalent to setting up home on the border of Yan State, which shows how arrogant these barbarians are.
According to Shen Changgong's calculations, they would be able to set up camp not far from the enemy's tribe tonight, and the enemy might not be willing to let them pass by so safely.
So today, the enemy will definitely come and attack them.
Shen Changgong sent out two hot air balloons, which flew into the sky. The area within a radius of dozens of miles could be seen at a glance. There were no trees on the grassland to hide people, so once the hot air balloons were out, the enemy would have nowhere to hide.
Then, Shen Changgong let the Changning Army go in front, the Tianyu Army guard on both sides to protect the food and supplies, and the Zhennan Army followed behind, and then began to advance.
This time we are advancing fully armed. Although we will move slower, we can avoid sneak attacks.
After the army had advanced for two hours, a message was delivered by a carrier pigeon carried by a hot air balloon in the sky.
Yes, it is carrier pigeons. These are specially trained carrier pigeons that can travel back and forth between the army and the thermal weapons in the sky.
After all, hot air balloons fly so high that people shouting from above cannot hear those below, and it is very troublesome to go up and down and land back and forth, so this method was used.
It is really convenient to have a "reconnaissance plane" to detect the enemy situation.
Shen Changgong took the carrier pigeon, chuckled, and handed it to Yu Huatian and Zhang Han beside him.
"Haha, the enemy is actually ambushing us in the Sunset Valley ahead? About 30,000 men each?"
Yuhuatian put the letter down, laughed, and said,
"I'm not afraid of them coming, I'm just afraid of them running away, Your Majesty, I suggest that we pretend we don't know about this matter.
The Changning and Tianyu armies will maintain their original formations. The Shenji Battalion will be ready for battle, ready to deploy artillery and musket arrays at any time. The Zhennan Army will split into two groups and make a detour to encircle the enemy. Once the enemy attacks us, we will strike them head-on, and the Zhennan Army will attack them from behind."
Shen Changgong nodded and said,
"That's it, Marshal Zhang Han. The Zhennan Army now depends on you."
Zhang Han immediately clasped his hands and said
"Don't worry, Your Majesty. I will never let any enemy go."
"Haha, you're just bragging. Cavalry is not infantry, and we didn't surround them, so how could we not let any of them escape?
We cannot completely wipe out the enemy in this battle, and the enemy is not stupid enough to fight us head-on. Their best strategy is still the roaming tactic.
Once we've repelled the enemy, we'll advance at full speed, surround their tribe, and attack their reinforcements!"
"As ordered!"
Zhang Han turned around and led the Zhennan Army.
On the other side, there are two hillsides twenty miles away.
There are mountains on the plateau of the grassland, but the mountains are not steep and the slopes are very gentle. There are grass and shrubs on the mountains, and very few trees.
At this time, two large groups of barbarian soldiers, both riding horses, hid behind the hillside, ready to charge at any time.
When the enemy approaches, they will first climb up the mountain, and then continue to rush downhill, pushing their speed to the extreme.
If the enemy is in chaos, they will charge in directly and carry out a decapitation operation to kill the commander Shen Changgong.
If the enemy is not panicked and is organized, they will also carry out roaming shooting to consume the Yan army's manpower.
On the hillsides on both sides, there were many spies lying, staring at the south.
A spy was lying on the ground, his neck was sore from looking up, so he lay down to rest. Suddenly, he saw two round objects in the sky.
He frowned and said,
"Huh? What is that? Why is it flying in the sky?"