At dawn, a group of overly excited and hot-blooded youths were indeed dragged back by Zhang Qilan, their faces covered in dirt. Ye Li and Wei Lin, who came later to replace Qin Feng, waited until the sounds of fighting at the front had stopped. Only after another hour did they see the group of people return to the camp. The young generals who were originally in high spirits drooped their heads, as if they were vegetables that had been hit by frost.
As soon as they entered the camp, they saw Ye Li smiling at them while looking at a carriage. The expressions of the young generals became even more awkward. They felt that the general had found such a young military advisor who they didn't know where he came from. He didn't know anything and only said a few useless words from time to time, but the general valued him so much. These young men were naturally unconvinced. They all thought that they were much better than this pretty boy. Now that they had lost so much face in front of him, their expressions naturally didn't look too good.
"Mr. Chu, you haven't rested yet?" Zhang Qilan saw Ye Li and naturally went up to greet her.
Ye Li smiled and said, "General, you haven't rested either, right? You've worked hard, General. Are you alright? "
Zhang Qilan sighed and said, "Fortunately, you're fine." He turned around and glared at everyone, then roared, "Why aren't you going back to rest?! Are you waiting to be punished? "Hearing this, the young generals all scattered like birds and beasts.
Seeing how everyone looked at Zhang Qilan as if he was a killing god, Ye Li couldn't help but laugh softly and say, "General clearly has no intention of punishing them. Why are you purposely scaring them?" Zhang Qilan sighed helplessly and said, "The people who came out this time are all young brats. Not only have they never been on a proper battlefield, but they're still hot-blooded and charging forward. If they really went on the battlefield, who knows what would happen. "
It turned out that the first two waves of ambushes had caused the enemy to be flustered for a while. These brats got carried away and decided to take turns to fight until dawn. This way, the enemy naturally couldn't sleep for the entire night, but their own people could take turns to rest. His idea was not bad, but he forgot to observe the surrounding positions and the situation of the enemy. Halfway through the third sneak attack, Lu Jinxian sent two groups of soldiers and horses to quietly flank them from both sides.
If it wasn't for Zhang Qilan leading the troops, even if they didn't arrive in time, they wouldn't be able to match the four to five thousand troops that they brought. Even those four to five young generals would have died there. The battlefield had always been cruel and merciless. If one didn't come from an aristocratic family, there wouldn't be many captains in an army of millions. Out of a few thousand captains, there would at most be less than a hundred who could become deputy generals. And out of these less than a hundred deputy generals, there would at most be two or three generals. It wasn't that these people didn't have the potential to become generals, but that in the process of becoming generals, they had already been engulfed by the shame of the battlefield.
"Mr. Chu, please train these kids more in the future," Zhang Qilan said sincerely. He knew Princess Consort's abilities. Not to mention the elusive and invincible Qi Lin, who was personally trained by Princess Consort, Qin Feng, Zhuo Jing, and the others by Princess Consort's side were all rising stars if they were placed in the military camp. From this, it could be seen that Princess Consort's methods of teaching people were ingenious.
Ye Li smiled and said, "General Zhang is a good general." In this era, it was rare to see a general who was so considerate of his subordinates.
Zhang Qilan laughed brightly and said straightforwardly, "These youths are slightly rash, but they are the future of the Mohist army. There will be a day when us old men will be too old to go onto the battlefield. In the future, we will have to rely on them. "Ye Li smiled and said," General is in the prime of his life, it is too early to say the word old. This one will remember what General has said. "This was a promise. Zhang Qilan raised his hands in a bow and said," Thank you, Young Master. It is still early, Young Master should return to the tent to rest for a while. "
"Many thanks for General's concern."
The next day, when the people of the Eastern Army found that the Western Army guarding the front was still full of energy, a group of youths couldn't help but explode. The tent became a noisy mess. Ye Li smiled as she sat in a corner of the tent and listened to the discussion of these youths.
Zhang Qilan was annoyed by their noise and rolled his eyes, "What are you all arguing about? The Jian Tian Cliff in front is only twenty li, and the guards from last night were tired by your noise. Don't tell me that Lu Jinxian won't transfer the guards from Jian Tian Cliff over? If you can't get past this obstacle, do you want to fly to Jian Tian Cliff from the sky? "
Everyone was silent for a while and looked at each other. "General, doesn't that mean that we did all this work for free last night?" Even if they launched sneak attacks every day, as long as the other side took turns, unless they forcefully broke through the defensive line in front of them, there was nothing else they could do. What's more, they had almost suffered a great loss on the first night of the sneak attack.
Zhang Qilan scratched the beard on his chin and said, "Saying that we did all this work for free is not entirely correct. You bunch of brats always get carried away with everything you do. It's fine if you harass them once or twice, but you are addicted to taking turns. Isn't that giving Lu Jinxian a chance to beat you up? "
The young generals were a little embarrassed, and the older generals sitting next to them also began to chuckle.
"General, what should we do next?" A young general stepped out from the crowd and asked expectantly.
Zhang Qilan frowned and turned to look at Ye Li, who was sitting next to him, and asked, "What does Mr. Chu think?" Ye Li tapped the fan in her hand carelessly and said, "The other side has the higher ground, so it will take a lot of time and effort to forcefully attack them. Let's continue our nightly harassment, but … don't let General Lü catch us again. Next time, General Zhang might not be able to lead the troops to help everyone out. "
A few young generals looked at Ye Li with some dissatisfaction and said, "Since Mr. Chu is the military advisor, he must have some tricks up his sleeve. It's just that we won't be able to take them down if we launch sneak attacks every night. If we drag this out for ten days or half a month, we can just admit defeat without fighting. "Ye Li raised her eyebrows and asked with a smile," Then what do you all think? "
"This subordinate requests to be the vanguard and open a path for the army!" A young general cupped his hands and said to Zhang Qilan. The others followed suit and asked for Zhang Qilan's permission. It was obvious that they wanted to fight the enemy head-on. Ye Li looked at them plainly and said, "I don't object to fighting head-on, based on the enemy's strength. If we bet on half of their strength, we will definitely be able to take this place. However, I would like to remind all of you that although this is just a drill, if this were a real battle, it would mean that at least half of the hundred thousand soldiers here and outside would lose their lives on this small hill in front of Jian Tian Ya. "
"So what?" Someone asked softly.
Ye Li smiled and said, "If losing half of our soldiers, including the lives of all of you here, isn't a big deal. In that case, how would the remaining fifty thousand soldiers pass through the Heavenly Stream Cliff, which was known as a natural barrier? How many soldiers will be left after they pass through? Or do you all think that … even if we manage to pass through, we will be able to save General Top Scorer from being surrounded? I would like to remind all of you that based on my understanding of Prince Ding, the number of soldiers left behind at Jian Tian Ya is at most a third of the Western Army. The remaining two thirds are fresh soldiers who have yet to participate in the battle. Everyone here has sacrificed themselves, but may I ask, what will happen to General Top Scorer and the soldiers guarding the city? "
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