Sun Wen couldn't be blamed for not knowing. Qi Kuang only knew how to train the navy all these years. He was timid, unknown, and had a low presence.
"Hmm, that person is not bad."
Jiang Nongqin said calmly.
Both she and Huijun liked to judge based on Jiang Pengji's interests.
Qi Kuang was not good-looking and was an eyesore. His legs were crippled, but he was obedient and obedient. All these years, he only knew how to work hard and did not bring any trouble to their lord. Unlike Feng Zhen, a prodigal son who always wanted to lead their lord astray — tsk — annoying!
Jiang Nongqin did not like Feng Zhen, but their lord liked Feng Langzi, so she could only love him.
She did not give Feng Zhen face, but she would not embarrass him.
Sun Wen paid attention and continued to observe the situation at Yi River.
He muttered to himself, "It's fine that Feng Zi is evil, but he also likes to play tricks on people …"
Compared to Feng Zhen, Sun Wen felt that he was like a pure white lotus flower that had grown out of the mud, fair and clear.
He liked to play tricks on people and lead them step by step into a dead end.
What about Feng Zhen?
Before killing the enemy, he would play with them for a while. When the enemy was about to have a mental breakdown, he would slowly stab the fatal knife.
Wu Liba was still recuperating in his tent. When he heard the thunderous drumming outside, he forced his injured body to climb up.
"Help me out to take a look …"
Wu Liba was reprimanded many times, but his authority was still there. The soldiers did not dare to disobey.
He quietly approached the front line. After observing for a while, Wu Liba thought of a terrifying possibility.
"Quick — send someone to report to the King. Don't continue to waste arrows. Pay attention to the defense on the left, right, and rear!"
After saying this, his wound split open. Wu Liba's face turned pale, and his vision dimmed.
If not for someone supporting him, he might have fainted on the ground.
Wu Liba struggled to break free from the support of the soldiers and said stubbornly, "I'm fine. Quickly send someone to report to the King! If we're late, it might be too late — there are too many treacherous people under Liu Xi's command. They can't be doing this just to humiliate us. It's highly possible that they're secretly splitting up their troops and sneaking ashore from the upper and lower reaches of Yi River. They'll make a detour to attack us! "
Although they could use this method to deceive their arrows and damage their morale, if they did not attack for a long time, the enemy's morale would also be low.
Did he play this game just to fool around?
Not entirely!
From Wu Liba's point of view, the other party was using this method to attract the attention of the Northern Borderline Barracks so that they would have no time to care about anything else.
This was similar to how Wu Liba deceived Jiang Pengji last night with the scarecrow on the empty boat.
The difference was that Jiang Pengji did not fall for the trick at all, but the North Borderline Camp was led by the nose and devoted themselves to it.
Wu Liba rubbed his temples, hoping that it was not too late.
His words were heard by the acting king, word for word.
The Acting King shuddered and broke out in a cold sweat.
What Wu Liba said made sense. They had almost fallen into his trap!
Seeing him in a daze, Haluncha hurriedly called out, "Acting King!"
"Quick — send someone to defend the flanks and the rear. Do not let the Liu family's traitors take advantage of us!"
The Acting King hurriedly gave the order. Harrencha was about to obey the order when one of his subjects stammered.
"If what General Wu Liba said is true, there won't be many people ambushing us, right?"
The Acting King raised his sword-like eyebrows and said gruffly, "Why do you say that?"
The subject said, "There are about 30,000 enemy troops on the other side of the river, but Liu Xi's Vanguard Battalion only has a little more than 30,000 troops. How would they have extra troops to split up and launch a sneak attack?"
His words were like a wake-up call!
The Acting King's expression stiffened. Was there such a thing?
He glanced at Haluncha. Haluncha's expression was also dumbfounded.
Liu Xi's 30,000 Vanguard Battalion troops were right under their noses. How would they have extra troops to launch a sneak attack?
The answer was …
Of course there was!
The Acting King felt that he had been tricked by Wu Liba. When he thought of his reaction just now, he was extremely embarrassed.
"Send someone to tell that old man to recuperate in peace. Don't try to scare us here!"
The soldier had no choice but to repeat the Acting King's words to Wu Liba.
Wu Liba's injuries were not serious, but he had expended a lot of energy and was exhausted.
Hearing the Acting King call him an "old man" and say that he was trying to scare them, Wu Liba's shoulders slumped as if his energy had been sucked out of him.
Wu Liba sat paralyzed on his sickbed. He looked like he had aged a few years. He muttered, "This fool has ruined the Northern Borderline …"
As the Sage of the Northern Borderline, his life's goal was to let the Northern Borderline's cavalry step on the Han's hinterland and erase the humiliation of his ancestors, the Qiangwu tribe.
Just as his hegemony was about to be accomplished, a horse plague had beaten the complacent Northern Borderline back to its original state.
Since then, all sorts of tricks had flown out.
The King's sons and brothers had a falling out. They killed and framed each other, causing internal strife and unrest in the Northern Borderline.
After that, the Ninth Prince, who had ascended to the throne, was stupid and cowardly. Was he trying to drag the Northern Borderline down to hell with him?
Overwhelmed with emotion, Wu Liba could not think of the key to his plan for a while.
However, at this moment, Jiang Pengji had stirred up trouble.
Feng Zhen suggested sending someone to discuss with the enemy on the other side of the river.
Jiang Pengji glanced at Feng Zhen. "War is not child's play. Take it easy."
Although it was a warning, one could tell from her indulgent tone that she was not angry. On the contrary, she agreed.
Feng Zhen laughed. "You really know the time. It won't delay the military affairs."
At the same time, the Acting King of the Northern Borderline suspected that he was deaf. What was the person opposite him saying?
"Is Liu Xi rushing to die?"
They had been fooling them for almost four hours. Seeing that it was already past lunch time, the soldiers' stomachs were rumbling with hunger.
The Acting King was about to sound the gongs to retreat and stop fooling around with Jiang Pengji, but the other side sent someone to make an absurd suggestion.
The gist of it was: It's not good for us to confront each other across the river and provoke each other. We haven't even eaten lunch. If we continue to drag this on, no one will be able to back down. Why don't we do it this way? You command your troops to hold back a little so that our troops can get ashore and get into formation. Then we'll have a showdown. How about that?
After hearing this, the Acting King was completely moved.
This was a good thing!
"We'll beat them at their own game and agree. When half of Liu Xi's troops get ashore, we'll order the cavalry to charge and kill them. Liu Xi's troops will be in a dilemma. When the time comes, the troops will crowd the banks of the Yi River. Those who want to escape won't be able to, and those who want to get ashore won't be able to. They'll definitely lose! "
As for integrity?
This was war. Who cared about integrity and conscience?
A little fairy with a conscience would not live long on the battlefield.
Haluncha vaguely felt that something was wrong, but no matter how he thought about it, he could not pinpoint what was wrong.
Not long ago, he had told the Acting King that if the two armies faced off against each other, they could rely on numbers to defeat Liu Xi's 30,000-strong vanguard battalion.
If he stopped them from getting ashore now, wouldn't he be slapping himself in the face?
Thinking of this, Haluncha remained silent.
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