"Giving them wine is considered a good plan?"
"In a battle between two armies, psychological attacks are the most important. Fang Zhengzhi, when our army is fighting with their lives on the line, generously burying a stove to cook at the side. This is psychological attacks. Young Master Nangong giving wine is also psychological attacks. Don't you think this is a good plan?"
"Not only psychological attacks, if Fang Zhengzhi rejects, then he would lose the favour of burying a stove to cook. If he agrees, how would the soldiers fight after drinking the wine?" Another middle-aged man added on at this moment.
"A hundred jars of wine have such an effect. I am indeed impressed by Young Master Nangong's plan!" The middle-aged man who was initially somewhat doubtful finally understood when he heard this.
…
Within the wind valley.
As Fang Zhengzhi leisurely ate his barbecued meat and watched the battle, he saw over ten soldiers walk over from afar. Every soldier carried a pole on their shoulders.
On each pole, there were six jars of wine sealed with clay.
"Eh? Are they giving us wine? "When Fang Zhengzhi saw this scene, his heart trembled slightly and he felt somewhat surprised.
"Nangong Hao is giving us wine? How is this possible? "One of the commanders also saw this strange scene and his eyes were filled with disbelief.
On the other hand, the other commanders frowned and tried to guess Nangong Hao's intentions.
"I understand, Nangong Hao knows that we are burying a stove to cook in front of the two armies. Hence, he wants to …"
"Buy their hearts?!"
"That's right, Nangong Hao's plan is really vicious!"
Very quickly, a few of the commanders guessed Nangong Hao's intentions. Instantly, expressions of anger appeared on their faces.
"General Fang, should we send someone to stop them?" One of the commanders stood out with an eager expression. At this moment, the best thing to do was to reject.
After all, if over forty thousand soldiers really drank the wine, it would be over.
Furthermore …
Only the heavens knew if there was some sort of knockout drug in the wine.
"Why should we stop them?" A faint smile appeared on Fang Zhengzhi's face.
"Don't tell me. Does General Fang really intend to accept Nangong Hao's hundred jars of wine and distribute it to the soldiers? "The commanders were somewhat confused.
"How could I refuse a gift from someone? Even though it's only a dozen or so soldiers. However, that is still the military power of the Great Xia Dynasty. Leave these ten people behind and let them continue to carry the wine. After I conquer the Icy Monkey Settlement, I will use this wine to treat the 40,000 soldiers! "Fang Zhengzhi said generously.
"Detain these soldiers?!" All of the commanders were stunned when they heard Fang Zhengzhi's words. All of them looked at each other, their faces filled with astonishment.
They sent someone to bring you wine.
Not only do you want the wine, but you also want the person!
Do you have to be so shameless?
"General Fang, when two armies are fighting, they … they don't kill envoys!" One of the commanders reminded in a low voice.
"I didn't kill them. I was just kind enough to take them in and let them work for us. Am I right?" Fang Zhengzhi waved his hand casually.
"This … alright!" The commander was a little helpless.
After all, Fang Zhengzhi was the nominal commander of the 40,000 soldiers. Hence, as soldiers, they could only obey the commander's orders.
Over ten soldiers entered the wind valley with smiles on their faces. Another person stood out and loudly announced Nangong Hao's welcome to the "guests".
However, after he finished speaking, the smiles on their faces disappeared.
Because, they had been detained.
From the status of over ten envoys to over ten captives, this change in status was indeed a little too fast. It was so fast that they simply couldn't react.
Then, Fang Zhengzhi's actions once again opened their eyes.
Fang Zhengzhi began to announce loudly. Nangong Hao had a bet with him through letters. The bet was whether Nangong Hao would be able to conquer the wind valley. Now, Nangong Hao had lost.
He had to admit defeat.
He could only bring over a hundred vats of good wine.
However, the bet was clearly a thousand vats. Nangong Hao was clearly reneging on his promise!
Fang Zhengzhi spoke with sincerity. Furthermore, after conquering the wind valley, Nangong Hao had indeed brought over good wine. Over 40,000 soldiers. More than half of them actually believed him.
In this world, acting skills are the key!
Fang Zhengzhi once again understood the true meaning of this sentence.
Hence, amidst the cheers, Fang Zhengzhi wiped away his tears and pulled out the soldier who stood out to announce Nangong Hao's welcome speech. After entrusting him with an important task, he let the wind valley out.
The commanders watched the scene unfold before them.
All of them were completely stunned.
"One can be shameless, but, one can't be shameless to such an extent?"
…
The news of over ten wine delivery soldiers being detained was naturally spread by the soldier entrusted with an important task to the Icy Monkey Settlement. Furthermore, most importantly, that soldier passed down a message.
"Fang Zhengzhi requests Young Master Nangong to fulfill his promise of the bet and send over another nine hundred vats of good wine!"
When the four middle-aged men heard this news, they were somewhat speechless. Not too long ago, they were still praising Young Master Nangong's brilliant plan.
However, in the blink of an eye …
The wine was confiscated by the other party. Even the people were detained by the other party. Most importantly, they were inexplicably framed. What was the meaning of saying that they had lost the bet?
"This Fang Zhengzhi is really shameless. I have never seen anyone detain a gift-delivering troop. Furthermore, he actually dared to lie shamelessly! Doesn't he have a guilty conscience at all? "
"I can only say, this person's way of doing things is unimaginable!"
"I really didn't expect that such an excellent psychological attack would be countered by Fang Zhengzhi using such a method?"
The four middle-aged men shook their heads. Nangong Hao's psychological attack was indeed a good one. However, facing someone like Fang Zhengzhi, he could only blame it on his bad luck.
Everyone's gaze turned towards Nangong Hao, who was behind the table.
On the other hand, Nangong Hao, who was behind the table, remained silent. The ancient book in his hands stopped flipping. His eyes that were as bright as the sun seemed to be pondering about something.
He was indeed pondering.
Because, even he was slightly shocked when he heard the news from the soldier. Even though, he had already somewhat mentally prepared himself.
"Shameless is indeed shameless. However, I wonder, how is his attainment in formations?" Nangong Hao finally put down the ancient book in his hands. Then, he slowly stood up from behind the table …
…
Fang Zhengzhi naturally knew that Nangong Hao wouldn't order anyone to send wine over. Because, that would be equivalent to sending a sheep into a tiger's mouth. Furthermore, most importantly, it would be equivalent to admitting that he had lost the bet.
Hence …
This psychological attack had come to an end.
Even though the commanders didn't want to believe this, they understood in their hearts. In this psychological attack, Fang Zhengzhi indeed had a slight upper hand.
Of course, his method was rather shameless!
However, just having an upper hand in a psychological attack wasn't able to have a decisive effect on the entire battle. Just like how your troop's morale was high.
But, you can't get out!
What was the use?
If they couldn't get out of the wind valley, everything would be back to zero.
The commanders all knew this. However, Fang Zhengzhi's order was to wait. Hence, they could only wait. However, they didn't know how long they had to wait for!
Fang Zhengzhi did many things in this period of time. For example, he ate the roasted meat, drank two mouthfuls of water, and even loudly described how he and Nangong Hao had agreed on the bet through letters.
However, his gaze had never left Wu Feng, Chen Feiyu and the rest who were fighting on the battlefield from the start to the end. Even when he looked at the troop that was sending wine, the corner of his eyes still lingered on Wu Feng and the rest.
And now …
He had eaten and drunk his fill. Then, next. It was time to do something that he really needed to do.
"Teng Shisheng!" At this moment, Fang Zhengzhi finally spoke.
"Here!" When Teng Shisheng, who was warming himself by the bonfire, heard this, he instantly stood up.
"General Li, General Chen, General Wang …"
"Here!"
"Here!"
"..."
When the commanders heard Fang Zhengzhi's words, they also instantly became alert. They didn't know what Fang Zhengzhi wanted to do. However, they had a vague feeling that something was amiss.
The time seemed to have arrived.
"Prepare the spears and bows." Fang Zhengzhi didn't explain too much to Teng Shisheng and the commanders and directly ordered.
"Roger!"
Teng Shisheng and the other commanders responded once again.
They indeed didn't know what Fang Zhengzhi wanted to do. However, when they heard about the spears and bows, they faintly thought of something in their hearts.
"Silver Horned Wolves, look at the flag in my hand. Wherever my flag points, shoot your spears there. Shoot ten spears each time!" As Fang Zhengzhi spoke, he took out a small flag.
"Understood!"
"The arrows of the archers must be shot around the spears. There must be no deviation. Can you do it?"
"Yes!"
"Then … let's begin!" When Fang Zhengzhi heard the replies beside him, a faint glow flashed across his eyes. After all, no matter what, this was the first time he was commanding a battle.
Even though these orders sounded somewhat childish and didn't seem like something a commander would say.
Pointing to where, shooting there and so on!
However …
Wouldn't it be fine as long as they understood?
Fang Zhengzhi didn't care too much about whether his orders were colorful. What he cared about was whether Teng Shisheng and the commanders could understand his orders.
"Woosh woosh woosh!"
A wave of noise sounded out. Some of the archers among the forty thousand soldiers also took a step forward. Then, one by one, they got into position.
On the other hand, the five hundred Silver Horned Wolves lined up in rows of ten and stood neatly behind Fang Zhengzhi and the commanders. They raised the black spears in their hands high up, their gazes cold and sharp.
At this moment, Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu also noticed the change on Fang Zhengzhi's side.
All of them didn't quite understand.
What was Fang Zhengzhi trying to do?
Spears and archers, don't tell me he was thinking …
Should he slaughter these thousand soldiers along with his own people?
If that was the case!
"Fang Zhengzhi, even if I become a ghost, I will not let you off!"
Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu naturally knew about the incident where Fang Zhengzhi massacred the soldiers in the Northern Mountain Village. However, they really didn't want to believe that Fang Zhengzhi would dare to do the same thing here.
The combat examination was an army drill.
In the Great Xia Dynasty, there had always been a belief. An army that had never seen blood couldn't be considered a good soldier. Hence, death and injury in the combat examination was an extremely common occurrence.
However, death and injury were one thing. A massacre of ten thousand arrows was still somewhat overboard.
Fang Zhengzhi didn't care about what Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu thought. In reality, his gaze had already completely left Wu Feng and Chen Feiyu.
The flag in his hand finally moved at this moment.
"There, in the south-east direction. Counting from here, it is a position ninety-five steps away!" Fang Zhengzhi very accurately described the distance from his position to the indicated position.
There was a famous saying in ancient times.
Hundred Steps Shooting!
It meant that within a hundred steps, every shot would hit the target.
And in the history of his previous world, there was a fierce general called Lu Bu who was able to shoot a small branch on a halberd from a distance of a hundred and fifty steps. This became a legend.
This world.
In terms of power, it far surpassed the previous world.
Whether he could shoot a hundred steps, or even a hundred and fifty steps, Fang Zhengzhi wasn't too sure. However, to be safe, he decided to start from the position of ninety-five steps.
"Woosh woosh woosh …"
Just as Fang Zhengzhi's voice fell, ten black spears blew out from his body like a gust of wind. Then, they drew a beautiful arc in the air.
Finally …
"Ding ding ding …"
One by one, the black spears were inserted into the ground, forming a small circle within a radius of five meters.
Fang Zhengzhi had seen the spear throwing technique of these Silver Horned Wolves before. That time, he was mercilessly trapped on the spot by these Silver Horned Wolves.
And now, he met them again.
However, it felt like two completely different feelings.
The black spears landed on the ground.
White arrows shot out in an instant, filling the sky like rain. Almost a hundred arrows flew into the sky, just like snowflakes falling from the sky.
"Woosh woosh woosh …"
Such a commotion naturally caused the thousand soldiers in formation to jump in fright.
When they saw Fang Zhengzhi lead the army over, they actually didn't think much of it. After all, Fang Zhengzhi had always been standing at the same spot without any movement.
He even buried a stove at the side and cooked.
This actually caused them to somewhat let down their guard.
However, the sudden change still caused them to be alarmed. After all, this was an army of over forty thousand soldiers. Furthermore, it was a powerful army.
The white arrows that filled the sky landed on the ground.
Instantly, some of the soldiers who were originally standing beside the black spears quickly moved away. A huge circle with the black spears at the center expanded by more than two times!
At the same time, the other soldiers standing around the circle also felt some sort of pressure on their bodies. This pressure didn't come from the black spears or the white arrows.
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