Chapter 565: Full of Nonsense (Update 1)
Hearing Yang Huazhong’s question, the old man’s eyes fell on him.
"If you don't go to the ground, I'm here to help you dig the foundation." The old man said.
“Huh?”
Yang Huazhong was surprised.
He said hurriedly: "Dad, we have enough people here. Go and have a rest at home."
Old Yangtou said: "With one more person and one more shovel, we can dig earlier."
He spit into his calloused palms, rubbed them a few times, and then held the shovel in his hand.
“My son is going to build a big and magnificent house. As a father, I am so happy that I have to dig the foundation!”
“Come on, let’s get started!”
Seeing Lao Yangtou holding a shovel and joining the army digging the foundation with great pride.
Yang Huazhong had mixed feelings.
The man also picked up the hoe in his hand, turned around and followed.
On the other side of several mountains.
Travel day and night, over mountains and ridges, and across mountains and rivers.
As night fell, Ning Su and Luo Fengtang finally arrived at the small forest where the military camp was stationed.
However, they found that the tents in the grove had already been pulled up, and the cooking pots accompanying the march were scattered on the ground.
There were signs of fighting at the scene.
The two of them checked separately, and then Ning Su frowned.
"Oops, bandits must have attacked again after I left. Did the Lord retreat to another place? Or were they taken captive?"
Ning Su couldn't figure it out.
Luo Fengtang looked back.
“Judging from the footprints at the scene, there was a small fight here.”
“The general and the others must have abandoned their camp and retreated elsewhere. Let’s go, let’s look elsewhere!” Luo Fengtang said.
Ning Su looked at the majestic mountains all around. It was getting late and everything was getting dark.
"You didn't leave any clues for me. Looking around the peaks, where should I look?" he said.
Luo Fengtang pondered for a moment and patted Ning Su on the shoulder: "Follow me!"
The two of them walked through the mountains and forests in the dark night for several hours, and finally in the middle of the night , found the garrison.
Ning Su was discovered by the sentry when he arrived near the station.
The token was shown and the sentry let him go.
There was a lamp left in the general's tent.
When Ning Su came in, a middle-aged man wearing armor was looking at the marching formation chart under the lamp.
There were two serving soldiers standing beside him.
Seeing Ning Su coming in, the general said: "Vice General Ning, you have come back at the right time. After these days of rest, I planned to lead the soldiers to attack Heifeng Village in the early morning and destroy the bandits' lair in one fell swoop. !”
Ning Su frowned when he heard the general’s words.
"General Zhu, should we discuss the plan to capture Heifeng Village later?"
"The military situation is so fierce, how can we delay it?" General Zhu asked with some displeasure.
Ning Su said: "This time my subordinates went down the mountain and found a villager who was familiar with the terrain here to be our guide."
"According to the guide, we have The drawings are incomplete, which is detrimental to our march and formation to encircle and suppress the bandits!"
"How about we listen to what the guide says first?" Ning Su asked for instructions.
General Zhu pondered for a moment and said: "Where is the person? Bring him in and show me."
Ning Su turned around and said hello to the outside of the tent, and a tall figure entered the tent immediately.
"Luo Fengtang, a villager in Changping Village, has met General Zhu."
Luo Fengtang greeted General Zhu respectfully.
General Zhu raised his eyelids and looked at the guide in front of him.
He is very young and has a strong body.
Wearing clothes of coarse cloth, with patches on the cuffs and elbows.
At first glance, they are descendants of farmers who have been digging in the soil for eight generations.
General Zhu sat down, took a cup of fragrant tea from the soldier next to him, and took a sip.
"Are you familiar with the local mountain roads?" General Zhu asked Luo Fengtang. Luo Fengtang nodded: "I am a hunter in the mountains. Except for the two peaks in the Black Wind Village den, I have never been to them. I have climbed all the nearby peaks."
General Zhu nodded: "Vice General Ning said, the blueprint is incomplete? How can we not complete it?"
Luo Fengtang took out the blueprint he brought with him.
On it is his re-labeled cow hoof dam.
Then, hand it over with both hands.
General Zhu didn't answer, but the soldier on the side did.
General Zhu took it from the soldier and glanced at it.
"Niuxiba?"
"Yes," Luo Fengtang said.
"Tell me, what kind of place is this Niupi Dam?" General Zhu said.
Luo Fengtang then explained the situation of Niuti Dam to General Zhu in detail.
Finally, Luo Fengtang added: "Niuti Dam is like an outpost to Heifeng Village."
Luo Fengtang said.
"There is a small force of bandits in Black Wind Village, stationed at Niutiba. The two are like horns to each other and complement each other." He said.
After hearing this, General Zhu narrowed his eyes.
On the side, Ning Su asked for instructions again: "General Zhu, this brother Luo Fengtang is not only familiar with the terrain here, but he is also very skilled."
"For our tactics of encircling Heifeng Village, he also proposed to let his subordinates General Zhu might as well listen to what I think is a suitable tactic.”
Hearing this, General Zhu’s eyes moved to Luo Fengtang.
He twitched the corners of his mouth.
How can a mere country hunter know how to march and form a formation?
joke!
"Since Vice General Ning strongly recommends it, come and listen to it!" General Zhu said.
Under Ning Su’s encouraging eyes, Luo Fengtang nodded.
Then, he told General Zhu the encirclement and suppression tactics that had been revised by Yang Ruoqing, one by one, with clear logic.
“We should concentrate our main force and first besiege Niutiba where the bandits are relatively weak.”
"In this case, if Niuti Dam is in emergency, Heifeng Village will definitely send forces to help."
"At this time, we will ambush the remaining troops on the road leading to Niuti Dam from Heifeng Village , to contain them.”
“The reinforcements could not be made in time, so our army captured Niutiba, and then attacked with the remaining troops from the front and back, wiping out the bandits in the middle of the battle!”
Luo Fengtang said.
“Once the Niuho Dam is broken, it is equivalent to breaking the door of Heifeng Village.”
"Our army can be repaired and supplied with supplies at Niutiba. Next..."
"Okay, no need to go on!"
General Zhu suddenly raised his hand to interrupt. He heard Luo Fengtang's words.
He crumpled the drawings Luo Fengtang brought and threw them on the table.
“Vice General Ning, where did you find such a guide? He talks nonsense!”
General Zhu looked at Ning Su with great displeasure.
“What about dividing the troops into several groups, and what about surrounding the ox hoof dam to supply supplies? We are an army sent by the imperial court to suppress thieves. Is it possible that we still have to station and multiply in these barren mountains and ridges?”
"In my marching purpose, Mr. Zhu, I don't evade the important and just talk about it lightly! Take the Black Wind Stronghold in one go!"
General Zhu stood up.
“Pass my order, tomorrow morning, the whole army will be mobilized to attack Heifeng Village from the front and approach the bandit’s lair!”
Ning Su was anxious.
"General Zhu, Heifeng Stronghold is a natural danger. It is easy to defend but difficult to attack. A strong attack will be really disadvantageous for us!"
Over there, Luo Fengtang also frowned and said: "If we don't destroy the hooves first, Dam, when the bandits attack from both sides, our army will be attacked from both sides and have no way to retreat..."
"Shut up!"
General Zhu slammed the table.
"Only by fighting against the odds and cutting off the retreat can we boost morale!"
(End of this chapter)