Chapter 276: Attack Encounter
On this afternoon, in front of the Fengguo Capital Palace, the place that originally seemed quite empty in the morning had become quite lively.
A group of cattle carts and horse-drawn carriages carrying a large amount of materials gathered in front of the main hall. Strong men carried wooden boxes or sacks into the main hall and put them away. There were expensive gold and silver treasures in them. , there are also exquisite silks and satins, as well as armor, weapons and even dried meat. It can be said that the ingredients are quite complex.
"Your Majesty! We have evacuated all the land of the Xin clan! We have also killed most of the Xin clan! But some of them fled to the north and disappeared into the mountains!"
At this moment, a busy place At the entrance of the palace, Wang Zhifan, who was chatting with the old Prime Minister who was holding a ledger and supervising the transportation, saw a cavalryman in short clothes running in front of him. The cavalryman pulled the reins to stop the horse, jumped off the horse and half-knelt on the ground. Report to him.
"Well... let's ignore those Xin clan members who escaped for the time being. You go and summon the sergeants to discuss their merits and reward them."
Wang Zhifan listened to the cavalryman's report and thought about it for a moment. Respond quickly and issue the next round of orders.
“No!”
The cavalryman in short clothes immediately responded after hearing this, got up and jumped on the horse, and left with a rather excited expression.
“Xiangguo, thanks to you for recommending this group of capable soldiers to me, otherwise the destruction of Xin would not have gone so smoothly.”
After the cavalryman left, Wang Zhifan smiled and said to the old man in civilian clothes beside him, his eyes passing over the man who was eagerly watching a large amount of property being put into the warehouse.
"The King is so complimentary! The battle to destroy Xin was so smooth because of the King's unparalleled power. These soldiers are just the icing on the cake."
The old Prime Minister has completely resolved his financial crisis. He immediately looked away from the account book in his hand and answered Wang Zhifan with a smile on his face, not daring to take any credit.
Because as someone who had personally experienced the previous battle that destroyed the land of the Xin clan, he knew very well how fragile the fortified city built by the Xin clan was in front of the king. It can be said that the powerful Xin clan His ability to collapse so quickly was all due to his Wang Zhifan's terrifying strength, he wiped out the main force of the Xin family with a single move, and took away the wealth accumulated by the Xin family for decades. The remaining Xin family members, even if they still had some strength, could only abandon their family property and flee. Dare to confront the hundreds of soldiers he summoned.
“Prime Minister, with today’s meager financial resources, can we raise an army of ten thousand?”
Ignoring the old man's praise, Wang Zhifan then asked the other party about this issue that he was more concerned about. He personally took action to destroy the Xin family not only to solve the problem of the empty treasury, but also to obtain the first pot of gold and continue the victory.
"This...let me think about it..."
When the old prime minister heard that Wang Zhifan wanted to expand his military strength, he did not dare to answer casually for a while. He knew that military affairs are complicated and complicated. The consumption is huge, even if you have wealth in your hands, you cannot squander it at will.
"The Xin family's No. 1 warehouse has thousands of tons of grain. If it supplies an army of 10,000, it can sustain..."
The old man then opened the account book in his hand and began to calculate the energy according to the details above. Can it sustain the daily consumption of 10,000 sergeants?
"Prime Minister, there is no need to be so fussy. I only need 10,000 soldiers for half a month. It will not be a problem to capture Tao or Yin and provide supplies."
Wang Zhifan knew at a glance that this old man had misunderstood his position. Meaning, he opened his mouth to explain.
"Your Majesty wants to attack Tao and Yin? The old minister thinks that we must consider the long term."
Suddenly hearing Wang Zhifan reveal such a wild plan, the old man in common clothes quickly lowered his voice and replied, he It is now known that Wang Zhifan possesses extraordinary strength, but subconsciously he still believes that it is not safe to only rely on this power to conquer other countries.
"Soldiers are valuable and quick, so be careful not to be slow and procrastinate. I just ask you if you can summon 10,000 soldiers for my use in the near future."
Wang Zhifan immediately replied with a serious face, showing his very determined attitude.
"Your Majesty, it will take several months to gather 10,000 soldiers, but if we only need 3,000 soldiers, we will be able to do so in the future."
The old man thought about it, but still felt that 10,000 soldiers would not be long in the future. It's not easy to get. After all, Fengguo is only a small country, and the number of its troops is only a few thousand. Expanding the scale is not a day's work.
"Three thousand is three thousand, Prime Minister, let's go ahead."
Wang Zhifan thought about it and felt that it doesn't matter if there are fewer people. Anyway, these people are just soy sauce in the initial stage.
"In addition, I need generals to lead the troops, and the Prime Minister has also recommended several candidates."
Considering that he could not lead troops and could not always lead troops to fight in person, Wang Zhifan made this request again. Where is the original general of Fengguo? He heard that he ran away after the military pay was cut off because the other general was not a native of Fengguo.
The two of them continued to talk for a while, and hundreds of sergeants gradually gathered on the mountain road below the mountain. These people were all the soldiers who wiped out the Xin family today. They can also be regarded as Wang Zhifan's current basic base. , Wang Zhifan called them over to discuss their merits and reward them in order to further win over them, so that he could have some help for his men, so that he would not have to go to the old man of Xiangguo for everything.
The following time became somewhat streamlined. Wang Zhifan spent some energy to get acquainted with these sergeants, and personally distributed some gold and silver rewards to them. He was busy until nightfall before he had personal free time. He lay down on a wooden bed to rest in a bedroom in the royal palace.
“Being a king like this is much more troublesome than being a gang leader. Many people are involved in everything, and everything must be planned and thought through. It would be great if you could fight alone in a war.”
Wang Zhifan, who once served as the leader in the dungeon, felt deeply that he himself was not very good at handling this kind of situation, but the dungeon forced him to have such an identity, so he had no choice but to carry on.
On the night of the first day, he did not rest. Instead, he sneaked into the dreamland and continued to practice the Dream Sword Sutra until he was interrupted by an old man who came to discuss matters in the early morning.
Lao Xiangguo had a very busy day. On the one hand, he had to arrange for him to gather the sergeants of Fengguo to prepare for war. On the other hand, he had to think about suitable candidates with the ability to lead the army. At the same time, he had to collect intelligence on the enemy and try to change Wang Zhifan. This eager war mentality.
But Wang Zhifan did not change his mind. His plan for this dungeon was to finish it as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if the pace slowed down, it would take many years and months to complete the dungeon.
Another day later, after preliminary preparations, Wang Zhifan led the assembled three thousand Fengguo soldiers to leave the capital and followed the mountain road to the east, where Yinguo was.
The reason why he chose Yin State to attack first was naturally because this country had suffered a recent defeat and its military strength was weak, so he had to pick the soft persimmons. Another reason was that it was the closest to Feng State, so swallowing it would make it easier to move forward. develop.
Thanks to the help of several professionals recommended by the old prime minister, nothing went wrong along the way. The cavalry spies in the front, the infantry army in the middle, the grain and grass team, and the guards on both wings all cooperated fairly well. It wasn't until half a day later that a scout cavalry came back with a slightly nervous look on his face. Report to Wang Zhifan who is riding on a red deer horse:
"Your Majesty! There are huge circular footprints on the ground ahead. The villain suspects that they were left by the Tao Kingdom's pottery army. They also went to attack the Yin Kingdom's capital. !" From the look on this soldier's face, he could tell that he was frightened by the Tao army, which had achieved great success in recent battles.
"Explore again! The whole army continues to move forward!"
Wang Zhifan didn't hesitate at all after hearing this man's report. He knew that the battle was inevitable, no matter whether the first one hit was a soft persimmon or a hard persimmon.
"Your Majesty... the young general has seen the army of pottery figurines. They are extremely powerful and not afraid of casualties. It is a bad idea to confront them head-on... The young general suggests stopping the troops first to ascertain the situation..."
As soon as the scouts left, a young general in armor began to persuade Wang Zhifan, hoping that he would not underestimate the threat of the Terracotta Army. Those things are not the same concept as ordinary armies.
"It doesn't matter, I just want to see the power of this pottery army."
Wang Zhifan then smiled and looked at the young general who was recommended by the old prime minister, and said: The other party was speechless.
Because he did not participate in the battle to destroy Xin the day before yesterday, he had only heard about Wang Zhifan's strength, and did not know how much of a threat the Tao Army was to Wang Zhifan. However, he was young and energetic, and found that Wang Zhifan, a king, was not afraid of force. He said no more about his enemies.
After a while, the slowly walking army passed a strange section of road. There were many dustpan-sized footprints on the ground on this section of the road, which looked as if they had been trampled by a large group of giant elephants.
"This number...I'm afraid there are thousands of pottery figurines...or I don't know what their combat effectiveness is..."
Wang Zhifan made an estimate in his mind when passing these footprints. , and continued to ask curiously to the young generals following him:
“Do you know what the weaknesses of the pottery army are? How to deal with them?”
"The pottery warriors are not good at speed, they are weak with axes and hammers, and they are afraid of water splashing."
The young general answered without thinking much.
"Well... then let our army's shield and axemen fight."
Wang Zhifan immediately replied something that left the young general speechless, because he knew very well These soldiers did not have the guts to charge towards the terrifying army of clay warriors.
The army advanced like this for another hour. They saw many huge footprints along the way, but still did not find any pottery figurines. All the soldiers knew that a powerful enemy would appear soon, but it was also very difficult. Fortunately they still haven't shown up yet.
"Send the order, the whole army stops and prepares to fight."
Suddenly, Wang Zhifan, who was riding in the front and leading the army, stopped the red deer horse and issued an order to the young general beside him.
"Your Majesty...why is this so? The scouts found no trace of the enemy."
The young general did not immediately implement Wang Zhifan's instructions. As someone who has learned a lot about martial arts, he knew how to act in such a disorderly manner. It was to kill the energy of the soldiers, he retorted directly.
Wang Zhifan didn’t blame him when he saw this. He just raised his finger and pointed to the ground in front of him and said:
"The enemy is far away in the horizon, but close in front of us."
"Huh?"
The young general then waved the command flag in his hand to make the sergeants behind him stop quickly, and then observed carefully The ground indicated by Wang Zhifan.
There was nothing surprising about that place at first glance. It was just that they had seen a lot of dirt roads covered with huge footprints along the way. But after the teenager continued to observe for a few seconds, he discovered that there were huge footprints. The middle of the footprints seems to be a little protruding from the ground, which looks uncoordinated.
"Those are...the heads of the pottery soldiers hidden underground?! How can the pottery soldiers be so insidious!"
He reacted quickly, and a lot of cold sweat broke out on his back. He thought to himself that it was fortunate that the king had stopped the sergeants in advance, otherwise they would have been in doom if they reached the top of the pottery soldiers. As soon as the enemy emerged from the ground The whole army will be overturned and destroyed in an instant!
"Ask the sergeants to find a way to get them out. If you want to fight, we will fight in an upright manner."
Then Wang Zhifan gave the next instructions.
"Your Majesty... Our army is not suitable for a hard fight at the moment. It is better to evacuate first."
After listening to this young general, he thought for a moment and answered, thinking that even if they discovered the other party's conspiracy, they would not be able to fight. It's impossible to beat them, but if you want to escape now, it shouldn't be a big problem. After all, the Terracotta Army is not very fast.
"Do as I say."
Wang Zhifan ignored his thoughts and forced him to carry out the order.
Originally, hard pressure in this life-and-death situation can easily lead to conflicts between superiors and subordinates, but the young general did not initiate a confrontation with Wang Zhifan, who was stubborn, because he suddenly thought of the qualities that the king had shown along the way and He was not the reckless type. The fact that he could detect the army of pottery figurines hidden underground before the scouts and himself showed that he must be a careful person, and how could a careful person make such a crude mistake?
So, the young general who had initially established trust in Wang Zhifan quickly ordered some soldiers to toss the pottery soldiers hidden under the road. The specific method was to remove some uncorked water bags. Throw it on the heads of those things and let their most disgusting liquid soak into their bodies.
As expected, after this operation, the pottery warriors who were originally hidden underground became a little unable to restrain themselves. The troubles they are currently experiencing will not have much impact on them, but this behavior of the enemy It shows that they have been exposed, and continuing to hide them like this is just deceiving themselves.
Rumble~
As the ground beneath their feet shook, the Fengguo sergeants saw rough-looking "natives" three to four meters high emerging from the ground vertically, without showing any signs of dissatisfaction with them in the process. With any difficulty corresponding to their size, it can be seen that they can move relatively freely in this earthy environment, which is their home field.
"People of the Feng Kingdom! I didn't expect you to be able to see through the hidden formation of my Tao Kingdom! As long as you offer the food and fodder for the army, our pottery army will let you go today!"
A soil A hole appeared on the chest of the yellow pottery figurine. The upper body of a man among them was exposed, and he shouted to the Fengguo army in front with a tone of surprise and contempt. They probably knew that it would not be easy to kill this army if they failed in the ambush, and they were not like them. If some plans conflict with each other, it is better to threaten them and blackmail them.
(End of this chapter)