Surviving In The Ancient Times With Limitless Supplies
Chapter 179: Divide The Troops

Chapter 179: Divide The Troops

Hearing Qi Baijun’s answer, Chen Yiwei couldn’t help but say in admiration: "The only one who can fool us is indeed only Jin Huai. He is really not an easy opponent to deal with. With him as an advisor, Yao Zhen is like a tiger with wings."

Qi Baijun glanced at him, snorted and said coldly: "Instead of admiring him, we should hurry up and buy more medicinal herbs. With Jin Huai’s cunning personality, we must get more medicinal herbs before they clean up the market."

Chen Yiwei nodded, handed the bowl of medicine to a soldier, and said, "All right. I will go right away."

He turned around and walked a few steps, before turning to look at Qi Baijun and asking, "What about you?"

Qi Baijun glanced at him and coldly said, "Getting ready to welcome guests."

After finishing speaking, he jumped on his war horse and rode back to Lin Zi City. Looking at his disappearing figure, Chen Yiwei fell into deep thought for a moment, before he went to arrange for someone to buy more medicinal herbs.

At the same time, Yao Zhen and the others were having a meeting in the military camp of the Shang Empire. Yao Zhen sat on the main seat, put down a small bamboo slip on the low table, and laughed happily.

Jin Huai stroked his beard and looked at his happy face, then saying, "It seems that there is good news this time."

Yao Zhen nodded and looked at him with a bright smile. "Yes. Thanks to Advisor Jin’s ingenious plan, Qi Baijun’s Black Qilin Army is now half crippled."

Meng Sikuan laughed and said, "The Black Qilin Army is indeed very strong and only the Night Army can defeat them. It’s a pity that Qi Baijun is still too young and rash."

Du Yuanwei nodded and said, "However, we can’t take him lightly. To be able to become a major general at the age of twenty-two, this Qi Baijun is also a rare talent."

Ren Fanyan agreed with him and said, "General Du is right."

After listening to their conversation for a while, Jin Huai said, "Since they fell into our plan so quickly, we haven’t had time to buy all the medicinal herbs on the market. I was expecting we need to wait at least two weeks before they will use the rations they stole from us. Something must have happened to them that is unknown to us, and forced them to use those rations earlier."

He then looked at Song Yanlei, and asked, "General Song, is there any news about what happened in Lin Zi City yesterday?"

Song Yanlei shook his head and said, "Our spies didn’t send back any news yesterday."

Tapping his fingers on the low table, Jin Huai frowned and murmured: "We must have missed something. But what have we missed?"

Yao Zhen looked at his frowning face and asked, "Advisor Jin, should we continue with our plan now?"

Hearing his question, Jin Huai recovered from his contemplation, and said with a smile: "Of course. Since Qi Baijun gave us this rare opportunity, we should make good use of it."

"Great. Then I will personally lead the army to boost our soldiers’ morale." Yao Zhen said firmly.

Jin Huai stroked his beard thoughtfully, stood up and walked to a table with a large map spread out on it. He looked at the map in silence, while the others got up and walked to the table. They are standing around the table, waiting for Jin Huai to speak.

After a long silence, Jin Huai raised his eyes, looked at the others and asked, "Do any of you have a plan?"

Song Yanlei took two small blue flags and put them on the map, then said, "The defenses of these two places are the weakest. We should attack from here."

Then he pointed to a long line on the map and said, "The only problem is this place. If we want to reach Lin Zi City from those two weakest places, we have to go through this narrow valley sandwiched between two high cliffs."

Du Yuanwei frowned and said, "It will be very dangerous to pass through this narrow valley unprepared."

Song Yanlei nodded and said, "Mhm. That place is perfect for an ambush."

Looking at the map, Ren Fanyan suddenly asked, "Is it possible for Qi Baijun to spread fake news?"

Hearing his question, Meng Sikuan’s eyes flickered, and he said, "You mean, Qi Baijun deliberately used false news to lure us to attack Lin Zi City, and wanted to ambush us when we passed through the narrow valley?"

Ren Fanyan nodded as an answer. After getting his affirmation, the others fell into silence. Jin Huai was silent for a moment, before saying, "Based on Qi Baijun’s previous war strategy, it is possible for him to do so."

"But if we want to go to Lin Zi City, we have to go through this narrow valley. This is the only route wide enough for our soldiers to march towards Lin Zi City." Song Yanlei said while looking at the map.

While they were still looking for another route, Yao Zhen pointed to the map and said, "We can try this route."

Looking at the place he was pointing at, the others gasped at the same time. Song Yanlei looked at him and said, "General Yao, it’s too dangerous to go through that route. We had to walk on a path that is only a foot wide and clings to the cliff."

"It’s better than being ambushed by Qi Baijun." Yao Zhen said calmly.

Jin Huai thought for a long time, and said, "Since the two routes are very risky, how about we divide the troops?"

He picked up the blue flag on the map, moved it to the place Yao Zhen just pointed out, and said, "General Song will lead five hundred elite troops to pass this route. With fewer troops, it will be safer to take this cliff route."