Chapter 975: Chapter 11: Ten Thousand Troops Defeated by a Wonderful Plan, the Strategist Breaking Army Returns at Last
Requires a strong physique, not inferior Inner Qi, and extremely high endurance.
And that set of equipment can only be described as luxurious.
Li Guanyi was silent for a moment, instinctively looking towards Nangong Wumeng, who was eating fruit over there. Nangong Wumeng raised his head, leaned against the chair, holding a piece of fruit with his left hand, placing it in his mouth. His hair hung down, his neck was fair and slender. Coincidentally, he turned his eyes and saw Li Guanyi.
The young Lord’s gaze was hopeful, bright, and longing.
Like a cat waiting to be fed.
Leaning against the chair, allowing the two legs at the back of the wooden chair to support him, the two front legs tilted upward, Nangong Wumeng was stunned, then his hair stood on end, and he jumped up suddenly, with the fruit in his mouth, raising his right hand and pointing at Li Guanyi, saying:
"You, you, you, were you just thinking of asking me to find you an iron mine?!"
Li Guanyi calmly looked away: "No."
"You clearly were!"
"How could there be an iron mine here!"
"Impossible, absolutely impossible!"
Nangong Wumeng insisted it was impossible to find in the Western Regions, so Li Guanyi had to say: "Just go out to roam around when you have nothing to do, if you find any special places, just come back and report."
Fan Qing pondered and said: "Lord, this army of cavalry is quite troublesome for us right now. As previously mentioned, relying on the city walls to fight is not a bad method."
Li Guanyi thought for a moment, then said: "However, I have an even more wonderful plan."
He waved his hand, gathered everyone around, and then shared the strategy he just thought of. Everyone’s expressions slightly changed, they exchanged glances and said: "In that case, it seems possible..."
"It should be possible."
"However, some areas need improvement."
Li Guanyi proposed the strategy, which all the generals believed was feasible, so they immediately made preparations. On one hand, they managed the livelihoods of the townspeople and settled Batuer’s people, and on the other hand, they gathered cavalries willing to fight.
Meanwhile, Huyan Chengji was feeling furious because his scouts were removed, so he advanced all the way along the frontline following that target tribe, only to find a small town. Although the town was small, it was in the Western Regions where spring and autumn often had big storms, stirring up large amounts of sand and dust that beat on people’s faces. Therefore, most settlements had city walls to protect against sandstorms.
Not very large, but there were archers on the city walls too.
Huyan Chengji sent people ahead but was forced back by a barrage of arrows.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out that the city walls originally built to stop sandstorms had been renovated to resemble the arrow towers of the Central Plains. The archers hid behind them to shoot arrows, which caused some losses to the cavalry.
Huyan Chengji sent people to shout: "This is Lord Huyan, here to track down the rebels who killed Lord Huyan Yinshi’s son. Your small town has only a thousand-strong garrison, dare to resist without quickly handing over those people and apologize?!"
Inside the city walls, Lei Laomeng imitated the Western Regions’ accent and shouted: "Those tribes entered our territory and gave Mr. Xiao many benefits. We definitely have to protect them. You have no abilities, where dare you act presumptuous here?!"
"Aren’t you afraid of the Holy Sect dispatching Heavenly Soldiers here and wiping you out?!"
The two sides exchanged a series of insults.
Lei Laomeng alone was not at a disadvantage, loudly cursing:
"That tribe offered Mr. Xiao a fine golden treasure sword."
"Seven gemstones on the scabbard. If you want to come in or want those people, bring those out too!"
Huyan Chengji instantly knew it was his son’s treasure sword, and in a rage that nearly turned his eyes red, he dispatched soldiers to attack the city, but without much success.
After another attack, the Western Regions’ cavalry were dealt with by the turning crossbow machine and withdrew cursing to camp at the back. After several days like this, consuming food and fodder quickly depleted supplies for the army of ten thousand cavalry, but Huyan Chengji refused to leave because of the killing of his son and his honor.
Everyone knew the people who killed his son were here, and if he fled.
Where would his honor be?!
He only ordered the soldiers’ rations halved to hold out for more days.
Meanwhile, he continued his feasting with delicious food daily.
Another day, suddenly in the town came the sound of conflict, and when Huyan Chengji was puzzled, the town gates opened wide. A sturdy man rode out on horseback, and upon seeing his face, it was clear he was a Central Plains person, loudly proclaiming: "I am a traveling merchant from the Central Plains."
"Doing business here, Mr. Xiao detained us and battled with you strong warriors. We did not want to collude with him and secretly killed him to offer you all."
This person was Changsun Wuchou, who from afar threw a box over, which landed on the ground and opened, revealing a plump head, which was Xiao Dayin’s.
Huyan Chengji recognized this person, knowing he was a noble here. Adding to Changsun Wuchou’s appearance, he immediately believed seventy percent of it.
Changsun Wuchou also presented a golden curved sword, loudly saying: "We found this sword in his house, willing to offer it to the City Lord, and we have captured that tribe. Everything inside is willing to be offered."
Huyan Chengji holding the sword, hacked at Xiao Dayin’s head, cursing in anger with tears streaming down his face, then said: "I want to kill everyone who harmed my son, sell the women to the lowest tribe as slaves, and chop the men taller than a cartwheel into mincemeat."
Changsun Wuchou comforted him, then mentioned many names of Western Region nobles, intimidating Huyan Chengji, then said: "Our trading guild head is also trapped here. Having heard of Lord Huyan’s great name, we are willing to host a banquet in your honor, please join us!"