The news of another battle had already reached Wang Jian after two hours. He hadn't rested yet, so he couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this. He asked about the entire battle. After that, he walked back and forth in the tent alone and gave an order," At the third watch, I cooked rice and set out at the fifth watch.
On the morning of the second day, Wang Jian personally led 200,000 troops and arrived at the Qin camp ten miles south of the Chu camp. He found that the guards of the camp were all golden fire cavalry who had dismounted. The infantry cowered in their tents, and not many of them slept. Wang Jian roughly looked through it and gave them some condolences, finally pacifying these tens of thousands of infantry.
By the time they had settled down the defenses of the 200,000-strong army and sent out scouts to monitor the surroundings, it was already noon.
"Where is your general?" Wang Jian had yet to see Meng Tian, so he frowned and asked,""Is he injured?" He hadn't heard of this when he came.
" This..." The general smiled bitterly." The general stayed in his tent and didn't rest the whole night."”
Hearing this general say so, Wang Jian could completely imagine it. He shook his head slightly." Bring this old man to take a look."”
"Yes."
The general hurriedly led Wang Jian to Meng Tian's tent. The old general motioned for him to wait outside the tent, then he lifted the curtain and walked in. The light in the tent was still bright, but the gloomy one was the person in the tent. He wore black armor and sat on a simple camp bed. He rested his forearms on his thighs and lowered his head.
Wang Jian walked in front of him. Perhaps she saw Wang Jian's boots, but Meng Tian slowly raised her head. Her eyes widened. Meng Tian got off the bed, but she did not stand up. Instead, she knelt down in front of Wang Jian. With another heavy sound, he cupped his fists unwillingly and said,
"This general is incompetent. Marshal, please punish me!”
When some people said that, they were more willing to absolve themselves. But Meng Tian's words were really asking Wang Jian to punish him. Otherwise, he would not be able to feel at ease about this defeat.
Wang Jian knew that Meng Tian was a proud person, so he said,""You have indeed made a mistake. For this defeat, I will punish you with a year's salary.”Seeing that Meng Tian still wanted to say something, he raised his hand to interrupt her and helped her up from the ground.
"General Meng, don't worry too much.”After Wang Jian faced him, he calmly said,"The biggest mistake in this defeat was this old man, not you. It was this old man who misunderstood the enemy.”
" This…" Meng Tian was stunned." Why would the marshal say that?”
"The enemies I knew were always the ones who charged forward, brave, daring, and calculative.”Wang Jian listed them one by one, and finally raised a finger." And the most crucial point is that they are young. What kind of judgment would this old man make against such an enemy? Too much steel lacks softness."
It was not without reason that the term 'young and impetuous' could exist. Except, using it on Jing Yu this time made Wang Jian feel that he was gravely mistaken. That 9-year-old child was clearly like him, an experienced fox. He had thought wrongly at the start and had forgotten to remind Meng Tian that the enemy would retreat before looking for an opportunity to counterattack. As for using the cavalry to such an extent, even using the opponent as an accomplice to kill the enemy, even Wang Jian did not expect it.
"This enemy is very strong. He can arouse all my fighting spirit, but he also makes me fear failure.”Wang Jian felt the blood in his entire body boil a little after a long time. On the contrary, goosebumps appeared on his skin again. His heart was extremely silent, and his eyes became deep…The stronger the enemy, the calmer he would be.
"General Meng, isn't defeating such an enemy the best way to show the value of our generals?”Wang Jian's body finally emitted the spirit of an old general." This old man needs your help. You can't rest here.”
"I'm willing to listen to the marshal's orders!" Meng Tian's eyes also shone brightly, regaining her usual awe-inspiring aura.
Wang Jian nodded his head in admiration. Only a general who was able to walk out of defeat was qualified to win.
"The camp is currently having a meal, are you interested in eating with this old man?”Wang Jian asked with a smile.
"Marshal, please." Meng Tian made an inviting gesture.
The two of them walked out together, but they didn't walk towards Wang Jian's marshal's tent, or towards the place where the defeated soldiers had their lunch. Eating and sleeping the same as the soldiers was something that Wang Jian often did. Even Meng Tian knew about it.
On the way, Wang Jian, who seemed to be thinking about something, stopped and gave an order that Meng Tian did not understand." Destroy the remaining Chu army camp.
"I wonder what the marshal's intentions are?”Meng Tian asked.
"This old man just suddenly thought of something. Could it be that the other party only left behind that camp to deceive our army once?”"Perhaps, the battle before was to hide another trick." General Meng, you did the right thing by not leading the troops to stay in the Chu army camp last night.”
" This..." Meng Tian looked ashamed and cupped her hands."This general is only afraid of the Chu army and doesn't want them to enter the camp. Recalling the previous encounter…I really don't know what marshal is saying, please explain.”
" Oh?" Wang Jian grunted and shook his head in spite of himself. " In that case, this is a lucky hit…Hahaha…" He laughed a few times. When Meng Tian approached, he lowered his voice and said,""My guess is that there is a secret passage leading out of the camp. If General Meng had led your troops to stay in the camp of the Chu army, the possibility of the entire army being wiped out would have been higher.”
This was an army that was like a frightened bird after being attacked. If someone suddenly came out of the secret passage in the middle of the night, even a small army could cause extraordinary damage.
Thinking of this, Meng Tian swallowed hard. His Golden Fire Cavalry had also caused a lot of casualties to the infantry in that cavalry chase. Therefore, he felt a little guilty, so he came up with this method to compensate the Bu Jun. He did not expect that it would indirectly save his life.
A few miles to the east of the original 400,000 strong Chu army camp, there was a short slope. At this moment, Jing Yu was calmly standing at the top of the slope, looking at the thick smoke rising in the distance.
As the saying went, plans could not keep up with changes. He had indeed set up a secret passage in the camp, and he had also planned to use it to attack the Qin army stationed in the camp. He didn't know why Meng Tian didn't lead her army to live there. Now that Wang Jian arrived, the fire immediately started. The existence of that secret passage was likely seen through.
If the opponent was Wang Jian, he could not be too greedy.
"Young master, it's really a pity." A red-haired youth who was about the same height as him, but one or two years older, walked over with a helmet. He was also wearing armor. The breastplate was red, and the rest of the armor was light blue, mixed with some cold metal colors.
"This is nothing." Jing Yu turned around and smiled." We're planning and preparing. The enemy is also planning. This is war. How can it develop according to our expectations? Xiaoqie, gather the team. Let's go back and rest for a day."”
"Yes." The young man revealed a simple smile." Young Master hasn't slept for the past two days. You really need to rest well.”He called for the soldiers to lead Jing Yu's warhorses, then ran to give the order to regroup…At the foot of the slope, around the thousands of warhorses, there were thousands of soldiers snuggling up to each other, sleeping and resting.
After Jing Yu got on the horse, he looked towards the south.
There would probably be no more battles today. Tomorrow would be the cruelest day in his plan, and it would also be the third day he had mentioned.
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