" My liege." Two hours later, Tian Feng, Guan Hai, and the other generals arrived at Li Bai's tent. They automatically split into two lines and stood properly. Tian Feng was still standing in front of them.
Li Bai nodded and said,"Right now, Zhang Ju's rebels have gathered more than 100,000 troops at the gates of Ji County. As the officials of the Great Han Dynasty, how can we watch as these rebels rebel and plunder the people? I've decided to send out our troops tonight to exterminate the rebels."
" We are willing to be the vanguard for our lord," the generals shouted.
Li Bai nodded and said,"Guan Hai, Zhang He, Gongsun Du, listen up!"
" I'm here." The three of them stepped forward.
"The three of you will lead 8000 cavalrymen to attack the rebel camp with me."
"Yes."
"Ju Yi!"
"I am here."
"I order you to lead 5000 infantry to attack the left wing of the rebel army."
"Yes."
"Le Jin!"
"I am here."
"I order you to lead 5000 infantry to attack the right wing of the rebel army."
"Yes."
"Li Dian!"
"I am here."
"I order you to lead 3000 infantry to attack the rebel army from the north. If Zhang Ju leads his troops to the north, capture Manchester City if you can. If you can't capture them, let them go north. Do you understand?"
"Yes," Li Dian answered with some doubt.
"Han Dang!"
" I'm here." Han Dang was stunned when he heard Li Bai call his name. He then stepped forward and answered with some joy.
"I order you to lead 2000 cavalry and 2000 infantry to ambush at the small tree mountain 15 miles away. Once the rebel army wants to escape north, the small tree mountain is the place they must pass through. If Zhang Ju escapes north, you must cut off Zhang Ju's head for me.”
" Don't worry, my lord. I won't let you down." Li Bai nodded.
"Mister Yuan Hao, I'll have to trouble you to guard the camp."
" My lord is too polite," Tian Feng replied.
Li Bai nodded and said,"Go and prepare."
"Yes."
" My lord, the entire army is ready," Zhang He said to Li Bai in the evening.
Li Bai nodded." Let's go."
"How long until we reach the rebel camp?" Li Bai asked Zhang He, who was beside him.
"Replying to my lord, we will arrive in about the time it takes to brew a cup of tea."
" En, immediately send someone to inform Le Jin and Ju Yi. Tell them to try their best to drive the rebel army north." Zhang He looked at Li Bai with some doubt."Suyi, do you think it's easy for us to train a new army or…" Before Li Bai could finish, Zhang He revealed an expression that seemed to dispel his doubts and said to Li Bai,"I'm sorry.""My lord is so talented that I can't compare to him."
Li Bai smiled and didn't say anything. He rode his horse forward. Zhang He called the messenger and said to him,""Order the entire army not to make any noise. Also, tell General Gongsun Du to lead 500 cavalrymen to the front to scout. If they find any enemy scouts, kill them. Don't let the enemy find us."
" Yes," the messenger replied. He then turned around and galloped off on his horse.
Li Bai heard Zhang He's order and nodded. A famous general was indeed a famous general. He was very thoughtful.
Before this, Li Bai had put Zhang He in charge of this battle, so he could command in front of Li Bai. Li Bai wanted to cultivate the independent leadership ability of these generals so that they could grow as soon as possible, except for Guan Hai, that idiot.
Li Bai used to have a glimmer of hope for him, but after the incident at the Prefecture Overseer's Office, Li Bai had completely given up on him. With his intelligence, it was safer for him to stay by his side, Li Bai thought to himself.
" My lord, the enemy camp is right in front of us," Zhang He said as he pointed at Li Bai.
Li Bai looked up and saw a large camp ahead. Countless torches lit up the entire camp. The enemy soldiers standing guard at the door were standing unsteadily and chatting with each other. Two of them had even fallen asleep on the side. Seeing this scene, Li Bai shook his head secretly.
Li Bai turned to Zhang He and said,"Zhiyi, this battle is up to you. Don't disappoint me."
" Don't worry, my lord. I will not disappoint you," Zhang He solemnly bowed to Li Bai.
Li Bai looked at Zhang He and nodded.
Zhang He cupped his hands at Li Bai, then turned around and shouted to the soldiers behind him,"" Soldiers of the Liaodong Army, it's time for you to make contributions and serve the lord. Follow me to kill." With that said, he raised his saber and rode his horse forward.
"Kill, kill, kill!"
" Enemy attack! Enemy attack!" The sentry at the entrance shouted into the camp.
" Die!" Zhang He took the lead and rushed to the entrance of the camp. With a slash of his saber, he killed two enemy soldiers and shouted," Brothers, kill, kill, kill!"
" Great King, Great King, it's bad. Someone's coming in!" The soldier hurriedly rushed into Zhang Ju's tent and shouted.
Zhang Ju, who was drunk, was awakened by the soldier's voice. He immediately shouted angrily,"Are you blind? Can't you see that this king is resting?”
" Guards, drag him out and behead him!" Zhang Ju was still furious as he shouted at the guards outside the account.
" My king, please spare my life! Please spare my life!" The soldier begged desperately.
Zhang Ju shouted impatiently,"Pull him out." Just as the soldier was about to be pulled out, a person who seemed to be trusted by Zhang Ju hurriedly ran over and said to Zhang Ju with a depressed expression,"Your Majesty, it's bad. Our camp has been broken through and our sect has been surrounded. Please break out of the encirclement quickly, Your Majesty." Zhang Ju still had a proud expression as he said to the man,"I'm sorry.""Don't talk nonsense and disturb my morale. This king has led more than 100,000 troops to attack Liu Yu for more than a month, but I don't see him sending any reinforcements. In another half a month, this king will be able to take down Ji County.'，After saying that, he even laughed out loud.
After that person heard Zhang Ju's words, he became even more anxious and hurriedly said to Zhang Ju," If Your Majesty doesn't believe me, you can go outside the tent and see if I'm lying." Zhang Ju looked at the man doubtfully and then walked out of the tent." There's really someone coming to attack the camp." Zhang Ju looked at the chaos in the camp and his soldiers falling one after another. He gasped and muttered to himself with a trembling voice.
" Great King, let's break out of the encirclement quickly. If we're late, it'll be too late," that person ran to Zhang Ju, who was already a little dumbfounded, and said hurriedly.
" Yes, yes, quickly break out of the encirclement." Zhang Ju seemed to have grabbed onto the last straw as he pulled that person's hand and said,""Where should we break out from?" "General Xu just reported that the enemy's attack in the north is very weak. We can break out of the encirclement in the north and meet up with the emperor in Ling County."
" Yes, yes, quickly pass on the order. All the troops will break out of the encirclement to the north," Zhang Ju said to the people beside him in a panic.
Zhang He, who was excitedly killing at the side, suddenly saw Zhang Ju surrounded by a group of people. He thought to himself," This man is either Zhang Ju or the leader of the rebel army. If I capture him, wouldn't it be a great merit?" Thinking of this, Zhang He waved his saber and charged at Zhang Ju." Thief, don't leave. Leave your life."
Zhang Ju, who was running away, saw Zhang He holding a knife alone and dared to say that he wanted to take his life. Then he recalled that his disheveled appearance might have been caused by these people. He immediately shouted angrily,"Whoever kills that bastard for me will be rewarded handsomely." The people around him were all focused on escaping, so they didn't have the time to fight Zhang He head-on. They all lowered their heads and rode their horses to protect Zhang Ju as they fled."Useless, what a bunch of useless people." After saying that, he felt helpless. He immediately did not say anything and rode his horse forward desperately.
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