Book 18 - Chapter 5 – Military Intelligence is The Number One Priority (1/2)
Chapter 5 – Military Intelligence is The Nu sat on the bed, apparently his spirit was a bit better than earlier thisat everybody standing in front of his bed, he said, “This ti into battle, it will really affect our success or failure Laofu cannot participate personally, this will be the biggest regret ofhastily said, “Chenxia [zi and Kou Xiongdi as ht lieutenants, ill definitely not let Daren dohile at the sa defeat, so that he will never recover After Daren is recovered, you will again lead Chenxia to war on all sides, to unify the world”
wang shi+chong h we and Li Yuan, one in Guanxi, the other in Guandong, but our situations are si impeded by Li Mi that we are unable to advance to the west; he has to constantly dealing with Xue Ju, father and son, of Longyou Therefore, right now both sides ainst ti his power and pacify the misfortune at hand, will have the opportunity to acco”
It was the first ti his own situation He knew in his heart that thiscould not afford not to rely on hi to this kind of secretby the couch, other than hi, Lang Feng, and Song Mengqiu, five men; therefore, it was clear that this was not an ordinary hed and said, “This man Xue Ju was born of a fa friends, and squander ) [not sure, 衣夸] disciples, other than always following the wind and going with the flow, if they encountered any setback, it would be hard for theht increase considerably Therefore, webefore this happens Thus in the battle against Li Mi, we y; otherwise, even if on, it would be the sa a whole new level of respect for wang shi+chong, because just from this analysis, it was clear that he was very proficient in the art of war, he was asaid, “But Xue Ju’s son Xue Ren is brave and good at fighting; he does not look like so shi+chong’s breathing beca transferred some true qi into his body, his spirit revived and he spoke in heavy voice, “Too bad is opponent is Li shi+ent Unless Li shi+min died, they, father and son, eventually cannot escape from the misfortune of defeat and will have to surrender”
Yang Gongqing nodded and said, “Xue Ju was able to raise his troops, he was ht time, a case of where water flows, a canal is forht, success will follow naturally] Unlike Daren or Li Yuan, who are originally great generals; before the uprising, you have already fought in one place after another all over the world Or perhaps like Li Mi, Du Fuwei, Dou Jiande, and the others, on their territory by fighting for it In the past, due to his fa to be his , Longyou’s bandits rose up, fro he ordered Hao Yuan to recruit several thousand soldiers, which he put under his coht that froranary on account of poor people, and proclai? On top of that, his territory is at the western border, there is no rival nearby If the place he rose up was either Guandong or Guanxi, I am afraid he would have been annexed by other people early on Therefore, Daren was absolutely right”
wang shi+chong said, “To night you are heading east to Yanshi+, by all qing, you are in charge You have full power and will carry the tiger tally [a two-piece object er, used in ancient China as proof of authority One half of a tally could be issued to a military officer and this would be matched with the other half when verification was required] as the Commander-in-Chief of the entire ar as your Junshi+ [ether honestly By exploiting Li Mi’s contemptuous heart toward us, deliver a frontal assault on hi enemy If you could obtain Luokou and Hulao, tns, Li Mi will lose his momentum, the remainder will only have to ways to take: either die in the battlefield or surrender, and then the world will be in ”
The hed incessantly
Lang Feng urged him, “Daren’s instructions, ill definitely carry out earnestly It would be best if Daren take a rest before talking further!”
wang shi+chong spoke strenuously, “Theinto Guanxi, you , do you have any objection?”
Noticing that everybody was looking at hireatly eong instructed”
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Kou Zhong returned to theKou Zhong, Xu Ziling cheerfully said, “I just found out that Chen Xiong is actually from Nanhai Jun [South Sea County]; his fa to hi a journey of ten thousand li, there are a lot of local strange and exotic custouarantee you have never heard of”
Kou Zhong felt ashaether was perhaps less than ten sentences He quickly, you are both Nanhai people!”
Apparently Chen Changlin was not a casual talker and joker; he replied, “Kou Xiong misunderstood! Nanhai refers to the ocean south of our country, the coastal area has more than a dozen counties Our Nanhai Jun and the Zhuya Jun where Hainan Pai is located are separated bysat down on Chen Changlin’s other side; he said, “So what’s beyond the ocean? When ere in Yangzhou, we often saw foreign ; those people’s appearance and clothing are very strange”
Chen Changlin said, “My family is in food business with the Persians”
Kou Zhong could not help asking, “Why didn’t Chen Xiong stay at Nanhai Jun to s and torrents to colin’s eyes emitted fla no alternative, ants to leave his village and depart from his well? Thisplease forgive ’s heart was ?”
Chen Changlin was visibly shaken; he said, “Kou Xiong is indeed forh not directly related, but Shen Lun is his son; he really cannot escape the blalances Lowering his voice, he said, “What outrageous act [orig offending Heaven and reason] did Shen Lun do to Chen Xiong?”
Chen Changlin heaved a deep sigh and said, “Shen Lun harmed me that e this ene the hatred in uard ca is ready; two Daye may start”
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Twelve warshi+ps left the City of Louyang in single file, sailing along the Luo River toward Yanshi+, following the current due east, hence they were sailing very fast, in just a short while they had already covered several li
On the river course froh elevation on both sides of the river to supervise the river traffic, hence in term of security, there shouldn’t be any proble Xuanshu, traveling with theence about the enemy
As soon as this Qiuci beauty came on board the shi+p, she immediately escaped into her cabin; even her dinner had to be delivered to her roo was not in theeither; hence he retreated into his cabin tospoke in consternation, “Li Mi is an expert in using deception and decoys; oftentimes it was after the battle started that we realized we have fallen into his trap Does Kou Xiong have any brilliant sche smiled and said, “This time we’ll have to see whose deception is a bit ht now the first order of business is to find the exact location Li Mi’s main force is stationed, only then e be able to easily ed to meet Zhai Jiao’s rasp of Li Mi’s actual situation Li Mi’s dehter’s hands”
wang Xuanshu was puzzled, “Since de already knew about Zhai Jiao, naturally he would call this ood, we ht fall into his evil schereehed aloud and said, “The proble to self] does not even knoho a Army under Li Mi’s command live in Cao cadoeneral and thus put everybody in danger If that’s the case, then once Li Mi suffers defeat, I guarantee that the troops’Arh capital to regroup and co to return in a swirl of dust]”
After a short pause, he continued resolutely, word by word, “Therefore, we only need to win one battle, then Li Mi would never have any chance to recover”
With an al Xuanshu said, “Kou Dage always have a brilliant way of looking at anything”
But Yang Gongqing was not coth is only twenty thousand h all of theone long battle exposure, coardless of how ainst Yuwen Huaji at Tong Hill they suffered, when all is said and done, they are still er than we are Perhaps he cannot afford to lose this battle, but compared to him, we can’t afford to lose this battle even more Therefore, wefair and square would we have a chance of success”
Re said, “On this, Great General can be absolutely rest assured Under Zhai Jiao’s co; this man is proficient in the art of war, plus since he had been with Zhai Rang for a long tienerals who are still loyal to Zhai Rang, and he knows Wagang Aruarantee noleft or ht, he can’t hide it from us Hee! These past couple of days we have been terribly busy; we’d better return to our rooet to Yanshi+, there won’t be any time to sleep!”
Chapter 5 - Part 2
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Kou Zhong pushed the door and entered Dejectedly he lay down on the bed, supporting hiround, next to Xu Ziling, as sitting in h, and said, “Didn’t you always lie down to cultivate your power? Why do you sit cross-legged like other people now? Is itopened his eyes a slit and said, “Has so a bellyful of grievances?”
Kou Zhong smiled ruefully and said, “Grievances, that I don’t have, just a lot of worry! It was only now that I know that although in the battle of Tong Hill Li Mi suffered substantial dath is still well above ours It’s possible that this battle would be a repeat of the battle of Jingling against the Ol’ Die! Yet I have to think of every possible way toto win, to co Junshi+ is not easy”
Xu Ziling sy book mention that honorable troops are refined, but dishonorable are enerals and acute soldiers under Li Mi’s command died and injured, their spiritall in one throw, our aspiration is to fight to the death Their spirit is disappearing ours is growing; as long as we eht, victory will be in our grasp”