Chapter 956

Lu San Ye told Chen Wuji everything he had overheard, and finally asked, "Is their tactic feasible?"

Chen Wuji laughed as soon as he heard it, "It's very feasible, just that those who die might die a bit quicker."

Lu San Ye almost believed Chen Wuji's first half, "The troop strength of An Sai Zhou and Feng Xian Zhou seems not large."

"The troop strength of these two prefectures is indeed small, but Wang Yu of An Sai Zhou has already sworn to die fighting; how could he be polite to this bunch of sudden intruders? When fighting us, Wang Yu might still hesitate a bit, but if he fights these people, Wang Yu will certainly strike down mercilessly." Chen Wuji gave a cold smile, "Moreover, splitting the forces into several routes would be even better—it would give Wang Yu the chance to destroy them one by one!"

"If the Wang Yu described by Guo Shuhan isn't mixed with too much personal sentiment, then the troops he leads certainly won't be bad. As for Guo Shuhan, San Ye has also seen him; I say he's cunning, San Ye probably has no objection, right?"

Lu San Ye nodded, "That man appears honest and simple on the outside, but he is absolutely a meticulous strategist!"

"These mountain bandits splitting their forces and running wild before such a person—what good could they get?" Chen Wuji said, "If they had more troops it might be different, but judging from the current situation, the three leaders together amount to only twenty or thirty thousand."

"Commander, this troop strength is not small." Lu San Ye added.

Chen Wuji nodded, "Such troop strength is indeed not small; I merely meant it relative to An Sai Zhou and Feng Xian Zhou. Twenty or thirty thousand troops, once divided into several columns, would not be many before two prefectures that have long been garrisoned."

Lu San Ye still had a lingering doubt, "Given Old Man Snake Staff's caution, he should be well aware of the situation in An Sai Zhou and Feng Xian Zhou."

"That's certain, after all, distant relatives are not as good as close neighbors." Chen Wuji said.

"Old Man Snake Staff's goal is the entire Nanyue Jun; as for the conditions of An Sai Zhou and Feng Xian Zhou, that old bastard surely has them figured out completely. But the problem is, this military order probably wasn't issued by Old Man Snake Staff."

"From a purely strategic standpoint, these mountain bandits rashly entering An Sai Zhou and Feng Xian Zhou is a sure-losing move!"

Lu San Ye nodded, then pressed a bowl of tobacco into his pipe, brought it to the oil lamp to light, took a couple of puffs, and said, "Commander, I'll take my leave now."

He didn't ask Chen Wuji what he would do next; that wasn't his concern.

He only had the responsibility to bring the intelligence back.

Chen Wuji stared at the tobacco pouch hanging from Lu San Ye's pipe stem, "San Ye, you just said you casually brought back a sack?"

Lu San Ye immediately understood, "I'll go get it for the commander right away."

"Thank you, San Ye." Chen Wuji's mouth twitched slightly.

After finally encountering this, how could Chen Wuji not covet it?

Although it allowed him, a moderate smoker, to jump straight to rolling cigarettes, having it is already good.

Nowadays stalls are increasing, and the number of people and matters to manage is growing; Chen Wuji's desire for this is also intensifying.

Especially when he stays up late reading documents, he wishes he could suspend his hair from the beam and prick his thigh to stay awake.

Lu San Ye went out once, and when he returned he really was carrying a sack.

Before Chen Wuji could speak, he said first, "I'll go up the mountain again and bring some more back; these bandits' supplies are quite abundant."

The words Chen Wuji wanted to say were swallowed smoothly, "San Ye, be careful."

"Yes!"

……

Before dawn, the mountain stronghold began transferring Bīngmǎ.

To avoid alerting Chen Wuji, who was stationed not far away in the Lìng, Elder Lin moved very little, and the retreat route he selected was also a very hidden mountain path, a backroad he deliberately left behind.

But he wouldn't know that his self-perceived highly covert action was completely exposed to Chen Wuji's eyes, like a beauty wearing a padded jacket holding a toy in front of someone with X-ray vision pretending to be proper.

Chen Wuji changed orders from morning to evening; after the large-scale withdrawal on the mountain began, he ordered the army originally destined for Guiling Xian to shift toward An Sai Zhou, and sent scouts toward Guiling Xian to act freely.

In this battle Chen Wuji had no plan at all; he let his subordinates handle things as they saw fit.

They could fight however they wanted!

But this order made Chen Li feel uneasy; after arranging the camp's upcoming deployments in the Lìng, he still sought out Chen Wuji, "Family Head, having the defenders each fight on their own—would that not be inappropriate?"

"What's improper about it?"

"Family Head, the situation in Nanyue Jun is now quite complex; the Court Army, An Sai Zhou and Feng Xian Zhou, plus these bandits of Guiling Xian—multiple forces split into various troops distributed across these four prefectures—if things fall apart…" Chen Li said.

Chen Wuji laughed and said, "So it's this that Shi Yi Shu worries about—don't worry, Xie Fengxian, Chen Baojia and the others are already very mature commanders; letting them act freely is when their combat power truly shines. If I set the orders too rigid, I'd only hamper them."

"The situation of the four prefectures in Nanyue Jun is clear to them as well; they surely know how to fight this battle. Moreover, this battle isn't big; even if Nanyue Jun's situation is extremely complex, this battle will not be affected for the time being."

"Who knows how this battle will end; all Chen Baojia and his men can do is drive these mountain bandits to face Wang Yu and Guo Shuhan."

Chen Li pondered seriously and was somewhat persuaded by Chen Wuji's reasoning.

But he still reminded, "Family Head, Old Man Snake Staff will surely act!"

"Do you think that old thing would be unwilling to abandon the unit he poured great effort into creating?" Chen Wuji retorted.

"Yes!"

Chen Wuji took a sip of tea, his deep gaze swept to the distance, and he nodded, "Don't say it—this might indeed be possible. I really overlooked it just now, forgetting that this is a reserve force left by Old Man Snake Staff, not a genuine band of bandits."

Unexpectedly, Chen Wuji had nothing to hide and openly admitted it.

"These bandits of Guiling Xian are Old Man Snake Staff's reserve, perhaps a killing hand in his mind!" Chen Li said, "Now this reserve has suddenly leapt from behind the scenes to the forefront; the impact on Old Man Snake Staff is absolutely huge."

"With such a force, he is unlikely to abandon it completely without hesitation."

Chen Wuji nodded, "Eleventh Princess said that Cao Lin is fundamentally a follower of Yan Yan, and Yan Yan is determined to take Nanyue Jun. Once Old Man Snake Staff moves, Cao Lin will surely move as well; those with somewhat ambiguous identities now are precisely the Uyghur People."

Upon saying this, Chen Wuji's expression suddenly turned grave.

He rubbed his face hard, "If it weren't for Shi Yi Shu's timely reminder, I would have nearly capsized in a gutter."