Chapter 999

Chen Wuyi

Central Army Wing Camp

Xu Zengyi

Lü Ji

Chen Baojia

Qian Fugui

Hu Bu Gui

Righteous Army

India

Yushu County

That is also the place where Wang Yu used to work.

After reading the victory report, Chen Wuji fell into a long silence.

Having such outstanding subordinates is also a headache.

He and Xu Zengyi's original plan was to use the tiger to devour the wolf, to drive Snake Staff Weng's troops deployed in Guiling Xian and An Sai Zhou, forcing them to unite their forces and link with Li Yu, so as to make the situation in Yan Zhou even more chaotic.

Unexpectedly, as soon as the order to go to war was issued, the various units that had been silent for months went berserk, launching a frenzied attack speed competition, and directly finished the battle in just half a month.

All the rebel troops in Guiling Xian were completely wiped out, none could stop them!

Of the four great generals, none escaped; two died, and one half survived.

Xu Zengyi has arranged for the surviving one and a half to be escorted to the Refugee Assembly.

In this battle, each unit was as if injected with chicken blood, every one fighting like lightning.

Day-and-night raids had become something extremely common.

All units moved like lightning, attacked like a tiger descending the mountain, and the warfare was swift and clean.

With this fighting style, the enemy is probably still dazed right now.

Probably they never imagined that the Nan Jun troops, who had been trailing them, taking three steps then stopping two, would suddenly rise up and cause trouble; not only that, but in one fell swoop they were cut down.

In this battle, the most outstanding was Lü Ji, who was famed for his defensive skill.

This time he actually led the infantry ahead of the two cavalry units of Xie Fengxian and Chen Baojia, and openly set up camp at the throat of Yan Zhou.

Between Yan Zhou and An Sai Zhou to the south lies a broad plain known as the Passage of the Throat and Tongue, which is both the flattest shortcut from Yan Zhou down to An Sai Zhou and a key grain-producing area of An Sai Zhou.

Lü Ji blocked that place, which is tantamount to blocking Yan Zhou's outward throat.

But then a problem arose.

Lü Ji positioned the main force there, which is like facing off with gongs and drums directly against the tumultuous Cao Lin and Li Yu who were causing a ruckus in Yan Zhou.

"Is Old Xu trying to go behind my back and directly go to war with Yan Zhou?" Chen Wuji muttered.

The original plan was not supposed to be like this.

However, Chen Wuji knew Xu Zengyi was not the type to act on his own initiative and ignore orders; there must be some other reason.

He said nothing and continued reading on.

Then he saw a passage that made him laugh and cry.

Xu Zengyi also didn't anticipate the battle developing like this; he merely issued Chen Wuji's order of expediency, and as a result the commanders suddenly went mad and launched a grand competition of sieging and looting, and a moment's inattention led to this situation.

The enemy was stunned, and he was stunned as well.

In just half a month, with the force of destroying the dry and rotting, they bored through the entirety of An Sai Zhou.

Xu Zengyi was not at all surprised that Qian Fugui and others could achieve such results; if they couldn't, they would be at fault.

But he also didn't expect these people's speed to reach this extent.

Chen Wuji wiped his face, laughing and crying, saying, "Although it somewhat exceeded expectations, battlefield conditions change rapidly, and this is understandable; overall, they fought this battle very well."

The young soldiers yearned to establish merit; Chen Wuji could understand and felt greatly relieved.

When he, following the Qin system, closely linked the soldiers' futures with their military merit, all this became inevitable.

This simple value system has long permeated the beliefs of all Nan Jun troops.

As long as they are willing to fight desperately on the battlefield and willing to build achievements and establish careers, everything will be theirs.

The military will endeavor to help them settle matters of establishing a household and career, prospects, wealth, land, and even wives and concubines.

Last year, there were still many who doubted, and the morale up and down was not yet so evident.

But this year, when the new recruits dare to question, the old veterans will first teach them how to be a person, then let them widen their eyes to look at everything around them.

The rule that Chen Wuji established no longer needs these superiors to explain; the vested interests in the military will voluntarily step forward to explain and uphold it.

After reading the victory report, Chen Wuji ordered Kong Fang to be summoned, and also called in Chen Li, who had been guarding the entrance to the central command tent.

"Great victory in An Sai Zhou; our army successfully captured An Sai Zhou and pressed straight toward Yan Zhou. As for how to fight the next battle, everyone, give your opinions!"

Chen Wuji sat on the couch, leisurely playing with mud.

The soil in the Refugee Assembly is very suitable for firing bricks to make tiles, and also very suitable for firing teapots.

After seeing that, Chen Wuji felt an urge to move, and so he began to play with it himself.

"My lord, the only thing we need to guard against now are the Uyghur people; as for the Court Army, just fight them." Kong Fang stared at Chen Wuji's hand movements, still holding to his previous opinion, still wanting Chen Wuji to first settle the Uyghur people, this big trouble.

In his view, the Uyghur people crouching beside Da Yu's sickbed, eyes gleaming like tigers, are far more troublesome than the mighty Court Army.

Chen Wuji sat casually, earnestly pinching the clay embryo in his hand.

Making a teapot is a very patience-testing task, but also a very good pastime when bored, and it gives a sense of accomplishment.

"Are you talking about defense, or should our army take the offensive?" Chen Wuji asked.

Kong Fang and his two close friends all focused their attention on the Uyghur people, but their views differed.

"Defend!" Kong Fang said.

My lord, I think Jia Yujing and Zhao Chen's method is not wrong, but it is somewhat presumptuous; our army currently faces many threats, and we simply lack the manpower and national strength to directly go to war with the flourishing Uyghurs—we can only defend.

Chen Wuji gave a light chuckle, "The Court still has over 200,000 troops in Yan Prefecture, their total strength far surpasses ours; you should at least give them some face, right? To treat this so lightly, I find it hard to bear."