Water Margin people

"Prince Jin, don't you fight decisively? Are you wasting your time with the enemy in vain?"

Li Heda was a little dissatisfied. Xixia's high-level officials never stopped suppressing him. If he hadn't been grateful to Li Qianshun for his kindness, he would have rebelled long ago.

"This is not consumption, this is called knowing oneself and knowing the enemy!"

Brother Richard comforted Li Heda and said.

After arranging things, Brother Richard asked everyone to disperse and calmed the soldiers to wait for the battle, while he himself came to the city wall.

"His Royal Highness King Jin!"

When the soldiers who defended the city saw Brother Richard coming, they all stopped what they were doing.

"What's going on in the city?"

Brother Richard looked at the general who defended the city and asked.

"Don't worry, King Jin. There are no big problems on the city. It's just that a few bags of gunpowder were destroyed by enemy artillery. Fortunately, most of them are hidden under the city! When the enemy comes, we will make them look good!"

"Master Lu, why don't we let our scouts monitor you?"

Li Ying looked at Lu Zhishen and said, although the enemy's scouts will not cause much damage, from a businessman's point of view, it is very important to know the enemy's movements. Only by grasping the enemy's movements can we come up with countermeasures as soon as possible. .

"Let them be and ignore them!"

After finding enough information, the Xixia scouts slowly withdrew.

Lu Zhishen waved his hands and said, we cannot let the army become exhausted just because of the enemy's scouts.

Brother Richard nodded and said, these are their biggest weapons, and they are also the key to winning or losing this battle.

Brother Richard has been preparing for this battle for a long time. He has never forgotten the last insult. He has also carefully studied the Qi army and knows that the Qi army is powerful.

Therefore, if you want to win, you need to have something unexpected for the enemy. Gunpowder became the only weapon that Brother Richard could think of. Xixia already has Poxi Army, which is good at using firearms. As long as there is a large amount of gunpowder, Poxi Army can definitely attack. A surprise.

The guarding officer spoke confidently.

Brother Richard waited until midnight and finally waited for the scouts. He directly asked the scouts to go to the city to report the situation.

Brother Richard looked at the Wuding River reflecting the moonlight and starlight and began to think.

Lu Zhishen nodded after listening.

In the dark night, the scouts from both sides clashed silently, but both sides were very cautious and only observed each other without fighting.

And Qi State took over the Western Army. The Western Army knew what cards they had in Xixia. The century-old war made both sides familiar.

"Wuding River!"

"Well, you arrange it!"

Qi State Camp.

"Master Lu, the enemy's scouts were spotted outside!"

Liu Fa said.

Brother Richard was not in a hurry to go down to the city, but looked at the firelight of the Qi State camp in the distance, which was beside the Wuding River outside the mountains.

"Well, these gunpowders are a top priority and must not go wrong!"

"The enemy formed an array along the mountain, stretching for ten miles..."

Brother Richard frowned, thinking about how to deal with the enemy.

"His Royal Highness King Jin, what are you thinking about?"

Li Heda walked up the city wall and looked at Brother Richard and asked. He had just appeased the soldiers and received the gratitude of the old Liao army. Then he thought of coming to the city wall to take a look, but found that Brother Richard was also there.

"Send an order to take all the war horses that died today to the mountains and throw them to the Wuding River in the valley."

Brother Richard ordered to the soldiers.

"You want to use plague!"

Li Heda immediately realized that this was a common strategy in the grasslands. Contaminating water sources spreads plague. As long as the plague spreads, no matter how many enemies there are, they will be dead.

"Yes, but the plague will take some time, and this is exactly the time to deal with Lu Zhishen!"

Brother Richard nodded. He thought for a long time and found that he was still not sure enough to defeat the enemy head-on, so he thought of using the Wuding River, which was the enemy's main water source. "Prince Jin, don't forget that the Wuding River is not only the enemy's water source, but also our water source. Do you want to die together with the enemy?"

Li Heda reminded Brother Richard that the enemy is upstream and they are downstream. If you deal with the enemy, you are dealing with yourself.

"It seems you still don't understand what the plague is!"

Brother Richard looked at Li Heda.

"There is a limit to the spread of plague. Just like I dropped a large number of cattle and sheep carcasses at the foot of Helan Mountain. Will a plague break out in Tokyo?"

Brother Richard looked at Li Heda and said, the Khitan people have been comfortable for too long, relying on the wealth of the Liao Kingdom for pleasure, and have long forgotten the methods of fighting plague in the grassland.

"The corpses of the war horses will be dumped fifty miles away. That place is only more than twenty miles away from the enemy. By the time the water reaches us, the probability of contracting the plague is extremely low!"

Brother Richard pointed to the mountains in the distance and said.

"You are betting, the weather is getting hotter day by day, there is no way you can guarantee that we will not catch the plague!"

Li Heda looked ugly.

"That's how war works. There's no way to guarantee absolute victory, but I can guarantee that the enemy will die before us!"

Brother Richard had a weird smile on his face. Under the moonlight, his pale face looked like a ghost.

"You're crazy and I'm going to tell the others!"

Li Heda admitted that he had killed countless people, but when he saw Brother Richard's madness, he felt a chill down his spine. At this time, Brother Richard was already a murderous ghost.

"Li Heda, haven't you always wanted to gather your old troops and join Yelu Dashi?"

Brother Richard looked at Li Heda and said.

"What do you mean?"

Li Heda stopped and looked back at Brother Richard. He felt that Brother Richard was now possessed by an evil spirit, completely different from usual times.

"I can give you this chance!"

Brother Richard said with a smile.

"You want to help me? Why?"

Li Heda asked in confusion. The entire Xixia leadership was unwilling to leave with the old Liao troops.

"Because in this battle, if you win, no one will care if you leave; if you lose, you will have no chance to leave!"

Brother Richard looked at Li Heda and said, if this battle is won, Xixia will occupy the fifth route of Guanxi, and then occupy Guanzhong. At that time, the entire Xixia will be eager to divide the spoils, and they can't wait for Li Heda to leave.

"Humph, you think so well!"

Li Heda laughed.

"So I have to help you keep your secret and work hard for you!"

Li Heda looked at Brother Richard and said.

"You don't want to? Then you can tell others!"

Brother Richard said confidently.

"Then it will be as you wish and I will take a gamble with you!"

Li Heda smiled and said that he has seen the terror of the enemy today and knows the severity of this battle. Although Brother Richard's strategy of dying together is risky, it has to be said that it is a good way, and this can be regarded as maximizing his own interests.

"You seem to be possessed!"

Li Heda looked at Brother Richard for a while and then asked about the doubts in his heart. Brother Richard now is completely different from usual. The steady and wise King Jin has become extremely crazy.

"Brother Richard, King of Jin, has died a long time ago!"

Brother Richard looked at the moon in the sky and slowly said, "Brother Richard, King of the Jin Dynasty of Xixia, was already dead when he was captured by Lin Chong. He has become a joke in Xixia."

"Whatever, just remember what you promised me!"

Li Heda seemed to understand why Brother Richard became like this, and left with a smile. (End of chapter)