Conferred Gods: Start with a Phoenix clone

Chapter 18 Biaozi and Uncle Biao

The Phoenix clone did not want to reveal its whereabouts, so it changed its route to the south and then to the west. While traveling through the mountains, San Yisheng, the senior doctor of Xiqi who failed to fool the Phoenix and lost Zou Wu, finally arrived in Nandu.

The letter from Xibo Hou Jichang was well-reasoned, penetrating, and full of facts and reasoning. Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shang Rong used his political influence to rally many ministers and, for the second time, suppressed King Zhou's intention to mobilize troops. Furthermore, the old prime minister sent a trusted confidant to the Southern Capital to guarantee his safety and demand that Nanbo Hou E Chongyu immediately obey the order and come to the court.

After repeated consideration, Nanbo Hou E Chongyu still insisted on his previous statement. When his memorial arrived in Chaoge for the second time, claiming that there was a barbarian rebellion in the south and he could not enter the court, the old Prime Minister Shang Rong had nothing to say this time.

King Zhou was not a good-tempered person at all. Fei Zhong also tried to persuade him a few times, but finally he made the decision and ordered Deng Jiugong of Sanshan Pass to send troops to fight!
He issued an imperial edict and distributed white flags and yellow axes, appointing Deng Jiugong as the Grand Marshal of the Southern Expedition to attack Nanbohou.

When the imperial edict arrived at Sanshan Pass, the war machine was put into motion, and the prefectures and counties in the south of Da Shang began to transport food and military equipment to Sanshan Pass in an endless stream.

For several days, Deng Chanyu was preparing to go into battle.

Zou Wu couldn't ride it now, so he could only continue riding.

"Biaozi, on the battlefield we must pay attention to our positioning and not rush into crowded places, remember? Especially when people are shooting arrows, I can only protect myself, and I'm afraid I won't be able to protect you. When the enemy is shooting arrows, we must stay away from them. Do you understand?" She whispered this instruction while combing the warhorse's hair diligently.

Others pet cats, she pets horses.

The original novel says that Deng Chanyu and her beloved horse are "graceful and charming, lazily picking up needles and knives, with delicate and graceful hands, and lazily riding a bad horse beside the dressing table." The bad horse here is basically equivalent to a wild horse, which is a horse that is very difficult for ordinary people to control.

At this time, the warhorse, who was quite human, rolled its eyes and asked, "Who called me 'Biaozi?' I'm a mare, don't give me a random name, okay?"
Deng Chanyu was very nervous when she thought about going to the battlefield. She could only chatter about all sorts of things to relieve her stress. Occasionally, she would shift her gaze to look at her clone. Now she had become very good at dual-line operation.

She was combing the hair of her warhorse when she suddenly felt something. She looked up and saw a handsome middle-aged man looking at her not far away.

Next to the middle-aged man was Aunt Huang, who was in a dilemma.

A question mark popped up in Deng Chanyu's head, and then she looked at the surrounding layout. This is my home, that's right, who are you?
Aunt Huang suppressed her smile and introduced them: "Ayu, this is my cousin Huang Feibiao, who has come to serve the master today."

The middle-aged man cupped his fists and said, "General Huang Feibiao, greetings to Miss Deng."

Deng Chanyu let out an "ouch" and glanced at Zhanma secretly. Zhanma had an innocent expression on his face. "What are you talking about? What does it have to do with me?"
"I didn't realize it was my uncle in front of me. I'm sorry for being disrespectful. Please forgive me, please forgive me!"

Huang Feibiao is the younger brother of Huang Feihu. The Huang family has been a military family for seven generations and has deep roots in the circle of military generals. Huang Feihu holds the position of King Wucheng of Da Shang. As a military general, being crowned a king has reached the point where there is no more reward or title to be bestowed.

Da Shang was unwilling to let Huang Feihu make merit again, but his younger brother still needed to make merit.

Relying on their marriage relationship, when they heard that there was going to be a war in the south, the Huang family used their connections in the imperial court, and Huang Feibiao brought his servants and more than 7,000 soldiers to join the war, hoping to gain some merit so that he could leave the capital and become a general or something.

Among the four great princes, Duke Dongbo had the strongest military force, Duke Xibo had an obvious advantage in terrain, Duke Beibo was completely a lackey of King Zhou, and the weakest was Duke Nanbo. Everyone in the court and the public felt that it would not be difficult to defeat him.

Sanshan Pass gathered a huge army of more than 300,000.

After the army was assembled, Deng Jiugong swore an oath to his troops and offered sacrifices to heaven. On the eighth day of that month, he led an army of 280,000 in total, including 50,000 cavalry, 150,000 infantry, and 80,000 naval forces, to march south.

Nanbo Hou refused to sit idly by. He first destroyed the bridge, then gathered two hundred southern princes and deployed them along the river, establishing a southern camp. Deng Jiugong had no choice but to camp north of the river. Every day, both sides stood on the riverbank, shouting, "Do you dare to come down?" "Do you dare to come up?" "Do you dare to come down?" over and over again. What was the proper Conferred God War like? The two armies formed up, the soldiers stood in line, and then the vanguards of each side galloped into a duel with swords. Whoever won, with a wave of their hand, launched their army into a crushing attack, killing as many as they could. The next day, both sides regrouped and fought again! The battle continued until one side's morale collapsed.

Now, in the context of Conferred Gods, the tactics of Nanbo Hou E Chongyu seemed very "non-mainstream". He did not cross the river, but just defended it to the death. He did not allow any northern soldiers to land. He could not use any tactics such as fighting with his back to the river or forming a moon formation. Deng Jiugong could not kill him at all.

E Chongyu's plan is nothing more than a fight of attrition.

Holding the Nando, a thoroughfare connecting nine provinces, he has countless money and food, and now with the support of his base camp, he is not afraid of consumption.

Deng Jiugong's Sanshan Pass was just a military checkpoint with limited food reserves. The food and fodder for the 280,000-strong army needed to be transported bit by bit from the counties and prefectures of the Shang Dynasty.

It’s okay if the time is short, but if it goes on for a long time, I’m afraid King Zhou will lose his patience and punish the Deng family.

Deng Jiugong summoned all the generals to discuss the matter for several days, and finally Deng Ai, who was in charge of the intelligence of Nando, put forward a suggestion.

The main army confronted each other on the river bank, while a detachment crossed the river from the lower reaches, then walked through the barbarian territory, crossed the mountains, and finally attacked Nandu from a small road.

As the commander-in-chief of Deng Jiugong's army, he certainly cannot do this.

Deng Xiuna is a standard military general. He has no problem killing people. He can travel thousands of miles, sneak into the enemy-occupied area, launch a surprise attack, and finally use psychological warfare to counterattack Nanbohou's Jiangnan camp from the direction of Nando. This kind of work is really a bit demanding for a fool like him.

The final task fell on Deng Chanyu, who happened to be also eyeing Nanbohou's treasure house.

She and Huang Feibiao, who had followed Huang Feihu to conquer the southern barbarians, went to attack the Nandu City together.

Deng Chanyu had 300 servants and 5,000 soldiers, while Huang Feibiao had 500 servants and 7,000 soldiers, for a total of 13,000 soldiers.

"Uncle Biao, have you ever been here when you were on the southern expedition?" Deng Chanyu asked as she walked, leading the warhorse.

After traveling hundreds of miles and crossing the river from the lower reaches by boat, she arrived at the south bank. In her opinion, there was nothing but mountains nearby, and the environment was extremely harsh.

In front of me is a narrow path between two mountains. The road surface is muddy, as if it was a road trampled out by mountain people day after day.

This environment made her very uncomfortable, and she could only make small talk to relieve stress.

Uncle Biao? Huang Feibiao was not quite used to this down-to-earth name.

This sounds like a street vendor selling tofu or fish, not a big merchant.

However, Deng Chanyu's name is not wrong. Deng Jiugong's qualifications are not as good as Huang Feihu's, but they are much higher than Huang Feibiao. There is no problem in calling you "uncle".

Huang Feibiao coughed, surveyed the surrounding terrain, and pointed ahead with his whip, saying, "I came here when my elder brother and I were conquering the Tiger Kingdom. After crossing the mountains ahead, we're not far from the Southern Capital."

(End of this chapter)