Domination of the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 268 Watching the Battle 1
Not long after, the best generals in the army gathered around Gongsun Xu, and most of them hadn't eaten yet. Gongsun Xu immediately ordered two more wild boars to be erected, and everyone discussed the military situation while grilling meat.

After Gongsun Xu explained to everyone the situation of encountering wolves, everyone talked about it, and most of them said that they wanted to round up the wolves, but the older ones in the army didn't express much opinion.

Among them, Bai Rao was the representative. Bai Rao looked at the other generals who were about his own age in the past few years and did not speak. He immediately went to chat with these people.

After a while, Zhang Yan also noticed the abnormality on Bai Rao's side. He ran over to Bai Rao with a piece of barbecue and said, "Uncle, what's the situation? Why don't you speak? This is the first battle that the general led us. Although it is a fight with a beast, it is still a fight."

Bai Rao finally took a bite of the roasted meat and replied: "I don't know? You have been in Montenegro for a long time, don't you know the severity of the wolf disaster?

The general has led the army on the grassland for many years, so he must have understood the danger of the wolf disaster, so he thought about cleaning up the wolves in the vicinity.

However, the wolves are so difficult to deal with, and under normal circumstances, they are even more difficult to deal with than the same number of enemy troops. Do you think they can be dealt with so easily?Don't think about things too simply. Wolves have lived longer in the grasslands and forests than us. If you want to achieve the greatest victory with the least cost, you need to use your brains more. "

Zhang Yan is usually very respectful to Bai Rao. For no other reason, Bai Rao has lived to this age. His life experience and experience are enough for Zhang Yan to learn from. Therefore, when Bai Rao said this, Zhang Yan I think he still has something to say.

"Uncle, did you find anything? If you find something, write it out as soon as possible. This is related to the safety of our army." Zhang Yan asked eagerly.

Bai Rao sighed and did not speak, but a general of about the same age next to him replied: "It is indeed a bit abnormal, but we are not sure yet."

Zhang Yan looked at these people, eyes full of doubts, Bai Rao finished eating the barbecue and asked, "Don't you think it's strange that the wolves have been gathering towards the grassland? The nearby mountains and forests stretch for nearly 200 miles. The number of people who go hunting in the mountains is only two or three thousand. Could it be that just this few people can drive away all the wolves in the vicinity?
Moreover, there are more and more wolves, and it seems that wolves from other places have rushed over, don't you find it strange?

Our army marches about fifty or sixty miles a day, so how can we have so much time to drive away the wolves, so I suspect that something must happen if the wolves gather here. "

"Huh?" Zhang Yan asked: "I found something unusual when you said that. I led the army to explore the way in the past two days, but I found that there seemed to be wolves in front of our army. At night, there were wolves all around. Howling, at first I thought we had disturbed the nearby wolves, but it was strange why the wolves didn't run away."

Bai Rao nodded and said, "You can discover so much, it's not in vain that Brother Zhang Niujiao adopted you as a foster son. You are still young, and you have a lot to learn."

"Then, why did the wolves gather?" Zhang Yan asked after thinking for a while.

Bai Rao and the others looked at each other and shook their heads. They were not sure now. One of them picked up a piece of grilled meat and said with a smile: "A group of beasts, what do you know, except to eat and live? We didn't come together to give birth to wolf cubs, in my opinion, they were mostly looking for food."

"So many wolves, looking for something to eat?" Zhang Yan said with a smile: "The number of wolves found so far is almost no less than ten thousand. So many wolves, what are they eating? Do they eat us? Hehe, we still want to eat them." What about them?"

Zhang Yan replied with a smile, but Bai Rao and the others did not laugh. The general who was eating barbecue just now also stopped chewing, and they seemed to have thought of something.

This kind of atmosphere made Zhang Yan feel a little weird. He put down the barbecue and asked, "Are you kidding, uncle, don't tell me that the wolves gather for us."

"Of course not. Although wolves are beasts, they are quite intelligent among beasts." Bai Rao said with a smile: "There are so many of us, wolves dare not attack unless they are hungry. However, flying Yan, let me ask you, have you ever explored the terrain within a radius of two hundred miles while you were marching ahead?"

"A radius of two hundred miles?" Zhang Yan said in shock: "There are mountains and forests around here, and my subordinates have difficulty even marching. How can I find out the terrain within a radius of two hundred miles? You can enter the plain, and then you can enter the grassland, but I have not traveled this road."

Several people on Zhang Yan's side were chatting, which naturally attracted Gongsun Xu's attention. The generals who gathered here to discuss the military situation this time, except for a few school lieutenants from the front army, were mostly generals from the Black Mountain Army. Therefore, Gongsun Xu had to rely on them to a certain extent.

"Zhang Yan, Bai Rao, you all come here." Gongsun Xu said to Zhang Yan looking for his hand.

Everyone's eyes focused on these two people, Zhang Yan and Bai Rao immediately ran over and knelt down and said, "My lord."

Gongsun Xu waved his hand to signal them to get up, and then asked: "But what happened, we have discussed it with you for a long time."

Zhang Yan looked at Bai Rao beside him, and then replied: "My lord, the last general did find something abnormal, but I'm not sure yet."

"It's okay, let's listen to it, we can't let go of any details." Gongsun continued with a smile
Zhang Yan nodded to Bai Rao, and Bai Rao replied: "My lord, the general feels that this pack of wolves is a bit abnormal. We should send someone to find out the terrain and other conditions in front of us. If we rush out, our army may be killed." suffer losses."

"Oh? It makes sense." Gongsun Xu nodded and said, "However, you should first talk about the abnormality of the wolves."

"The general feels that the wolves were not driven by us. Something must have attracted a large number of wolves. Coincidentally, the wolves are heading in the same direction as us. However, they are ahead and we are ten years behind. A few miles or more." Bai Rao replied respectfully.

At this moment, everyone stopped what they were doing. Bai Rao's words had some truth, but there was no evidence and lack of persuasiveness. Moreover, the plan to round up the wolves was proposed by Gongsun Xu. It was a bit of a crime, and everyone was worried that Gongsun Xu would be unhappy after hearing this.

However, there was no displeasure on Gongsun Xu's face, he just frowned, what Bai Rao said just now aroused his suspicion.

After a while, Gongsun Xu said to Huang Xu beside him: "What is the furthest distance our army's scouts can scout?"

"Except for the scouts sent out half an hour ago, our army's scouting distance is only twenty miles." Huang Xu replied in a deep voice.

"Didn't leave the mountain?" Gongsun Xu seemed to have discovered something.

"No, the mountain road is difficult, and the scouts can't get too far away from the large army. The farthest distance our army's scouts dispatch is more than 20 miles away from General Zhang Yan's front, and nearly [-] miles away from our army's central army. This is already a long distance." Huang Xu explained immediately.

Everyone was silent, and there was something unusual in Gongsun Xu's words.

After a pause, Gongsun Xu went on to say: "Huang Xu, you personally lead the team to explore the terrain ahead. If necessary, you can release Haidongqing. The whole army is camping here today, and the troops who go hunting in the mountains should not leave." too far."

"But, my lord, what can Hai Dongqing see in the deep mountains and old forests, should we wait until we enter the grassland?" Huang Xu asked immediately.

"We are about to enter the grassland. Take people to find out. We have never been in this area. We don't know what is going on ahead. The plan to round up the wolves is temporarily put on hold. Everyone, go back to the headquarters and train quickly. Don't relax. "Gongsun Xu looked at the crowd and said.

"No, I will obey the Lord's order." Everyone knelt down to accept the order.

Huang Xu immediately went down and ordered two teams of scouts, and set off after bringing enough dry food and arrows, while Gongsun Xu stayed in the camp to wait for news. It was only noon now, and according to the distance, Huang Xu and the others should be able to Back before dark, now, Gongsun Xu feels more and more that he should have a mountain army.

If Bai Rao hadn't put forward this unusual point of view today, Gongsun Xu might really have made a plan to encircle and suppress the wolves first, and then there might be bad results.

In the afternoon, the soldiers at the camp were training normally, and the soldiers who went hunting in the mountains returned no less prey than yesterday. Although they followed Gongsun Xu's order and did not go too far into the forest, but, I don't know why, the prey all ran to the outskirts of the mountain forest, and they happened to be brought by them.

This situation attracted Gongsun Xu's attention even more. He didn't believe it at first, but later he personally led a team to investigate the situation, and Bai Rao and Zhang Yan also went into the mountain together.

When they arrived in the mountain, some officers and soldiers of the Xuanfeng Army took Gongsun Xu and the others to hunt. Sure enough, not long after entering the mountain, Gongsun Xu and his party found a lot of prey, needless to say small prey like rabbits and pheasants, Gongsun Xu and the others Not long after entering the mountain, I encountered a small herd of wild boars, and all the dozen or so wild boars were captured by the soldiers.

When the soldiers were rejoicing that they could eat meat again tonight, Gongsun Xu asked Bai Rao beside him, "Did you find anything unusual?"

Bai Rao thought for a while and then replied: "The wolves have found less, and these wild beasts should not usually move around the outskirts of this kind of mountain forest, unless something drives them out."

After hearing this, Gongsun Xu immediately replied: "In this case, it should be the wolves that drove them out of their usual habitat."

"Nine times out of ten this is the case." Bai Rao replied calmly: "In the mountains and forests, tigers and bears are the overlords. Few wild animals dare to provoke them. Herds of wild boars are more difficult to deal with than tigers. There are more wolves, and these beasts will not come to the periphery."

Gongsun Xu nodded and replied: "No wonder, at first I really thought that there were too many wild animals in this mountain forest, but now it seems that there is indeed something abnormal."

In order to further confirm his suspicions, Gongsun Xu led his people to continue heading into the mountain. As a result, Gongsun Xu encountered more and more wild beasts. It seems that Bai Rao's guess is correct, the wolves, there is indeed a problem .

(End of this chapter)