Concubine Chongxi: Binding the Medicine Jar to the Master

Chapter 343 Outsmarting Shaocheng
Because of Mo Li's yin and yang curse, only Gu Yan saw it, so Baili Jiuge didn't know about it, and continued to pick up vegetables for Mo Li with a charming smile, and stayed by his and Jin'er's side.

A family of three is always full of happiness.In the past few days, Baili Jiuge and Mo Li saw with their own eyes that their precious daughter could crawl, her growing body was crawling on the ground, and she would play hide-and-seek with her parents maliciously.

Looking at the changes in Jin'er, both of them felt that every day was extremely fulfilling and satisfying.

Three days, fleeting.

Mo Li also made all the preparations.

Sure enough, there was a heavy fog that day, and since the morning, it has tightly wrapped both sides of the Danjiang River.

The fog was so thick that the scouts sent by Baili Weiming to Lucheng had to get close to the tower to barely see a few blurred figures appearing on the tower.A white crane cloak, a bright red skirt, and an ochre-colored dress.

The scout didn't dare to get too close to the city wall, he could only see vaguely, so he returned to Shaocheng to report to Baili Weiming.

Baili Weiming said: "The fog is so thick that it's hard to tell the truth from reality. Maybe the prince of Zhou wants to take advantage of the fog to plan something. You should find a way to get closer and find out if they are all staying in Lucheng."

A few scouts went to investigate again. Not long after they lay in ambush under the city wall, they saw the three figures appearing on the tower again. Judging from their body shape, they were very similar to themselves.

Then I heard their voices, vaguely in the mist, I couldn't hear what they were talking about...

So the scouts went to report Baili Weiming again.

Baili Weiming said: "Continue to explore, try to find out what's going on in Lucheng, and tell me if there is any trouble."

"Obey." The scouts continued to probe, ambushing around Lucheng.

After exploring the whole day, Lu City was calm and quiet, and there was no entry or exit from the Sifang City Gate.And those three figures would appear on the Sifang Tower from time to time, as if they were patrolling.

The scouts also reported this situation to Baili Weiming every once in a while.Baili Weiming contemplated for a moment, and temporarily did not issue an action order to the merchant army, letting the scouts continue to spy.

At the end of that night, it snowed heavily.

This was the biggest snowfall since the twelfth lunar month, sweeping across the northwest of the Shang Kingdom, the numerous snowfalls brought a sudden drop in temperature, and the Danjiang River began to freeze rapidly.

Baili Weiming immediately mobilized [-] soldiers to linger on the banks of the Dan River, closely monitoring the freezing of the river, and immediately launched a defensive battle once they discovered that the Zhou army had plans to cross the river.

It snowed overnight.

Shaocheng also spent the night in a state of nervous vigilance, without any accidents.

The next morning, the fog cleared.

The surface of the Danjiang River was frozen. The soldiers of the Shang army tried the thickness of the ice layer, but it was not thick enough.

On this day, the scout rushed to Baili Weiming and reported an important news to him——Zhou Shizi led [-] soldiers and horses, and was heading towards the upper reaches of the Danjiang River, as if he wanted to walk on the ice from the upper reaches. Cross the river and attack Shaocheng in a roundabout way.

Since it was Mo Li who came in person, Baili Weiming also greeted him in person.He immediately changed his military uniform, stepped on his horse, left [-] soldiers guarding Shaocheng, and led [-] soldiers to attack the upper reaches of the Danjiang River.

Because the merchant soldiers arrived ahead of schedule, Baili Weiming set up an ambush and waited for the rabbit.

Soon, soldiers and horses from the other side of the river came, and the man on a white horse, wearing a white clothes and a crane cloak, was exactly Mo Li.The officers and soldiers of the Shang Kingdom ambushing here were on guard carefully, and heard the lieutenant general beside Mo Li urging him to cross the river immediately, but he called to stop, as if he was suspicious of an ambush, and delayed issuing the order to cross the river.

After hesitating for more than half an hour, Zhou Guo's soldiers finally took out the rafts used for walking on the ice, and laid them on the river one by one, ready to cross the river.

The merchant army immediately made preparations...

But at this moment, a scout rushed over in a daze. When he got off his horse, he was too flustered and fell off his horse.He didn't care about Zhou Jun who was about to cross the river, and shouted to Baili Weiming out of breath: "General Guanxi, it's not good! Shaocheng and Shaocheng are occupied by Zhou State!"

The moment Baili Weiming heard it, a strange color flickered in his eyes, and he couldn't believe it.

He looked at the opposite side, and the man in the white cloak stood quietly, but suddenly he sneered twice, and wiped his face with his hand.

Easy surgery!
That ink dripping is easy to see.

The one who changed his appearance was Yufeng. With a stern face, he said coldly: "Shaocheng has fallen, General Kanxi, you have lost."

Baili Weiming did not lose his composure at all, and smiled slightly: "Victory or defeat is a common matter in military affairs." Then he asked the scout: "Have you found out everything?"

"Yes, yes!" The scout replied, "On the way, General, you led the troops to come here. I don't know what happened. General Lin and the others in the city came out with the remnants of the soldiers. The brothers were wounded and died. , The flag of Zhou State was hung on Shaocheng. Fortunately, our grain and grass were not stored in Shaocheng, General Lin and the others retreated to Fancheng and transported all the grain and grass away."

Baili Weiming couldn't figure out what was going on for a while, his sword eyebrows lingered, and said: "It's as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as aggressive as fire, as immovable as a mountain. Zhou Shizi, it is really difficult to deal with..."

"General Kansai!" All the soldiers of the Shang Kingdom were anxious.

Now at this point, you can't go forward, if you don't retreat, you will inevitably be pinched from front to back.

Baili Weiming knew the importance of stabilizing the morale of the army. He said loudly: "Victory or defeat is a common matter for military strategists. They all follow the general and retreat to Fancheng. There is still food, so don't be too depressed!"

Baili didn't understand what he said, and the soldiers cheered up one after another.

Thirty thousand soldiers immediately followed Baili Weiming towards Fancheng on the upper reaches of the Danjiang River, and retreated to Fancheng.

Shaocheng.

Because they had just experienced a fierce battle to seize the city, at this moment, the Zhou soldiers were cleaning up the mess.

The merchant army suffered heavy casualties in this battle. Baili Jiuge walked through the street and watched the bloody corpses being carried past. The miserable scene was like an invisible hand pulling the pain. broke her heart.

She remembered yesterday, when the fog was thick, Mo Li placed the three scarecrows that had been prepared in advance on the tower, and ordered the soldiers to move the scarecrows from time to time.

The three scarecrows were dressed in clothes similar to Mo Li, her and Gu Yan.

Because of the thick fog, the big brother's scouts couldn't get too close, and the scouts would naturally think that it was Mo Li, her and Gu Yan, and they couldn't guess it at all. A few guards were left behind.

Mo Li personally took away more than 3 soldiers, one by one from the tunnel in Lucheng to the forest, and then in the middle of the night, 3 people sneaked to the lower reaches of the Danjiang River far away from Shaocheng...

It was the darkest night at that time, and the sky was full of white snow, so pure and so cold, that even the breath of breath seemed to freeze.

It was under such harsh weather that Mo Li stayed up all night, commanding [-] soldiers, quietly and methodically crossed the Dan River from the lower reaches.

Then, they detoured to the vicinity of Shaocheng and set up an ambush.

Until this morning, Yufeng led a small number of left-behind soldiers and pretended to cross the river.Mo Li expected that Baili Weiming would go out in person, but when the merchant army was dispatched, Mo Li was disguised by Baili Jiuge as Baili Weiming, and pretended to lead the troops back to the city.

Because the flag and tiger charms of the merchant army were forged, the soldiers wore plain clothes, and the disguise and voice-changing drugs were invulnerable, and Baili Weiming never left the tiger charms in the city.Therefore, the young general guarding Shaocheng was fooled and opened the door to let Zhou Jun in, causing this catastrophe...

Baili Jiuge pouted, knowing that although Mo Li did not investigate the eldest brother like he investigated other generals, he had already grasped the eldest brother's temperament and characteristics very accurately.

Come to think of it, Mo Li must have been constantly analyzing Big Brother in his heart during the two times when he exchanged Qiuhang and returned the Tiger Talisman.

Know yourself and the enemy, how can you not win the last round?
Involuntarily clenching his fists tightly, Baili Jiuge didn't look at the tragic scene around him anymore, his red skirt fluttered, and he headed towards Shaocheng Taishou's Mansion.

Because the food and grass were transported away, and the heavy snow continued for several days, not only the food and grass in the cities captured by Mo Li were consumed rapidly, but also the charcoal fires were also decreasing day by day.

Mo Li mobilized [-] soldiers to go into the forest to cut firewood, hunt, and break the ice to catch fish, which not only exercised his muscles, but also eased the supply a little.

Just in the last few days of the New Year's Eve, Baili Weiming sent a battle post, launching a traditional confrontation of head-on conflict.

Mo Li knew that the two elite troops that were unknown for a hundred miles had gathered at the moment, so he wanted to be strong, so he launched such a confrontation.He naturally complied, and immediately wrote back the battle post and sent it to Baili Weiming.

On the day of the battle, Baili Jiuge caught Jin'er who was crawling around and put him in the cradle so that his parents could take good care of him.

Jin'er was deprived of the freedom to play, and burst into tears, venting her dissatisfaction.Baili Jiuge had no choice but to hug her lapel and coax her non-stop, and the nurse she found was beside her to help.

After finally coaxing Jin'er to be quiet, Baili Jiuge walked out of the tent and headed towards the open space in the center of Shaocheng.

There, Mo Li was counting troops.

When Baili Jiuge came, it was just in time for the end of the army counting. Looking from a distance, on the empty yellow bricks, [-] soldiers were dressed in neat military uniforms, holding spears, and lined up in a solemn and ambitious team.

Mo Li was standing on a platform, his crane cloak curled up a few winter yellow leaves, the golden sunlight sprinkled dazzling gold flakes all over his body, the wind moved slightly, as if countless golden butterflies were fluttering their wings.

There was a world-swallowing sharpness in his gentle smile, and he stood there in shock, just like all the soldiers, holding a bowl of dirty wine in his hand.

Everyone raised their heads and were about to drink.

However, no one expected that Baili Jiuge would shout at this time.

"Mo Li, you can't drink! You can't drink!"

Everyone was stunned, their eyes dazzled for a moment, and after a while, they saw a bright red slender figure beside His Royal Highness, and His Royal Highness didn't allow His Royal Highness to say anything, so he grabbed the wine bowl and came over with one hand, and then sneered: "It's still turbid!" Wine! Mo Li, how can you make fun of your own body behind my back? General Zhang, you all know that Mo Li can't drink, why don't you persuade him and just let him do whatever he wants?"

(End of this chapter)