Chapter 225 Boldness The next morning, Shangguan Xiu had just gotten up and was washing up.
Wei Tian strode in from outside excitedly.
When he saw Shangguan Xiu, he said loudly: "Sir, the Ningnan Army has withdrawn."
Shangguan Xiu only paused for a moment while washing.
Then he picked up the hand towel and wiped his face slowly.
After putting down the hand towel, he calmly asked: "Are you sure?"
"It has been confirmed.
My brothers and I have seen it with our own eyes.
The Ningnan Army is now packing up their tents in the camp," Wei Tian said happily.
Of course he had reasons to be excited.
When Tang Wanyun sent him to Mount Xibu to resist the Ningnan Army, he was determined to die.
In his opinion, it was impossible to win between 3,000 and 30,000 people anyway, and Now, the Ningnan Army has taken the initiative to withdraw, and everyone on Mount Xib has saved their lives.
Shangguan Xiu did not show the slightest excitement, and said in a calm tone: "We will investigate again and report again, and keep an eye on every move of Ning Nan's army."
"It's my lord," Wei Tian agreed, and took a closer look at Shangguan Xiu.
He saw that the expression on his face had not changed, and it was impossible to tell whether he was happy or unhappy.
Wei Tian cleared his throat and whispered tentatively: "Sir, the Ningnan Army has withdrawn, and the war is finally over."
Shangguan Xiu took a deep look at Wei Tian and asked: "Old Wei, do you really think this battle is over?"
His question stunned Wei Tianwen.
Ningnan's army had retreated.
Of course the war was over.
Could it be that He rolled his eyes, took a breath, and asked in surprise: "Does your Excellency think that the retreat of the Ningnan Army is fake, and that they are preparing to attack Mount Xibu with all their strength?"
Shangguanxiu shrugged and said with a deep look: "No matter whether the Ningnan Army is really retreating or pretending to be retreating, this battle is far from over."
What he said made Monk Wei Tianzhang confused.
He still didn't understand what Shangguanxiu meant.
The latter waved his hand and said, "If you continue to inquire, you must always keep track of the whereabouts of Ning Nan's army."
"Yes" Wei Tian agreed again, and walked out of Shangguan Xiu's room with a feeling of confusion.
At around nine o'clock in the morning, the messenger from Ningnan Army came to Xibu Mountain.
After seeing Shangguan Xiu, he conveyed Jiang Ting's message and stated that he would withdraw immediately and leave all the large baggage in the camp.
Can be temporarily used by Feng Jun If Shangguan Xiu does not believe that they are really withdrawing, he can also send people to monitor along the way.
Finally, the messenger reminds Shangguan Xiu not to forget the agreement between the two parties.
After the Ningnan army retreats five hundred miles, he must return the soldiers to the prison.
The captured Tong Yang.
After Shangguan Xiu sent away the messenger, he found Xu Rui and asked him to arrange two hundred brothers to serve as spies to keep an eye on the movements of Ning Nan's army.
Xu Rui agreed and followed the order.
Shangguanxiu looked at Xiao Jue and Wu Yufei beside him and asked, "Do we have Shah's map?"
Xiao Jue bent down and whispered: "Brother Xibu, we only have a topographic map of this area of Mount Xib, but not a map of the entire Shah."
"I do," Wei Tian walked in from the door and said loudly.
He looked back at one of his men and waved to him.
The man turned and left without saying a word.
After a short time, he took out a map of Shah.
This map was pieced together from several pieces of sheepskin.
It looked like it was old, the sheepskins had turned black, and the map drawn on it was also very blurry.
Shangguan Xiu spread the map on the ground.
He lowered his head and looked at the map carefully.
This map was obviously not drawn by Feng Ren.
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It was full of Shah’s writing.
Although Shangguan Xiu learned some daily Shah language, he did not know Shah's writing.
In his eyes, the twisted writing was like a ghost painting.
He asked, "Where is our Mount Zeb?"
"Here" the Tongtian Clan disciple who took the map pointed at a corner of the map and said.
Shangguanxiu glanced at him and asked, "Do you know the Chinese character Shah?"
"Yes, the villain has studied for a year."
Shangguanxiu nodded and looked carefully at where his finger was.
He first pointed at the location of Mount Sibu, then moved his finger northwest along the map, and asked: "Where is Mount Sibu, five hundred miles to the northwest?"
The Tongtian Clan disciple knelt on the ground and looked at the map attentively, his eyes almost falling to the map.
His eyes moved slowly along the map.
After a while, he raised his hand and pointed, and said seriously: "Sir, this is here."
Shangguan Xiu looked at where his finger was, and there were words he didn't recognize all over it.
He asked: "Where is this place?"
The man said: "This is the territory of the Shahqixi tribe."
"Qixi tribe" Shangguan Xiu murmured.
At this time, Xu Rui came back from outside after arranging the spies.
Hearing Shangguan Xiu's muttering, he asked curiously: "Brother Xiu, what's wrong with the Qixi tribe?"
Shangguanxiu sat cross-legged on the ground and said: "If the Ningnan Army retreated five hundred miles, it would happen to be within the territory of the Qixi tribe.
I don't know how strong the Qixi tribe is."
He was not very familiar with the various tribes in Shah, but Xu Rui knew very well that the Shah people who used to do business in Mount Xibu were from all tribes, and naturally there were also members of the Qixi tribe among them.
He rubbed his chin and thought for a while, then said: "The strength of the Qixi tribe is not strong, but it is not weak either.
There are nearly 100,000 people in the tribe."
In Shah's tribe, it is not very clear who is the people and who is the soldier.
When going on an expedition, all adult men of the tribe are soldiers.
When fighting against foreign enemies, even women and children can take up arms and fight.
Generally speaking, judging the strength of a tribe mainly depends on the population of the tribe.
Remove 10% of the elderly and 20% of the children can be soldiers.
"One hundred thousand clan members are not that few."
Shangguan Xiu said quietly: "Will they allow the Ningnan Army to be stationed in their territory?"
Xu Rui smiled and said: "The Qixi tribe is relatively open-minded among the tribes in Shah.
They don't like fighting and only like to make money.
If Ningnan will provide them with some money, the Qixi tribe will not refuse the Ningnan army. stationed.”
"Yes."
Shangguanxiu nodded, looked down at the map, and said, "In this case, after the Ningnan Army retreated five hundred miles, it should be stationed in the territory of the Qixi tribe.
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As he spoke, he clicked on the map and said, "There are many mountains here."
"Yes, the territory of the Qixi tribe is full of mountains and forests, and they cannot grow food.
In the past, the Qixi tribe had few people and could still make a living by hunting.
Now there are more and more people in the Qixi tribe, and hunting alone can no longer meet the demand.
They need to go out to buy grain, which is why many people from the Qixi tribe go out to do business."
A pause. , Xu Rui suddenly remembered something, and said cheerfully: "It's just that the Qixi tribe is not very lucky.
Most of the territories of other tribes have yellow cypress.
After cutting it down, whether it is sold to our Feng Country or to Ningnan, it will be the same."
You can get a lot of money back, but the Qixi tribe’s territory is full of useless pine trees.”
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Shangguanxiu blinked, burst into laughter, and said thoughtfully: "They are quite unlucky."
They were talking in the room.
First, a disciple of Tongtianmen ran in from outside.
He raised his hands to Shangguan Xiu, Wei Tian and others and said, "Sir, the Ningnan Army has begun to withdraw from the camp."
As soon as he finished speaking, another Feng soldier ran in from outside and gasped: "Sir, the Ningnan Army has withdrawn.
The Ningnan Army has withdrawn from the camp."
Shangguan Xiu waved his hand and said, "We will investigate again and report again."
"Yes."
The Tongtianmen disciples and the soldiers looked at each other, turned around, and walked out quickly.
Xu Rui swallowed his saliva and couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said: "We finally survived this battle, but we have to pity him."
At this point, Xu Rui's eyes turned red and he was choked with sobs, unable to speak. over.
He and Dai Yu had worked together in Mount Xibu for so long, and their relationship had long been cultivated.
Apart from Shangguan Xiu, he was the one who was most devastated by Dai Yu's death in battle.
"We haven't finished this battle yet."
Shangguan Xiu said word by word.
Xu Ruizheng was full of emotions.
After hearing Shangguan Xiu's words, he immediately turned his head and looked over, with wet mist still in his eyes.
Xiao Jue, Wu Yufei, and Wei Tian also looked at Shangguan Xiu in confusion.
The latter narrowed his eyes and asked in a solemn voice: "Whose territory is Mount Sibu?"
"Nature is our territory," Xu Rui replied without knowing why.
"This is not only our territory, but also the territory of the Feng Kingdom.
How can the majestic and powerful territory allow foreign enemies to invade?
They will fight at will and leave at will."
Shangguan Xiu's narrowed eagle eyes could not block the fire coming from it.
Bare.
Everyone's hearts trembled and they asked in unison: "Brother Xiu wants to take advantage of the enemy's retreat to sneak attack on the enemy."
Shangguan Xiu nodded first, then shook his head and said: "The Ningnan Army is a regular Central Army, not a miscellaneous rebel army.
When the Ningnan Army retreated, even if they did not think that our army would attack them, they They will still take precautionary measures, which is the basic quality of a regular army.”
His words confused everyone, and they looked at each other, not understanding what Shangguan Xiu meant.
Xu Rui asked cautiously: "Brother Xiu wants to" Shangguan Xiu said: "As the saying goes, things should not be delayed, late will lead to changes.
In order to rescue Tong Yang as soon as possible and avoid unnecessary complications, the Ningnan Army will definitely make a forced march during the five hundred miles of retreat, and the Ningnan Army left behind baggage. ,this It also facilitates their emergency march.
They will not camp and rest until they have retreated five hundred miles and entered the territory of the Qixi tribe.
This is when the Ningnan Army is most relaxed, and it is also a good opportunity for us to counterattack. " "Brother Xiu is going to sneak attack the Ningnan Army in the Qixi tribe's territory."
Xu Rui and others stared at Shangguan Xiu with their eyes wide open, as if they were looking at monsters.
They only have about a thousand people now, and the Ningnan Army has 20,000 people after excluding casualties.
There is a twenty-fold difference in the strength of the two sides.
If we attack others by surprise, aren't we just hitting the stone with an egg?
Shangguan Xiu said: "If you are not bold during the war, how long will it take for you to be bold?
You may think that our initiative to sneak attack on the Ningnan army is to kill a stone with an egg.
The Ningnan people will think so even more.
They never imagined that we would chase five hundred Here, sneak attack them in the territory of the Qixi tribe, take them by surprise and attack them unprepared, this is the key to victory." 9u Chapter 225 Bold: