"Qingming Valley just suffered a big loss, how dare you underestimate the enemy!" Wang Li cursed with hatred.

Bai Tu shrank his head, nodded repeatedly, and hurriedly admitted his mistake, "It's a mistake to be humble, General, don't blame me."

Wang Li turned his gaze back to the camp below and warned in a deep voice, "Now, treat them as the former armies of the Six Nations. Don't be disrespectful. They must show me the majesty of the empire!"

Upon hearing this, Baitu of Zhaobu replied in unison, "Yes!"

At this time, a messenger hurried over and said, "Report! General, the peasant traitors have taken the initiative to invade!"

"Oh?" Wang Li looked back at the messenger, his brows raised in surprise, "Which way?"

"There are four channels, but judging from the scale, none of them should be the main force."

"Ha!" Wang Li couldn't help laughing when he heard this, laughing angrily.

Did the farmer completely ignore him after winning a round?

"Pass my order, and the four Jackals, Tigers and Leopards can fight back at will, but they must not pursue excessively."

After the initial surprise and anger, Wang Li thought for a moment and issued the order.

Wang Li, who had already suffered a loss once, would certainly not treat the farmers as fools again.

As a result, there may be some conspiracy behind the farmers' eagerness to start a war.

Maybe it's a test, maybe it's a bait, maybe it's just to confuse.

There were many possibilities. Wang Li didn't have the ability to accurately guess the farmer's purpose, so he chose a safer response method.

No matter what, he can no longer follow the enemy's arrangements. He must take the initiative in his own hands!

After the messenger took the order and left, Wang Li turned to Bai Tu and ordered in a serious tone:

"Bai Tu, you will be on duty at the camp tonight!"

Bai Tu was stunned for a moment, and then happily accepted the task.

He likes guarding the base camp in the rear the most. It is safe and risk-free, and he can win directly.

If he goes out to fight with Wang Li, although he will gain more credit, the chance of sudden death will also rise sharply, just like the battle of Qingming Valley, where Bai Tu almost died.

He doesn't want to take any chances now.

Seeing Bai Tu's unpromising performance, Wang Li couldn't help but curse a few more times, but didn't say anything.

He chose Bai Tu mainly because the other party would not betray him.

Of course, Wang Li didn't know whether Bai Tu was loyal to him or not.

But according to the imperial military law, Bai Tu is already a man who cannot die anymore. The only person he can rely on and rely on is himself, the general.

Based on this, Wang Li was convinced that he was reliable enough.

As for the issue of ability... Anyway, it's just a big camp, it doesn't have any technical content, so it doesn't matter.

Not to mention that the peasants may not have the energy to divide their troops to surprise his camp. Even if they did, it would be in vain.

Although the camp cannot be compared with the city wall, it cannot be easily shaken by human power, not to mention that the farmers have no siege equipment.

Only three to five thousand men are needed to defend the camp, and even the exhausted peasants can't even think of capturing his camp in a short period of time.

And as long as there is a slight delay, the reinforcements can rush back and attack the farmers' troops from both inside and outside.

Therefore, Wang Li has absolute confidence in the safety of his camp.

If the farmer could raid his base camp, he would eat the camp gate on the spot!

………………

In the middle of Daze Mountain, Han Xin picked an open space as his temporary headquarters.

Of course, there are only three people in this headquarters - him, Liu Ji who is responsible for delivering orders, and Tian Zhong who is responsible for watching over him.

Except for the three people, there are only some maps, including a general map of the entire Daze Mountain and sub-maps of a certain area.

Han Xin was looking at the map at this time, with a gloomy look on his face that showed no emotion at all.

Liu Ji couldn't help but ask, "I said, you want all four armies to dispatch at once?"

"It's just a test." Han Xin replied casually without raising his head, "You have to see the quality of the jackals, tigers and leopards first."

"What if they are weak? Just attack them head-on?" Liu Ji asked curiously.

Han Xin finally glanced at him sideways, as if looking at a fool, "There is no such possibility."

"With the quality of the Imperial Army, even if the four generals of Jackal, Tiger and Leopard are replaced by real Jackal, Tiger and Leopard, the combat effectiveness of these four troops will not be low."

Liu Ji rolled his eyes when he heard this and was very disapproving of it.

Can you still be effective in combat if you replace four beasts as your generals?

He didn't believe what he said.

Han Xin ignored him and added, minding his own business, "The testing I am talking about is not only about combat power, but it is not just for testing, there are other purposes as well."

"What other purpose is there?" Liu Ji was stunned and asked subconsciously.

Han Xin did not keep secrets at all and answered directly, "Confuse the other party and prepare for night operations. At the same time, it also gives the peasant disciples a preliminary understanding of what war is."

The basic quality of this group of peasant disciples assembled is good, and most of them are serious people in the world who have seen blood. However, war and fighting are always different, and seeing blood and going to the battlefield are completely different.

They must be mentally prepared first.

"Okay..." After hearing Han Xin's answer, Liu Ji nodded to express his understanding, then his expression dimmed and he sighed, "It's just your temptation, I'm afraid you will lose a lot of brothers!"

Although there was serious internal fighting among the six halls, Liu Ji actually had no ill intentions towards the ordinary disciples in other halls. It was just that the life-and-death struggle among the upper echelons was unavoidable.

Liu Ji has never experienced a serious war, but anyone with a sound mind knows that human life is worthless when war breaks out.

So far, only about a thousand disciples have died in the internal fighting among the peasant families. After Wang Li entered Daze Mountain, he killed more than this number of peasant disciples during the siege of the mountain.

Today, I don’t know how many people will die.

Han Xin didn't feel anything about this, and replied indifferently, "War is about killing people."

His attitude is not directed at farmers, he also leads the imperial army in the same way.

For Han Xin, soldiers are chess pieces on the chessboard, pure tools, and the meaning of their existence is to win victory for the chess players.

Of course he will try his best to win with the smallest number of casualties, but no matter how many people die, he won't care.

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Hearing Han Xin's cold response, Liu Ji was a little dissatisfied. He was an emotional person and could not be as cold as Han Xin.

But he didn't get angry because of it.

Because he knew very well that Han Xin was right, that is what war is like.

Of course, the more important reason is that there have been no real casualties yet, and Liu Ji's mood is still very stable.

Tian Zhong hid behind the two of them the whole time, saying nothing, not adding any opinions, and just staring at them with unclear meaning.

…………

Songhay port, on the mirage deck.

Tianming and the three of them were groping forward.

Every time he advanced a certain distance, Tianming would arch his nose and take a few deep breaths of air, then close his eyes and frown, looking thoughtful.

Obviously, they were tracing the source of the aroma.

However, contrary to their initial expectations, after searching for a while, they found that the source of the aroma was not nearby.

In the end, we can only let Tianming, who has a more sensitive sense of smell, to track and guide the direction.

So far, they have come a long way.

Blind Shaoyu couldn't help but ask, "Where are we now?"

"Uh..." Tianming thought for a moment and replied, "It's on the north side of the deck, closer to the Fuso tree."

"Coming back?" Shao Yu was stunned when he heard this.

The mirage lies outside the Songhai port building, facing the east. It runs north-south, with the bow in the south and the stern in the north.

Most of the special areas on the mirage are located in the northern area, such as the Fuso Sacred Tree.

Then, Shao Yu thought of a possibility and said in a surprised tone, "You said the source of that fragrance couldn't be Yun Zhongjun's alchemy room, right?"

The location of Yunxiao Pavilion is also in the north of the mirage, not far from the Fuso Sacred Tree.

Shi Lan carefully checked the surrounding environment, hesitated for a moment and then replied, "Judging from the current route, this is not impossible."

"Then...are we still going?" Tianming scratched his head after hearing this and cast a searching look at the two friends.

Shaoyu spoke first, "I think it's better not to take risks."

"We just had a big fuss in Yunxiao Pavilion not long ago. That place is probably still very dangerous now, and our condition is in bad shape."

If everyone is in good condition, Shao Yu doesn't mind taking another risk.

But now, whenever they encounter a difficult enemy, the three of them have a hard time running away - one cannot see, the other cannot run fast, and Shi Lan has no ability to hold off the two.
To be continued...