When I was in Qin Dynasty, I lost contact with the wave

Chapter 682: Lost Su Jiao

In the general's tent, Hu Ji lay weakly in Zhang Ji's arms, her face flushed, with a few tears in the corners of her eyes. Her originally slightly aggressive eyes were now filled with weakness and helplessness.

"That's it?"

Zhang Ji pinched Hu Ji's pretty face.

"I still have at least 80% of my strength left. You can't do that?"

As he spoke, Zhang Ji placed Hu Ji in his arms on the couch and sat up.

Before Zhang Ji could use his internal energy to pick up the scattered clothes on the ground, a breath with a faint scent of plum blossoms quietly penetrated into his nose.

The person who came had long hair tied up, and her black hair was as black as willow catkins, revealing a pretty face, whiter than snow, exquisite and delicate, wearing a slim short skirt as blue as the sea. Who else could it be but Yingge?

Yingge skillfully put clothes on Zhang Ji, but they were not the ones scattered on the ground, but the clean clothes she brought specially for Zhang Ji.

"I told you not to wear these dirty clothes thrown on the ground. What if you get sick?"

There was some anger in Yingge's words, and Zhang Ji responded perfunctorily out of habit.

"Okay, okay, I'll definitely do it next time. Next time...hiss! It hurts, it hurts!"

Hearing this, Yingge pinched Zhang Ji's back hard, causing Zhang Ji's face to turn pale in pain and he quickly admitted his mistake.

Hu Ji, who was lying on the couch, struggled to raise her arms. Her face changed when she saw Ying Ge, who had barged into Zhang Ji's tent without any scruples and whose appearance and figure were not inferior to hers.

Originally, she thought that no matter how many beauties there were around Zhang Ji, her appearance would definitely be among the best. If she was more proactive and enthusiastic, she could let Zhang Ji experience some wonderful experiences different from those of the women in the Central Plains, and she would definitely be able to become Zhang Ji's favorite concubine.

But this maid has such a beauty?
Furthermore, with this kind of way of getting along, the maid actually dared to pinch her master and force Zhang Ji, the master, to admit his mistake?

And most importantly, Yingge just glanced at her indifferently, as if he saw a stranger who had nothing to do with her, and seemed to be completely unconcerned about her existence.

Ugh.

Hu Ji sighed slightly in her heart. It seemed that she had underestimated the harem of a noble like Zhang Ji, and also overestimated herself.

But at least her choice was right. At least it gave her sister, the entire Zuoguduhou clan, and even the entire Huyan and Lan clans the opportunity to choose another path.

While Hu Ji was brainstorming, Zhang Ji had already finished chatting with Ying Ge about the intelligence that Bai Feng had discovered.

Of course, Hu Ji couldn't hear it.

When facing this new woman, you can know her thoroughly physically, but not psychologically.

After all, if he remembered correctly, the woman Hu Ji was not only Touman's favorite concubine but also her think tank in the original plot. She gave Touman advice, causing Fusu to be poisoned and almost die, and even caused great trouble to Meng Tian at one point, causing the Qin army to suffer huge losses.

She is also a woman of wisdom and strategy. If she were placed in someone else's backyard, there would be no peace, and it is not impossible that the wife would be deposed and a concubine would be established.

Fortunately, he is different. He has seen all kinds of women, and there are many women in the backyard who are more vicious than her.

As the saying goes, if I don’t go to hell, who will?

Therefore, it is better for him to keep this Hu Ji as his concubine, so that she won't bring trouble to other people's harems.

While Zhang Ji was resting in Yanze, the Yu army led by Su Jiao also left Dai County and went deep into the grassland.

However, I don’t know what kind of luck it was, but the Yu army led by Su Jiao actually got lost!
No one knew what the reason was, but the compass chariot was pointing in a chaotic direction, not to the south at all. It was also cloudy for days, and even at night it was impossible to observe the starry sky through the thick clouds. This put the Yin-Yang School disciple who served as the soothsayer to determine the direction and time for the army in a dilemma.

If you get lost in the Central Plains, after staying for half a day, there will be Luowang spies who will find you and guide you. But it is different if you get lost on the grassland.

Not to mention that Luowang has not yet established such a complete intelligence system on the grassland. Even if it has, it is unknown how long it will take for Luowang's manpower to find the army in this thousand-mile grassland.

"Damn it!"

In the military tent, Su Jiao couldn't help but smash the desk in front of him with his fist, and the official documents and orders on it fell to the ground. The other generals didn't dare to say anything, but they were equally angry.

Instead, Xiahou Ying took the initiative to step forward calmly, ordered a personal guard to bring a new desk, and put away the documents and orders that were scattered on the ground.

Su Jiao didn't say anything, just stared at Xiahou Ying.

He knew that he didn't actually have much ability, and the same was true for his good brother Shejian. The two of them had been promoted much slower than their former comrades over the years, but they were never jealous, and even hoped that their promotions would be slower.

In terms of titles, they were not much inferior to Li Xin, Qiang Wei, Wang Ben and others, but in terms of military positions, they had always served as the commander of Zhang Ji's scout camp or the commander of the cavalry over the years, and had never been sent out to lead an army and act alone.

There are also differences between different generals.

Li Xin, Meng Tian and other generals have their own styles of using troops, and are proficient in at least one of the four military forces, but Su Jiao and She Jian will implement the commander's orders and execute them resolutely without compromise, but make micro-adjustments on this basis to better execute the commander's requirements. It's not just a certain micro-control master, but any famous generals throughout history will prefer generals like Su Jiao and She Jian to Li Xin and Meng Tian, ​​and Zhang Ji is no exception, so he wants to give Su Jiao and She Jian some opportunities to make meritorious contributions, at least to equalize their titles with those of the same period.

Although the Yu Army was called an army, it should have been another name for a scout camp in ancient times.

On the one hand, he wanted to give Su Jiao and She Jian some opportunities to make meritorious service. On the other hand, the grassland was vast, and it was necessary to form a large scout camp, otherwise the 400,000 Qin troops would be blind.

In Zhang Ji's expectation, the task he gave to Su Jiao was just to test the strength of the Donghu vanguard army. It should be an easy task, and even if he suffered a small loss, he would complete the task successfully.

Su Jiao and Shejian naturally understood Zhang Ji's good intentions, and even the entire army understood it, so the officers of the Yu army were naturally angry about getting lost.

Moreover, getting lost not only means failure to complete the mission, the most frightening thing is the disruption of logistics, which leaves the army without water and food on the grassland.

But fortunately, there is still Xiahou Ying.

After spending these days together, Su Jiao discovered that Xiahou Ying was definitely not here to gild his reputation. He was a natural cavalry general, and he was very opinionated and resourceful, and was also waiting for him to speak.

But Xiahou Ying didn't say a word and looked calm until he finished cleaning up, then he looked at Su Jiao with a smile.

In fact, he was also hesitating again and again in his heart, thinking about it while cleaning up the case.

"General, I do have an idea."

"Hurry up and tell me. I know you are a man with ideas."

Shejian's character is far inferior to Su Jiao's. He slapped Xiahou Ying on the shoulder, quite impatiently.

"I have three strategies: upper, middle and lower."

"The worst option is to continue to advance northeast. I asked the chief clerk in the army yesterday, and he said that we have enough water and food to support us for about 20 days. With the three-day emergency dry food and water bag that each soldier carries, if we save some, we can last for a month."

"The middle strategy is to retreat all the way south. At the very least, we can reach the Yan border in Shanggu County. We can then buy some drinking water and food from Yan, and then head north to look for the Donghu vanguard."

Su Jiao waved his hand and directly rejected the worst and middle options.

The worst option was his original idea, but it was too risky.

Once the trace of the Donghu vanguard cannot be found and the army gets lost, the entire army will be trapped on the grassland. At that time, Yu's army may be in danger of being wiped out. Even if he is rescued and retreats to Yanmen Pass with reinforcements, his military career will probably end prematurely and he will be branded as a waste.

When the time comes, future military strategists will use him as a negative example when discussing the risk of getting lost deep in the grasslands. He will be infamous for eternity!

The middle strategy is safe. At most, the enemy will return empty-handed, but at least the army can be withdrawn safely.

Considering Zhang Ji's relationship with the State of Yan, and the fact that they were attacking the Donghu, a major threat to the State of Yan, it is unlikely that the State of Yan would refuse to sell drinking water and food. At most, he could buy them at a price 20% higher than the market price.

But since there are worst and middle strategies, even Xiahou Ying must have a best strategy.

Su Jiao motioned Xiahou Ying to continue.

Xiahou Ying clasped his fists and leaned forward and said, "The best strategy is to continue advancing!"

Everyone was stunned. Wasn't this the worst option just now?
But no one interrupted Xiahou Ying. It was impossible for Xiahou Ying to say useless nonsense at this time.

"However, we have changed our goal and will no longer look for the Donghu's vanguard. Instead, we will march towards areas with abundant water and grass!"

"Where there is abundant water and grass, there is either a Donghu army stationed there, or it is the residence of Donghu nobles. No matter what, as long as the Yu army marches forward, it will gain something."

"First, we can get intelligence about the Donghu vanguard from the captives, replenish the baggage, and catch some guides to lead the way. If we are lucky, we can complete the mission successfully, and if not, we can withdraw safely."

"Secondly, if we fail to complete the mission in the end, this reward can atone for our crime, or at least reduce our guilt."

Xiahou Ying said in a deep voice, and as his words fell, everyone suddenly felt enlightened and couldn't help but admire Xiahou Ying's calmness and wit.

But in fact, Xiahou Ying had an even crazier plan that he didn't dare to say.

With the Donghu now marching south with all their might, the probability of them running into the Donghu army or other grassland wolf armies is not low. And with the combat effectiveness of the Yu army, as long as the difference in numbers does not exceed three times, it will not be a problem to break through.

At worst, we can go all the way north and fight wherever we can. If we really go deep into the heartland of Donghu and leave Donghu's rear empty, are we still afraid of not gaining anything?

The civilians of the Central Plains countries, the grassland wolf tribe that can ride and shoot, have no so-called civilians. Isn't this military achievement...

As for the supply problem, as long as there is the Prairie Wolf Army or the Prairie Wolf Tribe, we can eat wherever we fight, so why worry about the supply problem?
But he still didn't say it out loud. After all, this idea was too crazy and it was like stirring up a hornet's nest.

If the Donghu army planned to encircle and suppress them, they would be completely wiped out if they were not careful.

(End of this chapter)