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Chapter 258: This General Has No Plans Left Unturned

Just as Chu Shizhao expected, the craftsmen who made the siege equipment were still there.

So, Murong Ze simply moved the craftsmen to another place.

Then he let the Northern Di army continue to cut down trees and rebuild siege equipment.

There were so many of them that they only needed to let the soldiers take turns cutting trees while the others could still rest.

Problems such as the inefficiency of felling trees at night can be completely compensated by the number of people.

Murong Ze's solution was also simple and crude. He directly sent three times the number of people to cut down trees and transport raw materials.

After suffering a loss once, Murong Ze simply placed the craftsmen directly in the middle of the military camp.

The reason why this arrangement was not made before was that we did not want the noise of the craftsmen's work to disturb the soldiers' rest.

But there is no time to worry about so many things now. It is worse for the soldiers to not get enough rest than to be unable to produce enough siege weapons.

"I guess they think that these craftsmen are their people, so they are reluctant to kill them." Murong Ze sneered secretly: "In the war, there is still such unnecessary mercy. You southern barbarian officials are really childish and ridiculous."

The complacent Murong Ze seemed to have completely forgotten that he was being fooled around today by these southern barbarians whom he looked down upon.

But Murong Ze didn't feel proud for long, as an order from behind made the smile freeze on his face.

Commander Murong Dayu ordered Murong Ze to capture Xueyuan Pass within two hours after dawn.

Otherwise, military law will be applied.

"I will follow the commander's orders and will not fail in my mission."

What else could Murong Ze do? He had no choice but to agree.

However, Murong Ze was still quite confident about the siege.

The main reason why we failed to capture Xueyuan Pass today was that we were fooled by the other party and have been wasting time.

Although the siege was somewhat difficult later on, it was actually clear that the defenders of Xueyuan Pass were not a bit inferior to their Northern Di cavalry.

The reason for the failure was that they were caught off guard by the endless variety of weapons.

Another reason was that it became dark not long after the siege, forcing him to temporarily halt the attack.

At least in Murong Ze's opinion, if he was given a little more time, he would be able to completely break through Xueyuan Pass within an hour at most.

He is now letting the army rest and recuperate, while preparing sufficient siege equipment.

Taking over Xueyuan Pass is not only easy, but also won’t take too much time.

On the other side, after escaping from the Northern Di pursuers.

Chu Shizhao immediately led the Ice Wolf Cavalry to find a safe place to rest.

Their battle is not over yet.

There is still time. If we allow the Northern Di people to build siege equipment, Xueyuan Pass will definitely be difficult to defend tomorrow.

So, Chu Shizhao decided that it was worth it to give it this chance.

After simply drinking a sip of water and eating a few bites of dry food that was as hard and dry as coal slag, Chu Shizhao immediately opened the [Emperor Growth Plan].

[Chu Shizhao led the wolf cavalry to attack the Beidi camp, but was entangled by the Beidi cavalry who reacted quickly. They were surrounded from all sides and died in battle! ]

It was a bad start, and the first deduction ended in failure.

This result was also within his expectations.

The craftsmen who made siege equipment suffered heavy losses after being attacked by his Ice Wolf Cavalry.

If Murong Ze does not protect these people, he will not be qualified to be the commander-in-chief leading the Northern Di cavalry vanguard.

After the failure, Chu Shizhao immediately started the deduction again.

[Chu Shizhao led the wolf cavalry and rushed into the Beidi camp from the southwest, hacking and killing along the way. He was surrounded and torn to pieces by the swords. ]

Continue to reopen.

It was opened seven or eight times in a row, and the result each time was only one death.

But Chu Shizhao's goal was still not achieved.

It is extremely difficult to find a hidden craftsman camp among a camp of 30,000 people.

After all, even if it was the extremely powerful Ice Wolf Riders, they couldn't really come and go freely in the Beidi camp because their numbers were too small.

Often, as long as you go a little deeper into the camp, you will soon be surrounded by the enemy.

There aren't actually that many places where you can search effectively.

"This won't work. We have to think of other ways." Chu Shizhao touched his chin and frowned.

Just when he didn't know what to do, some strange lights from the direction of the Beidi camp caught his attention.

These flames were obviously outside the Beidi camp. Some of them were fixed in one place, while others moved back and forth according to a certain pattern.

It's the middle of the night now, and these lights are obviously abnormal.

"Haha, there is a way."

After doing the deduction for dozens of times without any progress, Chu Shizhao suddenly felt refreshed.

[Chu Shizhao led the Ice Wolf Cavalry to ambush the Beidi soldiers who were cutting wood outside the Beidi camp. They encountered the Beidi elite cavalry and a bloody battle ensued, resulting in both sides suffering losses.]

Although the result of this deduction is not very good.

The corners of Chu Shizhao's mouth were already raised.

Because he finally found the right way.

Things became very simple afterwards. Chu Shizhao tried again and again to avoid the Northern Di elites. He followed the people who were cutting wood, searching bit by bit, and finally found the craftsmen's camp hidden by Murong Ze.

After finding them, Chu Shizhao did not immediately order the Ice Wolf Cavalry to attack.

The craftsmen's camp had just been established and did not have much stock of wood and siege equipment.

Attacking there now would simply not be worth the effort.

After resting for more than an hour, Chu Shizhao led the Ice Wolf Cavalry and harassed them continuously around Beidi Avenue.

If the Northern Di cavalry reacted faster, the Ice Wolf Cavalry would hardly fight with them and would immediately turn around and flee, disappearing into the darkness.

However, if the Northern Di cavalry had reacted a little slower.

Chu Shizhao didn't mind destroying the fence and rushed into the Beidi territory to burn and kill people.

What they do is just like mosquitoes harassing humans.

Although it can sometimes suck some blood from people, it can't cause any substantial harm. At most it can only make people unable to sleep well at night.

But without turning on the lights, the Northern Di people couldn't catch this mosquito.

"General, those damned southern barbarians have escaped again." Deputy General Tuoba Yan reported carefully. After all, he was in charge of the scouts and patrols of the Northern Di cavalry.

The army was tormented by Chu Shizhao for the entire night, and few people could sleep well.

But they didn't even see each other's shadow. Strictly speaking, he would definitely not be able to escape the charge of dereliction of duty.

Originally, Tuoba Yan thought that Murong Ze would be furious. Even if he didn't dismiss him directly, he would definitely beat him with a military stick to serve as a warning to others.

But what surprised Tuoba Yan was that Murong Ze looked very calm at this moment, and he was not as furious as before.

Not only was he not angry, there was even a hint of a smug smile on his face as if his plan had succeeded.

"General, what's wrong with you?" Tuoba Yan was extremely puzzled and didn't understand why the commander had such an attitude.

The smugness on Murongze's face became stronger and stronger: "Do you want to ask this general, we are now in a passive position and being harassed by those southern barbarians, why I am not angry, but seem to be very happy?"

"I am stupid and would like to ask for your guidance, General." Tuoba Yan asked hurriedly.

He has been really curious about this matter for a long time.

At the beginning, Murong Ze was obviously as irritable as him.

Every time I was ambushed, I wished I could tear the attackers into pieces.

Especially when I knew that the craftsmen’s camp was destroyed by those guys.

The angry Murong Ze almost killed him as a sacrifice.

But since then, the attitude of his commander has changed dramatically.

It was as if the other party's continuous harassment of the military camp was not a bad thing for them, but a great thing.

Murongze cleared his throat and said proudly: "Tuoba Yan, you have followed me for so many years. Today, I will give you some advice."

"What do you think is the enemy's purpose in harassing us so relentlessly?"

Tuoba Yan pondered and said, "It should be to prevent our army from having a good rest, so that we won't have enough energy to attack the city tomorrow, right?"

"I think they have actually succeeded, although their sneak attack did not cause many casualties. However, our soldiers were indeed unable to rest well."

"The Imperial Master has reminded us more than once that our soldiers must get enough rest in order to have strong combat effectiveness. If they don't get enough rest, their strength will be greatly weakened."

When talking about this, Murong Ze's smile froze a little, but then he sneered: "You are half right."

"The reason why they attacked us so desperately, besides not letting us rest well, there is another real purpose, which is to attack our siege equipment."

"The walls of Xueyuan Pass are tall. Without sufficient siege equipment, it will be extremely difficult for us to attack the city."

"Think about it carefully. The sneak attacks by those guys weren't that frequent before, but now the intervals between their attacks on us are getting smaller and smaller?"

After hearing what Murong Ze said, Tuoba Yan clapped his hands suddenly: "General, you are right. In the past hour, they have already attacked us four times. Do you mean that they have other purposes?"

Murongze couldn't suppress the smugness on his face and laughed out loud: "Yes, I am sure that the reason these guys attack so frequently is to test where our craftsmen camp is."

"These southern barbarians only know how to use these petty tricks that are not worthy of being shown on the stage, and they call them the art of war."

"They probably never imagined that I had already set up the artisan camp in the middle of the army. No matter how they try, they will never be able to find the location of the artisan camp."

Tuoba Yan suddenly realized: "General, you are smart. If you do this, won't those southern barbarians be left empty-handed?" Then he hesitated and said: "But General, our soldiers can't rest in peace, won't it affect tomorrow's siege?"

Murong Ze was startled at first, then he snorted coldly and said, "What do you know? So what if you don't get enough rest?"

"Those southern barbarians only dare to act recklessly at night. Once the sun rises, will these cowards dare to fight our northern barbarian cavalry on the battlefield?"

"By that time, they will no longer be able to use these dirty tricks."

"As for us, we can let our soldiers rest as much as they want. Let them have a good sleep for an hour and then we can start the siege."

"By then, not only will our soldiers be in top condition, but we will also have a large number of siege engines."

"It's just a Xueyuan Pass, isn't it easy to capture it?"

Tuoba Yan's eyes were full of admiration: "General, you are wise. Those military masters that the southern barbarians boasted about are simply no match for you, General."

"Of course." Murong Ze sneered complacently: "What a bullshit military strategy, in front of our invincible Beidi cavalry, it is nothing but a joke."

"By the way, those southern barbarians are only good at playing tricks. However, we must not underestimate them."

"The soldiers can't rest well anyway, so triple the patrol force and send out all the scouts and scouts that can."

"It would be best if we can find traces of those guys. Even if we can't find them, we can't let them continue to attack and win recklessly like before."

"As long as we hold on until dawn, we Beidi will win!"

Tuoba Yan's expression was excited: "Beidi will win!"

The complacent Murong Ze had no idea that Chu Shizhao almost jumped for joy when he saw that he had tripled the number of people in the outer realm.

"This guy is really cooperative."

When the simulation was being conducted previously, Murong Ze simply doubled the number of staff.

I don’t know what happened this time, but it increased three times.

At one point, there were several teams of a thousand men roaming back and forth outside the Beidi camp, providing support to various places to guard against sneak attacks by the Ice Wolf Cavalry.

The number of scouts and reconnaissance cavalry is so large that it makes people's scalp tingle.

Even the Ice Wolf Riders had to retreat to a place a mile away to hide in order to avoid being discovered by these scouts.

And this is exactly what Chu Shizhao most hopes will happen.

If he had no relationship with Murong Ze, he would be a real enemy both in the deduction and in reality.

Chu Shizhao couldn't help but wonder, could this Murong Ze be an undercover agent sent by him?

Otherwise, why would he cooperate with my plan?
Just because of a few random words before, he waited for a whole day in vain at Xueyuan Pass, wasting the most important opportunity to attack.

Now, he is cooperating with my plan.

With so many troops outside the camp, doesn't that mean that there are less than two-thirds of the troops left inside the camp?

It's really not too good for him.

"Wait, we can't be so optimistic. We still have to give the other party a little sweetness first."

After making the decision, Chu Shizhao led the Ice Wolf Cavalry and deliberately ran into an outer patrol team.

After a brief test, they quickly retreated.

The second time he appeared, he didn't have time to do anything before he was discovered by scouts again.

They had no choice but to withdraw again.

Their two consecutive failures made Murong Ze more certain of his idea.

"Humph! Just as I expected, you are looking for those craftsmen. Unfortunately, you are destined to be disappointed."

(End of this chapter)