Nine dragons fight for the throne, I don't want to sit on this throne

The night is dark and the wind is howling.

Remote Yunzhou has experienced the coldest time of the day.

The mountains at dusk look like dormant wild beasts, which are daunting.

In the temporary camp built by the Yan army, General Yan Yucheng tossed and turned in bed, and got up to pace back and forth in the camp.

Not only did this battle fail to kill Chu Ning, but it also caused the Zhou army to burn down the camp and food and supplies. Now the army is in a situation where there is no food or supplies available.

If they don't find a way to resolve this matter, they will definitely not be able to hold on when the Chu and Zhou armies arrive in two days.

Due to the lack of food and low morale, no one was willing to fight to the death.

If he was defeated again, his reputation would be completely ruined.

Even if he was lucky enough to return to the court, the emperor would not forgive him, and his position as general would definitely be taken away by Le Yi.

Yan Yucheng became more and more angry the more he thought about it, and his face became gloomy.

At this time, a soldier's voice suddenly came from outside the camp: "General, we have captured a Chu soldier. He said he came to deliver a letter and said he would give it to you in person."

Yan Yucheng raised his eyebrows, a hint of doubt flashed across his face.

I don't know anyone in the Chu army, so how could someone send me a letter?

"Let him in!" With some doubt, Yan Yucheng let the other party into the tent.

A tall man wearing armor and having a beard appeared in front of Yan Yucheng.

"Meet the General of Yan!"

The man saluted and introduced himself, "I am Wu Yuan, a general of the Chu army!"

Yan Yucheng looked the man up and down and said in a cold voice, "I have seen you before. You often follow Xiahou Ren. I wonder why you come to see me now?"

When two countries are at war, they do not kill envoys. Yan Yucheng would naturally not act rashly without knowing the other party's purpose.

Without saying anything, Wu Yuan took out a letter from his arms and went to the ground: "This is a letter from my general to you. You will understand after reading it."

Yan Yucheng narrowed his eyes, wondering why Xiahou Ren would write a letter at this time, but he still reached out to take the letter.

"Hahahaha, wonderful, wonderful!"

After reading the letter, Yan Yucheng's gloom cleared up and he laughed, "If this plan works, the crisis facing our army will no longer be a crisis!"

After laughing, Yan Yucheng put the letter into the brazier and burned it in front of Wu Yuan.

"Go back and tell General Xiahou that I agree and let him act accordingly!"

Wu Yuan saluted and said, "I will go and report to the general right away!"

After saying this, Wu Yuan turned and left.

Yan Yucheng stared at his back and sneered: "Chu Ning, Chu Ning, this time I will see how you escape!"

Immediately, Yan Yucheng shouted outside the camp: "Come here, gather all the generals to discuss the matter immediately!"

At the command, the generals who had fallen asleep were awakened.

Although there is some dissatisfaction, this is the order of the general, who dares not come?

Half an hour later, everyone gathered in the central military tent.

Yan Yucheng sat in the main seat, while Le Yi sat below him, with a clear distinction between them.

Seeing that everyone was present, a general immediately asked, "General, why did you summon us so late at night? What's the important matter?"

They had just suffered a defeat and everyone needed to rest. They got up in the middle of the night to discuss matters and everyone was angry.

Yan Yucheng took in everyone's gazes, but finally fixed his eyes on Le Yi.

He really wanted Le Yi to speak, and then tell him his plan in the end, so as to embarrass Le Yi.

But seeing that Le Yi didn't want to talk, Yan Yucheng immediately lost interest.

Although he was resentful towards Le Yidu, this was a battlefield after all, so the first people he dealt with were Chu Ning and the Chu army!

Seeing someone speak up, Yan Yucheng said calmly: "Generals, all our army's food and supplies were burned in this battle. If we don't find a solution, our army will not be able to fight the State of Chu next.

I wonder if you, generals, have any good ideas to solve our army's current food crisis?"

Since the food supplies were burned, of course we have to find a way to get some food first.

How can tens of thousands of soldiers survive without food?

As soon as these words came out, the official who first asked the question couldn't help but change his expression slightly, frowning and saying: "General, Yunzhou is a border area, there are no farmlands, it's too difficult to get food here!"

Others immediately echoed the words.

"Yes, the people of Yunzhou are all gathered behind the Chu army. Even if we want to go over and rob the food, we must fight with the Chu army."

"If you ask me, I'd better ask His Majesty to gather the food and fodder."

"After the battle has come to this, does our army still have a chance of winning?"

Some people had doubts, some wanted to gather enough food and supplies, and some were not paying enough attention to the battle.

For a while, the scene was noisy.

Seeing that the discussion was getting louder and louder, but Le Yi had no intention of speaking, Yan Yucheng narrowed his eyes, turned to look at Le Yi and asked:

"I wonder if General Le Yi has any good ideas?"

Le Yi raised his eyebrows and said in a deep voice: "It will take time and effort to mobilize food from the country, and the Chu army will not give us this time.

It is also unrealistic to seize food from the heart of Yunzhou, as we simply cannot break through the defenses of the Chu army on the opposite side.

The only way may be to get food and grass from the Chu army camp."

The originally noisy crowd became quiet after Le Yi spoke.

After hearing Le Yi's suggestion, everyone immediately reacted.

"Yes, there must be food in the Chu army camp!"

"General Le Yi is really thoughtful!"

"If we can get food from the Chu army camp, our army's morale will definitely be boosted!"

Everyone agreed with Le Yi's words, but this made Yan Yucheng look a little ugly.

Le Yi's prestige in the army is so high that even he, the general, can't catch up with him!

But it doesn’t matter, as long as tonight’s plan succeeds, Le Yi’s reputation will never be higher than his!

Thinking of this, Yan Yucheng laughed and stood up: "General Le Yi is right, the fastest way at the moment is to get food and grass from the Chu army!

However, the Chu army is not foolish. They will not hand over the food to us easily.

This matter still needs careful planning.”

Ke Le Yi said calmly, "The general summoned us here late at night to discuss matters. He must have a plan. Why not tell us about it?"

As expected of the Great Yan God of War, he saw through Yan Yucheng's purpose in just a few words.

Yan Yucheng was not surprised by this. Instead, he gave a thumbs up and said with a smile: "General Le Yi is indeed very smart. Yes, I do have a countermeasure!"

Under the gaze of the generals, Yan Yucheng slowly said: "I have an insider in the Chu army. He will make way at 1:00 pm. Then our army can bypass the enemy's rear camp and launch a surprise attack!

The Chu army will certainly send troops to support us. We can take this opportunity to attack the Chu army's front camp and seize its food and grass!"

Everyone understood that the raid on the rear camp was only to attract the attention of the Chu army, and the real purpose was to attack the main camp and steal food!

"However, attacking the rear camp is very dangerous, and we need someone to take command!"

Yan Yucheng looked at Le Yi and asked in a deep voice, "I wonder if General Le Yi is willing to take on this important task?"

Of course he would be the one to seize the food and fodder, and leave the hard work to Le Yi!

Le Yi had a blank expression on his face and bowed: "I obey your command!"