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Chapter 298: Misfire
They had clearly defeated the State of Yan a month ago, but because their master left, the Yan soldiers made a comeback, which cost them a lot more.
Jiang Dichen looked at the enemy's military camp not far away and said to his subordinates expressionlessly: "Keep fighting!"
If you want to make the enemy surrender completely, you have to beat them hard until they are crippled. Otherwise, if you spare them today, they will come back again tomorrow.
After Yan Mo heard what his master said, he bowed his head and replied, "Yes, Master."
As Yan Mo finished speaking, Busy Jing Yun suddenly ran over to Jiang Dichen and saluted, saying, "Your subordinate greets the master."
Jiang Dichen looked at his subordinates and asked, "What's the matter?"
Jingyun handed the note to his master and said, "My master, Mu Jin wrote to say that Madam wants to borrow two medicine boys from you."
Jiang Dichen took the note and took a look at it. After confirming that it was written by his subordinates, he instructed Jing Yun: "Pick two flexible ones and send them to her."
Shen Ruolan asked him to borrow her medicine boy, and he could guess what she wanted to do without asking.
Thinking of this, he looked at his subordinates who had already left and admonished: "Choose the right people and let them come to find me."
"Yes, master." Jingyun responded.
Jiang Dichen instructed Yan Mo behind him, "Yan Mo, prepare the pen and ink."
"Yes, master." After Yan Mo finished speaking, he quickly moved the pen and ink to the city wall.
Jiang Dichen picked up the pen, looked into the distance in silence for a while, and began to write on the table.
Yan Mo, who was behind him, took a quick glance out of curiosity. When he saw the two big words "Ruolan", he instantly understood that his master was writing a letter home.
Fearing that he would be punished for looking too much, he quickly withdrew his gaze and stood quietly to the side, waiting for his master's instructions.
Not long after, Jiang Dichen finished writing the letter. He checked it and confirmed that it was correct. He folded the letter and handed it to Yan Mo, saying, "Seal it. When the medicine boy comes over later, ask them to take it to Ruolan."
"Yes," Yan Mo replied after taking the letter.
At this time, Deputy General Sun ran over, saluted to Jiang Dichen and said, "This humble general greets the great general."
Jiang Dichen looked at Deputy General Sun and asked, "What's the matter?"
Deputy General Sun glanced at the soldiers around him and said to Jiang Dichen, "General, can we talk somewhere else?"
Jiang Dichen paused for a moment and said to Deputy General Sun, "Come to my tent."
"Yes, General." After Deputy General Sun finished speaking, he hurriedly followed Jiang Dichen's footsteps.
When they arrived at the tent, Jiang Dichen turned to look at Deputy General Sun and said, "Tell me, what happened?"
Normally, there was no need for them to talk behind the soldiers' backs, so what Lieutenant General Sun told him was probably not a trivial matter.
Deputy General Sun told Jiang Dichen truthfully: "General, we don't have much medicine left."
When Jiang Dichen heard that the medicine for injuries was running low, he frowned and asked General Su, "Didn't Jiang Yixuan just deliver the herbs? How come they are gone so soon?"
Deputy General Sun said: "Prince Rui only sent 5,000 kilograms of medicinal materials, which will not last for a few days."
When Jiang Dichen heard that Jiang Yixuan had only sent 5,000 kilograms of medicinal materials, he said to Deputy General Sun with a solemn face, "You can go down. I know about this matter."
"Yes, I'll take my leave." After saying this, Deputy General Sun turned around and walked out of the tent.
After Jiang Dichen and other Deputy General Sun left, he wrote another letter and gave it to Yan Mo, saying, "Give it to the messenger immediately and ask him to deliver it to the capital within half a month and hand it to the emperor personally."
"Yes, master." Yan Mo replied.
Jiang Dichen came to the city wall again. He stared at the enemy camp not far away in silence for a while, then turned around and summoned the generals to plan tonight's action.
In the Yan army camp, Mu Tianrui sat in the main seat and said with a smug look on his face: "I said that Jiang Dichen was a paper tiger, but you didn't believe me. Now you can see it."
In the past half month, they attacked three times in a row. Although they failed to break through the city gate three times, Jiang Dichen definitely suffered heavy losses.
The other generals also quickly echoed: "General, you are wise!"
At this time, a burly man stood up and said, "General, do we still want to attack tonight?"
Mu Tianrui rubbed his aching shoulders and said to the generals present: "Tonight, everyone should take a good rest and gather enough strength. We must destroy Jiang Dichen's lair tomorrow."
"Yes, General." The leaders present felt relieved to hear that they could rest tonight.
Late at night, when everyone was sleeping soundly, someone in the Yan army camp suddenly shouted loudly: "Oh no! There was a misfire."
Mu Tianrui, who was sleeping soundly, heard that the fire had gone off. He immediately got up from the bed, picked up his clothes and put them on while walking, and asked his subordinates in a cold voice: "Where did the fire go off? What happened?"
The soldier in charge of patrolling said to Mu Tianrui: "General, the tents where food and grass were stored have all been burned."
When Mu Tianrui heard that the food and grass were burned, his face instantly turned dark and ugly. He ordered his subordinates: "Come here, pass the order down, do your best to put out the fire!"
If the food and grass were burned, people would starve to death, so at this moment, Mu Tianrui just wanted to put out the fire as soon as possible.
"Yes, General." Everyone responded loudly.
Mu Tianrui's thoughts were exactly what Jiang Dichen had planned. After seeing that 60% of their men had gone to put out the fire, he led his elite cavalry and shouted, "Come on, charge! Avenge our dead brothers!"
"Charge..." As Jiang Dichen finished his words, a group of well-trained cavalry rushed towards the direction where Mu Tianrui was.
When Mu Tianrui saw Jiang Dichen actually bringing people in, his face changed drastically. He quickly shouted to his subordinates, "Come quickly, prepare to meet the enemy."
The soldiers who had just put down their weapons to put out the fire, when they heard that the enemy was coming, panicked and huddled together, blocking each other, and were unable to get out of the crowd to meet the enemy.
“Kill…” Jiang Dichen rode on a war horse and led the way to the center of Mu Tianrui’s military camp. Wherever he went, blood splattered. At this time, dressed in black, he seemed like a killer from hell, making people fear and hate him!
Seeing Jiang Dichen getting closer and closer to him, Mu Tianrui quickly mounted his warhorse and shouted "Go!", fleeing to a place with fewer people.
The sharp-eyed Yan Mo saw Mu Tianrui running away, and he quickly shouted in the crowd: "Mu Tianrui abandoned his soldiers and ran away!"
Yan Mo's words made the soldiers present even more panicked, especially those who were fighting the fire. They didn't even bother to put out the fire, but threw away the buckets in their hands and hurried back to their own country.
Although there were many deserters, most of them stayed to fight. While fighting the enemy, General Guan ordered his subordinates, "Come on, send some people to protect the eldest prince and leave."