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Chapter 671: God of Wealth
The original plan was to send out troops three days later, but actual weather conditions did not allow it, so we had to wait a few more days.
During this wait, a batch of military supplies arrived.
Although it is not much, it is a timely help and allows the soldiers who have not been able to eat enough for a long time to have a solid meal.
As for the mirage army on the other side of the Mu River, they have been observing for several days and have remained motionless, seemingly neither wanting to give up nor being able to fight back.
Zhou Chang always felt that there might be some conspiracy on the other side. Although Jiang Meng and others thought it was a good idea to delay recuperation for a few more days, that would also give the enemy a chance to catch their breath.
On the last day of May, the southwest wind finally started blowing in the early morning.
Zhou Chang woke up in the middle of the night and went to wake up Jiang Meng.
The army was ready, and at daybreak they could prepare to cross the river as planned.
Because of the experience of capturing Maicheng and Shucheng, Jiang Meng no longer resisted Prince Yi's strategy, but was willing to try it.
Therefore, before daybreak, soldiers from each camp were awakened and prepared to go.
When the moon and the sun had just set over the hillside and the other had not yet risen from the hillside, the Lin army on the south bank of the Mujiang River lit the prayer lanterns. With the help of the southwest wind, the prayer lanterns with broken gold hanging on them flew to the Mirage Army camp on the opposite bank.
The inspiration for the prayer lanterns of course comes from the Kongming lanterns in the previous life.
The lamp doesn't need to be big, just big enough to carry a small amount of gold particles up.
To this end, Zhou Chang had led people to conduct repeated experiments many times beforehand. The bigger the lantern, the heavier the thing hung, so the prayer lanterns made this time were also of different sizes.
Before daybreak, hundreds of prayer lanterns were lit up, like countless shining stars. When the southwest wind blew over the Mirage Army camp, the lamp oil burned out, and broken gold fell down, landing right on the heads of the Mirage Army who had just woken up in the morning.
Gold falling from the sky?
Many people rubbed their sleepy eyes, thinking they were still dreaming.
Those who were quick and clever had already started crawling around on the ground looking for gold particles.
Suddenly, the Mirage Army camp fell into chaos in the darkness.
At the same time, Gao Yuanxian led several thousand people and used the ferry prepared in advance to quickly cross the river at daybreak.
This job was originally supposed to be done by Zhou Tang, who was the pioneer. However, Zhou Tang's injuries became repeatedly inflamed due to lack of medical care and medicine, and he never fully recovered.
With no one else available and Gao Yuan insisting, Zhou Chang had to agree to let him cross the river first instead of Zhou Tang.
However, Gao Yuan's leadership of the troops was not in vain.
Zhou Chang asked Jiang Meng for the title of Right Vanguard General of Cavalry in advance.
Gao Yuan had already shown some of his prowess on the battlefield when he captured Beishan Ye last time, and no one in the army who had seen or heard about it dared to underestimate him.
In addition, Gao Yuan has had a good relationship with Zhou Tang during this period, so he can lead his subordinates easily.
One by one, prayer lanterns flew into the sky and flew towards the Mirage Army camp with the wind.
The gold fell down with a crackling sound, just like the god of wealth descending from the sky. Zhou Chang was moved when he saw it from the other side of the river.
Of course, this wave of operations was only to cover the vanguard battalion crossing the river.
Sooner or later, the army led by Gao Yuan across the river will be discovered, but at least it can divert attention and delay time for a while.
After Gao Yuan successfully led the vanguard of 2,000 troops across the river, a small group of enemy troops rushed out to fight.
So, according to the pre-planned plan, Zhou Chang began to order people to release the second wave of prayer lanterns.
This time, what was hung on the prayer lanterns was no longer gold, but captured snakes.
The mirage army, which had been looking up in the hope of gold and lowering its head to pick up the gold, was suddenly attacked by the cold, slippery and creepy "snake rain". It immediately screamed and panicked, and this could hold back another wave.
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Gao Yuan led the vanguard as cover, while Jiang Meng divided his troops into two groups, crossing the river and attacking from the east and west sides of the Mirage Army.
The more chaos there was in the Mirage Army camp, the easier it was for the Lin State army to cross the river.
After Gao Yuan's vanguard troops joined forces with Jiang Meng's main force, they attacked from both the left and right directions at the same time, broke through the Mirage Army's camp, and went straight to Huanglong.
Everything went as Zhou Chang had planned.
Seeing the Mirage Army camp being torn to pieces by his own forces, Zhou Chang breathed a sigh of relief on the other side of the river.
Suddenly, a strange horn sounded from behind the Mirage Army camp.
The Mirage Army camp, which was still in chaos a second ago, suddenly began to change, and seemed to begin to form a certain formation.
The next second, flames broke out and the Mirage Army camp was ablaze with sparks of fire.
With the light of the flames and the wind, the fire spread quickly and burned the entire camp.
"Oh no, there's a trap." This was Zhou Chang's first instinct.
In an instant, the other side of the Mujiang River became a sea of smoke and fire. Strange whistling sounds began to be heard from all directions, but no one could hear what they were shouting.
Zhou Chang rushed down the hillside to the river: "Where are the people? Where is the boat? I want to go over."
Shouhou and Chen Yuan stopped them from behind.
Wu Ling appeared at some point and tried to dissuade him, "Your Highness, you can't do that. The situation on the other side is unclear. Even if they are really ambushed, it will be useless for you to go there now. You can only hope that General Jiang and his men can charge out."
"What kind of formation is that?" Zhou Chang turned around and asked.
Wu Ling avoided the question and could not answer.
Zhou Chang then asked the military advisors standing behind him, "Did the enemy set up a battle array? How do we break through it now?"
No one could answer.
After a long while, an older man finally stood up and said, "I heard that the commander of the Mirage Army stationed in Jizhou is new, the head of the Nishino family, and is good at using strategies, but our army has never had a direct confrontation with him, so the subordinates don't know about it."
"What Anqiu, Beishan, Xiye... they are all a bunch of beasts." Zhou Chang no longer cared about who the other team's commander was. He was only worried about the other side. "Sound the retreat. Let's withdraw now. Withdraw first and talk later."
Wu Ling had battlefield experience after all: "Your Highness Prince Yi, it's probably too late to strike the gong now. They won't be able to hear it. Even if they can hear it, it will be difficult for them to withdraw."
Wu Ling was the first to be injured and was injured the longest. His wound has not healed yet, it is really not healed, even Zhou Chang has visited him in person.
Therefore, even though he no longer had a good impression of Wu Ling, he could only let him recuperate.
"Can't hear you? Then go to the other side of the river and beat the drum." Zhou Chang didn't care. Gao Yuan, Jiang Meng and all the main forces were on the other side. "I want to cross the river. Prepare the boat quickly."
Across the river, the situation was reversed.
In the Mirage Army camp, horns and drums blew, and shouts shook the sky. The initial charge by the Lin State soldiers had been completely overwhelmed, and it could be said that it had been eliminated without a trace.
Thick black smoke and raging fire engulfed everything, and from a distance it looked like dark clouds covering a hot pot.
Zhou Chang was shocked and worried.
As the saying goes, "arrogance brings about its own downfall." She had been winning all the way, but she had unconsciously grown a sense of underestimation of the enemy deep in her heart. This time, she had thought it was too simple.
Jiang Meng is on the other side, Gao Yuan is also on the other side, if they lose...