Jiapingguan Chronicle

Chapter 2369 Bring a Message 31.0
Yanyou's life was saved, and Shen Cha's plan could continue to move forward. She looked a lot more relaxed and energetic.

Even though she was busy all night and had little rest, when she appeared in front of everyone again, she was still in good condition, not as haggard as she had imagined.

"It's true that people feel refreshed when good things happen to them. Xiaocha looks much better than when I heard last night that Yanyou was dying. If that guy knew you cared about him so much, he would be so happy."

"Brother Xiaotian, don't say such ambiguous words. I don't miss him." Shen Cha glanced at Xue Ruitian, "I'm just afraid that his death will ruin my plan. Although I can replace him, no one can be as effective as him. Using the knife that Master Falian carefully forged himself to stab him in the body, there is no greater blow to him than this, right?"

"Indeed, but isn't the number of Master Falian's spinning blades a bit too much?" Hongye yawned, hung on Merlin's body, and said listlessly, "Is this what it means to be deserted by everyone?"

"Almost the same. A righteous cause has many supporters, while an unrighteous cause has few. This saying is applicable no matter where and at any time." Xue Ruitian was influenced by Hongye and yawned twice. He looked at Jin Jing and Jin Miaomiao who were sleeping head to head next to him, then at Meilin and Hongye who were very energetic and not very energetic, and then at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha who did not look tired at all. He sighed softly, "You two have both been up all night for several nights, but you are still so energetic. It's really admirable."

"Brother Xiaotian is not bad either!" Shen Cha smiled and turned his gaze to the soldiers training on the training ground below, "Is this after the adjustment?"

"Yeah!" Shen Haolin nodded. "The previous one was too complicated. Not to mention that they couldn't remember it clearly, even we might not be able to remember all the changes at the critical moment. We can only improvise, right?"

"That's right. Formations are meant to change at any time. If they were fixed, wouldn't it be a problem? Wouldn't they have studied it thoroughly?" Shen Cha looked at the situation below and nodded to Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian. "At least it looks much better now. The previous confusion and panic are gone. It shows that they are basically familiar with the changes."

"These selected soldiers are all good at changing the formation. They have their own understanding of this new formation. I let them study it themselves, write down their ideas, and then put them into practice." Shen Haolin raised his chin. "These are the results of their hard work. They look good."

"Hmm!" Shen Cha nodded gently, "I do have some ideas, but..." She pointed to the northeast corner, "Look, this place seems to have some problems. There are not many of them, only about ten, but they don't seem to be very clear about their positions, and they are still a little hesitant about their positions, right? If the enemy attacks, this is the weakest link." She sighed softly, "Or" she looked at Shen Haolin and Xue Ruitian who were smiling but not saying anything, "Looking at you, are you deliberately exposing your flaws to lure the enemy deeper?"

"Don't worry, don't worry!" Xue Ruitian waved his hands pretending to be profound, "Keep reading, the secret can't be revealed!"

Before Xue Ruitian finished his words, the formation below changed. The vanguard battalion responsible for breaking the formation discovered the weakness in the northeast corner. Shen Jiu sent a team of ten people to rush towards the flaw. They had the same idea as Shen Cha had before, they wanted to break the formation from here.

At the beginning, they fought very smoothly, and the defending side was defeated step by step. Seeing that the northeast corner could not be contained, Shen Jiu had already arranged a second wave of attacking teams to provide support. As long as this wave arrived, the formation would most likely be completely broken.

But unexpectedly, when the second wave of attacking teams were halfway through their charge and about to join up with their comrades in front, they were blocked from the front and back. Not only did they fail to join up, but they were even surrounded by the defenders. Shen Jiu saw that the situation was not good, and the third team that was about to be sent out was called back in time to concentrate on attacking the main formation and no longer be affected by other things.

"Smart decision." Shen Cha nodded with satisfaction when she saw Shen Jiu make up for his mistake in time. "I'm afraid this trick won't fool Jiu'er. If you want to defeat him, you have to think about it carefully."

"What do you think the final result will be?" Shen Haolin looked at Shen Cha, "A draw?"

"Yeah!" Shen Cha nodded gently. "Jiu'er is actually very good at breaking the formation with a small number of people. His teams are very flexible and experienced. This time, they were fooled and lost two of them, so the remaining people feel a little weak. And our young prince is good at defending the formation. He has more people and more changes in the formation, but..." She paused, "with more people and more changes, it is easy to make more mistakes. So, for the sake of safety, he will not rush, let alone turn defense into offense."

"That's right." Shen Haolin looked at the two sides that had already reached a stalemate, "The tug-of-war has begun."

"Once a stalemate is formed, it's a test of patience." Xue Ruitian sighed, "More importantly, it's a test of food and grass supply."

Shen Cha didn't say anything, but just nodded to show that she agreed with Xue Ruitian's point of view.

"I think we should stop here today?" Xue Ruitian looked at Shen Haolin and Shen Cha, "There is no point in going any further."

Shen Jiu and Xia Jiu heard the signal from the command platform to call back the troops, and they each issued orders to withdraw their troops. After settling their soldiers, the two of them and their personal guards walked towards the platform.

"How is it?" Xia Jiu hooked his arm around Shen Jiu's shoulder, looking very proud. "Isn't it good that I lured you into a trap? I have damaged two of your teams, which has made things even worse for you since you don't have a lot of manpower to begin with."

"Well, not bad!" Shen Jiu looked at him, "But it's only once. I won't be fooled again."

"That was you, not the Liao people or the Jin people. They would still be fooled if they just changed their form." Xia Jiu looked up at the general's platform, "Fortunately you were calm and stopped in time, otherwise if you had sent out your third team, then..."

"I failed miserably. You succeeded." Shen Jiu snorted, "I'm not that stupid. I still understand the principle of cutting losses in time. I saw it was a trap, but I jumped into it like a fool. Isn't that stupid? It's just..." He thought for a while, "Your flaw is still a bit problematic. It's not very obvious. Some people may not be able to see it and won't be fooled!"