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Chapter 276 Attack Encounter
On this afternoon, in front of the Fengguo Capital Palace, the place that originally seemed a bit empty in the morning had become quite lively.

A large number of supplies were carried by ox carts and horse-drawn carriages and gathered in front of the main hall. Strong men carried wooden boxes or sacks into the main hall and put them away. Among them were expensive gold and silver treasures, as well as exquisite silk and silk. Satin, as well as armor, weapons and even dried meat, can be said to have quite complex ingredients.

"Your Majesty! We have evacuated all the land of the Xin clan! We have also killed most of the Xin clan! But some of them fled to the north and disappeared into the mountains!"

At this moment, at the entrance of the busy hall, Wang Zhifan, who was chatting with the old prime minister holding a ledger and supervising the transportation, saw a cavalryman in short clothes running in front of him. The cavalryman pulled the reins to stop the horse and then jumped off the horse. Kneel down on the ground and report to him.

"Well... let's ignore those Xin clan members who escaped for the time being. You go and call the sergeants over to discuss their merits and reward them."

After Wang Zhifan listened to the cavalryman's report, he quickly responded after thinking for a moment and issued the next round of orders.

"promise!"

The cavalryman in short clothes responded immediately, got up and jumped on his horse, and left with a rather excited expression.

"Xiang Guo, thanks to you for recommending this group of capable soldiers to me, otherwise the extermination of Xin would not have gone so smoothly."

After the cavalryman left, Wang Zhifan smiled and said to the old man in civilian clothes beside him, his eyes passing over the man who was eagerly watching a large amount of property being put into the warehouse.

"Your Majesty wants to attack Tao and Yin? The veteran thinks that we must take a long-term approach."

"Prime Minister, there is no need to be so fussy. I only need ten thousand soldiers for half a month. It will not be a problem to capture Tao or Yin and provide supplies."

Because as someone who had personally experienced the previous battle to level the Xin clan, he knew very well how fragile the fortified city built by the Xin clan was in front of the king. It could be said that the powerful Xin clan could collapse so quickly. , all relying on Wang Zhifan's terrifying strength, he wiped out the main force of the Xin family with a single move, and took away the wealth accumulated by the Xin family for decades. The remaining people of the Xin family could only abandon the family property even if they still had some strength. He fled in despair, not daring to confront the hundreds of soldiers he had summoned.

Considering that he could not lead troops and could not always lead troops to fight in person, Wang Zhifan made this request again. As for where the original general of Feng State was, he heard that he ran away after the military pay was cut off, because the other party was not A native of Fengguo.

Because the financial crisis was completely resolved, Lao Xiangguo immediately looked away from the account book in his hand and answered Wang Zhifan with a smile, not daring to take any credit.

"Your Majesty, it will take several months to gather 10,000 soldiers, but if we only need 3,000 soldiers, we will be able to do so in the future."

"Soldiers are valuable and quick, so don't be slow and procrastinate. I just ask if you can summon 10,000 soldiers for my use in the near future."

"Your Majesty is so complimentary! The battle to destroy Xin was so smooth, all thanks to Your Majesty's unparalleled power. These soldiers are just the icing on the cake."

Wang Zhifan thought for a while and felt that it didn't matter if there were fewer people. Anyway, these people were just there to help in the initial stage.

"Prime Minister, with today's financial resources, can we raise an army of ten thousand?"

The old man then opened the account book in his hand and began to calculate whether it could support the daily consumption of 10,000 sergeants based on the details above.

"Xin's No. 1 warehouse has thousands of loads of grain. If it supplies an army of 10,000, it can sustain..."

Wang Zhifan knew at a glance that the old man had misunderstood what he meant, so he opened his mouth to explain.

Wang Zhifan immediately replied with a serious face, showing his very determined attitude.

"Three thousand is three thousand, Prime Minister, please go ahead and give the order."

"In addition, the king needs generals to lead the army, and the Prime Minister also recommended several candidates."

Suddenly hearing Wang Zhifan reveal such a wild plan, the commoner man quickly lowered his voice and replied. He already knew that Wang Zhifan had extraordinary strength, but subconsciously he still believed that it was not safe to only rely on this kind of power to conquer other countries. .

When the old prime minister heard that Wang Zhifan wanted to expand his military strength, he did not dare to answer casually for a while. He knew that military affairs were complicated and consumed a lot of money. Even if he had wealth in his hands, he could not squander it at will.

Not caring about the old man's praise, Wang Zhifan then asked the other party about this issue that he was more concerned about. He personally took action to destroy the Xin family not only to solve the problem of the empty treasury, but also to obtain the first pot of gold and continue the victory.

"This... let me think about this..."

After thinking about it, the old man still felt that it would be difficult to obtain 10,000 soldiers in the near future. After all, Fengguo was only a small country, and the number of soldiers in the army was only a few thousand. Expanding the scale would not be achieved in a day.

The two of them continued to talk for a while, and hundreds of sergeants gradually gathered on the mountain road below the mountain. These people were all the soldiers who wiped out the Xin family today. They can also be regarded as Wang Zhifan's current base. Wang Zhifan called them over to discuss The purpose of giving rewards for meritorious service is to further win over them, so that he can use some of his subordinates, so that he will not have to go to the old man of Xiangguo for everything.

The following time became somewhat routine. Wang Zhifan spent some energy to get acquainted with these sergeants and personally distributed some gold and silver rewards to them. He was busy until nightfall when he had some personal free time and lay down in a bedroom in the royal palace. Rested on the wooden bed.

"Being this kind of king is much more troublesome than being a gang leader. Many people are involved in everything, and everything needs to be planned and thought through. It would be great if you can fight alone in a war."

Wang Zhifan, who once served as the leader in the dungeon, felt deeply that he himself was not very good at handling this kind of situation, but the dungeon forced him to have such an identity, so he had no choice but to carry on.

On the night of the first day, he did not rest. Instead, he sneaked into the dreamland and continued to practice the Dream Sword Sutra until he was interrupted by an old man who came to discuss matters in the early morning.

The old prime minister had a very busy day. On the one hand, he had to arrange for him to summon the sergeants of Feng State to prepare for war. On the other hand, he had to think about suitable candidates with the ability to lead the army. At the same time, he had to collect intelligence about the enemy country and try to change Wang Zhifan's eager war mentality. .

But Wang Zhifan did not change his mind. His plan for this dungeon was to finish it as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if the pace slowed down, it would take many years and months to complete the dungeon.

Another day later, after preliminary preparations, Wang Zhifan led the assembled three thousand Fengguo soldiers to leave the capital and followed the mountain road to the east, where Yinguo was.

The reason why he chose Yin State to attack first was naturally because this country had suffered a recent defeat and its military strength was weak, so he had to pick the soft persimmons. Another reason was that it was the closest to Feng State, so swallowing it would make it easier to move forward. develop.

Thanks to the help of several professionals recommended by the old prime minister along the way, nothing went wrong. The cavalry spies in the front, the infantry army in the middle, the grain and grass team, and the guards on both wings all cooperated fairly well, until a detective came half a day later. The cavalryman came back with a slightly nervous expression and reported to Wang Zhifan who was riding on the red deer horse:
"Your Majesty! There are huge circular footprints on the ground in front of you. I suspect that they were left by Tao's army of pottery warriors. They also went to attack the capital of Yin!" From the look on this soldier's face, he knew that he had been attacked by Tao, who had made great achievements in recent battles. The army was frightened.

"Explore again! The entire army continues to move forward!"

Wang Zhifan didn't hesitate at all after hearing this man's report. He knew that the battle was inevitable, no matter whether the first one hit was a soft persimmon or a hard persimmon.

"Your Majesty... The young general has seen the army of pottery warriors before. They are extremely powerful and are not afraid of casualties. It is a bad idea to confront them head-on... The young general suggests stopping the troops first to investigate the situation..."

As soon as the scouts left, a young general in armor began to persuade Wang Zhifan, hoping that he would not underestimate the threat of the Terracotta Army. Those things were not the same concept as ordinary armies.

"It doesn't matter, I just want to see how powerful this pottery army is."

Wang Zhifan then looked at the young general who was promoted by the old prime minister with a smile, and said something that left the other person speechless.

Because he did not participate in the battle to destroy Xin the day before yesterday, he had only heard about Wang Zhifan's strength, and did not know how much of a threat the Tao Army was to Wang Zhifan. However, he was young and energetic, and found that Wang Zhifan, a king, was not afraid of force. He said no more about his enemies.

After a while, the slowly walking army passed a strange section of road. There were many dustpan-sized footprints on the ground, which looked as if they had been trampled by a large group of giant elephants.

"This number... I'm afraid there are thousands of pottery figurines... or I don't know what their combat effectiveness is..."

Wang Zhifan made some mental calculations as he passed by these footprints, and curiously asked the young generals following him:

"Do you know what the weaknesses of the Terracotta Army are? How to target them?"

"The pottery warriors are not good at speed, they are weak in attacking with axes and hammers, and they are afraid of water splashing."

The young general answered without much thought.

"Well...then let our army's shield and axe-bearers fight when the time comes."

Wang Zhifan immediately replied something that left the young general quite speechless. The reason was that he knew very well that these soldiers did not have the courage to charge towards the terrifying army of terracotta warriors.

The army advanced in this way for another hour. They saw many huge footprints along the way, but still did not find a single figure of the pottery figurines. All the soldiers knew that a strong enemy would appear soon, but they were glad that they still did not. Appear.

"Send the order and the whole army will stop and prepare for battle."

Suddenly, Wang Zhifan, who was riding in the front and leading the horse, stopped the red deer horse and issued an order to the young general beside him.

"Your Majesty...why is this so? The scouts found no trace of the enemy."

The young general did not immediately implement Wang Zhifan's instructions. As someone with some martial arts knowledge, he knew that such chaos would waste the energy of the soldiers, so he retorted directly.

Wang Zhifan didn't blame him when he saw this. He just raised his finger and pointed to the ground in front of him and said:

"The enemy is far away and right before our eyes."

"what?"

The young general then waved the command flag in his hand to tell the sergeants in the rear to stop quickly, and then carefully observed the ground directed by Wang Zhifan.

At first glance, there was nothing surprising about the place. It was just that they had seen a lot of dirt roads covered with huge footprints along the way. But after the young man continued to observe for a few seconds, he discovered that the huge footprints seemed to be a little protruding in the middle. It touched the ground and looked uncoordinated.

"Those are... the heads of the pottery warriors hidden underground?! How can the pottery warriors be so insidious!"

He reacted quickly, and a lot of cold sweat broke out on his back. He thought to himself that it was fortunate that the king had stopped the sergeants in advance, otherwise they would have been in doom if they reached the top of the pottery soldiers. As soon as the enemy emerged from the ground The whole army will be overturned and destroyed in an instant!
"You ask the sergeants to find a way to get them out. If we want to fight, we will fight in an upright manner."

Then Wang Zhifan gave the next instructions.

"Your Majesty... Our army is not in a position to fight hard at the moment. It is better to evacuate first."

The young general thought for a moment and then replied, thinking that even if they discovered the opponent's conspiracy, they would not be able to defeat them, but if they wanted to escape now, it shouldn't be a big problem. After all, the Terracotta Warriors were not very fast.

"Do as I am told."

Wang Zhifan ignored his thoughts and forced him to carry out the order.

Originally, hard pressure in this life-and-death situation could easily lead to conflicts between superiors and subordinates, but the young general did not initiate a confrontation with Wang Zhifan, who was stubborn, because he suddenly thought that the qualities displayed by the king along the way were not that reckless type. , that he could detect the army of pottery figurines hidden underground before the scouts and himself did, shows that he must be a careful person, and how could a careful person make such a crude mistake?
As a result, the young general who had initially established trust in Wang Zhifan quickly ordered some soldiers to toss the pottery soldiers hidden under the road. The specific method was to throw some uncorked water bags on the heads of those things. , letting the liquid they hate most soak into their bodies.

As expected, after this operation, the pottery warriors who were originally hidden underground became a little unable to hold back. The troubles they are currently experiencing will not have much impact on them, but this behavior of the enemy shows that they have been exposed. Continuing to hide it like this is just deceiving yourself.

Rumble~
As the ground beneath their feet shook, the Fengguo sergeants saw rough-looking "natives" three to four meters tall emerging vertically from the ground. In the process, they did not show any difficulties corresponding to their size. It can be seen that This shows that they can move relatively freely in this earthy environment, which is their home field.

"People from the Feng Kingdom! I didn't expect you to be able to see through the hidden formation of my Tao Kingdom! As long as you offer the food and fodder for the army, our pottery army will let you go today!"

A hole appeared on the chest of an earth-yellow pottery figurine. In the hole, the upper body of a man was exposed. He shouted to the Fengguo army in front with a tone of surprise and contempt. It was probably because they knew that their ambush failed. It would not be easy to kill this army, and it would conflict with their original plan, so it would be better to intimidate them.

(End of this chapter)