Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 351 345. Preparing for War
“Clatter, clatter…”

The scattered footsteps startled the small animals in the bushes. Rabbits and wild deer fled deep into the woods; the frightened birds also hurriedly took off from the branches, flying to who knows where.

Meng Huo clearly saw that a group of soldiers wearing what looked like large vests and with various battle patterns on their faces were approaching him from a distance.

The most eye-catching person in this group of people was a big man in the team. He was tall and sturdy, and it was estimated that he was more than ten feet tall. According to the calculation of later generations, he should be about two meters three or two meters four.

He was naked, with nothing on his upper body except for the war marks, and his lower body was only covered with a crotch cloth woven from rattan and linen.

The giant's mount was naturally extraordinary. It was not an ordinary dwarf Dian horse, but a white elephant like the one that King Mulu rode.

The army soon arrived near Meng Huo's camp in a mighty manner, and the giant man riding the white elephant also came to Meng Huo's camp with some of his soldiers.

"Lord Wutugu, thank you for responding to our call for help."

Meng Huo laughed and walked forward, hugging Wutugu. Although the two had never met, Wuguo and Nanzhong had a good relationship, so Meng Huo dared to make such an intimate greeting.

"No, no, Nanzhong and my Wuguo are as close as brothers. If the Han army dares to invade Nanzhong, my Wuguo will certainly do its part."

Wutugu patted his chest and made a thunderous sound.

"Your Majesty, you have come all the way here. I will immediately order my men to prepare wine and food to entertain you."

Meng Huo originally wanted to reward Wutugu first, but unexpectedly Wutugu waved his big hands like a palm-leaf fan.

"Don't bother, King Meng Huo. I never eat these common foods and wines."

Wutugu's words reminded Meng Huo of a rumor he had heard. It was said that Wutugu only ate various kinds of wild animals alive and never ate grains.

Sure enough, Wutugu waved his hand, and several of his men came over with several huge pythons wrapped around their arms.

Wutugu grabbed three big snakes with his big hand. With a little force from his thick fingers, he pinched the heads of the three snakes off and they fell to the ground.

“Slurp…crack…crack…”

Wutugu ate the three pythons cleanly just like eating noodles, and only spat out a few bones in the end. It was truly horrifying.

Even Meng Huo, who thought he was well-informed, still felt horrified when he saw Wutugu eating a raw python.

"Come on, King Meng Huo, show me the situation of the Han army."

Since Wutugu had spoken, Meng Huo did not dare to neglect it and immediately took Wutugu to the high platform in the army. Meng Huo had his men build an earthen platform in the camp early on, firstly to spy on the Han army, and secondly to serve as a sentry tower to guard against the Han army's surprise attack.

Wutugu and Menghuo went up to the platform to look out. It was noon at that time and the Han army on the east bank of the Lao River were making fires and cooking, with smoke rising up.

However, the Han army camp was busy but not chaotic. Although people were coming and going, there was no sign of chaos at all. Everyone was like a precision part, appearing where they were supposed to be, without causing trouble for others.

Wutugu and Menghuo gazed into the distance. Wutugu's facial expression did not change at all, and he climbed down from the platform to the ground in a short while.

"Lord Wutugu, how is it?"

Meng Huo was naturally very familiar with the Han army, so he asked Wutugu for his opinion. If Wutugu made a wrong judgment, he could remind him.

"The Han people are indeed elite. These soldiers should be the best of the elite. But unfortunately, no matter how elite they are, they are no match for my rattan armor soldiers." Wutugu's expression at this moment showed both admiration for the Han army and confidence in the soldiers under his command. Seeing Wutugu so confident, Meng Huo naturally didn't know what to say.

"When does the King of Wutugu plan to attack?"

Meng Huo smiled beside him. He naturally hoped that Wutugu could defeat the Han army as soon as possible.

"Why wait any longer? Tomorrow I will have my general Tuan lead his troops to attack the Han army first."

Meng Huo nodded happily, but then he seemed to remember something and hurriedly grabbed Wutugu.

"Lord Wutugu, when the Han army was fighting our army a few days ago, they used magic that could cause thunder and fire. You should be careful."

It turned out that Meng Huo had also noticed the previous disastrous defeat of King Mulu. He thought that if the Han army treated the Rattan Armor Army in the same way, Wutugu would probably not end up well, so he hurriedly reminded them.

Wutugu nodded and left, ready to talk to Tuan, the leader of the prisoners under his command.

Naturally, the Han army did not hide what Meng Huo was doing. Meng Huo had built a high platform in the camp, so how could the Han army not be on guard? Therefore, the intelligence of Wutugu's arrival was quickly reported to Feng Xi.

"Oh? The people from Wugo have finally arrived. Come on, beat the drum and go to the tent."

Feng Xi was not surprised. He just asked his guards to beat the drums and call the generals. He was ready to plot against these rattan armor soldiers.

"Grand Commander, I heard that reinforcements have arrived from Nanzhong on the other side of the river. Could it be the Rattan Armor Army you mentioned earlier?"

Zhang Bao was the most anxious. He knew that Feng Xi would not come to them without a purpose. He combined the information Feng Xi had mentioned to them before and immediately figured out the situation.

"That's right. I will make arrangements today. Zhang Bao, Guan Xing."

When Feng Xi called out their names, the two men immediately stood up and bowed to Feng Xi.

"exist."

"If the rattan armor soldiers come to challenge you recently, you two can fight them. But be careful not to cause too much damage. The rattan armor is invulnerable to swords and spears. If you can't defeat them, just withdraw."

Feng Xi issued a somewhat puzzling order. Deng Ai frowned and Bao Feng scratched his head.

"Grand Commander, don't our army have kerosene and other fire starters? Why don't we use them directly and defeat the rattan armor soldiers?"

If Zhang Bao didn't know, how could Guan Xing not know? In the Battle of Xiangfan, Feng Xi was like the God of Fire descending to the earth, playing with all kinds of explosions and flames more and more skillfully, and finally even caused a big explosion in Fancheng, flattening the important military town of Fancheng to the ground.

Now, facing the mere rattan armor soldiers, why do we have to take the ancient style?

"God is merciful. These people are not the ones who usurped the Han and Wei dynasties. They are just people from the southern part of China. Moreover, if you think about it carefully, Wuguo is just a small country, and the 30,000 rattan armor soldiers are probably the young and strong men in the country. It is really inappropriate to cut off their retreat like this."

Feng Xi shook her head and looked like a very saintly woman, but although Feng Xi said this, she actually had other plans in mind.

How can one Nanzhong do that? The more people there are, the better. And as Feng Xi said, Wuguo has only so many people. Burning their young and strong people to death will inevitably make Wuguo enemies. Feng Xi is still quite greedy for the rattan armor technology. If it is equipped with archers and swordsmen, wouldn't it be great?
Therefore, Feng Xi planned to make some efforts to bring Wuguo into the sphere of influence of the Han Dynasty. It was too easy to destroy the enemy, and turning the enemy into a friend was a more advanced approach.

(End of this chapter)