Ji Han Grand Commander

Chapter 362 356. A Line of Sky
"Lord, I have a good idea."

Xi Ni suddenly slapped his forehead, then knelt on one knee with a smile on his face and spoke to Wu Tu Gu.

"What's wrong, Xi Ni, have you come up with any good ideas?"

Wutugu was also a little confused by Xini's surprised look, and asked him what his good idea was.

"I've heard for a long time that the Han army likes to cut off the enemy's food supply during battles. I heard that the Han people once had a great general named Zhou... Zhou something, anyway, he liked to cut off the enemy's food supply. At that time, the princes on the Han side rebelled, and he put down the rebellion. Why don't we use the Han people's strategy to deal with the Han people?

If the Han army penetrates deep into our southern region, they must have a food supply route. We should find out the location of their food supply route and then cut off their food supply. In this way, the Han army will surely not be able to hold on."

Xi Ni couldn't help feeling a little proud when he said this. It was not easy for him to come up with such a plan based on the few words he heard from the big man.

"That makes sense. The Han people have come from afar, so their baggage supply must be a problem. We just need to find out where their supply comes from, then track down their food storage points, and then defeat them in one fell swoop. We will definitely succeed."

After hearing what Xi Ni said, Tu An was inspired to fill in the details for Xi Ni. There is a saying in the future that three cobblers are better than one Zhuge Liang. After letting Wu Tu Gu and the other two discuss for a while, they really worked out a comprehensive plan to cut off the food supply route.

Without further ado, Wutugu ordered Tuan and Xi Ni to act separately. Xi Ni was not injured, and continued to lead more than 10,000 soldiers to shout and curse in front of the Han army camp every day, while paying attention to the movement of Han army supplies.

Tu'an, who had not yet recovered from his injuries, led a small force to conduct reconnaissance, trying to find the location of the Han army's grain storage.

The two sides remained in a stalemate for several days, but Wutugu finally discovered the Han army's weakness.

It turned out that Xi Ni had been challenging every day, but he found that the Han army had no supplies transported to their camp. This made Xi Ni feel incredible. It couldn't be that every member of the Han army was an iron man and didn't need to eat or drink, right?
Since the Han army cannot be made of iron men, there is only one answer, that is, the Han army took advantage of Xi Ni's absence.

Therefore, after Xi Ni withdrew his troops at dusk every day, he would leave some soldiers behind to hide in the surrounding woods to scout the situation of the Han army.

Sure enough, on the second day a soldier reported back that dozens of carts had transported supplies to the Han army camp at night, and that the food was likely enough to feed the Han army for two or three days.

Xi Ni did not delay and told Tuan about this. Tuan immediately investigated in the direction where the Han army's baggage had left. As a result, he discovered a canyon called "Yitiantian". This place was only a dozen miles away from the Han army and was highly suspicious.

Tuan took some people and quietly sneaked to the entrance of the canyon at night. Looking inside, he found that the lights were on and a large orange-yellow flag with the word "Han" fluttering in the wind in the firelight, which further confirmed the fact that this was definitely an important transit station for the Han army.

Tu'an had few people, so they naturally would not foolishly rush in to die. He took his men and rushed back to the Wuguo Kingdom's main camp overnight and told Wutugu everything he had seen and heard, and Wutugu made the final decision.

"The Han people really hid the food here... This Yixiantian Canyon is strategically located and hidden, and it is indeed a good place to hide soldiers. However... the Han army forgot one thing. This strategically located terrain will also prevent them from escaping."

Wutugu sneered a few times, somewhat disapproving of the Han army's cleverness. It is true that the location of the line of sky is quite remote, but according to Tuan, although this line of sky has two entrances and exits in the southwest and northeast, the locations are extremely narrow.

If his rattan armor army fought in such an environment, it would have a great advantage. When the time came, they could take advantage of the Han army's unpreparedness and rush into the valley. The valley entrance was narrow, and even if the Han army tried to escape, only a few people would be able to escape.

Once these foods were lost, the Han army would have no choice but to flee Nanzhong in disgrace.

Wutugu went over the plan in his mind, and then asked Tuan and Xini for their opinions. Naturally, the two of them had no intention of making any changes to their own leader's plan.

Finally, Wutugu decided to let Xini lead his army to challenge the Han army's main camp as usual tomorrow to distract the Han army's attention, while he and Tuan led the remaining 20,000 people to attack the narrow valley and directly annihilate all the small Han troops in the valley, cutting off the Han army's food supply. Tuan and Xini naturally praised the king for his wisdom and had no objection. After all, the three of them were only so skilled, and any more sophisticated plans would be a bit difficult for them.

On the second day, Xi Ni followed the plan and continued to lead more than 10,000 soldiers to challenge the Han camp as he had done in the previous few days. Wutugu waited until the sun was almost high in the sky before setting out with Tuan.

The purpose was not for anything else but to create a time difference so that the Han army would think that Xi Ni was going there to curse as usual.

The Han army camp behaved as usual, playing dead and hanging up the banner of no war. Xi Ni rode his horse out of the range of an arrow and cursed the Han army loudly, but the Han army just ignored him.

The progress on Wutugu's side was very smooth. They arrived directly at the entrance of Yixiantian Valley without any obstacles. There was a lot of noise inside. The Han army seemed to have not noticed the arrival of Wutugu and his team at all. Wutugu had excellent eyesight and saw many figures in the Han army camp in the valley. They were probably the people responsible for transporting food.

"Warriors of the Wugo Nation, attack! Defeat those cowardly Han people!"

Wutugu rode a white elephant and took the lead, leading the soldiers of Tu'an and Wuguo into the valley.

The huge elephant's hoof easily smashed the unguarded wooden fence gate of the Han army. The soldiers of the Han army seemed to be frightened and stood there, stunned.

"Lord, this is bad. These... these are straw men!"

Wutugu couldn't see clearly because he was sitting on the white elephant, but Tuanke could see clearly. These were straw men wearing orange clothes, and their craftsmanship was quite exquisite. They made their limbs and various shapes, and stuck sticks into the ground, which really made them look real.

"Straw man?"

Wu Tu Gu was stunned for a moment, not yet understanding what this meant. He heard several cannon shots all around him, and dense crowds of people appeared on the cliffs on both sides, looking down at Wu Tu Gu and his group from the cliffs like monkeys in a zoo.

"Not good, retreat quickly! Retreat quickly!"

Even though Wutugu knew nothing about military tactics, he could see that the Han people had plotted against him, so he quickly ordered the rear troops to withdraw from the narrow gap.

"Boom!"

Of course, the Han army would not give them this opportunity. Countless wood and rocks fell from the top of the narrow southwest valley, blocking the already narrow road.

"Clean these things up!"

Of course, the hammering wood and rolling stones are dead, but people are alive, so it is not difficult to move them.

"Wow..."

But misfortunes never come alone, some burning firewood also rolled down, and with them fell some strange jars.

(End of this chapter)