12dz Chapter 242 Confidante?
Chapter 242 Confidante?
At this moment, Zong Yanli was standing on a distant mountain, overlooking the scene of Pofu Pass being destroyed by the flood.
The impregnable pass was washed away by the mountain torrents, and countless houses were completely destroyed. She saw the people floating in the water, countless soldiers clinging to the pillars at hand, and people scrambling to climb onto the roof tiles.
No matter how strong the soldiers and horses are, or how sophisticated the military formation is, it is difficult to resist natural disasters.
The mountain torrent came extremely fast and violently, and the surging river water seemed to have opened up a huge river for itself. The entire Pofu Pass was submerged until the heavy rain stopped and the water level gradually slowed down.
When everything returned to calm, Zong Yanli raised the Daqian flag and rushed into Guanzhong.
On the roof of the pavilion, Min Wenshan was soaked all over. He was supported by Xue Liqing and sat on the roof. He looked at the faint light in the sky, the wind and rain blowing on his face. His originally smooth beard was now tangled up. He looked at the miserable state of Pofu Pass, which was completely destroyed, in a daze. He was speechless for a long time.
"That's Zong Yanli!" Before they could catch their breath and think that they had escaped the ravages of the flood, they looked up and saw soldiers riding horses towards them from a distance, stepping on the water on the ground and already reaching the outside of the pass.
"It's indeed him..." Min Wenshan's lips trembled, and his pupils suddenly contracted. Looking at the flying flag belonging to Zong Yanli, at this moment Min Wenshan finally felt the taste of defeat.
"Sir, it is not appropriate to fight now. It will be difficult to defend Pofu Pass." Yingli beside him was shivering with cold, his face pale. Seeing Min Wenshan standing there in a daze for a long time without moving, he could not help but stretched out his hand to pull his sleeve and persuade him frankly.
Min Wenshan felt like he had a breath of turbid air in his chest, and when he heard Yingli's words, he suddenly felt like he had found an outlet to vent.
He shook off Yingli's hand with such force that Yingli fell to the ground and almost rolled off the roof.
Min Wenshan's face was dark and full of anger as he said, "This general has his own countermeasures. Why do you, a woman, need to say more?"
Yingli fell to the side in a mess, her clothes were wet, revealing her exquisite curves. As Min Wenshan finished speaking, all eyes around fell on Yingli, and those gazes filled with disdain, vulgarity and malice were so scorching.
Her back was stiff, and she put her hands to cover her chest. She raised her eyes slightly and looked at Min Wenshan. The extremely embarrassed and sad mood in her chest suddenly rose.
"Count the troops immediately, take everything you can, and retreat!" Min Wenshan didn't even look at Yingli, he turned around and said to everyone.
"Yes." Everyone around agreed. Xue Liqing turned his head to look at Yingli who was still sitting beside him. He frowned, not knowing whether he should care.
"If you don't want to stay here and wait for death, just follow me." Min Wenshan had no intention of showing any sympathy to women now. He said this to Yingli and climbed down from the roof.
The water level inside the pass has been slowly receding, but even so, the water is still up to the waist. If you live in a low-lying area, you will be drowned.
Min Wenshan didn't care about so much anymore, he just abandoned the pass and walked towards the higher ground. Along the way, he could see many bodies of civilians and soldiers floating on the water, crowded together.
Zong Yanli led his troops to clear the obstacles at the gate of the pass and encountered almost no obstruction when entering Pofu Pass. Kuang Xingquan, Bai Xiuyun and others led their troops to search everywhere and found that the enemy had completely withdrawn from Pofu Pass.
This time they broke through the pass without losing a single soldier!
"Go and clear the blockages in the rivers and ditches, so that the water inside the pass can recede as soon as possible." Zong Yanli put away his sword, climbed up to the top of the city wall, and planted the flag of Daqian on the city gate.
"Drive out the civilians in the city, occupy the heavily defended areas, and rest the troops on the spot." After she gave a simple order, she took people to count the enemy's losses, so as to roughly determine the number of enemy losses this time, and by the way, see if there were any fish that slipped through the net.
Zong Yanli didn't have the time to repair the destroyed houses. He simply did a simple cleanup and set up camp in the city. He also repaired and built defenses at the city gates.
Some supplies were also looted from some cellars in the city to supplement military needs. This battle can be considered a great victory.
When Kuang Xingquan arrived with a box of things, Zong Yanli was counting the available military equipment and supplies. He raised his eyebrows slightly when looking at the big box of things: "What are these?"
"From Min Wenshan's room, some letters were completely soaked and useless, there were some barely readable books, and some valuable things were all here." Kuang Xingquan paused for a moment and said, "We also found some women's things. Min Wenshan actually had the energy to keep a woman around him..."
“……” Zong Yanli raised his eyebrows, walked forward and looked at the things in the box.
All that was left were some handwritten military documents and the like, which were of little use.
However, when Zong Yanli was searching, he found a note. The handwriting on the note did not seem to be that of a man. The handwriting was beautiful and had a sharp touch. Then he saw the word "Mingxi" written on the signature. It turned out that the note contained his views on the world situation.
Zong Yanli looked a little surprised. He was just looking at it casually, but he didn't expect that he would be so absorbed in it while flipping through the book.
This person has a very unique insight into the overall situation of Qi State, and even has some knowledge of the northern countries. There is a sense of helplessness and sadness in his words, but he stops writing when he reaches a sharp point, as if he has some concerns.
Zong Yanli was so angry that he almost vomited blood when he saw the note that was broken at the critical point. Why didn’t he finish it!!!
"Where did you find this?" Zong Yanli asked, holding the notebook.
"It's in Min Wenshan's room." Kuang Xingquan replied: "But what's the use of it?"
"This thing is useless, but the person who wrote this note is very useful." Zong Yanli frowned and said, as if he was a little confused, "Could it be that Min Wenshan has a mistress hidden in his house, and there is a female strategist named Mingxi by his side?"
Zong Yanli was really surprised. After putting the letter away, he asked Gao Feilin to find Du Zhe.
Du Zhe was very excited at the moment. He really didn't expect that Zong Yanli could have such a powerful ability. He could use such a strategy to break through Pofu Pass without any effort, and also inflicted such a heavy blow on the army of Qi. He couldn't even reach the gate of Pofu Pass at the beginning.
In less than half a year, Zong Yanli broke through the pass and invaded the territory of Qi!
Du Zhe really admires him very much. No wonder Saiya trusts him so much. Zong Yanli is really amazing.
"General Zong Yan, what do you want to see me about?" Du Zhe came over after hearing the news and asked Zong Yanli with a happy face.
"There is indeed something." Zong Yanli looked up at Du Zhe, raised his eyebrows at his smiling face, and felt much better looking at his handsome face.
"How much does General Du know about Min Wenshan?" Zong Yanli asked with a slightly serious expression.
“I don’t know much about it…” Du Zhe shook his head.
Zong Yanli continued to ask, "Then did you know that Min Wenshan has a female strategist?"
Zong Yanli was really stunned by Du Zhe's question. He was very puzzled and said, "A woman is a counselor? I have never heard of it..."
Most women stay in the boudoir, and even those who are educated and learned are all daughters of officials. No matter what happens, they will get married and have children. He has never heard of any woman in the world who is a planner for the overall situation, and he has never heard of such a person in the State of Qi.
Although Du Zhe was not familiar with Min Wenshan, he could count all the generals of Qi State. There were quite a few people in Qi State who were good at strategy, and there were also a few who were famous, but none of them were women?
"There's no such person?" This time it was Zong Yanli's turn to be stunned. She frowned slightly and said, "Look at this."
"This is..." Du Zhe took the letter from Zong Yanli, flipped through it and said approvingly, "It's very pertinent. Which strategist wrote this?"
"The female strategist beside Min Wenshan." Zong Yanli said calmly.
"Ah?" Du Zhe was completely stunned.
Zong Yanli then explained in detail the origin of this item to Duzhe. Duzhe listened and suddenly seemed to think of something and said, "This reminds me of something. When Min Wenshan started his rebellion, he didn't have any female counselors around him, but he had a confidante."
Du Zhe smiled and said, "Because this confidante caused quite a big trouble, Min Wenshan and his wife almost divorced. That woman is very smart. I heard that Min Wenshan brought her with him on many marches, and she often gave advice."
"I just don't know if it's true. I haven't heard any news since then." Du Zhe didn't even remember the woman's name.
"A close friend?" Zong Yanli raised his eyebrows slightly, looked at the letter in his hand again, and said after a while: "General, can you do me a favor?"
"Of course, please go ahead, General." Du Zhe nodded quickly in response.
"Help me find the location of Min Wenshan's confidante. I want to know who the owner of this note is." Zong Yanli solemnly put the note into Du Zhe's hand and said, "I will be of great use to this person."
Although Du Zhe didn't know what Zong Yanli was used for, since it was a rare occasion for Zong Yanli to ask for his help, he naturally agreed and immediately arranged for people to investigate.
After Zong Yanli put the matter aside, he turned back to deal with military affairs.
The interior of Pofu Pass was in a mess due to the flood. Zong Yanli took some time to stroll around the streets, wanting to see the construction of Qi State. The muddy road left mud spots on his trouser legs. Zhan Haoyue only took two steps and was unwilling to follow him.
He went to the top of the city wall by himself. Ever since his last painting was destroyed, he became obsessed with publishing books again.
In the past, Zhan Haoyue liked to record what he saw in the form of letters. Now that there is no one to deliver letters to, he changed his way. He wants to record everything he has experienced and seen in this half of his life.
Zong Yanli was very supportive of his idea and only made one request to him: if he wrote about her in his travel notes, he must be more pragmatic and not exaggerate...
Zhan Haoyue asked Zong Yanli again, "General, aren't you worried that the generals he wrote about in his book have many flaws and mistakes?"
Zong Yanli just laughed and said, "I'm just an ordinary person, how can I be without faults?"
From then on, Zhan Haoyue began to write his travel records.
"This northern land is so desolate..." Zhuang Chengbi followed Zong Yanli all the way and couldn't help but sigh the more he looked.
"The North is vast, mostly wilderness." Zong Yanli walked forward holding the long sword at his waist and said in a calm voice: "Strength is based on brute force, and whoever has the harder fist is right."
"Whether it's Qi or the northern countries, they all have warriors as emperors." Zong Yanli paused and said, "Looking at the Wuhuan, we can see the national conditions of the north. Going to war is just a daily routine. They don't think about how to farm, but how to fight for more land and population, and snatch more food."
It is precisely because of the customs of the North that the North is eyeing the southern countries covetously.
For the North, the South is a water town and the most grain-producing area. The manpower is very scarce and the women are beautiful and delicious, so naturally they want to invade.
Zong Yanli was well aware of the inferiority of the North, and therefore became more determined to unify the North and the South!
"It is truly admirable that the general has such a heart." Zhuang Chengbi leaned slightly towards Zong Yanli and said.
"This is not something I can do alone." Zong Yanli smiled slightly and said, "I just took the first step."
"How many people in the world can take this step like the general?" Zhuang Chengbi raised his lips and smiled. His admiration and respect for Zong Yanli were completely from the heart.
Zong Yanli smiled and went to inspect outside the city. He probably felt that they would need to stay at Pofu Pass for a long time, so he decided to dig trenches outside the city and make solid defenses because of the mountain flood.
Zong Yanli simply converted the wilderness outside into a lake and widened the river.
"If we leave in the future, the people of the north will return to Pofu Pass, and this piece of land will become fertile because of the nourishment of the river water." Zong Yanli looked at the lake from afar and whispered: "By then, we only need a guide to teach them how to farm, and we will definitely have a good harvest."
"If you have enough food and warm clothes, you won't think about war." Zong Yanli said with a deep sigh.
As Zhuang Chengbi listened, he suddenly felt that Zhan Haoyue really should follow the general more often. The general’s words must be written down!
For a period of time afterwards, Zong Yanli focused on repairing the interior of the pass while sending troops to patrol everywhere to search for the enemy's traces. Later, he learned that Min Wenshan had retreated to the outside of Kangzhou County with his troops, and he seemed to be an old friend of the governor of Kangzhou County.
"Qi has suffered such a great loss, there will be no more unusual movements for a while." Zong Yanli weighed it for a moment, and then looked at the army and decided to keep the troops for the time being, so that there would be a better opportunity to send troops.
"Let Sang Caijie come over." Zong Yanli called Gao Feilin and said, "The loss of horses in the army is a bit serious. We need to replenish them as soon as possible. Let Sang Caijie talk to Du Zhe and think of a solution together."
"We must not slack off on our inspections. General Long, please keep an eye on the construction."
"Too many trees have been cut down. Now that spring is approaching, I have nothing better to do than to take the soldiers to plant trees. This can also be considered as a form of training."