Hearing this voice, Politra turned his head and saluted the other party.
"Okay, don't talk anymore, I know everything. Just let me wait with you, waiting for the return of my Kushan hero."
Harrivan nodded at the other party. He also hoped for a miracle and waited for the return of a hero who would cheer him up.
The sky was full of heavy rain, the mottled city walls, and a bamboo umbrella stood firm under the heavy rain, waiting for a result that might not come to fruition.
"It's raining?"
Gao Shun walked out of the big tent and stretched out his hands to feel the coolness of the rain.
"Well, it's raining quite a lot. I don't know if it will affect the actions of the military advisor and the others."
Zang Ba also left the tent and came to Gao Shun. What he was worried about now was not here, but the difficulty of traveling in the rain, and he was afraid that Jia Xu would not be able to successfully complete the march mission.
"Don't worry, there will definitely be no problem with the military advisor."
Gao Shun nodded to Zang Ba, there would definitely be no problems with Jia Xu.
"hope so."
After saying that, the two of them returned directly to the big tent.
"It's raining, military advisor."
Taishi Ci came to Jia Xu's side and frowned when he saw the sudden heavy rain.
"Tell the army to continue moving forward, and not to suspend the march because of heavy rain. The sooner we arrive near the water village, the more time we will have to prepare."
Jia Xu held a bamboo umbrella, looked at the raindrops in the sky, and directly ordered the army to move forward.
"promise."
Since Jia Xu said so, Taishi Ci had nothing to say and directly conveyed the other party's order.
After hearing Jia Xu's military order, the army that was marching south had nothing to say. They all wore raincoats and continued to move toward the water village in the heavy rain.
The heavy rain came and went as quickly as it came. The sun rose and the dark clouds on the horizon also dissipated. The heavy rain gradually became lighter and finally disappeared behind the clouds.
"The sun has come out and the rain has stopped."
Hariwan closed the bamboo umbrella in his hand and looked at the sun above his head, wondering what he was thinking.
"It looks like no scouts will be returning."
Politra also raised his head, looked at the orange sun, and said what he least wanted to say.
"Well, go back and rest. The Chinese may attack again today, so we must prepare in advance."
Hariwan nodded. Although he didn't want to say these words, his scouts did not break through the Chinese defense line. From now on, they can only continue to be blind and deaf, at the mercy of the Chinese army.
"yes."
The two of them left the city gate where they had been waiting all night and headed towards their respective resting places.
After yesterday's heavy rain, today's weather was exceptionally clear, but the Chinese army remained the same and did not launch an attack on the city of Heldvar.
The Chinese army stopped attacking for two consecutive days. The Kushan army was completely confused from top to bottom. They did not understand what the Chinese wanted to do. This was simply confusing to them.
"Everyone, tell me, what do the Chinese people want to do?"
Hariwan summoned all the generals under his command. At this time, he needed to work together to guess what the Chinese were going to do.
"General, what do you think the Chinese want to do?"
The eyes of the burly general Capolaci were full of confusion. To be honest, with the current intelligence, it was too difficult to guess what the Chinese were thinking. He really didn't have that ability.
"I feel that the Chinese are preparing an operation that we don't know about. I can't figure out whether this operation is aimed at Heldvar City or somewhere else."
Hariwan shook his head. He did have some ideas, but he always felt that these ideas were a bit unclear, so he wanted these generals to think about it together.
"General, just tell me what you think. Let's all deduce it together. Maybe we can guess what the Chinese people mean."
Politra saluted Harivan. Since the other party has an idea, let's speak it out and let everyone think about it together.
"I think the Chinese army may not be here anymore."
Hariwan looked at everyone and directly expressed his thoughts.
"General, what does this mean?
The main force of the Chinese people is not in Heldvar, so where will they go?
They couldn't have gone north without fighting after crossing here, right?"
After hearing Hariwan's words, several generals looked in disbelief, while Capolaci directly expressed his thoughts.
"This is not impossible."
Politra frowned, and after deducing it in his mind, he spoke out his opinion.
"How to say?"
After glancing at Politra, Harivan also became interested and wanted to hear how the other party judged.
"After two days of fighting, the Chinese army should have understood the strength of Heldvar's defense. If they want to capture us in a short period of time, unless they fight hard regardless of casualties, they can only rely on time.
Although the empire is on the defensive now, we also have our own advantages, that is, we do not have to worry about food, grass and supplies when we are fighting at home.
Although the Chinese have a strong offensive now, their logistical supply line is too long. If too much time is wasted under the city of Heldvar, the demands on China's supply line will be too great.
So the general suggested that the opponent's main force might have abandoned this place, and I thought that China wanted a quick victory.
If they really send people to deal with it going north, as long as they capture the imperial capital, this battle will be almost over."
Politra followed Hariwan's thoughts and figured out a lot of things. He felt that the only explanation that could make him believe this was a quick victory.
"Although what General Politra said is very reasonable, the current situation is that Heldvar is the center connecting the north and the south. If the opponent does not attack here and directly sends troops north, then their logistics line will be too fragile in front of us.
As long as we send troops, their hundreds of thousands of troops may be completely out of food. Will the Chinese be so stupid?"
Although what Politra said is correct, Capolaci still has a different view. After all, he still has more than 100,000 troops here, and he still has the strength to fight. If the Chinese really abandon themselves and go north, then
Aren't you asking for death?
He didn't believe that the Chinese who pressed him down and beat him could be so stupid.
"This is what makes me confused. In the long run, they can only move northward if they take down Heldvar. It would be a bit unbelievable if they abandon this place."
Hariwan also nodded. This is where he was confused. Judging from his long-term experience fighting the Chinese, the other party would never make such a low-level mistake, so he really couldn't understand it.
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"We all know the deceitful tactics of the Chinese. If they really divide their troops into two groups, with one group here to confuse us, and the other group's main force heading north, as long as we don't believe that the other side will divide their forces, they will naturally not send troops to cut off China's food routes. No need.
Too much time, two months, just two months, Lou Baisha will become the other party's prey."
Although Hariwan and Capolachi both raised doubts, Politra still believed that this possibility was possible. Combined with the fact that the Chinese scouts now block him so tightly and do not attack him, this possibility is even greater.
"Well, what you said makes sense, but our current scouts can't break out at all, so it's difficult to detect the true intentions of the Chinese people. It's really embarrassing."
What Politra was thinking was what he was thinking, and the reason why he was confused was because of this. He subjectively did not believe that the Chinese would dare to take such a risk, but the current situation was like this, and there was no room for him not to doubt it.
"General, I am going to lead another wave of scouts tonight to see if I can penetrate the Chinese defense line."
A flash of light flashed in Politra's eyes. If he wanted to confirm the news now, he could only kill his own people. If the enemy was really suppressing the city, everything would have to rely on guessing, and there would be no results from guessing.
"You can't go out. Wait for two more days. If the Chinese people are really up to something fishy, they will definitely take action within these two days. We will prescribe the right medicine to see what the other party's strength is."
It is too dangerous to send a general in the army out to investigate now, and Harivan does not want to hear about Politra's death.
"General."
Hearing that Harrivan rejected his suggestion, Politra saluted him and wanted to try to win over him.
"Okay, that's it. No one is allowed to leave the city without my order. All generals must strictly abide by it. Anyone who goes out will be killed by the city gate guards. Do you understand?"
Facing Politra's words, Harrivan stood up and left directly.
Time turned and came to the third day. Looking at the sun in the sky, Gao Shun and Zang Ba couldn't help but feel right about each other.
"It's time to move out today. It's been two days. If we don't move, I'm afraid the other party will have random thoughts."
Gao Shun glanced at Zang Ba, it was time to send troops, otherwise the war situation might take a turn.
"What we want is for the other party to be upset, what we want is for them to have random thoughts, how about we take it easy today?"
Zang Ba smiled slightly. This was the result they wanted. Only by letting the other party think wildly could they get the situation they wanted most.
"Let's send troops. It's time to let the other side know. We are not really dividing our troops."
Gao Shun shook his head. This was still seven days away from the ten days mentioned by Jia Xu. If he did nothing within these seven days, the other party would be afraid to send troops. He had to let the other party know their situation in a timely manner to be reasonable.
Let the opponent go to the water village.
"Okay, since you insist, let's send troops."
Since Gao Shun had said this, Zang Ba did not insist and agreed to his intention to send troops.
"Okay, order the whole army to send out troops. Remember to build more flags and create more momentum. You must create a situation where the army is pressing down on the border. Do you understand?"
After hearing Gao Shun's order, the remaining 100,000 soldiers and horses carried the straw men and extra flags that had been set up earlier and headed towards the Heldvar city wall.
More than 100,000 troops were arrayed under the city wall of Heldvar. There were waving flags everywhere. There were real soldiers in front and behind them were straw soldiers in armor. From the city wall, it looked majestic, but it was hard to tell.
What a big difference.
"General, the Chinese are coming to kill you."
When the Chinese army arrived, the city of Heldvar immediately received the news and immediately reported the news to Hariwan in the city.
"Is it really here?
Follow me to the city wall immediately."
When he heard that the Chinese army was coming, Hariwan didn't care about anything else and left his mansion directly and came to the city wall.
"General."
"General."
"General."
When all the generals saw Harivan arriving, they all saluted him.
"How are they? How are the Chinese soldiers? Are there any changes?"
Hariwan waved his hands at them. He now urgently needs to know the truth and falsehood of the Chinese people.
"I haven't noticed any changes."
Hearing Hariwan's question, these generals also shook their heads. The Chinese army was not close to them, at least they couldn't see anything different on the city wall.
"There is no change, is this impossible?
Have you ever gone up to the city wall to observe for yourself?"
After looking at the crowd, Hariwan couldn't help but raise his eyebrows. He was now furious. These people were still here, really pissing him off.
"Where's Politra?
Where are people?
You won’t still be sleeping in the military camp, right?”
