Xu Shenji woke up the next day and found that the house was empty and there was an empty wine jar in the room. As for what he did and said last night, Xu Shenji completely forgot about it. He only knew
I noticed something: Mu Changgeng escaped.
He hurriedly told Cheng Dalei the news, but Cheng Dalei didn't react much. He just said casually: "Just leave. By the way, you didn't say anything to him, right?"
"How could it be?" Xu Shenji patted his chest and said, "I have been guarding against him and didn't tell him anything."
"That's good." Cheng Dalei still believed Xu Shenji's words. He said, "Aren't there a few more people? Send someone to keep an eye on them and see what they do."
Cheng Dalei investigated the traitors and found out that several people were left in the blacksmith shop to exercise. In the past, some people could not bear the torture and quietly withdrew. Now there are still a few people in the blacksmith shop who can endure it.
For people like them, they naturally have to be on guard.
As for Mu Changgeng's escape, Cheng Dalei really didn't take it too seriously. After making a mental note, he started busy with other things.
It is said that Shepherd Changgeng swam away from Toad Village, and had to be careful of poisonous snakes in the shoals along the way. In the end, he finally succeeded in landing despite the efforts of nine cows and two tigers.
In the evening of that day, he finally returned to Qinchuan Pass. At this moment, he was exhausted and exhausted, and his whole body was supported by his breath.
"Hey, is this Captain Pastor..."
The gatekeeper caught him, and for a moment he didn't dare to recognize him. Only half a month had passed, and Mu Changgeng had lost weight. His face was dark and rough, and his hands were covered with thick calluses.
"Go to the general quickly, go to the general..."
Mu Changgeng was carried into Qinchuan Pass, where he drank some porridge, fed him some ginseng soup, and then slowly woke up and regained some strength.
"Brother Mu, you are finally back. We thought you had been killed by thieves." Mo Mingmi.
Before she could say anything, Chief Shepherd Geng burst into tears. Thinking of what he had experienced in the past few days, his grievances surged up in his mind.
"General, general, I thought I would never see you again."
"It'll be good to come back, it'll be good to come back." Mo Mingmi patted him on the shoulder.
"Have you found any information?" Yan Di asked.
Mu Changgeng nodded: "Fortunately, the mission assigned by the general has been completed."
The screen retreated to the left and right, leaving only Yan Di, Mo Mingmi and Mu Changgeng on the hospital bed.
Mu Changgeng coughed and said, "I got the news from Xu Shenji."
"Is it the Xu Shenji who is known as a magical strategist?" Yan Di's eyes lit up.
Mu Changgeng nodded heavily: "It's him."
"Commander Yan has also heard of him?" Mo Mingmi asked.
"Of course I've heard of it." Yan Di showed a look of fascination: "The general doesn't know that Xu Shenji is the most powerful person around Cheng Dalei. He was the one who made the plans to defeat the Rong army in Qingniu Mountain and assassinate Yang Longting in Chang'an. Otherwise,
Things will never be so easy."
"There are such extraordinary people in the world." Mo Mingmi sighed with emotion, feeling rather regretful that such a talent could not be used by me.
"I also know that Xu Shen is very clever. I have always been careful and didn't dare to show any flaws in front of him. Until I gained his trust, I got him drunk last night and got him out of his mouth on how to break the stronghold."
"Xu Shenji is from Toad Village, how could he think of a way to break it?" Yan Di asked.
"Military Yan is unaware of something. According to what Xu Shenji said, those who are good at defending must first know how the opponent attacks, and those who are good at attacking must first know how the opponent defends. Only when you have the method to break the stronghold can you know how to prescribe the right medicine."
"That's it." Yan Di shook his head, feeling like he was inferior and resigned to being inferior.
Mo Mingmi glanced at Yan Di, and the meaning in her eyes was: Your level is still far from that of Xu Shenji.
"Then what does Xu Shenji say?"
"He only said eight words to me." Mu Changgeng lowered his voice and said word by word: "If you want to destroy the stronghold, use fire."
Mo Mingmi and Yan Di looked at each other, and both saw surprise and astonishment in each other's eyes. Yan Di was stunned for a long time, and then said: "Captain Mu, don't you know that Toad Village is on an island...
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Yan Di did not say the next words: There is water on all sides!
Isn't it nonsense to use fire to attack an island surrounded by water?
Mo Mingmi said: "Could it be that Xu Shenji had already seen through Brother Mu, so he deliberately used words to deceive Brother Mu and use it to lure you into a trap?"
"No." Mu Changgeng shook his head: "I thought about this issue on the way back. If it is really a tactic to lure troops, I should tell a more real tactic. Because this fire attack tactic doesn't look real,
It just happens to be true.”
Mo Mingmi and Yan Di nodded at the same time, feeling that Mu Changgeng's words made sense.
"But this fire attack plan...how to do it?"
Mu Changgeng sat upright on the sick bed and said: "I would like to ask the general and military advisor, in terms of our understanding of Toad Village, can we compare with Xu Shenji? In terms of sharp vision and clever strategies, can we compare with Xu Shenji?"
Machine?"
"This..." Yan Di shook his head: "I am willing to be inferior to Xu Shenji."
"That's it. The fire attack plan is what Xu Shenji said from the bottom of his heart, so it will definitely work. It's just..." Mu Changgeng sighed: "With our intelligence, we still can't keep up with Xu Shenji's ideas.
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Mo Mingmi and Yan Di nodded at the same time, deeply agreeing with Mu Changgeng's words.
"Now let's think about it, how to do this fire attack strategy?" Mo Mingmi sighed: "Now the answer has been given to us, but we don't know how to solve the problem. This Xu Shenji... is really good.
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"General, as soon as I leave, Xu Shenji will definitely be on guard. We need to do this quickly. If he is on guard, we will miss this foolproof opportunity."
"I see."
The three of them stayed up all night, taking out the map of Toad Island and studying how to break the stronghold. This should be done quickly rather than later. On the next morning, Mo Mingmi ordered ten large ships and fifty small ships, with a total force of more than five thousand.
, keep plenty of sulfur, gunpowder and other fire starters on board.
Mo Mingmi's plan was to use rockets to burn the ships on Toad Island to make them lose the ability to launch. Then they would land on the beach and start hand-to-hand combat on the island. The key target was to burn down the buildings, docks, and granaries of Toad Village. As long as they
The granary in Toad Village was destroyed, and the thieves in Toad Village destroyed it themselves.
After thinking of this method, Mo Mingmi breathed a sigh of relief. Xu Shenji gave the answer. It took him one night to come up with ideas to solve the problem. It seems that the gap between himself and Xu Shenji is not as big as imagined.
Of course, this was just his own idea. In fact, he could never have imagined how big the gap between Xu Shenji and him was.
This is a battle that must be won. Mo Mingmi personally leads the army and sends five thousand troops to attack Toad Village.