In the past three days, Lin Zongzong captured 500 antelopes, more than 100 wild deer, more than 60 alpacas, and many small animals such as hares.
It was impossible to kill and eat so many animals at once. In addition to slaughtering more than twenty antelopes, the remaining animals were fenced together and prepared to be taken back to the soldiers for extra meals.
"Your Majesty, there are quite a lot of wild animals here. Why don't we wait for the troops to come back from the exercise? How many more days can we hunt?"
The Central Plains is densely populated, and many villages have been built in the mountains and forests that are not suitable for habitation. Most of the wild animals that were originally numerous have disappeared. After catching so many prey in one hunting trip, Li Dawei's heart couldn't help but become excited.
"In more than ten days, the troops will leave. We can't waste time on hunting." Li Mingyuan flatly rejected Li Dawei's request.
"Your Majesty, the exercise cannot be transferred immediately after the exercise is over. It will also take a few days to arrange the logistics of the troops. Why not take advantage of the few days of free time to arrange for the cavalry brigade to go out for hunting. The captured antelope and wild deer can also be used as food for the troops."
Li Dawei's words make some sense. The cavalry brigade will hunt on the grassland for a few days before turning in. According to Li Mingyuan's hunting in the past few days, at least two to three thousand prey can be captured before the troops set off, and these living animals
It is very convenient to move and does not require a large number of manpower to transport food like food.
"After the exercise, I can give your cavalry brigade three days to hunt, but you cannot go beyond the control of our army." Li Mingyuan thought for a moment and said.
"As you command, Your Majesty." Li Dawei responded, and suddenly found that Li Mingyuan had immediately hung up a cloth bag, and there was something moving inside.
"Your Majesty, what's in the bag?" Li Dawei asked curiously.
"It's just a few hares," Li Mingyuan said, handing the cloth bag to the guard beside him, "Take them to my military tent."
Li Mingyuan was worried that Li Dawei would take advantage of the four little guys after seeing them, so he quickly asked the guards to take them away.
Li Dawei was very satisfied with catching two pumas and did not ask carefully what kind of animals were in the bag. After a little repair, he left with his troops and the captured prey.
"Dawei, who do you think will win this exercise?" Li Mingyuan asked on the way back.
"Zheng Guosheng is more likely to win." Li Dawei thought for a moment and gave his answer.
"Tell me your reasons."
"First, Zheng Guosheng and Sun Yanming are veteran soldiers with rich combat experience, while Commander Feng was originally responsible for the affairs of the reconnaissance battalion and lacked the experience of commanding large units in combat.
Secondly, Commander Feng had just joined the cavalry regiment not long ago, and he did not have a good relationship with his soldiers. In a head-on battle, he was no match for Zheng Guosheng. For these two reasons, it would be difficult for Commander Feng to win."
"Well, what you said makes sense, but I still think Feng Changqing is more likely to win."
"Since the Crown Prince acknowledges my point of view, why do you still think Commander Feng is more likely to win?" Li Dawei asked puzzledly.
"Come on, I'll tell you the reason." Li Mingyuan waved to Li Dawei, closing the distance between them. When Li Dawei was much closer to him, Li Mingyuan suddenly changed his mind.
"Dawei, I won't tell you the reason yet, why don't we make a bet?"
Li Dawei was speechless for a while. The Emotional Prince was addicted to gambling. Last time he made an ambitious bet with him to occupy the land near the Andes Mountains. This time he didn't know what he was going to do.
"Dawei, are you too timid to bet with me?"
"Where is it? Prince, what did you say you saw?" Li Dawei came back to his senses and replied immediately.
"We'll bet on who will win this time."
"What's the point of just betting, Your Majesty, why don't we make a lottery?" Li Dawei came up with an idea and said with a smile.
"Okay, what do you want to use as a bet?"
"Use the cougar captured this time. Whoever loses will give up his cougar to the other party."
"I agree, but if you lose, I don't want your cougar, as long as you promise me to learn a hundred new words before transferring, how about it?"
Li Dawei frowned. As one of the few major generals in the Chinese Independence Army, he spent a lot of time literacy and learning military knowledge every day. If he could learn another hundred words, he would have no time to rest every day.
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"Dawei, are you worried that you can't do it and don't dare to bet with me?" Li Mingyuan said with a smile.
"It's a competition, can Lao Li still be afraid?" Li Dawei changed his mind and thought that the possibility of Li Mingyuan winning was very low, so he simply said.
"Your Majesty, if you lose, don't be reluctant to let go of that little lion." Li Dawei chuckled.
"Don't worry, I won't regret it."
It was already evening when Li Mingyuan and Li Dawei returned. Feng Changqing, Zheng Guosheng and others also returned to the military camp, waiting for Li Mingyuan to return.
"Haha, you are back so soon. How is it? Who won the exercise?" Li Mingyuan walked into the big tent and asked with a smile when he saw Feng Changqing, Zheng Guosheng and others standing together.
Zheng Guosheng and Sun Yanming were older than him, but Feng Changqing did not speak first.
"Old Zheng, did you win?" Li Dawei, who followed Li Mingyuan in, asked Zheng Guosheng directly.
"Brigadier, I disappoint you. Old Zheng and I are inferior to others and lost to Commander Feng." Zheng Guosheng lost the exercise and was embarrassed to speak. Sun Yanming beside him could only bite the bullet and speak.
"What? You two actually lost, how did you fight!" At first glance, Li Dawei didn't believe it, but seeing the bitter faces of Zheng Guosheng and Sun Yanming, he knew that the matter was true.
He couldn't help but yell angrily.
Zheng Guosheng and Sun Yanming lost the exercise, so they thought Li Dawei was angry with them and lowered their heads to accept Li Dawei's scolding.
"Okay, the results of the exercise have come out. First let them explain why they lost the exercise." Li Mingyuan stopped Li Dawei's scolding.
"Last night, when the soldiers in the camp were sleeping, Commander Feng's troops suddenly arrived and surrounded the camp before Lao Zheng and I could react." Sun Yanming briefly told the story of the attack on the camp.
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"You must have been discovered by Commander Feng in advance, which is why the troops were attacked. Commander Feng, is that right?"
"Yes, Your Majesty, at the beginning of the exercise, I sent more than thirty reconnaissance teams to check the terrain around the exercise, and then sent investigators to guard near the discovered water source, so traces of Deputy Brigadier Zheng's troops were found."
"Sit back and wait, Changqing did a great job." Li Mingyuan smiled and praised Feng Changqing, turned his head and asked, "Old Zheng, Old Sun, now do you understand why it failed?"
"We were careless and didn't carefully prepare for the other side's sneak attack." Sun Yanming said in a low voice because the situation was stronger than the others.
"Old Zheng, what about you?"
"I...I admit defeat." Zheng Guosheng was unconvinced, but did not dare to show it, and said in a humming voice.
War is all about results. No matter what means you take, as long as you defeat the enemy, you will win.
"Zheng Guosheng, let me ask you, defeating you openly is a victory, isn't it not a victory to make a surprise attack and capture the enemy?"
Li Mingyuan's eyes were sharp, Zheng Guosheng lowered his head and did not dare to look at him.
"The reason why your exercise failed was not because of carelessness, but because you were too superstitious about past experience. You thought you had too many battles, so you didn't take young people seriously. What's the result? Being captured by the other side in a surprise attack, doesn't that explain the problem?
"Li Mingyuan's voice was stern, reprimanding Zheng Guosheng and Sun Yanming so much that they dared not speak out.
"Know yourself and your enemy, and you can fight a hundred battles with no danger. There is not much time left before the transition. I hope you will learn from this lesson and not make similar mistakes again."
"I humble my position and obey my orders." After being defeated by a young man who was more than ten years younger than himself and being scolded by Li Mingyuan, Zheng Guosheng and Qun Yanming couldn't bear to lose face and immediately expressed their stance.