The so-called Chinese army camp is actually just a small tent now.
During the army's breakout process, too many supplies were left behind on the battlefield.
These tents in the army today were all taken back from the enemy by Mang Ku, who led the army to take risks after breaking out of the siege.
There was no such exquisite sand table in the camp. Hearing that Li Danqing was going to discuss something, several soldiers quickly found a lot of stones from the snow nearby, preparing to use them as a basis for deductions.
"Your Majesty, the sand table was also lost during the breakout. Your Majesty, please pay attention to it for now..." Gongsun Zhi said at this time, with a cautious expression, as if he was afraid of making Li Danqing unhappy.
Li Danqing smiled and shook his head, saying: "No problem, keep everything simple."
Gongsun Zhi nodded after hearing this, then picked up a white stone on the wooden table and placed it in the center: "This is where we are."
Then he took out four black stones and placed them in the four directions of the white stones: "These are the four tribes of Heijue, Longqu, Qinglang, and Goshawk. They are located in the land of the four counties respectively. We are at the junction of the four counties.
That is to say, the four armies of the Liao army have formed an encirclement and surrounded us."
Although everyone had already anticipated his situation, upon hearing these words, the faces of everyone present could not help but change and look ugly.
"What are the losses of the Black Juebu?" Li Danqing pondered for a while and asked.
His face was a little pale. It was obvious that even though he had woken up now, the injuries in his body had not yet recovered. Even standing for a long time at this moment seemed a bit strenuous.
At this moment, Xia Xianyin quickly brought a stone stool and placed it behind Li Danqing.
Li Danqing didn't hesitate and simply sat down.
When Gongsun Zhi heard this question, he said: "After breaking out of the siege, General Mangku led people to kill him once. He should have some knowledge of the situation of the Black Jue tribe. Let him answer the prince's questions."
Hearing this, the crowd rushed out.
Speaking of which, Mang Ku and Li Danqing were once rivals, but now they are like grasshoppers on a boat, sharing life and death. The tricks of fate are really unpredictable.
At this moment, Mang Ku no longer had the majestic look of the past. His armor, which should have been bright, was covered with blood scabs that had not been wiped off. His hair was also quite messy, and he looked somewhat unkempt. But he
The light in her eyes is still determined, as if
It seems that he was not defeated at all because of that battle.
He looked at Li Danqing, handed over his luggage seriously, and immediately said: "At that time, the Liao people also divided their troops into several places to encircle and suppress the prince. Chai Hongyun, a soldier who died in the battle, discovered the weakness of the Liao people's dark soldiers during the process of rescuing the prince.
, relying on this method, we also caused a lot of casualties to the Liao army when we broke through."
"Then I raided the Liao army, recaptured supplies, and kidnapped several Liao soldiers. I got some information, including the losses of the Liao army."
"Huh?" Li Danqing's face changed after hearing this and asked: "How?"
"The losses suffered by the Black Jue Department are not small. After this battle, a full 60,000 Liao troops were killed. Of course, this is not particularly large compared to the losses of our department, but the Black Jue Department has a total of more than 20
Thousands of people, the losses in this battle can be regarded as a serious injury to them. In addition, I also got some news from the mouth of the Liao soldier, and I think the prince will be very interested in it."
"Huh?" Li Danqing was already very concerned about the capture of Liao soldiers in Mangku, and he was also thinking about asking some questions from the Liao prisoners. When he heard that Mangku had gained something, Li Danqing was naturally extremely concerned.
Pay attention and look at the other person at this time.
Hearing this, Mangku didn't give in. He said at that time: "The Liao people are very strict with their mouths. We used many methods to pry open his mouth. We generally know the casualties of Hei Jue, but about Kuyue Mountain
He didn't know everything. Of course, it was possible that he gritted his teeth and refused to let go. But according to what he said, Wanyanmian camped outside Kuyue City and did not take advantage of our army's defeat to take Wuyang City directly.
It seems that he plans to stay in Kuyue City for a long time."
This kind of news cannot be said to be very mysterious, but there are many points worthy of inference.
Just as Li Danqing had wondered before, the Liao army's invasion was full of weirdness. They didn't care about money or land, and they often missed the opportunity to attack Wuyang City.
If they had despised Wu Yang before, this time Li Danqing's army had caused them a lot of losses. Instead of taking advantage of the victory of the army and Chen Sheng's momentum to pursue them, they continued to hold on. What do you think?
I feel that it is not in line with the way of a military strategist.
In the past, faced with such a situation, Li Danqing would have thought that the Liao people were being held back by something. However, after experiencing the previous defeat and hundreds of thousands of people dying because of his recklessness, Li Danqing did not.
Instead of being so confident, he secretly wondered if this might be a conspiracy of the Liao people.
"Is there nothing else besides these? Where are the Liao prisoners? Take me to see them."
After all, Li Danqing is also a human being. After experiencing previous failures, he can't help but feel a little wary in his heart, and he doesn't dare to draw his own conclusions through some clues as he did in the past.
He wanted to know more about everything about the Liao people. Only by knowing yourself and the other side can you be victorious in every battle, especially for the army that is currently in trouble.
But after hearing this, Mang Ku shook his head helplessly: "After being severely tortured, the Liao soldier seemed to be afraid of revealing more information, so he bit his tongue and committed suicide while we were unprepared."
Li Danqing's face darkened when he heard this. He finally got the clue, but it was broken like this. It was a big loss to the army.
It has been several months since the Liao people invaded, but so far, including the 400,000 White Wolf Army, Wuyang has lost nearly one million elites, but they have not even figured out the purpose of the Liao people. If they continue to fight, I am afraid that
There are no good results.
Li Danqing's face became solemn when he thought of this.
At this time, Mangku said again: "But we have received some things from the Liao people. Before we can look through them one by one, the prince happened to be awake, so let the prince review it."
As he said this, a soldier walked in from outside the tent and placed everything in his arms in front of Li Danqing.
Li Danqing frowned and looked at it. There were only some pieces of silver, a kettle, a knife blade, and a letter. Li Danqing originally wanted to see if the content contained anything about the purpose of the Liao army, but when he opened it, he saw
It was just a letter sent home.
Li Danqing was a little disappointed, so he rummaged around and found a portrait with the three characters Wan Yanmian written on it.
The Liao people had clear classes and a strict hierarchical system. When ordinary people saw the leader of the Qubu, they would unconditionally obey any order of the other party. If there was any slightest neglect, the leader of the Qubu would kill him, and no one else would be able to fault him at all.
Therefore, most Liao people carry portraits of their leaders, firstly to show respect, and secondly because they are afraid that if they actually meet them and fail to recognize them, they will lose etiquette and cause trouble for themselves.
Li Danqing opened it half-heartedly, but the portrait on it made Li Danqing tremble...
The person in the portrait, with his white hair and skinny figure, is not the same person at all as the "Wanyan Mian" he saw in front of the battle that day...