Chapter 995 The So-Called Containment

Just when Wu Yi was thinking about which road the Rinan reinforcements might take and how to choose an ambush point, someone outside the camp passed on the marshal's order.

The man was quite ordinary, not outstanding, nor strong, and he would never be found again in the crowd.

He claimed to be Zhang Tianwen's personal soldier, but Zhang Tianwen had so many personal soldiers, both on the surface and hidden. How could Wu Yi know whether what he said was true or false? The order he passed on was a command, without any credibility. He really made up the content as soon as he opened his mouth.

It's not that Wu Yi is suspicious. On the battlefield, a basic sense of vigilance should be maintained!

Wu Yi now feels more and more that Zhang Tianwen is just treating him as a white glove, throwing it away after use. Maybe he will be the one who pits him in the end. The reputation of borrowing bandits as soldiers is enough to prevent him from going further.

"The marshal's order is that you will do your best to contain the bandits of Tianlang City within ten days!" The man passed on the order.

Let's not doubt this person's identity for now. Judging from the information transmitted between the two places, Zhang Tianwen obviously didn't know that Wu Yi had caused a big disturbance in Tianlang City. What Wu Yi did before could also be regarded as a way of containment.

I had just left the wolf smoke mouth, and I was afraid that Zhang Tianwen would spread this news right after me. Is it necessary? Why not say it directly to his face?

Compared with the clear meanings of annihilation, siege, and strangulation, the word containment is very particular. Should we advance or retreat? Or should we fight and retreat? With the huge difference in the strength of the two sides, if they forced a battle, Wu Yi might have been killed.

The unclear command left too much room for maneuver. Whether it was rewarding military merits, or pushing for merits, or looking for scapegoats, there was an opportunity. Just having a mouth would do, not to mention that this was a password. Afterwards, Zhang Tianwen only needed to say that it was a spy from the Rinan tribe who had mixed in.

Finally, the word "containment" can be seen from another angle. Does it seem like the cannon fodder troops were used to cover up or protect the main force, or to contain the enemy's main force?

Bastard! After thinking about this, Wu Yi cursed inwardly. No matter how good his character was, he didn't want to be cannon fodder. Zhang Tianwen didn't spend a penny. This calculation was good!

Although he was dissatisfied, at this moment, he couldn't confirm the identity of this person after all, and indirectly, he couldn't confirm the authenticity of the order.

So Wu Yi just agreed to it like a person who had no self-determination, and ordered his subordinates to treat this person well.

However, there was another good thing for Wu Yi in today's meeting.

The news that the marshal's personal soldiers spread Wu Yi flew to various parts of the army like birds. Many bandit leaders who were ready to overthrow Wu Yi stopped. They didn't expect the marshal to value this boy so much. If Wu Yi was killed, it would inevitably cause the marshal's dissatisfaction.

Because of this incident, the time of the civil strife in the army was postponed. Yes, it was just postponed. The inherent contradictions in the army were not really resolved. What should have broken out would still break out. It was just that Wu Yi had more time to prepare.

In the next two days, Wu Yi's scouts scattered outside carried out Wu Yi's orders on the one hand, spreading the news that the defenders of Tianlang City, the Sunan tribe, were defeated and most of Tianlang City was burned down, in order to attract reinforcements from the Sunan tribe.

But on the other hand, the scouts also sent back the news they heard. The return of this news made Wu Yi believe that the person who met him at night before was probably Zhang Tianwen's personal soldier.

The content of this news was that the Northern Army assembled a large army to prepare to recapture Tianlang City. In the early stage, a group of elite soldiers were turned into bandits to catch them off guard. In the later stage, the number of troops would be 100,000.

Wu Yi caught them off guard and burned most of Tianlang City. This was a true story. The so-called reinforcements later were completely nonsense, but the combination of the two news made it seem extremely real.

Because he was not completely false, but half true and half false, Wu Yi was speechless at this moment. What kind of elite was he? His subordinates were a group of scattered soldiers, fighting in the wind, and there were countless mountaintops, and they were not convinced of each other. It was Wu Yi's ability to integrate the internal forces.

If they were really regular troops, after entering Tianlang City last time, they would have been deployed as one, quickly expanded the results of the battle, and increased the casualties, instead of looting everywhere. Maybe they could have taken Tianlang City in one go, instead of leaving in disgrace.

Of course, everything has its advantages and disadvantages. The only question is whether there are more advantages or more disadvantages. Seeking benefits and avoiding harm is human instinct.

Just like this, when the bandits heard the news that there were 100,000 reinforcements in the rear, they seemed to be injected with chicken blood and asked for battle.

What a joke, if you don't fight now when you have the opportunity to make merit, you will have no chance when the reinforcements arrive. Take a chance with your life, gain face in front of the marshal, and seek a future. In the final analysis, it was not that they did not want fame, but they doubted whether Wu Yi was qualified to fulfill his promise.

A group of rough men began to speak in a literary style and flattered Wu Yi. Wu Yi was able to make small-scale organizational adjustments in the army, disrupting their original organization and suppressing the original mountain culture.

Then they were taught simple methods of formation and coordinated combat. It was not the kind of large-scale formation of troops. In such a short time, it was impossible to achieve a large-scale military assembly. It was just some methods of how two or three people could fight against the enemy. Those who could be killed with one knife would definitely not be cut more. There was nothing wrong with being fast, accurate and ruthless.

Many people were veterans of the battlefield, and they were also active and understood at a glance.

This process took Wu Yi more than two days. Of course, he was not idle in other actions, especially the control of public opinion. Zhang Tianwen stabbed himself hard and used himself as cannon fodder. Wu Yi didn't care what his main purpose was?

In short, he couldn't let his goal go smoothly, because in that case, he would bear the pressure of the Rinan army alone, and it might be possible that the whole army would be wiped out.

What, you said Wu Yi has no sense of the overall situation!

Hey, when you want someone to sacrifice for you, shouldn't you consider giving something instead of throwing it away after use? If you don't give the horse grass to eat, but want the horse to run, do you think it's a perpetual motion machine?

Zhang Tianwen's situation may be even worse, and he may even step on Wu Yi. It's good that Wu Yi didn't rebel.

In the past few days, Wu Yi ordered the scouts to spread the news that the Daji Dynasty did not send reinforcements, and the troops that broke through Tianlang City last time were just a force formed by bandits, and they were mercenaries recruited by Zhang Tianwen!

Other bandit leaders asked Wu Yi why he spread this news. If he could scare the enemy away, wouldn't it be better? Wu Yi replied: "True or false, so that the enemy doesn't know our strengths and weaknesses, it will be very useful in defeating the enemy!"

Most people nodded, thinking that Wu Yi was a genius.