Chapter 417: 417
“This enemy is sharp!” Zhang Liao said after he received a report from his scout . The enemy hid themselves in the jungle . They numbered around five thousand and they all had killing intent . One glance was enough to tell that these aren’t common soldiers .
Zhang Liao originally thought of attacking them on the plains when they approach Tuzhong . This would take away the vanguards of the reinforcements and also lower the morale of those at Tuzhong . Unfortunately, it seems that attacking the vanguard does not seem like a very reliable method anymore .
With the jungle there, Zhang Liao would not be able to use the Xiliang Cavalry . Although Tuzhong is an hour’s distance away, a battle would take much longer .
“What is the word written on the enemy banner?” Zhang Liao wanted to know who he was fighting .
“General . The word on the banner is Lu!”
“Lu?” Zhang Liao had never heard of this person before . The more famous ones were Huang Gai and Han Dang . He had never heard of a Jiangdong general with the surname Lu .
“Is it Lu?” Xu Sheng repeated but his tone implied that he knew of this person .
“Does General Xu Sheng know of him?” Zhang Liao asked .
“I do not know the specifics . However, I have heard of Milord speaking of a general with the surname Lu before . That person is Lu Meng . He is a talented young general around twenty years old that is good at leading troops . However, he may not have tempered himself much so he could either be a commander-in-chief or an idle theorizer .
Zhang Liao heard of this explanation and thought of Lu Meng . Lu Meng was young which is why Zhang Liao had never heard of him . However, Zhang Liao nodded in approval . A calm and perceptive person is now rare amongst youngsters .
Right now, Zhang Liao’s Army was in a predicament since their initial plan of wiping out the enemy’s reinforcements was not as easy as expected with the presence of the jungle .
“General . Should we capture Tuzhong and eliminate that twenty thousand soldiers first and then deal with Jiangdong’s army of fifty thousand?” Ge Jun suggested .
“That’s right . Our catapults have plenty of ammunition . We can take Tuzhong first then only deal with this enemy . Otherwise, it would become troublesome when the enemy’s main army arrives . ” Xu Sheng agreed . As Xu Sheng was also a commander, Zhang Liao put his suggestion into consideration and did not immediately reject this .
Even if Lu Meng’s troops rush to the rescue while they attack Tuzhong, there would not be much issues . Zhang Liao was confident that he could deal with them using two thousand men .
However, there was not much point in capturing Tuzhong as well . He was part of the Wolf Cavalry that only knew how to attack and not defend . He did not know how to be on the defending side . As they also need to deal with the main army coming from Jiangdong, the army would suffer heavy losses .
“Zhang Hu . Go and find a common person living here . ” Zhang Liao said to Zhang Hu .
“Find a common person?” Zhang Hu did not seem to understand but he went searching for a person anyway . He was not able to find anybody even after half a day . Most people would have already hidden themselves in the city or have left a long time ago . In the end, Zhang Hu caught a messenger . This is one of the messengers sending messages to Jiangdong . While they normally allowed the messengers to send the messages, they do catch some so that the enemy doesn’t notice that they wanted the reinforcements to come .
“Let me go!” Qin Feng’s messenger shouted while being escorted by Zhang Hu .
“General . I could not find any citizens . I could only find this person . ”
“It doesn’t matter . ” Zhang Liao was not picky . The only important thing was that the person was from Tuzhong .
“I will not say a thing! Just kill me!”
“Haha . This person has guts! Unfortunately, he follows a cowardly and greedy Lord . ” Zhang Liao said with a smile . This was the conclusion he had of Qin Feng’s personality after the man immediately escaped from Linhuai . He did not expect that such a Lord to have such good soldiers . He had initially expected the soldiers to be as terrible as Qin Feng in personality .
“You still refuse to speak at this moment?” Zhang Hu kicked the messenger, causing the messenger to spit out blood .
“I won’t say a thing even if you kill me!”
“General . Should we torture him?”
“No need!” Zhang Liao shook his head . There was not enough time to go and torture the messenger .
“Having a strong will is good . Do not worry, I won’t make you betray your Lord . I just want to ask you a simple question . ” Zhang Liao asked as he approached the messenger .
“Hmph!”
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