jdhmnovel Chapter 147 The Barbarian King's Scheme
Chapter 147 The Barbarian King's Scheme
"Useless! It's been two days and you still haven't found any trace of the Zhenbei Army. What are you all doing?"
The barbarian king stared coldly at the scout commander kneeling not far away.
For two whole days, the Zhenbei Army men couldn't find a single trace of them.
How could this not enrage him?
He was not afraid to confront the Divine Martial King head-on, but he could not tolerate the disappearance of an entire army of 500,000.
"Report..."
A scout rushed into the main tent.
"Your Majesty, Your Highnesses, our supplies have been robbed."
The scouts reported.
"What? The grain supplies have been stolen? Tell me, what happened?"
The barbarian king roared in anger.
The northern barbarians were already short of food supplies, and now their supplies had been robbed.
This is simply adding insult to injury.
"Yes, it was the Zhenbei Army that did it. Our grain transport team was originally on a smooth journey, but a large number of Zhenbei Army soldiers rushed out and directly seized our grain."
The scouts reported.
They hadn't expected the Zhenbei Army to appear behind them, catching them completely off guard.
As a result, their people were massacred by the Zhenbei Army without any preparation, and all their food supplies were seized.
"Can we track down the Zhenbei Army?"
The Left Wise King inquired.
"No, after the Zhenbei Army seized the grain supplies, they dispersed again. Our men tracked them down, but they all disappeared without a trace."
The scout gave an embarrassed report.
They hadn't expected the Zhenbei Army to be so cunning.
They had absolutely no way to deal with the Zhenbei Army.
"Useless! Send more men. With so much grain and fodder, they couldn't have left no trace."
"Furthermore, if you still cannot find any trace of the Zhenbei Army, you may bring your heads to me."
The barbarian king snorted coldly.
He was now barely able to contain his anger.
He felt like he was raising a bunch of useless people.
"Yes."
The scout hurried away, as if being chased by a dog.
What they didn't know was that it was in a not-so-high mountain, fifty miles away from them.
Qin Wu stationed his army of 100,000 here.
"Your Highness, the Northern Barbarians' grain supplies have been robbed, and they are currently sending people to search for our whereabouts."
Liu Feng entered the main tent and reported to Qin Wu.
"Then let them search, notify the Four Generals, let them reveal their whereabouts appropriately, and then begin the plan."
Qin Wu gave the order.
Now that we're going to take action, we need bait, right?
"Yes, I'll send someone to inform them right away."
Liu Feng accepted the order and immediately withdrew.
The four generals quickly made arrangements to use the demon general Han Fu as bait to lure the Northern Barbarian army.
The barbarian king quickly received the news and found traces of a group of Zhenbei Army soldiers.
The barbarian king immediately ordered his troops to pursue and kill the demon general Han Fu.
Tens of thousands of troops gave chase, but the result was a crushing defeat. They were constantly ambushed by the Zhenbei Army, but they could not catch up. Every time they tried to pursue, they were ambushed by other Zhenbei Army troops after only a short time.
The result was that they couldn't catch up, couldn't hit, and were extremely frustrated.
The tens of thousands of troops suffered heavy losses in just two days and eventually fled back in disarray.
This infuriated the barbarian king and the two wise kings.
They almost killed that general.
The barbarian king and his men sent troops out several times afterward, but each time the result was the same.
In just half a month, the Northern Barbarian army suffered more than 20 casualties.
However, they did not gain much and did not inflict much damage on the Zhenbei Army.
And their scouts—those suffered the most, almost all of them were wiped out.
This is like directly gouging out the Barbarian King's eyes.
"Useless, a bunch of useless people. Not only can they not find an army of 500,000, but they also suffered heavy losses themselves."
"What use are you to me?"
The barbarian king finally couldn't hold back any longer and summoned all the scout generals, giving them a severe scolding.
But what's the use of scolding them now? The losses have already been enormous.
"Barbarian King, what's the use of reprimanding them? Our most important task now is to find a way to locate the Northern Garrison."
"Otherwise, in the long run, our food supplies will not be able to sustain us."
"It's not just about supplies; the morale of our troops is low, and dissenting voices are starting to emerge."
The Left Wise King frowned.
Their daily consumption of hundreds of thousands of troops is an astronomical figure.
Moreover, after this period of time, the morale of the army has dropped to a freezing point.
If this continues, something truly terrible will happen; there might be defections within the army.
If the Divine Martial King were to attack them, they would be in real trouble.
Furthermore, many of his tribal armies have begun to show signs of unrest, especially those armies whose tribes were massacred.
“Barbarian King, this is indeed a problem. However, the Zhenbei Army is too cunning. We can't find them at all. Every time they discover that we are chasing after them, we suffer heavy losses, while they don't suffer many losses.”
The Right Wise King's face was grim.
He had never fought such a frustrating battle.
But there was nowhere to vent this frustration.
The more he thought about it, the more frustrated the Right Wise King became.
"What, Right Wise King, do you intend to withdraw your troops?"
The Left Wise King glanced coldly at the Right Wise King.
"How can it be."
The Right Wise King has no intention of withdrawing his troops; on the contrary, he wants to destroy the Zhenbei Army.
Moreover, he was well aware that now was not the time to retreat.
If they retreat now, they will definitely be pursued by the Zhenbei Army in secret. Now that their hundreds of thousands of troops have been ambushed, if he leaves alone with his troops, he will probably not have a good end.
"No, Right Wise King, you are needed to lead your troops away now."
The barbarian king suddenly spoke.
After hearing the Left Wise King question the Right Wise King, he suddenly had a flash of inspiration and came up with a plan.
A scheme to lure out the Zhenbei Army.
"Barbarian King, what do you mean by this? Are you telling me to retreat without a fight?"
The Right Wise King became somewhat angry upon hearing the barbarian king's words.
"No, I want you to be the bait to lure out the Zhenbei Army. Only when the Zhenbei Army shows up can we kill them."
The barbarian king said solemnly.
He then explained his plans.
The Right Wise King then understood the Barbarian King's meaning: he wanted him to lure out the Divine Martial King and the Northern Garrison.
"We need to plan this out carefully, otherwise, with the Divine Martial King's strategic acumen, he wouldn't fall for it so easily."
"The Left Wise King said."
They need to plan this carefully.
Otherwise, if the plan is exposed, they will definitely not have an easy time.
They might even get a chance to deliver a fatal blow to the Divine Martial King.
"We really need to plan this out carefully."
The barbarian king nodded.
The three then began to discuss how to outmaneuver Qin Wu and the Zhenbei Army.
However, their scheme was ultimately doomed to fail.
Qin Wu had already planned everything, so how could he be easily fooled?
The three barbarian kings were unaware that their scheming had hastened the demise of the Northern Barbarians.
Qin Wu seized this opportunity and did the opposite, directly attacking the barbarian king and the left wise king. In the end, the right wise king was unable to withstand the attack alone and was destroyed by Qin Wu.
Of course, this is all for later.
Qin Wu is still implementing his wolf pack tactics, constantly harassing the Northern Barbarian army.