Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

The battle between the two armies lasted a whole day.

At dusk in the afternoon, both armies chose to call off the battle, retreated to set up camp and counted the casualties.

At night, all the generals gathered in the central military tent.

Xuanyuan Qing sat in the first seat and Gu Chan sat beside him.

In front of the two men sat the generals, reporting one by one the specific casualties of the day's battle.

Gu Chan listened silently, feeling sad.

After a day of fierce fighting, their casualties have exceeded 50,000, and more than 20 mysterious beasts have died in this battle. It must be said that this was a very costly battle for the Central Plains camp.

As for the casualties on the enemy side, there is no need to say much. The enemy's diarrhea has just been brought under control, and their combat effectiveness must be not as good as before. Their casualties in this battle will definitely be greater.

After reporting the casualties, Tian Ying was the first to speak, "Ninth Prince, according to the current situation, we may need to prepare for a protracted war."

"That's right. Winter is coming in another month. As long as we can hold on through this month, we will be able to consume a large number of enemy troops. Then they will have no choice but to retreat back to the border. In this way, victory will belong to us." Tian Bao said excitedly.

The generals all spoke up and shouted.

Obviously, as long as the enemy can be driven back to the border, the two sides can enter a truce and adjustment period during the winter, and the court can send reinforcements in time, once winter is over, a decisive battle can be fought in the spring of next year. There will be a 50% chance of regaining the border and completely driving the enemy back into the territory of Diyue.

This is the most direct reason why the generals seem so excited.

Xuanyuan Qing said nothing, but just lowered his head to look at the map in front of him with an extremely ugly expression.

As a prince, he knew the current situation of Tiancang best. He had thought about it before coming here. He must win before winter this year. Otherwise, if he waits until the spring of next year to fight, Tiancang will not be able to afford the consumption.

At present, the treasury of Tiancang Kingdom is empty. Even for this first battle, he and Gu Chan found ways to get the military pay from the many wealthy people in Zhongyuan City. If they cannot win before winter this year, and fight again in the spring of next year, the wealthy people will definitely not have the money to donate by then, and will have to ask the court for money.

That's when it becomes the most difficult time.

What's more, after a winter of rest, the Diyue Kingdom will definitely send reinforcements to the border. Once the enemy has recovered, the chances of winning next year will be slim.

Thinking of all this, Xuanyuan Qing made a decisive decision and said, "We must recover the border before winter this year. We can't wait until the beginning of spring next year."

"Ah? Ninth Prince, this is unrealistic!"

"Yes! The enemy is now at its peak, how can we possibly recover the border before winter?"

"And we have suffered heavy casualties now. If we want to advance quickly, not only can the soldiers not bear it, but we can't even supply food and grass!"

All the generals said this with bitter faces.

It’s not that they don’t want to win before winter, but given the current circumstances, this is an impossible task.

Gu Chan laughed and said, "Don't get excited, I think everything is ready now, we just need the east wind. Once the east wind comes, it will be absolutely possible to recover the border before winter."

"Humph! It's easy for the deputy general to say, but it's hard to do it."

"I wonder what the deputy general means by the east wind?"

"Yes, Deputy General, please don't keep us in suspense. Tell us everything so that we can broaden our horizons and learn more."

All the generals stared at Gu Chan and mocked him. In their opinion, Gu Chan was just bragging.

And the reason why everyone was dissatisfied with her was that they all felt that, apart from playing some conspiracies and tricks, Gu Chan did not know how to truly lead troops in battle, and her previous victory was nothing more than a victory of deception.

Gu Chan knew this very well, but she did not explain too much. She just said, "It is useless for me to say more. You just wait and see. The earliest is tomorrow, and the latest is three days later. The east wind will definitely arrive by then."

"Then everyone go and rest. We will listen to the deputy general and wait for the east wind!" Xuanyuan Qing waved his hand and said.

The generals did not dare to disobey, and they all responded in unison and took their leave.

After everyone left, Xuanyuan Qing said to Gu Chan, "What tricks are you playing now?"

"Don't worry about it, just wait and see! I'm tired and going back to sleep." Gu Chan said with a smile.

After saying that, she stood up and left without saying anything else to Xuanyuan Qing.

Xuanyuan Qing looked at her departing back and could only sigh helplessly and lie down to rest.

Early the next morning.

"Dong dong dong..."

Just when the atmosphere in the camp was solemn, the sound of war drums suddenly exploded. Everyone was frightened and hurried out of the tents to look towards the towering lookout tower at the front of the camp.

At this time, the soldiers on the lookout tower were beating the war drums excitedly, grinning from ear to ear with joy.

Xuanyuan Qing walked forward, raised his head and asked, "Why are you so excited so early in the morning?"

"Ninth Prince, there is dust flying ahead, away from the battlefield and spreading towards the border. The enemy is withdrawing." The soldier beating the drum shouted excitedly.

"What? How could this happen?" Xuanyuan Qing exclaimed with his eyes wide open.

At this time, a spy rode a fast horse into the camp and came to Xuanyuan Qing. He reined in his horse, jumped off the horse quickly, knelt down in front of Xuanyuan Qing and said happily, "Ninth Prince Qibing, the enemy troops have indeed retreated to the border. We have won this battle!"

"This is impossible! What is going on?"

"That's right! We fought evenly yesterday, and the enemy wasn't at a disadvantage at all!"

"Did something happen to the enemy?"

Generals such as Tian Ying ran forward and asked questions.

Everyone was confused at this moment and had no idea what was going on.

Gu Chan walked up slowly from the back and said calmly, "Everyone, how is it? Is it as I said last night? The east wind has arrived now."

"Gu Chan, what is going on?" Xuanyuan Qing asked.

Gu Chan walked up to the spy and said, "Tell everyone everything you found out."

"Yes, Deputy General." The spy said respectfully.

Then he knelt on the ground and explained everything in detail, "Ninth Prince, this is all thanks to the three cavalry teams that the deputy general sent out earlier. Last night, they took advantage of the enemy's fatigue and used two teams to distract the enemy's attention. Then they used the third team to sneak into the enemy's food camp and completely burned all of the enemy's food. This is why the enemy had to withdraw today."

"What a great guerrilla war! It's really powerful." Xuanyuan Qing was stunned and couldn't help but give Gu Chan a thumbs up.

All the generals were stunned where they were, with their mouths wide open and unable to speak.

Originally, they all thought that the three cavalry teams that Gu Chan had sent out earlier would definitely be destroyed by the enemy just like the team led by Xue Lihua.

But judging from the current situation, they were indeed wrong!