Forced to Ascend the Throne after Transmigrating

Chapter 289: Play

“This, this is…” The weapons on the ground stunned Prince Ding.

Ye Shuo said hurriedly: “They are all useful swords, bows, arrows and crossbows.”

“By the way, big brother, you came just in time. There are still a lot of them over there. Hurry up and bring the others with me to move them.”

“Move?” Upon hearing this word, Prince Ding was even more stunned.

Of course they had to move so many things, each weighing at least four or five pounds, and at most more than ten pounds. Ye Shuo brought too few people, and each person could only carry five or six items at most. If there were more, the horses would not be able to support it. He did not expect that so many items would be sent over from Lu City.

And these things must be brought back to the tent before dawn, otherwise it would be bad if Beiting discovered them at dawn.

When Prince Ding saw that his brother had changed direction again, he hurriedly said, “Notify the general to send people to get it immediately. The rest, continue to follow me,” and subconsciously followed him.

After a while, Prince Ding followed Ye Shuo to an open space. The open space seemed to be nothing special, except for a few large pits that appeared out of nowhere.

Unlike the hinterland, the sandstorms at the border are extremely strong. Once something is buried, it will be blown away without a trace in just three to five days. But this pit is brand new, and the sand underneath is still slightly moist, which shows that it has just been dug out.

Calculating the distance, the open space was less than ten miles away from the camp of the Great Zhou. If they walked fast, they would arrive in a quarter of an hour. When Prince Ding thought that the locusts had set up camp so close to them and they hadn’t discovered it yet, he couldn’t help but feel a chill down his spine.

Isn’t it true? Everyone knows that the closer the distance you move things, the less effort you will have. Especially for such heavy weapons, the closer they are buried, the better.

Ye Shuo observed for a while, then pointed to a location. Sure enough, the people below shovelled down a few times, and then there was another new box.

Prince Ding was stunned watching from the side, and when he came to his senses, he thought something was wrong.

“Where are those locust people?” Why can’t I see any of them?

Forgive Prince Ding, it’s not that he has a bad brain, it’s mainly because the name of the locusts is known to everyone in the border areas, and they are too strong and no one dares to provoke them. What kind of people can raise such a team? So at this time, Prince Ding didn’t think of his own people at all.

Ye Shuo coughed lightly and said, “I just thought of a way to get them to leave. They probably didn’t expect that they buried their weapons so secretly that I would find them.”

Indeed, who can see this?

Looking at the sandy land in front of him, which seemed to be no different, Prince Ding came back to his senses and said hurriedly, “What are you still standing there for! Why don’t you dig it quickly?”

“You, you, you, and you, get off your horse immediately!”

If there are not enough shovels, then they have to dig with their hands. Anyway, they have to finish this matter before the locusts come back. Otherwise, all of them will be killed, and the military camp of the Great Zhou will not have an easy time in the future.

Didn’t you see how Beiting was ruined by them? Even Lan Feng would be terrified if he met this group of people.

Although the number of locusts was small, it was precisely because of their small number that they harassed Beiting so much that they were annoyed. This group of locusts had no fixed residence, and they didn’t even have a fixed target to attack, so it was impossible to control them.

If there are too few people, they cannot win in a one-on-one fight. If there are too many people, the enemy can run away at any time. Once they are entangled, there is no way to escape easily, which makes people feel disgusted and afraid.

Seeing that Cheap Big Brother was starting to do it himself, Ye Shuo opened his mouth and wanted to say, in fact, there is no need to rush, they are all his people, without his orders, they can dig as long as they want, and before receiving the signal, the “locusts” mentioned by Cheap Big Brother will not come back…

But seeing that the eldest prince was so excited, Ye Shuo really didn’t dare to say a word. Given his adopted eldest brother’s temper, if he said anything, he would definitely be furious and might even fight with him.

On the other side, Prince Ding below became more and more excited as he dug. In the past, he had only heard that the locusts’ weapons were extremely sophisticated, but now that he had seen them, he realised that the truth was even better than the rumours.

These weapons can’t be described with just one word: excellent.

The two highest generals in the army, Fang Shiquan and Xu Zhong, only received this level of rewards, but now, there are so many.

In a short while, Prince Ding’s body, legs, and hands were all covered with sand and mud, but his heart was extremely hot. How could a general control himself? ?Å?????

Prince Ding had only seen such scenes in his dreams, but they were not so exaggerated.

“These people are so damn fat!” Prince Ding cursed as he dug. He lost all his composure and was almost drooling.

Ye Shuo on the side: “…”

It’s not that bad.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Ye Shuo seemed to have noticed something and hurriedly said, “Brother, they are back.”

Prince Ding and his soldiers almost crawled onto their horses. Fortunately, there were many of them, at least a thousand in total. On average, each of them took three weapons, which added up to several thousand.

The main thing is the arrows made of fine steel heads. This is the most important thing. To deal with Beiting’s cavalry, there is nothing more suitable than the crossbow arrows. The most important thing is that they can be reused. These arrows will not break even if they are used eight or ten times. When you are done fighting, you can recycle them. It is simply too wonderful.

“Retreat! Retreat quickly!”

Prince Ding pulled the reins suddenly and ran back with his brother and others as if he was risking his life.

Caught off guard, Ye Shuo was nearly choked to death by the oncoming wind.

When the so-called “locusts” came back, their camp was left in ruins.

The people who had always robbed others and had never been robbed by others showed angry expressions at the right time. The leader even howled loudly, and their angry shouts could be heard from a long distance away.

“………………”

Ye Shuo felt that it was really difficult for the leader, who was so serious about everything, to behave like this.

However, Prince Ding was not a fool. He was just overwhelmed by so many swords and knives. After returning to the camp and cooling down his brain, he felt something was wrong.

I always feel like things are going too smoothly…

What’s the difference between this and taking it for free?

However, before Prince Ding could think about it, he was interrupted by General Fang and General Xu.

Looking at the long swords shining with cold light and the arrows made of fine steel all over the ground, General Fang and General Xu immediately became incoherent.

Forgive them, they have never been so rich after leading troops in wars for so many years.

Although the Great Zhou claims to have hundreds of thousands of soldiers guarding the border, in fact most of them are only responsible for logistics. Only about 30,000 to 50,000 of them can serve as combat forces and go to the battlefield. Although a few thousand weapons does not sound like a lot, if all are distributed, it is no problem to increase the combat effectiveness of the entire army by 20%. This is still a conservative estimate. In actual operation, it will probably be much more.

There is no way. In the era of cold weapons, a sharp sword can cut the enemy’s throat with just one strike, but using only fists and feet, seventeen or eighteen strikes may not kill a person. The gap is so huge.

However, at this time, General Fang and General Xu became stingy instead. This was just like farmers who suddenly had a good harvest. After finally having a good harvest, they subconsciously thought of hoarding the food and then using it slowly.

However, if that were the case, wouldn’t all of Ye Shuo’s efforts have been in vain???

“Use them, use them with confidence.” The loss rate of fine steel is not high. Even if it is worn out, it can be remelted and poured into the mold and become new again.

Ye Shuo gave the order, and General Fang and General Xu had to give up the gift even if they were reluctant.

That night, most of the brave and capable soldiers in the military camp had changed into new weapons. To the soldiers, a good weapon was like a partner, and a partner that could help them survive. Who wouldn’t like it?

They have never used anything so good in their lives.

In order to prevent theft, all those who were qualified slept with their new long swords that night, while those who were not qualified had tears in their eyes.

At the same time, there was a completely different scene in the Beiting camp.

Lan Feng returned to the tent with a gloomy look in his eyes and filled with resentment.

Although he had tried his best to dodge on the battlefield, he was still injured. Feeling a sharp pain in his shoulder, Lan Feng couldn’t help but take a deep breath.

While the people beside him were applying medicine to him, the number of casualties in the battle between Beiting and Da Zhou was quickly reported.

A total of three thousand people, just in one encounter, they lost a total of three thousand people, not to mention the number of injured, there were at least two thousand injured.

“What about Da Zhou? How is Da Zhou? How many people died?”

The man became nervous upon hearing this: “To answer the general’s question, a rough estimate is that there should be less than a thousand people.”

The gap is three times as big, which has never happened before.

Lan Xian almost broke the corner of the table, and the wound on his shoulder was bleeding.

However, this was not what made Lan Feng most depressed. What was even more depressing was yet to come.

Compared to them, the Chen State suffered basically no losses. After all, the only order General Xu received was to defend the city. As long as the Chen State’s army was not allowed to attack, nothing else mattered.

At this time, the Great Zhou was indeed unable to fight against the two countries, but if it could focus on one thing, it might not be so miserable.

“Why?”

This is the second time Lan Feng has said this.

Why should they take the blame when the idea came from Chen State? Why is it always Beiting that suffers? Even the only ones who died were the envoys from Beiting.

Doesn’t the Great Zhou care at all?

Yes, the Great Zhou doesn’t care. As long as they pick one to fight, no matter if it is Beiting or Chen State, they are all birds of a feather. No one is innocent. I don’t even bother to guess who started it. They are all the same. It is better to just choose the one with the biggest enemy. At least it will make them feel better.

But Da Zhou was happy, but Beiting felt uncomfortable.

The so-called alliance is bullshit, it is obvious that they are the only ones getting beaten.

Lan Feng was considered to be a more sophisticated general among Beiting. After guessing the thought process of the Emperor of Great Zhou, he could not help but curse all of the Emperor’s ancestors.

The idea is simple, but extremely effective.

Lan Feng still couldn’t control the imbalance in his heart even though he knew it clearly. This was exactly what Ye Shuo wanted. No one who could lead troops to fight was a fool, so what Ye Shuo had to do was to make them know clearly but still not be able to help thinking about it.

“You son of a bitch, the Great Zhou Emperor, I’ll fuck your ancestors!”

“Damn it, the emperor of the Great Zhou is a mad dog!”

If he wasn’t crazy, he wouldn’t do this. If he wasn’t crazy, he wouldn’t dare to take such a risk.

The most fucking unacceptable thing is that he took the risk and succeeded.

From the burning of the camp at the beginning to the current defeat against the enemy, their rhythm has been completely disrupted, and the initiative has gradually shifted. Now they seem to be led by the nose.

There is a huge difference between being active and being passive.

Recalling the day when the Emperor of the Great Zhou hid behind the crowd with a faint smile and a playful look on his face, as if a cat was playing with a mouse, Lan Feng couldn’t help but scold him all night long.

Then there is the Great Zhou.

Ever since Ye Shuo left, He Xiang and the others acted as if their father had died. It was no exaggeration to say that their faces were extremely grim.

The entire court was dead silent. They didn’t even care about the Queen’s regent status. What’s more, Prime Minister He and others were already prepared to cede land and pay compensation in order to redeem their emperor.

If land is lost, you can find a way to get it back; if money is lost, you can earn it again. But in the current situation, if the emperor is gone, the Zhou Dynasty will be doomed.

However, the more this person feared something, the more likely it would come to happen. On the fourth day, news came from the border.

Prime Minister He never imagined that information from the border would be transmitted so quickly. Even if it was sent by a carrier pigeon, it would take at least two days. This meant that their emperor would confront the Beiting group the next day.

Similarly, if the emperor was captured the next day, it would be a precedent of some kind…

He Xiang and others felt hopeless.

However, Ye Shuo’s students still knew something about their teacher. Seeing that He Xiang and the others didn’t dare to look at it, Ye Shuo’s students took the battle report on their own initiative.

Then, the young man’s slightly excited and even erratic voice sounded.

“Your Highness, Lord He, and Grand Tutor, we… have won.”

Not only did we win, but we won big.

Even Ye Shuo’s students were shocked, let alone He Xiang and the others.

Almost instantly, He Xiang and others raised their heads suddenly.