Chapter Eleven: Deploying Troops and Appointing Generals

  Apart from Ji Shengqing and Jia Tianxiang who burst out laughing, everyone else was stunned, even Ren Shuai couldn't help but admit he was wrong, this young man was absolutely not an idiot, but a... lunatic!!

  "But I guess they must have sent out pursuers."

  Nonsense! All the generals secretly cursed in their hearts.

  "We should send someone to stop the pursuing troops..." Qian Buli was still talking nonsense, his eyes rotated in a circle and fell on Wang Rui: "Wang Rui, I'll give you 100 men, go and stop the pursuing troops."

  Wang Rui touched his own ears and smiled: "Sir, please repeat it again. I... misheard just now."

  "I'll give you one hundred men, and it's up to you to hold off the pursuing troops!"

  Wang Rui stayed there, what's wrong with this ear today? He raised his head to see others, hoping to get a real military order.

  Ren Shuai slammed his hand on the table and stood up: "Absurd! You're just letting others go to their deaths, why don't you go yourself?!"

  Wang Rui finally understood, he hadn't misheard! Looking at Qian Budao's calm and gentle smile, Wang Rui didn't know what to say, he could only take a deep breath: "Sir, I know I've offended you, your military order... I can accept it, but I don't want others to accompany me to send death, I'll go block the enemy army myself! Please rest assured, sir, as long as I still have a breath, I absolutely won't let a single pursuer escape!"

  "But... " Qian Buli was still smiling: "I hope you not only block the pursuing troops, but also annihilate the vanguard of the enemy cavalry! Can one person complete this task? Are you certain?"

  "Wang Rui is now unable to utter a single word, he has an idea of committing hara-kiri."

  "Come over here." Qian Buli beckoned to Wang Rui with a wave of his hand, then leaned in close and began speaking in a low voice.

  It's clear that the words weren't spoken in vain, as Wang Rui's expression changed from being wooden to one of surprise, and finally turned into wild joy. He knelt down on one knee before Qian Buli: "Yes sir! I obey!" After speaking, Wang Rui excitedly got up and ran out.

  Qian didn't leave, smiled and finally got someone's respect? Not easy...

  "Wait!" Ren Shuai grabbed Wang Rui and snatched the token arrow from his hand: "You fool! He's sending you to your death! Give him the token, let him go himself!!"

  "What are you doing...!" Wang Rui struggled with all his might, hugging the command arrow like a treasure: "Don't... don't snatch my great achievement!!"

  "Big... big accomplishment?" Ren Shuai was stunned.

  Wang Rui took advantage of the opportunity to slip away and disappeared in a flash.

  Du Bing was the most intelligent and wise general under Jia Tianxiang. Seeing Wang Rui's appearance, his mind quickly turned around. Could it be that he wanted to set an ambush? Impossible! Real war is not a child's play!

  There is a very popular book in the State of Zhou, called "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", which contains many examples of ambushes. Even if the military strength of both sides is vastly different, as long as an ambush is set up and the enemy is lured into a place like a valley, the ambushing troops will rush out and the enemy will immediately collapse. However, these examples are extremely absurd for real generals!

  Even the most reckless commander would not have fewer than half of his total troops as scouts. If there is an army of one million, then the scouts accompanying it will be at least 50,000, which is the minimum! The scouts crisscross in a range of tens of miles around the front and rear, left and right sides of the main force. What kind of ambush can escape the detection of the scouts?

  Historically, the famous Battle of Guandu was not as simple as it was written in books. Two heroes faced off for almost a year, with both armies constantly moving, attacking, and probing each other's weaknesses, but neither could find an opening! It wasn't until the second spring that Cao Cao seized the opportunity to launch two successful surprise attacks, completely destroying the enemy's supplies and ultimately winning the battle.

  Before that? How many times did Cao Cao attempt a sneak attack? And how many times was he discovered by the enemy? How many times did he thwart an enemy sneak attack? According to "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", Cao Cao only seized the opportunity after Xu You presented his plan, which is another joke! Before that, were Cao Cao and Yuan Shao just doing nothing? Were the two massive armies facing off on the riverbank competing in eating food or singing songs?

  Du Bing stood up abruptly, looking at the sand table. Even if the mythical sneak attack in the book could be used, what could 100 people do? And they still had to eliminate the vanguard of the enemy cavalry... wasn't this just nonsense?! But Wang Rui was always very cunning, and he wouldn't get so excited without being confident! Du Bing's head hurt from thinking, but he couldn't figure out the reason.

  "Just now, I have already given the greatest credit to Wang Rui." Qian Buli said slowly: "Next..."

  "Sir, give it to me!" Before Qian Buli could finish speaking, Du Bing walked up to him and looked at him with expectant eyes.

  Qian Bu Li Yi Xiao: "I'll give you all of our cavalry, come over..."

  Du Bing leaned in close and completely repeated Wang Rui's actions from earlier, ending with a single knee on the ground: "Sir, please rest assured that I will take care of it!"

  Qian nodded with a hint of a smile and then stretched his waist: "Your Highness, I think we should take a rest now. There are still many things to do tomorrow."

  "What about me? What about me?" Ren Shuai hastily jumped out, seeing Wang Rui and Du Bing both leaving with a look of extreme joy on their faces. He was stunned, but he also sensed something. Could it be... that this man really had the confidence to annihilate the Flying Eagle tribe's elite light cavalry? Was he going to annihilate the elite light cavalry with just this bit of power?

  Qian Buli's expression changed to one of great surprise: "What do you want?"

  "General Arrow, sir!!" This was the first time Ren Shuai had addressed Qian Buli as 'sir'.

  "Oh!" Qian Buli stretched out his hand and pulled out a commanding arrow, tossing it to Ren Shuai: "Take it."

  At that moment when Ren Shuai was happily holding the commanding arrow, Qian Buli turned to Ji Shengqing and said, "Your Highness, let's go."

  "Ah... General!" Ren Shuai's expression changed from excitement to stupidity again.

  "What? Didn't I give you the arrow?"

  "But... you... you haven't given me an order yet..."

  "Oh, so you wanted to give orders? Qian Buli had a 'why didn't you say that earlier' look: 'However, I know you have opinions about me and I'm worried you won't obey my orders...'"

  "What's going on?! Sir!!" Ren Shuai was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks: "Soldiers must obey orders! I guarantee to follow commands!!"

  "Really?"

  "I swear!"

  "Come over..."

  It seems like I've been fooled again!