The little round stone plate rotated slowly in Liu Tingfeng's hands as his strength increased.
Liu Tingfeng held the little round plate with moderate force. He didn't dare to stop it suddenly. He was afraid that the secret mechanism that had existed for many years would malfunction if he stopped it suddenly.
Mu Qianmei also looked at Liu Tingfeng attentively. She watched him revolving the little round plate in his hands. Although she looked peaceful, it was difficult to conceal the excitement and tension in her eyes.
With the rotation of the round plate, Liu Tingfeng also found gradually that the strength needed grew. Finally, he felt the sign that something inside was moving slowly.
In the distance, around five thousand people stood in front of the stone gate. They had held their breaths and gazed at the stone gate before them closely.
There came the clicking sound.
The stone gate finally moved out
It had been hot for days. The sun in summer made soldiers listless and dispirited. However, they had to hold out because of the military order.Due to anger, Zhang Xiaoting ordered soldiers to march all night to arrive at the Yunlong Mountains before daybreak.However, the weather was not favorable. This night was sultry. Soon the sky was covered with dark clouds. The moon had been invisible that night. The cloudy weather made the night pitch dark.Rain in summer came, as one said. The storm swept. In the lightning and thundering, it rained cats and dogs instantly.On the open grassland, there was no shelter for rain. Besides, the rain came so quickly that there was no time to set up tents at all. How to set up tents now in thundering, lightning, and stormy weather?Horses' vision had been poor. In such weather, it was even more difficult for them to move forward.Zhang Xiaoting had ordered a rapid
Zhang Xiaoting heard the noise and saw the strange expressions of the soldiers in the front. He came up to see what had happened.There was a wooden board with four lines of words standing at the foot of the Yunlong Mountain,"The Yunlong Mountainis a good placefor Zhang Xiaotingto bury himself."No sooner had Zhang Xiaoting calmed down than he was enraged again."How arrogant they are! They have only twenty thousand troops!"Zhang Xiaoting raved with contempt.However, thinking of what he had been through these days, he became prudent again."If I were them, how would I plan this battle?"Zhang Xiaoting thought.He reflected on it and watched the Yunlong Mountains, frowning.The undulating Yunlong Mountains lay one end in the Yunyu Kingdom and the other end in the Nantang Kingdom, and its long middle part
The first round of battle ended in a crushing defeat for Zhang Xiaoting.Perhaps his life was too smooth that the first failure stuck in his mind.Some of their tents were burnt, and there were not many tents left. But considering that thirty thousand people had died in the daytime, the remaining tents were enough for the soldiers to huddle in.The provisions were burnt, which was a heavy loss. They managed to salvage a small part of the grains, but those were far from enough to support them for a few days.They had to kill some injured or old horses that would retire and tighten the belt, managing to get through tonight.Dongqin's soldiers pitched their scattered tents in a ring around a large bonfire. Dongqin's soldiers were slurping thin porridge and chewing their small quota of horsemeat.They looked dispirited and enervated.Grievance and depression filled their hearts.
In the following two days, Mu Qianmei firmly adopted the principle of guerrilla warfare: If the enemy attacked her, she would retreat; if he was stationed, she would disturb him; if he became tired, she would attack him; if he retreated, she would pursue him. She, as agile and elusive as ever, would suddenly appear on an unexpected occasion. After an attack against the enemy, she would rapidly retreat no matter what had happened.Every time when Zhang Xiaoting's troops chased her forces to the foot of the Yunlong Mountains, they, being afraid of entering the wood, would stop somewhere five hundred meters away from it and shout at it. However, as no response came out of it, they would have no choice but retreat in disgrace with their broken throats, leaving the forest as silent as before.On the third day, Zhang Xiaoting lived an even harder life in troops. He could scratch a living in the first two days, having porridge and horse meat. However, now h
Just after noon, the weather was still so hot.But the soldiers had to brace themselves up to face the upcoming battle.No one dared to be negligent or careless because even a little mistake could make them lose their precious life.Zhang Xiaoting's army, 500 meters away from the woods, lined up neatly. From a distance, it looked very imposing. The team of 220,000 people gave people a sense of oppression.But instead of launching an attack immediately, they picked out about 500 horses and pulled them to the forefront of the team.Looking at them carefully, people could see that these war horses were not excellent ones but were about to retire or become disabled.Mu Qianmei was a little confused at first, but soon she reacted."It seems that they are going to drive the war horses into the woods first to destroy our secret designs. When going up the mountain, the horses also walk in front
Chasing and escaping, both sides entered the depths of the forest quickly.The deeper they went in, the more difficult it turned for them to march. Mu Qianmei couldn't help feeling a little distressed when she saw that most of the soldiers were ragged and exhausted.But when she thought of the chasing soldiers behind and the fact that they might be caught up at any time, she thought that they had to brace themselves up and hold on.The chasing soldiers in the back were also very uncomfortable actually. The people in the front were out of sight, who set up traps or obstacles for them anytime and anywhere, such as falling rocks from trees, crossing trees in the road, poisonous snakes in the grass, and poisonous bees in the holes.These obstacles affected their speed of catching up greatly.They were helpless as the chasing process was really frightening. However, military orders could not be disobeyed.
It gradually turned to light.The battlefield had gone through fierce combat. Both sides had suffered heavy casualties. Over fifty thousand soldiers got injured and lost their lives.However, the two teams came out even as there were similar casualties on both sides.Though some soldiers survived, they had already exhausted. On the battlefield, almost all soldiers were war-worn and bloodied.Each of the two generals had around ten thousand soldiers who viewed the battle with torches in their hands instead of joining it.Nevertheless, as they viewed the battle scene, some of them had their blood boiled and therefore were eager to fight.While some of them were terrified by what they had seen and thus wanted to early get out of the battlefield.After all, it was an inescapable destiny for most soldiers to die on the battlefield with their boots on.However, if there had been
After the victory in the Yunlong Mountains, Mu Qianmei's authority increased considerably in the army. Everyone addressed her as "the Resourceful Yunyu Princess" respectfully in private.She led twenty thousand troops to fight against the enemy force of two hundred thousand soldiers. She fought with proficiency and accomplished the battle with skill and ease. Besides, she managed to hold out till the reinforcements arrived and finally made the victory.Soldiers looked complacent every time they talked about it. The same story would have many different versions when different people talked about it.However, all versions praised Mu Qianmei for her intelligence, bravery, and excellent military comma.The story spread from mouth to mouth. Soon it surged through the whole Yugu Continent.Besides, as her story spread, it became more exaggerated and outrageous. At last, she was said to be a goddess. Even the legend ha