On the border between Song and Sui Dynasties, in the military tent of the Yuan Dynasty military camp.
A broad-shouldered general of the Yuan army was sitting at the top, angry at the other generals standing below him.
"What's wrong? Everyone is quite eloquent on weekdays, why are they all silent now?"
The general of the Yuan army slapped the table, furious.
A few days ago, they just returned from raiding five cities in the Song Dynasty and gained a lot.
Unexpectedly, the army had just returned to the camp and had not been partying for two days.
Then there were suspicious and unknown people appearing around their camp, that was all.
This group of people also roamed around their camp under the banner of the Emperor of Heaven. Once they found a small team or someone alone, they were killed by them.
But the next step of the imperial court's arrangements had not yet come, and he could not mobilize troops without permission, so he had to stay where he was.
It was such a commotion that no one dared to leave the camp to go to the toilet in the past two days. The entire camp was already filthy, and the air was already filled with the smell you imagined.
"In just three days,"
"We have thousands of petty officers and soldiers killed or injured!"
"Now the army is in panic, and the soldiers dare not step out of the military camp!"
"Everyone in the camp right now, alas! What do you guys think we should do?"
"And there's not even anyone patrolling outside our military camp,"
"Have you found out who did it?"
A shorter general said aggrievedly: "We can't let the soldiers hold it in, right?"
"What did you say?" the leading general was furious.
"Yes, yes!" Other generals immediately answered.
"The number of soldiers patrolling outside our camp was small, so they swarmed us and hacked us to death."
"But once our large forces were dispatched, they turned around and ran away, not engaging in battle at all."
"Indeed, no one wants to go out to use the toilet after we come here again and again."
"Yeah! We can't arrange hundreds of escorts for every soldier who goes to the toilet, right?"
The leading general was so angry that he rolled his eyes and said, "In that case, I am the handsome one, right?"
"I'm asking you what to do now! I'm not asking you to make excuses for yourself!"
The short general was immediately frightened, and he quickly lowered his head and did not dare to say anything.
Seeing this, the leading general asked again with a straight face.
"Then what are the identities of these people? Can we find out?"
"What kind of banner are they using as Emperor of Heaven, and who are they?"
The short general hurriedly raised his head with his fists clasped and said: "General, after investigation, we found that the leaders of this group of thieves are two heavenly kings, and the leader of the thieves is known as the King of Wealth."
"The King of Fortune? Sounds like he's very rich?"
"No, no, he is obviously a great talent, which means the leader is a scholar!"
"What you said is wrong!"
……
Seeing the commotion in the tent, the leading general slammed the table, "Shut up, everyone!"
There was sudden silence in the tent.
I heard the leading general yell: "They are massacring our warriors around our camp."
"What about you? You're still dragging people's names around."
"Isn't it ridiculous? With the enthusiasm for arguing, why don't you lead your men out to arrest this group of thieves and ask questions slowly?"
After saying this, all the generals in the tent immediately lowered their heads, not daring to say anything for fear of having their names called out by the general.
The leading general looked at the short general from before and pointed at him, "Go on!"
"This," the short general's face suddenly froze, and he asked cautiously, "Did you really say that?"
"explain!"
The short military commander then continued: "According to the report from the spies, another thief leader seems to call himself Ergou Tianwang."
The leading general looked stunned and looked at the short general in astonishment.
Inside the big tent, there was a deathly silence at first.
Then the whole crowd burst into laughter.
"Hahaha, Ergou Tianwang? Is this a personal name?"
"Hahaha! Where did this come from? I'm laughing so hard!"
"Ha ha……"
The leading general almost couldn't hold back his laughter, but he was the commander of this army of tens of thousands.
He has received professional training. No matter how funny things are, he will never laugh.
After forcibly holding back, he heard the roar of laughter from the generals, and his face turned green with anger.
Suddenly furious,
"Smile, smile! Is it that funny?"
"No matter what the King of Wealth or the King of Two Dogs is,"
"The thieves are killing our soldiers now!"
"Even if it's called Er Donkey, he's our enemy and wants to see our heads!"
"Is it that funny?"
After a scolding, everyone in the tent lowered their heads in shame.
At this time, the general on the right hand in front of the case bowed to the throne of honor and said respectfully:
"Commander, this group of thieves has put up the banner of the so-called king of heaven and earth and some other bullshit,"
"It is clear that it is confusing our vision,"
The leading general nodded, "Go on!"
"From the general's perspective, this group of thieves is definitely not large in number! That's why they use this enemy-tiring tactic."
"Sending troops to clear them out, they run faster than rabbits, will only make our soldiers more tired, and the effort will be in vain."
After hearing this, the leading general nodded in agreement, "Yes, this is what I am thinking about too! Do you have any other ideas?"
"These people aim to stop me from going south to the Song Dynasty, so,"
"We just need to speed up our march and head towards the territory of Song Dynasty,"
"Their harassment, which is unattainable, will naturally be defeated without attacking,"
"You can even use this to force those people to fight our army head-on!"
The leading general heard this and nodded in agreement. Then he shook his head.
"No, the previous strategic goal has been achieved. Without the order of the Privy Council, I cannot dispatch the army at will!"
At this moment, an urgent message came from outside the tent!
"Report!"
A messenger soldier entered the big tent with a wax-sealed letter in his hand and shouted.
"Emergency news has arrived from Kyoto!"
"Kyoto? Submit it!"
The leading military general waved, and a soldier came forward to take the letter from the messenger.
After some inspection and nothing unusual was found, it was forwarded to the Taoist Marshal's case.
The general picked up the letter, opened it, and asked the messenger in front of the case:
"Which battalion are you from? Why haven't I seen you before?"
As soon as these words came out, everyone in the tent put their hands on the handles of the knives at their waists.
The messenger hurriedly took off a token from his waist, "The villain is from the prince's palace!"
Seeing the token, everyone took off their guard and nothing else happened.
"Your Majesty?" The leading general's eyes narrowed when he heard this. He did not dare to be careless and hurriedly opened the letter and looked at it.
All the generals in the tent looked at the general above eagerly, and they all whispered to each other.
They didn't understand why the prince sent them letters from the front line.
After reading the contents of the letter in his hand, the leading general hesitated slightly at first.
Then he stood up and walked to a stove, expressionlessly throwing the letters into the stove.
The flames that were stirred up immediately enveloped the 'sizzling' lamb dripping with oil that had been roasted on the stove.
Then the general suddenly turned his head and looked at the generals in the tent, "Pass this order to the commander-in-chief! The three armies will be stationed on the spot!"
"Deploy a chain of defense and guard all the important roads south of this territory,"
"Even a bird cannot be allowed to cross the border without the command of the commander-in-chief!"
