I'm the villain in the book

Chapter 442 Cicada mantis oriole
Niubeishan, Niubeishan
Looking at the stretch of low mountains on the sand table, Wei Changtian thought for a long time.

As Chu Xianping said, this is indeed the weakest link of the whole plan.

First, although I have already set a trap here, no one can say whether it will have the desired effect.

Second, even if the counter-insurgency army can be severely damaged here, it is not certain whether the latter will retreat to Guanghan County as designed.

There will definitely be no problem with Han Zhao, but what if Ning Yongnian intervenes?

And if the imperial army does not retreat, then the hundred thousand monsters hidden in the hundred thousand mountains will be useless.

Different from the [-] monsters that make up the Tengu Army, although these [-] monsters can barely obey Qingxian's command, they are not very intelligent, and their animal nature is still the most basic motivation for their actions.

To put it bluntly, once they fight, they can't tell the enemy from themselves, and they will only attack everyone in front of them.

This in itself is normal, after all, if all the monsters under Qing Xian could "obey the command and win the battle", then the monster clan would not be trapped in the Hundred Thousand Mountains for thousands of years, and they would have pacified Daning long ago.

Therefore, it was not easy for Qingxian to find [-] monsters that could cooperate with humans, so Wei Changtian didn't ask her for more.

It doesn't matter if you don't distinguish between enemies and friends, as long as there are only enemies in front of these monsters. This is his previous idea.

but now.
If the imperial army did not choose to retreat after the Battle of Niubei Mountain, but continued to advance towards Shuzhou City, then the use of these [-] monsters needs to be cautious.

Maybe the Shu army will be wiped out even one step earlier than the imperial army.

If it is more serious, Shuzhou City may be attacked by beast hordes.

And once this happens, the result.
"Brother Chu, Uncle Liang."

After an unknown amount of time, Wei Changtian suddenly raised his head and asked, "How many days will the imperial army arrive?"

"General Han said that if there are no accidents, it will take three days."

Chu Xianping quickly replied: "Counting the rest time, the official attack on Guanghan should be five days later."

"Um"

Wei Changtian nodded, and asked again: "After the war, according to our plan, the imperial army will enter Niutoushan in a few days?"

"Eight to ten days."

This time it was Liang Zhen who answered: "There is no fixed number on the battlefield, but the time should not be too different."

"Five days, eight days"

Wei Changtian pondered for a moment, then slowly stood up: "That is to say, after thirteen days at the earliest, the imperial army will enter Niutoushan."

"Yes."

Chu Xianping and Liang Zhen looked at each other: "My lord, what are your plans?"

"Have."

Wei Changtian reached out and picked up a green flag from the sand table, and placed it gently behind Niutoushan.

"I will tell Gui Pei'an to have one hundred thousand people from Dali rush to Niutoushan within thirteen days to set up an ambush."

"Even if it doesn't reach that many, I think it's okay to get half of them first."

"Also, I have to go to Niutoushan again, and you will stay in Guanghan and continue to deploy defenses according to the plan."

"I'll be back in four days at the latest."

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The war is about to start, but Wei Changtian is going to Niutoushan again, which is obviously a big deal.

But Chu Xianping and Liang Zhen didn't ask much.

"Chang Tian, ​​when are you going to leave?"

Liang Zhen said seriously: "Do you need to send a team with you?"

"No, the less people know about this, the better."

Wei Changtian shook his head: "Time is running out, I'm leaving now."

"Okay, then I'll order someone to prepare the car."

Liang Zhen agreed, and immediately went out to have someone prepare the carriage.

At this time, only Wei Changtian and Chu Xianping were left in the conference hall.

"Young master, besides Niutoushan, I actually have another worry."

Suddenly, Chu Xianping slowly said a word.

Wei Changtian turned his head to look over, as if he had already guessed what Chu Xianping wanted to say, his expression didn't change much.

The two just looked at each other silently, and then Qiqi set their sights on another spot on the sand table.

The green flag representing the Shu army and the red flag representing the imperial army faced each other on both sides, and behind the green flag was a large green flag.

The small green flag was embroidered with the word "Li", and it happened to form a front and back attack with the red flag, encircling all the green flags that were few in number.

Dali
As the saying goes, the praying mantis catches the cicada, but the oriole follows.

There is nothing wrong with this statement in itself.

The problem is that in many cases, "mantises" and even "cicadas" will mistakenly think that they are "sorrows".

At dusk, a carriage quietly left Guanghan County and headed straight for Niutoushan, [-] miles away to the south.

From entering the city to leaving, Wei Changtian didn't even eat for five hours.

Of course he didn't care about this, but Xu Suisui didn't want to follow him "toss around", so he took the initiative to stay in Guanghan County.

In this way, Wei Changtian and Shen Ran were finally given a chance to be alone.

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"Mr. Shen, it's time to work."

"It's okay, this is what I should do."

On the bumpy carriage, Wei Changtian had already said "I hope Dali's reinforcements will arrive within thirteen days".

And Shen Ran also solemnly agreed, and in front of Wei Changtian, he took out the mother-of-child jade and began to send the letter.

After about a quarter of an hour, as Shen Ran put away the Zimuyu, the matter came to an end temporarily.

The next step is to wait for Gui Pei'an's reply.

The interior of the car fell into a brief silence, and there were a few distant mountains outside the car, which seemed to be mixed with the gradually dimming sky.

Shen Ran looked at the empty scene through the car window, and at Wei Changtian who was thinking about something with his head down, feeling a little puzzled in his heart.

He didn't understand why Wei Changtian invited himself to Niutoushan together.

If it's just for the matter just now, then you can completely explain it to yourself before you leave, why do you have to drag yourself for a trip?
What's more, Wei Changtian's trip obviously has important things to do, but strictly speaking, he is just an "outsider", why is he so relieved of himself?
Ever since he saw Wei Changtian's famous scene of "showing his holiness in front of people" at the Spring Dragon Poetry Fair, Shen Ran has been full of interest in such a nobleman who is well-known in Daning.

His poetic talent is the best in the world, he has the ability to kill the second rank, and his appearance is elegant and handsome.
These advantages are obvious, but contrary to them are all kinds of rumors related to Wei Changtian.

Killing criminals, killing innocent people indiscriminately, colluding with foreign enemies, inhumane, lewd and lustful.
Although Shen Ran understands the truth of "no wind, no waves", but he has never felt the above in Wei Changtian.

This kind of contradiction is like a thick layer of fog, covering Wei Changtian's body, making it impossible for Shen Ran to see the former's true face.

And the most important thing is that Wei Changtian is the only one Shen Ran has seen, who can also see Tiandao Yunyan.

Based on this alone, Shen Ran knew that Wei Changtian would not be simple.

"Mr. Wei"

After a little hesitation, Shen Ran finally asked: "Ever since the last Spring Dragon Poetry Meeting, there is one thing that has been bothering me until now. I wonder if you can explain it to me?"

"Master Shen, I know what you want to ask."

Looking up, Wei Changtian's expression was calm.

He shook his sleeves and made a casual move, immediately three white awns appeared in the sedan chair, and then slowly transformed into the appearances of cloud geese, gu carvings, and yellow dragons.

"This, this is!"

Shen Ran's eyes widened suddenly, only feeling that his heartbeat stopped at this moment.

But Wei Changtian just smiled, and then slowly said a word in Shen Ran's astonished eyes.

"Mr. Shen, there are actually thirteen people like you in this world."

(End of this chapter)