Mao Wenlong let out a cold snort, it was obvious that Cheng Zuo at this moment coincided with his previous thoughts, almost like a glimpse. He said coldly: "Do you think we have been careful and restrained again and again in consideration of casualties? But have you ever thought that something like this plague will directly cost us the lives of nearly a thousand brothers? ”

Faced with Mao Wenlong's rhetorical question, Chengzuo was suddenly speechless, not only the nearly 1,000 brothers who died because of the plague, but also the 3,000 soldiers who died in the previous war. In this way, the Dongjiang Army had already lost more than 4,000 people before it really started a war with the Jin soldiers. This account is not cost-effective, and the facts have been made clear, and if it continues like this, it will not be beneficial for the Dongjiang Army at all.

After figuring out the key, Cheng Zuo didn't say much, bowed down and clasped his fists and saluted Mao Wenlong silently, and then retreated. Mao Wenlong nodded with satisfaction when he saw this, and then waved his hand to let the two of them go down to do something.

In Jin Bing's camp, Huang Taiji at this moment held a feast in his big tent to celebrate the success of his plan. He had also just learned about the plague in the Dongjiang army, and after sending spies to make sure, he held a celebration banquet.

The elders of the Jurchen tribe took the lead in raising their glasses and toasting to Huang Taiji: "The Great Khan's plan is brilliant, and it immediately plunged the Dongjiang army into a panic. If you are lucky, maybe the Dongjiang army will be defeated without a fight, which is really happy, hahaha......"

Huang Taiji had a smug expression on his face, and he laughed and said: "So there is nothing to fear from the Dongjiang Army at all, especially now that we are fighting on the territory outside, we occupy the right time and place." Mao Wenlong wanted to defeat us with just those few people, which was really beyond his strength. ”

As soon as these words came out, they immediately received many recognitions, and the sound of sycophants and compliments was endless. The emotions of the people in the big tent were high, and the previous haze was swept away, and victory became within reach in the eyes of these people at this moment.

However, just when everyone in the big tent was in high spirits, a panicked sentry scout suddenly rushed in outside, and the first time he saw Huang Taiji, he directly shouted: "Great Khan, the sentry in front has sent a message, the Dongjiang army is already packing up, and it is estimated that it will continue to advance towards us early tomorrow morning." ”

As soon as these words came out, it immediately caused a fluster, and no one thought that in the case of a plague in the Dongjiang army. The Dongjiang Army still hasn't given up, and is still ready to continue fighting them?

Huang Taiji was also flustered, you must know that if the Dongjiang Army spreads the plague and fights with it, it will directly cause the plague to spread on the grassland. This also means that the plague will spread to the Jin soldiers.

The unexpected situation made Huang Taiji have mixed feelings for a while, and he didn't estimate that this kind of thing would happen at all. In his mind, after the outbreak of the plague, the Dongjiang army would inevitably retreat quickly. For this reason, Huang Taiji also secretly prepared archers, thinking about ambushing the Dongjiang army on the way back.

"How can you be sure that the Dongjiang Army is not preparing to evacuate but is coming to engage us?" After Huang Taiji panicked, he immediately thought of the key question.

The sentry hurriedly said: "Great Khan, the Dongjiang Army has controlled the spread of the plague, and they have gathered those soldiers who have been infected with the plague in an isolated area. Then the whole army mobilized a posture of combat readiness, and it was already clear that they were not going to evacuate but to go to war. ”

"The plague is under control, how is this possible?" Huang Taiji exclaimed.

"Great Khan, his subordinates vouched for their lives, and everything he just said is true." In a hurry, the sentry had to reiterate.

Huang Taiji paused, waved his hand to let the sentry retreat, and then swept his gaze over the people present who had already shown panicked expressions, and said coldly: "What, are you scared now?" ”

No one stood up to respond, and one by one the hammerheads were silent. Huang Taiji was very dissatisfied in his heart, he had just behaved so heroically and said so beautifully. But after encountering a little unfavorable news, they began to coax one by one.

Facing the war passively will inevitably put himself in an extremely unfavorable situation, Huang Taiji thought for a moment, suppressed the anger in his heart, and said softly: "You don't need to panic, we have already made sufficient preparations to face the battle, and the Dongjiang Army is not our opponent at all." ”

The elder of the Jurchen tribe was once again elected, and he bowed his hand to Huang Taiji and said: "I don't know where the confidence of the Great Khan comes from? Since we have been fighting with the Dongjiang Army, we have never taken any advantage. Especially the hot air balloons of the Dongjiang Army, those things are enough to destroy us more than a hundred times. ”

The words of the elders of the Jurchen tribe quickly aroused the approval of everyone present, and the bottom began to talk about it, and the buzzing discussion made people uneasy.

Huang Taiji's face sank, and his fierce gaze swept over everyone's faces one by one, and soon the buzzing discussion began to gradually subside. Huang Taiji snorted coldly at this time: "Ben Khan naturally has a way to deal with the hot air balloon of the Dongjiang Army, and you don't need to worry about this. My sons and daughters of the grassland have always been brave and fierce, and they will never let the Dongjiang army take advantage. ”

Without much explanation, after Huang Taiji finished speaking, he directly ordered the dissolution of the banquet, leaving only the generals in the army, and only after the tribal elders had all left, he began to discuss the issue of war with the generals in the army.

As soon as the sun appeared on the horizon, Mao Wenlong ordered the isolation camp to be set on fire. The people inside were all dead at the moment, and in order to avoid the spread of the plague, Mao Wenlong had to give this order.

The quarantine camp, sprinkled with fierce fire oil, burst into flames, and thirty hot air balloons began to slowly rise into the air. Under Mao Wenlong's order, the Dongjiang army began to advance slowly, aiming at the Jin Soldier camp a few miles away.

This time, the march of the army was unusually smooth, and there was no ambush or attack by the golden soldiers on the way. It wasn't until the Dongjiang Army advanced to the camp of the Jin soldiers that they found that the Jin soldiers had already set up a position and were waiting for the battle.

The two armies confronted each other, separated by less than a mile, and the disparity between the strength of the two armies was not big at this moment. After the 20,000 cavalry of the Dongjiang Army went out and left first, there were only 100,000 troops left. And the black head of the Jin soldiers can also be seen that the strength of the two armies should be about the same.

Huang Taiji had already seen the hot air balloons floating above the heads of the Dongjiang Army from the telescope, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he immediately ordered the two lieutenants to go and supervise the giant crossbowmen, ready to hit those hot air balloons at any time.

In any case, in Huang Taiji's view, only by first solving the biggest threat from the Dongjiang Army can his subordinates be able to engage the Dongjiang Army with peace of mind.