Chapter 331: In the Xuanqin Army
At the same time that Qin Ran's original body arrived in Wuyi City, his clone had already arrived at the Xuanqin military camp.
He first used the transparent characteristics of the water form to approach the Xuanqin military camp in stealth, then waited for an opportunity to kill a patrolling soldier, then transformed into the patrolling soldier, and finally mixed into the patrolling troops in the form of this soldier, and patrolled the military camp together.
Qin Ran's water clone basically has the ability to change in a thousand ways. And he is a transformation, not an illusion or a sleight of hand. In other words, what he turns into is difficult for ordinary people, even for Yuanying stage cultivators to detect.
Because Yuanying cultivators do not have Yuanshen yet, if they do not practice special skills, then the world they see with their naked eyes is not much different from what low-level cultivators see.
Qin Ran used the water clone to enter the military camp of the mortal army. It can't be said that it is like entering an uninhabited place, but it can also be said that he can do whatever he wants.
He mixed in the patrol team, walked around the military camp, and secretly collected some random intelligence.
A general leads troops to fight... Everyone thinks "leading troops to fight" is one word, but in fact, it is two words, leading troops and fighting. The difficulty of leading troops is not much different from the difficulty of fighting.
A combat unit of 10,000 people needs at least 20,000 to 30,000 logistics troops. In other words, if a general leads 10,000 people to fight, he must be responsible for the food, clothing, housing and transportation of at least 30,000 to 40,000 people, because it is a war, and he also needs to be responsible for basic things such as weapons, armor, and horses.
A qualified general can take care of these 30,000 people, avoid major chaos, and bring back what he took out. If he can take these 30,000 people to any place he wants to take them and prepare for battle, he can be called an excellent general.
As for fighting, that is another matter.
... Think about it, Qin Ran leads a Danfeng, including Yan Yi and Zhou Fu, which is four people and four monsters. These are only eight creatures, and they are not of one mind. If Qin Ran takes these eight people to a sect mission, eight people go out, and it is not certain that eight people will come back.
(PS: If you were the squad leader, and you were asked to take the whole class out for an outing, apart from other things, could you mobilize everyone and take them away, and then bring everyone back safely? A squad only has a few dozen people.)
Speaking of this, I want to say that Zhao Li is extremely powerful. He is indeed an incredible general. This 200,000-man combat force, hundreds of thousands of logistics forces, and the super-large camp built here were arranged clearly by him, and there was no chaos.
Qin Ran was patrolling with the patrol team at this time. The ground was flat and the barracks were clean. There was no dirt or mess. It can be said to be a miracle.
Zhao Li's ability to lead troops can be seen.
And Zhao Li was able to take over nearly half of the Northern Chu within three months, which shows that his combat ability is also very strong.
In summary, Zhao Li is a super commander, and even worthy of Qin Ran's murderous intention.
"If there is a chance, kill Zhao Li when evacuating." Qin Ran thought so.
The patrol team suddenly passed by a barracks. Four soldiers were squatting in the snow outside the barracks drinking.
The wine was a pot of wine, and the snacks were peanuts. Each person grabbed a few peanuts and passed the wine to each other.
They chatted while drinking.
Qin Ran was far away and heard one of the bearded men say: "The North Chu is really delicate. Even the snow is fine and small. I'm afraid the men of the North Chu are the same."
When talking about this kind of thing, several people laughed tacitly.
One of the square-faced men drank the wine and suddenly sighed: "Oh, it's snowing. At this rate, I'm afraid we'll have to spend the New Year here this year."
"No way..." A black-faced man took over the conversation, "I don't know what the higher-ups are thinking. They don't want to fight or leave, and just leave us here to starve."
"That's right, the Northern Chu army is very soft and can't withstand our charge." The thin man replied, "Wouldn't it be better to just go in?"
The beard took the wine pot, pointed to the several star sword energies in front of Wuyi City, and sneered: "Then wait for the immortals' means, you go and break it?"
"The immortals' means need immortals to break it..." The square-faced man looked at the sword energies, with fear in his eyes, and asked, "Where are the immortals of our Xuan Qin?"
The thin-faced man heard what he said, and thought of something, and lowered his voice, saying: "I heard that several immortals died on our side during the last siege. Do you remember how many times the light flashed above your head that night? That was Xuan Qin. Qin's immortal died."
"Hush!" The black-faced man glared at him and said, "Nonsense, how could an immortal die?"
But the bearded man followed the thin-faced man's words and whispered, "I've heard about this too..."
When the other people looked over, he continued, "It is said that too many immortals died, and the immortals in the army and the general had a conflict. The general wanted to attack the city and go back early, but the immortals were afraid of death..."
"Yes, yes..." said the thin-faced man, "I heard that the general is looking for another immortal and trying to deal with the sword immortal in Beichu."
After saying this, the black-faced man ate a peanut and said, "I heard that it seems that Princess Yaqing of the Zhao family is back..."
"How many people over there!" At this time, a female voice suddenly shouted, "What are you talking about?"
The four people were startled and hurriedly looked in the direction of the sound, but it was a beautiful young girl with a charming young woman walking towards them.
The one who scolded was the young woman.
"Princess Yaqing!" the black-faced man cried out in panic.
The four men threw away their peanuts and wine, stood up, and bowed in the direction of Zhao Yaqing.
Zhao Yaqing walked over here with her escort, glanced at the four men briefly, and said in a deep voice with the arrogance of a superior: "First, you violated military discipline and drank in the army; second, you are treasonous and discussed state affairs. These two offenses should be executed according to the law!"
The four men were so scared that they trembled together, knelt down quickly, and said urgently: "Princess, spare my life."
Zhao Yaqing glanced at them with disdain, and said to the patrol team that had already walked away: "Someone here violated the rules, don't you deal with it?"
So the patrol team had to turn back and salute Zhao Yaqing.
The patrol team leader stepped out and said to Zhao Yaqing: "Princess, please be magnanimous, please allow me to take them away and punish them."
Drinking in the army is indeed a violation of discipline, but... this kind of thing, in the cold winter, everyone basically turned a blind eye; as for discussing state affairs, who doesn't gossip in private?
It's just that they happened to meet Zhao Yaqing, and Zhao Yaqing happened to be in a bad mood.
As for why Zhao Yaqing was in a bad mood?
Look at the sword energy in front of Wuyi City! A person she hates has become so powerful, how can she be in a good mood?
"You take them away?" Zhao Yaqing knew that this was a perfunctory approach to her. The captain took these people away and put them in a place where she couldn't see them. He must have secretly released them, so she became more and more unhappy and shouted, "Hmph! Bring a few people to my tent, I want to punish them personally!"
At first, no one in the patrol team moved. After a few breaths, before Zhao Yaqing became more angry, someone from the patrol team came out and suppressed one of the black-faced men. Then, three more people came out and suppressed the other three.
"Follow me!" Zhao Yaqing gritted her teeth and said coldly.