Chapter 1440: Hands-off Shopkeeper

After careful consideration, Yun Zheng decided to order Lin Ji and Xiao Jian'an to lead 5,000 elite soldiers to follow Pu Wang back to Ganci City, while Qin Qihu would lead the cavalry to follow about ten miles behind them.

Once the five thousand people successfully entered the city, Qin Qihu immediately led the cavalry army into the city.

Although Gongbaza is Puwang's son, he still needs to be cautious when necessary.

Don't let Gongbaza, the damn one, try to sacrifice his own relatives for the sake of justice and betray them, otherwise he will be in trouble.

It is better to be cautious before taking over Ganci.

While waiting for the people who were cleaning the battlefield to deliver clothes and armor, Yun Zheng chatted with Puwang again.

"By the way, don't drink the wine Zeng Guang gave you."

Yun Zheng reminded Puwang.

Before, he wanted to drink Puwang to death with alcohol.

Now that Puwang has surrendered, we still need to remind him.

Pu Wang's eyelids suddenly jumped when he heard Yun Zheng's words: "That wine... is poisonous?"

"You can't say it's poisonous!"

Yun Zheng didn't know how to explain alcohol to him, so he could only say it another way: "Just think of it as a strong drink. If you drink a little more, you'll die."

That's it!

Puwang was relieved and said immediately, "I understand! Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will add a lot of water to the wine, and it will be fine!"

"With water?"

Miaoyin was surprised.

Is this the reason why Puwang didn’t die from drinking?

Damn it!

Puwang is quite smart!

She thought that Puwang, the drunkard, would be so stupid as to hold the altar and blow it!

"Ah."

Puwang nodded and said a little embarrassedly: "I have no more wine in my hand, so I thought that adding some water to the wine would not only make it more alcoholic, but also make it less strong..."

In fact, he didn't really want to add water to the wine.

It was originally a fine wine, but after adding water, it became much worse.

However, thinking about the days when he would have no wine to drink, he decided to add water.

It's better to have worse wine than no wine at all, right?

After hearing Puwang's words, Yun Zheng and Miaoyin were at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Does this work too?

As expected, man proposes, God disposes!

I have to say, Puwang is really lucky!

He managed to pull himself back from the brink of death.

Yun Zheng originally wanted to persuade Puwang to drink less, but after thinking it over he decided not to.

Only then did he promise him enough wine, and then he turned around and advised him to drink less.

If you don’t know, you might think that I was reluctant to treat him to a drink!

Let’s take over Ganci City first!

From now on, let Puwang drink less!

The rule that drinking is prohibited in the army does not include Puwang for the time being.

……

At 10 p.m., Xiao Dingwu and Zeng Guang came to report.

They have cleaned up the battlefield.

In this battle, including the prisoners captured by Qin Qihu's cavalry, they captured a total of more than 8,000 prisoners and killed nearly 6,000 enemies.

On their side, more than 900 people were killed and more than 400 were seriously injured.

Most of the casualties came from Zeng Guang's troops.

When they pretend to be defeated, casualties are inevitable.

Even if the casualties of Zeng Guang's troops were taken into account, this battle could be considered a great victory.

Yun Zheng was quite satisfied with the outcome of this battle.

Afterwards, Yun Zheng left Xiao Dingwu behind and ordered Zeng Guang to select men from the captives to supplement his troops.

"What does it feel like to win this battle?"

Yun Zheng asked Xiao Dingwu with a smile.

"happy!"

Xiao Dingwu's excitement had not yet subsided. "If every battle can be fought like this, with only our tens of thousands of troops, I'm afraid we can destroy Xiqu!"

Yun Zheng raised his eyes slightly, "Besides feeling happy, don't you feel anything else?"

"Have!"

Xiao Dingwu said solemnly: "Through this battle, we can see that drill is drill, and actual combat is actual combat!"

"Although our soldiers are well-trained, they lack experience in battle, and there will be some confusion when we attack!"

"In this situation, it might be okay to fight with the wind in your favor, but if you fight against the wind, I'm afraid there will be heavy casualties..."

Although Xiao Dingwu was also leading the troops in the charge, he did not forget his duties as a general.

He was also keeping an eye on the situation on the battlefield.

Some of their problems were also highlighted in this battle.

Moreover, this battle went too smoothly, so there must be some problems that have not been highlighted.

Listening to Xiao Dingwu's words, Yun Zheng couldn't help but smile with satisfaction, and asked again: "Do you think there is any problem with your arrangement?"

Xiao Dingwu replied: "I feel that there should be no major problems with the deployment, but the temporary response on the battlefield was a bit untimely."

"Correct!"

Yun Zheng nodded and said, "There is really nothing wrong with your arrangement. Even if I were to arrange it myself, I might not be able to do better than you. This is also your advantage!"

After all, Xiao Dingwu has been a general for many years.

His father is still Xiao Wanchou.

Even if he was influenced by everything, his attainments in military strategy would not be too low.

To be able to respond on the spot, you need practical experience.

What Xiao Dingwu lacks is practical experience.

Practical experience is not something that anyone can teach.

By fighting more battles, the experience will slowly accumulate.

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

Xiao Dingwu breathed a sigh of relief.

"Puwang has surrendered. We have to revise our previous plans now."

Yun Zheng smiled and continued, "No strategy is guaranteed to succeed!"

"No matter how perfect the plan is, there will be variables!"

"What a general has to do is to respond to situations on the spot, adjust strategies and tactics according to the situation on the battlefield at any time, and strive to achieve the greatest results at the lowest cost!"

"Of course, this is just the most ideal scenario. The situation on the battlefield will not always go as we expect."

"Sometimes, you can't ask for too much. You can only think about how to win..."

Yun Zheng spoke to Xiao Dingwu patiently, and Xiao Dingwu listened attentively.

He knew that Yun Zheng was teaching him.

Although this is not a military strategy, it is still a very useful thing.

"Thank you for your advice, Your Highness!"

After Yun Zheng finished speaking, Xiao Dingwu immediately bowed to express his gratitude.

"There's no need to give any advice, it's just based on experience."

Yun Zheng shook his head and smiled: "In terms of military tactics, I guess there are few people in the whole Daqian who can teach you! But military tactics are dead, people are alive! As long as you can flexibly apply the military tactics you have learned on the battlefield, you will definitely be a famous general of my Daqian in the future!"

"Yes!"

Xiao Dingwu suddenly straightened up.

"Okay, you can arrange the affairs of the camp!"

Yun Zheng waved his hand, "Send the seriously injured back to Xiping, and arrange for some lightly injured people to be taken care of! Also, how to deploy the prisoners with our troops, and how much food and grass to mobilize, are all up to you to decide, and report to me after you have decided!"

"I will obey your orders!"

Xiao Dingwu obeyed the order loudly.

He knew in his heart that Yun Zheng was training him.

This is all about giving him opportunities and helping him grow.

After Xiao Dingwu left, Yun Zheng stretched comfortably, turned his head and smiled at Miaoyin: "It feels so good to be a hands-off boss!"

Miaoyin curled her lips and said, "Let's wait until you can really be a hands-off boss someday!"

If he wanted to be a hands-off boss, there would be no need for him to come here from the imperial city!

Yun Zheng smiled and said confidently: "That day shouldn't be far away!"