After a few drinks, some half-true and half-false news came out. Su Dingfang was not sure how much of it was true and how much was false, but one thing was certain, General Warren should be on our side, otherwise there would be no need to release this news.
In Lord Zhao's tent, Su Dingfang told him all these words in detail. This guy was so drunk that he couldn't even stand up straight, but he was full of energy again after coming back.
"That General Moron can't be the same as you, right?"
Lord Zhao said with some concern that when Su Dingfang returned to the camp just now, he was a drunkard. Including some soldiers outside, they all thought that General Su was drunk, but after entering Lord Zhao's tent, he immediately no longer looked drunk. So Lord Zhao was also a little worried. If we can use this method to deal with others, can't they use this method to deal with us?
"Impossible. What we drank today was Tang Dynasty Brewing. If it was any other kind of wine, I could believe him if he was acting, but he's just a small general on the frontier. He doesn't usually get to drink Tang Dynasty Brewing. To be able to pretend to be drunk after drinking such wine, he must drink it regularly. Can he afford it with his financial resources?"
After Su Dingfang finished speaking, Lord Zhao nodded. Not to mention a small guard at the border, even in the entire Gaochang Kingdom, there are only a few people who can afford to drink this wine.
Of course, General Moren must have drunk before, but if you say that he drank so much, it is basically unlikely. His level determines his class. Even if someone wants to invite him to a banquet, he will not open the door and let you drink as much as you want. What you drink is not wine, it is almost the same as gold.
"Based on this analysis, he and the people behind him definitely want to befriend us, but the people in power within Gaochang should be wary of us."
Lord Zhao thought for a moment and said.
"So what should we do? From what he said, we have to be careful these past two days. He keeps warning me about the weather, but I've asked the herders nearby, and they say it's not windy right now, so there must be other dangers."
Su Dingfang looked at the Gobi Desert in the distance. It should be safe now, but there was no guarantee that an army would rush out at any time. Our spies were lying in ambush all around. If anyone rushed out, we would definitely be able to give them a head-on blow. But if they didn't rush out, we would have to be nervous all the time. It would not be comfortable to live like this.
"The situation is now very clear. The leaders of Gaochang Kingdom don't want to offend us, and they have already accepted money from Xueyantuo. So they came up with this plan. They want to delay us outside the border and let the Xueyantuo people take action. Even if the Tang Dynasty court sends troops to punish us, it will have nothing to do with Gaochang Kingdom."
Lord Zhao quickly sorted out this clue. Su Dingfang thought the same thing, but he just couldn't sort it out himself. This was the difference between the two.
"If only I could find the Xueyantuo army, then we wouldn't have to wait around. We could turn the passive situation into the active one and not wait for them to attack us. We could just destroy them first. Look how nervous the whole army is right now."
Su Dingfang said with some distress that because they were afraid of enemy attacks, they had to send out scouts day and night, and the soldiers in the army had no way to rest well. If it were just them, they would not have to be so careful. But with the addition of Lord Zhao and his group, they had never survived on the battlefield, so their absolute safety had to be guaranteed.
"General Su is right. Since the enemy is hesitant, we should show them a weakness. It's better to strike early than late. Now, while we are still energetic, we must do something!"
Lord Zhao stroked his beard and said, Su Dingfang next to him had thought so a long time ago, but because Lord Zhao and we are not one family, some things cannot be said so clearly. Now after hearing what Lord Zhao said, Su Dingfang immediately knew what to do. Civil officials and military generals are not one family, but in this place we are all people of the Tang Dynasty.
"I'm ready. Let's put on a show for them tonight..."
Su Dingfang said in a low voice. After listening to Su Dingfang's plan, Lord Zhao nodded repeatedly. We are now on high alert. Even if someone around wants to attack us, they dare not come over. The reputation of the Tang army is no joke. The surrounding countries have suffered from it, especially the Xueyantuo army that came over.
That night, the Tang army patrolled the surrounding area as usual, but in the middle of the night, the Tang army was caught in a fire, and their food supplies were set on fire, illuminating half of the sky.
After General Moren received the news, he immediately ordered his men to come and help put out the fire. Among the people he sent, there were also Xueyantuo spies. General Moren wanted to make friends with the Tang Dynasty, but his men would do anything for money, which Su Dingfang and others had already anticipated.
In order to make things more realistic, all the food burned tonight was real food. At the beginning, the Xueyantuo spies did not believe it, but when they saw the burning food, they really believed it. The Tang army was very frugal. Although they were very rich, they never wasted food. Tonight, they actually burned several thousand kilograms of food. This should be an accidental discharge.
All the spies around the military camp were withdrawn. Because of the fire, those people had no time to conduct reconnaissance in the surrounding area. They had to work together to put out the fire first.
The Tang army camp was busy for the entire night before the fire was finally put out. All the soldiers were exhausted and just found a place to lie down and sleep. The Xueyantuo spies saw clearly that the fire had burned many people.
Before leaving, General Moren asked his men to take away two boxes full of silver. Su Dingfang entrusted General Moren to buy some trauma medicine. Dozens of soldiers were burned last night, and it would be too slow to transport it from the Tang Dynasty.
Thick black smoke could be seen from the border of Gaochang Kingdom. Although it was already daytime the next day, if you stood on the grassland, you could still smell the gunpowder from last night. In addition to food, more than a dozen tents were burned. The Tang army suffered heavy losses.