Chapter 1388 - 339: Commitment

Chapter 1388: Chapter 339: Commitment

Gou Moli was holding a large bowl of porridge, which could be used as a washbasin.

In fact, although Gou Moli was not physically imposing, his appetite was always large. According to the blind man’s description, whether he was previously detained at Snow Sea Pass or currently released to work, at mealtime this guy could always consume two or even nearly three people’s worth of food by himself.

Because he always managed to adjust his mental and physical state to the best possible condition before each meal. Since he wanted to live well, he naturally had to eat well.

A large circle of pickled ginger was laid around the edge of the porridge bowl, crispy and salty, a perfect complement to the porridge.

At his feet were four salted duck eggs.

He enjoyed his porridge with relish, while around him, a group of wild soldiers in rattan armor chewed on their dry food heartily, paired with cured meat strips.

During wartime, the food standard for soldiers would be raised, ensuring there was both solid food and meat, or else it would be difficult to maintain their strength.

Moreover, after conquering East Mountain Fort and learning from the lesson of the Blue Luan army inside Jade Plate City, the Chu people stored abundant provisions inside East Mountain Fort. Additionally, Yan’s logistics continued to provide supplies steadily, so currently, the Snow Sea army was truly not short of food.

In the assault on the city, the wild soldiers suffered heavy casualties, and the subsequent Chu counterattack along with a series of bloody battles led to even more fatalities, but some survived.

The Wild King fulfilled his promise, personally going to the quartermaster to request food for the few hundred men under his command.

These few hundred men would be the core of his first town in the future. Actually, it’s quite sufficient, given that Lord Zheng initially defined an organization of two camps with three thousand soldiers.

In a few days, he’ll go to the wild servant camp to select some strong young men to form the foundation of the first town.

The process was arduous and the journey rocky, but fortunately, it’s now on the right track.

The blind man with two rice balls in hand walked over, eating while sitting down beside the Wild King.

Gou Moli stirred the porridge with two mouthfuls and asked, "Mr. Bei, is Lord awake?"

The blind man took a bite of a rice ball and picked up a duck egg beside the Wild King, gently tapping it,

and said:

"What’s on your mind?"

"No way, even if Lord is gone, you’re still here, aren’t you?"

"Hey, why do I feel like your words carry some meaning now?"

"Isn’t this because both Lord and you told me to change my old habits? I’m trying to improve."

"Hm."

The blind man peeled the salted duck egg and took a bite, saying, "My lord doesn’t have major issues, just some severe physical exhaustion."

"As long as he’s okay." The Wild King took two big sips of porridge, saying, "The Chu people are indeed formidable. Their counterattack nearly crushed us, if not for our Lord turning the tide.

Speaking of which, Mr. Bei, how about your injuries?"

"The injuries aren’t a major concern; as long as I’m still clear-headed."

"Naturally."

"I came to find you for a chat, about the next plan. Regardless of the process, this East Mountain Fort is taken." The blind man said, "How should we proceed next?"

Now, Gou Moli is essentially one with his group, and naturally, the blind man wouldn’t let go of such a grand strategist.

Gou Moli had nothing to hide and spoke candidly:

"The battle at Yangshan Village is the first merit; the capture of East Mountain Fort is the second merit. Furthermore, East Mountain Fort and West Mountain Fort were the two major gates and reliance of the Chu people in the defense area before Town South Pass. In my opinion, taking East Mountain Fort has a much greater merit compared to Yangshan Village and a stronger overall motivational effect.

The death of Chu’s Marshal Shi Yuantang here is the third merit; the loss of Chu’s most elite part of the royal forbidden army here is the fourth merit.

Lord has always liked to look at warfare with a business mindset. By any calculation, we’ve already exceeded our share early on.

If the commanding marshal were not Tian Wujing, we would have to consider more, as Town South Pass is not easy to capture. If storms were to arise later, the Snow Sea Pass’s situation would quickly become worrying.

But as things stand, the Marshal is Prince Jingnan, and Tian Wujing’s skills in warfare, we trust. Thus, I believe we can have a good period of recuperation and rest now.

Firstly, to reorganize Gongsun Zhi and Gong Wang’s troops.

Gongsun Zhi’s troops were originally from the North Guard army which is formidable in hard fights.

As for Gong Wang’s troops, how should I put it, Gong Wang has unparalleled abilities to attract Jin people and his reputation. With Gong Wang as a selling point, we can attract a large number of Jin people to join us;

Moreover, here with me, the first town granted personally by Lord, can seize this opportunity to amass a three-thousand-member force that I can refine to exude more fierceness, and the effectiveness of some wild servant soldiers with me will be much greater than under someone else.

In future battles, I can lead three thousand wild soldiers combined with wild servant operations.

And the main base at Snow Sea Pass can also absorb some auxiliary troops this time, firstly to compensate for the loss of personnel, and secondly, to have more justification to request support from the rear.

This battle has incurred significant losses for us, but after some adjustment, the strength of this military head based around Snow Sea Pass can increase instead of decrease.