Chapter 184 The Enemy Army Collapsed

The Japanese generals were originally influenced by the Linren Kingdom, and they always regarded the story of Liu Fu of the Later Han Dynasty as a legend and did not take it seriously.

After all, in their eyes, the Later Han Dynasty was very weak. At this time, by using Liu Fu's actions to build his reputation, it could also play a certain deterrent role.

The Scaled People's Kingdom acted as if they were fearless towards the giant beasts under Liu Fu's command, constantly shouting slogans and creating all sorts of equipment to deal with them.

Those madmen had always longed to fight Liu Fu's behemoths, to kill all of Liu Fu's behemoths, and to teach the Later Han a lesson.

These guys' actions naturally influenced Japan as well. Japan and the Scaled People's Kingdom had frequent exchanges, both located in the East China Sea, and they corresponded frequently. They naturally took the Scaled People's Kingdom's intelligence as the truth, thus ignoring Liu Fu's own strength.

Seeing the fearless attitude of the Linren people, the Japanese naturally assumed the same was true, but they were completely unaware that the Liao and Later Jin had already been defeated by Liu Fu.

That is why these two countries dared to raise troops to deal with Liu Jia this time.

But the loss of supplies made them realize that things were not so simple.

With their food supplies running low until tomorrow morning, the Linren Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom had no other choice but to dig up grass roots and slaughter warhorses to stave off hunger.

But how long can this last?

As usual, Liu Fu sat in the city eating and drinking, and when he had nothing to do, he would chat with Liu Bowen and Xu Da about the changing situation in the world, so as to summarize the differences between their views and those of Zhuge Liang, Xun Yu, Fang Xuanling and others.

Meanwhile, the spies sent by Liu Jia gradually learned the latest news about the enemy forces and transmitted the intelligence back.

"What did you say? The Japanese soldiers were digging up grass roots. Aren't they just not used to eating our local wild vegetables?"

"The Scaled People are slaughtering warhorses? Are you kidding me?"

As the commander-in-chief of the three armed forces, Liu Jia, who had fought on the battlefield since childhood, certainly knew what this intelligence meant.

When the enemy troops start digging up grass roots, eating wild vegetables, and slaughtering warhorses, it means they are starting to run out of food.

Especially warhorses, which are of paramount importance in military campaigns. Cavalry without warhorses are essentially like defeated soldiers with no ability to resist, left to be slaughtered at will.

When Liu Jia heard the news, he finally realized what was happening.

"Eighth Brother, are you going to use the same methods you used against the Liao Emperor in the Liao Kingdom on the Japanese and the Linren Kingdom here?"

At this moment, Liu Fu finally smiled slightly and gave Liu Jia a look that said, "You figure it out yourself."

Liu Jia had already experienced this, and at this moment he suddenly gave Liu Fu a bear hug, tightly holding his good brother together and jumping around like a 140-pound child.

Liu Fu only added ten characters to Liu Jia's statement:

"Eat your food and wait for the enemy to be defeated!"

Upon learning of the enemy's movements at the front, both Liu Jia and his ministers were now relieved. They no longer questioned Liu Fu's methods as before and instead went to apologize to him.

"Eighth Prince, I was blind and did not recognize your greatness before. Please forgive my past mistakes in consideration of my loyalty to the Later Han Dynasty."

"I had some reservations about your words before, and I apologize to the Eighth Prince. I hope you will be magnanimous."

"Yes, we are truly impressed by the Eighth Prince's methods!"

"Please don't stoop to the level of us short-sighted people!"

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Well, now those who had questioned Liu Fu before are lining up to apologize. They are obviously afraid of Liu Fu's status and fear that he will make things difficult for them.

This is certainly understandable, but their actions only prove that Liu Fu was right to do so.

The next day, Liu Jia took the telescope that Liu Fu had made and began to observe the enemy's movements.

The Japanese army ate wild vegetables and grass roots all night, but how could that possibly fill them up? They barely managed to survive. As a result, the next day, the Japanese soldiers, suffering from indigestion, kept lining up to go to the toilet, their stomachs rumbling and constantly emptying their bowels.

"Hey! They're completely on guard right now. If I had 5,000 elite soldiers, I could definitely storm out of the city and kill 10,000 of them, then return in triumph!"

Chang Yuchun, in high spirits, immediately wanted Xu Da to give him an army to charge out and have a good time.

After all, he had been holding back for too long, and hadn't been on the battlefield for a long time. The passionate blood in his body was starting to boil.

However, Xu Da was a very cautious strategist. He didn't care whether Chang Yuchun had a good time killing or not, and this was not the best time to go into battle.

Subduing the enemy without fighting is the highest level of military strategy.

The most remarkable thing, and the most cost-effective war, is to take down the enemy without paying any price.

If you have a way to win without losing any troops, but you force a victory by inflicting casualties on some of your soldiers, it is a waste of resources.

And indeed, this proved to be true. While the Japanese soldiers were having diarrhea in the morning, the Linren soldiers were constantly thirsty and had to fetch water to drink.

Horse meat is a type of meat that can cause internal heat if consumed in excess. Eating too much of it can make you feel hot all over and make it difficult to urinate.

The Japanese generals chose to keep the warhorses and feed their soldiers grass roots, wild vegetables, and tree bark. This caused their soldiers to suffer from diarrhea, becoming so dehydrated that they lost their ability to fight.

The Scaled People Kingdom was the other extreme. They did not want their soldiers to lose their fighting ability, so they preferred to slaughter warhorses to feed their soldiers. However, this led to the opposite result, making these soldiers feel hot all over and unable to stop drinking water. As a result, they felt suffocated and dizzy, as if they were delirious.

"General, this is our weakest moment. If the Later Han army comes out of the city, we will surely be unable to resist!"

An advisor made a suggestion to the Japanese general.

Similarly, the commander of the Scaled People's Kingdom was no fool. He understood that his weakest moment was also the easiest time to be ambushed and defeated.

Therefore, the commanders of these two countries had long ago carefully arranged for an ambush force to gather in secret, ready to defend against a surprise attack from the Later Han.

Based on Chang Yuchun's valiant achievements, even if the Japanese and Linren Kingdoms deployed some troops as ambushes to resist his sneak attacks, Chang Yuchun could have won the battle in one fell swoop, at most paying a higher price in casualties.

However, Xu Da did not allow Chang Yuchun to act rashly.

Liu Fu and his men shared this idea, which led to the commanders of the Linren Kingdom and the Wa Kingdom sending their soldiers to wait in place, thus greatly expending their energy, but they never saw the so-called Later Han sneak attack.

Gradually, another two days passed, and the soldiers of the Japanese and Linren Kingdoms, overwhelmed by the strain, finally began to collapse...