To the First Emperor of Qin: The state has decreed this!

Chapter 461 I Don't Understand

Moreover, the surface of that black iron box was emitting a dazzling light!

Luo Ying and Luo Li were clearly used to it. They obediently stopped what they were doing, quietly stepped aside, and knelt down in peace.

Zhang Fan glanced at the caller ID on the screen, and his expression immediately became serious.

He pressed the answer button and put the call on speakerphone. "Sir, is this an urgent call at this hour?"

The next second, Zhu Feng's voice came from the small metal box!

"Comrade Zhang Fan, the situation is urgent! The rear staff has just obtained the latest simulation results regarding your marching route!"

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Upon hearing the human voice coming from the iron box, Luan Diyun was completely stunned.

Her eyes widened in disbelief as she stared intently at the phone in Zhang Fan's hand, her breath catching in her throat.

Nobody's in that box!

But the box could actually emit another man's voice!

"What...what kind of sorcery is this?"

Luan Diyun's heart was pounding wildly.

Zhang Fan continued into the phone, "Sir, what unexpected event has occurred at the front?"

On the other end of the phone, Zhu Feng's voice was serious and solemn.

"According to the meteorological satellite monitoring and three-dimensional terrain simulation, there is a water system running east to west about sixty miles ahead of your western army, called the Wuyao River."

"Although the average temperature on the grassland is currently low, the Wuyao River is covered with ice, so the army can pass through."

Zhu Feng spoke rapidly: "The staff team just conducted a sand table simulation of the enemy's behavior patterns. We believe that if the enemy commander possesses sufficient strategic vision, he will definitely not let this natural trap slip by!"

Zhang Fan's eyes sharpened. "What kind of trap is this?"

"It's very simple!"

Zhu Feng said in a deep voice, "When your army crosses the river, the ice will barely be able to hold."

But what if the enemy sends a small elite force to circle around to your rear after your entire army has crossed the Wuyao River, and then breaks through a large section of the already fragile ice?

"Once the ice breaks and the river blocks your path, your 30,000-strong western army will completely lose its route of retreat to the south!"

"The Xiongnu only need to amass a large force on the north bank of the Wuyao River to trap your troops in a hopeless situation, like catching turtles in a jar!"

Listening to the analysis coming from the phone, Zhang Fan narrowed his eyes slightly.

What a brilliant move – cutting off their retreat and encircling them!

Close the door and beat the dog!

If it weren't for the comprehensive simulation by the General Staff, and the army had only discovered the ice had been breached after crossing the river, they would have truly been doomed.

I wonder if the Xiongnu could have come up with such a vicious plan!

But we must be prepared!

"I understand! Thank you for the timely warning, Commander and General Staff!"

A cold glint flashed in Zhang Fan's eyes as he reported into his phone, "Please rest assured, Commander. Since the Xiongnu want to play the trick of cutting through ice to cover their retreat, then I will play along and have some fun with them."

"Be careful and stay in touch," Zhu Feng reminded him.

"yes!"

Zhang Fan respectfully responded before hanging up the phone.

Meanwhile, Luan Diyun, who had heard everything clearly from the corner, was now deathly pale, as if she had fallen into an ice cave!

As a Xiongnu general, she naturally understood the terrifying nature of this tactic.

The person in front of me had actually taken all of these factors into account!

I didn't lose unjustly!

Just as Luandiyun was deeply shaken, despairingly contemplating the future of the Xiongnu, and convinced that his defeat was not unjust...

Suddenly, she felt a chill.

Luan Diyun snapped out of her daze, looked up, and then shrank back into the corner in a panic.

Zhang Fan, who had just been on the phone, turned around at some point and his gaze fell on her.

The maids Luo Ying and Luo Li beside Zhang Fan also stopped what they were doing and turned around to look at her from head to toe.

Three pairs of eyes were fixed on the carriage, their gazes filled with hostility.

"What...what are you going to do?" Luan Diyun's voice trembled as she shrank back, her back pressed against the car wall.

Zhang Fan put his phone in his pocket, sat cross-legged, and raised an eyebrow at Luan Diyun.

"What's there to be nervous about?"

Zhang Fan's lips curled slightly. "You heard the warning from behind. The terrain near Wuyao River is complex, and the parchment we have is crudely drawn. Perfect, you have a local here!"

Zhang Fan pointed at her, "Come here! Come here, pretty girl! Can you read a map? Help me find my way!"

"Good citizen!"

Upon hearing Zhang Fan's purpose, Luan Diyun felt a chill run down her spine.

Guide the Qin army? Help him deal with his brother and father?

"Absolutely not!"

Luan Diyun bit her lip and shook her head repeatedly, her eyes filled with resistance.

Although she was a prisoner, she retained the pride of the Xiongnu royal family and would never help the Qin army lead the way.

"I...I'm just a female soldier! I can't read or write, and I can't read maps!"

Luan Diyun found an excuse, turned his head to one side, and said, "Kill me or torture me, it's up to you. Don't expect to get a single word out of me!"

"Oh? You can't read a map? But you speak the Central Plains dialect quite well!"

Zhang Fan wasn't angry; he just chuckled softly.

He pulled a folded sheet of paper from his backpack and unfolded it in front of Luan Diyun.

"Don't rush to refuse. Take a look at this picture first, and then we'll see if you understand it."

Zhang Fan held the map by the two corners and brought it close to Luan Diyun's eyes.

Luan Diyun originally intended to close her eyes and refuse to cooperate, but the moment the map unfolded in front of her, she glanced at it out of the corner of her eye and was immediately stunned.

"This...this is a map?"

Luan Diyun gasped, turning her head back to the paper, her eyes filled with shock.

In her understanding, the maps used by the Xiongnu and the Qin army were drawn with charcoal on sheepskin, with circles representing mountains and wavy lines representing rivers.

Even the map in the Khan's tent only showed a general location.

But this piece of paper in front of me...

The paper is clean and smooth.

The pattern on it is actually in color!

The water systems representing rivers are blue, the areas representing grasslands and forests are green, and the mountains are drawn in tan and contour lines.

Even steep slopes and shallow canyons are clearly marked.

"What was used to create this color? How can it be so detailed?"

Luan Diyun was greatly alarmed. His eyes were drawn to the map, and he even found the approximate location of the royal court and the Wuyao River in front of him.

Seeing Luan Diyun's reaction, Zhang Fan understood.

"Heh, eyes don't lie. You not only understand this, but you're also very familiar with this terrain, aren't you?"

Zhang Fan's smile faded, his eyes sharpened, and he commanded, "Since you can understand it, stop talking nonsense. Point it out to me, is the current of the Wuyao River strong or weak?"

Where is the thinnest part of the ice layer?

Also, where is the largest Xiongnu tribe closest to the Wuyao River hiding?

Zhang Fan's revelation startled Luan Di Yun awake.

Realizing she had lost her composure, she looked away from the map and adopted a resistant expression.

"I...I don't know! The drawing is too complicated, I can't understand it!"