Chapter 61 I am not a horse but I have ambitions

Chapter 61 I am not a horse but I have ambitions

Chapter 61 I am not a thousand-mile horse, but I have a thousand-mile ambition
A quarter of an hour later, the military tent fell into dead silence.

Lu Yunyi had a serious look on his face, Liu Heying frowned, and his eyes were filled with great doubts.

A solemn atmosphere began to spread.

Soon, Liu Heiying spoke suspiciously:
"Brother Yun'er, why do you want us to deliver the letter in person?
Find a half-dead soldier with the letter and throw it into Bui'er Lake.
Let him freeze to death in the snow, and then be discovered by Yuan Ting's scouts, right?"

After hearing this, Lu Yunyi smiled slightly and said jokingly:
"We are brothers indeed. I was planning to do the same at first.

But the general told me how difficult it is to become a nobleman nowadays.

Let me not waste any opportunity to lead alone,

I was a little tempted, so I wanted to give it a try.

After this battle, the Yuan Dynasty will be destroyed. By then, we, as the insiders,
He has a place in history books and in the court's military achievements list.

This may even become the basis for our future promotion.”

Liu Heiying blinked his eyes:

"Keke, this is too dangerous. That's Yuanting. If we're not careful, we'll die there."

“That shouldn’t be the case.”

Liu Heiying blinked blankly, as if he remembered something, and asked quickly:

"Are you afraid of death, Brother Yun'er?"

"Nonsense, of course I'm afraid of death." Lu Yunyi glanced at him.

Liu Heiying's face was full of weirdness:

"But, Brother Yun'er, I don't think you are afraid of death.

Once you're on the battlefield, you're crazier than anyone else, always charging in the front, crazy and insane."

"That's because I have the confidence, relying on those three cat skills,

If they can block my sword, they are powerful.

If I were on a battlefield with tens of thousands of people and the sky was full of rain, I would not charge in like this."

After hearing Lu Yunyi's words, Liu Heiying looked thoughtful and asked:
"Brother Yun'er, if you really go to Yuanting, do you have any idea?"

Lu Yunyi had been thinking about this question all along. Now he thought about it carefully again and nodded slightly:
"Of course there is a bottom."

"How sure are you?"

"Seventy percent."

Liu Heiying was stunned. Wasn't it a military mission where one could risk his life? How come there was still a 70% chance?

But even if it is 70%, there is also a saying:

"Brother Yun'er, there is a 70% chance that there is danger.
That is Yuanting. Even if we have supernatural powers, we can’t escape.”

Liu Heiying was a little anxious. He felt that Brother Yun'er was not afraid of death, so he asked:

"Brother Yun'er, when the fifty of us went to fish in the sea, what were your chances of coming back alive?"

"Fifty percent."

Lu Yunyi's face was calm. It was much easier to make a choice then than now.

At that time, he was just a general, with only a hundred taels of silver on him.
If you say give up, then give up. If you say die, then die.

But now, he has become a commander, and it is only a matter of time before he rises to a high position.

The current 70% is even more dangerous than the original 50% because it costs more.

Liu Heiying felt the same way. His father, who was a businessman, had said countless times,

Once you have the capital, you must proceed steadily and not act recklessly like a layman in the past.

After taking a deep breath, Liu Heiying felt that he still had to persuade her:

"Brother Yun'er, I think that smokeless stove will make you famous in history.

This can change the army's combat strategy. They no longer have to hide and evade like before.

With this thing, even if 300,000 soldiers hide, the grassland people will not be able to find them for a while.

I think with this, Brother Yuner will be able to rise to prominence."

Lu Yunyi felt that what he said made sense, and looked thoughtful:

"You think I shouldn't take risks?"

Liu Heiying nodded his head like pecking at rice. They had been doing things that seemed dangerous, but they were not very dangerous.
Even in a battle, with their superior strength,
As long as you are not shot to death by arrows, it would be difficult to die.

Lu Yunyi sighed and asked, "Do you think the general would deceive us?"

Liu Heiying shook his head: "What a great figure the general is, the greatest general in the world, and we two brothers are just ants."

Lu Yunyi shrugged and made a decision in his mind:
"That's it, let's give it a try.

In the end, military men still have to rely on their military achievements to make their mark.

As for the others, they are just extras.

It’s best to have it, but it’s okay if you don’t.

After all, even without these things, the Ming Dynasty could still conquer the grasslands."

Liu Heiying stared at Brother Yuner in a daze, and after a long while he finally sighed.
"Since Brother Yun'er isn't afraid, let's give it a try.
It's just delivering a letter to Bei Yuan. We can just disguise ourselves as being more convincing.

Brother Yun'er, what plans do you have in mind?"

Lu Yunyi did not answer immediately.
Instead, he stood up, stretched, and exhaled the foul air in his chest, then said:
"Some ideas, since you agree, then let's do it.
I will go to the general to ask for something.
If we don't have this thing, our work is in vain, so we might as well not go."

"Mysterious." Liu Heiying muttered and also stood up:
"Then I'll go see how the brothers' military merits are calculated."

"Go."

After Liu Heiying left, the military tent suddenly became quiet. Lu Yunyi felt the coldness in the room.

He sighed softly, sat down at the long table silently, took a pen and paper,
I thought about it for a long time before I started writing.

Time passed by little by little, and the military tent was extremely quiet.
There is only the rustling sound of the brush rubbing against the paper.
Even the noise of the soldiers gradually subsided as time passed.

Two hours passed before Lu Yunyi finally made the final stroke.
He put the brush aside, picked up the booklet and blew dry the wet ink on it, his expression full of satisfaction.

I stood up and looked at the time. It was already midnight.

Without hesitation, he closed the book, walked out of the tent and headed towards the central tent.

At this moment, General Lan Yu must not have gone to bed.

Soon, Lu Yunyi arrived at the central army tent, but was told that the general was on the central army training ground.

Lu Yunyi thanked him and rushed to the training ground, feeling a little confused.

Soon, Lu Yunyi arrived at the training ground surrounded by soldiers.
His eyes suddenly widened in surprise, what was going on?
Shi Zhengyu, who was in charge of the guard, was also a little stunned when he saw him. He stared at him and said suspiciously:
"Why did Brother Lu come here?"

Lu Yunyi raised the booklet in his hand:

"I came to discuss matters with the general, and the guard told me to come here." Shi Zhengyu looked surprised and had a strange expression:
"You came at the right time. If someone else came here, they would not be able to see the general. Wait, I will pass the message."

Although Lu Yunyi was confused, he still said thank you and just waited.

Soon, Shi Zhengyu squeezed out from the soldiers and nodded gently:

"The general wants you to come over."

"Thank you, Brother Shi."

Only after entering the training ground did Lu Yunyi understand what Shi Zhengyu meant.

There were only a few people on the huge training ground.
Lan Yu, Marquis of Yongchang, Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, and Deng Zhen, Duke of Shen who rarely appears in public.

These people were surrounding a huge pit, looking back and forth.
There were several soldiers inside who were digging a hole with shovels and hoes.

Lu Yunyi walked closer and took a look, and his mouth twitched slightly.

The smokeless stove, which originally had only two pits, was now enlarged several times.
There are six pits and more than ten tentacles.
It was also different from what he had dug.
The smokeless stove in front of me is like a sun. A huge pit is surrounded by a circle of small pits.
There are little flames burning in the holes.
Looking at this huge parade ground, it is now in a state of disarray.

There are so many dark holes that it seems that it has been tested many times.

Several people stared at the stove with burning eyes, bending over to check.
They didn't realize that Lu Yunyi was standing next to them.
"It seems to work, but the fire is not big."

Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, squatted on the ground with a frown on his face. The firelight made his face half red and half black.

"Add more firewood. Is there not enough firewood?" Marquis Dingyuan also squatted down, picked up a few pieces of firewood and threw them in.

"No, that's nonsense. The more firewood you use, the smaller the fire will be."

Lan Yu reminded him, and the soldier quickly pulled out the firewood again.
Deng Zhen, the Duke of Shen, bent over, tilted his head, and said in a deep voice, "I am very proud of you.

“Is the pit too small for the fire to come up?”

"Don't dig any further, or it will collapse." Geng Bingwen, Marquis of Changxing, rolled his eyes at him.
Huh? He suddenly saw someone beside him. He was startled at first, then a look of surprise appeared on his face. He kept saying:
"The real boss is here, Lu Yunyi, come and take a look at what's going on."

At this time, all the bigwigs in the army looked over, were startled at first, and then showed surprise like Marquis Changxing.

"I, Lu Yunyi, pay my respects to the general, the duke, and the marquis."

Lu Yunyi stood up straight, saluted first, and then looked at Changxing Hou suspiciously:

"My Lord, what are you doing?"

Marquis Changxing straightened up and waved his hand gently:
"When Tian Baochuan accompanied you to the Tatar tribe, he said that your tribe had this good thing.
Can light a fire in the wilderness without exposing smoke and flames,

I waited here and tried it, and it was true.

But your thing is too small, it can only hold a pot.

We thought if we could put a hundred pots there, so that the army could concentrate on digging as it marched.
The firearms are also convenient to use and easy to deal with afterwards.”

After hearing this, Lu Yunyi looked at the smokeless stove with ten pits in front of him, and the corners of his mouth twitched slightly. It turns out that this is not your limit!
"Look, we now have ten pits.

But we found a drawback to this thing.
That is, the more pits there are, the smaller the fire will be.

Although it works, it's too slow to make a fire and cook. "

The Marquis of Changxing gestured and described it vividly.
He was the oldest among those present and his gestures were the most expert.

Lu Yunyi nodded and looked forward.

The ten stoves in front of me had not even been used to place pots, but the fire was already barely audible.
If what he expected happened, the fire might go out once the pot was put on.

But Lu Yunyi didn't know how to explain that fire needs air to burn.

Seeing that he was in deep thought, the dukes and princes present did not disturb him and waited quietly.

Soon, a gleam of light flashed in Lu Yunyi's eyes. He looked at the dukes and said loudly:
"The Art of War by Sun Tzu once mentioned that fire has five attacks:
But all these five attacks require wind, I am thinking. As the number of fire pits increases, there must be more windings among them.
The wind cannot flow through it, so the fire must be much smaller."

Everyone frowned in thought. Duke Deng Zhen of Shen was the first to react. He gave the order in a deep voice:

"Fan!"

Everyone looked over and saw several soldiers holding palm-leaf fans and blowing
"Oh! It's getting bigger, the fire is getting bigger!" Wang Bi, Marquis of Dingyuan, widened his eyes and exclaimed repeatedly.

I saw flames coming out of the ten small pits, which were several times larger than before.

Seeing this scene, not only the dukes and marquises present breathed a sigh of relief,

Lu Yunyi was even more delighted.
He had never seen a smokeless stove with ten pits, so he could only try it by chance.

"Hurry, hurry, put the pot on." Changxing Hou Geng Bingwen ordered.

The soldiers immediately put the pot on top, which was already filled with water.
Just like that, a group of important figures in the court, including Lu Yunyi, stood on the parade ground, staring at the ground with wide eyes.

It was not until two quarters of an hour later that the soldiers, who had been fanning themselves, began to sweat, but the water still did not boil.

Lan Yu frowned slightly:

"No, there are too many pits. We need to reduce some of them, and..."

Lan Yu raised his head and looked at the sky. It was gloomy, the moon was covered, and there was little wind.

He added:

"To try the best method,

How many fire pits are used for the largest fire on a windless day, and how many fire pits are used for the largest fire on a windy day, record them in a book, and try them one by one.
Find another craftsman to come over and make a similar ironware.
Disassemble when not in use and reassemble when in use.
In addition, the size of the ironware should also be considered, since it is caused by the wind.
Then the connection should be made bigger to see the extent of the fire.

As long as it can block out light and smoke, it is worth it to choose the best method, no matter how much money is spent! "

After these words came out, Lu Yunyi's face was full of strangeness.

For a while, it was unclear who was the patent holder of the smokeless stove.
After the plan was decided, all the adults dispersed, and finally only Lan Yu and Lu Yunyi were left on the parade ground.

Lan Yu turned away from the smokeless stove and asked:
"What's the matter?"

Lu Yunyi calmed down, quickly took out the booklet from his arms, and presented it with both hands:

"General, this is the strategy I just decided on. Please take a look at it."

Lan Yu did not act pretentiously. He took the book and walked straight to the torch nearby.
He looked at it by the firelight, his brows sometimes furrowed, sometimes relaxed,
Finally, he closed the book and looked at Lu Yunyi, with something strange in his eyes.
Even he had to admit that Lu Yunyi's actions were extremely imaginative!
After thinking about it carefully, Lan Yu nodded slightly and said lightly:
"Okay, since you found the Great Seal of the Khan of the Sun, you can use it if you want. It's just a dead object."

"Thank you, General. I will definitely return victorious!"

Lan Yu looked him up and down and smiled softly:
"To be honest, I don't want to send you to the grassland. Your skills should be used in the Ministry of Industry.
If you don't want to go to the grassland, I will report to His Royal Highness the Crown Prince and find you a job in the Ministry of Works."

Lan Yu sighed and said slowly:
"You have never led an army, so you don't know the importance of this thing.
In the past, when we went north every year, we had to be careful to hide our whereabouts.
The Governor's Office made many compromises.
There could not be too many soldiers, and the food and fodder they carried had to be half-cooked, and then cooked quickly before being eaten, so as not to reveal their whereabouts.

But even so. In the battle with the Mongols and the Northern Yuan Dynasty,

I don't know how many times the smoke was discovered, allowing the grassland people to detect it in advance and escape.

As for the war in the southwest, it is also of great use.
The natives hid in the mountains and trees and could easily detect the smoke from the army's cooking and escape.

Now that I have this thing, the possibility of being exposed is greatly reduced, which can bring many more victories to my Ming Dynasty.
Lu Yunyi: You have made a great contribution. This item is many times more important than the Sun Khan Seal.

If you don’t want to take the risk of going to the grassland, I will give you a chance to regret it.”

Lu Yunyi's eyes condensed, his whole body was full of determination, and he said loudly:

"General, although I am not a thousand-mile horse, I also have lofty ambitions."

(End of this chapter)