Chapter 162: Good News Finally Comes

Chapter 162: Good News Finally Comes

Chapter 162: Good News Finally Comes
Two days later, Lu Yunyi was still in the camp, thinking about how to make a multifunctional tactical backpack.

On one side were piled maps and military correspondence.
Lu Yunyi has made up his mind. If there is no news about Wu Fuliu after today,
He would send someone to check and find out the truth.

At this moment, Liu Heiying rushed in with a strange look on his face:
"Brother Yun'er, the brothers found the Liao King's envoy outside the camp and have captured him now."

Lu Yunyi paused in his sewing, raised his head in surprise, and showed a bit of weirdness:
"He is still in Liaodong?"

When they intercepted Zhao Zunian and Liu Xian, they did not find any trace of the Liao envoy.

Lu Yunyi guessed that he had returned to Liaowang County through other channels, but he didn't expect that he was still in Liaodong.

Liu Heiying's expression also looked a little strange, and he nodded repeatedly:

"This Liao King's envoy is really powerful.
He returned to Liaowang County with two large carts of defective military equipment.

But according to him, this is normal business transactions, and there are bills from the Military Command Office."

Lu Yunyi looked normal. Liaodong had a special geographical location. It was connected to the grassland in the north, Korea in the east, and further away were the Japanese pirates. It had great commercial autonomy.

Salt, iron, tea, war horses and military equipment were all sold, but the court would collect heavy taxes, especially on military equipment.

The forging technology of the weapons they sold was at least two generations behind the real Ming Dynasty swords, in order to offset the silver money needed to develop new swords.

This is a business strategy based on cost control, local demand and product positioning considerations.

Compared to intact swords, the grasslands and North Korea prefer defective ones because they are cheaper.

But because the court would collect heavy taxes on legitimate channels,
Therefore, they usually purchase a small amount of weapons openly, and then smuggle most of them through smuggling channels.

This is the trick that the Liao King’s envoys are using now.

"Brother Yun'er, he has the release terms and documents from the commander-in-chief. Do you want to let him go?" Liu Heiying blinked.

Lu Yunyi rolled his eyes at him and said unhappily:

“How can we let the duck fly away?
Seize them all, and send the brothers out at night to keep a close watch on the passages, as there may be more secret dealings tonight."

After hearing this, Liu Heiying felt relieved and smiled:
"Don't worry, Brother Yun'er, everything has been arranged long ago. Would you like to meet the envoy of the King of Liao?"

Lu Yunyi thought about it and slowly shook his head:

"No, lock him up. The war has been going on for many days. Even if he knows something, it's too late. If we want to go to Liaowang County, let him lead the way."

"Okay, I'll make arrangements right away."

"Go."

After Liu Heiying left, the military tent fell into silence.
The weather in Liaodong was getting hotter and hotter. The sun was shining directly down, and there was a stuffy atmosphere in the military tent.

As a result, Lu Yunyi's sewing became all over the place.
He simply put it aside, took out the map and spread it on the table, carefully examining the Liaowang County.
Once again confirm the strategy you designed in advance,
Although he has repeated this process countless times, he never gets tired of it.
A quarter of an hour later, he once again confirmed that there was no problem with the strategy, then he sighed and put the map away.

There is no problem with the strategy, and there is no problem with the soldiers' combat effectiveness, so why is there no news yet?
At this moment, there was a sudden sound of horse hooves outside the military tent, rapid, violent, and a single-handed

Lu Yunyi suddenly raised his head, a gleam of light flashed in his eyes, he stood up with a bang, strode out of the military tent quickly.

The curtain of the military tent was opened, and the sunlight splashed on Lu Yunyi. The strong and warm sunlight made him squint his eyes.
But he could still clearly see the figure rushing into the north gate of Sanwanwei.
Dust-covered, his armor covered with dust and dark red bloodstains,
His face was dark and his skin was cracked, but his eyes were bright and sharp.

His arrival seemed to light a fire in this hot weather.

The soldiers who were staggering around the camp stood up straight immediately and looked over one after another.

The person who came was Fang Guangnan, an old subordinate of Lu Yunyi in Qingzhou.

He is less than 30 years old, but looks mature and is brave in battle. He is a captain in the scout department of the front army.

"Lao Fang, you are here!!"

There were soldiers who knew him and they shouted from a distance with excitement on their faces.

Not only Lu Yunyi, but other soldiers were also very concerned about their colleagues' war efforts.

Fang Guangnan dismounted, waved to the soldiers around him, and then patted the bag on his waist and shouted:
"See you later!"

Then he quickly rushed to where Lu Yunyi was.
Lu Yunyi was wearing a black suit at the moment, with a slender figure and a high bun.
He didn't look like a soldier but more like a scholar, which was especially obvious when he stood in front of the military tent.

Fang Guangnan rushed forward and bowed repeatedly:

"I am Fang Guangnan, and I am here to greet you, sir."

"Military News!"

Lu Yunyi didn't bother to be polite with him and quickly extended his hand.

Fang Guangnan quickly took out the military newspaper from his bag, handed it over, and then said:

"Please rest assured, my lord. The fighting in Liaowangzhai is going very smoothly.

When his subordinates arrived, they had already completely wiped out the outer troops of the King of Liao's army, and achieved great gains, while the brothers suffered very few losses.

Now the army has moved its camp to the outside of the Liao King's city, preparing to implement the strategy of besieging the city and attacking the reinforcements."

Hearing him say this, Lu Yunyi let out a long sigh of relief and was completely relieved. For the first time, a smile appeared on his face, which had been solemn for many days.

"Come in quickly and drink some water first."

Lu Yunyi and Fang Guangnan entered the military tent. He unfolded the map and opened the military report, examining it word by word.
[Report to General Lu:
Two decades have passed since the scouts of our four armies were ordered to go out to fight against the traitor King Liao.

Following the general's order, we first implemented a surprising tactic to kill the young and strong to weaken their troops, and then burned the granary and cut off their baggage supply, so that they were trapped both internally and externally and their morale was low.

After these two strategies were implemented, the people in Liao became unstable, the enemy's supply lines were severely damaged, and the war situation began to show a favorable trend.

Now, our troops have entered the critical stage of besieging the point and attacking the reinforcements.

Although the main force of the King of Liao retreated behind a strong stronghold, they intended to put up a last-ditch resistance.

As the general had expected, the reinforcements from all sides were ready to move to lift the siege of the city.

In view of this, we have made careful plans and, according to the general's plan, set up ambushes at six important routes, waiting for the enemy to come to our rescue and then fight and annihilate them.

In addition, we intensified the pressure on the stronghold, using rain of arrows, fire attacks and other tactics to harass the enemy day and night, leaving them no time to take care of other things.

However, the Liao king was cunning and deliberately set up a maze. After his main force was defeated by us,
They used the surrounding grassland people to pretend to be soldiers and cleverly deployed them in at least 30 strongholds in an attempt to confuse our army.
They made us mistakenly believe that they still had their main forces intact, trying to delay time and regroup.

Fortunately, our deputy captain Zhang Yu is both wise and brave, and he can see through the details and see through the plan in time.

Deputy Captain Zhang Yu was an expert in judging people and was familiar with the terrain. After careful investigation, he confirmed that these strongholds were just bluffs by the King of Liao and that they were actually short of manpower and not to be feared. The next day, he led his army to defeat them in one fell swoop.

Recently, several small groups of reinforcements have attempted to break through our defenses, but they were all repelled by our troops with thunderous means, with fruitful gains, and the enemy's morale was further dampened.

We have learned from the general's teachings that we should besiege a point and attack its reinforcements, and the key is to win the battle quickly and decisively.

We must besiege the enemy in the city and make them run out of food and reinforcements.
They also need to respond flexibly to external reinforcements and eliminate them one by one to prevent them from gathering into a powerful force.

At present, the city of King Liao is isolated and helpless, and the people in the village are short of food and want to flee and surrender.

It is expected that the city will fall into chaos within a few days, which will be a good opportunity to break into the stronghold.

To date, the front scouts have killed 3,500 enemies and captured 1,700.

More than 10,000 grains and fodders, and more than 1,000 cattle, sheep and other livestock were seized.

The casualties among our own soldiers were minimal, less than a hundred men.

Please rest assured, General. All the officers and soldiers of the 4th Army Scouting Department swear to defend the peace of the country with their iron and blood bodies. They will live up to the heavy responsibility and celebrate the victory when the victory news comes.

I would like to report this to you and hope that the general will take a look.

The Fourth Army Scouting Division Commander Wu Fuliu and Zhang Yu

July 18, the 21st year of Hongwu.]
"it is good!!"

Lu Yunyi let out a loud shout, and was completely relieved.

The dark cloud that had been gathering between his brows completely dissipated. A smile broke out on his face. With a burning gaze, he read the military newspaper carefully again.

This was the first time that he did not command the troops personally. He felt a little nervous before things were settled, but now he feels at ease.

Judging from what the military report said, the matter is settled.
King Azashili of Liao will surely suffer serious injuries and become a lonely man.

Moreover, the King of Liao helped the Ming Dynasty invisibly.
He used those grassland people as ordinary soldiers to fight against the main army, and suffered heavy losses.

The few young and strong men in Liaowang County were almost wiped out.

This will be of great help to Liaodong in controlling Liaowang County and suppressing the rebellions of the three Doyan tribes in the future.

If the Liao King was a merciful person, and the main force of the army was wiped out and surrendered in an instant, it would take some effort to deal with the grassland people of Liao Wang County. Although he was confused for several days, the results of the battle were beyond Lu Yunyi's imagination.

However, Lu Yunyi was still secretly alert in his heart, as he had made another mistake.

When he was planning his strategy, he considered the King of Liao from the perspective of a Ming general.

Description of the situation of the Northern Yuan Dynasty and Liao Dynasty.

The lives of ordinary grassland people are like grass in front of the grassland dignitaries and can be easily abandoned.

This time he ignored the ordinary grassland people.

Taking a deep breath, Lu Yunyi exhaled the foul air in his chest.

He turned his eyes away from the military newspaper and looked at Fang Guangnan:

"Does the injured brother have any herbs?"

Fang Guangnan had been waiting quietly. When he saw Lu Yunyi smiling, he bowed and said:
"Reporting to the Lord, the brothers have sufficient herbs.

Except for those who died in the battle, all the other brothers were treated.

Even if the brothers were injured or fell off their horses, the grassland people would not dare to kill them all."

"Oh? Why is that?" Lu Yunyi asked with blinking eyes.

Fang Guangnan smiled and said quickly:

"The two gentlemen have already spread the word that one of our soldiers was killed or wounded, and a hundred people from the grassland were killed.

Except for some rabid grassland people who acted recklessly, the rest of the grassland people acted with caution.

It’s because their families are still outside the Liao King’s Camp and have not been taken in by the Liao King.”

When he said this, Fang Guangnan's face looked extremely strange, and so did Lu Yunyi.
It seems that the King of Liao and others have long forgotten the glory of the Yuan Dynasty and how to forge a strong army.

If the commander wants to allow soldiers to fight for their rights, the only thing he can do is to reduce the soldiers' concerns.

When the Ming army came to the north to fight, the garrison would give them two to three taels of silver as resettlement allowance.
They would also give the soldiers three months' salary in advance to reduce their worries.

If a soldier died in the north, the garrison would provide a pension, and his son could still enter the garrison and eat imperial food.

In this way, the Ming army will fight fiercely.

"Are there enough military supplies? Are there enough horses, swords, and arrows? Are there enough food for the army?"

Lu Yunyi asked many more questions, and Fang Guangnan answered them truthfully.

Hearing Lu Yunyi nodding repeatedly,
The newly issued long swords were at least 20% harder than before because they used a new forging process, so the loss was not as great as before.

Although the armor had some damage, it could still be used after being repaired.

The same goes for arrows, since they can be recycled, it's not a big deal.

As for food, there is no need to say more.
The 4,000-man vanguard scout unit occupied almost all the food supplies outside the Liaowang Village.

A huge weight lifted off his chest, and Lu Yunyi seemed somewhat relieved. He looked at Fang Guangnan with a smile on his face:
"Send the message to work hard, go and get the three taels of silver reward, and then have a good rest."

Fang Guangnan showed a look of delight and bowed quickly:

"Thank you, sir. I will take my leave first."

After Fang Guangnan left, Lu Yunyi picked up the military newspaper on the table and looked at it carefully, with a look of joy on his face.

Soon, Lu Yunyi called Xu Zengshou, who was standing guard at the door, and instructed:

"Tell the brothers the news of the great victory, and let them have some fun too."

Xu Zengshou also had a look of joy on his face at this moment, nodding repeatedly:

"Yes, my lord!"

Lu Yunyi remembered something and ordered:
"It's fine if we just keep the facts to ourselves. Let's keep our mouths shut and don't spread it around."

Xu Zengshou chuckled and said, "Don't worry, sir. The brothers have been very worried these days."

Lu Yunyi also laughed and waved his hand casually:
"Go ahead. Once Liaowang Village is breached, we should leave this troubled place and head to Liaowang County. We can celebrate then."

"Then I will wait to drink your wine!"

After saying this, Xu Zengshou bowed and left in a hurry.

Lu Yunyi smiled. The longer they spent together, the more eccentric Xu Zengshou's personality became.

Time passed little by little, half an hour passed,

The atmosphere in the military camp was becoming increasingly heated. Most soldiers knew the news of their colleagues' victory.
Everyone suppressed their excitement, and the lines on their faces became softer instead of as hard as before, with even a faint smile on the corners of their mouths.

This made the craftsmen who were about to start work after their lunch break look surprised.

What happened to these cold soldiers? Did they give out bonuses again?
While having lunch at noon, they saw that each of the soldiers was given a string of banknotes, which made them extremely envious.

In a corner of the camp, You Dafeng lazily lay on the ground, lifting up her clothes.
The scorching sun burns my belly, and my lazy look is very comfortable.

He was now calculating the wages and military pay he had earned on this trip.
"The reward for beheading a person is ten taels of silver. The military pay for the past few months is also ten taels."

I don't know what he thought of, but Judah Feng's face showed joy, and he continued to chant:

"I was given a reward of one tael of silver when I set out, and now I have been given another one tael.
The general also said that if we win this battle, we will be rewarded with money after we return. I wonder how much money it will be. The general is really generous."

You Dafeng lazily basked in the sun, patted her belly, and sighed,
Compared to raising horses in the past, it is better to go out and fight, you can make more money!

If the trip goes well, he may be able to earn thirty or forty taels of silver, which would make him a well-deserved wealthy man in his hometown.

Just as he was thinking about the good days, his slightly narrowed eyes suddenly opened.

There was a sharp flash in his eyes, and his brows furrowed.

"Ok?"

With a sound of doubt, You Dafeng turned sideways, put his ear to the ground, and listened quietly to the pulse of the earth.
Da da da da da da
A light tapping sound rose from the ground and entered his ears, making his face solemn.

He immediately pulled down his clothes, stood up suddenly and looked into the distance.

The soldier who was basking in the sun with him looked surprised, blocked the sunlight with his hands, raised his head slightly and looked at him.

"What's wrong with you? Why are you so startled?"

"Don't make any noise, there are cavalrymen coming, there are a lot of them."

The soldiers around him suddenly shut their mouths, looked solemn, and half-sat up.

The faint sound was getting louder and louder, and the strong wind suddenly widened my eyes.
He was quite sure that no less than five hundred cavalrymen were on their way, and they were marching very fast!
"Get up, get up, everyone get up!!!"

You Dafeng shouted anxiously, and more and more soldiers half sat up, with questioning looks on their faces and a hint of dissatisfaction in their eyes.

But soon their faces changed again and again, and they looked into the distance.

Many clever soldiers have already rushed forward.

Boom boom boom!
The dull sound of horse hooves came from the sky, as dense as thunder, and was rapidly approaching the camp of Sanwanwei!

Xu Zengshou, who was standing guard at the door, noticed something unusual.

Without any hesitation, he turned around and went into the tent to report the matter.

Not long after, Lu Yunyi, dressed in black uniform, walked out of the military tent and looked towards the entrance of the camp.

Not far from the camp, dust began to spread, and agile figures were running in the dust.

Wearing black armor, with a stern face,

The fierce aura that came towards them made everyone present alert.

The response of the front scouts was naturally not bad.
Soon, more than 300 armored cavalrymen rushed out from various camps, holding long swords in their hands and with murderous looks on their faces!

Lu Yunyi stood at the entrance of the military tent, squinting his eyes at the person coming from the front.

They should be people from the Liaodong Military Command, who came because of the matter between Zhao Zunian and Liu Xian.

Lu Yunyi's mouth curled up slightly, revealing a smile.
finally come.

(End of this chapter)