Chapter 269: Standing at the Forefront of the Times

Chapter 269: Standing at the Forefront of the Times

Chapter 269: Standing at the Forefront of the Times
The battle between the two armies lasted only a short time.
In just half an hour, the Luchuan soldiers left behind nearly a thousand corpses.

They were lying all over the official roads and in the forests, emitting a foul stench.

On this trip, Luchuan General Si Yuanheng led less than fifty elite troops.

He wanted to do the opposite and escape from the official road, but was blocked by Liu Heiying.

At this moment, the two sides were facing each other on both sides of the official road.

Liu Heiying's army has thirty soldiers under his command.
Everyone had a sharp look on their face and looked eager to try.

Si Yuanheng and his soldiers looked dejected and a little embarrassed.

Si Yuanheng listened to the screams from behind becoming less and less, and a hint of cruelty flashed in his eyes.
We can no longer sit here and wait for death. We must break through the encirclement to survive.

But the more than 30 people on the other side showed no fear at all, and their eager look made him even wary.

Liu Heiying looked at them back and forth with a strange look on his face.
Thinking about how to capture only Si Yuanheng and let the Luchuan soldiers behind him go,
After all, the goal of their trip was to intimidate Luchuan, not to annihilate the enemy.

As a result, both sides had their own thoughts and were deadlocked on the official road, with a heavy atmosphere.

As his thoughts turned, Liu Heiying pointed the long sword in his hand forward and shouted:
"Hey, surrender and I'll let your subordinates go, how about that?

If you don’t obey, then you will all die here.”

Si Yuanheng's face changed slightly, thinking that this was a plot by the Ming generals to sow discord, and he quickly said:

"Brothers, don't believe his lies.
These Ming people want to grind us to ashes, how could they let you go?
If you don't believe me, take a look at the back and see how many people are still alive. "

The soldiers' faces turned pale, and they couldn't help but look back.
I saw that the number of soldiers resisting was decreasing, and most of them were the elite soldiers on this trip.

Even if there is some resistance, it won't last long.

"General, we can't hesitate any longer. Our brothers can't hold on for much longer!" shouted a guard.

Si Yuanheng's eyes flashed with cruelty, and he looked at the soldiers around him with some sorrow:

"It was I who harmed you. I will go forward and fight with that general.

You guys take advantage of the chaos to escape, don't worry about me!"

Although Si Yuanheng kept his voice low,
But Liu Heiying, who was not far away, still heard it, and his eyes lit up.
The steps that were originally unable to be restrained stopped again.

If they scattered and fled, he wouldn't mind waiting for a while.

"General, we are all your soldiers. We have followed you for many years. How can we escape?"

A guard looked anxious and spoke quickly.

More and more soldiers showed determination and took a step forward.
It seemed as if he wanted to block Si Yuanheng behind him.

Si Yuanheng's face was solemn, with a hint of impatience flashing across his face:

"Follow the military order and go back to tell General Hanba,

The Ming Kingdom dispatched a very powerful army to ask them to be more careful.
And don't think about entering the country to harass the food supply route anymore.
No matter how many people come, they will die in vain, and it will only damage morale."

Seeing their hesitation and lack of decision, Si Yuanheng's fierce expression surged:

"have you understood!"

The expressions of several guards changed back and forth, and they looked at the many soldiers behind them:

"You take the message back and we'll hold them back."

Hearing the guard's words, Si Yuanheng smiled and said in a low voice:

"Walk along the mountain forest path, through Yunlongzhou,

The commander there is focused on defense, and even if he spots you, he won't chase you.

You can still survive if you flee back to your country! Okay, it’s settled!”

Si Yuanheng said firmly,

The smile on his face grew wider and wider, and he turned to look at the guards beside him:
"I have been in the army for fifteen years, and thanks to you, I have been able to escape death several times.

This time, we can still get through this difficult time!"

As he spoke, Si Yuanheng swung the long sword in his hand.
The depressed look disappeared, replaced by the determination before the battle.

"The Ming people on the opposite side, which division are you from? This general Si Yuanheng never kills nameless people."

Liu Heiying, who had been somewhat impatient, rolled his eyes upon hearing this.
Without any hesitation, he rushed forward with a knife in hand.

"I'm your grandfather. You'll be dead after today. Why do you know so much? You're even more slow than a grassland man."

The soldiers behind him saw Liu Heiying rushing forward.
Unable to contain their excitement, they rushed over with their knives in hand.

Opposite is the enemy general, and the people around him are either his personal guards or officials. If you chop off his head, you will get a big reward! !

Seeing Liu Heiying's aggressive attitude, Si Yuanheng snorted coldly.
He also rushed forward with his sword in hand, and at the same time shouted to the soldiers behind him:
"Run separately!!"

More than fifty soldiers behind him fled in all directions, and only more than ten personal guards were left.

Si Yuanheng glanced away, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth:
"Thank you for your hard work over the years. We will come to Mingjing to seek revenge in the next life!"

The group rushed forward aggressively, ready to die.

Si Yuanheng turned towards Liu Heiying, his eyes becoming sharper and sharper.

Waving the long sword in his hand, he slashed towards Liu Heiying from top to bottom.

Seeing the long knife coming, Liu Heiying showed a trace of disdain at the corner of his mouth, and his eyes became more mocking:

"too slow."

With a slight "dang" sound, the long knife coming down from above was blocked by Liu Heiying's blade.
Then he slashed downward along Si Yuanheng's long sword, about to cut off Si Yuanheng's arm.

Si Yuanheng's face changed drastically, and turned pale in an instant.
The huge force from his palm almost made him unable to move.

In desperation, he had to let go of the long sword in his hand and let it fall to the ground to block the knife!

Liu Heiying sneered and said softly:
"If you weren't still useful, I wouldn't waste my time talking to you."

The next moment, the long knife in Liu Heiying's hand fell from top to bottom and hit the ground, but was stopped abruptly.

Then he turned his wrist and slashed from bottom to top with his backhand!

There seemed to be no pause.

Si Yuanheng's pupils reflected the rapidly approaching knife light, and he was terrified.

He tried to dodge, but his body seemed heavy and slow due to the suppressed force.
"laugh--"

There was a sound of flesh being torn apart, which was not noticeable on this somewhat chaotic battlefield.
But to Si Yuanheng's ears, it sounded like thunder.

He figured it out. The Ming general in front of him wanted to report back what happened in Dali Prefecture, but it was too late now.

The tip of the knife pierced Si Yuanheng's armor accurately and embedded deeply into his lower abdomen.

It went up along the flesh and blood body to the chest, leaving a shocking bloodstain.

Si Yuanheng's body shook violently, and he couldn't help but groan in pain.
His face was as pale as paper, with beads of sweat rolling down his forehead, mixing with the blood that flowed from the corners of his mouth.
He staggered back a few steps, almost falling to his knees.
But relying on his last bit of willpower, he managed to keep his body steady.

But the blood flowing from his chest and the burning pain almost swallowed up his entire mind.

Liu Heiying stood there, looking at Si Yuanheng's still strong body, and chuckled:
"You Luchuan people should eat more, because you don't have enough strength."

After saying this, Liu Heiying looked at the Luchuan soldiers who were fleeing in all directions.
Seeing them disappearing into the woods little by little, he no longer hesitated and waved gently.

The soldiers behind him who had not taken action took out the crossbows from their backs.
He aimed at the guards who were still struggling and pulled the trigger without hesitation!

Whoosh whoosh—

The sound of crossbow arrows breaking through the air was heard, and in an instant the few survivors were shot into sieves.

Si Yuanheng stood there with his long sword in his weak hand.

There was a hint of unwillingness in his eyes, as well as a hint of hidden fear.
After fighting with him, he was able to confirm that

These soldiers in front of us are the elite troops transferred from the northern border by the Ming Dynasty.
They are strong, have strict military discipline, and even their weapons are much better than theirs.
Si Yuanheng saw no hope that Luchuan could win.

This is the case with disputes between small and big countries. Small countries may gain an advantage in the early stages.

However, as the big countries continued to increase their strength and use more and more means, the small countries gradually could not keep up and finally suffered a crushing defeat.

In Si Yuanheng's opinion, there were no soldiers with such strict military discipline in the Luchuan Army.
There is no army that can carry out its objectives from beginning to end.

My thoughts gradually dispersed, and the blood in my chest and abdomen kept flowing.
His vision gradually blurred, and he was no longer able to support himself and fell heavily to the ground.

Before closing his eyes, he could see the unknown general slowly approaching, looking down at him.
The sound was somewhat hollow, coming and going.

"Stop the bleeding and heal his wounds, then tie him up!"

On one side of the caravan, Lu Yunyi walked along the official road with a normal expression.
Smelling the bloody smell in the air and looking at the body lying on the ground with its limbs spread out, he couldn't help but shake his head.

The quality of these Luchuan soldiers is still too poor.

Even when they were trying to escape, they would fight and kill each other, and in the end both of them would die, which saved a lot of effort.

Soon, Lu Yunyi saw Liu Heiying rushing towards the front of the battlefield.

Liu Heiying also saw him, and his originally ferocious face suddenly turned into a simple and honest one.

He chuckled twice and trotted over, waving his hands back and forth in front of him.

"Brother Yun'er, are you okay?"

"What can I do?"

Lu Yunyi smiled slightly, looked him up and down, and muttered:
"You've been busy for so many days, why haven't you lost weight?"

Liu Heiying looked down at his bulging armor, scratched his head lightly, and slapped his thigh in annoyance:
"Brother Yun'er, you don't know.
I was idle all day in the north woods,

They had almost plowed the land there, but had not yet found any enemy troops.
I just ate and walked along the way, without missing anything."

As he spoke, Liu Heiying sighed heavily, then looked behind him with some credit. Si Yuanheng had fallen into a coma, and was being dragged by a soldier by the arm.

"Luckily we caught a big one in the end, otherwise it would have been a waste of effort.

Oh, yes, thirty or forty people just ran away, that should be enough."

Lu Yunyi thought about it, smiled and nodded:

"That's enough. Just bring back the news that their entire army has been annihilated.

All right, pack up quickly, we're heading to Yunlongzhou."

"Not going back to Dali?" Liu Heiying was a little confused, and he tried to widen his small eyes.

"Yunlongzhou is close, and most of the women in Yushi Village are weak.
If we take them back to Dali, some of them might die.
Let's go to Yunlongzhou to rest first, and also take a look at what kind of person Du Yutao is. He said more than 2,000 people turned into more than 1,000 people!"

When Liu Heiying heard this, a trace of ferocity appeared in his eyes, and he said viciously:
"Brother Yun'er, it's a good thing we're here.

If the guards went into the mountains to encircle and suppress us as if we were a thousand men, I don’t know how many would die.”

Lu Yunyi's face also looked a little ugly, and he nodded slightly.
Now that the combat mission is over, it is natural to start thinking about these less important things.

Lu Yunyi and Liu Heiying returned to the caravan.

Zhang Yu was already directing the clearing of at least thirty large carts to hold the heads of the Luchuan soldiers.

On the northern battlefield, even if you can kill the enemy, it is not easy to kill them.

The cavalry might not be able to stop and take heads when charging.
Some even had their heads rubbed to pieces by the hooves of war horses.

The number of enemies killed and the number of people beheaded are often far apart.

But now, these more than a thousand Luchuan soldiers have all died on the official road and can be killed at will!

There were also some heads brought back from the mountains and forests,
They were piled together on a large cart and taken to Yunlongzhou, which would make it easier to count the military merits.

As for the remaining bodies, they were thrown into the distant mountains and forests.

The flesh and blood serve as fertilizer for the insects, and the bones serve as a deterrent.

He also ordered people to return to Dali City to inform Governor Feng Cheng of the results of the battle, and then directed the soldiers to clean up the official road.

It is early morning now, and this official road is very busy.
Because of the war, many caravans were blocked on both sides, hesitating and not daring to move forward.

Lu Yunyi and Zhang Yu had no choice but to clear them all before letting them pass.

At this moment, Li Jinglong, who had been missing for a long time, ran over excitedly.
"Yun Yi, Yun Yi!!"

"what happened?"

Lu Yunyi was holding the teapot at the moment, sipping it in small sips.

After the battle, the tension disappeared.

The long-lost fatigue came up again, causing him to squint his eyes to the extreme, and his eyelids to fight back and forth.

Li Jinglong was followed by Xu Zengshou and Guo Quan.

The three of them were a little excited, and the joy in their eyes could not be concealed no matter what.

"Yun Yi, Yun Yi, guess how many enemies we killed?"

Lu Yunyi burst out laughing. At this moment, the three of them were like students taking an exam for the first time and achieved unexpected results.

"one hundred?"

Li Jinglong couldn't hold back his smile anymore, his mouth opened wider and wider! !
“Two hundred and twenty-three!!”

After finishing speaking, Li Jinglong clenched his fists tightly.

If he hadn't had to estimate Duke Cao's image, he might have jumped up in excitement.

The same was true for Xu Zengshou and Guo Quan standing by.

The two of them pursed their lips, and their lips became twisted because they were trying not to laugh.

"so much?"

Lu Yunyi showed some surprise at the right time, and felt a little strange in his heart, as if he was coaxing a child.

"Those people didn't know how to disperse when they fled, they ran in a swarm.

Although the brothers' shooting was not accurate, a single volley could still kill more than ten people.

Yun Yi, this is the first time I feel killing an enemy is so easy! ! "

As he spoke, Li Jinglong tilted his neck upward, and the two people behind him did the same.

Seeing this, Lu Yunyi smiled, a little surprised, and cooperated very well:

"Oh? You guys also made some gains?"

After these words were spoken, the three of them were like superiors who were being flattered. They could no longer suppress their smiles and nodded repeatedly.

Li Jinglong had three achievements, Xu Zengshou had two, and Guo Quan had more, a total of six.

After hearing this, Lu Yunyi nodded repeatedly and waved his hand:
"Okay, I'll record all your gains when the time comes. When the court issues a reward, it will be given to you first!"

The three of them happily went to count their gains.

Looking at their backs, even Lu Yunyi had to admit,
The emergence of firearms will bring such a big change to the battlefield.

It can give a weak person the opportunity to kill the enemy on the battlefield.

The wave of change of the times is rolling in, and they stand at the forefront.

Near noon, the official road that was originally clogged with corpses was slowly cleared.
The bloodstains everywhere could not be completely covered up, and some were exposed.

But it is already passable.

in this way,

The front army's scouts' ambush team and combat team brought with them goods, horses, and several carts of people.
They set off in a mighty procession, heading towards Yunlongzhou not far away.

The distance is only more than ten miles. If you go faster, you can arrive in an hour.

The convoy drove westward, and the originally congested official road was relieved and began to move slowly.

I don't know how many people looked at me with fear on their faces.
Especially seeing the trace of a human head revealed through the white cloth,

It made them speed up their pace and move forward quickly!

With the return of the assault team,
The already huge caravan became even more huge, like a long dragon winding along the official road.

In less than an hour, the front army scouts could already see the city of Yunlongzhou from afar.

It is the same as the city of Dali. After the Ming Dynasty conquered Yunnan, it was renovated.

As a frontier city, the city is high and the water is deep.
There were many soldiers stationed on it, and some cannons had their black muzzles exposed.

Because of the border war, Yunlongzhou's previously not very prosperous trade has become prosperous.
At this moment, there were countless merchant carriages entering and exiting the East City Gate.

But then, the leader Zhang Yu found something wrong. Why were there still soldiers waiting?
Taking out the telescope, Zhang Yu's face became more and more strange.
If I am not mistaken, that should be a soldier from the front army's scout unit, and it seems to be the quartermaster Wang Xue.

This time, they were a group of more than a hundred people waiting at the city gate.

Beside him were fifty or sixty haggard-looking women, looking around at the official road they had come from.

Seeing them coming, Wang Xue stood up suddenly and ran over!

"My lord, something is wrong."

Zhang Yu called softly to Lu Yunyi who was sleeping soundly in a carriage on the side.

In the dim light, Lu Yunyi opened his eyes and looked around in confusion.
The sun is shining brightly overhead and the temperature is pleasant, which feels quite comfortable on my body.

"What happened?"

"Sir, Wang Xue has not entered the city, and there are some women beside him."

After hearing this, Lu Yunyi frowned, his face looked a little bad, he half stood up and looked forward.

I saw a figure hurriedly coming, it was Wang Xue who had not been seen for a day.

"Sir, sir!" his cries could still be heard.

"Why are you here?" Lu Yunyi looked confused.

Wang Xue looked unhappy and a little angry:
"Sir, the commander of Yunlongzhou won't let us enter the city!"

"why?"

Lu Yunyi's brows suddenly frowned, the chaos in his mind disappeared in an instant, and his face was full of murderous intent.

“He said our origins were unknown and he needed to consult the Dali government.

But we showed him our identity documents and pass, and he said they didn’t count.”

Wang Xue spoke faster and faster, gritting his teeth.

"I told them that these women were from Yushi Village and had come to the city to avoid disaster.
Not only did they not allow it, they also said that their subordinates were bringing women into the city to make a living.
He also said those women were prostitutes and asked us to get away from them! "

Hearing Wang Xue say this, more and more people looked over at him with frowns on their faces.

Lu Yunyi felt extremely absurd. What happened to the commander of Yunlongzhou? Why did he make mistakes again and again?

"You didn't lie?"

"Sir, how could I lie!" Wang Xue was a little anxious.

Lu Yunyi nodded slightly and waved his hand:

"Let's go and have a look together."

(End of this chapter)