Chapter 344: Failure is always a part of life

Chapter 344: Failure is always a part of life

Chapter 344: Failure is always a part of life
The battle of the Goldtooth Guard ended when the sun rose.
The Indian Aruta also died at this time.

The battlefield was in ruins, with corpses and the remnants of war flames everywhere.
The enemy struggled on the battlefield and slowly climbed up, hoping to leave the battlefield.

Mangguruda fell to his knees, hugged Aruta's body, and cried.
The body trembles to cover up the sobs,

He was thinking about what the adults said before they died.

Fighting for the tribe
He was filled with confusion at the moment. How could he fight for his tribe?

He has 20,000 tribesmen under his command. He doesn't know how much food they need every day. How can he maintain it?
How can we fight for our tribe if we can’t even get enough food to eat?

Mangguruda was filled with confusion and fear for the future.
He thought of the terrible battle of firearms,

I thought of the tall horse I had never seen before.
I also thought of the fully armed black armor.

These are all insurmountable gaps before him.

Although he surrendered, could the Ming people really let him go?

Mangguluda didn't know and didn't dare to think about it.

Now he just wanted to stay here, stay for a while longer, or even escape for a while longer.

When he stood up, he was faced with the heavy responsibility of leading his people.

The faint sound of horse hooves rang out.

Unlike the hurried movements in battle, it seemed particularly brisk and effortless.

Mangguluda's heart tightened, knowing that his fate was about to come.

He slowly raised his head, the confusion in his eyes disappeared, replaced by determination.

Taking a deep breath,

Whether facing the Ming army or Luchuan, Lord Aruta can do his best and win the battle.

Me, too.

He wiped away his snot and tears, trying to look normal.

Mangguluda slowly stood up and looked sideways at the tall horse beside him.

Raising his eyes a little higher, he saw a young man who was younger than him.

He was wearing black armor and had a sharp face, and was now looking him up and down.

Mangguruda didn't know who this person was.
But he recognized Ma Dake, the Ming army general to whom he had surrendered.

He is also behind the young man at this moment, like his subordinate.

Taking a deep breath, Mangguruda bowed to the people in front of him:
"Indian Mangguruda greets all the generals."

"Who is Aruta to you?" A cold voice came from the front. The voice was calm, but it was full of majesty and questioning.

Mangguruda looked up at the young man, pursed his lips slightly, and spoke in a deep voice:
"General, may I know your name?"

"Lu Yunyi, the commander of this army."

Mangguluda tensed up, pursed his lips, and lowered his head even more.

Lu Yunyi looked Mangguruda up and down.

I found that he was very strong, and looked almost the same as Aruta in front of me.

Not only their bodies, but also their eyes and many expressions are much clearer than those of the Indians.

Lu Yunyi asked first: "How old are you?"

"Twenty years old."

"What's the relationship with Aruta?"

"He is our lord and clan leader, and I am his disciple."

Mangguruda pursed his lips, his eyes revealed reminiscence, and his resolute face became much softer.

Lu Yunyi nodded gently:
"I want to ask you why Aruta brought 50,000 troops across the Lu River."

Mangguruda's face became increasingly gloomy.

He thought of the many things that Lord Aruta had told him.

I thought he valued me and told him the secrets of the army.

Now it seems that it was clearly a preparation for this moment.

Mangguruda spoke softly, with bitterness in his voice:

"The king, Silunfa, was afraid that the Indians would cause chaos in the country.
I was also afraid that General Aruta would rise up in rebellion.

So they sent us to Dali to divert the Ming’s attention and let some of our people die.”

Lu Yunyi looked thoughtful, and had a more thorough understanding of the words "war is the highest form of politics".

"Are you his successor?"

Mangguruda's eyes flashed with doubt and he nodded slightly:
"Reporting to the General, yes."

"Haha" Lu Yunyi sneered and looked at him with a playful expression:
"Fighting for the tribe, what do you think? Does it make sense?"

As soon as these words came out, the noise seemed to stop at that moment, and countless people cast their eyes over.

Each of them had a sharp and scrutinizing look on their faces.

This look made Mangguruda feel a little flustered.

He didn't know how to answer.
The people in front of me are Ming soldiers, and the Indians are the servants of the Luchuan people.
How to resettle them has not been decided yet, how to fight for the people?

Can you say that?
Mangguruda's breathing became faster and faster. After a few breaths, a decisive look flashed in his eyes, and he spoke softly:
"General, we are fighting for survival.

When we were in Luchuan, the people of Luchuan gave us food.
Let us live, we don't mind fighting for them.

Now, we surrender to the Ming Dynasty, and even if we survive, we will fight for the Ming Dynasty."

After saying this, Li Jinglong looked Mangguluda up and down.

This is a very beautiful statement. I didn’t expect that there are smart people among the Indians.

Lu Yunyi nodded gently:
"Well said, the people of Luchuan fought for the survival of their hometown.

The Ming people fought for the peace and stability of the country and the people, and they fought for their own ethnic group."

Lu Yunyi's face was extremely calm.
But for some reason, Li Jinglong next to him suddenly felt a chill and looked strange.

The faces of several generals and soldiers present became serious.

"It is also true that the Indians fought for their tribe."

"But this is Ming territory."

"Just two days ago, the Luchuan people broke through the camp of the Youyu tribe.

You Indians also aided the tyrant in his cruelty, causing more than 6,000 casualties among our Ming army and civilians."

As soon as these words came out, the atmosphere in the field changed.
Mangguluda suddenly raised his head, not knowing what to say.

In the battle at the Youyu tribe camp, he was the first to rush into the camp.

Lu Yunyi looked down at Mangguruda and said calmly:
"Have you heard of the general's name?"

"I have heard that Lord Aruta said that the Jinchi Division and the Youyu Division were conquered by the general and his army."

“I never thought that my reputation has spread to Luchuan.

If you surrender to others, you may survive.
But your mistake was that you surrendered to me in a rush to seek medical help."

"I have another title, do you know it?"

Manggulu felt his hair stand on end, and his heart was filled with a sense of danger.

He looked around, trying to find a suitable opportunity to attack.

But he gave up quickly, as he was surrounded by heavily guarded guards and had no chance!
He could only lower his head again and again, "I don't know."

"Kill the prisoners."

Lu Yunyi looked indifferent, as if he was talking about something irrelevant.

But these brisk words made Mangguruda's face change drastically.

Anger, confusion, helplessness, and disbelief flashed through his mind one after another, and finally turned into begging.

"General, the Indians are willing to fight for the Ming Dynasty."

"The soldiers of the Ming Dynasty are also willing to fight for the Ming Dynasty. What use do we have for you?"

After Lu Yunyi finished speaking, he looked into the distance and saw Feng Cheng walking down from his warhorse.

He looked extremely weak at this moment, and his body was soaked with blood.
Feng Cheng also looked at Lu Yunyi who was sitting on the warhorse.
With a relieved smile on his face, he waved at him and fell straight back.
The guards beside him quickly supported him and shouted:
“Military doctor!!”

Retracting his gaze, Lu Yunyi's expression became somewhat serious:

"At this moment, General Ben is the highest-ranking officer on the battlefield."

Lu Yunyi waved his hand.

The next moment, when everyone was caught off guard,
A sharp sound of breaking through the air came from behind, and a sharp arrow pierced through the darkness.
With the light of the rising sun, it pierced straight into Mangguruda's body!

Phew!

The long arrow pierced through his heart and exited from his back. The force was so great that it left a bloody hole on Mangguruda's chest.

There were countless people staring with wide eyes, looking shocked.

He turned around suddenly and looked at Liu Heiying who was holding a longbow. Mangguluda lowered his head slightly and looked at the blood spurting out of his chest. He was a little confused for a moment.

It obviously dropped
He raised his head tremblingly and looked at the young figure bathed in the morning sun.
The face could no longer be seen clearly, and only a calm voice could be heard:

“Not everyone is the protagonist. Failure always runs through life. Regret is a compulsory course in life.”

Mangguruda fell down and fell beside Aruta.

Lu Yunyi sat high on his horse, scanning the entire battlefield.

The early morning sun did not dispel the terror of the battlefield, but instead made the bloody land even more hideous.

Lu Yunyi sniffed hard and smelled a familiar fishy smell. His brows furrowed slightly and a hint of displeasure flashed in his eyes.

Then, he spoke in a deep voice:
"Inform the entire army. We have discovered an enemy ambush in the forest east of Lujiang River. Clear them all out and keep statistics on the number of people killed."

The messenger, who was still in a daze, came to his senses in an instant after hearing these words.

The previous confusion and hesitation disappeared.
Instead, he was filled with excitement and suddenly let out a loud roar:
"Yes!!"

The messenger left in a hurry.
War horses are galloping and war flags are waving!
The soldiers who were originally scattered on the battlefield began to gather together and became majestic again.

Lu Yunyi turned around and looked at Ma Dake, and said softly:

"Go."

Ma Dake's face was solemn, and his breathing was slightly rapid:

"Yes!"

Lu Yunyi waved his hand and looked at the generals behind him:
"You guys can go too."

"Yes!"

A breeze blew by, and the cold wind in the early morning seemed to blow away some of the bloody smell on the battlefield.

It attracted black crows from nowhere, which kept cawin'.

Lu Yunyi and Li Jinglong were walking slowly towards where Feng Cheng was.
Li Jinglong had not yet recovered from the military order.
His expression was a little dazed, and his heart was filled with chills!
After hesitating for a long time, he finally spoke:
"Yun Yi, aren't we going to keep those Indians?"

"Those who are not of my race must have different hearts.

The Ming Dynasty is not Luchuan, and we don’t need the Indians to fight. Keeping them is a waste of food.”

Lu Yunyi turned his head and found some worry on Li Jinglong's face, and explained softly:

"Duke Cao, don't worry too much. This move is intended to deter.
If you kill a Ming person, you must be prepared to pay with blood.

So many families have been torn apart, and it can all be wiped out with one word of surrender? "

"joke!"

Li Jinglong thought it made sense and nodded slightly.
He suddenly thought of something and asked:

"How are the women who suffered in the Dali Prefecture?"

Li Jinglong was stunned. He could clearly feel that Lu Yunyi was in a low mood.
He thought to himself that as expected, his experience in Dali Prefecture had indeed made him change many of his ideas.

Lu Yunyi sighed deeply:
"It's terrible, I lost the pillar of my family.
Those women can only live in poverty and lead a hard life without sunshine. "

"After the Youyu tribe's newly built military camp was breached, nearly seven thousand people died."

"Most of them were the pillars of their families and died for the Ming Dynasty.

As we are in high positions, we must avenge them and calm the anger in our hearts."

"Otherwise, the cessation of hostilities will not bring peace, but intensified conflicts."

Li Jinglong felt that this made a lot of sense, but he smiled bitterly and shook his head:

"Yun Yi, even if I wanted to do this, I wouldn't dare to do it."

Lu Yunyi smiled:

"To treat your enemies, killing them is the highest respect."

Li Jinglong fell into deep thought, frowning
After a while, the two arrived at where Feng Cheng was.
At this moment, the military doctor is still trying to stop the bleeding and bandage the wound.

Ding Rui, the commander of Guangli Guard, also hurried over at this moment.
He looked a little disheveled, his face was covered in ashes from the artillery fire, and his features could not be seen clearly.

"How are you doing, my lord?"

"Please rest assured, Master Feng is not fatally injured.
It's just that his old injuries haven't healed yet, and he's passed out from exhaustion. Just take good care of yourself, and you'll wake up in a day."

Only then did Ding Rui breathe a sigh of relief.
"Take good care of Lord Feng. There can be no mistakes.

If anything goes wrong, I will hold you responsible!"

"Yes!"

After giving the order, Ding Rui walked quickly towards Lu Yunyi and Li Jinglong, showing respect:
"Greetings to Lord Cao and Lord Lu. Fortunately, you two arrived in time.
Otherwise, I really don’t know what the war today would have turned into.”

Ding Rui had a smile and a serious expression on his face.

Li Jinglong asked in a deep voice: "How many casualties did the Jinchi Guards suffer?"

"Please rest assured, Duke Cao, in the initial stages of the battle,

We were using military equipment and did not engage in direct combat with the enemy, so the damage from subsequent battles was not great.

Only the cavalry will have to disrupt the battlefield and suffer some damage."

Li Jinglong nodded:
"Clean up the battlefield and do a good job of cleaning it up to prevent disease."

"Yes!"

Ding Rui showed some worry and said in a deep voice:
"Duke Cao, General Lu,

There is something wrong with the number of enemy troops in this attack. The military clerks estimated that the number of enemy troops in this attack was not enough.

Before he could finish his words, there were loud explosions from the northwest.

He looked up suddenly, his face filled with horror.

Li Jinglong spoke in a deep voice:
"The remaining 20,000 Indians hid in the mountains and forests.
It was Aruta's backup plan to deal with the reinforcements.
The forward scouts have already gone to clean up.

I also ask Lord Ding to take the trouble to clean up the battlefield after the battle is over."

Ding Rui looked around in confusion.
It was discovered that the cavalry and musketeers of the front scout unit had disappeared without a trace.
He finally reacted and nodded repeatedly:

"Please rest assured, Duke Cao, there are still some civilians in the Golden Tooth Guard who have not yet participated in the war and can handle this matter."

"Ah."

Li Jinglong looked at Lu Yunyi and said softly:
"Let me enter the village first."

Lu Yunyi nodded and looked at Ding Rui:

"Thank you, Master Ding."

"No trouble, no trouble." Ding Rui seemed a little nervous and waved his hands repeatedly.

A day passes in a flash.
Neither the clearing of the battlefield, nor the reconstruction of fortifications, nor the statistics of military achievements were completed.
Lu Yunyi was pacing back and forth in the military tent at this moment.

He seemed particularly impatient, with a frozen expression on his face and a frown on his brows.

Li Jinglong and Liu Heiying on the side looked at each other silently and decided not to speak.

But they didn't speak, Lu Yunyi said,

He came in front of Li Jinglong, his face extremely solemn:
"Duke Cao, we can't stay here any longer.
We will take the initiative to attack from Pingshan'ao and Dingbian to Jingdong to block Silunfa's retreat!"

Li Jinglong showed some embarrassment and whispered:

"Yun Yi, I know you are anxious about the war.

But Uncle Feng has not yet woken up, and the Dali war is under his overall planning, so we cannot mobilize troops at will."

“Can’t wait any longer!!
If we wait any longer, we don't know where Silunfa will go.
The defenders of Dingbian cannot move rashly. We are the only ones who can move freely on the battlefield of Dali.
If we don't block Silunfa's retreat, who else can go?"

Lu Yunyi said hurriedly, and walked quickly to the table.

He read the documents he received in the afternoon again, his face became even gloomier, and his mind was full of doubts.

"How can Silunfa be so fast?"

"Isn't Nan'anzhou a fortified border city? How could it be breached so easily?"

Lu Yunyi came to Li Jinglong with the document, suppressed his emotions, and spoke in a deep voice:
"Duke Cao, no matter what problems arise on the Chuxiong front,
After Nan'an Prefecture was captured,
Whether Silunfa attacked Dingyuan to the north or crossed Jiudu River to the east,
It will bring about earth-shaking changes to the current war.”

Lu Yunyi quickly walked to the map, pointed to Dingyuan, located on the north side of Nan'an Prefecture, and spoke in a deep voice:
"Once Silunfa takes Dingyuan, Dali and Kunming will be completely cut off.

Dali will become an isolated island and lose its strategic importance.

And once they cross the river again to the west, they can easily threaten Kunming, and the result will be even more unimaginable!

So we can't stop. Even if we kill all 50,000 people in Dali, it can't change the fact that Ming Dynasty has switched from the offensive to the defensive!
The only way now is to leave Dali and go straight to Jingdong!
As long as we clear out all the Luchuan soldiers on the west bank of the Lidu River and firmly occupy the west bank,
Combined with Chuxiong's elite troops, the strategic situation will change again.
It means that Silunfa is surrounded by us. This is the only solution at the moment."

Li Jinglong also knew the importance of this matter, but he looked embarrassed:

"Yun Yi, you have just been reinstated. You were hastily transferred without a military order. This is a serious crime."

"Duke Cao! It's too late. Who could have known that Nan'an Prefecture was so vulnerable to attack?"

At this moment, hurried footsteps sounded from outside the military tent.

Feng Yunfang rushed in without any notice:

"Sir, Lord Feng is awake!"

(End of this chapter)