Chapter 345 The land is lost and the people are lost, and both the people and the land are lost.

Chapter 345 The land is lost and the people are lost, and both the people and the land are lost.

Chapter 345 The land is lost and the people are lost, and both the people and the land are lost.

The huge military tent was filled with the pungent smell of herbs and was densely packed with people.

There were guards at the door to greet us.
From a distance, they saw Duke Cao and Lu Yunyi coming and quickly opened the curtain.

Lu Yunyi entered and frowned instantly. He sniffed hard.

I smelled a mixture of herbs and many old objects.
He then instructed the guards standing at the door:

"Don't put down the curtains, open the ventilation."

The guard's eyes widened, his expression strange, and he looked at the military doctor not far away.
"Can"

Li Jinglong thought of the military first aid manual.

The closed room needs ventilation to keep the air fresh, so he said:

"Open it, and stop talking nonsense."

The two of them walked quickly into the military tent.

Some people who were originally staying in the military tent made way to allow the two to approach.

Lu Yunyi soon saw Feng Cheng lying on the bed.
His face was pale at the moment, and his entire body was wrapped in white bandages, with red stains visible through it.

"Uncle." Lu Yunyi called out without any hesitation.

"Uncle Feng," Li Jinglong also shouted from the side.

Feng Cheng's originally weak face suddenly broke into a smile.
Pale, chapped lips split open, revealing the red flesh hidden beneath.

"Okay, okay, you guys came so quickly. If you hadn't come, I don't know how much damage would have been caused."

Feng Cheng's voice was weak and a little hoarse.

Li Jinglong spoke quickly:
"Uncle Feng, we didn't delay a single moment when we came from Kunming, and we arrived in Yunlong Prefecture two days earlier.

As soon as we received the news, we immediately set out.

Now it seems that it is just in time.”

Feng Cheng forced a smile and said in a weak voice:

"I know everything that happened on the battlefield. You did a great job."

Feng Cheng looked at Lu Yunyi with a look of relief on his face:

"Yun Yi, you are right.
Firearms are the future of the battlefield, and you are ahead of all of us."

The generals, both big and small, in the military tent looked over with complicated expressions.

Everyone present had heard about the bet between him and Miss Mu.
Most people just laugh it off and forget about it.

But now, they have to admit it.

Lu Yunyi is right.

The firearms phalanx caused huge casualties on the battlefield with minimal losses.

They witnessed the entire previous battle and the casualties of the front army scouts were negligible except for a few unlucky people who fell off their horses.

But I don't know how many enemies were killed.

Of the nearly 14,000 soldiers attacking outside the city, at least 8,000 died in the firearms phalanx.
There were still 20,000 Indians on the banks of the Lu River, all of whom were killed by the firearms.

Roughly speaking, the front army scouts killed 10,000 enemies on this trip.
It is a number that they could never imagine even after years of military service.

If the enemy was only a few thousand people, everyone present might be envious.

But now, the gap is so big that there is no need for comparison.

Sensing the strange atmosphere in the military tent, Lu Yunyi spoke in a deep voice:
"Uncle, do you know what happened to Chuxiong?"

As soon as these words came out, the strange atmosphere in the military tent suddenly became solemn.

Feng Cheng's face turned even paler in an instant.
After a long silence, he nodded gently:
"Already know."

Lu Yunyi nodded, turned to look at the adults and generals present, and spoke in a deep voice:
"I have important military matters to discuss with Lord Feng, so please leave for now."

This statement is blunt and without any pretense.

When the generals present heard this, they hesitated for a moment, nodded slightly, and retreated one by one.

"You leave too."

Lu Yunyi looked at the military doctor and many guards in the military tent again.

They cast their eyes towards Feng Cheng, who nodded gently:

"Get out."

"Yes"

Wait until everyone in the group has left.

The tent had become more spacious from being crowded, and even the air had become much fresher.
Lu Yunyi looked at Feng Cheng solemnly, with concern on his face:
"Uncle, if you are injured, you must keep the air in the tent fresh and don't have too many people in it, as it will hinder the healing of the wound."

Feng Cheng smiled with relief, his face full of fatigue:
"Okay, tell me what you want to say quickly.
I can hardly open my eyelids now."

Lu Yunyi nodded heavily, his face solemn.

He opened the document he had prepared long ago and placed it in front of Feng Cheng.
Let him check without moving.

Then he told him about his achievements in Jingdong and the strategies he had in mind.

Finally, Lu Yunyi added:

"Uncle, the 5,000 soldiers in the front scout unit are strong.

But there are too few people. If possible,
I want to bring along the Hongfu Guards currently stationed in Dingbian, to make up a total of 10,000 people.
This way we can occupy the west bank of the Lu River in one fell swoop, leaving Si Lunfa with no way out."

Lu Yunyi's voice echoed in the military tent.

I can hear the confidence in his voice.
Li Jinglong on the side also nodded repeatedly and added:

"Uncle Feng, the situation is critical now.
If nothing is done, the good situation will collapse in an instant."

Hearing this, Feng Cheng looked at the two of them suspiciously, with a weird look in his eyes.

"Yun Yi, Jiujiang, is this a method you came up with on your own?"

Lu Yunyi nodded gently:
"Uncle, this is a strategy we considered in Yunlongzhou. It was originally just a backup option."

The military tent was silent for a long time. Feng Cheng finally spoke, seeming a little secretive:

"Don't worry about the battle in Chuxiong. There are more than 100,000 elite soldiers stationed here.

If we were defeated so easily by Si Lunfa,

Then the Ming Dynasty would have perished long ago, and how could we have defeated the Northern Yuan Dynasty?"

As soon as these words came out, Lu Yunyi frowned instantly.

He turned and looked at the booklet in his hand, which contained a simple map he had drawn, as if he was thinking about something.

Soon, Lu Yunyi's face changed slightly, he raised his head and said in a strange tone:

"Uncle, lure the enemy deeper?"

Feng Cheng raised his eyebrows, as if he was thinking.

After a while, he nodded and said:
"This is the highest military secret and must not be disclosed to outsiders. In the entire Yunnan, only four people know about it."

At this moment, Lu Yunyi frowned, with a somewhat absurd look on his face.
But the tension in my heart disappeared without a trace at this moment, and I even breathed a sigh of relief.

That's right, the elite troops of the Ming Dynasty are the strongest army in the world.

It's not so easy to break through if you defend the city.

Although the elephant soldiers are strong, they are not invincible.

Li Jinglong, who was standing by, seemed to understand something as well, his eyes suddenly widened.

He tilted his head and looked at the booklet in Lu Yunyi's hand, his heart also filled with absurdity.

I am the Duke of Cao, how come I don’t know about this?
Taking in the expressions of both of them,

Feng Cheng forced a smile, looking extremely weak, and explained:

"Luchuan is a major threat to the southwest. If we don't solve it,
For a long time in the future, it will cause harassment to the borders of the Ming Dynasty.

The imperial court and Yunnan Dusi would also continuously invest money to deal with the fighting on the border.

This was unacceptable to both the imperial court and Yunnan.

So...after my brother-in-law was defeated in Jingdong, he came up with this method to annihilate the enemy.
In one fell swoop, all the elephant soldiers and elite mountain warriors that Luchuan relied on were strangled.

This kind of war must not be fought on the plains.
This can only be done in an attack or defense battle surrounded by mountains or in a city, otherwise the damage will be too great.

As a result, Chuxiong retreated again and again.

Now Silunfa has fallen into the trap. If Aruta had not crossed the river,
The Dragon and Tiger Guards and Hongfu Guards of Dingbian have already rushed to Jingdong to block Si Lunfa's retreat."

Feng Cheng looked at Lu Yunyi and smiled:
“And the front army scouts will participate in the frontal battle against the enemy in Luchuan.

Aruta's sudden appearance disrupted some of the deployment, but it doesn't matter, just a little adjustment will do."

Feng Cheng looked at Lu Yunyi with some relief and smiled:
"But I didn't expect that you and your son had the same idea and didn't intend to let Si Lunfa leave."

You really have the ability to see the big picture."

It seemed that he had said too much. Feng Cheng's face turned even paler and he began to cough slightly.
Lu Yunyi hurried forward, took a pillow, and helped him sit up. When Feng Cheng's mood calmed down a little, he stopped coughing.
Lu Yunyi spoke in a deep voice:
"Uncle, no wonder I feel like this war is not going well."

"What's wrong?" Feng Cheng asked with a smile.

"The Ming Dynasty now has nearly 300,000 elite troops transferred from all over the country, and countless civilians.
Logically speaking, we should be making rapid progress and achieving victory after victory at this moment.

But it is a little unreasonable to be suppressed by Luchuan within the borders. "

"Hahahahahaha, your feeling is not wrong.
In order to convince Si Lunfa and some people in the country, Du Si spent a lot of effort. "

Lu Yunyi showed some worry and said:
"Uncle, Si Lun's Dharma body is in the game, although it is possible that the authorities are confused.
But we cannot rule out the possibility that he has also noticed this, so we should still be more cautious."

Feng Cheng nodded:

"You are right, but it is difficult to turn a big ship around.

The war has reached such a stage that we have to fall into traps.

Otherwise, Silunfa’s position as the king will be lost.”

Lu Yunyi thought about it and nodded slightly. The conflicts in Luchuan had intensified to the extreme.
Whether it is an active attack or sending Indians to die, the conflict is resolved through death.
Turn some people or things in the country into controllable opposition.

Li Jinglong stood aside, his face bewildered. What was he talking about?

Feng Cheng continued:
"After years of fighting with Luchuan, Dusi realized that
Even if we invade Luchuan, it will not affect the situation in the southwest.
At worst, Si Lunfa could take his men and hide in the forest, and come out after we retreat.

He is still the ruler of Luchuan, and the serious threat from the southwest remains.

But if we kill all of their elite soldiers, then there will be no need for the Ming Dynasty to take action.
Neighboring small countries and many tribes will begin to covet it.

By then, Luchuan will be unable to resist and will have no choice but to surrender."

This time, Li Jinglong understood, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized that this was indeed the truth.

A gleam of light flashed in Lu Yunyi's eyes, and he spoke in a deep voice:
"If the people survive and the land is lost, both the people and the land will survive. If the land survives and the people are lost, both the people and the land will be lost."

The atmosphere in the military tent suddenly froze.

The smile on Feng Cheng's face froze, and Li Jinglong's eyes lit up.

"If the people survive but the land is lost, both the people and the land will survive. If the land survives but the people are lost, both the people and the land will be lost."

The two of them muttered to themselves, and felt more and more that this statement was absolutely right, and it applied just right to Luchuan!
"Yun Yi, this is a brilliant statement."

Feng Cheng couldn't help but praise him, his eyes were particularly bright, and it seemed that the weak aura on his body was much less.

Li Jinglong on the side nodded in agreement.

Decided to record this sentence in the future Li family tradition!

Lu Yunyi smiled and said in a deep voice:

"These are all summaries of the ancients. I am just standing on the shoulders of giants to get a glimpse of their essence."

Feng Cheng smiled and waved his hand:

"Don't be modest. Since you came to Yunnan,
You have seen the situation change several times, and you have seen it clearly. This is better than 99% of the people in the world."

"Uncle, you are overpraising me. Yun Yi just did what he had to do and followed the trend."

"Haha." Feng Cheng smiled and said:
"Now that you have guessed what to do next, do it.

Go to Dingbian and bring Hong Fuwei to occupy the west bank of Lidu River to block Si Lunfa's retreat.

This battle will be the last one with Luchuan in these years. We must trap him to death!"

Lu Yunyi’s smile disappeared and he became extremely serious!

He stood up suddenly, his face serious:
"I will live up to everyone's expectations in this battle and strangle the Luchuan soldiers."

Feng Cheng's face also turned serious, and he waved his hand gently:

"Go ahead, go ahead, write a transfer order yourself. The seal is on the table."

"If there is any lack of military supplies, we can replenish them in the camp, and when we arrive at Dingbian, we can also replenish them from there."

"Yes!"

The two left in a hurry, and the military tent returned to silence.

A group of waiters and military doctors also came in.

The waiter felt a bit cold in the room and wanted to draw down the curtains, but was stopped by Feng Cheng.

"That's it. It's boring to be locked up."

Only then did the waiter come back angrily.

Not long after, Ding Rui, the commander of Guangli Guard, hurried in with a serious expression.

He came to the bed, and the military doctor beside him immediately stood up and left, standing aside.

Ding Rui waved his hand:

"You go out first, and no one is allowed to enter without permission."

The atmosphere in the military tent was strange, but the military doctor and the waiter did not dare to say anything and quickly left with their heads lowered.

"what happened again."

As he watched them leave, Feng Cheng's eyes flashed with helplessness.

Ding Rui smiled awkwardly and moved closer.
He looked no better than Feng Cheng at the moment.

His face and exposed arms were bandaged, and blood could be seen seeping out.

When he got closer, Ding Rui looked a little hesitant, and suddenly he didn't know whether he should say it or not.

Feng Cheng frowned slightly and looked at Ding Rui with impatience in his eyes:

"If you have something to say, just say it. Stop wasting time. I'm going to take a rest soon."

Ding Rui took a deep breath and said:

"Sir, when the front army scouts were exterminating the Indians in the mountains and forests, they seemed to have been ruthless and left no one alive."

Hearing this, Feng Cheng slowly closed his eyes, which had been trying to open wide, and said helplessly:

"If you don't want to keep them, then don't keep them. They can't work or fight. It's a waste of food to keep them."

Ding Rui saw him close his eyes, and became anxious, so he said quickly:

"Sir, that's not what I meant. I just felt something was a little strange."

"Hmm?" Feng Cheng opened his eyes and looked over suspiciously.

"What's strange?"

Ding Rui hesitated and said:

"Those Indians seem too honest.
General Lu said that they were in the forest preparing to ambush the soldiers who were coming to support them.

But when my subordinates went to check, they found that some of them had armor and some sword handles, but they lacked the javelins they often used for ambushes.

Out of an army of 20,000, we only found less than 200 javelins."

"What do you want to say?" Feng Cheng glared at him with sharp eyes.

Ding Rui's face froze, and he lowered his voice and said hesitantly:

"I don't think these Indians are ambushes.

And judging by the density of their bodies, they look like surrendered soldiers."

"Shut up!"

Feng Cheng's voice suddenly became full of energy.

The body that was originally lying on the bed suddenly sat up.
"Do you know what you're talking about?"

"It's fine if the people of the Dusi are bullying at home, but if the generals leading the troops outside are also bullying at home, is there any hope of winning this war?"

"You and I might as well die outside!"

Ding Rui's face suddenly turned pale, and he hurried forward.
Looking at the blood oozing out of Feng Cheng's wound,
"My lord, please lie down first. I am wrong. I shouldn't have said this."

Feng Cheng swung his arm lightly:
"I'm not going to die, I don't need your help.

No matter how those 20,000 Indians died, count them as killed on the battlefield.

These bastards killed so many of our soldiers, are we just going to keep them around to eat dry food?"

Feng Cheng's eyes were deep as he looked Ding Rui up and down:

"Ding Rui, you are a soldier, concentrate on fighting.
But if you want to get promoted, it's not enough to just know how to fight.

If you keep thinking like this, you will only be a commander in your life and there will be no possibility of making any progress.

That’s all I have to say. You can figure out the rest yourself.”

Feng Cheng waved his hands impatiently and lay down.

Ding Rui quickly stood up and bowed to Feng Cheng:

"Thank you for your advice, sir. I understand now."

(End of this chapter)