klisemfg Chapter 374: A Trapped Beast's Fight, the Yunzhou Army Approaches Xueyue City (1)
Chapter 374: A Trapped Beast's Fight, the Yunzhou Army Approaches Xueyue City (1)
That night, west of Yunzhou City, in Lu Tingen’s central military camp.
Ye Dingzhi, who led the team to investigate, had already returned to the Zhenxi Marquis camp. He came and went like the wind. Lu Tingen naturally didn't know that Ye Dingzhi had remembered all his defenses in Yunzhou. It was foreseeable that the Pofeng Army and the Blood-Robed Marquis would soon take control of this most important town in the north and southwest!
At this moment, Lu Tingen only had more than 30,000 Yunzhou soldiers. In the battle of Sanqipu, almost all the Julingwei of the three camps suffered heavy losses, and more than a thousand cavalry of the Shenju Camp were killed by Ye Dingzhi and Baili Chengfeng on the way back to provide support.
After this battle, Lu Tingen was seriously injured, not to mention that Yunzhou is located in a remote area and is far less prosperous than the provinces in the south of the Yangtze River and the southeast. In a few days, I am afraid that food and military pay will not be delivered.
By then, the Marquis of Zhenxi would not have to lead his troops to attack the city. Tens of thousands of Pofeng troops would surround Yunzhou City, and Lu Tingen would surrender within half a month!
Lu Tingen, who was sitting in the central military tent, naturally understood these principles.
Since being conferred the title of First-Rank Marquis of Yunzhou and receiving orders to fight against Baili Luochen, Lu Tingen has hardly had a good night's sleep.
As a fellow soldier, he knew the abilities of the Marquis of Zhenxi very well.
If the fighting ability in the world is one dou, then Baili Luochen and his sworn brothers will each get six dou, and everyone else will owe two dou!
In front of Marshal Lu Tingen's desk was a pot of strong liquor, a plate of vegetables, two pounds of cooked meat, and a large bowl of coarse rice.
Looking at the food sent by the military academy, Lu Tingen felt depressed and had no appetite. He stretched out his chopsticks, picked up a piece of beef and put it in his mouth. He chewed it a few times and swallowed it with difficulty with the strong liquor.
The beef was stewed until soft and the wine was his favorite Yuquan wine, but Lu Tingen just had no appetite. He stretched out his chopsticks to look at the vegetables, corn and rice, but finally put them down.
The deputy general saw that the commander was uneasy and worried that he was not able to bear it, so he stepped forward to comfort him:
"General, with the traitor Baili at our side, and His Majesty sending a thousand-mile decree for our army to capture Xueyue City, how can you continue like this?"
Lu Tingen loosened his collar and sighed:
"One is the Xilin Baili family, known as the 'God of Killing', and the other is the Yunxi Ye family, known as the 'God of War'!"
"Right now, right outside Yunzhou City, that old Marquis in blood-stained clothes is seventy-three years old and looks like a living lion ready to devour people! Ye Dingzhi, the only son of the Ye family, is even more skilled in martial arts and looks down on the world. Tell me! How should this battle be fought?!"
Seeing the commander so discouraged, the deputy general kept talking for a long time without saying anything. Lu Tingen waved his hand and said in an extremely firm tone:
"Even if there's no other way, we must fight. His Majesty has commanded us. Even if it costs me my life, I, Lu Tingen, will drive out the rebels for Dali!"
"You must keep a close eye on the scouts sent to Snow Moon City. If there is any news in the next few days, you must report it to me immediately. You can leave now. I will eat later. Don't worry about me!"
The deputy general looked at the commander, with some heartache and pity in his eyes. He stood up, saluted Lu Tingen and left the tent.
It was already the second watch, and the food on the table had gone cold, but Lu Tingen didn't seem to move at all.
The sturdy general stared blankly at the Yunzhou defense map on the wall. Unbeknownst to him, at that very moment, the two scouts far away in Xueyue City were in great trouble...
Snow Moon City.
Everything was arranged properly, and Baili Dongjun, the city lord, finally breathed a sigh of relief.
After dinner, Baili Dongjun quietly jumped onto the roof of the city lord's pavilion without telling anyone else, and then he stepped on the eaves and flew to the top of the Tongtian Pavilion before stopping.
“Phew~ That’s not easy!”
Baili Dongjun looked around and finally breathed a sigh of relief when he saw no one following him. He then took off the wine gourd from his waist and took a big sip!
The moonlight tonight is beautiful. Looking at the jade plate in the clouds, it is just like the night when Baili Dongjun hung the Peach Blossom Moon on the highest point of Tianqi City.
Looking at the moon, Baili Dongjun felt mixed emotions.
Currently, he was the apprentice of Li Changsheng, the number one master in the world. His beloved master, Gu Chen, was still alive. Now, at the behest of his master's wife, Luo Shui (Xiao Baili had a lot of master's wives...), he had become the Grand Lord of Xueyue City. To save Xueyue City, he and his cousin and brothers had traveled to Tianqi City to collect many priceless treasures...
There have been laughter and tears, joy and sorrow along the way. These two short years have been so wonderful!
Baili Dongjun lowered his head, looked at the hole in the roof that Nangong Chunshui had knocked into it, and cursed with a smile, "This old man, he wants to show off wherever he goes. Whether it's a small building or a tower, none of them can escape his roof being destroyed!"
After taking another sip of wine, Baili Dongjun turned his gaze to the southwest. At this moment, Ye Dingzhi's face appeared in his mind -
"Brother Yun, I wonder where you are at this moment? When will we meet again..."
It had been more than half a year since they last saw each other. Although his cousin Wen Yanzhao had told him when he came to Xueyue City that Ye Dingzhi's cultivation had reached the level of Half-Step Divine Wandering and that he had safely overcome the inner demons of the Demon Fairy Sword, Baili Dongjun was still worried.
"Brother Yun, no matter where we are, I firmly believe that we will meet again. When I, Baili Dongjun, see you again, I will definitely live up to the name of the Wine Immortal!"
As Baili Dongjun raised his head, the wine gourd was empty. Just as the last drop of Peach Blossom Moon fell into his throat, a gust of wind blew from below!
"Who?!"
Baili Dongjun put away the gourd, paused, and dodged a few feet away. He looked at the direction where the strong wind came from and asked in a stern voice!
"You little brat, why are you yelling so loudly? It's me!"
Hearing Wen Yanzhao's voice, Baili Dongjun dropped his guard and jumped in front of Wen Yanzhao. He saw that he was holding a short man in his hand.
"Cousin? You... why did you steal something else? Why did you steal a man?"
Hearing this, Wen Yanzhao almost fainted from anger. He dropped the man in his hand and jumped to his feet, cursing:
"Xiao Baili, what are you talking about?! What do you mean by stealing men? My cousin only likes sweet and soft girls, come here!"
As he said that, he reached out to pull Baili Dongjun's ear.
Baili Dongjun knew that there was something wrong with what he had just said, so he dodged Wen Yanzhao's hand and explained:
"Oh, cousin, listen to my excuses... Oh no, listen to my explanation!"
"You've always had a habit of stealing. You've stolen dishes from restaurants and medical books from Medicine King Valley... I thought you stole this guy today..."
Wen Yanzhao was so angry that his ribs ached. He grabbed the man whose life or death was unknown, pulled out a piece of brown paper from his arms, threw it to Baili Dongjun, and said:
"Tsk! My cousin is a scholar. How can a scholar's deeds be considered stealing?"
"Come, come, look at this guy! He's coming into your Xueyue City and is going to tell the Yunzhou Governor Lu Tingen about the route to here. If that happens, your Xueyue City will be named after Lu!"
Baili Dongjun took the kraft paper and found that the outline of Xueyue City and the routes to several surrounding prefectures and counties were roughly drawn on it with charcoal. Finally, the route converged at Yunzhou City.
"This...is this the scout sent by Lu Tingen to spy?"
Baili Dongjun grew up with his grandfather Baili Luochen and was very familiar with all branches of the military. When he saw this man's skillful map drawing, he blurted out.
"I don't understand what Chi is, but this guy definitely has bad intentions. Luckily, my cousin ate too much and went out for a walk that night, so I was able to catch him. Otherwise, if this map were sent to Yunzhou City, Lu Tingen's cavalry would be at the gates in less than three days!"
Baili Dongjun put away the brown paper and scratched his head:
"Isn't this Lu Tingen confronting Grandpa at the border of Yunzhou? How could he still have the mind to launch a surprise attack on Xueyue City? This is strange..."
Wen Yanzhao shrugged and pointed at the scout lying on the rooftop, "You'll have to ask him about that!"
After he finished speaking, he snapped his fingers and a flash of green light entered the scout's nostril.
After a few breaths, the scout slowly woke up. As soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Wen Yanzhao standing beside him with his shoulders folded. He shouted in fear:
"Ah... ghost!"
He shouted and tried to escape, but just as he took a step, his knees gave way and he fell to his knees on the roof.
It wasn't that Wen Yanzhao poisoned him, but just as he was about to run down, he found himself on the top of the Tongtian Tower, a hundred feet high!
Baili Dongjun didn't hesitate, he used his internal energy to lift the scout up, grabbed his collar and asked:
"Are you a scout sent by Lu Tingen? Why did you come to Snow Moon City? What exactly is Lu Tingen's plan?"
The scout was limp all over. When Wen Yanzhao caught him in the streets of the city, he looked like a ghost and almost scared him to death.
Now, he had just woken up when he was taken to the top of the Tongtian Pavilion and almost fell down. This ordeal had made the scout at a loss, so he told Lu Tingen everything about the emperor's order to besiege Xueyue City.
After hearing the scout's words, Baili Dongjun frowned and said:
"This old emperor is such a pushover! I just took a few junky things from him, why is he making such a fuss about it?"
Wen Yanzhao rubbed his hands and looked towards Xueyue City under Tongtian Pavilion.
"Perhaps Lu Tingen suffered a defeat at the hands of Grandpa Baili. Xiao Chongjing knows that you are now the lord of Xueyue City. He wants Lu Tingen to capture Xueyue City and then capture you to hold Grandpa Baili hostage..."
Baili Dongjun rolled his eyes and asked in confusion:
"Really? Cousin... Doesn't Xiao Chongjing know that you've been with me all this time? Isn't it like he's asking Lu Tingen to attack Xueyue City? Is Lu Tingen really that stupid?"
Wen Yanzhao spread his hands, his eyes extremely innocent:
"I'm not going there! Maybe Xiao Chongjing got carried away by my sweat!"
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