Chapter 148 Lord Lu’s Prestige
Successive battle reports arrived, and Li Dajun led 20,000 troops to rescue the city, greatly easing the pressure on the city. If it was just to defend the city, these 30,000 people could hold out for at least three months.
Furthermore, Lu Chenyang had returned to Yanquan County and sent its garrison to reinforce the prefectural capital, indicating that Yanquan County's defenses were weak. Therefore, even though the King of Nanyang knew that Lu Chenyang was trying to disperse his forces and leave him with no troops to siege the prefectural capital, he accepted the situation and sent his troops to attack Yanquan County anyway.
After all, Lu Chenyang is much more valuable than a provincial capital.
In the eyes of the King of Nanyang, since Yanquan County had no troops, it would be easy to capture it. Lu Chenyang was his prey, but even so, he still sent 150,000 people.
This shows how much they value Lu Chenyang.
As it turned out, it was true. Lu Chenyang borrowed a large army from the Dongyi people.
However, the Dongyi people only had 10,000 soldiers and horses, which was a drop in the bucket against the 150,000 troops of the King of Nanyang.
So before the army arrived, Lu Chenyang began to discuss countermeasures with the Dongyi generals.
In recent years, the Dongyi people and the Han people have been fighting on equal terms. In addition to the advantage of occupying the rainforest, their methods are also secretive.
There are all kinds of strange insects in the rainforest, which can become their fighting power.
Lu Chenyang studied the map and said, "This road is where they must pass. We can set traps along the way."
The person sent by the Dongyi people to lead the army this time was called Duobu, a young man in his twenties, and the son of the great leader of the alliance.
Duobu nodded. "Okay, I'll send someone to set a trap right away." He was a dark-skinned, cheerful man. He grinned and said, "The people in my tribe are the best at setting traps."
When we are outnumbered, we have to find a way.
"And this valley," Lu Chenyang said, "we occupy the high ground. I remember you have a kind of bee..."
Duobu was stunned, looked at Lu Chenyang, and smiled sinisterly.
Throwing stones from a high place is too labor-intensive and difficult to carry. However, beehives are different. The Dongyi people have a special way to preserve the beehives and throw them out when needed.
Zhou Lin, the new county magistrate of Yanquan County, who was standing next to them, looked at the two men's cunning expressions and felt complicated for a moment.
He became the new county magistrate of Yanquan County amid everyone's envy. There was nothing much to say. He just had to follow the strategy formulated by Lu Chenyang before. Even if he was a blockhead, as long as he didn't cause trouble, Yanquan County would develop well.
He was obedient and diligently served as the new magistrate of Yanquan County. Who knew that when he turned around, he would find that Yanquan County was about to be attacked. However, it was not a big problem. Lu Chenyang could not ignore Yanquan County, so he felt no pressure and just cooperated with Lu Chenyang.
Zhou Lin came back to his senses and said with admiration, "Your Excellency, this is a really good plan. This way, we can consume the Nanyang army halfway! I admire you!"
He still knows how to call adults awesome.
Lu Chenyang sighed softly, "One hundred and fifty thousand, one hundred and fifty thousand, why does he have so many men?"
He also wants it. Actually, it’s not that he can’t recruit people, but he can’t afford to support them.
However, after taking Ningzhou...if he can also successfully take Quzhou, he will no longer have this concern.
A gleam of determination flashed in Lu Chenyang's eyes. Yanquan County must be defended!
Lu Chenyang began to rack his brains and use every possible means to consume the Nanyang army on the road as much as possible.
With 30,000 troops against 100,000, the city still had enough strength to defend the city. With 150,000 against 10,000, the Nanyang army could flatten Yanquan County with just a pile of men.
Zhao Xi also made full use of her strengths. She could finally make poisons as she pleased. Not only poisons, but also drugs. She had a lot of formulas for these things.
Zhao Xi taught him everything he knew, and then the pharmaceutical factory began to work overnight to make the various medicinal powders that Lu Chenyang needed.
For five days, the entire Yanquan County was busy. They reinforced the city walls, set traps, and went into the rainforest to collect herbs. They even caught a lot of poisonous snakes.
The people in the city also knew that Yanquan County was in danger, and they all came to help spontaneously.
Many young and strong men even came over, saying they wanted to join the army and help Lu Chenyang defend the city. There were even young women and children who ran outside the county government office, saying they were willing to go to the battlefield for Lord Lu.
These matters were all handled by Zhou Lin, and he once again felt Lu Chenyang's prestige and popularity.
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