Chapter 272 The Good Deeds of the Fourth Prince
At dawn the next day, the Tartars had already assembled their army. They could have marched in the dark yesterday, at most using torches. But Lu Chenyang's previous trap had really frightened them.
They were worried about being ambushed again, so even if it took a little longer, they wanted to be cautious and wait until daybreak before setting off.
Apart from other things, the Tatars are cautious enough, which makes them much better than the King of Nanyang.
But sometimes even being cautious is useless because the enemy is too cunning.
The lieutenant was very cautious and realized something was wrong as soon as he entered the entrance of the road in the woods. He sent someone to explore the way ahead, but after just a few steps, he fell into a trap.
After a careful inspection, there are several traps nearby, and there is no telling how many more traps there are inside.
The deputy general immediately ordered to stop advancing.
Two traps had caused the Tartars to lose 50,000 men, a truly humiliating loss. He couldn't afford to fall into the same trap twice.
The deputy general pondered again and again, and finally decided to change the route!
There are two roads. If the road through the woods doesn't work, then take the closer one.
The deputy commander finally understood. Perhaps Lu Chenyang had been playing a psychological game. The path through the woods was difficult and long, so he had chosen to go the other way. As it turned out, they had been fooled.
This time, he will take the easy way out!
The second trap mechanism set by Zu Xingwei finally came in handy.
Actually, Zu Xingwei really didn’t think that much at the time.
He was different from the others. He came from a poor background, a bandit with dirty hands. Lu Chenyang, who hated evil, naturally had a bad impression of him. So he wanted to seize every opportunity Lu Chenyang gave him.
This time Lu Chenyang could use him, so of course he had to seize the opportunity. He wasn't sure if his plan would succeed, so he laid traps along every path. He wasn't afraid of trouble or fatigue at all.
He is just eager to make a contribution!
The deputy general led his men along another route. This time, he wasn't too cautious, but walked boldly, and then...
When he encountered a trap again, the deputy general finally couldn't hold back his anger and started cursing.
After the chaos, the only sounds left were the soldiers' wails and the deputy general's angry curses.
This time the trap was less powerful than the last, as the lack of trees made archery less convenient. However, the Tartars still suffered heavy losses, this time losing a significant number of soldiers and horses.
The problem is that this requires stopping and repairing.
He needed to treat the wounded and dismantle the traps, so the deputy general had no choice but to stop and rest.
How could Tan Feng give them a chance to reinforce? While the reinforcements here had not arrived, he immediately ordered an attack on the Tartars first.
Tan Feng chose to take action at night because the visibility in the woods was unclear and the Tartars did not understand the terrain, which was advantageous for Lu's army.
When setting the trap, the Lu family army had already learned about the situation in the woods and was very familiar with the terrain.
Taking advantage of the night, the Lu family army broke into the Tartar camp.
The previous suicide squad gave Lu Chenyang inspiration, and their actions were very successful, so Lu Chenyang retained this team and organized two teams of fifty people, all of whom were famous for their outstanding lightness skills.
This time, Lu Chenyang led two teams, and another team was left to Lu Ning.
That night, Tan Feng sent out both teams and asked them to deal with the patrolling sentries.
Zar didn't expect that the Lu family army would dare to take the initiative to attack.
Judging from the strength on paper, the Tatars have more people, and Lu Chenyang can only passively take the beating. It's good enough that he doesn't cause trouble for him. Zar never thought that the Lu family army would dare to take the initiative to attack.
Most of the Tartars thought the same. They had been so excited over the past few days that they had become somewhat lax in their patrols, leading to their being eliminated silently.
However, the Tatars soon discovered the invaders, which was related to the Tatars' living habits. They lived in the grasslands, often hunted, and had a natural instinct to foresee danger.
Someone noticed something unusual and discovered the intruder, and immediately blew the whistle, putting the entire army on alert.
Ji Ping and his men were guarding in the dark. As soon as they saw that the suicide squad had been discovered, they immediately sent troops and rushed into the tent before they could react.
Zar was also awakened, and immediately stood up and led his men to resist.
The two sides took advantage of the night and fought fiercely.
Ji Ping and Tan Feng slowly approached the general's tent. This time, they wanted to do something big—if they could kill Zar, it would be a great achievement! Even if they couldn't kill him, seriously injuring Zar would also be a blow to the Tatars.
Zar saw the two men's intentions and sneered, "Just the two of you want to kill me?! You're not even close!"
Zar brought his guards to fight with them directly. Zar was indeed difficult to deal with.
He was extremely powerful and his moves were so strange that even Ji Ping, who came from the underworld, found it difficult to resist him.
Zar fought one against two and was not at a disadvantage.
Fighting in the woods has advantages for the Lu family army, but it also has disadvantages.
The downside is that the terrain here is narrow, so their formation of seven people is somewhat restricted, and they cannot make full use of the flexibility of the formation.
But the Tatars had this advantage because of their large stature.
It was almost dawn, and both sides had suffered losses, so they had to withdraw their troops.
But in the final analysis, the Tartars suffered more casualties. The Lu family army launched a surprise attack first, and thus gained the upper hand.
After returning to the camp, Ji Ping and others were very tired, so they recuperated first and fought again later.
At this time, Lu Chenyang was in Jing'an City, where he was...arguing with Wang Zihua, the prefect of Jing'an City.
Oh, no, it was Wang Zihua who was scolded unilaterally.
Lu Chenyang originally wanted to come to Wang Zihua to discuss with him how to deal with the Tatars, such as what to do if the city was broken, or whether he could recruit more soldiers.
After all, this is Jing'an City's business, and local people and officials should cooperate.
As a result, Wang Zihua told him aggrievedly: "Sir Lu, it's not that I don't cooperate, but...but the Fourth Prince has already been here before!"
The news that Lu Chenyang was appointed as the Minister of the Chancellery has spread everywhere. Now, in the whole Dagan area, every official has to call himself "your humble official" in front of Lu Chenyang.
Wang Zihua was also very scared. He didn't want to offend Lu Chenyang, but he couldn't do what Lu Chenyang asked him to do!
Lu Chenyang frowned deeply: "You said the Fourth Prince was here?"
Wang Zihua nodded: "They also took away a batch of food and fodder, and forcibly conscripted a group of strong men."
This is to replenish the manpower.
Lu Chenyang was so angry that he slammed the table: "Don't you know why he came here?! You actually want to provide him with food and troops. Have you ever considered that Jing'an City will be the next Huai'an?!"
Lu Chenyang had never seen such a stupid person! He suddenly felt murderous.
It’s not towards Wang Zihua, but towards the Fourth Prince.
It was only after Lu Chenyang arrived in Huai'an City that he learned that the Fourth Prince had left quietly overnight.
Taking advantage of the late night when the people were still asleep, he was afraid of alerting the Tatars, so he quietly led his army away.
The people of Huai'an woke up the next day and realized that they didn't even have time to evacuate. The Tartars quickly discovered that the city was undermanned and immediately stormed Huai'an.
Then Huai'an City completely became a hell on earth.
Lu Chenyang hated the Fourth Prince more than he hated Zar.
What the Tatars did was indeed worse than that of animals. But they were enemies, and their stance was inherently hostile.
Even more despicable and deserving of death was the Fourth Prince, who was supported by the people but betrayed them, leaving them to be slaughtered.
Lu Chenyang wished he could cut him into pieces.
And now, this damned guy didn't even let Jing'an City go. He even stole a batch of food before leaving.
Before leaving, the Fourth Prince did not take too much food with him from Huai'an City. It was not because he was kind-hearted, but because too much food would be inconvenient to transport, and he was worried that it would alert the Tartars.
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