Chapter 278 Shameless to the extreme!
Lu Chenyang didn't care; the supplies were sufficient. All the food and fodder was sent by His Royal Highness the Crown Prince, and so far, it seemed he was indeed keeping his promise. However, Lu Chenyang didn't dare to trust him too much, and he also asked Chen Songyuan to gather food and fodder, just to be prepared.
So after fighting so many battles, Lu Chenyang experienced for the first time the benefits of having sufficient food and grass.
Currently, there was sufficient food and fodder, and the autumn harvest would arrive in two months, so there was no shortage of food. Therefore, Lu Chenyang did not want to let his soldiers suffer. Aside from a mushy breakfast, lunch and dinner were all dry, and he made sure they had a good meal.
The Lu family soldiers were deeply moved and vowed to fight bravely to repay Lord Lu.
The defenders of Jing'an City were stunned. They had never thought that the Lu family army lived so well. They didn't dare to eat like this at home, but the Lu family army was able to eat their fill every meal in the army.
In fact, it was only this time. The Lu family army was not so rich before.
But the Lu family army didn't say anything. One soldier wiped his mouth and said, "Of course not. We have always eaten so well. The master loves the soldiers like his own sons. The master treats us well, fearing that we would be wronged. He feeds us well and gives us the best medicine. But you must have lived well too, right? You are provided with food and fodder by the court."
Lu Jiajun on the side nodded with a smile and said, "I have never eaten so full at home before. It was only after following the adults that I knew what it meant to eat a full meal."
This is a bit of an exaggeration. Lu Chenyang has always been poor, and the food and fodder he provided to the soldiers was not enough to feed them.
But the defenders of Jing'an City believed it, saying, "We don't have any good food. We're lucky if we don't starve to death."
The soldiers of the Lu family army immediately said, "We won't do that again. Follow our lord and you'll have meat to eat. Our lord Lu is the best official in the world!"
The defenders of Jing'an City believed it.
The soldiers of the Lu family army not only showed off to their own people, but also to the Tartars.
Every time they started fighting, they would show off, shouting, "Why have you become less strong? Are you not eating enough? Unlike us, we have white rice for every meal and eat until our stomachs are about to burst."
The Tartars half believed it, and didn't believe it when eating white rice, but it looked a bit like a bursting belly. Look at the Lu family army, each of them is full of energy, and then look at them, their physical advantage is gone.
Both sides were anxious, but Lu Chenyang did not let down his guard.
Zar is not that easy to deal with.
Lu Chenyang also summarized the reasons for his current advantage.
First, Zar had underestimated him. Zar had thoroughly researched the battle between Lu Chenyang and the King of Nanyang—perhaps too thoroughly. He had always believed that Lu Chenyang's victory was due to his advantage in terrain and the ability of the Dongyi people to surprise them. He felt that Lu Chenyang didn't have all the tricks he could use here. As the saying goes, knowing yourself means knowing your enemy. Zar thought he understood Lu Chenyang well enough, so he let his guard down.
The second was that the trap mechanism stunned Zar, which gave him the advantage from the very beginning.
But now, these two advantages are gone.
Now Lu Chenyang’s only advantage is that he consumed too many Tatar troops in the early stage, which relieved some of their pressure.
But if this drags on, Zar will have no food and will force them into a corner. The army will approach regardless of anything, and Lu Chenyang will have no confidence in being able to stop them.
As I said, there are not enough troops.
Lu Chenyang started to get anxious and angry again these days.
Lu Chenyang was feeling upset in the tent when Tan Feng suddenly lifted the curtain and walked in with a panicked look on his face.
"My lord, this is bad."
Lu Chenyang's heart skipped a beat at this remark. He frowned and asked, "What are the Tartars doing now?"
Tan Feng approached and lowered his voice, saying, "Sir, we just received news that a large army is approaching Jing'an City. Judging by the number of people, there are probably 400,000 to 500,000."
Lu Chenyang was shocked and was about to ask where the troops came from, but he immediately remembered that this was the Fourth Prince's Yanhui Army!
Lu Chenyang's face was gloomy. Even a child would know what the Fourth Prince was planning when he showed up at this time.
This is because he saw Lu Chenyang and the Tartars fighting, and he wanted to reap the benefits!
Lu Chenyang was not sure of defeating the Tatars, and both sides could only attrition each other. But if both sides were to suffer losses, wouldn't he be able to take advantage of the situation?
Lu Chenyang was furious and slammed the table: "How shameless!"
Lu Chenyang had worried that if a fight broke out, the Yilin Army might make a move. But he didn't expect that the Yilin Army wouldn't make a move, while the Fourth Prince would watch closely.
Lu Chenyang had never been so angry before. He was so angry that he was shaking all over.
In fact, Lu Chenyang had become quite well-mannered over the years, and there were very few things that could make him angry. Because being angry was the most useless thing, he simply didn't have time to be angry; all his time was spent solving problems.
But the Fourth Prince is the Fourth Prince again. He had made Lu Chenyang angry once when he withdrew his troops, and this was the second time.
A hint of murderous intent flashed in Lu Chenyang's eyes.
Lu Chenyang was in a bad mood, and everyone below was trembling with fear.
Zhao Xi hated to see Lu Chenyang unhappy the most, so she immediately summoned Tan Feng, Ji Ping, Zu Xingwei and Wei Dong to help share Lu Chenyang's worries.
Miss Zhaoxi had a plan. She called people into her tent and laid out bottles of medicine.
Every time she took a bottle, Tan Feng's face turned paler.
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