From that day on, Luo Lingyu did not see Lu Yun for half a month.

As a military officer of the Southern Kingdom Army stationed in Nanyang, Lu Yun sent troops to aid Ruyang, and he could not forget the situation in Nanyang. After returning to the barracks, Lu Yun went to see General Wei as soon as possible. General Wei was so busy that his mouth was blistering. He sat in the barracks with a big horse and a golden sword, cursing loudly, full of energy. Lu Yun entered the tent and saw Wei Cong with one arm hanging and wrapped in gauze.

Wei Cong followed Lu Yun's subtle gaze and glanced at his arm, sneering: "Isn't it just a broken arm? It's not cut off. You young men from the noble families are just mothers-in-law. It's just a small injury, and I see you are about to cry?"

Lu Yun ignored General Wei's ridicule.

He just saw the arm injury and thought that if Wei Cong was not thick-skinned and strong, he would have died in the battle of arrows. He didn't have to die in the battle of arrows, but he would not get any good results.

Lu Sanlang paused, bowed, raised his sleeves, and bowed solemnly to General Wei: "Yun has been away from Nanyang for a few days due to personal matters. Thank you for your hard work, General."

General Wei blushed uncomfortably: "..."

Lu Sanlang was tall and graceful, with his sleeves fluttering like wrinkles, and he was really beautiful and elegant. It was normal for such a man like Yulang to dislike each other. He solemnly came to pay respects to a general from a humble family... General Wei was at a loss, and slammed the table and said in a rough voice: "Don't be so fussy! I don't like the custom of you nobles to bow down and pay respects all the time. I am a general, stationed in Nanyang, and this is my responsibility. You are a pretty boy, and you can't help much."

Lu Yun raised his eyebrows but said nothing.

But Wei Cong felt that Lu Yun would have no good words to say. He had already experienced the noble tone of this young man. Wei Cong said in a rough voice: "...But since you are back, tell me what the situation is in Ruyang. Is the Northern Army really so powerful that it cannot be defeated?"

Wei Cong went to the front line in person. He knew better than anyone the strength of the Northern Army and the weakness of his own army.

Lu Yun said calmly: "We can't win with our military strength alone. Moreover, the court of Jianye is not on the same page with us. The generals should have received the news that the court wants us to withdraw. We can't retreat. Since we don't listen to the court, the court will no longer provide troops and food. I went to Ruyang and Yingchuan, and found that the generals fought on their own. The soldiers arranged by the court were not familiar with each other. However, if we want to defeat the Northern Army, Nanyang or Ruyang alone will not be enough. We must join forces to fight."

"Lingyu and I came back not by the official road, but through the Funiushan Mountains."

Wei Cong interrupted: "Have you climbed Mount Funiushan to see the terrain?"

He was quite sensitive about fighting, and he seemed to be thinking: "...From what you said, you want to use the terrain to unite the troops. Hmm, that's interesting, Lieutenant General Lu continued."

At this time, the battle of Nanyang was handed over to other generals under his command. Since Lu Yun came back, the Wei generals had discussed with him for an entire afternoon. Lu Yun thought that the court was not united, and the supply of soldiers and food was not continuous at the moment, but would gradually be cut off. If it was cut off, they would have to rely on the enemy for support, so the war must be won more and lost less.

Lu Yun could not count on the court. What Lu Yun was reassured was that Lu Erlang knew the direction of the dream and would convince the Lu family camp he represented to side with Lu Sanlang; King Chen alone could not shake the entire court and make the court wholeheartedly support the northern war. But King Chen and the Lu family should join forces to at least stabilize the situation. Even if the imperial court cannot send troops and provide money, it can still delay the imperial court's intervention in the war.

General Wei: "How do you know that His Royal Highness Prince Chen will help us? Sorry, I have to write another letter."

Once he wrote the letter, he would have to wait for more than ten days. If he really did receive any news, the imperial edict would have arrived long ago. What if the imperial edict directly dismissed him as a general?

Lu Yun: "No need to write a letter, he knows what's going on. Since he asked me to come to Nanyang, he should trust me. He just needs to help me deal with the rear affairs and not let the rear affairs drag me down."

Wei Cong didn't say anything, because he knew that Lu Sanlang was indeed very close to his lord, Prince Chen. At the moment, he only thought that it turned out that they could understand each other without letters... Prince Chen and Lu Sanlang had a better relationship than he thought. Wei Cong didn't think too much about that matter, because Lu Sanlang had already mentioned the matter of joining forces.

Lu Sanlang's expression froze. When Wei Cong looked at him, he heard his subtle tone: "The other generals are arrogant and don't trust me, so they may not listen to me. But right now, the general who sent troops to support Ruyang is the King of Hengyang."

Wei Cong recalled what he had heard in Jianye: "Oh no! You have a bad relationship with the Prince of Hengyang."

Lu Yun nodded: "...But the King of Hengyang knows my ability and will listen to me. Although we are political enemies, we can cooperate. Ruyang, Nanyang, Yingchuan, at least these three counties can join forces with the help of the terrain of Funiu Mountain. If these three counties succeed in joining forces, they can encircle the Northern Kingdom's army. When the other counties are surrounded by the enemy and suffer unbearably, they will ask us for help."

He drew a line on the map, his face cold and expressionless: "...In this way, the entire northern army will unite to besiege and destroy the enemy."

Ruyang, Yingchuan, and Nanyang surrounded the Funiu Mountain terrain and attacked from three sides, forming an encirclement and forcing the northern army into a depression in the terrain. This was the first step.

General Wei was still confused: "How to contact the King of Hengyang?"

Lu Yun raised his face, his eyes were dark and he said, "Light the cigarette."

Wei Cong: "The signal transmitted by the wolf smoke is too little, it is inconvenient."

Wei Cong had considered arranging messengers to go back and forth as fast as possible, but he heard Lu Yun say, "Prince Hengyang studied in Jianye when he was young. He studied in the same academy as Prince Chen and I. When we were young, we always had some mean tricks. Now that he has grown up, we won't talk about the past when we were studying. However, he must have understood the signal I sent with the wolf smoke."

“Even if it’s complicated.”

Wei Cong was stunned for a moment, then overjoyed, and patted Lu Yun's arm: "...General Lu, great! The battle with the Northern Army is up to you to plan, how can our Southern Army not win?"

…

The wolf smoke is lit, the horn is blown, and the flags are raised.

The flag soldiers raised the flags and lit the signal fire. A few floors below, the message was gradually passed on.

The battle situation in Ruyang City was stalemated. Liu Mu, the King of Hengyang, was there to help the soldiers of Ruyang counterattack the city and take back the city that had fallen into the hands of the enemy. The messenger was stunned when he saw the signals of the flags and smoke signals, because the signals were complicated and he couldn't understand them. In desperation, the messenger went to find the general of Ruyang, who looked at the signals... and couldn't understand them either.