Lu Yanzhou proposed a bluffing strategy to make the Great Mo Dynasty mistakenly believe that their reinforcements had arrived. During the time when they hesitated, he tried to burn the enemy's food supplies.
General Xirong thought it was a good idea and asked Lu Yanzhou to lead a team of elite soldiers to do this task.
Lu Yanzhou lived up to expectations and really burned most of the food and grass of the Great Mo Dynasty.
As the food supplies were burned, Jimo Yuan sent people to nearby cities to purchase food supplies, and at the same time decided to quickly attack the Western Rong, determined to teach them a lesson so that they would not dare to invade the border in a short time.
General Xirong hurriedly asked Lu Yanzhou for advice.
Lu Yanzhou said, "Our reinforcements haven't arrived yet, so we don't have the advantage in numbers. We can fight and retreat at the same time, and then use a trick to lure the enemy into a trap."
General Xirong was puzzled.
Lu Yanzhou said, "There's a canyon nearby. People who don't know the terrain can easily get lost there, and the entrance to the canyon is extremely narrow. We can lure them inside and send people to block the entrance and exit, trapping them to death, or we can throw rocks and arrows at them from above."
"Great!" General Xirong was delighted: "I will send someone to arrange it right away."
The battle lasted for another month. Lu Yanzhou became more and more respected in Xirong. He killed many Da Mo soldiers. Finally, reinforcements from Xirong arrived.
Lu Yanzhou does not recommend a head-on confrontation between Xirong and Da Mo.
But the newly arrived Xirong general, General Qian, refused to listen: "Why are you so hesitant and worried about this and that? I'm the Grand Marshal of the Army, appointed by the imperial court. I didn't come all this way to be a coward!"
So the two sides engaged in a fierce battle. As Lu Yanzhou had expected, the Western Rong were defeated and the city was lost. Lu Yanzhou, holding a child in each hand, retreated with the army along with Sheng Qiyue.
There are many people with their families on the road.
General Wu, the former general of the Western Rong, was also among them. He had lost an arm and a broken leg, and was carried away by the soldiers. He did not have the pride and confidence he had a month ago.
General Qian refused to admit that his command was wrong. He shouted and dealt with several soldiers who deserted the battlefield. Finally, he cast a gloomy look on Lu Yanzhou.
There are rumors in the army that he is stubborn and self-righteous, and not as strategic as a commander. Otherwise, how could the situation that Lu Yanzhou had stabilized with great difficulty collapse completely in his hands?
Lu Jiuqing and Lu Yunyao didn't understand what was going on. They looked around curiously with their eyes open, and laughed childishly from time to time.
General Qian's eyes fell on the two children. He felt that their faces looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had seen them before.
Sheng Qiyue was wearing a veil. Seeing General Qian staring at her child, her heart tightened and she carefully avoided his sight.
General Qian was a little annoyed, and then he saw the woman who was blocking his view. She had a slim and graceful figure, and her skin was fair and delicate, especially her hands. His heart was moved at the sight, and he hurriedly asked General Wu next to him.
General Wu said, "That's Lu Yanzhou's wife." And then nothing happened.
General Qian was dissatisfied and was thinking about how to get Lu Yanzhou to hand over his wife.
Sheng Qiyue walked for a while, and Lu Yanzhou prepared a carriage for her and her child to get on. He said apologetically, "I'm sorry to have wronged you. When we settle down, I will definitely prepare a bigger yard for you."
"Daddy, hold me!" Two-year-old Lu Jiuqing could already speak fluently. He was at the age when he loved to explore. He didn't want to stay in the carriage and asked Lu Yanzhou to carry him.
Lu Yanzhou picked him up and sat him in front of the carriage to drive.
When Lu Yunyao saw his brother being held, he wanted to hold him too. Lu Yanzhou was in a panic. Seeing how busy he was, Sheng Qiyue couldn't help but raise her lips.
At this moment, the person General Wu sent to Da Mo Chao to inquire about the news came back and respectfully handed a letter to General Wu.
General Wu lost an arm and was thinking about how to open the letter when the letter was snatched away by General Qian.
"I'm the leader now, is there anything you can't tell me?"
General Wu just watched him open the letter, seeming to want to say something but stopping himself.
General Qian was stunned when he saw the contents of the letter, then he burst into laughter: "If Heaven won't kill me, then Heaven won't kill me!"
Lu Yanzhou realized that something was wrong and looked at General Qian warily, tightening his arms around the two children.
Sheng Qiyue lifted the carriage curtain and saw General Qian staring at the two children with burning eyes. Her heart skipped a beat and she whispered to Lu Yanzhou:
"If the children's identities are recognized, you can take the two children and leave first. Don't worry about me."
"No!" Lu Yanzhou was also filled with a sense of crisis. He said, "I treat the two children well because of you. How could I abandon you for the sake of the two children?"
Sheng Qiyue said: "The child is young, and I am the adult..."
"What adult? In my eyes, no one can compare to you."
Sheng Qiyue opened her mouth, feeling a little bitter. Seeing that General Qian had ordered his men to move closer to them, she anxiously pushed Lu Yanzhou.
"Take the child and leave. If you can escape safely, I will... marry you."
Lu Yanzhou was stunned and said with difficulty: "Are you serious?"
Sheng Qiyue nodded randomly: "Really, I'm not lying to you."
Lu Yanzhou was filled with both joy and sorrow, his thin lips tightly pursed, "It's too late."
General Qian excitedly gave orders, "Come here, arrest Lu Yanzhou's family, especially those two children. They are the bloodline of the Seventh Prince of Da Mo. We must not let them escape!"
As soon as these words were spoken, everyone except General Qian's confidants was shocked.
They stopped and looked in the direction of Lu Yanzhou, their eyes filled with surprise and doubt. They had to admit that the child in Lu Yanzhou's left hand really looked like Jimo Yuan.
"Hurry up!" General Qian roared, "If you let them go, you will be held responsible!"
A group of people rushed towards Lu Yanzhou. Lu Yanzhou handed the child to Sheng Qiyue, who squatted down and opened her arms to protect them.
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