Chapter 38 Dilemma

The bright moon shines brightly, and the cold wind blows.

It was hot and humid in the middle of the night, and even though this bloody battle was won, the entire camp was not in a happy mood.

Many soldiers were killed and wounded this time. Besides being a tragic victory, the battlefield was also closer to Biansha.

If we can't wait for reinforcements or troops to be transferred from border towns, we will have no choice but to take a gamble.

"My Lord, we have taken down Lancang." Luo Heng was still on the sand table, replacing the yellow flag with a red one, but was stopped by Yun Rui.

At this time, someone nearby spoke up: "General, if we kill Meng Tu of the Dongyi this time, I'm afraid that the Dongyi will be furious and then counterattack. The soldiers will be seriously injured. It is not appropriate to fight again at this time. Maybe we should write a letter to ask for reinforcements from the capital."

This person is an aide to the Yun Mansion. His surname is Ding, his given name is Ruhui, and his courtesy name is Keming.

As a guest of the Yun family, it is naturally inappropriate for him to stay in the imperial city, for fear that Emperor Yuan would think that the Yun family has rebellious intentions.

The plan is quite profound, fortunately it is used by the Marquis.

Luo Heng thought so and asked, "According to what you said, what should we do?"

Yun Rui stared at the map closely, focusing his sights on the distance between Lancang Tiankeng and Kela Gobi, trying to find a breakthrough.

"The best way is to conserve our energy and gather strength." Ding Ruhui sighed, "Now the Marquis has only 30,000 troops by his side, and the border is so large that it can reach the Yuan Kingdom."

The land occupied by Biansha is not smaller than that occupied by the Yuan Dynasty. It is just divided into fourteen tribes and countries of different sizes. Otherwise, it would have been a headache for the Yuan Dynasty.

The only drawback is that the desert is dry all year round and food is scarce, so most people raise cattle and sheep to provide for the use of the Hu people. There are occasional oases, but they are all controlled by a few large clans.

Therefore, even though the people of Yuan were not as physically fit as the barbarians of Biansha, their living environment was much better than theirs. They could grow food and had fertile land. Because of the needs of the people, Biansha and Yuan began to have conflicts from time to time.

The entire continent is divided into four special locations. Biansha belongs to a separate plate. Because it gave birth to fourteen ethnic states, including splits and mergers, the Yuan Kingdom occupied the best terrain and place, and it was also a country of etiquette that inherited culture.

In addition to this, there is also the Beiyun Kingdom. Beiyun has the same system as the Yuan Kingdom, but is located in the north. One third of its territory is covered with snow-capped mountains. In order to consolidate its position, it is good at researching iron weapons and military affairs, so the three places are in a tripartite relationship.

Most of the time, the Beiyun Kingdom was still watching the show. This country did not border Biansha, as it was separated by a large Russulamagan Desert. However, it was only separated from the Yuan Kingdom by the Yu River and the Tiankun Mountains.

Small countries that are subordinate to big countries can be ignored, but Nanzhao is an exception. It is a feminist country that has already died out and is currently ruled by a puppet prince supported by Beiyun Kingdom.

Attacked from all sides, the Yuan Dynasty was in imminent danger.

Therefore, it is necessary to make a warning to others and to keep the country safe and stable at home.

The air was stagnant for a while and no one spoke.

"How is Zinian's injury?" Yun Rui sat down, breaking the silence, "Everyone, sit down!"

Yun Huai, whose courtesy name is Zinian.

Luo Heng was the first to sit down and straighten his body: "Master... I have asked the military doctor to take good care of General Yun's body. Fortunately, the injuries are only minor and no bones are hurt."

Yun Rui pinched his brows. In the beginning, he actually didn't agree with Yun Huai going to the battlefield, but in the end he couldn't persuade her.

His eldest nephew already had a wife, the daughter of the general's Xie family. The two were childhood sweethearts, but later, Yun Huai insisted on volunteering to go to the battlefield, and the two parted unhappily. Although the war was won, the woman was fiery and forced him to choose between her and the battlefield.

Yun Huai was willing to repay his loyalty and filial piety to the country and was unwilling to make a choice. Madam Xie even asked to leave the marriage, which Yun Huai was even more unwilling to do. So he moved back to the other courtyard in a fit of anger and even left the child alone.

Yun Fuzhi was their child, and Lu Zhe was their adopted son, although Xie Bingzhen did not agree.

Yun Rui heaved a sigh of relief: "Use the best abscess medicine."

"I have already given the order." Luo Heng reported.

Yun Rui closed his eyes and asked: "If we set up an ambush in the Kela Gobi, what are the chances of success?"

"Less than 50%." Ding Ruhui immediately replayed the scenario in his mind. "The Kela Gobi is less than 20 miles away from the Dongyi camp. Any action we take will surely be discovered. The Battle of Lancang was because we had the advantage of terrain and were able to achieve this result."

"Besides this, does Keming have any other method?" Yun Rui was confused.

At this time, there are less than 30,000 troops at hand, and more than half of them are dead or wounded. If you want to break through, you can only use clever tactics to defeat the larger force with a smaller one.

Since the last war, Dongyi had only sent out the middle-class Mengtu, and many barbarian generals had not yet taken action. Even with these, it was already difficult for him to resist.

He couldn't possibly take the remaining 10,000 soldiers to die, could he?

"Ding Keming!" Yun Rui was exhausted but powerless, how could he care about the lives of his soldiers?

Ding Ruhui immediately bent over the desk, calmed the rice paper, ground the ink and picked up the brush: "Master Hou, please speak."

"Write a letter to the capital. The lives of the soldiers can only rely on reinforcements!" Yun Rui seemed to be about to fall asleep. "I naturally don't care about winning or losing when I have drawn too many bad cards, but I have someone behind me..."

There is Jiaojiao, the Yun family, and tens of millions of Yuan people.

He must not and must not fall!

Just as I was thinking this, there was a lot of noise outside, with the faint sound of a woman's voice mixed in.

Yun Rui sighed and said, "You two should stay in the tent. I will go out to take a look. Ke Ming, be careful not to show off your sharp edge."

As he was a lone minister in a foreign country, it was inevitable that there would be villains among him when he went to the capital.

Outside the tent, a peasant woman was kneeling on the ground, covering her face and crying.

After each battle, the Yun family army would carefully clean up the battlefield, collect the weapons and the remains of the soldiers, so that when they returned home, they could distribute relief as required.

"Master, you just abandoned us all and left us like this..." The peasant woman's face was full of tears. She knelt beside the corpse and covered her face and cried.

Everyone was about to salute, but was stopped by Yun Rui.

"My Lord, this woman lives in a border town. She came here because she said she dreamed of her husband beside a puddle, so she came all the way here to look for him..." Deputy General Li Jianghe whispered in her ear to explain the reason, "You also know that when we were recruiting soldiers, the conditions were good, and many people from the border towns came directly to our recruitment office, so..."

"We are all brothers, and no one wants to get in the way, so we let it in."

Although the battle site was far away from the border town, it was easy for the peasant woman to find her way there, which led to the scene today.

The peasant woman seemed to sense someone was watching her. She turned around and saw Yun Rui standing beside her. She wiped her tears with her sleeves and forced a smile as she said:

"I'm sorry, sir. You must be the Marquis he often mentioned in his letters. If you treat him well, I won't make trouble. Don't worry. I just want to bring my husband home..."

"Even if it's just a handful of soil, I have to take him home..."

Well, with the recent epidemic and the China Eastern Airlines incident, I would like to express my condolences with this chapter.

(End of this chapter)