Dayu went to Qiyan Pass in Bingzhou Prefecture.
General's Mansion.
Lin Chaoran, the commander of Qiyan Pass, was looking at the map on the wall with a frown on his face. After looking at it for a long time, he felt helpless about the Tatar invasion. This time, the Tatars came with a strong force, with 100,000 soldiers, while there were only 5,000 soldiers stationed at Qiyan Pass. The ratio was 20 to 1, which made Lin Chaoran feel helpless. He had reported the matter to the court more than 20 days ago, but after such a long time, the court did not make any move.
Their limited force was only a drop in the bucket. How could they resist the Tatars? Although Qiyan Pass had the reputation of "one man blocking ten thousand", that was just talk. The wall stretched for a mile, and within that mile, there were only 5,000 soldiers. How could they fully resist a 100,000-strong Tatar army?
Lin Chaoran had a headache, wondering if the imperial army had already set out. He hoped that he could hold on until the arrival of the imperial army.
"Report, General, the Tatars seem to be about to attack the city. They are preparing their army and forming their battle lines."
After hearing the messenger's words, Lin Chaoran looked up in surprise, glanced at the messenger and waved his hand.
"Pass the order down, prepare to meet the enemy, defend the city walls, and the general will be here soon."
The messenger saw a hint of determination in Lin Chaoran's eyes, and his heart sank. As a member of the soldiers guarding Qi Yan Pass, how could he not know the current situation? With a disparity in combat power of twenty to one, his five thousand men were probably going to die on the battlefield.
Seeing that the general was so determined, I decided to follow him. The worst that could happen was that I would die.
Then he turned around and ran outside.
Lin Chaoran sighed deeply, put on dark armor, and walked out of the general's mansion with a sword in hand.
Lin Chaoran is in his forties and is only a fourth-rank guerrilla general. He cannot be ranked among the many generals of the Dayu Dynasty. He used to follow General Lu, Duke of Dingguo, and rose from a small soldier to the fourth-rank guerrilla general. It is already a good achievement.
General Dingguo Duke was an old brother who had fought with Grandfather Taizu to establish the country. The old Duke died of illness a few years ago. The second Duke Dingguo was the old Duke's son. He was also a feared figure on the battlefield a few years ago. However, he retired from the court as he was old, and passed the title to his son Lu Minghan. Unfortunately, Lu Minghan was poisoned in his early years, which damaged his health. He was never able to pick up a spear and ride a horse to the battlefield like his grandfather and father.
"Alas, the old Duke's lineage will probably have to follow the path of civil service. Also, the current Duke Ding is in poor health and has only one daughter. A hundred years from now, the Duke will probably have to choose a child from his half-brother to inherit the Dukedom title."
Lin Chaoran shook his head and stopped thinking about it. He was afraid that his life or death was uncertain at this moment, so he didn't worry about the affairs of the Duke Dingguo's Mansion.
Looking at the several teams coming out of the forest, Lu Zifeng looked twice and finally confirmed that there was still a team that had not returned.
It was already late at night, and there was still no sign of the team. Lu Zifeng had a bad feeling in his heart. Could there be some large ferocious beast here?
After thinking about it, Lu Zifeng found a few grandfathers and told them about this matter. He also planned to go into the mountains. With his martial arts skills, he was confident that he could escape safely.
Lu Lancheng looked at his grandson worriedly, but he didn't say anything to stop him. He just watched Lu Zifeng's figure slowly disappear into the forest.
"Third brother, don't worry. Brother Feng'er's martial arts are very good. No matter who is in danger, Brother Feng will not be in danger. Don't worry!"
Lu Lancheng didn't talk to his fifth brother, but just sat on a piece of wood beside him and stared blankly.
Lu Lanshu also knew that his third brother was worried about the safety of his grandson, but they couldn't say these words at this time. They could only watch Feng Ge'er enter the forest.
After entering the forest, Lu Zifeng sped up. With the blessing of speed, he was very fast. Soon he found the traces left by the pedestrians. He followed the traces and walked forward for a quarter of an hour before he saw traces of a fight. After carefully looking at the fighting scene, Lu Zifeng could conclude that this was not a battlefield for a duel with wild beasts, but a battlefield for a fight with humans. Moreover, based on the traces left at the scene, the blood splattered everywhere was human blood.
At the end of his previous life, Lu Zifeng killed many people. He could smell human blood and animal blood.
"It seems that they were captured. There are no bodies left, which means they were captured."
After looking at the footprints at the scene, Lu Zifeng chased after them. This chase lasted for half an hour. After seeing the footprints disappear on a small path only about two feet wide, Lu Zifeng continued to chase along the path.
Soon Lu Zifeng saw a mountain stronghold hidden in the deep mountains and forests. There was a lot of noise and noise above, and two bandits were guarding the gate below the stronghold.
Lu Zifeng did not alert the enemy. Instead, after observing the terrain, he chose a side path to go around the back of the stronghold. He took out the iron hook that he often used in his previous life from the space and threw it upwards.
After a ding sound, he pulled it down hard and found it was very solid. Then he used his speed ability to climb up.
It took less than ten breaths to climb to the top of the mountain. The stronghold was well built, located on the cliff of a small mountain, with a cliff of five or six feet behind it. If you want to attack the stronghold from the back, it would be very difficult to enter the stronghold without good tools.
After putting away the hook, Lu Zifeng observed for a while and then walked towards a place with less noise. As soon as he arrived at the door of a room, he heard someone talking. Lu Zifeng quickly held his breath and squatted at the foot of the wall to listen to the people inside.
The mental power then entered the room, and under the coverage of the mental power, the scene inside appeared in Lu Zifeng's mind.
I saw a middle-aged man doing exercises. Seeing this, Lu Zifeng twitched his mouth. Damn, although it’s dark, it’s still early. Are they starting now?
A burst of mental power shot out, and the two people on the bed fainted instantly. Lu Zifeng observed for a while and found that there was no one nearby, so he pushed the door open and walked in. Looking at the two piles of flesh on the bed, he quickly picked up the tattered clothes thrown on the table and covered them up. It was not because Lu Zifeng was kind and worried that they would freeze to death, but because he was afraid that he would get stye.
Who knew that after picking up the tattered clothes, he felt that it was quite heavy, so he quickly picked up the clothes to check. He took a look and found that there were a few taels of silver and more than a dozen silver bills in the secret pocket of the clothes. He took a look and found that there were a total of eighteen bills, each with a value of one thousand taels, which means that these were eighteen thousand taels of silver bills, and they were silver bills that were commonly used throughout the Dayu Dynasty.
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