Chapter 211: Enemy at the Gate
The sky was overcast.
The vast desert was covered with blood and corpses were everywhere.
Flowing Cloud City.
Lu Shengling looked at the enemy troops falling one after another under the city, his eyes were cold and indifferent, and he waved his hand and ordered:
"Keep shooting."
"yes."
Another wave of soldiers armed with bows and arrows surged up to the city wall, and their sharp arrows fell at the Mingwei army below. The armored soldiers fell one after another in a pool of blood.
The general of the Mingwei Army saw that the situation was not good, turned his horse around and shouted:
"Retreat, everyone, retreat back to Huangsha Pass."
Following her shout, the less than half of the remaining Mingwei army turned around and retreated while holding their shields to block the rain of arrows.
In the city.
Lu Shengling looked at the Mingwei army retreating below, turned his head and glanced at his subordinates who were dead and wounded on the city wall, and said calmly:
"A new group of people were assigned to guard the city, the wounded were treated, and the ashes of the deceased were cremated and returned to their families."
Yan Rao nodded, "Yes, I will arrange it right away."
Lu Shengling hummed softly and prepared to return to the general's tent.
Unexpectedly, he just lifted one foot.
Lu Hanyi, who was standing behind him, jumped out, his brows full of anxiety, and said unhappily:
"Nephew..., General, the Mingwei Army came to provoke us and killed so many of us. It would be inappropriate for you to let them go instead of killing them all."
Lu Shengling turned his head and looked at Lu Hanyi with a calm gaze, and said vaguely:
"Don't chase after a desperate enemy. Deputy General Yan understands this principle, but General Zhendong, who has fought on the battlefield for decades, doesn't know it."
He lowered his voice to an almost inaudible level and added:
"No wonder my aunt, at her age, is always being suppressed by a junior like me, the general."
Lu Hanyi had been suppressed by Wu'an Hou for more than ten years, and now he was suppressed by Lu Shengling again, so he hated him very much.
After hearing his ridicule, he was even more furious. He pointed at Lu Shengling and could not say a word. He opened his mouth and said:
“You, you…”
She took two deep breaths, flicked her sleeves, strode to her confidant, and said sternly:
"Follow me out of the city to pursue the enemy."
The confidant looked at Lu Shengling in embarrassment and advised Lu Hanyi:
"General, the commander ordered us to rest. If we rashly open the city gates and chase the enemy, we will be disobeying military orders!"
Lu Hanyi turned around, glared at her fiercely, and said angrily:
"Don't forget that I am also the master of the Lu Family Army. Lu Shengling is just a young boy. How can he disobey the military order? Does he dare to kill me?"
After that, she waved her hand:
"Go, call all our people, chase them down and kill the Mingwei deserters immediately. We must take this general."
The henchman frowned, "Yes, yes."
The sky is about to brighten and the sandstorms are gradually stopping.
The general's tent was brightly lit.
Lu Shengling discussed with his subordinates how to fight against the Mingwei Army, and then came up with a strategy to capture Huangsha Pass.
A series of hurried footsteps were heard outside the tent.
Not even a moment.
Doctor Cao opened the tent and walked in, bowing and reporting:
"Commander, General Zhendong is in trouble."
There was an indistinct meaning in Lu Shengling's deep eyes, and he asked calmly:
"Oh, what happened?"
Doctor Cao frowned slightly and replied:
"General Zhendong's right arm was cut off by a sharp blade. He lost too much blood and the wound became infected. He is currently suffering from a high fever and is in a coma."
"But...but the army doesn't have enough medicine. Please open the city gate and let people go to Lincheng to buy it, otherwise General Zhendong will be in danger."
Lu Shengling raised his eyebrows but didn't speak.
"Bang--."
The Zhenbei General on the lower right slammed the table first and sneered:
"I remember that the commander-in-chief did not order the pursuit of Mingwei's troops. Lu Hanyi disobeyed the military order and mobilized troops privately. This is a capital crime. She failed to kill the enemy and was injured instead. She deserved to lose an arm."
The general echoed:
"The war is urgent now. We have just discussed the crusade against the Mingwei Army, and she, Lu Hanyi, is about to die. She wants us to go to Lincheng to find medicine. It's really unlucky and shameless."
After Lu Shengling and the other two finished criticizing Lu Hanyi, they raised their hands to stop others from interrupting and said slowly:
"Let's put off how to deal with General Zhendong for now. The army cannot be short of medicine. I will send someone to Lincheng later. Doctor Cao, don't worry."
Doctor Cao bowed:
"Okay, I will withdraw first."
Lu Shengling nodded, "Yeah."
…………
In early autumn, a cool breeze comes.
In the past month, Lu Shengling led the Lu family army to capture Huangsha Pass, Banyuepo, and Nanshui County in one go.
Now they are approaching the Mingwei Army’s lair.
——Dingduzhou.
The capital was established at the foot of the city.
The army was approaching, with thousands of soldiers holding shields on their heads, marching fiercely under the blood-red setting sun. Against the backdrop of blazing flames, the shouts of the black men and horses shook the earth.
On the city wall.
General Ming Yanshi looked at the approaching Lu family army with a gloomy look on his face, sneering:
"Are you ready?"
Ming Muchuan looked at his mother's straight back, a trace of embarrassment flashed across his eyes, and he muttered:
"Mother, Feng Wan is the legal husband of our child after all, and he also gave birth to the eldest daughter of the Ming family. Aren't we being too cruel to him?"
Ming Yanshi tilted his head to look at her, a strange smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he said faintly:
"We have lost three passes in a month. Below us is the army of Emperor Fengwu. Guess what will happen to you and me if they break into the city? What will happen to the Ming family?"
"Humph! Feng Wan is the prince of Feng Qi. If I don't use him as a shield, then why would I use a useless waste like you?"
After that, she said no more and waved her hand to her confidant:
"Come here, hang Feng Wan on the city wall, and send someone to tell the Lu family army to retreat back to Liuyun Ferry and return the three passes of the Ming family. If they refuse..., hehe, kill their eldest prince immediately."
As Ming Yanshi finished his words, a soldier pushed out a handsome man from the entrance of the stairs. Regardless of his struggle, he tied the man's wrists with a hemp rope and hung him on the top of the city wall.
Then he took a big tin loudspeaker and shouted:
"Listen, Lu's army below. Your eldest prince Feng Wan is now hanging on the city wall. General Mingwei has something to say. He orders you to withdraw your troops immediately and return Huangsha Pass, Banyue Slope and Nanshui County. If you refuse, kill Feng Wan immediately."
One mile outside the city.
Lu Shengling stared at the thin man who was hanging on the city wall and floating in the wind like a kite. His eyes were dark and deep, and there seemed to be surging stormy waves in his eyes, but they returned to calm in an instant.
He closed his eyes slightly and gave the order in a stern voice:
"Retreat, retreat back to Nanshui County."
The general raised his sword-like eyebrows and said in a rough voice:
"Commander, this won't work! We fought so hard to capture these three passes, and it cost so many lives of the Lu family soldiers. How can we just give them up for a great prince?"
Fortunately, General Zhenbei was still clear-headed. She patted General Cheqi on the shoulder and reminded him:
"When did the commander agree? Didn't he say that we should retreat to Nanshui County? Although the eldest prince is the son of the deposed monarch, he is still your Majesty's flesh and blood."
"If we attack without any thought, and His Majesty blames us, who among us will be able to bear the consequences?"
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