Lan Xu's threatening words were still echoing in his mind, disturbing him and pacing back and forth in the study room with his eyebrows furrowed. At this moment, he realized more and more that his position was not something that could be taken casually, especially since he was so powerful. People with family backgrounds are really involved.
As a member of the Zhang family, he does not have the power to control the entire family. The letter sent back to the family was that Zhang Yuangang was seeking the opinions of other senior members of the family to determine whether he could fight against the Star Army; I would like to remind the tribesmen to be ready to evacuate at any time.
No matter what the other senior leaders of the Zhang family decided, Zhang Yuangang knew that when the letter he wrote reached the clan, the whole clan would be in chaos, and everyone might say something wrong about him.
It was such an honor to serve as the commander-in-chief of the Feng Army before. It even raised his status in the city to a higher level. Unexpectedly, the situation has changed now, and that title has become a trigger for fire. Considering the current situation, Zhang Yuangang felt a strong feeling. The emotional contrast is like falling from the clouds into the abyss.
In fact, from an objective perspective, the Zhang family cannot just watch Lang Pass being breached by the Star Army, and of course they cannot surrender to the Star Kingdom. It would be best if they could preserve Aolan City without harming their own interests, but Zhang Yuangang He knew in his heart that Star Army would not let them get what they wanted.
It is worth mentioning that he also expressed his intention to ask for help from his family in the letter. If the senior leaders of the clan agree to fight against the Star Army, it would be best to send some seventh-level martial arts cultivators to assist in the battle. However, ordinary seventh-level martial arts cultivators and the army There are many differences between generals. No matter how many seventh-level martial arts cultivators sent by the Zhang family who have no command experience, they can only serve as thugs.
Moreover, the Star Army has many generals and many high-level martial arts cultivators. Asking the clan to send people to support him will only cause losses to the family, but he cannot watch Aolan City being breached, otherwise the Zhang family will be in Aolan City in the future. There is also no place to stand, so in the letter, Zhang Yuangang also mentioned Lan Xu's persuasion to surrender. It is not difficult to guess that after receiving the letter, the senior leaders of the Zhang family will also consider this aspect, and not only their Zhang family, but also other forces in the city We will make such considerations after knowing the situation.
The more he thought about it, the more confused his mind became. As an earth-level martial arts cultivator, Zhang Yuangang had not experienced this feeling of panic for a long time.
Putting aside Zhang Yuangang's situation, after returning to the station, Lan Xu and two fellow generals went to the Chinese army's tent to report back to Lan Wu. Lan Xu narrated to Lan Wu what happened after arriving at Aolan Pass, and the other two The generals reported the information from their investigation to Lan Wu.
According to the descriptions of Lan Xu and the others, Lan Wu was able to confirm that the strength of the troops in Lan City was not consistent with the information they had previously inquired about. In other respects, it was as they had discussed before. The reinforcements from the Feng Army would not arrive in Lan in a short time. City, in the next few days, they will have an absolute advantage in numbers.
Since Zhang Yuangang did not give an answer in person, according to Lan Wu's inference, the Feng Army would most likely not surrender to them. The Xing Army should make pre-war deployments as early as possible, and the original rest and recuperation plan should also be slightly changed.
At present, the army has sufficient supplies. There is no need to consider the problems of manpower and equipment when going to attack the city. In addition, Lan Wu does not intend to follow Feng Jun's approach and put the key to conquering the city on the city gate. Maybe they will use a ladder as a The main route to siege the city.
If Feng Jun completely blocked the city gate, they would never be able to attack the city through the city gate, so he had to prepare two methods. Of course, it would be difficult to attack the city with the help of ladders. Lan Wu could imagine the generals waiting for them. It will be a tough battle, but they have no choice.
There is another issue that worries him now, and that is the people in Lan City. Aolan City is larger than Yanguan, and there are more than 200,000 people living in the city. Those local forces cannot be underestimated. If they can successfully break through the city gate, Xing The army cannot rush to the city yet.
In other words, after breaking through the Lan Pass, they still have to be careful, and it is best not to cause the family forces in the city to join forces to resist. In short, Lan Wu does not have much experience in attacking the city, and there are some things that he cannot control. He can only do his best.
After Lan Xu left with his troops, Lan Wu discussed the siege strategy with other generals. Now that the discussion has ended, everything depends on Zhang Yuangang's reply tomorrow morning. As for tonight, Lan Wu has ordered all the soldiers to take a good rest. Always be prepared to go to war in advance.
Knowing nothing about the above matter, after returning to the camp, before dinner, Lu Yunyou found that many soldiers were spontaneously practicing in front of the camp tent, so he had nothing to do, and he and the Gao Li brothers also found a place to practice.
The swordsmanship book Li An gave him had not been practiced for many days, and now he was a little rusty in practicing it, especially with so many people watching around him. It was difficult for him to practice his swordsmanship wholeheartedly.
Soldiers who know martial arts are not uncommon in the cavalry camp, but they are very rare in the infantry camp, so it didn't take long for Brother Gao Li to bring more than a dozen people to watch. Some people saw that Lu Yunyou was very particular about his movements, and he performed every move with style. , and kept clapping, and those applauses made Lu Yunyou even more cautious.
With his face getting hotter and nervous, Lu Yunyou did not stop the movements in his hands. A long sword changed his movements continuously in his hands. Every move, regardless of whether it was right or wrong, was an eye-opener for Gao Li and others.
He practiced until Lu Yunyou had no idea what moves he was practicing before he stopped. Maybe it was due to excessive tension. By the end of the practice, he had even forgotten the names of some sword moves. As for the characteristics of those moves, he couldn't even think of them at all. When he got up, it would be better not to practice at all than to practice randomly. Thinking of this, after stopping, Lu Yunyou just wanted to be quiet for a while so that he could recall the scene when he first learned swordsmanship.
As a result, as soon as he stopped, Gao Li and others rushed up to surround him, and they all rushed to let Lu Yunyou teach them sword skills.
"I only know a little bit about kung fu, how can I teach you well?" Originally, it was the responsibility of the officers above to instruct the soldiers in drills. How could Lu Yunyou dare to do such an overstep, not to mention that he himself knew only a little bit about it.
Except for the Gao Li brothers, there were no other people around him who were not familiar with him, and there were even many people he didn't know. There were more than a dozen faces dangling in front of him, and Lu Yunyou was directly dazzled by those people.
"What are you doing together?" Just at this moment, a centurion passed by. With a question, the dozens of people who originally surrounded Lu Yunyou dispersed.
After those people left, even though he received a fierce look from the centurion who was passing by, Lu Yunyou was still grateful to the centurion. In a blink of an eye, only the Gao Li brothers remained beside Lu Yunyou. The two of them were still incomparable to Lu Yunyou's swordsmanship. Yearning, but unfortunately based on his understanding of the two of them, Lu Yunyou knew that the swordsmanship he practiced was not suitable for them to learn.
Firstly, the two of them have no foundation in practicing martial arts; secondly, people are crowded together on the battlefield, and there is no room to use sword skills. Unless they have certain attainments in martial arts, otherwise they will be scratched and will die faster. .
Regardless of the qualifications of the Gao Li brothers, Lu Yunyou knew that if the two of them only learned a little bit and insisted on using martial arts on the battlefield, there would most likely be trouble, and he naturally did not want to harm them.
"Yunyou, can you teach us some sword skills? Maybe he is eager to improve, but Gundam has always been interested in learning martial arts.
"It's not that I don't want to teach you, but the practice of swordsmanship doesn't happen overnight, and one person can't learn multiple martial arts at the same time. You'd better practice the body skills I teach you first," I'm worried that the two of them will learn too much. But in the end, he couldn't learn anything, so Lu Yunyou declined the two of them directly.
"Yunyou is right. It's important for us to learn the footwork well. We'll talk about the rest later." As if he suddenly understood a truth, Gao Li directly helped Lu Yunyou.
"Okay, let's continue to practice body skills, and don't delay Yun You's sword practice," Gundam nodded without understanding, and said he would not ask further questions in an understanding manner.
Then, the two said hello to Lu Yunyou and then went to another place to practice their movements. As soon as the two left, Lu Yunyou felt much more relaxed. There was still some time before dark. After adjusting his mentality, Lu Yunyou started practicing again. fencing.
There were not many sword moves, but after several practices, Lu Yunyou was able to master a set of sword skills skillfully. The feeling of familiarity became stronger and stronger, and the characteristics of those sword moves were gradually remembered by him.
After speeding up, he made several mistakes while practicing some unfamiliar moves. In the end, he was unable to practice the entire set of swordsmanship smoothly quickly, and this also made Lu Yunyou understand that he had not truly mastered that set of swordsmanship.
Maybe it was because he had too little time to practice on weekdays, or maybe he didn't have enough comprehension ability. Now there was no other way. He simply continued to practice hard when no one came to disturb him and it was not time to rest.
I don't know how much time had passed, but the Gao Li brothers were tired from practicing and came to rest. Lu Yunyou was still practicing tirelessly, over and over again. His obsession with martial arts surprised the two brothers. The two just watched from the sidelines. Didn't come forward to disturb.
Under the dim sky, Lu Yunyou's movements became more and more blurred, and only the sword with a cold light was dangling in front of the two brothers.
