As a general, Lu Yunyou was assigned a guest room in the general's mansion as expected. Sleeping in the room was more comfortable than sleeping in the tent. After lying on the bed, Lu Yunyou thought about the past two days, except last night. Apart from encountering a few ferocious beasts that accidentally broke into the camp, which added some color to the march, the whole journey was boring.
Speaking of which, there is one thing that is worth being happy about, and that is that he can practice freely for two nights, and there is no time limit. The position of general provides him with great convenience. After arriving at Shiyan City today, the city lord of Shiyan City and those family representatives His behavior also made him realize that those local forces were very afraid of them and had no tendency to resist. He could rest peacefully tonight.
If the situation in other cities is similar to that of Shiyan City, then their next task of collecting grain and grass will go very smoothly. However, when passing through the streets in the city today, those deserted streets and the fear of the people are mixed with a few things. The hostile eyes made him deeply feel that maybe everything was not as simple as he imagined.
Maybe those people thought that the arrival of the Star Army was the beginning of the disaster they would face. The longer they thought about it, the more things Lu Yunyou thought about.
Thinking back, in fact, the main reason why Shi Yancheng is willing to submit to the Star Kingdom is because of the current situation. In terms of fear of the Star Army, they may be far less afraid of the current situation.
Now the Yi Kingdom royal family has gathered its remaining troops around Yidu and has given up on surrounding cities, let alone border cities like Shiyan City. If it cannot be protected by the Star Kingdom, Shiyan City will sooner or later be invaded by other forces or suffer Other threats, instead of doing this, they might as well cooperate with the Star Army and try to achieve a slightly better end.
From the method used by the Star Kingdom to annex the Feng Kingdom, it can be seen that as long as they cooperate fully, the Star Army will not do anything extraordinary to them. Therefore, surrendering to the Star Kingdom is the plan of Qi Lianhai and a group of family representatives after considering many factors.
Compared to their safety, treason is a trivial matter. After all, it was their country that gave up on them first.
In addition, during the dinner, Lu Yunyou also heard the news that Ruan Qiling was sentenced to death by the royal family of Yi Kingdom. Two battles nearly wiped out a country's army. Regardless of whether Ruan Qiling was incompetent or not, Ruan Qiling could only die to apologize.
After sighing for a while, Lu Yunyou recalled the past commanders of the Feng Kingdom. He felt that Ruan Qiling was an outstanding commander compared with those people. It was precisely because of this that the Yi Army caused their Star Army to lose so much strength.
It’s really sad to think of a marshal who was so good at fighting and was sentenced to death by the monarch after a complete defeat. Maybe Yiguo still gave Ruan Qiling too few opportunities. Lu Yunyou could think that if Ruan Qiling could be given a few more chances, maybe Ruan Qiling could really defeat him. For them, it's a pity that God is not too kind to Ruan Qiling.
When Lan Xu talked about the many factors that could lead to victory in the decisive battle, everyone agreed on one point. The rain that day was not within Ruan Qiling's consideration, and it was also not within Lan Xu's expectation. The Yi army brought a chance of victory but brought despair to the Yi army. In fact, it was not that they defeated the Yi army, but that they were more favored by God.
The more he thought about it, the more Lu Yunyou felt sorry for Ruan Qiling's experience, not only because Ruan Qiling was the commander-in-chief of Yi Kingdom, but also because Ruan Qiling was an eighth-level martial artist. He didn't know when he would reach the level of Ruan Qiling, but He knew that a sixth-level martial artist like him could die on the battlefield at any time.
Lying on the bed, Lu Yunyou had a lot of emotions and thought about it for a long time before falling asleep. The next morning, just after washing up, he was invited to attend the breakfast banquet prepared by Qi Lianhai.
At the breakfast banquet, Qi Lianhai made it clear that he hoped that part of the Star Army could be stationed in the city to protect the safety of Shiyan City. Of course, during the Star Army's garrison, as the city lord, he would try his best to provide all conveniences for the Star Army.
Faced with Qi Lianhai's request, Yan Nantian did not respond directly. He just asked for more time to think about it so that he could have time to ask Lan Xu for instructions. If Lan Xu agreed, garrisoning troops in Shiyan City would be of great benefit to the Star Army.
After the breakfast banquet, Yan Nantian called the generals together to discuss how to divide the troops and go to various places to collect grain. The plan to divide the troops had already been decided. Now Yan Nantian wanted to discuss with the generals how to distribute the troops.
Because the conditions of the cities to be visited are different, there are naturally certain differences in the division of troops. Now there are three directions: due west, southwest, and northwest.
After the problem of troop distribution is solved, Yan Nantian has to determine the leaders of the three groups. Most of the nine generals below are new generals, but there are also generals with certain qualifications. Overall, the recommended method is more Helps select the right people.
As a wolf general, Lu Yunyou was fortunate enough to be recommended as the commander-in-chief. Under his command was Xing Hu, and there was another general Wang Yihou whom he was not familiar with. Except for Lu Yunyou, Xing Hu and Wang Yihou were both seventh-level martial arts cultivators. They were going to the northwest, from Shiyan City to Qucheng to Qin City, then to Liucheng to join forces with other teams, and then back to Shiyan City.
Qucheng and Qincheng are both small border towns, and their geographical location is much more remote than Shiyan City. Whether a certain amount of materials can be obtained from those two small towns, Lu Yunyou is not sure yet, but his status as the commander is no longer certain. shirk.
After a meeting was held to discuss how to divide the troops and collect food, that afternoon, as the commander of an army, Lu Yunyou took all the personnel in his headquarters and set off straight to the northwest.
When passing through Shiyan City, as before, many people looked at them with hostility. Of course, the most obvious thing in the eyes of the civilians was fear. Facing a group of star troops wearing armor and holding spears, the people on the road looked at them with hostility. Pedestrians all choose to give way. If it weren't for the city lord of Shiyan City trying his best to protect them, the situation these civilians would face now might be even worse.
Having said that, it is not the fault of the Star Army that they are in the current situation. If you really want to argue, it is their Yi country that sent troops to conquer the Star Army first. It is actually them who made the mistake first. In short, in the final analysis, those people can only blame the current The situation is the current situation that has put both parties in the current situation. This is a fact that neither party can change.
If they want to truly resolve the hatred between the two sides, the civilians can only consider this point. The sooner they understand the situation, the sooner they can see it more broadly.
After leaving Shiyan City, the road was no longer so easy to walk. Not only the road section became narrow, but the number of paths increased. Fortunately, they took the main road between the two cities, which was still wide.
Since the border area between the two countries is an area frequented by ferocious beasts, Lu Yunyou had been worried about whether he would encounter groups of ferocious beasts during the trip, but he was not worried about encountering bandits. After all, they were numerous and powerful. Gangs of robbers will not dare to come to trouble them.
But in fact, before they set off, Qi Lianhai not only said that there was a serious animal problem around Qucheng, but also that there was a bandit problem in Qincheng. These two situations were the reasons why Yan Nantian asked Lu Yunyou to lead the personnel of the headquarters. Compared with the other two teams, The team led by Lu Yunyou is still more powerful.
More than three thousand people were walking on a road several meters wide. The queue was very long. Walking in front of the queue, next to Lu Yunyou were two generals and a guide. Behind him were Yu Tong and other lieutenants.
The guide was arranged by Qi Lianhai. His name was Li Shuangxi. He was just an ordinary martial artist. He was extremely nervous when he was walking alongside Lu Yunyou and others. As long as Lu Yunyou and the others did not ask for directions, Li Shuangxi would never dare to take the initiative to speak. There is a distance of fifty miles. If you walk faster, the army can reach the vicinity of Qucheng before nightfall. Now they are traveling lightly, so the marching speed will naturally be very fast.
"General Lu, City Lord Qi said that there are often vicious beasts on the road to Qucheng. Why haven't we encountered one until now?" Ask what's going on.
Lu Yunyou's previous appointment as commander had a lot to do with Xing Hu's strong recommendation. Xing Hu himself had no interest in the position of commander, as long as Lu Yunyou led them without making any mistakes.
As for another general, Wang Yihou, he is similar in age to Xing Hu, but his personality is much more delicate than Xing Hu's. He is not an easy person to get along with. Of course, Wang Yihou always wears a smile in front of Lu Yunyou.
"Maybe we are lucky!" Shaking his head, Lu Yunyou naturally didn't know why they couldn't encounter the ferocious beast.
"What's the use of good luck? Doesn't General Lu know that the brothers below are waiting to hunt a few ferocious beasts for dinner at night?" Xing Hu smiled heartily at Lu Yunyou, showing that he knew the people below him very well.
"I really don't know." Thinking about the fact that the food in the army is not very good these days, it would be best if some ferocious beasts feed them. Lu Yunyou laughed directly with Xing Hu: "General Xing, don't be anxious, we will go to Qucheng There is still a long way to go, and there will definitely be opportunities to hunt ferocious beasts.”
