Qucheng is only fifty miles away from Shiyan City, but now because of the need to escort supplies, the marching speed is only half of the usual speed. Two days later, Lu Yunyou returned to Shiyan City with a long team and handed everything he brought back to Yan Nantian for inspection. Finally, as expected, Lu Yunyou received a commendation from Yan Nantian, and a great achievement was recorded on his head.
After that, Yan Nantian did not arrange any other tasks for Lu Yunyou, but he also did not let Lu Yun relax. In the following time, Yan Nantian kept Lu Yunyou with him while teaching Lu Yunyou some knowledge about leading troops at any time. While cultivating Lu Yunyou's ability to communicate with others, Yan Nantian also formally introduced Lu Yunyou to Qi Lianhai and others.
Earlier, Qi Lianhai and representatives from various companies had received news from Qucheng. They were all surprised by the way Lu Yunyou cooperated with Qincheng to eliminate banditry. When they saw Lu Yunyou again, the first thing Qi Lianhai and others did was It was to praise Lu Yunyou for his young achievements.
Speaking of which, eliminating banditry is also a good thing for Qi Lianhai and others, because if the banditry problem there continues to be serious, sooner or later it will threaten their Shiyan City. Therefore, when praising Lu Yunyou, they also asked Lu Yunyou Express a heartfelt thanks.
Different from Qi Lianhai and others, as Lu Yunyou's superior, Yan Nantian's most important thing is naturally the results of Lu Yunyou's work. Originally, Yan Nantian was worried about whether Lu Yunyou could complete the task, because according to the news received before, Lu Yunyou should take the longest time. , but now it was Lu Yunyou who came back first. For this reason, he was also surprised by Lu Yunyou's ability to do things, and therefore he wanted to cultivate Lu Yunyou.
But for Lu Yunyou, praise from other people didn't mean much. Whenever he had free time every day, he would practice swordsmanship in his small yard, and from time to time he would compete with Zhang Jiutian to learn martial arts.
He had had the idea to compete with Zhang Jiutian in martial arts earlier, but after staying in Shiyan City for a few days, the two of them were no longer interested in competing. As mentioned before, Zhang Jiutian is an outstanding training genius in all aspects, even if Lu Yunyou felt that his swordsmanship had improved a lot recently. After testing his swordsmanship with Zhang Jiutian, he could still clearly feel the gap between the two.
Because he knew that his swordsmanship was not as good as Zhang Jiutian's, Lu Yunyou would ask Zhang Jiutian for advice on how to practice swordsmanship from time to time. After that, the two competed many times. Although Lu Yunyou would make some progress every time, the gap between the two could not be eliminated.
A few days later, Lu Yunyou already understood very well that he started too late in swordsmanship training and there was no possibility of catching up with Zhang Jiutian in a short time.
However, in Zhang Jiutian's view, Lu Yunyou is a genius who practices swordsmanship. He is improving almost every day. Every time he fights, he can clearly feel that Lu Yunyou's swordsmanship level is improving. Not only that, some of Lu Yunyou's performances are also good. promote his progress.
But sometimes when he calms down and thinks about it, Zhang Jiutian feels that he doesn't need to be too surprised by Lu Yunyou's performance, because there are so many incredible things about Lu Yunyou that it can't be described with just two words of "genius".
Since the two of them have a lot of free time recently, apart from the swordsmanship competition, they sometimes also compete in body skills. In terms of body skills, although Zhang Jiutian's attainments are not as good as Lu Yunyou's, they are still more than a little bit better than the average martial arts cultivator.
It is worth mentioning that during the competition between the two, Yu Tong would occasionally come over to join in the fun. After Lu Yunyou killed the bandit leader with one sword that day, Yu Tong no longer regarded Lu Yunyou as a sixth-level martial artist. When fighting Lu Yunyou, he did not retain his strength at all.
After Yu Tong joined, Lu Yunyou's strength improved faster, because whether it was Zhang Jiutian or Yu Tong, they both had something worth learning from, and he was the best at learning the strengths of others.
Time passed very quickly. In the blink of an eye, it had been ten days since Lu Yunyou returned to Shiyan City. The team that went to Liucheng had returned and brought back a lot of news.
Not long ago, the two neighboring countries of Yi State followed the instructions of the great power Qingxuan and each sent an army to station in two places in Yi State. In the name of helping Yi State resist foreign enemies, the two armies have been stationed in Yi State. The country has been in the country for many days, but it has not done anything beneficial to the country for many days.
At the same time, Yidu is still the same as before. Since Ruan Qiling committed suicide, the leader of Yiguo has concentrated all the remaining troops in Yidu to protect the safety of the imperial city. However, with many deserters, the total military strength there is now It wasn't even 50,000. I originally wanted to use those troops to defend the Yi Kingdom in the final battle. Unfortunately, after the decisive battle between the two countries, the Star Army showed no inclination to occupy the Yi Kingdom.
Now that two armies from neighboring countries are coming, the leader of the Yi Kingdom has no choice but to use his less than 50,000 troops to guard against the two armies that are closer to Yidu. It is really disappointing that the majestic leader of a country has fallen to the current situation. People regret it.
Putting aside the situation in Yidu, the large and small cities in Yiguo that have lost royal rule are now in the same situation as Shiyan City. They no longer expect help from the royal family, but they still have to beware of threats from all aspects. The situation is even worse. It's tough.
When the war breaks out, Yiguo will be completely in chaos. As Lan Xu and others speculated before, Yiguo will become a quagmire.
It has been almost a month since the decisive battle between the two countries ended. In the past time, Lan Xu has received news from Star Capital. The crisis in Star Capital has been resolved, and Lan Wu has also averted the danger. They no longer have to worry about the future. Some conservative decisions can be changed, so after discussing with the Right Prime Minister, Lan Xu planned to increase the number of troops in Shiyan City and use Shiyan City as a temporary base for the Star Army to occupy Yiguo.
In addition, in the past twenty days or so, the Star Army has been busy dealing with various animal and bandit problems, with remarkable results. Neither bandits nor ferocious beasts can gain an advantage against the regular army.
Now that the situation in various places has stabilized, Lan Xu is starting to gather the troops scattered in various places to send troops to Yiguo.
In less than a month, the Right Prime Minister helped Lan Xu recruit 50,000 new troops. The reason why he was able to recruit 50,000 new troops had a lot to do with the recent actions of the Star Army. But for a long time, the Right Prime Minister No more new soldiers will be recruited, because Star Kingdom also needs to recuperate.
Not long after the decision to send troops to Yiguo was made, training new soldiers became the top priority. In this regard, Lan Xu had made many arrangements, and the expedition was imminent.
Three days passed, and the decision to send troops had been made. Lan Xu planned to keep the 50,000 recruits he had recently recruited to garrison the Star Kingdom, while the rest would all go to the Yi Kingdom and occupy Fancheng, an important checkpoint in the northern part of the Yi Kingdom, as soon as possible.
Fancheng is a barrier to the north of Yiguo, just like the Windless City of Fengguo. If Fancheng can be captured before the two armies of Feiguo and Yangguo arrive at Fancheng, then Fancheng will become an accessible area for the Star Army in Yiguo from now on. In the long run, occupying Fancheng is far more meaningful than occupying Shiyan City.
When Lan Xu announced the number of troops going out, everyone in the army was shocked. No one could have imagined that they would send out 100,000 troops at once. It can be said that except for the 50,000 new recruits, the rest of the Star Army would go to Yiguo.
In fact, after Lu Yunyou and the others left, the original Star Army numbered less than 100,000. It was the Star Army that went to aid Qing Kingdom that came back to gather the number.
The expedition is scheduled for three days later. In the next three days, some specific arrangements need to be made from above, and the personnel below also need to make certain preparations, so there is no need for training in the next three days.
After many days of training, Bai Ye's injuries have basically recovered. After learning that Lu Yunyou had been awarded the title of Wolf General, Bai Ye was greatly inspired. Even if he broke an arm, he has recently regained his strength. After all, he has been impressed by Lu Yunyou's changes. It was clear that Lu Yunyou was only a third-level martial artist when they first met, and it was difficult for him not to be inspired.
"Princess, you seem very happy today?" In the military camp, after Lan Xu's decision to go to Yiguo was officially announced, Fang Qing, Bai Ye and others gathered together again, and they kept talking about their plans for going to Shiyan City. Looking forward to it, when talking about Lu Yunyou, Ni Youbin clearly saw the joyful expression on Lan Rou's face, and finally couldn't help but make a joke.
"Aren't you happy?" Looking straight at Ni Youbin, Lan Rou gave Ni Youbin a white eye.
"Of course I'm very happy," a whim turned into asking for trouble. After a long time, Ni Youbin responded awkwardly.
"Then you're still asking me?" Lan Rou gave Ni Youbin another look, and Lan Rou no longer wanted to talk to Ni Youbin.
"I wonder what Brother Lu's situation is over there?" Seeing that something was wrong, Tangbao started a new topic directly.
"There are no Yi Kingdom troops stationed in Shiyan City, and those cities are not strong. No one would dare to resist the army. In my opinion, everything will go well for Brother Lu there." The person who answered was Fang Qing. According to Fang Qing's words The idea is that collecting food is not difficult at all, or it can be said that there is no risk at all, it is only about the amount of food and grass collected.
