bayedsolid Chapter 350 Blind Arrogance, Lacking Sense of Sense
Chapter 350 Blind Arrogance, Lacking Sense of Sense
Since General Luo led his troops to the front lines, all the offices of the military supply office in the rear of the capital, which was responsible for preparing provisions, have been extremely busy.
The saying goes, "An army marches on its stomach," but in urgent situations, the order can be reversed.
Therefore, at this moment, each member of General Luo's team carried their own rations and went ahead to a place to seek support from the local government and surrounding military camps.
They traveled at breakneck speed, day and night, and after seven or eight days, Luo Qianyou led his team to the battlefield west of Zhongzhao Kingdom.
On the western battlefield, the invading enemy adopted a hit-and-run tactic, always launching attacks at night and disappearing as soon as soldiers were deployed.
This repeated itself, which greatly annoyed everyone. Just when they were about to press their advantage, Luo Qianyou would call it quits again. After this happened many times, everyone was full of complaints.
However, through Luo Qianyou's actions, Wen Chengjian figured out a clue.
One night, when the enemy appeared again, Wen Chengjian fought with them and secretly followed them as they retreated.
Upon reaching a secluded valley, they overheard the enemy leader saying, "Alright, stop running. We'll stay here and go back in a few hours."
"Boss, if we just keep doing this, launching surprise attacks every now and then, will he really give us food afterwards?"
"It doesn't matter if he doesn't give it to us. He promised that after everything is over, he will give our tribe that city right next to the west. Then, we will have plenty of food, haha, and plenty of beautiful women too."
"Haha, General Luo is quite generous, yoshi yoshi."
Upon hearing this, Wen Chengjian wished he could go back and chop the traitor surnamed Luo to pieces.
However, a small act of impatience could ruin a great plan, so Wen Chengjian could only remember the location and quietly return to the camp.
That night, after discussing the matter with several deputy generals, Luo Qianyou issued an order.
He sent a message by carrier pigeon to the Northern Frontier government, ordering the criminals there to go to the northern battlefield first to hold off the enemy. Once he had dealt with the western enemy, he would rush to the north to provide support.
He repeatedly urged them to defend the northern gateway at all costs, as it was the most crucial border pass of Zhongzhao Kingdom.
However, Luo Qianyou never imagined that his carrier pigeon message would be intercepted, circulated, and then imitated and used to impersonate others.
If we're talking about intercepting letters in the air, then it's naturally the eagle and the nightingale. These two kings of the sky work together, flying back and forth between the capital and Sihe Mountain to deliver messages to Grand Tutor Zhou and Wen Qilin.
Thus, after Lord Hu of Mobei received the order, Wen Qilin and his men were already prepared.
Luo Qianyou's arrangement of sending criminals from the northern desert to the front lines was quite sophisticated; he had detailed the procedures.
The criminals led by Tang Jia guarded the area around Gray Mountain in the north, resisting the Diqiang tribe.
The criminals led by Meng Jia guarded the Hongyan Mountain area to resist the Rongxian tribe.
The criminals led by Xie Jia guarded the vicinity of Hukou Mountain to resist the Beiyan tribe.
The remaining criminals, scattered like sand in the northern desert mountains, need to guard the Qingjian Beach area.
The location of Qingjian Beach is quite unique, surrounded by four or five small tribes, and the people of these tribes are all brave and skilled in battle.
Luo Qianyou's arrangement was clearly aimed at this disorganized group, since the Wen family was among them. This was his deliberate move.
However, this disorganized group had undergone more than half a year of training. Luo Qianyou was completely unaware of this secret training operation. No matter what methods Prince Yao used, at least he managed to keep it from the arrogant Luo Qianyou.
At this point, these disorganized soldiers—or rather, the soldiers of Sihe Mountain—after training for so long, it was time to put them to the test and see what they were really made of.
Upon receiving the order, Lord Hu of Mobei responded promptly, without wasting a single minute, and quickly relayed the order, urging everyone to set off immediately.
When Wen Qilin led the soldiers from Siheshan to Qingjiantan, they were greeted by the first snowfall in northern Mobei.
The north wind howls, the snow falls lightly, the enemy attacks, but we press on bravely.
It is said that a general in the field may disobey orders.
While this group of criminals was heading to the front lines, preparing to sacrifice themselves for their country.
The actual soldiers who were originally stationed nearby all had their leaders replaced.
It turns out that the leaders of these teams were all incompetent fools arranged by Luo Qianyou, with the aim of weakening the border and allowing foreign enemies to invade, so as to put pressure on the emperor.
Now that the emperor was far away, Prince Yao exerted pressure and replaced them all with capable henchmen, imprisoning all the good-for-nothings in one place.
Without the interference of incompetent officials, the soldiers on the northern battlefield fought the enemy with great enthusiasm. Of course, the new recruits from Sihe Mountain were also very brave, obeying orders and striking straight at the enemy's heart.
With the support of the Ye family doctor and the guarantee of food supplies from the Wei family, everyone chased the enemy all the way to their lair, wiped out their stronghold, killed those who should be killed, captured those who should be captured, divided up the spoils of war, and seized everything without hesitation.
The victory on the northern battlefield occurred quietly, and everything was under control.
After everyone won the battle, the capable general escorted the bunch of good-for-nothings to send a secret letter to Luo Qianyou. At the same time, the soldiers who were sending the battle report to the capital also set off.
The letter claimed that the northern border had fallen, and that people from surrounding tribes had broken into the city and were about to enter the capital. It urged General Luo to come to the capital to rescue the emperor.
In short, Luo Qianyou said whatever he wanted to hear, and said whatever he wanted to happen, and that things had already happened.
The letter arrived in Luo Qianyou's hands as quickly as possible.
When Luo Qianyou finished reading the letter and was convinced of its contents, he hurriedly left a double behind and quietly returned to his manor from the western battlefield.
Upon arriving at the villa, he immediately sent several more letters to the capital by carrier pigeon.
A letter to the matriarch of the Luo family.
A letter to the garrison battalion on the outskirts of Beijing.
A letter was instructed to be delivered by Steward Qiao to Consort Luo.
Late at night, when Madam Luo received and read the letter, Wenwen and Wenchengbin finally breathed a sigh of relief.
The brother and sister had been playing hide-and-seek in the Luo mansion for more than ten days. They had searched every nook and cranny of the mansion, practically digging three feet into the ground.
They couldn't find anything mysterious about Madam Luo.
This letter came at just the right time.
The letter instructed Madam Luo and her family to hide away for the next two days and not to appear on the streets, lest they get into trouble.
After burning the letters, Madam Luo began to give instructions to the head maidservant beside her.
"Go and tell them to quickly carry the eldest and second young masters to the ancestral hall in the backyard."
"Go and tell the First Madam and the others to go to the ancestral hall immediately."
"..."
After everyone had arrived at the ancestral hall, Madam Luo dismissed the servants and instructed them to guard outside the ancestral hall, and not allow anyone to enter.
Then, Madam Luo led her entire family into the small Buddhist hall next to the ancestral hall.
To everyone's astonishment, the secret passage was opened. The old man, with a gloomy look in his eyes, said with great authority, "If you want to live, come down with me. Don't make a sound, and don't ask any questions."