"You're Ji Fly?"

Lu Yan looked at the middle-aged uncle in front of him and said with some doubts.

He was dressed in the most ordinary cloth clothes, carried a stiff bow behind his back, a bronze sword tied to his waist, and did not even have a war horse.

Except that the eyes are very bright, it looks like an uncle next door, and there is nothing brilliant about it.

After settling his sister's group, he couldn't wait to find a place to summon the Sugar Fly, but the Sugar Fly seemed to disappoint him a little.

"Zhao Ren Gan Fly has seen Childe."

Gan Fly smiled at Lu Yan and saluted.

"Sir, what is a shot that does not shoot?"

Lu Yan hurriedly returned the salute, and then asked.

No matter what the other party says, he is also a big man who is systematically evaluated as a big man with almost Taoist skills, and it is not a loss to call Mr.

"It's just some subtle tricks, and you'll naturally understand when you shoot too many arrows."

Sugar Fly smiled slightly.

What does it mean to shoot too many arrows, and you will naturally understand? Lu Yan rolled his eyes speechlessly.

No matter how Lu Yan asked, he just smiled and said nothing.

Lu Yan was so angry that he looked at him with some annoyance, this person is really too self-cherished, and he doesn't know how many of the ancients' masterpieces have been lost in this way.

So then he summoned 4 Liaodong elites and a cowardly Xue, and then led them to the inn.

It's just that he was a little worried about how to explain these things to Lu Hongsleeve and them, and it seemed that he had to spend a lot of time again.

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"Childe, after days of inquiry, we finally heard the news of Lord Mao."

In a room of the inn, Yi Ye bowed down and reported to Lu Yan.

"Oh, tell me where he is."

Lu Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed.

Since staying in this inn, he sent the four people to Guangning City to inquire about Mao Wenlong's situation.

If you want to defect to Mao Wenlong, you must know where he is.

But what disappointed him was that after searching for a long time these nights, he didn't find out about Mao Wenlong's situation, and it is said that he was almost caught by the Jurchens a few times.

"I heard from a helper who works in the governor's mansion that Lord Mao seems to be supervising the manufacture of firearms in Shanhaiguan."

The night did not accept it.

"Shanhaiguan?"

Hearing this, Lu Yan's face couldn't help but change.

Do you want him to go to Shanhaiguan to join Mao Wenlong?

Now that Liaoyang City has been defeated, and the road is already full of routs and refugees on the front line, Mao Wenlong will have to return to Guangning City sooner or later to listen to Wang Huazhen's orders.

What if he goes to Shanhaiguan and misses Mao Wenlong?

For a moment, Lu Yan couldn't help but fall into a dilemma.

"You go down first."

Lu Yan said to him.

The night did not accept and hurriedly bowed back, he thought for a while, and finally decided to go to Guangning City to wait for Mao Wenlong, after all, this is the safest.

So he told his sister that they would pack up and prepare to leave for Quang Ninh the next day.

While they were eating, a group of routers arrived at the inn.

"My lord, there is an inn in front of us, why don't we go to the front and rest."

"Okay."

Hearing this, Lu Yan felt as if he was a little familiar, he looked up, and just in time to see a person dressed as an officer walking in.

"Brother Cao?"

Lu Yan said with a look of surprise.

"Brother Lu."

Cao Wenzhao was also surprised.

After a few days of not seeing him, Cao Wenzhao became more haggard, and his whole person lost a lot of weight.

After the two of them glanced at each other, they both laughed, this is really a place in life that they don't meet.

Lu Yan immediately invited Cao Wenzhao to come to him to share dinner, and Cao Wenzhao agreed.

Cao Wenzhao's subordinates looked at Lu Yan with a surprised expression, not knowing who he was, and he was so familiar with his family.

Lu Yan let Xiao Er serve the best wine and food again, and then drank with Cao Wenzhao.

Cao Wenzhao spat at him while drinking with him.

Because he was wounded by an arrow in the shoulder, he did not go outside the city to participate in the field.

But when the Jurchens attacked the city, he still participated in the battle to defend the city with his wounds, and the result is needless to say, the Ming army was defeated, and he also followed the rout to this place.

Lu Yan didn't say anything about this, just listened to him silently, but he made a timely proposal to ask Cao Wenzhao to introduce him to Mao Wenlong.

He didn't know much about Daming's military system, after all, he was a person outside the system, and it would be bad if he missed Mao Wenlong.

"Do you still want to join Mao Wenlong's command?"

After listening to his words, Cao Wenzhao was a little surprised.

At first, he thought that Lu Yan wanted to join Mao Wenlong's command just as an excuse, but he didn't expect Lu Yan to make this request again.

"That's right, the younger brother has long admired the name of Lord Mao, and has always hoped to serve under him."

Lu Yan said.

Cao Wenzhao smiled bitterly, Mao Wenlong is only a capital division now, and has not yet been promoted to a training guerrilla, I don't know how many general soldiers, deputy generals and staff generals there are in Liaodong, so many people Lu Yan didn't want to take refuge in the past, but he was obsessed with going to take refuge in an obscure capital division.

"Okay then, I'll say yes."

Cao Wenzhao said that this can only be regarded as a trivial matter.

Maybe Mao Wenlong looked at Lu Yan's subordinates and was too late to be happy, even he was very greedy for those cowardice under Lu Yan's subordinates.

"Then thank you Brother Cao."

Lu Yan couldn't help but be overjoyed.

The most important thing was settled, and Lu Yan was completely relieved.

So he and Cao Wenzhao staggered, and in the end both of them got drunk.

The next day, the two teams set off together, and with the leadership of Cao Wenzhao, Lu Yan entered Guangning City very smoothly, and then he bought a courtyard to live in.

On the one hand, he is diligent in practicing martial arts, and he will go to the battlefield in the future, and he has already seen the dangers on the battlefield.

On the other hand, he sent people to inquire about Mao Wenlong's news, but he never gained anything.

It wasn't until half a month later that he waited for news from Cao Wenzhao, and Mao Wenlong came to Guangning.

So under the recommendation of Cao Wenzhao, he finally met Mao Wenlong.

Between the words, Cao Wenzhao did not hesitate to praise Lu Yan and his family, praised Lu Yan's family's martial arts as rare in the world, and made those cowardly Xue express themselves on the spot.

After seeing the depth of those timid Xue's expressions, Mao Wenlong immediately agreed.

He could see at a glance that Lu Yan's kung fu was a little weaker, but his physical fitness was good, and he was also a good soldier after training.

As for his subordinates, not to mention, everyone is skilled in archery and horses, and their archery skills are superb, even among his family, there is no one who can match them.

A few days ago, he received an order from Wang Huazhen to lead his troops deep into the hinterland of Liaodong, and these people happened to be his help.

And because Wang Huazhen gave him hundreds of blank confession documents, he was allowed the right to make decisions on the spot. So he made a decision on the spot to give Lu Yan a hundred general duties, and Lu Yan was of course overjoyed about this.

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On May 20, the first year of the Apocalypse, the sun was shining brightly and the wind was calm.

On this day, Mao Wenlong finally set off with his family and volunteers on five sand boats.

Lu Yan once asked if he could bring the horses with him, but Mao Wenlong unceremoniously refused him.

He told them that this trip would take a month's sail at least, and that it would take two months in the event of a storm.

The horses eat a lot of food and drink a lot of water, which is not a problem on land, but at sea it is a serious problem.

In addition, the sea was humid, the forage was easy to deteriorate, and it was simply impossible to bring horses, so all of Lu Yan's men became infantry archers.

Not far from the shore, the four horsemen were escorting a carriage looking here, and they were the people who came to see off Lu Hongsleeve and his party.

In this regard, Lu Yan could only sigh a long sigh, he knew that it was very cruel to leave a woman alone in Guangning in troubled times.

But if she doesn't hurry up and build a foundation, the Jurchens will capture Guangning City in the future, and her fate will only be even more miserable.

He left her more than a thousand taels of silver, telling her that the four who did not accept the general trouble would help her solve it, and if she encountered trouble that could not be solved, she could ask Cao Wenzhao for help, and he would definitely send someone to pick her up after laying a foundation within half a year.

Thinking of his sister's pleading appearance before leaving, he couldn't bear it for a while, but what could he do.

If you want to blame it, you can only blame this damn world.

Five sand boats sailed all the way to the northeast along the coast, and the ancient ships sailed by one wind and one current, so the speed was very slow, and it depended on God's will.

Once it encounters strong winds and waves, it is possible to be blown backwards for dozens of miles.

Therefore, in the future, it was only a one-day voyage of the ship, but they walked for more than a month.

Add to that the wind and waves along the way, and the need to replenish fresh water, making the boat ride a painful experience.

Many people are so sick that they can't adapt to this kind of sailing, and some even fall ill directly.

It wasn't until June 23, the first year of the Apocalypse, that they arrived at Pig Island.

After arriving on Pig Island, the residents of Pig Island thought it was a pirate attack and ran away.

But to their surprise, they found twenty cows and a large amount of grain on the island, so Mao Wenlong ordered them to rest on the island of pigs for a few days, and kill the cattle to replenish the soldiers' health.

After a few days of repairing with big fish and meat, the already decadent morale became high again, and they were all oily, screaming to fight with Jiannu.

Seeing that the military spirit was available, Mao Wenlong once again ordered the troops to set off and sail towards Changlu Island, where they would encounter their first wave of enemies.

On the fourth day of the seventh month of the first year of the Apocalypse, after a long journey of more than a month, they finally arrived at Changlu Island, and the soldiers standing on the boat after seeing Changlu Island all let out bursts of whistling sounds.

Unlike Pig Island, which is only one square kilometer, Changlu Island is a truly large island.

It covers an area of 19 square kilometers, with more than 160 families and more than 700 people.

As long as they can occupy Changlu Island, they will have a good base for their trip to Liaodong.

Seeing five large boats and the soldiers on board in the distance, several fishermen on the pier of Changlu Island were so frightened that they hurriedly fled to the island.

After the sand boat docked, Mao Wenlong ordered the soldiers to land on the island quickly, and Lu Yan had already put on his armor and landed with Ganfei and Mo Rigen.

A large number of soldiers quickly assembled on the docks, and it didn't take long for them to assemble their ranks.

July is the hottest time of the year, even in Liaodong, near the north.

Lu Yan stood in the middle of the team wearing a cotton armor that had been ripped off the Jurchens, and the scorching sunlight made him feel a little uncomfortable.

Coupled with the thick cotton armor, a large amount of sweat kept flowing out of his body.

However, for the sake of his own life, Lu Yan could only endure these discomforts.