Chapter 523: The Storm is Coming
After this turmoil in the council hall, it was a lot quieter on Yishan Mountain. Lu Ben is no longer as aggressive as before, he hides in his house when he has nothing to do, and even if he participates in the military conference, he is mainly based on Wu Geng, and no longer thinks about taking power in everything.
The number of soldiers in the Dreadnought Army has reached 3,000 personnel, and although there are still many soldiers in the servant army, Wu Jian does not want to expand the army, so as not to attract the voice of others.
However, he placed Drok and Mu Shi in the servant army, and hurried to train these people in case of emergency.
In the afternoon, the sky suddenly became as dark as night, and the wind was blowing fiercely, and the vegetation was pouring down.
A bolt of lightning pierced the sky, followed by thunder rolling from the horizon like 10,000 chariots. Under the loud roar, everything trembled, and they didn't dare to look at the tragic sky.
The torrential rain shot down hysterically, whipping the earth mercilessly, making a crackling sound. Wu Gen stood in front of the window, holding a piece of paper in his hand, looking at the waterfall under the eaves in a daze, and the tumbling mist hit his body, making the ends of his hair decorated with a string of crystal beads.
The letter was sent by Ye Ziming, and there was only one news, that is, Lu Zhan, the head of the Lu family, was going to leave for Cold Land City.
This means that Ji Xin's illness is terminal, and these heads of ten thousand families must enter the city according to the rules to prepare for the aftermath.
In the letter, Ye Ziming also said that the Lu family originally didn't want the head of the family to go to Hanlu City, but Lu Zhan was quite conceited and insisted on going.
bluntly said that the Ji family has no one to take on big things except for the lord, and with so many family heads going together, if the Ji family has ideas, it is difficult to force the various families to rebel.
But just in case, Lu Zhan still ordered that Bu Kuan and his eldest son Lu Lie gather troops and horses to gather on the border between Panshi Road and the Ji family's own territory, and at the same time invite the neighboring Ba family, Murong family, and Qiulin family to send troops together to join Bu Kuan to guard against possible changes.
Soon, the Lu family's military order will arrive at Youyi Mountain, send the dreadnought army to the south of the province, threaten Jiangguan Road, and prevent other families in the south from supporting the Ji family.
"The owner of the village, do you want to report it in advance, and the whole army is on alert." Zock whispered behind him.
Wu Yan turned his head, put the letter in his hand and rubbed it gently, and the paper suddenly turned into shreds.
"It doesn't have to be like this, it's the same these days, just inform a few people of Baoxiang, but you have to reserve some baggage. In addition, the servant army should be reorganized as soon as possible, and at least 2,000 people should be brought out. If the battle starts this time, it will not be as small as before, and you must be prepared for the dead. ”
"I understand that there is a wood in the servant army, and it should be able to form so many people soon." Drok nodded, turned and prepared to head out.
"With the servant army, you must be in your hands, in the end, they are the real winners, I will transfer Le Yu to help you." Wu Yan hesitated, but still reminded Zhuo Ke.
Zhuo Ke suddenly felt that the burden was a little heavy, this was the first time that Wu Yan had completely handed over so many people to himself, nodded heavily, pushed the door and squeezed into the rain and mist.
Wu Yan stood in front of the window, looking at the rolling dark clouds and the silver snake dancing wildly, and muttered to himself,
"What should come will come." A few days later, due to several days of rainfall, the water level of the famous cliff waterfall in Yuyi Mountain almost doubled.
Wu Gen sat quietly at the bottom of the waterfall, his eyes slightly closed, and let the pouring water wash over his body. The mist rises beside the waterfall, constantly tumbling towards the valley, lingering on the flowers and plants, and stumbling in the forest.
The sunlight shines through the clouds and onto the mist, creating a brilliant rainbow. A figure appeared from the rainbow, and Li Qi walked to the edge of the pool, squatting on the ground with a short sword in his hand, and looked at Wu Yan under the waterfall without saying a word.
Wu Gen opened his eyes, the light in his eyes burst out, he glanced at Li Qi on the shore, and punched out.
The raging waterfall suddenly came to an abrupt halt, and then roared and swept upward, and the two streams of water collided together with a deafening sound.
Stepping onto the shore, Wu Gen wiped a handful of water droplets on his face, picked up the clothes on the shore and put them on. It was only at this time that the waterfall that went up against the current fell again, stirring up thousands of waves in the pool.
"The person who attacked Ning Yuxi has been found." Li Qi walked up to Wu Yan and lifted the hat on his head up.
"Who?" Wu Yan tidied up his clothes and put the broken knife back on his body.
"Meng Qi." As simple as ever.
"Sure enough, it's him." Wu Jian shook his head, this grievance between the brothers of the Meng family, why did he want to pull himself in, it was really wronged.
"Do you want to kill him?" Li Qi asked.
"No, just reveal the news to Meng Zhuo, and he will deal with it. We can't eliminate dissidents for him, with Meng Qi to contain him, Meng Zhuo's power will shrink a lot. Standing in the sun, Wu Gen stretched his waist.
In fact, there is a layer of meaning, he is not easy to say, if Meng Zhuo regains momentum, will this Meng Shun have the idea of returning.
Meng Zhuo and Meng Qi fought with each other, but he couldn't help either side, so he could only obediently stay in the Dreadnought Army. Li Qi agreed, and then stopped speaking.
Wu Qian had long been accustomed to the way he got along with Li Qi, and walked towards the outside of the valley. As he approached the mouth of the valley, Wu Gan stopped,
"Your manpower is ready, and when the troops are dispatched, the army will have to be cleaned up, and the work must be done neatly."
"Don't worry, your lordship, it's all arranged." Li Qi replied quietly.
"Okay." Wu Yan nodded with satisfaction, and suddenly looked at the other party with a smile,
"I asked you about something, you said that the bird catcher took the deal, and if someone else offered a higher price, would he break the contract?" Under the hat, Li Qi's eyes moved slightly, but he quickly returned to calm,
"No, the bird catcher pays attention to faith in doing business, as long as he collects the money, he will definitely do it, there is no reason to give up halfway."
"Hehe, there are some thieves who also smell of Taoism." Wu Yan laughed when he heard this, and continued to walk out,
"Find a way to contact them, and ask them to do some deals." At this moment, the dust and smoke were billowing from the mountain road in the distance, and a horse was coming quickly.
came, Wu Gen muttered in his heart, and simply stopped. When the horse approached, Zock turned over and dismounted, and hurried over.
"The owner of the village, there is a letter from Maojing City, and the dreadnought army will send troops in three days, go to the southern part of Panshi Road to Maoerling to Tsing Yi River to deploy defense, and be ready to go out of Jiangguan Road at any time." Taking the letter handed over by Zhuo Ke, Wu Gen quickly browsed it, the letter was sent by Lu Lie in the name of the head of the family, and it was stamped with the big seal of the head of the family and Lu Lie's private seal.
It is believed that the head of the family, Lu Zhan, has gone to Hanlu City, and the Lu family has gathered troops and horses from all over the country and is preparing to go to the area of Yediyuan, relying on the Xiao River to garrison in case of contingencies.
At the same time, the dreadnoughts were ordered to move forward quickly to cooperate with the army. At the end of the letter, Lu Lie vaguely proposed that Wu Gen privately contact the Xingshan Dreadnought Army and instigate rebellion against the main generals in the army.
Wu Yan glanced at it and handed the letter to Li Qi, who took it and read it carefully.
"Didn't you summon me to Maojing City?" Wu Yan looked at Zhuo Ke.
"Nope." Wu Yan smiled slightly and looked in the direction of Maojing City,
"It seems that people still don't trust us, let's eat other people's food, drink other people's, send troops. The whole army was ordered to prepare the baggage for a month. At the same time, he sent a letter to Liu'an City, asking Lu Qing to provide us with food, grass and weapons, and also according to the amount of a month. It's time to go on the expedition, and this slashing city lord has to vomit some blood. When he returned to the camp, Wu Jian immediately gathered all the generals above the tun chief and announced the military order of the Lu family.
The hall suddenly whispered, these days the dreadnought army has actually been in a state of preparation, but now that the military order has been issued, everyone has a sense of relief.
Wu Yan pressed his hand down, and the hall fell silent,
"This expedition is led by me and the Lu Jian Army, and the specific coordination is in charge of Captain Bao, assisted by Zhang Wuyang. The three divisions were led by Tudan, Lexi, and Meng Shun. The striker was Tudan, Meng Shun was the middle army, and Le Xi was the defender, and they moved forward in turn. From Yishan here, Zhuo Ke is fully responsible, assisted by Mu Shi, to improve the combat power of the servant army as soon as possible, and replenish it from the people in due course. In addition, the Yihu army, led by Lu Yuan and assisted by Wan Yi, flew to the area of Maoerling to reconnoiter and expel some small forces. Wuyang will work hard first, you are familiar with the local terrain, and go with the Yihu army. ”
"My subordinates understand." The hall was filled with applause. Wu Yan nodded with satisfaction, turned his head and smiled at Lu Ben: "Prison Army, you see that there are omissions, what else do you have to add." Lu Ben behaved decently today and didn't intervene too much.
Seeing Wu Gan's inquiry, he pondered for a moment and said: "Is the Yihu army going too early, we have sixty Danghu birds now, and all of them suddenly went forward, and the supply pressure is quite great." It is enough to use a few for reconnaissance in the front, so why bother with the whole army. Wu Gen sighed, and the other party was reasonable,
"Prison army, I know that it is difficult to supply, but we have few fearless soldiers, and it is very likely that a big war will break out this time, according to the orders of the head of the family, we want to stop the march of 10,000 households, it is difficult. So I can only press the whole army, and if it weren't for the supply difficulties, I would even be prepared to bring the servant army with me. The head of the family treats me well, and I will do my best this time to repay him for the kindness of the old man. Lu Ben's expression moved slightly, and his complexion eased a lot,
"Yes, this time the head of the family went to Cold Land City alone, if we can't be fully prepared, we can't be honest. There is another matter, please make it clear to Qianhu, according to the rules of the army, if Qianhu goes to war or encounters other accidents, who will take over the command of the Dreadnought. When Wu Yan heard this, this Lu Ben really led the troops, and when he went to war in the army, he would agree in advance that if the commander died in battle, who would take over the commander.
After thinking about it, Wu Yan said slowly: "If I have something, I will be replaced by the prison army." ”
"What if I die in battle?" Lu Ben then asked.
"Captain Bao took over, followed by Zhang Wuyang, Meng Shun and Zhuo Ke." Wu Gen also said angrily.
"Okay, Qianhu is really open." Lu Ben got up and gave a solemn salute to Wu Gan. He didn't expect that Wu Gen would be able to rank himself in the second line and command the entire Dreadnought Army.
Wu Gen stood up, gently held Lu Ben's arm, and said with emotion: "The prison army only knows that I am Wu Gen today, although the two of us have had disputes over trivial matters in the past, but when it comes to major matters in the clan, we should abandon our previous suspicions and work together to repay the kindness of the head of the family." Looking at the two people in the hall sympathetic to each other, Li Qi, who was sitting in the corner, unconsciously twisted his body.