bestfiction Chapter 131 Crisis
Chapter 131 Crisis
Lu Linlang originally planned to settle Xiao Liu and her daughter on the farm, but after hearing that her cooking tasted good, she decided to arrange her to live in the house. These days, the mother and daughter followed the people in charge of building the academy to cook two meals a day.
There were not many villagers who could spare the effort, so the cooking was done by the cook in the mansion. However, this made the people in the kitchen very tired. Since she needed to hire someone, it was not a bad idea to let two of them do it.
"Sister, General He has sent a letter." Yun Yi just returned home and came over with a letter. It had only been a short time since General He wrote the letter, and yet he sent another letter so suddenly. Yun Yi was worried about what had happened.
However, this letter was written to Lu Linlang, and he did not open it without permission.
Lu Linlang opened the letter and saw that it said there was a sudden change in the military camp. During the battle between the army and the regent's men, a spy appeared and leaked the military news to the regent's men. Even the marching and fighting strategies were known to the regent's men.
As a result, the army was ambushed when it arrived at a mountain intersection, suffering heavy losses. There was more than one spy in the army. In order to prevent this from happening again, the army redistributed all the arrangements. Yun Can and Lu Zhan were suddenly assigned to fight. When he received the news, a new round of fighting had already begun. He had to let his own people deal with it and try to transfer them back.
"What should we do? They are still so young. If they really meet the enemy, will they be in danger?" Yunxi was worried about their safety and wanted her sister to use her connections to bring them back so that they wouldn't go to the war.
"Yes, they are too young, and there are spies in the military camp now. I'm afraid they have been entrenched for a long time. No one in the army dares to be trusted. After the defeat, the morale of the army must be unstable. This is even more dangerous. Although men are ambitious, the situation is different. If General He were here, I wouldn't be so worried."
"Now I'm afraid that even General He may not be able to command the troops. Although we need to guard against the Tatars, the battle against the Regent could have been brought forward to avoid wasting manpower and money. However, this time it is clear that the commander-in-chief's command and control capabilities are problematic, which means that even General He cannot shake the authority of the officials in the northwest.
I'm afraid that even the Emperor's words might not be effective at this point. If the armies start fighting, who knows what unexpected events might occur. We can only rely on whether General He's men can persuade the commander-in-chief, or directly replace him with a new commander to fight, and quickly resolve the problem of the Regent."
Lu Linlang was in a heavy mood. She originally thought that the emperor would ascend the throne smoothly and that peace would follow. However, various things were now mixed together. Lu Linlang did not have much hope for the current officials in the northwest. Everyone had his own selfish desires and could not face the outside world with unity. This was very troublesome when there was no complete unification.
Moreover, even if they could win in the end, they might have to pay a lot of money and food, and the pressure from the court would eventually be passed on to the people, thus forming a vicious circle.
"In this case, I'm afraid only General He can calm the situation. Moreover, the people General He brought with him already include people from Qiujia Village. I heard that they are very good at dealing with the Tatars. Even if General He leaves, with them guarding the border, there will be no major chaos for a while.
Sister, what can we do now to support General He in regaining his power as the head coach?"
"There is still one person available." Lu Linlang said after analyzing the current situation in her mind.
"Who?"
"Qiu Lin." After Lu Linlang finished speaking, she immediately sat down to write a letter. Qiu Lin is now the emperor's personal bodyguard, and in recent days, he has also developed some power for the emperor in the northwest. With the help of Mr. Yuan and his father, they have also taught many students. It is time for them to show their talents.
Soon, the two letters were personally delivered to the northwest by Lu Linlang's people. As for the situation of Lu Zhan and Yun Can, Lu Linlang also arranged for someone to inquire about it.
Lu Zhan was digging the ground with Yun Can at the moment. The two of them were separated from the others. They were now responsible for digging ditches and were all covered in dust.
"Yun Can, what do you think Ma Er and the others are doing now? This work is so tiring. We've been digging all day. I heard that the Regent's men are eating meat to celebrate inside the city wall. I can even smell the aroma of meat."
"Who knows? It's definitely not easier than ours. When we were cooks, at least our lives were more comfortable than others. At least we could go hunting together and provide extra meals for the people in the barracks. I really want to eat rabbit meat now. I miss the rabbit we hunted before."
"Who isn't? I'm starving. When we were in the kitchen before, the food wasn't this bad. How come the food is suddenly so bad after a new group of people came?" Lu Zhan's stomach was growling with hunger.
"I think there's something wrong with this situation. I heard someone say the other day that the people above us eat a lot of meat and fish, while we soldiers down below can only eat pickles and wild vegetable dumplings. I heard that things have changed since this new coach came. You'll see, we still have hard times ahead of us. Oh, I really miss my sister and brothers and sisters. They should be eating meat right now. I almost forgot what meat tastes like."
"Yuncan, you won't regret it, will you? Didn't we just eat a field mouse the day before yesterday, and a fish the day before that? I'm telling you, I don't want to be a deserter. I'll definitely be laughed at when I go back."
"You are the deserter. It will be embarrassing if you go back. I have told Dahua that when I go back this time, I will definitely chop off a few heads, otherwise they will laugh at me for bragging." Yun Can patted him.
"Hey, you two, why don't you continue working and talk? It seems you still have strength. Dig quickly. This is a plan of our commander. If it succeeds, the bandits in the city will surrender." The person in charge of them came over and said loudly.
"Boss, can we talk about the commander's plan casually? Will it be heard by the spies?" Lu Zhan was sweating when he heard him say it so casually.
"Hey, you kid, are you the boss or am I? You don't even listen to me seriously. You are a hairy kid who hasn't even grown all his hair yet. Do you know what military tactics are? Now the whole camp knows about this. Hurry up and work. Dinner will be served soon."
He slapped Lu Zhan on the shoulder and laughed at him with the eyes of an experienced person.
"Really? What are we going to eat later? I'm starving."
"What to eat? It's still the same old things, pickles and wild vegetable dumplings. You don't know, we didn't even have pickles before, we used to use vinegar cloth. Now life is much better. Work hard, and when you get home, bring some pickles for your parents. Maybe they haven't had any yet."
Their leader didn't know Lu Zhan's identity and thought that they left home at such a young age because they couldn't survive. Otherwise, who would send such a child to fight in the war?
Lu Zhan and Yun Can looked at each other, both of them very unconvinced about this plan. Are they going to flood the city?
This is the territory of Daqi. In the end, it was the cities and people of Daqi who were flooded. If they had been so ruthless in fighting the Tatars, the regent's people would not have been able to jump around for so long. Is this really possible? Will the people here dare to trust the emperor in the future?
Lu Zhan wanted to find General He's men and ask him to help deliver a letter to General He. However, the military camp is now strictly managed because of the spies, and they cannot run to other tents at will.