Destroy Jin and conquer Song, and carry the Northern Expedition through to the end

Chapter 241 A Bronze Seal Shocks the Soul
"...Therefore, considering today's rare opportunity, I order Wang Shilong and Shi Qilang's troops to endure the hardships and send troops to defeat the Jin bandits in front of them, and then join the main army in the attack. If this fails, we must also contain the Jin bandits in the mountains and prevent them from sending them to support the front battlefield."

Lu You wiped the sweat from his forehead and said to the two commanders in the mountain stronghold, "This is a formal military order issued by Duke Wei and Commander Liu. Do you still have any difficulties?"

Wang Shilong and Shi Qilang both bowed in agreement.

Originally, there were only Wang Shilong and his five hundred armored soldiers armed with spears and axes in the mountain stronghold, but the Jin army had been attacking the stronghold very rapidly in the past few days, so Shi Qilang, who was originally a reserve force, had been staying in the mountain stronghold.

In the small-scale fighting in the past few days, these light soldiers with swords and shields have gained a lot.

Now is the right time. Although he is a little tired, Shi Qilang is ready to go.

Just at this moment, Chen Wenben came hurriedly and said a few words in Lu You's ear.

Lu You was slightly startled, then he said to the two generals, "You two go and organize the troops first and wait for my orders."

After saying that, he hurriedly followed Chen Wenben.

Wang Shilong and Shi Qilang looked at each other. After a moment, Wang Wulang frowned and said, "Will Lu Dapan delay the advance?"

Lu You's reputation as an ignorant military officer had spread among senior military officers. This was not because someone was gossiping, but because he had admitted this in public more than once, and he would ask soldiers for advice on weekdays. Everyone from civilians to Duke Wei had given him small classes to share their military experiences.

But it has only been more than a month. Can Lu You really be reborn?

However, as one of the three giants of the Loyal Army and the head of civil affairs, Generals Wang and Shi had to take his opinions seriously.

Shi Qilang could only say at this time: "Let's first organize the troops and be ready to go at any time. If Lu Dapan still doesn't have the order by then, we will go and urge him."

Wang Shilong nodded, and the two of them hurried to select soldiers and prepare for battle.

On the other side, Lu You followed Chen Wenben and jogged all the way to a tent in the corner of the camp. There were two soldiers guarding it. When they saw Lu You coming, they hurriedly saluted.

Lu You made a gesture to keep quiet, took two deep breaths, brushed off the dust on his body with his hand, then coughed twice, and walked into the tent with the posture of a scholar-official who had been prime ministers for generations, pacing in a square step.

In the tent, Liang Yuaner, dressed in dirty cloth, was waiting anxiously. When he saw that the person who brought the money was a scholar, he was stunned and looked at Chen Wenben who followed.

Chen Wenben said directly: "This is Mr. Lu, the military advisor of our army. You can tell me anything now."

Lu You cooperated very well and acted with an arrogant attitude of "wearing a feather fan and a blue turban, and reducing the masts and oars to ashes".

Liang Yuaner stood in awe.

Thanks to the widespread improvement in the literacy rate among the people and the rapid increase in the number of readers, there are more and more folk legends, among which the legend of the Three Kingdoms is the most popular.

When we talk about military advisors at this time, they must be figures like Zhuge Kongming and Zhou Yu of Jiangdong.

"Military Advisor, please save us." Liang Yuaner immediately bowed and said, "We are also men, and we really don't want to fight against the Loyalty Army."

Lu You said calmly, "Don't worry, tell me slowly."

Liang Yuaner swallowed hard. "Today's decisive battle between the Loyalty Army and the Wuxing Army is so hasty. We, the Fourth Meng'an, are completely unprepared. That fellow, the guardian of the country, Meng Tian, was worried about thieves... The heavenly soldiers rushed out of the mountain stronghold and forced us to attack it. We are already exhausted and have no idea of the surrounding terrain. We are here to die. We hope that the heavenly soldiers of the Loyalty Army will consider us as men and spare us. We will definitely reward you handsomely in the future!"

Lu You sneered and said, "What do you want?"

Liang Yuaner hesitated for a moment, as if he knew that the conditions he was going to propose were a bit outrageous, but for the sake of the entire Meng'an, he said, "I dare not lie to you in front of the military advisor. I only ask that the heavenly soldiers send troops to join us at the northern mountain pass to make a show of it."

Lu You looked at Liang Yuan'er in silence. When the other party was sweating profusely, he finally said, "I was originally going to advise you that next time you send someone to defraud Zhang Jueming, don't send someone who knows the truth. It's too easy to be exposed. Then I thought, where will there be a next time?"

Upon hearing the previous sentence, Liang Yuan'er's entire body stiffened, but he suppressed his emotion and forced a smile on his face in response, "We, the Fourth Meng'an, have a long-term business relationship with your army. How could there not be a next time? Military Advisor, do you really think that the Zhongyi Army can defeat our Wuxing Army head-on?"

At the end, seeing that Lu You's expression remained unchanged, Liang Yuan'er became panicked instead.

Lu You said: "Now I will only give you one way to survive, retreat."

Frankly, this offer was far better than the "head of one marching Meng'an or ten marching Moukes." But Meng Tian's orders to defend the country were to march and siege the mountain stronghold. Now they were disobeying orders and marching. Did they really think the Jin army's military laws were just for show? Besides, perhaps the fourth Meng'an could hold back the loyalist army in the mountain stronghold from the side, while the Wuxing army could crush them head-on and completely defeat them?

After weighing the pros and cons, Liang Yuan'er's expression turned grim. "Does the military advisor think our Wuxing Army is doomed to fail? Do you think our Fourth Meng'an is truly afraid of death? There's no way out, but our Han'er Army still has knives in its hands. Can't we fight for a way out?"

Chen Wenben placed his hand on the hilt of the knife, pulled it out with a swish, and held it firmly against Liang Yuaner's neck: "Where do you get the guts to act so presumptuously here?"

Facing the blade, Liang Yuaner did not move at all, and even his expression did not change.

Lu You pushed Chen Wenben's knife aside with his finger: "Wu Xingjun can't win."

Seeing that the negotiations had collapsed, Liang Yuaner threw away his anger. He clenched his fists and said with a sinister grin, "Do you think that you can rely on this bunch of rabble..."

Before he could finish his words, Lu You casually threw something the size of a fist over.

Liang Yuaner took it casually, and just as he touched it with his hand, his heart skipped a beat.

He quickly picked it up and looked at it carefully.

It really was the bronze seal of General Xing Meng'an.

Turning it over, it reads: Jade Seal of Wen Dunhun, the Second General of Wuxing Army.

"This, this is..." Liang Yuan'er felt as if he had fallen into an icy cave and was speechless.

"After only two thousand men dared to attack our loyal army, aren't you too arrogant, Commander-in-Chief? Don't you know how many reserve troops we have?" Lu You sneered again: "Tell me, if our army unfurls the captured banners when the battle is about to begin, will your army's morale still hold up?"

Liang Yuaner looked at the bronze seal, then looked at Lu You, and then looked down at the bronze seal again, as if he wanted to carve it into his eyes.

Wuxing Army... lost two more Meng'an...

Including the six Moukes who were killed before, plus the scattered soldiers who died in the battles in the past few days, the Wuxing Army should have lost 30% of its troops.

If we count the three Moukes of the Fourth Meng'an who were lost in Lianshui before, there would be even more.

Although there have been reinforcements signed to supplement the troops and there have not been excessive casualties, a decline in combat effectiveness is inevitable.

Besides, where the hell are we going now? We are still in Juzhou, and there is no sign of Linyi yet!
Isn’t Wuxing Army the attacking party?
A chaotic stream of thoughts flooded into Liang Yuaner's mind, making him a little confused for a moment.

"Zhang Jueming is short-sighted, indecisive, and not a hero. I don't expect him to turn against his own side in the middle of a battle." Lu You chuckled and said, "Let's go, escape. This is the last line my loyal army will give you, considering we are all like-minded."

"print!"

Chen Wenben stepped forward and stretched out his hand to take back the confiscated copper seal.

This is one of the important trophies, and Liang Yuaner cannot be allowed to take it away.

Liang Yuan'er held out the copper seal in a daze, but seemed to come to his senses. He quickly bit his finger and smeared the blood on the copper seal. Then he opened his clothes and printed the blood on his clothes.

Lu You watched the scene with a smile, and finally took the bronze seal himself. Without even wiping the blood off it, he stuffed it into his sleeve and watched Chen Wenben and Liang Yuaner leave the tent.

Just as they passed the entrance, Lu You suddenly asked, "Have you really not figured out the surrounding terrain?"

Liang Yuaner looked back in shock and stood there, but before he could deny it, Lu You signaled Chen Wenben to put a sack over Liang Yuaner's head and push him out.

Then Lu You's demeanor of Zhuge Liang vanished quickly. He trotted back to the stronghold's main gate, found Wang Shilong, and breathlessly said, "The Fourth Meng'an in front of us seems to have mastered several key routes and wants to ambush our troops. I don't know where exactly they are."

Wang Shilong frowned: "Is the information accurate?"

Lu You laughed and said, "I still don't know anything about military affairs, but when it comes to intrigue and scheming, I can be their forefather."

(End of this chapter)