Chapter 7795
7795 Chapter 7792 – 2000 ambushes 20000
Once he had enough power in Hongshang Commandery, he’d use all his strength to find Xinyan and leave.
At that time, Wu yucao, Ling Hanxue, and the others might not be able to bring them along.
If they could all grow into strong generals in this war, they would have enough capital to establish themselves in Hongshang Commandery even if Lin Yi left.
With mutual support, it was possible to form a new military force in Hongshang Commandery.
“Marshal, I’ll go and arrange for the selection of the guards unit and the learning of the officers.”
Wu yucao beckoned Ling Hanxue over and got ready to get to work.
“Alright, vice Commander-in-Chief, go do your work. This matter is indeed a little urgent. The earlier it is done, the better.”
Lin Yi nodded in agreement. They didn’t have much time to learn about formations on the way to the northern border, and they could squeeze out some time after they set up camp.
Today was the first day, so they set up camp earlier.
But in Lin Yi’s plan, they had to speed up after today, sometimes even at night.
Speed was important in war, and while a hurried March over a long distance might consume too much of the Army’s strength, it would definitely catch the enemy off guard.
Therefore, it was not easy to master the path of battle formations quickly, because there was not much time and opportunity for actual combat training.
Ling Hanxue didn’t ask what was going on with the guards unit-she knew her limits in the Army and wouldn’t ask about things that Lin Yi didn’t say.
Lin Yi, on the other hand, took the initiative to mention it to Ling Hanxue. It wasn’t a secret anyway, and the soldiers around could hear it. There was no reason not to let Ling Hanxue know.
Everything was normal on the first day of Lin Yi’s expedition, and everyone was working together with their subordinates.
The only one who was a little surprised was Fei daqiang. When Lin Yi and Ling Hanxue were talking in the camp, he was having a banquet with a few big grain merchants in cangyue city.
The guy mimicked Lin Yi’s posture first-he didn’t know if he managed to scare off the big grain merchants, but he felt pretty good about it.
After a round of cooperation, fighting, and coercion, Fei daqiang spent all the gold certificates in his hands.
He bought a large amount of grain from a few big grain merchants at a 25% discount on the market price.
It was enough to feed 50000 soldiers for seven to eight months!
If it was just the twenty thousand soldiers in Lin Yi’s hands, it would be enough to feed them for two years. This didn’t include the grain that could be collected from the other cities and the part that the capital could raise for transport.
The grain merchants didn’t know if they should be happy or upset.
Because of last year’s harvest in Blue Moon City, every family had surplus grain, so the grain price was already low.
Fei daqiang also bought them at a 25% discount from the market price. Although they had cleared out a large amount of grain in their storage, to be honest … They really couldn’t make much money from this price.
According to the agreement, they had to send some people to help transport the grain to the next city.
With the Army of cangyue city accompanying them, it was not dangerous, but it was quite troublesome to mobilize so many people to help …
Lin Yi didn’t know about this yet, and it was hard to say how he’d react if he did.
With more food, there was no need to worry about the Army going hungry, but the funds for activities had been spent. What should he do when he needed money in the future?
Furthermore, with such a large amount of grain being transported, they might not be afraid of anything else, but what if the enemy came to steal their grain?
If the enemy failed to steal the grain and burned it all … The consequences would be unimaginable!
Lin Yi’s Army was light and simple, and without any food, they would probably be wiped out if Lin Yi didn’t make a move!
No matter what, Lin Yi didn’t even know that Fei daqiang had already decided on the food.
As for how things would develop in the future, it was still unknown.
The next morning, before the sun rose, the Army began to prepare and set out.
When the first ray of light appeared on the horizon, the scouts had already arrived at the canyon.
By the time they checked the cliff of the canyon one more time, the forward strike Battalion had already entered the canyon.
Just as Ling Hanxue had said, if the enemy had an ambush, the inspection this morning might not have been enough to warn the forward strike Battalion.
The Army passed through the canyon and advanced at full speed for more than four hours. There was nothing unusual along the way. Seeing that the sun was in the middle of the day, Lin Yi gave the order to rest.
Although the soldiers were all martial artists who trained their bodies, such a high-intensity rapid March would also consume a lot of energy. They had to rest and eat a little before they could continue the rapid March.
“Vice Commander-in-Chief, order the three troops to prepare themselves. Shang Wu camp and valiant camp, stay alert! Maybe someone will come to cause trouble!”
Lin Yi sat on his Black Spirit Ferghana horse, a playful light in his eyes.
Using his divine sense, he discovered that there was actually an Army of about two thousand people lying in ambush nearby!
Trying to sneak attack me?
They had underestimated the elite guards of the palace.
A mere 2000 people ambushing an Army of 20000 in broad daylight, are they iron-headed?
“Yes! Great commander!”
Wu yucao cupped his fists and quickly gave the order to the messenger before turning to Lin Yi.”Marshal, this place is not suitable for an ambush. I don’t think anyone would choose this place to ambush us?”
Lin Yi’s Army chose an open space beside the main road, with a stream and no hills for them to hide.
The nearest forest was six or seven li away, and it wasn’t very large. It was impossible to hide enough soldiers to threaten an Army of twenty thousand.
The stream was running water, so it was basically impossible to poison it.
Even if he had to use a large amount of poison to fill the stream, Lin Yi’s Army wouldn’t be afraid. The soldiers took turns eating and resting, so at most, a portion of them would be poisoned, but not all of them would lose their fighting power.
Therefore, Wu yucao really couldn’t tell what kind of trouble they would encounter here.
Lin Yi smiled faintly. There was definitely an ambush, but he didn’t know if he was their target.
There was a large forest six or seven miles away, so hiding two thousand people would not be a problem.
As the forest was far from the main road and did not pose any threat, the Scout did not pay much attention to it and only checked outside the forest.
“It’s better to be prepared, it’s a habit!”
Lin Yi didn’t say much. It was just two thousand people, and one whole Battalion was enough to deal with them. Lin Yi left two whole battalions on guard. Other than being cautious, he also wanted the soldiers to get used to rotating.
As he spoke, Lin Yi’s spirit sense continued to lock onto the ambush in the forest.
If they didn’t do anything, Lin Yi wouldn’t bother with them.
No matter which side they were from, as long as they didn’t provoke him, he would just pretend that he didn’t notice them!
Unfortunately, these two thousand men gathered quietly after Lin Yi’s Army started to reorganize. They slowly lined up between the trees and slowly moved out of the forest.