Hidden in the court

Chapter 105 Reasonable Challenge

"How is it possible? How can they come from the north?"

Although he was horrified, the defender still made a calm judgment.

"They have no navy. We are in the water and they can't take us down in a short time. Call for help immediately and prepare for battle!"

In fact, he didn't need to ask for help. The two army camps were only thirty or forty miles apart. As soon as Xihe Longyao's camp moved, Lu Peng and Chen Ju knew what he was going to do and immediately rushed to help.

However, this time, the reinforcements sent by Lu Peng and Chen Ju were ambushed by 10,000 troops only halfway through their journey. When the army retreated, they encountered archers and cavalry sent by Xihe Longyao. A fierce battle broke out between the two sides. With the enemy at both ends, only a few of the 10,000 reinforcements sent by Lu Peng and Chen Ju were left.

"Damn it, this little bastard didn't even think about stealing our food. Now, we are completely cut off from food."

"Well, whatever. Our navy is almost intact now. As soon as the battle for food supplies starts, we will go to support them and ensure the navy is safe."

"Yes, anyway, the food in our camp is enough to last for ten days. When the time comes, the ten thousand navy, the more than twenty thousand people in the camp and the scattered troops will definitely outnumber them."

This was already the middle of the third month of the military exercise. Although Lü Peng and Chen Ju felt bad, they didn't pay much attention to it. In everyone's opinion, it was too risky to start fighting now, so it was better to hold back and win with the advantage of numbers.

But all these fantasies were completely shattered when they received Chen Xing's letter for the third time.

"General Lu, I have gathered a thousand men and are now behind the enemy camp. We can attack from both sides..."

Seeing this, Chen Ju's expression changed for a while.

I told him not to reply before, but now it seems that this is either false information released by the enemy, or it is even more serious. Chen Xing has been arrested.

But no matter which possibility it is, the news at this moment cannot be true.

"There is no mark on these three messages that can serve as evidence..."

Chen Ju lowered his head, as if he had accepted the fact that his son had been captured.

Soon, they realized that if Chen Xing was captured early, it would mean that the old guy Liu Dong was still alive and well, hiding at the back.

There are 20,000 troops in the enemy camp, and 10,000 of them are confronting the navy on the Wei River, which makes 30,000 in total. If Liu Dong still has people, wouldn't it be dangerous?

In the last few days, Xihe and Longyao did not start a big war, but let the 10,000 people harass the enemy navy continuously. Every time the navy requested support, the enemy withdrew, which made the navy commander very depressed.

But what was even more lethal was the shouting from Liu Dong, who had arrived all the way exhausted.

"Lao Lu, surrender now. I have almost wiped out your scattered troops. I have brought 5,000 men with me, so I have more people than you."

As he was shouting, he spotted Chen Ju, who was lying on the wall with his head sticking out.

“Hey, Marshal Chen, you may not know this, but your son was captured by me a long time ago and is now eating at the military kitchen in Chang’an. He is really brave. He dared to break into my camp with only a few hundred people. He has some brains, but unfortunately not much. Hahahaha…”

Chen Ju only felt that the laughter of the hundred people two hundred meters away was particularly harsh, and immediately ordered someone to take out the Wanshi bow. The Wanshi bow was said to be used by Huang Hansheng in the late Eastern Han Dynasty. The Wanshi bow here actually has little to do with him, it's just a name, but Chen Ju's Wanshi bow is a real 12-stone hard bow that ordinary people can't pull open, let alone actual combat.

Liu Dong, who was tired of laughing, was just about to take a break, and he couldn't see Chen Ju's movements.

Chen Ju held the Wanshi bow in his hand, drew the bow and drew the arrow. His muscles were tense, sweat broke out on his forehead, and the flesh on his face was trembling slightly.

"Boom-"

"Whoosh-"

The sharp arrow left the bow, making a sound of breaking through the air, and stabbed towards Liu Dong in the distance.

Next second

"puff--"

Liu Dong was hit by the arrow and took two steps back, drooling, covering his chest, his body bent like a shrimp.

Looking at the big white spot on his chest, Liu Dong immediately reacted and continued to curse at the other side: "Chen Ju, you bastard, come out if you have the guts! Don't shoot from behind."

But when he heard the "bang" sound again, he dodged to the side in fear, and when he saw another arrow hit the soldier behind him, he immediately hid behind the shield.

"Raise your shield!"

Liu Dong did not dare to be careless and returned to the camp immediately.

That night, Lu Peng made a bold decision. Several groups of troops went out from the rear camp in the dark and disappeared from the sight of the enemy camp that night.

In the early morning of the third day, the troops who were confronting the navy were dozing off when they were suddenly attacked.

"Enemy attack, enemy attack!"

"What the hell is wrong with him? The fight is over at noon today, why are you still fighting?"

……

More than ten days later, one hundred thousand people returned to Chang'an in a mighty procession. If you observe carefully, you will find that half of them are dejected.

Both sides gathered their remaining troops.

At last count, Black won with a numerical advantage of several dozen people.

Chen Ju laughed loudly, while Liu Dong felt that the arrow was shot in vain.

"Your Majesty, this martial arts performance has concluded successfully. The specific process and results have been recorded in a book, please review it."

"okay."

Xihe Tu flipped through it briefly and couldn't help laughing.

"Haha, great! Let's follow this record and reward the winners according to their merits, even the losers will be rewarded!"

"Thank you, Your Majesty!"

Everyone in the court was very happy, except... the Minister of Revenue, Qian Duo.

"It's good, but it's too expensive..."

The expenses of this military exercise mainly included: food, loss of weapons and equipment, rewards for soldiers, and most importantly, the death of 241 military horses, various manpower and material resources...

Chen Ju curled his lips in dissatisfaction, "This is just the beginning, I haven't even set fire to the grain yet."

Qian Duo was furious, "You...you spendthrift..."

Indeed, this new type of military exercise is still quite different from the real battlefield due to cost issues. You will never know how many enemies you have on the battlefield, where they are, and what they will do.

"Okay, stop talking about it. There's nothing wrong with this. We'll have to do it again in the future. Thank you, Mr. Qian, for your hard work."

Xihe Tu was giving Qian Duo verbal encouragement, which seemed to imply "you should encourage him".

Qian Duo could only silently bear this sudden workload.

Bitter, bitter, so bitter...

Liang Wu, Capital

"Dad, what did you say? You want to send me to the Junior Supervisor's Office?"

Luo Lin was full of surprise. She knew she had done nothing wrong, so why did her father send her to the Junior Supervisor's Office?

"Your mother and I feel that we have spoiled you too much, so we want to send you to prison to correct your bad habits. Don't worry, as long as you follow the rules, no one will make things difficult for you."

Luo Wei had a serious look on his face. He couldn't say that he did it to avoid Ji Mingshang, right?

King Jin's Mansion

Ji Mingshang was confused. Why was he blocked at the door so early in the morning?

"What the hell, is it illegal to visit a brothel now?"