Beauty and the Bodyguard

Once he has enough voice in Hongshang County, Lin Yi will definitely try his best to find Wang Xinyan and then leave Hongshang County.

When the time comes, Wu Yucao, Ling Hanxue and others may not be able to take them with them.

If all of them can grow into independent generals in this war, then even if Lin Yi leaves, they will still have enough capital to gain a foothold in Hongshang County.

With mutual support, it may not be impossible to form a new military force in Hongshang County.

"Commander, I will first arrange the selection of the guard battalion and the training of the officers."

Wu Yucao greeted Ling Hanxue and got ready to do things.

"Okay, deputy commander, go and get busy. This matter is indeed urgent. The sooner it can be done, the better."

Lin Yi nodded in agreement. On the way to Northern Xinjiang, he didn't have much time to train and learn battle formations. That is, after setting up camp, he could squeeze in some time.

Today is the first day, so we set up camp early.

But in Lin Yi's plan, after today, he would speed up his march, and sometimes he would continue to march a certain distance at night.

Soldiers are very fast, and a long-distance attack with a sudden march may consume too much physical energy of the army, but it can definitely catch the enemy by surprise.

Therefore, it is not so easy to master the battle formation quickly because there is not much time and opportunity for actual combat training.

Ling Hanxue didn't ask what was going on in the guard camp. She knew how to behave in the military camp. There were some things that Lin Yi didn't say, so she would never ask more questions.

On the contrary, it was Lin Yi who took the initiative to mention these things to Ling Hanxue. It was not a secret anyway, and the soldiers around him could hear it. There was no reason not to let Ling Hanxue know.

On Lin Yi's first day of the expedition, everything was relatively normal, and the adjustment of everyone and their subordinates was also proceeding in an orderly manner.

The only one who was somewhat unexpected was Fei Daqiang. When Lin Yi and Ling Hanxue were talking in the camp, he was entertaining several big grain merchants in Cangyue City.

This guy first imitated Lin Yi's attitude and pretended to be cool. I don't know if he was able to scare those big grain merchants, but he felt pretty good anyway.

After a lot of cooperation, fighting, coercion and inducement, Fei Daqiang spent all the gold coupons in his hand.

I bought a large amount of grain and grass from several big grain merchants at a price of 25% off the market price.

Enough to feed fifty thousand soldiers for seven or eight months!

If it were just the 20,000 royal capital garrison in Lin Yi's hands, it would be enough for two years. This does not include the grain and grass that can be collected from other cities in the future and the portion raised and transferred from the royal capital.

The big grain merchants didn't know whether they should be happy or upset.

Because of last year's bumper harvest in Cang Yue City, every family has a surplus of food, so food prices are already low.

Fei Daqiang bought it at a 25% discount on the market price. Although they cleared out a large amount of grain storage, to be honest... they really couldn't make much money at this price.

And according to the agreement, they will also send some people to help transport food to the next city.

With Cang Yue City's army accompanying them, there is no danger, but it is quite troublesome to mobilize so many people to help...

Lin Yi didn't know about this yet. If he did, it's hard to say how he would react.

With more food and grass, there is really no need to worry about the army going hungry, but the activity funds have been spent. What should we do when we need money later?

Another point is that for transporting such a large amount of grain and grass, we are not afraid of anything else. What if the enemy comes to rob the grain?

If the enemy failed to rob the grain and burned all the grain and grass with a fire... the consequences would be really disastrous!

Lin Yi's army, which was lightly armed and simple, had no further supplies. If Lin Yi didn't take action, it would probably be wiped out!

In any case, the matter of food and grass had been decided by Fei Daqiang without Lin Yi's knowledge.

As for how it will develop in the future, it is not yet known.

Early the next morning, the army began to gear up before the sun rose.

When the first ray of morning light appeared on the horizon, the people from the scout camp had already arrived at the canyon.

After they checked again on the cliff of the canyon, the forward battalion had entered the mouth of the canyon.

As Ling Hanxue said, if the enemy has an ambush, this morning's investigation may not have enough time to warn the forward battalion.

The army passed through the canyon and advanced at full speed for more than two hours. There was nothing abnormal along the way. Seeing the sun was in the middle of the day, Lin Yi ordered repairs.

Although the soldiers are all body-training warriors, such a high-intensity rush march will also consume a lot of energy. Only by taking a short break and eating can the rush march be continued.

"Deputy Commander, order the three armies to repair themselves separately. Shangwu Camp and Fenwu Camp remain alert! Someone may come to cause trouble!"

Lin Yi was sitting on the black horse, with a hint of amusement in his eyes.

During the spiritual detection, an army of about two thousand people was actually ambushing nearby!

Want to sneak attack yourself?

Are you underestimating this elite royal city garrison?

Just 2,000 people, do you think it would be tough to surprise a 20,000-strong army in broad daylight?

"Yes! Commander!"

Wu Yucao immediately clasped his fists and accepted the order as Hei Linghan immediately finished his instructions to the ordering soldiers. Then he turned back to look at Lin Yi: "Commander, this is not a suitable place for an army to ambush. No one will choose this place to attack us, right?"

The place Lin Yi's army chose to repair was an open space next to the road. There was a stream and no hills for concealment and ambush.

The nearest forest is six or seven miles away, and it is not too big. It is impossible to hide enough troops to threaten the 20,000-strong army.

Streams are living water, and it is basically impossible to poison them.

Even if a large amount of poison is poured into the stream at all costs, Lin Yi's army is not afraid, because the soldiers eat and refresh themselves in rotation, and at most some of them will be poisoned, but not all of them will lose their combat effectiveness.

So Wu Yucao really didn't see what kind of trouble he would encounter here.

Lin Yi smiled faintly. It was certain that there was an army ambushing him, but he didn't know if their target was him?

There is a large forest six or seven miles away, and there is no problem in hiding two thousand people.

Because the woods were far away from the road and there was no threat, the scouts didn't pay much attention and just checked outside the woods.

“Be prepared and make it a habit!”

Lin Yi didn't say much. There were only two thousand people, and one reorganized battalion was enough to handle them. Lin Yi left two reorganized battalions on guard. In addition to being cautious, he also wanted the soldiers to get used to rotating training.

As he spoke, Lin Yi's consciousness continued to focus on the ambush in the woods.

If they didn't do anything, Lin Yi wouldn't bother to pay attention to them.

No matter where they are, as long as they don't provoke you, just pretend they haven't noticed!

Unfortunately, these two thousand people gathered quietly after Lin Yi's army began to repair, slowly formed a queue among the trees, and slowly moved out of the woods.