My younger brother Lü Fengxian

Chapter 203: Going straight to the thieves’ nest
"Brother, this is a great plan. This bastard Hutuo has been wreaking havoc in Bingzhou for more than half a year. There must be a lot of things in his tent!" Cheng Lian's eyes lit up with excitement when he heard this and he quickly agreed.

"That's right. For the past year, our Lvwu has been trapped by the Xianbei in Lvwu of Jiuyuan Pavilion. Our trade routes have been cut off and we have had no income. If we can seize the property of Hutuo's lair as Big Brother said, even if we can't make up for all our profits from the horse smuggling trade, at least we can recover a lot of losses."

Gao Shun's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he quickly knelt on one knee to ask Lu Yi for orders.

"Brother, why did you forget me for such an important plan? Gao Shun also requested to join the battle!"

"Haha, Gao Shun, don't worry."

However, Lu Yi smiled and helped up the man in front of him, who could be said to be the greatest contributor to the defense of Luwu.

"Although armored cavalry is invincible, it consumes a lot of physical strength."

"Gao Shun, you are a skilled warrior, so you certainly have some strength left. But I think these eight hundred men are almost exhausted after such a fierce battle."

"But the arrows of the most powerful crossbows cannot penetrate the silk cloth of Lu; the force of the wind at the end of the day cannot blow away a feather."

"If we force the order, not only will it arouse complaints from the men, it may even cause many of them to die from exhaustion!"

Lu Yi patiently explained to Gao Shun.

"What's more, I am now preparing to lead Cheng Lian to pursue the victory, and Lüwu cannot be without a general to protect it. Gao Shun, you and these 800 men have been living in the open air for half a year. You can take this opportunity to defend Lüwu and reunite with your men and family in Lüwu to rest."

"In that case, Gao Shun will just follow your orders, big brother!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Shun immediately extinguished the desire to fight in his heart and replied to Lu Yi respectfully.

Gao Shun was a million percent loyal to Lu Yi.

Not to mention asking him not to go to war, even if he was asked to fight against ten thousand barbarians alone, he would not blink an eye.

"In that case, I will entrust the care of Lü Wu and your two sisters-in-law who are about to give birth to you!"

Upon seeing this, Lu Yi immediately gave Gao Shun his final instructions.

The only thing that makes him uneasy now is his two wives who are about to give birth.

In particular, his wife Zhang Wan'er is about to give birth, and the experienced midwife who takes care of her day and night is said to have given birth in the next few days.

However, Luwu is now almost unable to make ends meet. Although there is no shortage of food and fodder for the time being, the treasury is empty. If there is no timely and large amount of capital, they can only sell the precious horses that they have worked hard to obtain.

This is a very bad idea for Lu Yi now, and he would never do so unless he has no other choice.

Therefore, I can only focus on my career and give up my family temporarily.

"Don't worry, big brother. If there is any mischief between the two sisters-in-law and Lu Wu, Gao Shun will bring his head to see you!"

Upon hearing this, Gao Shun immediately gave Lu Yi a series of firm assurances.

"Oh, right!"

Lu Yi seemed to have thought of something and quickly gave instructions to Gao Shun.

"Eight hundred men have just finished fighting, they must be sweating profusely and feeling hot all over. Send someone to tell them that they can only drink water to quench their thirst and cool down, but they cannot take off their armor at will. They must wait until the sweat stops before taking off their armor. Don't let the wind cause casualties in the process!"

"Brother, you are right. I will make arrangements immediately!" Gao Shun was also enlightened when he heard this and said quickly.

The so-called nail removal wind is what modern medicine calls lumbar and back myofasciitis.

When wearing heavy armor and fighting for life with the enemy, the body temperature will naturally rise and sweat will be profuse. If you take off the armor immediately for the sake of cooling down, you are likely to suffer from armor-taking wind.

Alternating between hot and cold in a short period of time can cause very serious and terrible consequences.

In modern times, nail polish removal can be treated by emergency medical treatment.

However, in ancient times when medical conditions were backward, it was a serious disease that could kill people!
The most famous general who died from armor-removing disease in history was Chang Yuchun, the number one general under Zhu Yuanzhang in the early Ming Dynasty.

It was a pity that a valiant general who could chase and chop hundreds of people alone did not die on the battlefield, but died in a small armor-removing wind. "That's great!"

Upon hearing this, Lu Yi nodded in satisfaction and immediately went to find Cheng Lian who was urgently gathering people.

"How's the manpower gathering going?"

"Big brother, due to the capture of horses, many auxiliary soldiers ran very far away. Now there are only a thousand people who can attack immediately. The others need to rest for a while!"

Cheng Lian said with some embarrassment after hearing this.

He had just made a promise in front of Lu Yi, but now he was unable to complete the task, so he felt very upset.

"It doesn't matter, speed is everything now!"

"The Xianbei people have lost their courage. As long as they see the people from Luwu, they will not dare to be enemies."

"A thousand people would be enough!"

Lu Yi nodded, as if he had already understood the situation.

"Hutuo's camp has long been discovered by our cavalry. It is ten miles to the northwest. Cheng Lian, you quickly equip these thousand men with two horses. I will personally lead the army to attack the camp first."

"You lead the rest of the people and the convoy to the bandit camp to pick me up later!"

Without waiting for Cheng Lian to continue gathering auxiliary troops, he left a few orders and immediately headed towards Hutto's lair with the gathered 1,000 auxiliary troops.

Hu Tuo had been wreaking havoc in Bingzhou for half a year, and Lu Yi was looking forward to the spoils of war from his lair, so he was naturally anxious.

Although most of these 1,000 auxiliary troops were not from Bingzhou.

However, the skill of horse riding is very popular throughout Hebei.

Even if the auxiliary soldiers, who were originally servants and refugees, had never ridden a horse, they had at least ridden donkeys, cows and other livestock, so they had some experience.

Moreover, Lu Yi has not been idle in the past six months and has never slackened in the training of these auxiliary troops.

Especially in the aspect of horse riding, the auxiliary soldiers were trained extensively using the only remaining horses in Luwu.

If they were to fight the Xianbei people with cavalry, the auxiliary troops would naturally be no match for them.

But it is enough for simple travel.

Even if they dismounted on the spot when a battle broke out, they could still fight as cavalry infantry.

Moreover, the remaining Xianbei soldiers had already lost their temper. The one or two hundred Xianbei soldiers they met along the way saw the tall Jiuyuan Lü flag behind Lü Yi. Even if they did not recognize Chinese characters, they were still aware of the simple symbols of two mouths and immediately fled away.

For them, the word "Lu" is simply a nightmare of choosing someone to devour!
Lu Yi and his companions rode two horses each, and they changed horses every time they traveled a certain distance to maintain speed.

Soon they arrived at Huto's lair.

However, the resistance that Lu Yi expected did not exist.

The gates of Hutto's camp were wide open and there was no defense at all.

Even if Lu Yi had not stepped into Hu Tuo's lair, he could easily judge the extent of the chaos there just by the flames rising into the sky, the faint sounds of rummaging through boxes and the cries of a woman.

"We must not let these barbarian soldiers destroy our spoils. Everyone, follow me and charge. Whenever we encounter barbarian dogs along the way..."

"Kill without mercy!"

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Thanks to Tianbianyun1974 for the reward of 100 Qidian coins.

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