The Prodigal Son

After a quarter of an hour of discussion, Xue Chengdao adopted Qin Yu's strategy.

With the overall strategy finalized, the next step is to develop a plan.

Xue Chengdao's meaning was very clear.

They are not afraid of being hit, and they are happy to be hit!

However, we must not allow Zongbi to withdraw his forces and retreat to Shangying.

Otherwise, they would lose the initiative and could only try to break through Shangying, unable to advance or retreat as they wished.

If Zongbi wants to retreat to Shangying, that's fine too!

But let's leave tens of thousands of troops here first!

Xue Chengdao judged that if Zong Bi wanted to consolidate his forces, he would voluntarily abandon Panshi Fortress and order the troops of Panshi Fortress to join forces with Wang Sengyuan, fighting and retreating simultaneously.

They must guard against this move!

If the enemy wants to retreat, then divide and encircle them, and try to eliminate at least 30,000 enemy troops.

About 15 minutes later, they had reached an agreement.

Actually, there's not much to discuss.

The battlefield situation changes rapidly, and no one can predict every move the enemy makes in advance.

Often, one must adapt to the actual situation on the battlefield.

After the agreement was reached, Xue Chengdao stood up and said, "That's the general strategy!"

"Old Qin, I'm leaving the Panyang group to you! I'll personally keep an eye on things in Qingshan County!"

"I'm at ease with you over there! But remember one thing: don't be reckless!"

"In this battle, we must achieve our objective with minimal losses..."

He was completely at ease with Qin Fumeng in other aspects.

Qin Fumeng has more experience in fighting major battles than he does, so he has nothing to worry about.

He was only worried about Qin Fumeng's personality.

This old guy is quite aggressive in battle, and Qin Yu is good at offense.

He was worried that the grandfather and grandson might be too reckless in their fighting.

After all, Zong Bi was one of the three great generals of the Yan state.

Both of them had suffered losses at Zong Bi's hands.

"rest assured!"

Qin Fumeng laughed heartily, "This is a war of annihilation, I know what I'm doing!"

"Um!"

Xue Chengdao patted him on the shoulder, then looked at Qin Yu, "I'm giving you the authority to make decisions on the spot, but when you fight, you'd better hold back! Ning Huang will be with you, so if you dare to act recklessly, be careful he and your grandfather will beat you up together!"

"yes!"

Qin Yu suddenly straightened up.

Xue Chengdao smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Alright, this is none of your business. Get lost! We're going to have a chat with Monk Dong."

"No!"

Qin Yu immediately objected, "Marshals, what are you two talking about? Let this humble general hear it too!"

"Get lost!"

Three voices rang out simultaneously.

"I……"

Qin Yu was displeased. "You two old folks, have you thought this through? I've prepared a gift for you that you're sure to love! If you keep acting like this, you won't get it!"

"What gift?"

Xue Chengdao immediately became interested.

Qin Yu was confident that they would like this gift; it was definitely not a simple gift.

To hell with it, I might as well accept Qin Yu's gift!

Qin Yu grinned. "That depends on your performance!"

Xue Chengdao's old face stiffened slightly, and he immediately urged, "Old Qin, beat him up!"

Without saying a word, Qin Fumeng immediately revealed his fist, which was as big as a sandbag.

"Alright! I'll leave then, okay?"

Qin Yu looked at the three of them speechlessly.

Fine, I won't listen!

I bet they'll start talking about that lousy thing about Monk Dong again!

"etc!"

Xue Chengdao suddenly stopped Qin Yu again, "What you're talking about, economic warfare? We don't understand. This matter is entirely your responsibility. Get it done quickly; we don't have much time to waste!"

Qin Yu nodded slightly.

Count the ball!

Let them talk!

I should go and talk to Luo Qingyi myself.

I'll probably be going to Panyang with the old man soon, and I'll leave things here to her.

After sending Qin Yu away, Xue Chengdao sat down again, his gaze falling on Monk Dong. "Back then, Old Qin and I saved your life before the late emperor so that you would have the opportunity to stand on the battlefield again and serve your country!"

"I won't even go into the importance of this battle!"

"I'll give you two choices: stay by my side as my advisor and general, or I'll hand over those 20,000 cavalrymen to you!"

Zhao Luan did not give Dong Heshang any official position, but simply told Xue Chengdao to make arrangements as he saw fit.

Monk Dong paused for a moment, then asked, "I haven't led troops for so many years, do you still believe in my ability to do so?"

"I believe you! Of course I believe you!"

Hearing Xue Chengdao's words, Monk Dong nodded solemnly: "Then hand over those 20,000 cavalrymen to me!"

"OK!"

Xue Chengdao was not surprised by his choice. "Let's make this clear first. If you fight well, there's no reward! If you fight poorly, I'll execute you! Let's see if you have the face to meet Emperor Xiaowu in the afterlife!"

"Um!"

When Emperor Xiaowu was mentioned, Monk Dong couldn't help but show a look of shame on his face.

"Alright!"

Qin Fu waved his hand at Xue Chengdao, "A loud drum doesn't need a heavy hammer! He knows better than any of us that only by winning this battle will he have the face to apologize to Emperor Xiaowu in the future!"

"right!"

Monk Dong nodded, his eyes burning with determination, and said, "I am fighting this battle for Emperor Xiaowu!"

"Good! I'm relieved to hear that!"

Xue Chengdao gave him a satisfied look, but inwardly he couldn't help but sigh.

That bastard!

If it weren't for that mess back then, he would have been a pillar of the army!

Qin Fumeng smiled at the two of them, "It's been over twenty years since the three of us sat down for a drink together, hasn't it? Before the war starts, how about we have a few drinks today?"

"nonsense!"

Xue Chengdao smiled and said, "Of course I have to drink!"

"Drink mine!"

Monk Dong took off his wine pouch. "I've had the wine ready all along! I've been waiting for Old Qin to arrive!"

"What else is there to say? Pour the wine!"

Qin Fumeng laughed heartily, picked up the teacup, and emptied the tea inside.

While the three of them were drinking in the room, Qin Yu also found Luo Qingyi chatting with Nan Que'er in the room.

Seeing him walk in, Luo Qingyi immediately stood up and went forward. "Are you going to Panyang?"

She knew in her heart that Qin Fumeng and Xue Chengdao had arrived, which meant that the battle was not far away.

This also means that they are about to part ways.

We won't see each other again until at least next year.

Qin Yu nodded slightly. "It should be within the next day or two. Before I leave, I have some things to tell you!"

"Okay, go ahead."

Luo Qingyi pulled Qin Yu to sit down, and then sat directly in Qin Yu's lap.

Qin Yu then casually put his arm around Luo Qingyi's waist, saying, "I'll leave things here to you!"

"When to send the remaining eight thousand shi of pepper to the Yan Kingdom is up to you, depending on the circumstances!"

"However, I suggest it's best not to go past August 12th!"

"Remember, our goal isn't to make a lot of money, it's to completely crash the price of pepper!"

"After you send out the last batch of goods, someone will escort you back to the capital..."

Qin Yu carefully explained things to Luo Qingyi.

Their last shipment was meant to completely burst this bubble.

"Um."

Luo Qingyi nodded and smiled, "After the last batch of goods is sold, I will have someone spread the word that there are still hundreds of thousands of shi (a unit of dry measure) of pepper on their way. As much as you need, we have!"

"Um!"

Qin Yu nodded and smiled, "That's up to you! Anything that can crash the price of pepper is fine!"

"good!"

Suppressing her reluctance, Luo Qingyi put on a bright smile, "I believe that Young Master Thirteen will be invincible and unstoppable! I will manage all affairs of the manor well and await Young Master Thirteen's triumphant return in the capital!"

No further words were spoken.

No further words are needed.

She couldn't help with the war.

She could only do what she could to keep Qin Yu from worrying about her, so he could focus on fighting the war!

"Um!"

Qin Yu nodded gently, pulled Luo Qingyi into his arms, and deliberately grinned mischievously, "When Que'er and I come back, we'll sleep together again!"

Luo Qingyi was embarrassed, but she wrapped her arms around Qin Yu's neck and looked at him with seductive eyes, "Why do we have to wait for you to come back? Can't we do it tonight?"

Nan Que'er realized something was wrong and immediately tried to run away, but Qin Yu grabbed her...