The Prodigal Son

Zhu County.

Driven by the Wudang Flying Army, the people of Zhu County and the surrounding areas fled one after another.

Families were brought along, but few could take the food with them.

Those with better conditions could bring some dry food, while those with worse conditions could only flee with their entire families.

The once bustling Zhu County has become almost a ghost town, with only the Ning Army active in the city.

The flags on the city walls were also replaced with those of Da Ning.

Qin Fumeng followed the army on a rapid march and finally arrived at Zhu County before nightfall.

Qin Yu kept his promise and led Qi Dachui and others to welcome Qin Fumeng outside the city gate.

"Not bad, you didn't disgrace our Qin family!"

Qin Fumeng stepped forward and patted Qin Yu on the shoulder, his face full of satisfaction.

"That's right!"

Qin Yu grinned and asked, "Has there been any news from Commander Xue?"

"Not at the moment."

Qin Fu waved his hand dismissively, "Alright, let's get into the city first!"

"good!"

Qin Yu nodded and immediately beckoned everyone to enter the city.

Qi Dachui grinned at Liang Hongqiao and greeted her and Yuan Ji.

Liang Hongqiao and Yuan Ji rode up to him. "You guys attacked too fast! We haven't even finished cleaning up the battlefield yet, and you've already taken over Zhu County."

"that is!"

Yuan Ji said like a resentful young wife, "They didn't even leave us a drop of soup."

Qi Dachui chuckled, "The main problem is that the Yan people are easily defeated."

"..."

Hearing his words, Yuan Ji and Liang Hongqiao were speechless.

Are the people of Yan so easily defeated?

Look, is this even human language?

If someone else said that to them, they would definitely think that the other person was showing off.

But the fact that these words came from Qi Dachui's mouth shows that they really fought this battle very easily.

However, they benefited from the surprise attack, as the Yan army was completely unprepared.

If every battle were this easy, that would be wonderful.

Ahead, Qin Fumeng inquired about the casualties and results of the battle from Qin Yu.

Qin Yu replied, "We didn't have time to tally the casualties in the battle at the fortress ahead..."

"Liang Hongqiao has done the statistics for you."

Qin Fumeng chuckled and continued, "The total number of those who died in battle and those who were seriously wounded was less than three hundred. I've also brought you those who were scattered."

"That's good!"

Qin Yu was relatively satisfied with the result and continued, "In the battle of each prefecture, the enemy army was almost completely wiped out! Zong Zhao escaped to Panshi Fort with only a few hundred men! We suffered over four hundred dead and over two hundred seriously wounded, and the number of lightly wounded is unknown..."

Those who died in battle were actually even fewer.

Many of those who died in battle were trampled to death by warhorses after being wounded.

The Yan army did not suffer many casualties, totaling less than four thousand men.

Most of them were killed when Yuan Dingguo led his troops in pursuit.

The Yan army was still eating breakfast when the city gates were breached, plunging them into chaos.

As a result, Zong Zhao, the commander, was knocked unconscious and taken away.

Although Zong Zhao was forced to do so, in the eyes of those soldiers, he was abandoning the city and fleeing.

This led to a rapid collapse in the morale of the Yan army, with many soldiers choosing to surrender.

Qin Fumeng asked in surprise, "Zong Zhao was knocked unconscious and taken away?"

"right!"

Qin Yu nodded. "We only found out after we captured and interrogated a few of Zong Zhao's personal guards."

"That's alright!"

Qin Fumeng smiled.

This case is at least not as bad as I thought.

However, compared to his grandson, he was far inferior!

The combined casualties from both wars were less than a thousand!

However, they annihilated 20,000 enemy soldiers!

Whether it was a sneak attack or something else, he could brag about it to others!

As he pondered this, Qin Fumeng suddenly looked around anxiously. "Wait, where's Que'er? Is she injured?"

This bastard confessed everything about his affair with His Majesty to him.

Although he was happy, he still had to acknowledge Nan Que'er as his granddaughter-in-law!

"no."

Qin Yu shook his head and said, "She's treating the wounded alongside the doctors."

"That's good!"

Qin Fumeng was relieved and then asked, "Have you sent people to investigate Wangzhou Prefecture and Panshi Fortress?"

"They definitely sent them!"

Qin Yu looked at Qin Fumeng with displeasure, "Hey old man, you really underestimate your grandson! If I didn't even understand this, what kind of army would I be leading?"

Snapped!

Qin Fu slapped Qin Yu on the back of the head, glaring at him with wide eyes: "I'm afraid I've gotten too cocky!"

"I think you're the one who's gotten carried away," Qin Yu said, scratching the back of his head in annoyance. "Are you thinking that the Qin family's ancestral graves are emitting auspicious smoke?"

Damn it!

He thought that once he became a ninth-realm expert, he could go toe-to-toe with the old man!

In the end, they were completely crushed!

"So what if they won a great victory through a sneak attack? It's not like they actually captured Humao!"

Qin Fumeng gave a forced snort, then warned Qin Yu with a fierce glint in his eyes: "This is the army. If you continue to be disrespectful to me, I'll give you dozens of lashes!"

"Yes, Commander Qin! This subordinate will remember!"

Qin Yu straightened his back.

"You are the true Commander Qin!"

Qin Fumeng chuckled inwardly, but kept a straight face, saying, "In the army, you can just call me 'Marshal'!"

Handsome guy?

A handsome grandpa?

Why won't you let me call you handsome old man?

Qin Yu silently complained.

The grandfather and grandson walked and talked until they arrived at Zongzhao's general's mansion.

However, this place has now become Qin Yu's headquarters.

Talk about it, talk about it, make trouble.

Upon entering the commander's residence, Qin Fumeng immediately entered a state of war.

He ordered the reinforcement of city defenses, inventory of food and military equipment, survey of water sources within the city, investigation of places within the city where troops could be hidden, allocation of camp areas, deployment of defense personnel, and arrangements for night patrols...

Qin Fumeng arranged everything, big and small, including things Qin Yu had thought of and things he hadn't even considered.

The old man focused on a city defense map throughout the entire process, his thoughts almost never faltering, and he even gave orders to generals down to the rank of adjutant.

This scene left Qin Yu speechless.

That old guy really knows his stuff!

Don't let the old man's usual carefree attitude fool you; on the battlefield, he's incredibly meticulous.

This is an army of over 40,000.

If you include the troops behind them, that's a full 60,000!

He still hasn't recognized all the generals above the rank of lieutenant general in the army.

The old man was able to delegate tasks to generals at this level.

That alone puts them far ahead of many others.

He knew that the old man didn't need to make such detailed arrangements.

This is a hands-on teaching approach for these younger generals.

Qin Fumeng assigned all the tasks, but did not assign any tasks to Qin Yu and Wudang Flying Army.

Qin Yu couldn't help but ask, "Commander, aren't you going to assign tasks to my men?"

"You don't need to!"

Qin Fumeng shook his head and said, "You've fought two battles in a row, take a good rest. You'll likely have to advance tonight! Also, report any unusual movements by the enemy forces in Wangzhou Prefecture and Panshi Fort immediately!"

"yes!"

Qin Yu accepted the order.

After explaining everything, Qin Fumeng then let everyone go about their business.

Qin Yu led Qin Fumeng to his room and joked, "I didn't realize! You're usually so loud and boisterous, but you're so meticulous on the battlefield."

"You don't know anything!"

Qin Fu glared at him. "These are lessons learned at the cost of human lives!"