6kv Chapter 69 Return
Chapter 69 Return
As time passed and the sun rose higher, the Jiu Sai Hou, sitting in his tent, grew increasingly anxious.
Although Zhao Yu and his men were relieved that Zhou Hongling's subordinates had also gotten into trouble, they dared not show it.
He was terrified of becoming the target of the lord's anger.
As for Helian Shang, at this moment he actually hoped that Lu Yuan could return, so that these people from the imperial city's military families would know that their Northern Frontier warriors were not made of clay.
At this moment, Zhou Hongling was actually the most anxious.
Although it wasn't written on her face.
But his hands, placed under the table, were clenched tightly together.
She felt a pang of regret, regretting her impulsive decision to let Lu Yuan complete this mission.
However, she also understood that there was no room for sentimentality on the battlefield.
This time, no one under his command is more suitable than Lu Yuan.
And just when everyone felt uneasy.
"Report!"
A loud sound rang out from outside the camp.
A messenger rushed in: "My lord, the newly dispatched scouts have discovered over a hundred Iron Falcon corpses thirty miles away. Judging from their location, they must have been killed by General Zhou's personal guards."
This voice seemed to give Jiu Saihou a shot of adrenaline, invigorating him: "Explore again, keep exploring."
Inside the tent, Zhao Yu frowned. He found it hard to believe that Zhou Hongling's men could defeat an Iron Falcon in a direct confrontation.
"Everyone, please share your opinions. Is there any hope for Lu Yuan and the others to return?" At this point, Marquis Jiu Sai was also desperate and began to ask his subordinates for their opinions.
He wasn't worried about Lu Yuan.
After all, although the other party was quite talented, as a marquis, he commanded tens of thousands of troops, and there were countless talented subordinates under his command.
What he's anxious about now is whether he can find out the specific situation of the Northern Barbarians; that's the most important thing.
If the scouts continue like this, their right-wing army will not be able to complete its mission. Even if they lead the entire army back, they will likely be punished.
Zheng Tong stood up at this moment: "My lord, although Lu Yuan and the others' performance exceeded my expectations, so much time has passed and there is still no news of their return. I am afraid they have died deep in the wilderness."
Zhao Yu, Huang Yan, and the others all nodded in agreement.
They don't want Lu Yuan to come back right now; the bet doesn't matter.
Although the items were valuable, they were able to afford them.
The main problem was that all of their own men were wiped out, while Zhou Hongling's men returned victorious, which made them seem incredibly incompetent.
Moreover, this was a significant achievement, and no one wanted the Zhou family, a military clan, to monopolize the limelight.
But at this moment, Helian Shang was enraged. Although he was only a captain, he had a family backing him up, and he showed no kindness to these garrison generals from the capital.
"Hey, what do you mean by 'beyond imagination'? Lu Yuan hunted Iron Falcons alone in the past, and now that he's even stronger, there's no reason why he can't complete the mission."
And it's unreasonable to say that others can't do something just because you can't.
His words were anything but polite.
Although the Helian family and the Zhou family are competitors.
There are also fights on ordinary days.
But now, no matter what, Helian Shang is under Zhou Hongling's command, and they are both from military families in the Northern Frontier, so of course they will stand together.
Another reason is that he also has a good impression of Lu Yuan. Although Lu Yuan rejected Helian Shang's attempts to win him over, he was not angry at all. On the contrary, he liked this young man who had risen from the bottom even more.
If Lu Yuan had actually recruited him and chosen to join him, he might have looked down on him.
After all, as a general, everyone likes their subordinates to be not only brave but also loyal.
After hearing him say that.
Zhao Yu frowned, about to retort.
"Report!"
At that moment, the messenger's voice came from outside again.
Outside the tent, the other side stopped and shouted: "Lord Marquis, another headless corpse of the Iron Falcon team has been discovered fifty miles from the camp, along with fragments of my Great Yu scale armor."
They were all likely killed by Lu Yuan.
"Investigate again. I must get news of Lu Yuan and the others today." Jiu Saihou's voice rose again.
Having wiped out two Iron Falcons, Lu Yuan and his men could hardly be considered weak, no matter how you look at it.
However, after receiving this news...
In truth, Jiu Saihou no longer believed that this team could return. They had only walked fifty miles from the camp when they encountered two Iron Falcons in succession. Although they won both, the losses on their side were considerable.
Such a team would like to continue its in-depth investigation, gather information, and then return.
It just doesn't seem possible.
After all, their return journey was also blocked by Northern Barbarian scouts, and it wasn't a smooth one.
And this idea wasn't just something he had in his mind.
Others have it too.
Within a 50-mile radius, they encountered the enemy head-on one after another. Under normal circumstances, the best course of action for scouts would be to return quickly. However, Lu Yuan and his men did not return and had to continue to penetrate deeper into the enemy territory.
Many people believe that they could not achieve the same level of skill.
However, while everyone in the tent was preoccupied with their own thoughts...
At this moment, Lu Yuan led his soldiers toward the Dayong army camp.
As expected, after the sun rose, several groups of ordinary scouts and iron hawks from the northern barbarians surrounded them again, with the number reaching as many as a thousand at its peak.
But Lu Yuan continued his charge without stopping.
By the afternoon, the man with two horses had become the man with one horse.
Because most of the warhorses had already died from exhaustion, and many of the ones they were riding now were looted later.
Even so, the horse's back was still covered in sweat.
Moreover, it was mixed with a large amount of blood plasma.
As for Lu Yuan and his group, less than thirty of them have survived, and half of them have suffered injuries of varying degrees.
Even Lu Yuan's shoulder pads were smashed to pieces.
A piece of flesh was scraped off by the spiked club, thanks in large part to his "Mixed Yuan Golden Bell Cover" technique.
Otherwise, let alone a piece of flesh, the entire shoulder would probably be smashed.
The once sharp tiger-head blade now had several chips chipped into its edge.
Fortunately, they were not completely wiped out.
Now, we are less than twenty miles away from the Dayong camp.
From a distance, one could even see the troops from Dayong coming out to meet them.
Although unwilling, the Iron Falcon of the Northern Barbarians knew that if they continued to approach, they would not only fail to kill the exceptionally brave people of Dayong in front of them, but would also be left here.
Therefore, the horse retreated immediately without lingering.
After they left, the Dayong delegation that came to meet them couldn't help but gasp when they saw Lu Yuan and his group.
The team in front of us looked as if they had been pulled out of a pool of blood; after standing still for a moment, a blood pit appeared on the ground.
There are human heads on both sides of the horse's back.
And inside the cloth bag was a blood-stained ear.
After all, the target of killing people is too large, and sometimes it is impossible to collect them all on the battlefield.
Therefore, in certain situations, enemy identification tags or ears can also be used to calculate military merits.
"Lord Lu, it really is you back! I thought I would never see you again. The Marquis has been waiting anxiously. Please come back to camp with me." The speaker was a centurion under the command of the Marquis of Jiu Sai.
He used to be quite arrogant, but now, when facing Lu Yuan, he couldn't help but use respectful language when addressing him.