Frontier Army Warrior

Chapter 1179 The Emperor's Envoy

Bai Jing smiled and said, "It's not that serious. I need to write down the situation here so Lin Feng can make a decision. Do you have anything to say to him?"

Wang Qian was so anxious that he kept scratching his head.

"This...this is too much to handle...how should I put it?"

"Forget it, you should wait until he gets back to talk about it. I'll just write down the important parts."

"Okay, you keep writing, I'm going back now."

After Wang Qian left, neither of them questioned anything after receiving the news of Lin Feng's return, as if Lin Feng had just returned home after a long trip.

They didn't believe deep down that Lin Feng wouldn't come back.

Although Bai Jing has nightmares every night, she remains very confident when she is awake.

Once Wang Qian left, Bai Jing could no longer hold back her tears. She sobbed uncontrollably, holding the battle report in her hands, and vented her grievances, excitement, and other emotions for a long time.

Once I calmed down, and thought back to the faces of those senior officials, they seemed like nothing more than clowns, and I felt disdain.

Thanks to the eight hundred cavalrymen of the Zhenkou Camp, who used their unpredictable and elusive raiding tactics, the siege of Funing City has evolved into the current stalemate between the two sides.

In addition, the Zhenxi Army of Jinhao Prefecture arrived at the city of Funing in just one and a half days with three thousand cavalrymen.

The three thousand infantrymen had already passed the halfway mark, and in another day they would be able to enter Fu Ning Prefecture.

Atsumi Akiyama had no choice but to temporarily halt the siege and concentrate all his troops to re-examine the attack and defense strategy for Funing Castle.

After more than a month of defensive fighting, the original garrison in Funing City has been reduced to less than 7,000 men.

These soldiers, who had fought bravely against the enemy and made great contributions, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.

The newly recruited troops brought provisions, and there are still a large amount of supplies and equipment on the way for the follow-up troops.

On the third day after noon, the patrol team reported that Zhenxi No. 1 and Zhenxi No. 2 had arrived at the Jiliu County Wharf in the middle of the Jiliu River.

Various supplies, weapons and equipment were successively delivered into Fuzhou.

Xi Niang specially disembarked and ran into the city to see Lin Feng. It had been a long time since they last met. Xi Niang's complexion was rosier, and her figure was not as thin as before.

Lin Feng then pulled her along and summoned two engineers from the firearms battalion. The four of them stayed in the room for half a day.

Pei Qiyin went in and out several times to serve tea, only to see four people sitting around the table, writing and drawing, probably tinkering with some new gadget.

Xiniang led two engineers from the firearms battalion and left Funing City at dusk.

Lin Feng then summoned all the generals to the command post to discuss the next steps in the military operation.

Now that they have a strong and well-equipped army, they can completely abandon defense and launch a large-scale counterattack against the pirates.

With nearly 30,000 pirates concentrated in the main camp in the east of the city, the military camp here was well-constructed, with high and thick fences.

It's like a small castle, easy to defend and difficult to attack.

Now that the Zhenxi Army wants to counterattack the pirates, they must break through this fortress, which will likely result in heavy losses.

In order to come up with a better solution, Lin Feng led his generals to the city wall and looked down at the pirate camp three miles away.

On the vast plains, military tents spanning several miles lay scattered about, surrounded by tall and thick log fences, with deer antlers placed outside the fences.

There was no way the cavalry could break through such a defensive formation.

The generals all frowned, realizing that the pirates were too numerous to break through the barricades and storm the camp, and that it would be a protracted battle, making it impossible to defeat them in one fell swoop.

Lin Feng observed for a long time, sighing inwardly. In such a battle, to reduce the loss of soldiers, they had to fight for equipment.

War is fought over the economy, money, and weapons.

Lin Feng had all of these things; he was just a little distressed about the money, which would be consumed in large quantities in such a battle.

That's just how war is; it either consumes money or manpower, and both are indispensable.

"Old Hu, come here."

Hu Jincai quickly squeezed in front of Lin Feng and leaned his head in.

"Have people reinforce the carriages according to the blueprints, then dismantle the eight cannons from the warships and drag them to the city wall."

Hu Jincai's eyes lit up: "Boss, that's a great idea! Bombard them with cannons, that would be so awesome!"

Lin Feng shook his head: "This is only one of the attack methods. We need other auxiliary attacks. Go and arrange them quickly, as the time requirement is short."

"Alright, don't worry, boss."

Hu Jincai agreed and turned to leave.

Lin Feng hurriedly shouted, "Go and prepare another three thousand archers, and collect more cotton and oil for later use."

Hu Jincai ran down the city wall, repeatedly agreeing to show that he understood.

Seeing him descend from the city wall, Lin Feng turned to Pei Qiyin and said.

"After the bandit camp of the Eight Hundred Towns had rested, they were all equipped with shotguns and prepared to charge the enemy camp as spearheads."

Pei Qiyin nodded excitedly in agreement.

"Furthermore, the Zhenkou Camp is divided into two parts: the three thousand iron cavalry from Jinhao Prefecture will follow behind, with infantry bringing up the rear..."

After Lin Feng issued a series of orders, the generals who were originally crowded on the city wall also received the orders and ran down the city wall to do their work.

After descending from the city wall, Lin Feng felt it wasn't enough, so he sent someone to inform Hu Jincai to add more cannons.

It was requested that the cannons be pulled by horse-drawn carriages, separate from those being pulled onto the city walls, and used as mobile artillery vehicles.

Lin Feng stipulated that all archer teams leaving the city to transport or collect supplies must be escorted by warhorses.

He divided the two thousand iron cavalry of Jinhao Prefecture into four parts, with Qiao Jushan, Ye Liangcai, Wen Jian and Bu Yunting each leading one army to protect the personnel who were going out of the city.

In an instant, the entire city of Funing became bustling with activity.

In the pirate camp.

The central command tent was located in the center of the camp; it was tall, spacious, and very bright.

However, Atsumi Akiyama's face was very gloomy.

Because two serious-looking middle-aged men were sitting under her tent.

These are imperial envoys who crossed the sea from Oaho-honjima, and also high-ranking military officers representing the Tokugawa and Toyotomi families respectively.

Atsumi Akiyama knew that his family was not even worth considering, let alone the Emperor, and even these two powerful families in front of him were beneath their notice.

The strength of the two men was evident from the two thousand guards they brought.

The two thousand guards were all well-equipped and moved in perfect unison, exuding a fierce and valiant aura.

Compared to his own soldiers, who were originally pirates, they were on a completely different level.

After receiving news that Atsumi Akiyama had failed to capture Funing City for a long time, the various families finally couldn't stand it anymore and sent people over to supervise Atsumi Akiyama's operations.

Regardless of whether they can capture Funing City, if Atsumi Akiyama suffers another defeat, she will be stripped of her command on the spot and sent back to the family residence by special personnel to await punishment.

Atsumi Akiyama knew that without further victories, his fate would be extremely tragic.

Even without punishment, upon returning to her family, her only fate would be to marry another man.

For most women, this would be their destiny, but for Atsumi Akiyama, it was torture, a premature end.

She wanted to develop a detailed plan regarding the conflict in Funing City.

However, the two generals from prominent families sitting in the tent did not take it seriously.