Chapter 14: Feed More Grass
The immense power of explosives, as soon as it appeared, was immediately thrust into the spotlight!
Not only were the Linfeng Kingdom’s troops making all sorts of inquiries, but even spies sent by other countries were spinning like tops, eagerly wanting to know any and all information about the explosives, even if it was only tangentially related.
However, even many of the Linfeng Kingdom’s generals knew little, let alone these concealed spies.
In the end, the spies from various countries only managed to gather one relatively reliable piece of information, which they barely managed to pass on, thus fulfilling their mission.
Explosives are related to Gu Yu!
That’s right, it’s Gu Yu!
Great General Gu Mengyao’s bargain husband, the country boy who married into the Gu family at such a young age.
When this news first broke, many people thought they had misheard. Otherwise, how could a powerless and penniless country bumpkin possibly create such powerful explosives?
Even though the outside world had always been spreading rumors about how amazing Gu Yu was and how skilled his medical techniques were, his unchangeable background always caused strangers who didn’t know him to instinctively look down on him.
If Gu Yu were a young master from a prominent family, the situation would probably not be like this.
However, even if Gu Yu knew these people’s thoughts, he wouldn’t care. After all, he didn’t need to gain recognition from others.
In fact, it was these people who were constantly investigating him!
Determined to uncover his background.
However, if his background could be so easily uncovered, Gu Yu would not be Gu Yu.
Of course, the tighter the blockade of information about explosives, the better it would be, as it could also help the war end faster, without dragging on for too long.
However, while the ideal was beautiful, the reality was that after the shocking debut of the explosives, the other countries attacking Linfeng Kingdom became cautious. They no longer dared to send troops boldly but instead chose to send small teams to probe and see the actual situation.
For example, they would try to test the quantity of explosives.
If there were only a small amount, then they could devise a plan to exhaust all the remaining explosives.
But, if these enemy countries knew… Gu Yu had a whole warehouse full of explosives, which would be more than enough to blow up all the soldiers of these countries, and there would be no possibility of exhausting them.
Unless the war could last for several years, and the opposing side had enough troop strength to accompany them in the consumption.
Otherwise, wanting to wage a war of attrition would just be wishful thinking.
“A’Yu, some time has passed, and the enemy country keeps sending troops to harass us but not launching a full-scale war. The Empress hasn’t sent any new orders either. Are we going to amuse ourselves with them like this?”
Regarding the current battlefield situation, not only did Gu Yu analyze it thoroughly, but Gu Mengyao also understood it clearly. She knew that after the explosives were made public, the enemy army would definitely not provoke another war.
It wasn’t for any other reason, but the power of the explosives was too great to be resisted by human strength alone.
The enemy’s realization of this was within Gu Mengyao’s expectations.
However, if it continued like this, it would take too long to consume time… Gu Mengyao didn’t even know when they could return, or how long they would have to stay on the battlefield.
Thinking about it from all sides, it was truly a frustrating situation, and she didn’t know how to resolve it.
Although Gu Mengyao really wanted to lead her troops to a swift victory, she couldn’t act on her own will. Instead, she had to wait for orders from the capital. Otherwise, she would be labeled as disregarding military orders and be thoroughly criticized by the civil officials in the imperial court.
This was also one of the reasons why the military generals disliked civil officials. They had never been on the battlefield, but their tongues were very sharp… If these civil officials were really thrown onto the battlefield, they would probably be so scared that they would lose control of themselves. How could they still have the courage to continue wagging their tongues!
Of course, it wasn’t just the military generals who had such thoughts; the civil officials also felt that these fellows who only knew how to wield swords and guns were full of violence in their minds and were impossible to communicate with.
“Naturally, there’s no need to play along with them slowly. Many generals in the army have been idle lately, so they can be assigned some small tasks to cause trouble for the enemy army… Do you remember what we did the first time we went to the battlefield?”
Upon hearing Gu Mengyao’s words, Gu Yu, who was leisurely reading a medical book, smiled slightly. Then, after placing the book in his hand on the table, he immediately spoke.
Just as GU Mengyao thought, Gu Yu had long wanted to leave the battlefield… If he could return to the capital, he could manage his business and look at the records of making a fortune every day.
Moreover, he could also go on outings with his little wife, which was much better than being trapped on a monotonous and boring battlefield.
“The first time on the battlefield… it was so long ago, let me think…”
Upon hearing Gu Yu mention the first time on the battlefield, Gu Mengyao didn’t recall it immediately.
“A’Yu, you mean burning the grain supplies!”
After thinking carefully for a while, Gu Mengyao finally remembered that what they did when they were young on the battlefield was to burn the enemy’s grain supplies to end the war quickly.
Back then, the Emperor hadn’t died yet, and the rewards were still gold bars…
Thinking of this, Gu Mengyao felt a bit nostalgic and felt that time had passed too quickly.
Now, she and A’Yu even had children.
“The enemy’s numbers are greater than ours, and it would be difficult for them to delay time even if they wanted to. Since that’s the case, why not take a direct approach and cut off their retreat, forcing the other party to return voluntarily.”
Since Gu Yu took the initiative to offer advice, he naturally had to think everything through, which was why he reached this conclusion.
After burning the enemy’s grain supplies, if they didn’t want to starve to death on the battlefield, they could only choose to return home.
And in this process, a specific country could be chosen to pursue actively… During the enemy’s arduous flight, even if they wanted to fight back, it wouldn’t be very effective. Moreover, he still had explosives as a threat, so the other party would hesitate due to fear of harming their own interests, which would give Linfeng Kingdom an opportunity to fight back.
After beating the dogs that had fallen into the water, if other countries still wanted to attack Linfeng Kingdom, they would have to weigh their own importance.
However, if they wanted to completely eliminate future trouble, they would have to kill the mastermind – the Witch Priest, otherwise, wars would still be unavoidable in the future.
However, this would have to be entrusted to Bai Qian!
If you want a horse to run, you have to feed it more grass. This is a truth that everyone understands… Therefore, Gu Yu would not work for free.
Of course, if Bai Qian was willing to pay a high price, Gu Yu would not directly refuse.
But upon thinking about it, Gu Yu felt it was unlikely. Bai Qian, that cruel woman, was probably already planning how to kill the Witch Priest.
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The missing author has returned. This time, I have truly shaken off my depressed mood and can update normally (I was sick before and couldn’t adjust my mentality, I am truly very sorry).
