Flying Clouds in Another World

Chapter 386: Stopping an Army of 3

"Well then! I'll just keep it short and make it clear!"

He Jieming stared at the five people from the Liu family and began to talk:

"Although we three have now separated from the royal He family and established the Qingming clan! But!"

"You, the Liu family, cannot look down on my elder sister because of this. The wedding cannot be too shabby! You will be outdone by other princesses of the royal family!"

"Although she is no longer the little princess of the royal He family, she must still have the dignity that a royal princess should have!"

"If your Liu family has no objection, then we can start the ceremony of accepting the bride price next month."

He Jieming spoke as Qin Cheng nodded.

After He Jieming finished speaking, Qin Cheng said:

"These are not problems. My master and his wife have already explained it! Regardless of whether the young lady is married as a legitimate daughter of the royal family or not, our Liu family will treat her accordingly and will never let her down!"

"However, Yanluodi is a vast land with a sparse population, and there are as many as one prefecture and twelve counties. Where should my Liu family go to perform the ceremony of accepting the bride price?"

He Jieming smiled confidently:

"Although my Qingming He family has no place to settle down for the time being, it won't be long before we can take over Jinkou County as our first foundation."

"Tsuguchi!? Qin understands."

Shortly after mid-to-late February, the armies of Jin and Liao states had already pressed into Anya County from the north and east.

However, before the two armies reached Linshui Pass in the north and Jinyin Pass in the east, the Liu family army of Anya County took the initiative to attack.

At this time, the long-dormant Tiger Army commander Liu the Butcher finally showed his ferocious fangs to the world again.

It is common knowledge that the Liu family has iron mines, crystal mines, and weapons workshops.

But how big are the scales of these military-related industries? How high is their production capacity? This is something few people know.

As for how many weapons and equipment Liujia has stored, no one knows.

In fact, even Liu Shihao and Liu Feiyun, the father and son, didn’t know until they reconciled the accounts.

Because now the Liu family's weapon production has actually been divided into two parts, and the father and son each have their own production system.

In short, the Liu family took the initiative to attack this time and dispatched nearly 10,000 armored cavalry.

That’s right! Nearly 10,000 armored knights! Although most of them were only light armor.

But this is already a very terrifying fighting force.

Among them, the Northern Wilderness Barbarians accounted for the majority, with 6,000 people, and the Chen people had more than 3,000.

In addition, in the upper reaches of the Lin River, there were tens of thousands of barbarian tribes who wanted to surrender to the Liu family and organized more than ten thousand cavalrymen to come and cooperate with the Liu family's armored cavalry in battle and submit a letter of surrender.

In the end, there was a situation where 15,000 cavalrymen in the north and 5,000 cavalrymen in the east simultaneously fought against the enemy.

As the master, Liu Shihao's orders were also very simple:

Slow down the enemy's advance, wear down their morale, and try not to incur heavy losses yourself.

It doesn't matter how you fight! As long as you achieve your goal, that's fine.

As a result, this protracted war lasted from the end of mid-February to the beginning of mid-March, and ended with all the Liu family's eastern cavalry retreating into Jinyun Pass, while the northern cavalry remained outside Linshui Pass to support the defenders inside the pass.

Next, it’s the siege.

At Jinyun Pass, the Jinzhou army attacked the city in turns with all their might, and they hardly stopped every day.

As for Linshui Pass, the Liaozhou army was just trying to attack the city without putting in any effort!

Because they also have to be on guard against sneak attacks by the Liu family cavalry at all times.

The siege lasted for nearly two months. The Liaozhou army was the first to be unable to hold on and was the first to withdraw.

Afterwards, the Jinzhou Army persisted in attacking Jinyun Pass for more than three months. Finally, due to the harassment of their supply lines by the barbarian cavalry of the Liu family, they ran out of food and weapons and had to retreat in early July.

At this point, the Liu family army held the defense line, blocked the invasion of the Jin and Liao states' army of 300,000, and ensured the recovery of various production in Anya County.

At the same time, Liu Feiyun's marriage was also progressing in an orderly manner.

As early as mid-March, the betrothal ceremony, one of the six ceremonies for marriage, began.

The last time Qi Hanyu and Qin Cheng went to Yuncheng, it was not a formal marriage proposal, but just an informal test. They didn't even bring a formal matchmaker.

This time, Lin Cong, the prefect of Anya County, acted as a matchmaker.

In addition, Liu Feiyun and He Jingqing are both martial artists, so they need a matchmaker, and this person is Zheng Zhou, who was invited from the Miyun Sect.