Chapter Twenty-Six: Telling the Truth
Mu Yubai has never said that she knows kung fu, just because she can't do it. After all, after the gate, he grew up in the barracks since he was a child, and it is impossible to really have no fists and feet.
Chu Xinggu heard about Mu Yubai's background from Duan Ang's mouth, and he didn't think too much about it, probably because of this ability, he thought. The daughter of the general of this dynasty also has the habit of practicing martial arts, I heard that in the capital, there is a general's daughter who dances with two swords in one hand, and at the Chinese New Year's Eve banquet in the palace the year before last, she was also invited by the empress to perform in the palace.
It's just that Chu Xinggu didn't have a chance to watch it.
did not continue to dwell on the question of whether Mu Yubai would work hard. No one knows when Rong Di will attack again. Bai Lishan, Mu Yubai, and Qi Yuan quickly set off on horseback, and at the same time set off Duan Ang, who was sent by Chu Xinggu to ask for troops from Xu An, the defender of Longxi City.
Without reinforcements, this battle really can't go on.
It's not that he didn't want to retreat, but before leaving the court, the emperor's last words were: "Drive Rong Di out of Dasheng." "That is to say, in the boundary south of the first line of Zhaojiapo in Baiyuegou, Rong Di is not allowed to appear, and only then can the holy order be completed.
60,000 against an army of millions, it's too difficult.
Qi Yuan has been rushing to the front, Mu Yubai watched him keep waving the horsewhip and kicking the horse's belly, she could clearly feel the anxiety and worry in the boy's heart.
Home is close in front of him, and his family is not far away, but Qi Yuan doesn't know anything about their safety.
Thinking of this, the boy stared at the direction of Baiyuegou with a pair of red eyes, and urged the horse again.
Daddy, little sister, little brother, you must not have anything to do.
"Will we be a little too fast, how long will it take to be from Baiyuegou here?" It was the first time for Mu Yubai to ride such a fast horse.
Even when she was tactically transferred in front of Balipo before, she didn't ride so fast, and this speed made her a little unbearable.
"An hour." It was Qi Yuan who answered her question, it was too slow, and it would be too slow for another hour, and he couldn't wait to get home now to see if everything was okay with his family.
"It's going to take an hour and a half, it's too fast, and the horse can't stand it." Bai Lishan, who followed the team at the end, opened his mouth, suggesting that it was useless for Qi Yuan to be anxious, and if the horse was exhausted to death halfway through, it would be very troublesome.
Bai Lishan's words did not slow down Qi Yuan, but they succeeded in keeping him from speeding up.
When the destination was close at hand, the horses under their crotches still showed fatigue.
Fearing that the horse would fall from exhaustion, the trio stopped at a distance of about a mile from a long mountain range. "My house is in the ravine behind the mountain." Qi Yuan pointed to the mountain range in front of him, his hands trembling uncontrollably.
"Baiyuegou is very similar to the map drawn......" Mu Yubai looked at the scenery in front of him thoughtfully.
The east-west stretch of mountains lies on both sides of the vast grassland, far away from the main battlefield, and does not hinder Rong Di's southward journey in the slightest. Because the plains are the home of the cavalry, the mountains will only reduce their speed and consume more of the horse's physical strength.
"A thousand years ago, the Yue Clan was originally a branch of Rong Di." Bai Lishan, who had been on the battlefield for a long time, instantly understood the meaning of Mu Yu's vernacular, and opened his mouth to explain: "Later, because the patriarch of the Yue clan felt that the Rongdi Khan who was in office at that time was cruel and tyrannical, and he ran away with his clansmen in a fit of anger, and since then, the Yue clan has become a defector in the hearts of Rong Di's people. ”
"We're not defectors!" Qi Yuan roared angrily: "Why do we have to endure their cruelty, we are also human beings, we were also born by our mother's hard work, and we were raised by our father's hard work, why are we so abused by them!" ”
"Whether it's Rong Di or Dasheng, you all want more land, you want more countries to obey, but we don't want it, we want the grassland, we want to be free, we want to live a stable life with our families herding horses and sheep, and live a simple and happy life!"
Oh, yes...... What's wrong?
Mu Yubai's heart trembled, not only did the Yue people not understand, in her world, there were more than a billion people who didn't understand that she actually just wanted to pursue a peaceful and stable life, and the biggest trouble in life was what to eat three times a day, where to take your family to play on weekends, and why...... Why do you have to be caught up in war and chaos......
"It's not you who are wrong...... Mu Yubai lowered his eyelids and said in a hoarse voice: "It's this world that is wrong......"
The gale of the prairie blew the hems of the trio's clothes and stirred their emotions. Qi Yuan's face was sobbing with tears on his face, Mu Yubai lowered his head and was silent, and Bai Lishan stood aside without speaking.
After a short silence, Mu Yubai, who had adjusted his mood, raised his head again, stared at Qi Yuan's eyes for a moment, and asked Qi Yuan in a cold voice: "So, what is the purpose of your infiltration into the Dasheng army?" ”
Unexpectedly, Mu Yubai would ask this question in front of him, Bai Lishan was stunned, and then he turned his gaze to Qi Yuan, also waiting for his answer.
"In order to give my family a good way out, I want my little sister and brother to have no worries for a lifetime, and I don't have to worry about the fact that maybe Rong Di will hit the door tomorrow. I want my father and mother, who have experienced fluency in the first half of their lives, to live a stable life, no longer panic every day, and live in fear of precariousness. Qi Yuan said word by word, not avoiding Mu Yubai's gaze, nor was he afraid of Bai Lishan's questioning.
Qi Yuan's eyes shocked Mu Yubai.
She has seen quite a few people since she was a child. Some people are stubborn, just like their elder brothers; Some people always have a confident light in their eyes, just like a male god. There are also people who always have a compelling look in their eyes, just like her father, who is not angry and arrogant.
But she has never seen Qi Yuan like this, with a wolf-like ruthlessness, as if someone will fight with him in the next second, but with a vision of a better future, hoping to live a happy life.
That's too contradictory...... Mu Yubai is a little incompetent.
She was raised in the palm of her family's hands since she was a child, and she couldn't figure out what kind of emotion this was......
"I checked, you entered the barracks as an outcast, right?" Bai Lishan suddenly opened his mouth and asked, "So you want to make your family become the people of Dasheng by making military merits and joining the army?" ”
"Yes!" Qi Yuan replied simply.
"Okay, if what you say is true, I'll give you this chance."
Hearing this, Qi Yuan's face showed ecstasy, he quickly turned over and dismounted, knelt on one knee in front of the Bai Lishan horse, and said in a trembling voice: "Thank you Bai Shou for being complete." ”
"Don't thank me yet." Bai Lishan said coldly: "I will continue to send people to check on you until I am sure that you are telling the truth." Besides, whether you can make military merits depends on your ability. ”