Chapter 63: The Winter Crusade
"What?"
Concubine Yue was so shocked by Yue Jinsheng's words that the hot soup bowl in her hand fell on her body, and she immediately dazed the quilt, her face, which was not ruddy, became more and more pale, and her lips trembled and asked, "You say it again!" ”
Mama Yun hurriedly lifted the quilt to clean up Concubine Yue's body, and Qiong'er walked out of the tent with her eyes down, sitting under the starry sky and sorting out several large bags of plant rhizomes she brought back from the grassland, by the way, to prevent anyone from approaching here and eavesdropping on the conversation inside.
"Mother, I will lead the troops to conquer Loulan this winter!" Yue Jinsheng looked at Concubine Yue's reaction and was a little worried, but the matter was already decided, and he had no choice but to comfort him in a calm voice, "You don't need to worry!" ”
"Aren't you hurt?" Concubine Yue suddenly grabbed Yue Jinsheng's hand and said affirmatively, "They deliberately gave it to you!" Qiong'er came back and briefly talked about the hunting itinerary, she was worried that this time her son would definitely be assigned to the surrounding safari, but she didn't expect to be assigned to Loulan.
Although the place is rich and prolific, it is perennially windy and sandy, and if you are not careful, you will fall into the desert and never get out again. The people of Loulan are familiar with the terrain, and often hide in the oasis to avoid the crisis, and when the enemy is tired, they will come out to meet the head-on attack.
This is also the reason why for several generations and dozens of generations, the small country of Loulan is not as large as the territory of the Yue Dynasty, without the cavalry of the north, and without the jungle poison gas of the southern Xinjiang as a barrier, it can still exist proudly in the world.
And Beibi has always been thinking about this place, not only because of the beauty of Loulan, but also because Loulan has the only road that can lead to the Moon Dynasty in addition to Tianliu Mountain.
The north is in the north outside the Tianliu Mountain, there is a broken wall in the middle and the moon is looking at the sky, how many generations of axes have been chiseled before coming out of a narrow road that sticks to the cliff, it is difficult for a single person to say that he is safe in the past, and it is impossible for horses and supplies. And the only road to Tianliu Mountain, which clears the customs with the Moon Dynasty, often has wind and sand passing over the mountain, and tornadoes can sweep away a single person, animal, or even heavier chariots and horses.
Therefore, the location of Loulan's land has determined the coveting of Beibi for many years, and Concubine Yue understood the key to this expedition decision after thinking about it.
Concubine Yue suddenly frowned and looked in Xiao Yunqian's direction, "Qian'er, who is guarding Tianliu Mountain?" ”
Xiao Yunqian's face darkened, he looked at the direction of the entrance of the tent, hesitated for a moment and said in a low voice, "Xue Jialang!" ”
Really!
Yue Jinsheng had just met with Xiao Yunqian for a few days, and he hadn't had a chance to talk privately, so naturally he didn't know that Xue Heizi had been transferred to Tianliu Mountain. He also subconsciously glanced outside, his brows tightened.
Concubine Yue's face was even worse, the matter of the Xue family was so sensational back then, of course she knew. Moreover, Xue Sanlang was rumored to have committed treason, or because of his cousin Princess Yueying, regardless of whether Beibi intervened to cause Xue Sanlang's death and the fact that the Xue family was exiled, the hatred between the Xue family and Beibi has been deep and unsolvable.
Coupled with the previous generation of the Xue family, the thirteenth Lang died in Tianliu Mountain back then, who caused it? It was the last Great Khan of Beibei, Honglieyuan's father Khan left behind with his brothers and sons, and it is conceivable how much the Xue family wanted to kill the Honglie clan.
Although the Yue clan didn't know how the Great Khan and them escaped the tornado on the road of Tianliu Mountain and entered the Moon Dynasty, if it weren't for the fact that several of Honglieyuan's brothers were also killed in battle, he would be the only one left in the Honglie Clan, and he would definitely take the iron cavalry from the north to continue eastward and step into Hongcheng, the capital of the Moon Dynasty.
It was also because of that battle that she was selected by the royal family to be sent to Beibei as a concubine, and she stayed for more than 20 years.
In the past, his son was just a Yue Jinsheng of the Moon Dynasty, and he was only a hostage of the Moon Dynasty in the North of the Moon Dynasty, but now he is the Honglie Eagle of the North Dynasty, and he wants to take the elite horses of the North to fight and rob!
Seeing that after Loulan is Tianliu Mountain, the alliance between Loulan and the Moon Dynasty is still there, plus the family hatred, Xue Jialang will definitely send troops to help, so can his son come back alive, how can Concubine Yue's heart not be uncomfortable?
With a wave of his hand, he let everyone out, staring at the candle flame alone.
"Master, don't worry too much!" Mama Yun gently rubbed Concubine Yue's vest, for fear that her body would be too weak, and she would be gone if she couldn't stand it.
Concubine Yue's heart was blocked uncomfortably, she had never had a choice in this life, she had no choice on how to grow up, no choice on how to marry, no choice on how to have children, and even on how her son grew up.
But it was her own flesh and blood, and the bones and blood that slipped out of her body were connected, and she couldn't bear it!
"Mama, did you say that the Great Khan never believed me?" Concubine Yue's voice was bleak, and the sentimentality in her words made her whole person dim, as if someone said yes, she couldn't hold it anymore.
Mama Yun was taken aback, she had never seen her master so lost, the person who was indifferent at all times and planned carefully, the person who had a delicate heart and was pinned on all the hopes by the old lady, looked like she was about to fall at this moment, "Master, this matter must have something to do with the princess personally welcoming the return of the Great Khan!" ”
Concubine Yue's eyes were stunned, the eldest princess? The woman who never fights? She has seen this great princess since she got married, she is the original wife of the Great Khan Hong Lieyuan, and she is just a concubine sent in the name of national peace!
The woman who feels like her mother when you meet?
She hadn't been out for several years, and I heard that she had been helping the eldest prince take care of the clan, and she hadn't been with the Great Khan for many years.
Why did she come out?
Concubine Yue's face suddenly became a lot heavier, she has been here for so many years, and she has never fought with the eldest princess, and she doesn't know her path!
"Dress up with me, I'm going to see the Great Khan!"
The war between women has always revolved around men, and Concubine Yue did not dare to challenge the power of the eldest princess, so she could only go to the Great Khan in a roundabout way to fight for some favor, hoping that Hong Lieyuan could see it for her own sake and cancel her son's winter campaign!
Besides, it's not a woman who makes decisions!
Outside the tent, Qiong'er sorted out the stalks of the weeds in her hands in the moonlight, and her ears were not idle to listen to the conversation inside the tent. Although she couldn't hear some of the content clearly, she also understood a general idea.
Yue Jinsheng's house was framed, and he actually wanted to conquer Loulan in winter. And looking at Concubine Yue's meaning, Loulan is a hard bone, she can't gnaw at all, and it's easy to take her life. Thinking back carefully about the battles in the field in the past few days, could it be that the Great Khan was choosing the candidate for the Winter Expedition at that time?
"Mother, you?" Although Yue Jinsheng and Xiao Yunqian went out of the tent, they didn't go far, and they were talking about countermeasures in a whisper at a distance from the dome.
Suddenly, the tent was opened, and Mama Yun came out with Concubine Yue on her back, dressed in delicate makeup, and the dome was shocked, this is going to bed?