Chapter 33: The Controversy over the West
As I expected, Chu Jinmo told King Zuo Xian that he was the prince of Yuexi, and was willing to lead troops to attack Yuexi and recapture Eagle Road. King Zuo Xian was overjoyed, and immediately ordered Feng Chu Jinmo to be the commander, and Hu Yanlie, the chief lieutenant, as the deputy general, to lead 3,000 troops to attack Baishui City in western Yuexi.
Since Chu Anguo came to power, Yuexi has changed its past Taoguang and obscurity. Chu Anguo connived at his subordinate tribes and dared to oppose the Xiongnu. The Xiongnu have dominated the desert for decades, and it is effortless to deal with a small country like Yuexi, and they don't use their own hands to instigate the Yuexi people to fight the Yuexi people, and Chu Anguo can't stand it.
Before the Xiongnu army arrived in Baishui City, news had already come from the front that Chu Anguo surrendered to the Xiongnu and expressed his willingness to release the Xiongnu eagle catcher and reopen the Eagle Road.
Hu Yanlie said: "In that case, we might as well retreat!" ”
Chu Jinmo was silent.
I shook my head: "Don't worry, maybe this is Chu Anguo's trick." Now that the Hun army is pressing, he will offer the Eagle Road, if he blocks the Eagle Road after we leave, how will the captain go back to explain to Shan Yu and King Zuoxian? ”
Hu Yanlie nodded: "This is reasonable, then order the army to camp here and observe for a few days." ”
The army camped and rested a hundred miles away from Baishui City, and I found Chu Jinmo and said to him: "Before the Hun army arrived, Chu Anguo surrendered, if this battle cannot be fought, our plan will not be easy to implement." ”
Chu Jin Mo Dao; "Anguo has surrendered, and there is no excuse to attack Yuexi again. Hu Yanlie is a man of scheming and knowledge, and he will definitely not agree to our strong attack. ”
I said lightly: "If you want to doze off, are you afraid that no one will send you a pillow?" I let the army stay here in order to find an excuse to continue sending troops. ”
Chu Jin Moqi said: "What plan do you have?" ”
I smiled lightly, "Your cronies in Yuexi can come in handy." ”
Three days later, the soldiers came to report, and the Eagle Road was blocked again, and this time Chu Anguo was even more bold and actually killed the Eagle Catcher. King Zuo Xian was furious and ordered to immediately send troops to Baishui City, and the army continued to march towards Baishui City.
Chu Jinmo asked softly beside me, "Did you do it?" ”
I rode on a horse, walked beside him, and said: "Chu Anguo is cowardly, the Hun army has not yet arrived, so he surrendered and surrendered, and reopened the Eagle Road, I just let your cronies impersonate Chu Anguo's subordinates and block the Eagle Road." ”
Chu Jinmo shook his head, "You asked them to kill all the falconry messengers, and they were too bold." ”
I restrained my smile, "If you don't do it, you have to send arrows on Hyun." I looked at him, and my heart softened, "Jinmo, I know that you take care of the brotherhood with Chu Anguo, but if you don't do it now, you will lose the position of the lord of Yuexi forever!" ”
Chu Jinmo's body shook, and he lowered his head, not knowing what Lu Dao was thinking.
In front of Baishui City, there are many subordinate tribes of Yuexi, and almost all of these small tribes are still primitive tribes, and they take refuge in Yuexi on weekdays. But as soon as they saw the arrival of the Xiongnu army, they surrendered one after another and led the way for the Xiongnu army. Chu Anguo is unpopular with the people, which can be seen.
When the Xiongnu army arrived at the foot of Baishui City, Chu Anguo sent an envoy to negotiate, and when the envoy of Chu Anguo saw Chu Jinmo, he was so shocked that his mouth grew and he forgot what he was here for.
Chu Jin Mogao sat in the middle of the camp and asked, "What did the King of Yuexi send you to do?" ”
The Yuexi envoy couldn't believe his eyes, stared at Chu Jinmo tightly, and then knelt on the ground, "I've seen Prince Jinmo!" The king of Yuexi sent me to consult with the army, hoping to surrender and withdraw the army. ”
Chu Jinmo sneered, "I'm afraid it's not that easy, Chu Anguo dares to block the Eagle Road, it's like hitting a stone with an egg!" ”
The Yuexi envoy knelt on the ground, sweating coldly, and said busily: "Originally, the Empress Dowager Yaotian was strongly opposed to this matter, but the Empress Dowager Yaotian was seriously ill in bed and was unable to return to the sky, so something went wrong." The king of Yuexi expressed his willingness to surrender and hoped that the Xiongnu would withdraw their troops. ”
Chu Jinmo's body shook, "What? Mother is sick? ”
The envoy of Yuexi said: "Yes! The Empress Dowager Yaotian has been seriously ill in bed for a while. ”
Chu Jinmo said: "You go down first!" ”
After the envoy from Yuexi left, I asked Chu Jinmo, "What are you going to do?" ”
Chu Jinmo said: "I want to go into the city to visit my mother." ”
I shook my head, "No, if you enter the city now, you will only be taken hostage, and then go to visit the Empress Dowager Yaotian after taking Whitewater City!" ”
Chu Jinmo raised his head suddenly, "But if you beat White Water City, how can I face my mother?" ”
I saw that his expression was very distressed and entangled, my heart softened, and I said softly: "Jinmo, you have to think twice, whether to be the king of Yuexi or the courtier of Chu Anguo, just fight here." ”
Chu Jinmo gritted his teeth and made a decision in an instant, "Order the siege!" ”
Although Baishui City was extremely strong, the Xiongnu soldiers were strong and strong, and the small tribes under the Yuexi Kingdom surrendered to the Xiongnu one after another, and soon Yuexi was isolated, and Baishui City became an isolated city.
In this battle, Chu Anguo defeated and led the remnants to abandon Baishui City and fled, nowhere to be found. Chu Jinmo cared about his brotherly love and did not send someone to intercept him.
When I came to Whitewater City again, I sighed in my heart, I almost lost my life here last time. Now I am revisiting the old place, but it has become a siege with troops.
After entering the city, Chu Jinmo handed over everything to the Grand Commander Hu Yanlie, and took me into the palace to visit the seriously ill Empress Dowager Yaotian.
At the gate of the palace, I saw the fair-skinned, feminine-looking, woman-like General Qinnan. Qin Nan already knew that it was Chu Jinmo who led the troops this time, and now he was not surprised to see Chu Jinmo, but said lightly: "The Empress Dowager Yaotian is seriously ill, I'm afraid time is running out." ”
Chu Jinmo's body was shocked, and he quickly stepped into the Empress Dowager's bedroom. I looked up and saw that there was not even a palace maid waiting for her, she was half leaning on the edge of the bed, hanging her head, and she couldn't see her face. It was a world away from the first time I saw her shrewd and powerful image.
"Mother!" Chu Jinmo knelt in front of the bed of the Empress Dowager Yaotian.
Empress Dowager Yaotian raised her head, her eyes flashing with a strange brilliance, "Jinmo, you're back!" ”
Chu Jinmo said in a low voice, "Mother, I..."
Empress Dowager Yaotian shook her head, "I have long known that you are definitely not a thing in the pool, but that child in Anguo has been favored by me since he was a child, and this is a big mistake!" Speaking of this, she saw me standing behind Chu Jinmo, and she sneered: "Mu Lan, this matter was really planned by you!" ”
I stepped forward and said respectfully, "I've seen the Empress Dowager Yaotian!" ”
The Empress Dowager Yaotian struggled to stand up, pointed her hand straight at me, and said fiercely: "You have turned his two brothers against each other, and now you have instigated Jinmo to lead troops to attack, kill my Yuexi people, occupy my country's land, and cause immeasurable losses to my Yuexi country, you are such a great sin!" ”
Chu Jinmo hurriedly went up to support the Empress Dowager Yaotian, "Mother, this is none of Mulan's business!" ”
Empress Dowager Yaotian stared at Chu Jinmo incredulously, "Are you crazy kid?" Such a vicious woman, if you don't kill her, you still have to stay by your side? ”
Chu Jinmo said: "It's all my fault, Mulan is definitely not what you think." ”
Empress Dowager Yaotian suddenly laughed, shook off Chu Jinmo's hand holding her, pointed at me and said word by word: "Don't think that you will be able to get everything after I die. ”
She looked at Chu Jinmo, "Jinmo, I want you to promise me that you will not be allowed to marry her for the rest of your life!" ”
I looked at her calmly, and didn't say a word to defend myself. Who is right and who is wrong, and how to tell clearly? From the ancient capital of becoming a king and defeating a king, Chu Jinmo was born to be a king, even if I don't help him, he will definitely become the lord of Yuexi in the future.
Chu Jinmo's body shook violently, "Mother, I can't promise you!" ”
Empress Dowager Yaotian grabbed Chu Jinmo's arm, "You have to promise me that you can't let Yue Xi be destroyed in her hands!" ”
Chu Jinmo shook his head with difficulty, "I can't do it!" ”
Empress Dowager Yaotian spit out a mouthful of blood, her body was shaky, Chu Jinmo hurriedly supported her, and Empress Dowager Yaotian fell into Chu Jinmo's arms as soon as her body became weak.
"Mother!"
After the death of the Empress Dowager Yaotian, Chu Jinmo was grief-stricken. His mother died, his younger brother fled, and now although Whitewater City is his, he always regrets it.
On this day, the Grand Captain Hu Yanlie came to Chu Jinmo and said that he was going to prepare for the return of the class, and I was taking Doris to tidy up in the palace.
Hu Yanlie asked me, "Where is General Chu?" ”
I sighed and said, "He is handling the funeral of the Empress Dowager Yaotian." ”
Hu Yanlie said: "King Zuo Xian has ordered the army to return to the court, why hasn't he gone back to restore his life?" ”
I said, "Can you wait until the Empress Dowager Yaotian is buried?" ”
Hu Yanlie was silent, and at this time, one of his soldiers came to him: "General! There is military affairs in the army, please go back to the barracks! ”
Hu Yanlie snorted coldly, turned around and left.
When Doris saw the soldier, her body shook, "Brother! ”
I followed her line of sight, and I only felt that the person was very familiar, as if I had seen it somewhere.
When the soldier heard Doris calling him, he was also shocked, "Doris, why are you here!" ”
It turned out that this person was Doris's brother, and he made an appointment to meet her at Manchester City, but he missed the appointment and did not arrive.
Doris threw herself into her brother's arms and cried, "Brother, where have you been, I almost won't see you!" ”
When brother and sister meet, naturally there are a thousand words to say, and I just want to avoid it and leave space for this brother and sister. When Doris's brother saw me, he said, "Ah! It turned out to be you! ”
I looked at him hesitantly, unable to remember where I had seen him.
He was so excited that he walked up to me, "You don't remember me?" I'm Helian Rui. That day in the oasis, you kept shaking your head, and I laughed at you! ”
It dawned on me that it was him, but I didn't expect him to be Doris's brother.
Doris and Helian Rui told each other about what happened after they separated, and it turned out that the two of them went to Manchester City together to join relatives, but they didn't want to get lost halfway. Helian Rui couldn't find Doris, so he joined the army and became a soldier under Hu Yanlie, and followed him to fight in Yuexi, but he didn't expect to meet here.
Helian Rui knew that Chu Jinmo and I had saved Doris, walked up to me and knelt down: "Thank you for saving my sister's life, you will be my master in the future, I, Helian Rui, will definitely go to the soup and die forever!" ”
I lifted him up, rolled my eyes, "You're welcome, it's just a gesture." But I want you to stay with Hu Yanlie and wait for my orders. ”