Chapter Seventy-One: The Human Heart
"With 40,000 troops, our chances of victory are great!" Zhou Yi said, nodding with satisfaction, he didn't expect them to borrow soldiers and horses so smoothly this time.
"Yes, I thought I could only borrow 30,000, but who knew that there were 10,000 more, the Southern Turks could come up with a maximum of 80,000 troops, and we had more than 90,000 troops." Shen Qi also agreed.
"Tonight, we have to discuss the countermeasures, and tomorrow night we will send troops to the Southern Turks." Fu Qinglian's expression was resolute, he couldn't delay it any longer, Hua Shenyue was still waiting for him.
"Tomorrow night? Lord, will this be too rushed? Li Yue asked, a little worried in his heart, not knowing if he would be too anxious to do these things now.
"It's okay, it's just to catch them off guard." After Fu Qinglian said this, he left a few people and returned to his camp. Chen Shi looked at Fu Qinglian's back and shook his head helplessly.
Others may not know, but he knows it very well. The reason why Fu Qinglian was so anxious was not to rescue Hua Shenyue. Although Fu Qinglian didn't say it, Chen Shi knew very well that he was very worried about Hua Shenyue.
"Lord Chen, this ......" Zhou Yi looked at Chen Shi, as if hoping that Chen Shi could explain why Fu Qinglian was so eager.
"Generals, since the prince said that he will leave tomorrow night, then please get ready, the prince has his own plans, and I don't know very well, in short, just listen to the prince's orders." Chen Shi sighed in his heart and explained to the four of them.
With that, he turned around and went back to his tent, leaving the four of them in disarray.
Night.
Fu Qinglian took Chen Shi and discussed countermeasures with Li Yue, Liu Bo, Zhou Yi, and Shen Qi in the main account.
"General Li, you and General Liu will attack from the front with 50,000 troops, General Zhou and General Shen will take 40,000 troops from the enemy's back, and the rest of the troops will meet me and Chen Shi outside the royal court." Fu Qinglian said
"Lord Wang, then you ...... with Lord Chen," Li Yue asked.
"This king is taking Chen Shi to the Southern Turk dungeon to save people." Fu Qinglian said lightly.
"Saving people? Who was captured by the Southern Turks? Liu Bo asked in surprise.
Several people finally understood in their hearts, no wonder Fu Qinglian insisted that the Southern Turks launch an attack, and it turned out that the Southern Turks had captured Fu Qinglian's people.
"It's just a maid." Fu Qinglian's tone was still light.
As soon as these words came out, except for Chen Shi, several other people looked at each other. Fu Qinglian is going to attack the Southern Turks for the sake of a maid, who believes this? Several people thought in their hearts that this maid must not be simple, maybe it was Fu Qinglian's sweetheart.
A few people didn't dare to ask in detail, since Fu Qinglian had arranged it, then just do what he said, after all, he was the prince, and even the emperor unconditionally trusted him to listen to him.
"Do you have any other opinions, generals?" Fu Qinglian saw that a few people did not speak, and asked out loud.
"The subordinates have no opinions, everything is subject to the arrangement of the prince." Several people said in unison.
"In that case, then the generals should rest early and reorganize the army early tomorrow morning." After that, Fu Qinglian took the lead in getting up and leaving.
"Thank you generals, rest early. Chen stepped back first. Chen Shi also left after speaking.
Liu Bo, Zhou Yi, and Shen Qi all looked at Li Yue when they saw that Fu Qinglian and Chen Shi were gone. Li Yue saw that the eyes of the three of them were on him, and he didn't know what the three of them had in mind.
"Three generals, what's wrong?" Li Yue asked weakly.
"General Li, do you know what the maid who was captured by the Southern Turks has anything to do with King Jing?" Liu Bo asked, and the other two nodded in agreement.
"This, I don't know, when I arrived, the girl had already been arrested, and I hadn't even seen her appearance." Li Yue explained.
"In that case, let's go back and rest." After that, the three of them left the main tent, and Li Yue was stunned for a while, before getting up and going back to his tent.
Early in the morning of the second day, the four generals were reorganizing the army, and Fu Qinglian stood aside and watched. He was very relieved to leave the matter of rectifying the army to these four generals.
It's just that he was very worried about Hua Shenyue in his heart, and he didn't know what happened to her in the Southern Turks, and Fu Qinglian could only divert his attention to make himself less worried.
In the afternoon, the army promised by the Northern Turkic Khan arrived at the camp, and 40,000 troops, plus more than 50,000 troops he had, was completely sufficient. Fu Qinglian planned to return to the frontal battlefield as soon as he rescued Hua Shenyue, and killed the enemy with the two generals Li Yue and Liu Bo.
The next thing to do is to wait for dark.
In the Southern Turkic dungeon, Luo Chen waved a folding fan and slowly walked in front of Hua Shenyue. Hua Shenyue glanced up at him, then looked away, she didn't want to talk to Luo Chen, after all, she was caught here by Luo Chen.
Luo Chen could see Hua Shenyue's resistance to him, and he also saw that Hua Shenyue didn't want to talk to him. He didn't care, he stood aside waving a folding fan, staring at Hua Shenyue.
Hua Shenyue was uncomfortable stared at by Luo Chen's gaze, so she glanced back at him, hoping that he would realize her disgust and withdraw his gaze.
It's a pity that Luo Chen didn't do what she wanted, as if he didn't see Hua Shenyue's white eyes, he continued to look at her.
"What are you seeing, have you seen enough?" Hua Shenyue finally couldn't help it, she was a little angry, this person was really annoying.
Luo Chen chuckled, he wanted to see how long Hua Shenyue could endure it, but he didn't expect that after such a while, she couldn't hold her breath.
"Nope." Luo Chen deliberately angered her, which inevitably made Hua Shenyue a little uncomfortable.
"You ......" Hua Shenyue was angry, he obviously didn't do anything wrong, but in exchange for his performance, even if he was a prisoner now, he couldn't let them bully.
She glared at Luo Chen, then turned her head away and stopped looking at him, and simply stopped talking, anyway, Luo Chen wouldn't listen to anything, so it was better to keep silent.
Luo Chen saw that Hua Shenyue seemed to be really angry, so he stopped teasing him and put away the playful expression on his face.
"Disappointed?" Luo Chen stared at Hua Shenyue, and said, if you want to know what you just said, what kind of feelings does it feel to Hua Shenyue?
He wasn't the one who had nothing to do to find Hua Shenyue right now, he wanted more from her.
"Disappointed?" Luo Chen's nonsensical words suddenly made Hua Shenyue a little puzzled, Hua Shenyue turned her head and looked at Luo Chen suspiciously.
"You've been caught here by me for a day, and he hasn't come to save you." Luo Chen explained. This "he" naturally refers to Fu Qinglian, Hua Shenyue's mind is so delicate, and he is so sensitive to the state of things, it is impossible not to know what he means when he has something to say.
"Heh, what do I have to be disappointed in, I said a long time ago, you died that heart, he won't come, but you, because he didn't take the bait and was disappointed, right?" Hua Shenyue said with a sneer.
She raised her head proudly, as if what Luo Chen said now would not have any effect on her, but even if he wanted to cover her mood with apparent calmness now, he still couldn't help but have expectations in his heart.
Hua Shenyue was actually very conflicted in her heart, she hoped that Fu Qinglian could come to save her, and she hoped that Fu Qinglian would not come, and in the past few days, she has been entangled in this matter in her heart.
If Fu Qinglian came to save her, it also means that Fu Qinglian has her in his heart. But if Fu Qinglian came to save her, she was worried that Luo Chen would set a trap and wait for Fu Qinglian.
She was so conflicted in her heart, Hua Shenyue didn't know if she wanted Fu Qinglian to save her, but Luo Chen asked like this, of course she couldn't say that she wanted Fu Qinglian to save her.
Otherwise, he will be targeted at his weakness, and I am afraid that he will use himself to threaten Fu Qinglian even more at that time.
"We'll see if he'll come a little longer, and as for you, I should really hope he comes to save you, right?" Luo Chen stared at Hua Shenyue, observing every expression on her face, not wanting to let go of every move, wanting to see through her face what her true mood was.
"Don't be self-righteous, don't speculate on other people's minds, people's hearts are not so simple." After that, Hua Shenyue stopped looking at him.
Luo Chen's eyes flickered in the light of the candle flames, in this small world of only two people, he didn't have too much cold momentum on his body, but looked very gentle.
He suddenly hoped that Fu Qinglian would not come to save her, he hoped that Fu Qinglian would leave her, so that he could leave Hua Shenyue in the Southern Turks and stay by his side.
Although Hua Shenyue looked away and stopped looking at Luo Chen, her afterglow had been observing whether Luo Chen had left, Luo Chen seemed to be completely different from the last time she saw him, and today he looked a little lonely, as if he was carrying a lot of things.
Seeing that Luo Chen didn't seem to have the idea of leaving, Hua Shenyue sighed softly and withdrew all her gaze.
If you don't go, don't go, just ignore him, Hua Shenyue thought to herself. She took out the medicine that the witch doctor had left for her, and the witch doctor told her to use it three times a day, and tonight, she had not taken the medicine.
Hua Shenyue ignored Luo Chen and stood aside, she lifted her trouser legs and carefully observed the wound, which showed a hint of improvement, which was of course a good thing for her.
Although the wound is not very deep, after all, it was hit by an arrow, and in order not to leave sequelae, it must be medicated well.
Hua Shenyue teased her trouser leg with one hand and held the medicine bottle to her mouth with the other, wanting to bite the wooden cork on the medicine bottle.
Luo Chen had been observing Hua Shenyue's movements, and when he saw that she wanted to bite the cork with her mouth, he strode over and snatched the medicine bottle from her hand.
"What are you doing?" Hua Shenyue was a little angry, and her two big eyes stared at Luo Chen. Luo Chen came to provoke her, even if she came to provoke her, she had a lot of adults, so she didn't care so much about him.
However, now that she wanted to take medicine, he also took away the medicine bottle, and Hua Shenyue couldn't figure out for a while what Luo Chen was thinking.
Luo Chen didn't answer Hua Shenyue, nor did he pay attention to her eyes, he opened the cork of the medicine bottle and squatted down beside Hua Shenyue.