Chapter 22: The Expedition

The junction of Min and Di is the Liupan Mountain, which is not far from Taoyuan Village, with high terrain, surrounded by water and lonely peaks. The mountains are luxuriantly wooded, green bamboos are shady, the mountain walls are steep, and the river is surging.

Half a month ago, I accompanied Zhuangzi's 300,000 troops to the south mountain of Liupan Mountain, and the north mountain opposite was where the Liuyun army was stationed. The two mountains are separated by the turbulent Liupan River, and the place of battle is the plain at the foot of Liupan Mountain.

From the day they arrived at Liupan Mountain, the two armies had been in a state of confrontation, and neither side had taken it lightly.

I was stupid in the military tent for half a month, and I realized how difficult it was to see the flowing clouds, I could neither go to the battlefield nor leave the barracks without permission, and my heart gradually turned calm from the initial dark tide.

Ten days later, when the horn sounded and the horses neighed, I realized that this war had finally begun.

The smell of blood was everywhere, as if I could see the scene of the battle in Mobei with the flowing clouds.

I'm worried about Liuyun, and I'm just as worried about Zhuangzi, whether that side wins or loses, it's hard for me to accept. But I had to convince myself that it was all going to happen sooner or later. I was destined to be disappointed, destined to be in pain again.

After a whole month of continuous fighting, the two armies were equal in strength and the number of casualties was comparable, and there was no trace of victory or defeat, which was unacceptable to Zhuangzi. Because he had already roped in a number of small countries around him to attack Min together, but the military strength and strength of Min surprised him.

It seems that although Liuyun does not have the help of its neighbors, it still has the strength to deal with the country, which reassures me a lot.

At night, with a cool breeze, Zhuangzi walked into the military tent, followed by several soldiers in armor, looking at their tired faces, I knew that everyone was very tired, after all, since the day of the expedition, everyone has not had a good rest.

"I was really negligent, I didn't expect Rong Chenxuan's strength to be much more than that, and I didn't expect that when he recovered Mobei, it would bring him such a big benefit, I originally thought that that battle would affect his military and financial strength." Zhuangzi sat heavily on the throne with an angry face.

General Zhong Yuliang sighed deeply, looked at Zhuangzi very heavily, and expressed his thoughts, "Your Majesty, according to the ministers, Emperor Min's army in Mobei was not a very simple thing in the eyes of others, and he made other countries look at it on the surface, but he lost a lot of military and financial resources, and his purpose was to let other countries let down their guard. In fact, the big city of Mobei was already calculated by him on the day he conquered it. In the past few years, Mobei has been slowly unified by him, which is completely in preparation for the unification of the world. The collusion between the King of Ding'an and the King of Mobei, in Yichen's current opinion, is completely a conspiracy that has been designed a long time ago. ”

"Bang!" Zhuangzi slammed the case up, his eyes were hot and bloodshot, "What a Rong Chenxuan, I don't believe it, how long can you support it." ”

There was a sudden silence in the military tent, and everyone wanted to speak and stopped, but they didn't speak. In the end, Zhuangzi glanced at me standing aside and gave me a look, and I realized that everyone didn't speak, it turned out that it was because of my existence, after all, I am a native of Minguo, although now I am Zhuangzi's concubine, on this battlefield, I have to be guarded by them.

I was very amused to quit the military tent, and as long as I heard what they had just said, I was content. As long as I'm sure that the streaming cloud is safe, I'm relieved.

Walking to the edge of the cliff and looking at the North Mountain opposite, I showed a smile from the bottom of my heart, Liuyun, I haven't seen each other for four years, you are doing well. Now I realize that the reason why I used to hate him so much was actually because I loved him too much.

Because he loves him too much, he can't accept his use and harm.

Suddenly, I really wanted Haoxuan, Xiyun and Yulan. Stop-and-go, back and forth, I no longer have anyone around me to trust.

I am very unfilial, as the only surviving daughter of the Chu family, I can't go to worship my relatives every year.

I am very unjust, as Haoxuan's former princess, even though all this is a tragedy caused by Liuyun, but it is all because of me, Haoxuan died because of me, but I have not gone to worship him once.

I'm ruthless, and as a good sister and friend to Xiyun, I can't repay her after she died trying to save me. And Yulan, who I regard as my own sister, is an abyss like I pushed her into the harem single-handedly.

Is it because of me that these tragedies appeared!

I am not an ominous person, I will always bring disaster to those around me.

On the side of Beishan, there are too many things I can't let go, but in fact, I have never let go.

"Is he over there?" Zhuangzi's low voice came to my ears, and I didn't know when he was standing beside me.

Turning his head to look at his bare silver and silver armor, his eyes never looked at me, but kept staring in the direction of Beishan, "I know that there are people you care about over there." ”

My eyes were also aimed at the North Mountain, and in the cold wind, I smiled very sadly, "Even though there are people I care about over there, those are already in the past. I'm afraid that there are already other people around him. ”

"Who is he?" Zhuangzi retracted his gaze and turned to me, and asked me again this question, a question I had always wanted to avoid.

I didn't look at him, still facing Beishan, "Zhuangzi, why do you always ask me this question, you know, I won't say it, and I can't say it." Why do you always want to arouse my unwarranted sorrows? ”

But he fell silent, and recently, Zhuangzi has always been in front of me.

Of course, I know why he cares so much about this issue, just as I care about Liuyun once doting on Han Xiaoyang. Because love is selfish. I answered him this way just to avoid this topic that we are all sensitive.

"Since you miss him so much, in a few days I will take you to the battlefield and let you meet him. It's just that I think there are so many people in the Min army, and it's probably not easy for you to find the person you want to see in it. "I was shocked that he changed his usual attitude of being very nervous about my safety and actually said that he was willing to take me to the battlefield.

He smiled and continued: "Don't get me wrong, I regard your safety more than anything else, and since I dare to take you there, I will naturally not let you be hurt in the slightest." I just want you to relax your heart a little after seeing him. Song Liu, he is not the only one who can give you happiness, and I will too. ”

The happiness in his mouth made me laugh, "Happiness? Zhuangzi: Do you think I've ever been happy? If I had been happy, how could I have fled from him? If I had been happy, how could I be by your side? ”

His body was stunned, and he suddenly reached out and wrapped me tightly in his arms, "Since he can't give you happiness, why do you have to suffer yourself, do you know, even though you have been by my side for many years, but I see it in my heart, you are unhappy, never happy." ”

I struggled out of his arms, my eyes suddenly became uncomfortable, and my voice was a little choked, "Don't say it, don't say it, I brought it all on myself." After the words fell, I turned around and ran back to the military tent, for fear that I would not be able to hold back my crying, and when I would run away.

That night, when I was passing by a military tent, I overheard a message from a voice inside, saying that Zhuangzi had planned to attack the military camp where the Min army was stationed at night three days later, so as to cause chaos within the Min army and give the Min country a good opportunity to attack.

Of course, I couldn't believe what I heard, and after returning to the military tent, I couldn't sleep all night, tossing and turning, thinking that if Liuyun's army was in chaos, it would definitely have a lot of impact on Liuyun, and although I don't know how Zhuangzi planned in this matter, I couldn't let it live.

For the past two days, I have been thinking of ways to stop this.

Just as the evening dinner was about to attack the Min army, I prepared a pot of wine and carried it into Zhuangzi's military tent.

He was a little strange at first, then laughed, "You've never brought me wine." ”

After retiring everyone in the tent, I sat beside him, filled his golden cup, and smiled slightly, "These days, you are also tired, as your concubine Liu, I have never done anything for you, although you know what happened to me, but the soldiers do not know." A few days ago, I overheard some soldiers talking about it, saying that I, as your concubine, shared the account with you and slept with you on the day I was driving, which is really strange. ”

Zhuangzi disagreed, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a playful smile, "So, you want to stay here tonight?" ”

I bowed slightly, but asked him rhetorically, "You don't want to?" ”

He stood up from the table, walked to the center of the military tent and paused for a while, before looking back at me and saying solemnly: "I already have a battle plan tonight, and I will command the soldiers to attack the military camp of the Min army in the middle of the night, I'm afraid..."

I didn't expect him to confess this secret to me, and I couldn't answer a word when I looked at him.

"Song Liu...", he walked up to me again and helped me up, "If you don't want him to be hurt, you can tell me what his name is and what he looks like, and I won't hurt him." ”

I lowered my eyebrows and only replied in a low voice, "That's it, he was so ruthless, why should I be righteous." ”

Zhuangzi was puzzled by my words, "What's wrong with you today?" ”

I looked up at him, "Let's eat!" Don't talk about that. I don't want to think about those things anymore. ”

He nodded half-in surprise and sat back down with me at the table.

After just a few glasses of wine, he began to shake his head vigorously, a little unconscious, and looked up at me, "What did you put in the wine?" ”

Calming down the guilt I had been feeling about him, I kept my head down, "Zhuangzi, I'm sorry, tonight, I can't let you sneak attack the Min army." ”

He was still looking at me, his eyes were very disappointed, and his voice was desolate and a little helpless, "For him? I said you told me his name and appearance, and I wouldn't hurt him, so why do you do this to me? ”

"I'm sorry, I can't do that. In the future, I will not complain about how you will punish me. I replied firmly, and he closed his eyes slightly, but I still felt the anger coming from him. He wanted to get up, but he felt weak, and he reached out to support the table hard, but he still couldn't exert his strength, and in the end, he fell headlong.

I stole the gold medal from him, and ordered tonight's plan to stop because the emperor was unwell. Even though the soldiers didn't believe it and repeatedly forced each other to see the emperor, I still didn't dare to say a word in the face of holding the Zhuangzi gold medal.