Chapter 20: Infighting
Gu Yunlie didn't have the slightest fear: "Your Highness can naturally dispose of me because I disobeyed your orders, but I am a deputy marshal, and all the generals need to be present to deal with me." Your Highness ordered the table full of wine to be removed, and let the generals gather in the tent. โ
Su Muyu was very annoyed: "Gu Yunlie, do you think that if I call the generals, I won't dare to deal with you?" I wanted to leave you some dignity, but since you are willing to be embarrassed in front of all the generals, then Ben Shuai will follow your wishes. โ
Su Muyu stood up and pushed away the maid who stepped forward to support him: "Get out of here!" โ
He shouted outside the tent: "Beat the drums, and call the generals from the fourth rank and above to come to the main tent to listen to the order." โ
The Burning Moon Army was well-trained, and when they heard the drums, it was only half a tea time. Su Muyu's main tent hadn't even been cleaned up yet, and the remnants of the table had just been removed, and he could still smell the strong smell of wine and the fragrance of the woman's fat powder.
Qi Yu and the others knew what Su Muyu had done as soon as they heard it, and the disdain in their eyes was even stronger, if it weren't for Gu Yunlie's repeated admonitions, they would all be able to point at Su Muyu's nose and scold.
And so it dragged on for a moment, and then the generals were able to enter the tent and be arranged on either side of the main seat.
Su Muyu saw that everyone was coming, and pointed at Gu Yunlie: "Gu Yunlie has committed a crime below and violated my military order, and the commander will punish him with a cane for thirty!" โ
After that, he looked at his guard: "Drag him down, execute!" โ
But no one dared to move.
The guards are not stupid, after Su Muyu's words were finished, the eyes of everyone in the Lieyue Army could breathe fire, they couldn't do anything to the three princes, it was easy to kill one or two little guards, at this time, who thought that they had a long life, so they dared to touch Gu Yunlie.
Su Muyu saw that no one was paying attention to his words, and he was very angry: "What's the matter, are you deaf?" Or do they have the intention of rebellion and don't take Ben Shuai in their eyes? โ
Gu Yunlie was not surprised by this scene, but when he was about to speak, Qingyi rushed out of the queue and shouted in his loud voice: "Your Royal Highness also has to let us obey you, if our marshal violates the military order and needs to be punished with a cane for thirty, then His Highness not only drinks but also brings women in, do you have to cut ยทยทยทยทยทยท according to the military order?"
Gu Yunlie knew that Qingyi didn't have a door on his lips, so he dared to talk nonsense, so he clicked his dumb hole before he finished speaking, and then pushed him back into the queue. He also glared at Qi Yu fiercely, blaming him for not being optimistic about Qingyi.
Qi Yu ignored him, and after helping Qingyi, he also came out of the ranks. He hugged his fist at Su Muyu on the main seat: "Your Royal Highness, forgive me, but if Your Highness wants to punish Gu Shuai for no reason, it is difficult to ensure that the army is not satisfied, it is better for Your Highness to tell me which military order our Gu Shuai has committed." โ
Su Muyu was almost angry, but after he was known by the generals for drinking and playing with women, he wanted to punish Gu Yunlie with thirty military sticks for trespassing on the big tent and disrespecting the boss.
But if you let Gu Yunlie go like this, it will seem as if you are afraid of the Lieyue Army. Su Muyu pointed at Gu Yunlie with his hand: "You tell them yourself." โ
Although Gu Yunlie was dissatisfied with Qi Yu Qingyi and directly confronted Su Muyu, since they had already done so, he had to stand with his brother. "The last general's mistake is to force himself into the big tent and see His Highness setting up a banquet and drinking wine and other indecent things. The last general should not give advice to His Highness because the march is too slow, so that His Highness thinks that the last general is deliberately provoking you. โ
As soon as these words came out, they roasted Su Muyu on the fire, but Gu Yunlie's attitude was respectful and humble, so that Su Muyu couldn't make a mistake.
Su Muyu was so angry that he almost crushed his back molars, but as soon as Gu Yunlie said this, when he saw the faces of everyone in the seat, he knew that he would definitely not be able to punish Gu Yunlie again. In order to save the morale of the army, he had to force himself to make a laugh: "It turned out that Gu Shuai wanted to tell me about the march, but I saw that you broke into my account with great momentum, so you were so angry." Since you are here to discuss the military situation with me, it is naturally not a big tent. It's Ben Shuai who blames you, Gu Shuai doesn't blame me. โ
Gu Yunlie was not aggressive, and followed Su Muyu's words: "It's the fault of the last general, and it has nothing to do with His Highness." Now that this misunderstanding has been resolved, and all the generals are here, it is better to discuss the march properly. โ
All the generals also clasped their fists in unison: "Please make it clear to Your Highness." โ
Su Muyu, a royal descendant who grew up in Lidu, where did he know about the march, he could only let Gu Yunlie say.
Gu Yunlie had already made preparations, and set a day to march at least thirty miles, and clearly stipulated the daily marching time and rest time.
Gu Yunlie also considered that the officials along the way would inevitably have a large banquet to entertain Su Muyu, in order to prevent Su Muyu from deliberately detouring in order to collect more bribes, Gu Yunlie marked the marching route on the Kanyu map, let everyone confirm it, and ensure that Su Muyu could not do anything on the route in the future.
After that, the march was smooth, and Gu Yunlie also saw that the Lieyue Army would not clash with Su Muyu. After more than 20 days, they arrived at Taiding Pass.
In the past twenty days, Su Muyu did not provoke Gu Yunlie, he realized that he had to let the generals of the Protector Army work for him, so that he could have the ability to confront Gu Yunlie. The Shen family obviously realized this and sent him a lot of silver.
No one will go against the silver of Bai Huahua, and by the time they arrived at Taiding Pass, the generals of the Protector Army had already obeyed Su Muyu's words.
After resting for two days, the 50,000-strong army marched towards Xiling. The Lieyue Army fought against Xiling many times, and Gu Yunlie was very familiar with the combat methods of the Xiling Army, and won three levels in a row within ten days.
But on the good news sent back to Lidu, Su Muyu didn't mention Gu Yunlie a word, and took all the credit on himself.
Gu Yunlie knew, but he didn't care. But he didn't care, but everyone in the Lieyue Army was not convinced, but under Gu Yunlie's ear, he didn't go to trouble Su Muyu.
Xiling lost three passes in a row, so he naturally sent an urgent report of 800 miles to Shengjing, asking the imperial court to send troops to help.
And the person with the gold plate of vermilion lacquer on his waist that Konoha saw in Tianxiang Pavilion was the postman who delivered the message.
Mu Beimo and Mu Ye knew that something big must have happened at the border pass, and they had no intention of eating again. Waiting for Yao Lin to eat to their heart's content, the two sent her back to Yao's mansion.
Mu Ye was still waiting outside Yao's Mansion, and after Mu Beimo sent Yao Lin in, he exchanged a few words with Yao Hongzhi and left Yao's Mansion.
"It's getting late, I won't send you, Ah Ye go back to the barracks quickly."
Konoha was puzzled: "Shouldn't Brother Wang go with me to where my father is?" โ
"Why do you want to go to Father's place?" Mu Beimo knew what Konoha meant, but he deliberately asked.
"Only 100,000 urgent military intelligence can stick feathers on the envelope, shouldn't we go and ask our father what happened at the border pass?"
"Ah Ye, you're too anxious." Mu Beimo smiled lightly, "Of course we have to go, but we can't go by ourselves, we can't go until my father calls us." โ
Konoha was stunned for a moment, and after thinking about it, he immediately understood. When she saw the urgent military situation, she subconsciously felt that she needed to go to listen to the order immediately.
But now she is the county lord, and Mu Yicheng is not the commander of the army, but her father. She couldn't have known about such an important thing before her father, even if she had seen it inadvertently on the street.
She could only know after her father had allowed her to know.
"Thank you Brother Wang for mentioning it, I originally planned to go to the East Palace tonight to disturb Brother Wang, but now it seems that it is better to return to the army as soon as possible." Konoha bowed his head at Mu Beimo and urged the horse back to the barracks.
Mu Beimo watched her walk away, and then got up and went back to the East Palace.
As he expected, half an hour later, someone from the palace came and asked him to leave immediately to meet the driver in the imperial study.
At the gate of the palace, he saw Konoha change out of his regular clothes and wear light armor, and just get off the horse.
After seeing him, Konoha pretended to be surprised: "It's so late, Brother Wang is also here." โ
Mu Beimo nodded in agreement, and then the two walked into the imperial study together.
After the two saluted Mu Yicheng in turn, Mu Yicheng motioned for them to look at the letter on the table.
Mu Beimo's face changed slightly after reading it, and he handed the letter to Konoha.
"Nan Wan took the initiative to attack, and took down three of my Xiling Guancheng within three days, and his arrogance was very arrogant." Mu Yicheng's tone couldn't tell the joy and anger.
Mu Beimo saw that Mu Ye was silent, and then answered: "Nan Wan is too much, and he violated my Xiling for no reason. We're going to have to fight back. โ
Mu Yicheng ignored him, and only looked at Konoha fixedly: "How many people does Ye'er think he should send?" โ
Konoha folded the letter as it was and put it back on the bookcase: "Back to my father, according to my son's humble opinion, the Burning Moon Army and the Protector Army sent by Nanwan are all elite, and we should also send a considerable army to break the winning streak of the Nanwan army." And considering the 30,000 heavy cavalry of the Burning Moon Army, we should also send cavalry. โ
Mu Yicheng's eyes were uncertain, and he asked again: "Then who does Ye'er think should be sent as the main general?" โ
Konoha did not hesitate: "The time that the sons have been in the court for a short time, and they don't know the skills and abilities of the generals in the court. Naturally, the choice was made by the father. โ
Mu Yicheng was silent for a long time, and nodded: "Ye'er is right, the Lord will decide the matter tomorrow morning, and the two of you will go back to rest first." โ
Konoha was very puzzled, Mu Yicheng called the two of them, but only asked a few words. But since the order had been given to let them go back, Konoha didn't say anything more and exited the imperial study.
After leaving the palace, Konoha got on the horse and was about to return to the camp, but Mu Beimo suddenly said in a very soft voice in her ear: "Come to the East Palace." โ
Konoha was silent on his face, and after saying goodbye, he urged the horse back to the camp.
Although it was late at night, Mu Beimo was not in a hurry to go to bed after returning to the East Palace. He ordered a few delicate snacks to be prepared, and as soon as they were placed on the table, Konoha arrived.
The military camp was outside the city, and he was running in a hurry on the Konoha Road, his face was slightly red at this time, and his chest was rising and falling faster.
Mu Beimo pushed the tea in front of her, Mu Ye avoided the green glaze cup, and directly brought the purple sand lotus pattern pot over, and drank a few sips on the spout, and his breath gradually stabilized.
"Why did Brother Wang call me here, did I say something wrong tonight?"
"You're right, but it's not good enough." Mu Beimo frowned: "Ah Ye, tomorrow morning, you need to invite yourself to go on the expedition." โ
"Why?" Konoha sat down and looked at Mu Beimo suspiciously, "How long have I been practicing for 10,000 people." What's more, I have to find 40,000 soldiers I haven't dealt with. โ
Mu Beimo shook his head: "There are no fifty thousand." You only have 10,000 people, and you must be the one who goes on the expedition, and you have to take the initiative to go on the expedition. โ