Chapter 39 (Catching Bugs)
The border has been relatively peaceful recently. After Yun Mian finishes her civil and military homework every day, she will ride her pony and take Wei Wu and Chu Tian to familiarize themselves with the environment and terrain near the military camp and Qiliang City behind.
Wei Wu, Chu Tian: "..."
The two looked at each other tacitly, and saw a hint of smile in each other's eyes.
Even if the little princess made up an excuse that she was familiar with the terrain, who wouldn't know that she just couldn't sit still and was running around playing?
Even finding a strange-looking insect in the ground would surprise her for days. She was completely a carefree and playful child.
They did not feel that they would feel suffocated or unable to display their talents following such a young master. After all, Yun Mian was able to come to the border on his own initiative, with the emperor's approval and the eldest princess' personal guidance, so his future achievements would definitely not be low.
So usually they would do whatever Yun Mian said, and unless it was something expressly prohibited by military regulations, they would rarely speak up to correct or restrain the little princess's behavior.
The border between Daqing and Tuguo is the most common border among several countries. It is just like the border in many people's impressions, with desert and yellow sand, desolate and dilapidated. But Tuguo on the other side of this border, although deeply affected by climate and terrain, has become powerful and difficult to deal with because they have the richest mineral resources.
Each of the four countries wants to annex the other, but none of them is an easy target.
In comparison, perhaps Nanke Kingdom is the weakest, but Nanke Kingdom has rugged terrain and natural advantages, which perfectly interprets the adjective often used by military strategists: easy to defend but difficult to attack.
The Snowland Kingdom is the most powerful and has ambitions towards the other three countries, but it is difficult to break the balance between the countries.
As for Tuguo, Yunmian took out the wrinkled map he had traced from his arms and smoothed it out bit by bit on a stone that was scorched by the sun.
She waved to her two guards, and after they came over, she tapped the piece of Tu country's territory on the paper with her slender white fingers.
"Uncle Military Advisor told my mother yesterday that scouts had spotted Tu Kingdom troops here, but there have been no more major movements since then. He suspected that Tu Kingdom had discovered another mine."
After hearing her words, Wei Wu and Chu Tian looked at each other, and then said in unison: "Little Princess, please don't mess around."
Yun Mian's eyebrows curved, and she smiled brightly in the sunlight: "How can you say I'm messing around? I haven't done anything yet."
They both: “…”
We are afraid that it will be too late to stop you when you really do it.
Yunmian did nothing. She just leaned against the backlit side of the hill, looking at the densely packed mineral symbols on the map of the country in her hand, and muttered with envy: "Why do all the minerals go to them? It's not scientific at all."
System: "...It's quite unscientific, but there's nothing we can do. The derivatives of the small world are based on different rules than the world you live in, so it can't be explained by science."
"Uncle System." Yunmiantu called it as if he had thought of something.
The system responded blankly: "What's wrong?"
Yunmian asked it quietly, "In that plot, how was Tuguo defeated?"
The intention to cheat by copying homework is obvious.
System: "...Don't even think about it. That's ten years away. You can't do it now even if you use the same method. Also, the system does not provide any cheat codes to the host. Mianmian, don't try to exploit system loopholes~"
Yunmian held her face in her hands and said nothing.
That's right. No matter what, we have to wait until Yun Yi grows up before we can go to conquer other countries. Now Yun Yi is only ten years old, and his uncle the emperor has already noticed something wrong and imprisoned him. He will never have the chance to come back and retrace the plot in the future.
Thinking of this, the eight-year-old girl couldn't help but sigh softly: But my mother, my second brother, and my uncles who are emperors always said in their letters that they wanted to take the initiative to break this balance.
Mother never found the opportunity.
Yun Mian didn’t think that she, at the age of eight, could find any special opportunities to surpass her mother, but she had been taught by General Bai An since she was five years old. She had read military books for three years and had played hundreds or thousands of simulated sand table battles with Bai Lie as the attacking and defending sides. Her master had brought out all the famous battles in history and explained them to them in detail, and then they had simulated battles with different identities…
Yun Mian looked up at the dazzling sun with circles of light in the sky and slowly exhaled.
For her now, growing up has suddenly become an extremely tempting thing.
Under the vigilant gaze of Wei Wu and Chu Tian, Yun Mian slowly folded the crumpled map and put it in her arms. When she stood up and prepared to return to the camp, Chu Tian quickly pulled her back to squat.
"Be careful, there are people!" He stuffed Yunmian behind a rock and quickly communicated with Wei Wu, who also quickly crouched and hid: "There are not many people, about a dozen, riding horses, it's a bit difficult to deal with."
Fortunately, they had hidden the horses in another direction early on to avoid being accidentally exposed. I just don’t know if these people would conduct a large-scale search when they found those horses.
“Princess, if the enemy makes any unusual movements later, I will call the horses over immediately. You and Wei Wu will mount your horses and rush back to the camp for help. I will hold on here…” Chu Tian quickly analyzed the best situation.
Yun Mian clenched the dagger tied to her waist. She knew this was not the time to joke around. She tried to steady her breathing and said softly, "Don't worry. I have flares with me. This place is not far from the camp. This group of cavalry may be scouts or they were sent to provoke the border troops. If they catch up, don't worry about me. Kill as many people as possible. The more people die, the safer we will be."
If Yunmian felt that growing up was an extremely tempting thing just now, then now Yunmian wished she could grow up in an instant.
She was still too young. Even though she had already learned superb martial arts, the huge difference in size and strength still made her feel powerless in this crisis.
Yun Mian couldn't let Wei Wu and Chu Tian sacrifice themselves for her. Besides, the two of them were also dragged down by her. Even though a team of cavalry shouldn't appear here, since they appeared, Yun Mian would not let them die for her.
The border troops would carry bows and arrows on their horses. Yun Mian, Wei Wu and Chu Tian were not sure they could deal with the arrows flying from behind while escaping.
They also didn't think of hiding here and waiting for the group of light cavalry to leave.
Animals always have a keener sense of smell than humans, and the same is true for these horses that survived the baptism of war.
They were already getting restless, the shouts of the cavalrymen continued to ring out, and Yun Mian slowly tensed his mind.
She couldn't shoot with both hands while holding the horse's belly like an adult, and the bow she could pull was not very powerful. Moreover, the opponent shot more than a dozen arrows at her at the same time, making it difficult for her and Chu Tianweiwu to dodge.
so……
"We can't fight at a distance." She whispered, "We have to find a way to fight in close combat.
"If we lead them closer, they will definitely surround me. I will run up the rocks to show weakness and surrender. They will definitely ignore some of the dangers because of my age and gender. Even if they shoot arrows at me, they will definitely leave me half dead because they will find out why I am here if I am not a soldier. They will guess whether I have another identity or purpose."
Yun Mian turned his head as quickly as possible to think about what the master had said when he and Bai Lie were listening to the lecture, and then threw his long sword to Chu Tian, who was the most skilled in martial arts, and reminded him: "They are light cavalry. Their speed is fast and their defense is weakened. Use the sword to stab the horses under them. This sword can easily cut through the leather, and it won't be too difficult to pierce the horse's belly."
"Wei Wu, you know the Tuguo language, and today you are wearing the clothes of border people. When the fight starts, you should use language to confuse them first. Try to make yourself look like a Tuguo national and ask them for help. You can even say that you stole the border defense map of the Daqing military camp."
After saying that, she took out two crumpled maps from her bosom and stuffed them into Wei Wu's hands, pretending to do something else, while trying hard to think about what else she could do.
She was too young. Compared with those adults, she was a burden to Wei Wu and Chu Tian. They would definitely be distracted if they had to take care of her. They were already outnumbered, and if they were still distracted, then none of them would be able to escape today.
Yun Mian gritted her teeth and steadied her breathing, saying as calmly as possible: "When I count to three, Chu Tian, you fire a flare. Shoot one into the sky, and the other... wait until they get closer, and find the right time to aim at the eyes of the horse in front."
Her hands were shaking. It was the first time that she faced a life-and-death crisis at such a close distance. Yun Mian forced herself to remain calm and composed. She forced herself to quickly construct a picture of the entire battle in her mind, just like she had done when she was studying, the enemy's actions, her own response... The scenes changed rapidly, and finally she let out a long breath.
She clutched her sleeves tightly and listened to Chu Tian beside her reporting the approximate distance between those people and the three of them.
When it was almost time, Yun Mian gritted his teeth and said in a deep voice: "Action!"
With a loud sound of breaking through the air, a flare meandered into the air and then exploded brilliantly in the blue sky.
Yun Mian cut off the hem of his riding clothes with a dagger, and slowly lifted it up with the scabbard of his long sword.
The sound of horse hooves was getting closer and closer, as chaotic as drums. Under the two men's bloodshot gazes, Yun Mian took a deep breath and slowly stood up from behind the low hill.
"child?!"
“Is this a child??!”
Her appearance obviously aroused the other party's suspicion. They slowly stopped their horses, raised their bows and arrows and aimed at Yun Mian who was standing alone, ready to shoot her if she moved even a little.
Another piece of clothing slowly rose up. The cavalrymen became tense and looked behind Yun Mian vigilantly.
Wei Wu gritted his teeth and stood up. He said to those people, "Wait! I am a spy sent by the general. This girl is not a simple person. She has the defense map of the Daqing military camp!"
His fluent Tu Mandarin made the scouts even more suspicious. After looking at each other, the leader shouted at him: "Who is the girl next to you? Where is the defense map?"
Wei Wu shouted honestly in surprise: "She is Yun Peishu's daughter! Her name is Yun Mian, and she is the only daughter of Princess Yun Peishu of Daqing!!!"
“……” Their gazes fell on Yun Mian.
As if afraid that they would not believe him, Wei Wu hurriedly took out two crumpled maps from his arms, waved them away, and showed them to them against the light. He explained in a panic as he tore them apart: "I am a spy sent to Daqing by General Qi three months ago. My purpose is these two maps. If you don't believe me, you can take me back to the general for interrogation."
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