In the last battle, Shao Jingyu was just a captain of cavalry with 700 cavalrymen, but this time he has been awarded the title of General of Cavalry and has become a leader with real say in the army.
Whether it was the emperor's preference or other reasons, Shao Jingyu became the supreme commander after the battle, surpassing the main commander Cao Meng. No matter how many people were dissatisfied, they could do nothing about it.
Was Shao Jingyu's last victory a coincidence or was he really born to be a talented general? Like the emperor, many people still hold a wait-and-see attitude towards this. So compared to the previous battle, this battle is an even greater test for Shao Jingyu than ever before.
Even though Shao Jingyu was such a confident and outspoken person, he still felt a little worried as the war approached. What made him extremely dissatisfied was that Cao Meng assigned a captain named Cao Hui under his command to Shao Jingyu.
The emperor's trust and preference for Shao Jingyu eventually caused dissatisfaction among the chief commander Cao Meng. Although the emperor still let him serve as the chief commander, he gave Shao Jingyu unprecedented initiative.
Cao Meng named this out of consideration for Shao Jingyu, saying that although he fought well in the last battle, he was young and inexperienced, so he specially ordered this captain who had already been trained on the battlefield to come.
The reasons were sufficient, and Shao Jingyu could not refuse. When he came back that day, Shao Jingyu looked very unhappy and said, "You have such dirty thoughts in the face of a powerful enemy. After the Duke of Ningguo, there will be no more capable people in the Cao family!"
Yun Xiao was also angry. Yan Yiming said nothing as usual. When he walked out of the tent, he happened to meet the new captain. He was about thirty years old, tall and strong, a head taller than Yan Yiming. He looked down at Yan Yiming, who had thin arms and legs, and walked towards Shao Jingyu's tent with a sneer.
Even if Yan Yiming had no ill will towards him before, this one look instantly filled her with rage. Her heart was narrower than a needle.
Because of his military achievements, Yan Yiming is no longer the small soldier he used to be. Shao Jingyu is now a third-rank general of cavalry, and he personally appointed her as the deputy lieutenant of the Yihui Army, a military officer of the seventh rank, with more than 500 soldiers under her command. The only difference between Yan Yiming and other lieutenants is that since the last battle, Shao Jingyu has listed Yan Yiming as a confidant. Shao Jingyu often discusses important matters with him, which makes him superior to other lieutenants.
Little Apple stared at Cao Hui's receding back and jumped in anger, "This is just a show of force!"
"Yeah," Yan Yiming thought back. It was indeed a show of power. He was promoted too quickly and gained Shao Jingyu's trust, so he was hated by others. However, as someone who was destined not to stay for too long, Yan Yiming didn't care at all. She didn't need to please others, she just needed to be liked by Shao Jingyu.
In two months, Shao Jingyu's favorability towards her has reached 70, but in Xiao Pingguo's words, Shao Jingyu now treats her as an older brother, so there is still a long journey ahead and she needs to keep working hard.
Shao Jingyu liked to make things clear, so the night watch was directly handed over to her and Yun Xiao, and he specially ordered someone to add a simple bed in his tent. When no one was around, Shao Jingyu said to her, "There are soldiers outside on night duty. You can rest if you are tired."
He was too lazy to break these rules, so he thought that changing one or two would not be a big deal. Later, he even felt that it would be great to have someone to talk to at night.
However, recently, Shao Jingyu was not as carefree as before. When Yan Yiming came in to add candlelight, Shao Jingyu was still studying the map. His handsome features were slightly frowned and he looked very serious. He was so focused that he didn't even hear Yan Yiming's footsteps.
The war is imminent and we cannot let our guard down.
It had been quite some time when he found Yan Yiming. Under the dim candlelight, Yan Yiming was sitting quietly in the distance. Shao Jingyu looked up and saw a dark shadow and was immediately startled. When he saw that it was Yan Yiming, he was immediately angry and said, "Why didn't you make any sound? I'm scared..."
Yan Yiming, who was playing chess with Little Apple in his mind, looked up and thought to himself that a dignified general was so frightened. Ever since he had close contact with Shao Jingyu, the ideal of a victorious general in Yan Yiming's mind had become more and more extraordinary.
"The general is busy and I can't disturb him."
"I told you don't have to call me General," Shao Jingyu said helplessly, and hooked his finger under the dim candlelight to signal her to come over.
Yan Yiming walked over, and Shao Jingyu pointed at his shoulder and said, "Rub my shoulder for me."
Sure enough, it's getting more and more out of line, Yan Yiming complained in his heart, and turned to Shao Jingyu's back and pressed it bit by bit. She had learned a lot of massage skills when she was trying to capture Jian Yuyan, and her skills were still very good. Shao Jingyu breathed a sigh of relief, "Yiming, is there anything you can't do?"
Yan Yiming was an expert in volley shooting and had excellent martial arts skills. After getting to know her, Shao Jingyu discovered that she had also read many books and was also an excellent painter. Last time, she could even draw a map casually and even sketched out the appearance of the Zuo Xian King of the Mongolian Army based on other people's descriptions.
A while ago, Yan Yiming's dress had a tear. After all, she had been a lady for so long, so she was a good hand at housework. She found a needle and thread and patched the dress. Yun Xiao happened to see it. Yun Xiao looked at the neat stitches and exclaimed loudly, "You can actually sew. What else can you do that we don't know?"
I can also sing, Yan Yiming said silently, ignoring Yun Xiao. He mended his clothes and put them away before going out to practice swordplay.
As a result, Shao Jingyu called her to the main account the next day. Yan Yiming thought it was something important, but he stretched out his torn sleeve and said with a smile, "Thank you Yiming for your help."
Yan Yiming: “…”
After that, the tasks of sewing clothes and making tea were all handed over to Yan Yiming. Now Shao Jingyu discovered the magic of it. Yiming actually knew how to massage, and his technique was much more comfortable than Yun Xiao's.
Shao Jingyu's body gradually relaxed after a busy day. She felt the warm fingers pressing on her acupuncture points, and her mind was no longer as muddled as before. She praised Yan Yiming without hiding anything and sighed, "Whoever can marry you, Yiming, will be blessed after several lifetimes."
Yan Yiming paused for a moment, and then said, as if it was extremely difficult, "I have never thought about getting married."
"Why is this?" Shao Jingyu was surprised and looked up at Yan Yiming's delicate facial features, which looked particularly handsome under the dim candlelight.
Yan Yiming lowered his eyes to meet Shao Jingyu's gaze, pursed his lips as if he wanted to say something, but in the end he said nothing, and finally avoided Shao Jingyu's sight, "No one is willing to marry... marry me."
"How could that be? I'll choose one for you after we return to Beijing..."
Before she finished speaking, Shao Jingyu saw the complex and sad look in her eyes. The red mole at the end of her eye made her look even more pitiful. Shao Jingyu was startled and suddenly lowered his head.
He thought with horror that he actually thought Yiming looked particularly handsome just now!
How could he think a man was good-looking!
It's really crazy, Shao Jingyu shook his head, but Yan Yiming's eyes just now came to his mind again.
Yan Yiming is only eighteen years old now, but he has made great military achievements and has a bright future. Although he is short in stature, he has a very good appearance, which is many times better than Yun Xiao. Even Yun Xiao is liked by girls, so how could there be no girls who like Yan Yiming?
He had asked Yan Yiming about his life experience before, but Yan Yiming avoided the question every time. His unwillingness to talk about his past, his cold personality, and his words just now made Shao Jingyu feel confused, but since Yan Yiming didn't want to say it, he never pressed him to ask. He would always ask until he got to the bottom of it.
After that, Shao Jingyu no longer mentioned this matter, but talked to Yan Yiming about his thoughts on this battle.
"In this battle, I will personally lead 10,000 elite soldiers from here and launch a lightning attack to capture all the little kings in this area..."
Shao Jingyu explained to Yan Yiming the tactics he had considered and decided over the past few days. Because for this battle, Shao Jingyu had not decided to bring Yan Yiming with him, but had other important tasks to entrust to Yan Yiming.
Yan Yiming was horrified when he heard this. Shao Jingyu's actions were really too dangerous. She put her life at risk and fought like that. She completely put life and death in her hands.
If he took a wrong step, Shao Jingyu would die on this grassland.
Yan Yiming thought in a daze, I just came here to play the game, when did it turn into a game of life and death...
Five days later, Shao Jingyu inspected his troops on the battlefield and completed the final meeting with the generals in the main account. Shao Jingyu's second expedition officially began.
Generals Shao Jingyu and his left and right led more than 10,000 cavalrymen out of Youbeiping to attack Zuo Xianwang's troops. Shao Jingyu and Cao Meng led tens of thousands of cavalrymen, both of whom set out from the north and marched westward in different directions. Yan Yiming led 10,000 elite soldiers to stay in the military camp.
Shao Jingyu's journey this time was dangerous. After leaving the north, he had gone deep into Mongolia. This place was already a place where the Mongolian kinglets were circling around. However, things did not go as planned. Cao Meng actually got lost in the grassland and took the wrong road, and failed to meet up with Shao Jingyu as planned.
Shao Jingyu failed to wait for Cao Meng, and did not dare to delay, so he led his cavalry alone and continued to advance rapidly according to the original battle plan.
After he led his army from the originally planned location, he crossed the Helan Mountains and the Yellow River, quickly killed the Mongolian King Yin Jie, and fought over a thousand miles in a few days, crushing the unprepared Mongolian border defenses and defeating the small kings one after another like a landslide.
In order to reduce the burden, Shao Jingyu ordered his soldiers to march lightly and at high speed, so that the Mongolian army was unable to target him. The ten days were a time of exhaustion for the Mongolian army, but just when everyone thought that everything would go smoothly, the Xia army unexpectedly encountered the main force of the Mongolian army after a long raid across the Yinshan Mountains. The Xia army, which was deep in the enemy's territory and isolated and without help, engaged in close combat with the Mongolian army, which finally started an extremely brutal battle.
And this was the last day that Shao Jingyu and Yan Yiming had mentioned.
As dusk approached that day, Yan Yiming walked out of the tent, wearing military uniform and holding a long sword. Cao Hui stood in front of Yan Yiming and asked angrily, "Yan Yiming, what are you going to do?"
Yan Yiming said solemnly, "The Mongolian army has surrounded the general in Yinshan. We need to quickly lead our troops to attack the general from both inside and outside to defeat the enemy."
"The general ordered us to guard the main camp and never mentioned any rescue. Yan Yiming, you are just a small seventh-rank lieutenant. Who gave you the right to mobilize troops privately?"
As a fifth-rank captain, Cao Meng had more say in the army than Yan Yiming. When he opened his mouth at this moment, the soldiers who were already prepared suddenly hesitated. Cao Hui was unwilling to send out his troops, but time did not allow such a waste. Every second of delay would make it increasingly difficult for Shao Jingyu to hold on.
As it was getting dark, Cao Hui was sleeping soundly in the camp, but he was suddenly held down by several people and could not move. Yan Yiming stood coldly in the distance and ordered people to tie him tightly to the bed and gag him. He ignored Cao Hui's wide-open eyes and walked out of the tent calmly.
All’s fair in war, just have a good sleep in the camp.
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