Chapter 174 Rushing to Qianxi
This is a good thing, a very good thing, why would you hide it?
On the way back, when Ji Huanan told his brothers about this, everyone became excited and wanted to fight the Laotian army right away, just like Marshal Bai, and beat them into a pulp!
The battle of Yuanzhou was so satisfying!
Bai Li beat back all the grievances that Da Zhou had suffered for many years, and Simon was scared to death!
Nangong Min raised his eyes and looked towards the soldiers. Sure enough, there was a lot of noise over there, mixed with the sounds of excitement and boiling blood.
Nangong Min was attracted involuntarily and walked over.
"...Marshal Bai used that Eight Ox Crossbow and blasted the barbarians to the ground, even their pure iron shields were shattered to pieces!"
"Really? Well, we have the Eight Ox Crossbow, so why should we be afraid of those Laotian bastards?"
"That's right, let's see how we blast these bastards into a pulp this time!"
"I don't know if they've arrived yet. I suggest we hurry day and night to Qianxi and drive those Lao dogs out of the Great Zhou!"
"If they can't leave, kill them. Show no mercy like Marshal Bai!"
"Major General, look at this..."
Ji Huanan was also anxious, wanting to arrive earlier and make arrangements earlier to catch them off guard.
"You guys eat first, get some rest in the first half of the night, and then we'll set off in the second half!"
"Good! As long as we can defeat the enemy, we don't need to rest!"
The generals were all excited and wanted to kill the enemy immediately.
"Deputy General Ji, in your opinion, how long will it take for the Laotian army to reach Qianxi?"
"Judging from the information sent back by our scouts, the Laotian army is also affected by the rain. Even if they can travel during the next two or three days of clear weather, it will take at least ten days to arrive."
Ji Huanan has rich combat experience. Although the enemy he faced most often with Bai Zongren was Mongolia, he is also familiar with the neighboring countries around the Great Zhou.
Nangong Min pondered in silence. He knew that getting on the road was important, but the physical and mental state of the soldiers was more important.
"I'm worried that the soldiers won't be able to bear the strain of traveling day and night. From now on, we'll rest for half a night each night, and spend the rest of the time traveling urgently."
"yes."
In the second half of the night, a long team quickly shuttled through the dense forests in the mountains under the hazy moonlight, heading towards the Qianxi border.
After daybreak, on the other side of the ridge, a man led a group of creatures that looked like humans and monkeys and were walking on the mountain path. The people who went up the mountain to chop firewood when the weather was clear were so scared that they thought they had encountered mountain goblins and monsters, and they all avoided them.
“Hehehe!”
A strange laugh echoed in the mountain stream. Those who went up the mountain to chop wood and dig wild vegetables were so scared that they turned around and ran away. They did not dare to scream until they had run a long way away.
Three days later, at the border of western Guizhou.
"Huh! We're finally here. Let's hurry up and rest when we get to the military camp!"
"good!"
The clatter of horses' hooves and the urgent and dense sound of footsteps frightened the people of Qianxi so much that they thought it was the Laotian army coming. But when they looked closely and saw that it was the Great Zhou army, they patted their chests and shouted, "What a close call! It's our army! Now we don't have to be afraid of the Laotian army."
Shiya Village.
Li Mingyue went to the market these two days to buy grain seeds and vegetable seeds, and heard a lot of news outside.
"Mom, I heard there's news that a 100,000-strong Laotian army is about to attack Qianxi. There's also news that Yuanzhou annihilated Simon's 100,000 troops and that Simon has already retreated. I don't know if it's true or not."
"Whether it's true or not, we have to prepare for what Li'er told us to do."
Li now knows everything about Bai Li.
In addition to worrying about her son and grandson, what she was most worried about was her granddaughter Bai Li.
Bai Li told her mother about her mother, and Li Mingyue also explained everything clearly to her mother-in-law and sisters-in-law.
"Li'er told us to pack up our belongings and flee to the mountains when things got bad, but it's not safe for a group of us, women, children, and the elderly, to live in the mountains!"
Yang looked at her youngest son Bai Liulang worriedly. If a child who was only six years old ran away, he would be in great trouble because he couldn't walk fast and couldn't be carried.
Mrs. Li gave her a soothing look before turning to the other two daughters-in-law and saying, "Don't worry, let's plant and do what we need to do. I believe in the Great Zhou and the Emperor. He will definitely protect us ordinary people."
After Bai Erlang's legs and feet recovered, he went up the mountain or down the river every day, ensuring that his family never ran out of meat.
He stayed at home for more than ten days on rainy days, which made him feel suffocated. As soon as the rain stopped, he ran away.
Li Mingyue no longer wants to care about him. She hadn't been around him when he was a child, so she didn't know how naughty this kid was. He's already grown up, but he still acts like a child, jumping around everywhere and hasn't had any plastic surgery.
Bai Fu went to herd the cattle. There were several cows at home, and it was a lot of work just to feed, drink, defecate and urinate them.
As for Zhou Yu and Bai Yu Bai Liulang, they went to the river every day to dig wild vegetables and pick up fish and shrimps.
After picking up the fish and shrimp, Aunt Bai would fry them in oil. The two little ones became addicted to them and kept asking Zhou Yu to go over every day.
Without the children around, the adults could talk without any restraint.
Mu opened her mouth, wanting to say that the reason the Great Zhou was safe and sound before was because her uncle Bai Zongren led the Bai family's men and the Bai family army to guard the border, but now...
In the end, she didn't say anything, but the women in the Bai family all knew what she was going to say.
"Don't worry, if it really comes to that, it won't be too late for us to go into the mountains."
Li Mingyue knew her mother-in-law's considerations. After they came here, they had become familiar with everyone in the village by working together.
The villagers were simple and kind, much easier to get along with than the ladies from the wealthy families that she had met in the capital before, and they were reluctant to leave them.
If they left early, the villagers would definitely ask them what happened. If they told the truth, they would have leaked military intelligence and caused panic among the people. They could not bear such a crime.
But if they don't say it, they will feel guilty.
So, let's take it one step at a time.
The three daughters-in-law got the approval of their mother-in-law.
Feeling relieved, they went to work in the fields together.
A heavy rain drowned the crops that were about to ear and bloom. If we don’t want to go hungry in the second half of the year, we have to replant quickly and hope to have a harvest before autumn.
On the way out, she ran into Mu. Seeing the three of them carrying seeds to the field again, she sneered and spat out a mouthful of melon seed shells, saying, "A peasant is a peasant. He can never be a noble lady."
Li Mingyue and others treated her like a mad dog and didn't even glance at her.
"Hey, I'm talking to you guys, what are you doing?"
Ever since their daughter got married and the betrothal gift provided them with enough food and clothing, the Mu family never went to the fields again.
After the first month of the year, Bai Zongshen took Bai Hu with him and a hundred taels of silver to Jincheng, saying that he was going to meet dignitaries and look for connections, and he never came back.
Although Mu no longer had to worry about food and drink, she looked down on the villagers and had a falling out with Li Mingyue and the others. Mu had nothing to do every day after eating and was very bored.
Every time I catch them, I will say a few sarcastic words to them, with the aim of provoking them to quarrel.
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