Chapter 98 Why is Mu Xingci here?
Hearing this, Lu Ke smiled bitterly: "Can't you just reject me so bluntly?"
"I don't like to drag things out when it comes to relationships. It's not good for anyone." Yun Wansheng said decisively.
"Yun Wansheng, you are indeed a businessman. You are so decisive in everything you do. Compared to me, I am not as good as you, a woman.
Fine! Since you don't want to, I won't force you. Just pretend I never said anything about what happened today. I hope you don't mind being estranged from me." Lu Ke said with a hint of loss in his eyes, pretending to smile casually.
"As long as you don't hold a grudge against me, how dare I be estranged from you!" Yun Wansheng said with a smile.
Lu Ke looked at the cheerful woman in front of him. She didn't even make people feel embarrassed when she rejected them. How could he not like such a woman?
Since she doesn't accept him now, he will wait a little longer. It won't be too late to pursue her until her feelings for her late husband fade.
Another year passed, and just as Lu Ke had expected, just after the fifteenth day, the Dazhao Kingdom led an army of 400,000 to attack the Shunshang Kingdom. Qizhou City was not far from the border city, and any news could be known on the same day, which made the people in the city dare not go out casually.
The Shun Shang Kingdom was fighting on two fronts, and most of its main forces were in the southwest, where there were only 200,000 soldiers guarding. Therefore, this defensive battle was extremely difficult.
The battle lasted for more than two months, and the border town was ultimately not defended, allowing the Dazhao Kingdom to attack.
Once the national border was breached, the soldiers of Shun Shang State could only temporarily retreat to Qizhou City, hoping to fight the enemy tenaciously while waiting for reinforcements to arrive.
More than 100,000 soldiers and horses suddenly poured into Qizhou City. There was no place for them to live, so they could only set up tents on the side of the street to tide over the difficulties temporarily.
The weather was still extremely cold at that time, which made the people in the city spontaneously send them clothes and food.
As the richest family in the city, the Lu family naturally did not lag behind others. They brought people and pulled several carts of supplies to distribute to the good men who defended the country early on.
Yun Wansheng listened to the servant reporting what was happening outside, which gave her the idea of contributing to the country.
So, he changed into men's clothes and went to the market with a few servants. Then he went to several shops to buy noodles, oil, etc. Finally, he bought two carts of cotton clothes and two carts of charcoal. After buying them, he went to the East City where the soldiers were stationed.
When she was walking forward with several carts of supplies, she suddenly heard bursts of horse hooves' sounds behind her. When she heard the powerful sound, she knew that there were a lot of horses, and it must be the army coming.
Thinking of this, he turned his head and looked behind him. When he saw a large group of soldiers and generals coming from a distance, Yun Wansheng was afraid that his vehicle would block the road, so he quickly ordered the delivery driver to drive the vehicle to the side of the street to make way for the large group of people coming from behind.
They had just made way when they saw a large group of soldiers and horses that seemed to stretch as far as the eye could see, riding towards them with murderous momentum. Before they got close, they could hear the sound of weapons clashing as they marched, which made people feel inexplicably at ease.
This was the first time in Yun Wansheng's life that she had seen such a grand scene. It made her stand on the side of the road and wonder which general had come here so majestically.
As several guards rode past, a general wearing bronze armor and a red cloak suddenly appeared in Yun Wansheng's sight without warning, leaving her stunned.
The man on the horse did not take the people on the roadside seriously and rode past them without even looking at them.
Yun Wansheng watched the man go by, her eyes fixed on him for a long time. She was puzzled as to why the Southwest General had come here. Wasn't he at war with the Eastern Qiang?
As the team moved further back, they saw carriages pulling crossbows passing by.
As Yun Wansheng looked at them, she realized that those bed crossbows were designed by herself. Seeing that her achievements were not in vain, she felt a little proud of her vanity.
I don't know how long I waited before all the soldiers passed by. Yun Wansheng put away the nervousness and excitement she had just felt.
"Let's keep going."
The group arrived at East City, and the streets in front of them were full of soldiers, blocking the road tightly. She thought these soldiers were the ones she had seen just now.
Looking at the messy scene, Yun Wansheng did not make things worse. She asked someone to unload the goods from the truck on the roadside, and then returned home without leaving her name.
After returning to her room, Yun Wansheng lay on the bed in a daze, wondering in her mind, since Mu Xingci came here, did the Dongqiang Kingdom have already won? Otherwise, why would he come here to rescue?
That night, Yun Wansheng suffered from insomnia and fell into a deep sleep in the second half of the night.
A seemingly ordinary day passed by. Yun Wansheng went to the workshop as usual. Now that the workers were on holiday, she also wanted to go there for an inspection.
When she arrived at the street market, she found that many people were standing on the street looking towards the east city. They looked worried and scared, and their faces were full of panic.
Yun Wansheng also looked in the direction they were looking. The buildings and shops several miles away could not block the sounds of fighting coming from outside the city.
"Alas! I don't know if the reinforcements from the capital can drive out the enemy army?" sighed the old man on the side.
"I think it's difficult. The generals coming from the capital are used to enjoying themselves. It's still unclear whether they can fight a war." A middle-aged man said pessimistically.
As they spoke, others joined in the discussion.
Yun Wansheng listened to their frightened discussions, which made her realize that the people here did not know that the troops coming to rescue were the Southwestern Army.
I think the government deliberately concealed this. After all, the Eastern Qiang Kingdom had not yet won a complete victory. If people knew that Mu Xingci had left the Eastern Qiang Kingdom, it would probably shake the morale of the army. That's why they told the outside world that he was a general from the capital.
Yun Wansheng did not go to the workshop again, but stood on the street with the people, waiting for the fighting outside the city to end.
They waited for more than an hour, and the enemy troops outside the city finally withdrew. When the people in the city heard the news, they couldn't help cheering and shouting "We are mighty!"
Looking at the cheering men, women, young and old, Yun Wansheng's somewhat nervous heart relaxed for a moment, and the corners of her lips unconsciously raised.
After five days, good news finally came from the front. The troops of Dazhao Kingdom were finally driven out of the border of Shunshang Kingdom, and Shunshang Kingdom was safe.
Over the next few days, Qizhou City returned to its former bustle, as if no war had ever taken place. However, the topic of discussion revolved around the identity of the general who came to the rescue. To this day, no one knew.
But Yun Wansheng didn't think about those things. She started working in her workshop again and continued to work on her business.
That day, around noon, Yun Wansheng rode in her own carriage and rushed home.
As she was daydreaming, she suddenly heard a horse's scream, and then the carriage flipped over, causing her to fall off the seat without warning, and her head hit the carriage board, causing her to grit her teeth in pain.
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