Chapter 401 I, Li Shiyue, have made a promise to you...
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Holding the wooden stick he had just been using to dig the hole, Wuji ran up to Li Shiyue, panting heavily.
"Uji, quickly bow and greet the general!"
Uji was a very obedient child to his mother. Even though he was full of confusion at the moment, he still listened to Gu Lanzhi and gave Li Shiyue an awkward cupped-hand salute.
However, he greeted people in Mandarin quite fluently.
"You can speak Chinese?"
Before Uji could answer Li Shiyue's question, Gu Lanzhi eagerly answered for him.
"Reporting to the General, I have been teaching Uji to speak Chinese since he was a child."
He's speaking very well now!
Li Shiyue understood Gu Lanzhi's feelings of worry for her son as a mother, so she nodded to Gu Lanzhi and looked at Wuji again.
"Your mother said you know the way to another Mohe tribe?"
Your mother also said that you never get lost on the grassland?
Is this true?
When Gu Lanzhi heard Li Shiyue's question, she immediately wanted to answer it for Wuji.
However, Li Shiyue gave her a look beforehand, stopping her instinct to speak up for Uji.
Gu Lanzhi, who had her mouth open but hadn't made a sound, nodded to Wuji, who was looking over.
"General, I have never gotten lost on the grasslands!"
"I was the one who always found the lost lambs in the tribe!"
Uji raised his head and said this to Li Shiyue with a hint of pride.
"very good!"
Li Shiyue happily took out a piece of yellowish-brown candy from the pouch at her waist and handed it over.
"Here, have something sweet."
Uji looked at Gu Lanzhi and, after receiving her permission, reached out and took the candy that Li Shiyue handed him.
As for this candy?
Yes, it's the same candy that Li Shiyue used to coax the little red horse from the pouch.
Of course, this candy is something that both humans and horses can eat.
It's just that Li Shiyue values her little red horse, which is why she's willing to give the horse the candy that's meant for humans.
Otherwise, when Li Shiyue fed the little red horse candy, Chen Yong and Sun Xiaoliu would have shamelessly asked for candy from Li Shiyue's purse, wanting to give some to their own horses.
After all, the level of sugar production at that time was not very good, and the price of these sugar blocks was not low.
That is to say, Li Shiyue, who already had businesses and was not short of money, was willing to feed the horses these sugar cubes.
Food is precious to humans, let alone to livestock?
Therefore, when Gu Lanzhi saw Wuji eagerly handing her that small piece of candy, her heart clenched with worry.
Her son, Uji, was only rewarded with a piece of candy by his owner when he was eight years old and found the lost flock of sheep in a heavy snow.
"You eat it, but your mother can't eat it; her teeth hurt."
After hearing what Gu Lanzhi said, Wuji put the candy into his mouth.
At this moment, Li Shiyue said to Sun Xiaoliu, "The two of them don't need to do any work today. Let's bring them some good food."
Then, Li Shiyue said to Gu Lanzhi, "Go back and get some rest. I'll have someone call you when I need your help."
After pausing for a moment, Li Shiyue's expression became more serious before continuing to Gu Lanzhi: "Whether or not you can lead us to that tribe, I, Li Shiyue, promise you that I will take you with me," Li Shiyue said, looking at Wuji who was happily eating a piece of candy, "and Wuji will also return to Andong to settle down."
After saying this, Li Shiyue turned around and mounted her horse. Chen Yong followed her, and the two of them rode towards Wang Datou, who was supervising the digging of the pit.
"Thank you very much..."
"Come with me, the captain said he'll get you some food."
When Li Shiyue arrived at the large pit, he looked at the pit, which was already taking shape, and nodded in satisfaction.
She dismounted, and soon after, Wang Datou and He Lu ran over.
The three of them stood huddled together and began to discuss things in hushed tones.
Fifteen minutes later, Li Shiyue looked at Wang Datou and He Lu and asked, "How is it?"
He Lu didn't speak, so Li Shiyue looked at Wang Datou and said, "At most, there are only a few dozen soldiers."
If we scout ahead beforehand, and then launch a surprise attack like we did here, we'll definitely be able to take it down in one fell swoop!
"Big Head, you can get at least a hundred warhorses there!"
"Let's do it!"
"Captain, let's do it!"
Wang Datou looked at He Lu, who was still silent, and said, "Captain, this time we don't need the Turks. Our own brothers are enough!"
After Wang Datou said that, it would be a bit much for He Lu not to respond.
Therefore, He Lu spoke up at this moment: "After we take it down," He Lu, who had been looking down, raised his head and looked at Li Shiyue, "will Lieutenant Li also kill all the nobles there?"
"Oh."
Li Shiyue touched the hilt of the long sword at her waist. "What? He Lu, have you softened?"
"Was it because he learned from your soft-heartedness, cousin, that he missed out on the throne?"
Li Shiyue's words stunned He Lu.
After a moment of stunned silence, He Lu finally understood the meaning of "missed the opportunity".
Provoked by Li Shiyue, He Lu had no choice but to agree, even if he didn't want to.
"Captain, it's possible that the dozen or so barbarians who escaped earlier headed towards that tribe."
"It would be best if we struck first!"
After waiting all night, Wang Datou was left behind. Li Shiyue led half of the Xuanjia Army and Helu, who also led half of the Turkic soldiers, to another Mohe barbarian tribe a hundred miles away, guided by Gu Lanzhi and Wuji.
During the day and night, Li Shiyue and his men only stopped for less than an hour to let the horses rest.
By evening of the second day, the group had reached the outskirts of the tribe, less than ten miles away.
This time, Li Shiyue launched a surprise night attack.
After dark, a few people were left to watch the horses, while Gu Lanzhi and Wuji stayed where they were, and she mounted her horse.
Night fell, and the killing began.
Ten miles is just a short distance for a horse race.
Li Shiyue took the lead, riding her horse and charging forward with her sword in hand.
A long sword is the most effective weapon; with great strength, it can cut off not only arms and legs, but also heads with a single stroke.
No one in the tribe expected that someone would launch a surprise attack after nightfall!
The battle ended quickly; it took less than half an hour to fight all the way from the gate of the barbarian tribe to the end.
Li Shiyue casually wiped the splattered barbarian blood from her cheek, looked at the people cowering on the ground, and thought to herself, "Why are there so few of them?"
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