Chapter 1846 Her Price
Time passes by little by little.
It was already a gloomy and overcast day, and it became even darker when the sound of horse hooves raised a cloud of snow dust that almost covered the entire sky.
Dusk falls.
As expected, Yang Dai's troops arrived outside the hot moon before three quarters past the hour of You.
They could no longer see the rugged and strange valley ahead. Instead, in the dim light, it felt as if a huge monster was crawling in front of them, with its bloody mouth wide open in the twilight.
Last time, their troops were killed here.
However, the more this happened, the more it aroused the soldiers' competitive spirit.
Not only were they eager to try, even the horses they were riding kept stomping the ground and snorting, as if they were about to rush in at the next moment and kill all the bandits inside.
For some reason, Li Lai, who was originally full of confidence, suddenly felt a little uneasy after seeing this scene.
He looked around hesitantly.
There are a lot of people here, but they are all led by Yang Dai.
He thought for a moment, then cautiously walked up to Yang Dai and bowed, "Sir Yang, isn't His Majesty going to use his troops against Thermidor tonight? Where are the others?"
Yang Dai glanced at him.
Before he could say anything, he heard the sound of horse hooves coming from the front.
Turning around, I saw a group of soldiers riding horses galloping towards me.
The attire of these soldiers is somewhat different from that of Yang Dai's men. It is obvious that they are not from the same battalion, and even from different commands.
The leading soldier rode over and did not even dismount.
He simply bowed to Yang Dai and said, "Master Yang, our Master Wu asked us to bring the guide over."
When the people around heard this, they were stunned.
Someone immediately whispered, "What's going on?"
"The guide was taken away by them, so what about us?"
"Shouldn't we be the main attacker?"
Everyone was suspicious, but Yang Dai's face remained calm. She simply pointed at Li Lai in front of her and said to him, "This man is Li Lai. He is familiar with the dangerous roads in the Hot Moon Crescent. You can bring him to see Lord Wu."
"good."
The soldier waved his hand to his men and said, "Bring him here."
Li Lai was also stunned and turned to look at Yang Dai: "Master Yang, this is——"
The surrounding soldiers all stepped forward and asked, "Sir?"
"What's going on?"
"Why did the guide have to be picked up by Lord Wu and his men?"
Yang Dai said, "Everyone, the Emperor has already formulated a battle plan. The operation to attack the Thermidor Crescent will be led by Lord Wu. We will all stay outside the Thermidor Crescent and wait for the opportunity to annihilate them in one fell swoop."
"What?!"
When everyone heard this, they were all shocked.
Some people were even angry.
You must know that during the combat, there is a clear division of labor between who is the vanguard and who is the auxiliary, but at the end of the combat, when it comes to rewarding merits, there is also a clear division of "merits".
With Wu Ding leading the attack, the main credit for this battle will all go to their Wu family!
And these people from Shazhouwei only played a supporting role, and in the end, they got nothing!
In this case, all their previous military operations and sacrifices against Thermidor would have been in vain!
Everyone was dissatisfied and started to make a fuss.
"How could this be?"
"We were supposed to attack!"
"Master Yang, this is not fair!"
Seeing that the people on Yang Dai's side were making a big fuss, the soldiers sent by Wu Ding sneered, said a word, and took Li Lai away.
At this time, Li Lai walked while looking back.
He looked at the soldiers who were excited, and then looked at the deputy general beside Yang Dai who was constantly comforting his soldiers, and then turned to look at the soldiers who were taking him away.
He thought for a moment, then smiled softly and said, "Everyone, isn't the Emperor going to deploy troops tonight?"
The soldier glanced at him sideways: "What?"
"Why haven't I seen the emperor yet?"
"You're just a commoner, yet you're meddling in so many things. Do you even want to dictate what the Emperor does?"
"I dare not, of course I dare not," Li Lai lowered his head and followed them forward for a while, then said carefully: "I just don't know which master I am leading tonight?"
The soldier said coldly, "Sir Wu, we are the Duke's troops."
“……!”
Li Lai frowned again.
Somehow, the vague uneasiness in my heart became more intense.
Yang Dai, who was stationed at the original location, watched Li Lai and his men disappear in front of him, while the people around him continued to make noise. He turned around and waved at everyone: "Be quiet!"
The crowd had no choice but to keep quiet.
But everyone's face was filled with dissatisfaction and anger.
Yang Dai said, "I know you're all unconvinced, but it was the Duke's men who personally came to the Emperor to request a fight, and the Emperor had no choice but to hand over the main attack position to them."
“…”
"But you don't have to be discouraged."
“…”
"Because tonight—"
As he spoke, he turned his head to look at the crescent moon in the gloomy sky, a cold light flashing in his eyes: "There are still many good shows to be performed."
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Perhaps, this is wishful thinking.
But I hope God hears my voice.
While praying silently in her heart, Nan Yan's mind suddenly shook. The scene in front of her felt so familiar.
It seems like I have experienced this before.
When she thought about it again, she remembered that back in Changqing City, she and Zhu Feng's whereabouts were discovered by Ning Wang Zhu Xuan, who chased them all the way. Finally, on the river outside the city, when their boat was about to be overtaken by the big ship of Haisha Gang, she stood on the bow of the boat and prayed like this.
At that time, they had reached a dead end.
So, she prayed to God - I am willing to exchange everything for his peace, for his victory, for the prosperity he once promised me!
The words she had said echoed in her mind, and every word was like a needle tip, piercing deeply into her heart.
Nan Yan's whole body began to tremble.
Because she remembered that after she prayed, the wind really stopped.
In such a desperate situation with countless difficulties and dangers, they actually received God's mercy. Afterwards, Queen Xu Miaoyin led the royal soldiers to the river bank and rescued them.
Of course she remembered what happened afterwards.
She also remembers...
Her price.
What a price she paid.
Just thinking about this, Nan Yan's originally eager heart suddenly turned cold as if a bucket of cold water was poured on her head. She shivered and opened her eyes suddenly.
Ran Xiaoyu, who had been guarding her, sensed her change and quickly turned around to protect her: "My Lady, what's wrong with you?"
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