Chapter 1049 Abandoning Caution
That's—Yuwen Ye's designer brand!
Mu Xian had barely seen it clearly when, before he could even process why Yuwen Ye had pulled out this thing at this moment, he saw Yuwen Ye swing his long arm and throw the nameplate far behind him!
"Your Highness!"
Mu Xian was stunned, not knowing why he was doing this, but Yuwen Ye showed no panic, and only said to him in a heavy voice, "Go quickly!"
After saying that, he spurred his horse forward. Mu Xian glanced back in a panic, unable to tell where the name tag had fallen, and had no time to stop and retrieve it. The soldiers from Hulao Pass behind them were galloping towards them like ferocious tigers. He could only grit his teeth and urge everyone to spur their horses on as fast as they could.
Finally, after taking a long detour, they managed to shake off their pursuers as darkness fell.
When Mu Xian looked back one last time, he seemed to vaguely see that some of the men chasing them stopped halfway, dismounted, and seemed to pick something up from the ground.
It was already late when they returned to their camp.
Yuwen Ye dismounted, tossed the reins to the approaching soldier, and walked toward the main tent in the center of the camp. Mu Xian also handed his horse over to his men, and instructed his pale-faced, clearly shaken guards not to say anything, before following him into the tent.
As soon as you walk in, you see Yuwen Ye grab a kettle on the table and drink half of it straight from the bottle.
Mu Xian stepped forward: "Your Highness!"
Yuwen Ye didn't pay him any attention immediately. Instead, he gulped down a few more mouthfuls of water before putting down the kettle, wiping his mouth, and looking at him: "I know what you're going to say. Didn't we come back safely?"
Mu Xian was so angry that his lips turned white, and he said solemnly, "Your Highness must not repeat what happened today!"
"..."
"Too dangerous!"
"..."
"Even if Your Highness is highly skilled in martial arts and has perfect aim, the worst thing in military operations is reckless bravery. What if Shan Shiyu personally leads the troops out today? What if they send a few hundred more men today? What if—"
Yuwen Ye slowly sat down, looking at Mu Xian's angry and frightened expression, and calmly said, "Don't be anxious."
"..."
"I did this today to test the waters, just in case."
"What?"
Mu Xian was taken aback, not knowing what he meant. Yuwen Ye said, "I have never fought against Shan Shiyu, but I heard that he made contributions when he was besieging the Zuo family rebels. The battle of Hulao Pass is too important for us. I cannot send troops without knowing anything about the other side."
Mu Xian seemed to come to his senses: "Is Your Highness trying to test this person's abilities?"
Yuwen Ye said, "I took a look at the guards at Hulao Pass. It seems that Shan Shiyu is a good commander and is calm and experienced."
Mu nodded.
Looking back on their recent experience, the garrison at Hulao Pass, after discovering their forces, dispatched a large army in pursuit. However, these men did not advance rashly, likely because Shan Shiyu had given them prior orders to only scout the situation and not to act rashly. If Yuwen Ye had not angered the enemy by attacking first with only a dozen men against a hundred, given the vast disparity in numbers, they might not have had such a perilous experience today.
This shows that Shan Shiyu was a very cautious person.
Yuwen Ye continued, "A cautious person's strength lies in caution."
"..."
"We need to make him give up his strengths."
"Give up... caution?"
Mu Xian muttered a couple of sentences to himself, then suddenly realized something and looked at Yuwen Ye with wide eyes: "So, Your Highness—"
Yuwen Ye slightly curled the corners of his lips.
Mu Xian took a deep breath. The fear and panic that had almost made his heart leap out of his chest finally subsided at this moment. However, after a moment of silence, he still said, "But, Your Highness, you can't do this anymore. It's too dangerous. It's something that anyone can do. We shouldn't let Your Highness take the risk."
Yuwen Ye glanced at him and said, "Alright, I agree."
Mu Xian finally breathed a sigh of relief. Yuwen Ye stretched his arms; he had been on horseback for almost the entire day, and even he felt a bit sore. He then said, "Go and have them bring dinner over; I'm a little hungry."
"yes!"
It was rare for Yuwen Ye to listen to advice like this, and Mu Xian was overjoyed. He immediately turned around and went out to order his men to bring dinner.
And so the night passed.
On the second and third days, it seemed that Yuwen Ye had really listened to Mu Xian's advice. Not only did he not take any more risks, but he didn't even send out troops. For two consecutive days, he just trained his troops in the camp.
At first, Mu Xian thought he was waiting for the right time to send troops, but after two days, he realized something.
Yuwen Ye seemed to be waiting for news.
Waiting for news from Xiazhou.
Unfortunately, neither the men they sent nor the men Shen Tu Tai sent out first returned any news. Although he knew that it would take two or three days to get from Xia Prefecture to Luoyang even at the fastest speed, and that it would take time to gather information, and that if something really happened, those men might not be able to get back immediately, Mu Xian was still somewhat anxious.
Mu Xian could only watch helplessly as Yuwen Ye's eyes grew darker day by day, unable to utter a single word.
On the fourth day, Shen Tu Tai finally arrived with his troops.
With the arrival of this force, Yuwen Ye's army was like having a full arm. Especially when Mu Xian saw Shen Tu Tai's tall and strong figure leading the lively Shan Tong'er and Nie Chong into the camp, his heart, which had been hanging in suspense, finally felt at ease.
Although only half of them fell.
Shen Tu Tai entered the main tent and bowed to Yuwen Ye. Yuwen Ye raised his hand, a hint of joy in his eyes, and said, "You won a brilliant victory at Mengjin Pass."
Shen Tu Tai said, "Thank you, Your Highness."
"Is everything settled over there?"
"Your Highness, rest assured, I have already settled the people at Mengjin Pass before leading my troops to join you."
"good,"
Yuwen Ye nodded, then looked behind him. Shan Tong'er was looking at him excitedly, and Nie Chong still looked somewhat listless as before, but Shen Wuzheng was nowhere to be seen.
Yuwen Ye asked, "Where is Shen Wuzheng?"
Shen Tu Tai immediately said, "Lord Shen has decided to stay at Mengjin Pass." After a pause, he added, "Wait for news."
Upon hearing these three words, Shan Tong'er and Mu Xian's eyes flickered, and Yuwen Ye's brows gradually furrowed. He said, "So, you still haven't figured out the situation in Xia Prefecture?"
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