Chapter 945 Chapter 945, Afraid of Fighting
Xiao Yeyang's return reassured the generals and soldiers.
The soldiers were not fools, and they had their own standards for who they would follow to live a better life and have a brighter future. Xiao Yeyang could benefit them more than Wei Hongcai, so they naturally sided with Xiao Yeyang.
As for the fact that Xiao Yeyang captured Wei Hongcai as soon as he returned, the generals present wisely remained silent, neither asking any additional questions nor leaking the news to anyone else.
In this way, Wei Hongcai was secretly detained by Xiao Yeyang.
"The war between us and Western Liao is still undecided, and we cannot let chaos reign within Western Liang."
Xiao Yeyang agreed to take charge of Wei Hongcai personally, and instructed Cao Dan and Master Wang to take care of military affairs. Then he hurried out of the tent, anxious to see Daohua and Gu Jian.
Daohua and Gu Jian had received the news. They stood in front of the military tent, craning their necks to look at the gate of the military town.
When she saw Xiao Yeyang coming out of the city gate on horseback, Daohua's face lit up with joy. She couldn't hide her longing for him in her heart, and without caring about anything else, she just ran towards Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang looked at Daohua running towards him and rode his horse faster and faster. When he was still a few meters away from Daohua, he suddenly tightened the reins, then rolled over. Before the horse could stand firmly, he had already landed on the ground.
Daohua was running very fast just now, but when she saw Xiao Yeyang dismounted, she stopped and just stood there, staring at Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang walked forward with a smile and hugged Daohua: "I'm back!"
Daohua hugged Xiao Yeyang tightly, and when she smelled the familiar scent again, her anxious heart slowly calmed down.
Xiao Yeyang knew that he had made his family worry this time, and he blamed himself and said, "I was rash this time, and I will never do that again in the future."
Daohua looked up: "You said it, you must keep your word."
Xiao Yeyang smiled and nodded: "If I break my promise in the future, you can do whatever you want to me!"
Daohua didn't say anything. She saw many soldiers standing on the city wall and watching them. She suddenly felt a little embarrassed and quickly let go of Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang was a little reluctant and did not let go of the hand holding Daohua.
Daohua quickly twisted his waist and said, "The soldiers on the city wall are watching us. Let go now."
Hearing this, Xiao Yeyang laughed out loud. When Daohua glared at him, he took her hand and walked towards Gu Jian.
After the two of them got closer, Gu Jian looked at Xiao Yeyang and saw that he was just a little tired and had no other serious problems, so he couldn't help but feel relieved.
However, the old man couldn't help but preach a few words.
Xiao Yeyang listened obediently without any objection.
Gu Jian talked for a while, and seeing that Xiao Yeyang admitted his mistake in a decent manner, he let him go: "Okay, go back and wash up and have a rest."
Having said that, he was about to turn around and leave. After taking a few steps, he turned back and asked, "Where's Chu Lang?"
Xiao Yeyang: "He went back to Ganzhou City first."
Gu Jian said "hmm" and didn't ask any other questions.
Back in the tent, Daohua prepared toiletries for Xiao Yeyang and said, "Uncle Chu really holds mother in his heart."
"When you got into trouble this time, he agreed as soon as I asked him. He was so straightforward because of mother's face. In the future, you should be nicer to Uncle Chu."
Xiao Yeyang had a complicated expression. This time they were able to successfully get out of the Death Swamp thanks to Chu Lang. In fact, Chu Lang had helped him several times, and he was grateful to him, but facing a person who had taken his mother away, he really couldn't like him.
Daohua understood Xiao Yeyang's mood and handed him the hot towel: "People can live in peace with each other even if they don't like each other very much."
"It's like the generals in the army. Do you like every one of them? Don't you still get along well with them? For the sake of your mother, you can be a little more tolerant."
Xiao Yeyang wiped his face, nodded and said "hmm". After a while, he said, "I will get along well with you."
Daohua smiled and said, "Okay, let's not talk about this anymore. The bath water is ready. Go take a bath."
After taking a shower, Xiao Yeyang lay down on the bed and fell asleep in a short while. He slept until noon the next day.
As soon as he opened his eyes, Xiao Yeyang saw Daohua sitting by the bed making a belt. He immediately smiled, sat up and hugged her: "You made it for me."
Daohua glanced at him with a smile: "What do you think? Are you hungry?"
Xiao Yeyang nodded quickly. He had been trapped in the Death Swamp for nearly two months. At the beginning, he had horse meat to eat, but later on, he could only find something to fill his stomach.
The food in the swamp is not clean, and many cavalrymen will get diarrhea after eating it.
If Chu Lang had not come in time and brought medicinal herbs and ginseng tonic pills, he would have lost a lot of people.
Daohua put down her belt and said, "Then hurry up and wash up. The food is ready and we can eat soon."
Although Xiao Yeyang was reluctant to move, he turned over quickly when he thought that there were still many things waiting for him to deal with in the military camp.
After dinner, Xiao Yeyang went to the military camp.
Western Liao wanted to cease fire, but Xiao Yeyang was unwilling to let it go. After discussing with the generals, he launched another large-scale attack the next day.
During the time when Xiao Yeyang was away, the battles between Daxia and Western Liao were all minor. Some generals had long been unable to bear it, and this war finally allowed them to kill to their heart's content.
On the other hand, Yelu Kangda's heart sank to the bottom when he knew that Xiao Yeyang had returned. At this time, let alone taking over Ganzhouwei, he was afraid that he could not even stop the war.
After Xiao Yeyang returned, the morale of the Daxia army was greatly boosted, and the Western Liao army was forced to retreat again and again.
The Western Liao army was running out of food. Yelu Kangda knew that he could not resist the Great Xia army and had to bow his head and ask for help from the Western Liao royal family.
The weather was getting colder and colder. Daohua was worried about her son, so she helped Xiao Yeyang recuperate for a few days and then prepared to return to Ganzhou City with Gu Jian.
"We have been out for quite some time. I wonder if Daozi still remembers me?" Daohua said worriedly while packing up her things.
Xiao Yeyang stood aside and helped pass things: "That's our son. He will remember him after getting to know him for two days." He paused.
"Western Liao should want to cease fire, but I don't really want to."
Daohua looked up at Xiao Yeyang.
Xiao Yeyang sat down, holding Daohua in his arms. "The war between Daxia and Western Liao has never stopped. Almost every war was initiated by Western Liao. At the end of the war, if Western Liao could no longer resist, they would ask for a ceasefire, and then resume the war after recovering."
Daohua asked, "What do you want to do?"
Xiao Yeyang narrowed his eyes and said, "Either we don't fight at all. If we do, we must beat the Western Liao people until they are scared. We can't let them invade Western Liang again and again."
"Yelü Kangda's army has been cut off from food and supplies, and their morale has long since crumbled. We've beaten them back step by step. I want to seize this opportunity and pursue them until they submit to Daxia and become its vassal state."
Rice Flower couldn't help but remind her, "But winter is coming soon."
Xiao Yeyang said coldly, "It would be better if winter comes. The winter in Western Liao is even worse than that in Western Liang. As long as we are fully prepared, Western Liao will have no power to fight back."
Daohua was silent for a while: "Do whatever you want to do, but just one thing, don't put yourself in danger."
"Don't worry about the army's winter supplies. The harvest is good this year. I will also have Qin Xiaoliu transport the food and medicinal herbs from the capital."
"Don't worry about winter clothes for the soldiers. I met with my third cousin during the autumn harvest and they have plenty of winter clothes in stock."
Xiao Yeyang hugged Daohua tightly, buried his head in his wife's arms, and took a deep breath: "Once the Western Liao problem is solved, I can be with you and the child."
Daohua smiled and said, "Then my son and I will be waiting."
(End of this chapter)
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