Seeing that Hong Xiaoduo insisted on choosing the enemy's warhorses, Commandant Lü couldn't dissuade her. After thinking for a moment, he went with her, thinking that he might be able to help her choose some!
Unexpectedly, what Miss Hong called "choosing a horse" was not something they chose themselves, but rather something their mounts chose. A black horse that looked only slightly glossy and had nothing else special went to the enemy's warhorse.
The gray donkey that Hong Xiaoniangzi was riding was quite clingy and followed along as well.
"Young Lady Hong, do you know how to choose horses?" Commander Hu asked curiously as he came over.
“I don’t know, but we do. Little Black, stop dawdling and pick out three quickly,” Hong Xiaoduo said with a smile.
Upon hearing this, Commandant Hu immediately said, "Little Black? Miss Hong, don't be silly. You really want to let a horse choose a horse?"
Hong Xiaoduo and the others smiled without saying a word, watching as Xiao Hei raised its head and circled back and forth in front of the warhorses twice, then neighed a few times at the herd before disappearing into the group. Xiao Hui followed suit.
"Hey, hey, Miss Hong, don't let it run wild! These are all warhorses, most of them are very fierce. If it doesn't trample your black horse to death, it might get crippled too," Commandant Lü said anxiously.
Although the black horse looked quite ordinary, its glossy coat indicated that it was well-fed and raised like a fine steed. If anything were to happen to it, one would feel heartbroken.
However, the expected commotion did not occur in the herd of warhorses. As the black horse and gray donkey moved in and out, warhorses began to be pushed out of the herd, one, two, three, four.
As the enemy's four warhorses emerged from the herd, the black horse that had darted into the herd and the gray donkey also followed. In front of the four warhorses, the gray donkey made a few purring sounds, and then it raised its hooves and moved forward, forcing one of the warhorses to back into the herd.
Then, the black horse and the gray donkey came up to Hong Xiaoduo together, stomped their front hooves on the ground a few times, and shook their heads, looking just like children asking adults for praise and rewards.
"Alright, alright, I know you two are the best. Here's a reward for you, eat up." Hong Xiaoduo said to Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui, then took out two small apples from her brocade bag and handed them to them.
"Young Lady Hong, were they really choosing horses just now?" Commander Lü asked in disbelief.
Hu Duwei, who was standing to the side, was equally surprised. He knew that some horses were very intelligent and understood human nature.
I've never seen anyone so clever before!
Furthermore, Ma Congming is incredibly intelligent; this most ordinary little donkey is surprisingly clever.
However, upon closer inspection, Commander Hu suddenly understood why Lady Hong and her group, who clearly had no shortage of money, would use a donkey.
Even when she went to the battlefield, she rode this donkey.
It turns out that this gray donkey is quite unusual too!
"Tian Shu, Fei Yan, you guys come over and share the horses. Now you don't have to share one horse anymore," Hong Xiaoduo called out.
The warhorses chosen by Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui must be excellent, so Hong Xiaoduo was very reassured.
Seeing that Tian Shu and the others had been assigned warhorses and no longer had to share a horse, Yao Guang was extremely envious. She anxiously pleaded, "Mother, can you ask Xiao Hei and Xiao Hui to help me pick one too? There are so many left."
"You should wait a few more years, it's not feasible now. If you don't want to ride with your master, why don't you come with me? You're small, so even with you, Little Grey won't have any problem," Hong Xiaoduo replied with a smile.
Huh? Upon hearing Hong Xiaoduo's disagreement, Yao Guang knew that it was completely hopeless.
She pouted and shook her head: "Then I'll stay with Master. Mother may not care about Little Gray, but I do."
"Little sister, come on, are you feeling sorry for Little Gray? You clearly think riding Little Gray isn't cool or impressive enough, right?" Tianji teased from the side.
"No, I didn't! Don't talk nonsense in front of Xiao Hui!" Yao Guang was getting anxious. While denying it, she ran to Xiao Hui's side, patted Xiao Hui's neck, and said very softly, "Xiao Hui, Xiao Hui, don't listen to my third brother's nonsense. How could I dislike you for not being majestic enough? If you weren't majestic enough, why would Mother have chosen you, right?"
I didn't bring any fruit or radishes today, but I'll definitely buy you big, sweet fruit later.
After hearing this, Little Grey seemed to understand and nodded repeatedly at Yao Guang.
"Alright, alright, don't keep the general waiting, hurry up and get on your horse to set off," Hong Xiaoduo urged, suppressing a laugh.
She spoke, and the children quickly stopped laughing and mounted their horses.
When the soldiers first heard the order to attack and capture the city of Yunwu, they were slightly surprised, but soon they were all eager to fight, thinking it should have been done a long time ago.
Thinking back to the scene just now, the soldiers seemed to suddenly understand what it meant to have the right timing, the right place, and the right people. Now it was exactly like that.
If the enemy country can find a capable person to create that great weapon, then our Fengliang country also has a master who can counter that great weapon. This is what they mean by "the devil is one foot tall, but the Tao is ten feet tall."
"Commander Hu, did you see those sticks in their hands? Could you ask the general to talk to the Third Young Master and ask that young lady to get us some of those too?"
"The enemy will be rendered incapable of resistance immediately after taking that one hit, which saves a lot of trouble," a soldier whispered to Commandant Hu.
The others who heard this also looked at Commandant Hu, nodding in agreement with their companion's suggestion.
"Should we ask that young lady Hong to get us a few hundred of those tamed wolves too?" Commander Hu asked rhetorically.
They nodded more frequently in response. If they could have a wolf that was both powerful and capable of leading the charge, that would be even better.
"Go away, all of you, stay out of the way. What are you thinking? Why don't you just say that we should wait in our own camp and let them lead the wolves to attack the enemy?"
You all know that the stick and the wolf are valuable, so why don't you think that if they were so easy to obtain, you would never have heard of them before, let alone seen them with your own eyes?
"It's our good fortune to have capable and extraordinary people helping us. Let's all think carefully about how to seize this opportunity to fight bravely against the enemy. Don't be greedy and think about reaping the benefits without sowing." As he spoke, Commandant Hu's expression became more serious and his tone became much heavier.
"Captain, we know we were wrong. We will fight bravely and never again have the delusion of reaping the benefits without sowing." Upon hearing this, the soldiers also realized their mistake.
At Gong Wei's command, the army set off, raising dust and smoke like a storm sweeping across the land. This scene also made Hong Xiaoduo and the others' blood boil.
However, Hong Xiaoduo, who was on Xiao Hui's back, was still under pressure. Although Gong Wei had long planned to teach Yunwu a lesson by attacking the enemy's city, the decision to actually conquer Yunwu's city this time was made because of her suggestion.
When two countries go to war, it is no small matter, no child's play!
Is it because I came to this dynasty with an invincible cheat code that I've become too arrogant...?
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