In less than five months, the Song army captured nine cities of the Wu Kingdom with unstoppable force and took over one third of the Wu Kingdom.
The name of military advisor Song Mingyue also resounded throughout the two countries of Song and Wu. Her identity as a woman was like a thunderclap, making everyone drop their jaws in shock.
Women, who have always been the ones sewing clothes, embroidering, washing clothes and cooking at home, how could they become the military advisors of the State of Song that caused the State of Wu to lose nine cities
It really is like a dream.
But this is the woman recognized by Emperor Song himself, the one and only Song Mingyue in the world!
Not to mention the surprise and disbelief in the hearts of outsiders, even the bandits who had been with Mingyue for nearly two years had only one thought when they learned that Mingyue was a girl, that is, it was impossible.
How can someone who is cruel to others and even crueler to herself be a woman
How could someone whose resourcefulness makes people marvel at her and admire her be a woman
How can someone who climbs and rolls around in the mountains with a group of men really be a woman
Although they all admitted that the eldest sister did look a bit effeminate, how could she really be a woman? No way, how could there be a woman like her
However, no matter how many impossibilities there were, after seeing Mingyue taking the imperial edict, they all became silent.
The continuous battle plans that Mingyue said afterwards made everyone forget about being a woman or not, strength is the bottom line.
And so what if she is a woman? Song Mingyue redefined the word woman for everyone.
However, the Song State's invincibility was eventually blocked. What blocked them was Kangyong Pass, which was known as the most dangerous pass in the world.
This is also the greatest confidence of the State of Wu. You must know that the reason why the Song and Wu countries have fought for many years without either country being destroyed is because both sides have their own support.
The Wu State relied on the Kangyong Pass, which was known as a pass that could be guarded by one man and ten thousand men could not break through.
This pass is a big crack outside Kangcheng. On the north side is a long and fast river, and on the right side is a cliff thousands of feet high.
If the Song army wanted to enter Guanzhong, there was no way to get through from other places except to fight head-on, making it easy to defend but difficult to attack.
Moreover, the people of Wu were not fools. After as many as four cities opened their gates and surrendered voluntarily, the emperor of Wu must have panicked. This time he sent his trusted confidants to guard Kangyong Pass. This time, no one would dare to open the gate of Kangyong Pass again.
However, the people of Wu did not dare to open it, so Mingyue decided to open it herself.
According to the map and intelligence from the spies, the river at Kangyong Pass cannot be moved, but the cliff may be possible.
After all, the Wu soldiers' attention is now focused on the gate of Kangyong Pass, and no one is guarding other places.
Moreover, no one has thought of touching the cliff for hundreds of years, so it is unlikely to attract the attention of others.
At this time, Mingyue and a group of bandits were climbing a very steep cliff. If they were not careful, their feet would slip and there would be a cliff below. Once they fell, they might not even find their bodies.
And if the person in front stepped on the fallen rocks, and the person behind was not paying attention and stepped on empty water, there would be no way out, and that would be death.
Seeing the bandit in front of him staring at the cliff and swallowing his saliva, his feet trembling all the time, Mingyue sighed in his heart and thought it was time to make a big promise.
Mingyue said softly, "Zhao Laowu, what are you afraid of? Once we climb over this cliff and enter this most dangerous pass in the world, and once we take over Kangcheng, you will be great heroes. This is a merit that will earn you a title of nobility and a title of general."
Zhao Laowu subconsciously straightened his back when he heard this, and felt that his whole body was filled with endless strength. What was he afraid of? Was he walking on a cliff? No, he was clearly walking on a road to fame and fortune.
The other bandits also perked up. Yes, they had come through so many scenes of swords and blood, how could this small cliff possibly stop them
In one word: do it.
"Zhao Laowu, please hurry up, okay? If not, let me go first, then I will be the first to take the credit." "That's right, if not, let me go, I can't wait any longer."
"Isn't it just a small cliff? There's not even an enemy there. What are you afraid of, Zhao Laowu?"
"That's right. The boss is not afraid of a woman, Zhao Laowu, are you not even as good as a woman?"
"The boss is not an ordinary woman, Yang Mazi you..."
At this moment, the bandits seemed to have forgotten that when they saw this cliff just now, they cursed louder and louder.
However, Mingyue would not remind them that the benefits and risks are generally equal.
But she had also made up her mind that when they walked over this cliff, when they really reached the end, when the Song Dynasty truly unified the world, she would definitely ask for credit for them.
They used to be bandits and mountain robbers, but their repeated fights for their lives and rescues of civilians were enough to offset the sins they had committed.
With the laughter of a group of bandits, the fear of the cliff in everyone's hearts seemed to disappear in an instant.
Zhao Laowu laughed and scolded his brothers a few words, but in the end he was still the first to walk.
However, this road was not safe. Just as Mingyue had imagined, high rewards came with high risks. More than 300 bandits went through untold hardships for two days and one night, and in the end only 126 people were left.
Others either accidentally fell off the cliff and lost their lives, or saw their friends falling and tried to pull them up, but ended up falling down together. There were also more than 20 people who had no choice but to go back because the road was blocked after the people ahead of them had passed.
A group of bandits went from being high-spirited at the beginning to being sad and miserable at the end.
After leaving the cliff, the group of people lay in a barren hill, with sadness on everyone's face.
Their brother who had been through life and death together did not die on the battlefield, but died on this cliff, and even his body could not be found.
But no one blamed Mingyue, because they knew that without the boss, they would not have come this far.
Even if those brothers died, they died with a smile on their face. They had lived their whole lives, and now they could be considered to have died in a blaze of glory, a worthy death.
And those who are still alive will continue to move forward with their honor and dreams.
They broke through Kangyong Pass for their dead brothers.
Mingyue was also very silent. She lay on the ground in an ungraceful manner, just like those bandits, looking at the twinkling stars in the sky.
She knew she was not wrong. If they had really used conventional methods to attack Kangyong Pass, the number of soldiers sacrificed would definitely have been more than a few hundred.
But these hundreds of people had followed her all the way, each of them was someone she could call out by name, and each of them trusted her extremely.
They called her the boss and firmly believed that she would lead them to become nobles and generals, but she did not do so.
Mingyue blinked, forcibly brushing away the moisture in her eyes.
Now is not the time to be sad.
(End of this chapter)