"You'd better not let me meet him in the future, otherwise I will skin him alive and tear his tendons and bones apart!"
The one who said this was the general who had the best relationship with General Li in the past. It could be said that they had a life-and-death friendship. However, after General Li betrayed the army or revealed that he was actually a Liuqi man and had been a spy hidden in the Dingbei army, all these things were overshadowed. Some even suspected that it was all a deliberate plot by General Li.
Wei Tingyu looked coldly at the group of angry generals cursing. He had nothing to do with that General Li. Even though he wanted to cut him into pieces, was this the focus now
Wei Tingyu took a few steps forward and occupied Mu Bei's previous seat. When he saw the bracelet on the table, he felt deeply saddened. Without saying a word, he put it away, then took Mu Bei's spare memorial paper on the table and started writing quickly.
Wei Tingyu came to the Northern Frontier and served as a general. Before, he had never asked about any matters in the army. He had great trust in the Dingbei Army and would not do things that only outsiders could do. But it was different now. Wei Tingyu took Mu Bei's position. They had opinions, but they dared not say anything at this time. Even if Princess Anguo was captured and had nothing to do with them directly, they were still in the wrong.
It is certainly impossible to continue fighting without considering Princess Anguo's safety. However, after fighting with Liuqi until now, he can vaguely feel Liuqi's decline. It is clearly his last madness. As long as he can hold on, Liuqi will undoubtedly be defeated.
We should negotiate with Liuka at this juncture? No matter how you think about it, you can't accept it, especially since so many soldiers have lost their lives before. Is everything going to be a waste? Even so, no one asked to continue fighting.
He wiped his face fiercely and swallowed back all his resentment and anger.
However, the decision of whether to talk or not was not in their hands. Knowing that Wei Tingyu was now writing a letter to Emperor Xuanren, they were a little worried about their Marshal, who had seriously neglected his duty. If the Emperor punished them...
Mu Bei glanced at Wei Tingyu and immediately sent someone to Jiangcheng to report the matter to Pingjin Hou who was in charge there.
Logically speaking, Liuqi would not send out any more troops now, for fear that they would be too shameless and, relying on the bargaining chips in their hands, wantonly tear off a piece of meat from the Dingbei Army. Although Xiaocao would not be in danger of his life, what about the others? Those barbarians were simply beasts, and who knew what they would do.
Some things make their scalps tingle just by thinking about them.
If Liu Qian really threatened... it would be better to do this than to be cautious when killing a rat.
Perhaps everyone had thought of this, but no one dared to speak. Their eyes vaguely fell on Wei Tingyu...
After Mu Bei sent people, he gave orders to the generals below one after another, assigning all deployments to personnel and making adjustments as quickly as possible. Especially at this time, they could not take it lightly and needed to be more rigorous and cautious.
After Mu Bei made the arrangements, Wei Tingyu had already written the memorial. He put down his pen expressionlessly and left. He had his own channels to send the memorial back. As a military supervisor, he had written two memorials to Emperor Xuanren before, but he just reported the situation in the northern border from his position.
—Emperor Xuanren did not express any opinion about his non-interference in military affairs.
After Wei Tingyu left, Mu Bei also sat down and began to write a memorial. Wei Tingyu's memorial was one thing, and he also needed to make a memorial and apologize at the same time. He would not evade his responsibility. Moreover, he was not necessarily feeling better than Wei Tingyu in the current situation. However, he had to suppress some emotions in his heart and could not show them at all. The more he needed to be calm and rational at this time, the more he needed to be calm and rational. - So, when writing the memorial, he also sent someone to watch Wei Tingyu. He knew Wei Tingyu's feelings for Xiaocao very well, so he was worried that he would do something unwise at this time.
The people sent over were Xiaocao's former guards. This was also to show Wei Tingyu that there was no other intention.
Some people from Liuqi sneaked into the rear of the Qi Dynasty army, so naturally some people from Qi Dynasty would sneak over as well. Fan Wuguo has been doing this recently, and he is getting bolder and bolder, and going deeper and deeper. However, he felt something was wrong today. When he was young, he could control his temper and not do anything to disobey Emperor Xuanren and Princess Anguo. Naturally, he would not be greedy and make reckless advances at this moment.
After retreating, I felt something was wrong. Why did the Qi Dynasty army retreat? Then I found the camp by following the traces. Even so, it was too quiet along the way.
After entering the camp, the atmosphere seemed a little solemn. Fan Wuguo's first thought was, could it be that Mu Bei was injured? In his opinion, only if the head coach Mu Bei was injured, or seriously injured, would such a situation occur.
But how could that be? As the head coach, Mu Bei stayed in the back and would not easily go on the field to fight the enemy himself.
"Where's the marshal?"
"Captain Fan, the marshal is in the main tent." The patrolling soldier said respectfully.
Fan Wuguo went straight to the main account without thinking. He was only a thousand households, and he was not qualified to go to the main account without being summoned. However, his status was different. After Mu Bei arrived in Northern Frontier, he had been under Mu Bei's command. Mu Bei actually wanted to teach him well. Later, he saw that Fan Wuguo's behavior was very different from when he was in the imperial city. He was not as arrogant as a young man, but was calm and obedient. He gradually relaxed a little, so the main account did not have many restrictions on him.
With Mu Bei's guidance, Fan Wuguo grew up very fast and was both brave and resourceful. Naturally, his military achievements were faster than those of most people. If you really counted him, he was definitely not a thousand households. However, to be promoted higher, he would need to be canonized by the imperial court.
Even if one holds the title of a thousand households, sometimes the actual power is higher than the position.
Fan Wuguo wanted to enter the main tent, and the guards at the door did not stop him.
At this moment, there were only three people in the main account, including Mu Bei.
After the greeting, Fan Wuguo had no scruples and asked directly.
The soldiers below naturally did not know about Xiaocao's capture, and they were confused. However, the Dingbei Army had always had strict military discipline, so there would not be any chaos because of this.
Mu Bei didn't intend to hide it from Fan Wuguo, but after considering how much to say, he decided to tell everything.
Then Fan Wuguo suddenly became irritable, exposing his nature as a tyrant. While cursing, he almost overturned the main tent. This reaction was within Mu Bei's expectations, but the other two people in the tent and the guards outside the tent were shocked by him, probably because they didn't expect Fan Wuguo to have such a side.
Mu Bei didn't stop him and let him vent.
Fan Wuguo's eyes were red and he was breathing heavily, like a calf on the edge of madness.
"Calm down?"
"I wish I could raze Liuqi to the ground." Calm down? Is it possible
Mu Bei rubbed his eyebrows. Young Master Fan, whose nature was out of control, was very difficult to deal with.
"Liuqi tried every possible means to capture Princess Anguo. The purpose is obvious, but you can't expect Liuqi people to be more graceful and abide by the rules, so don't act on impulse. Whatever we do now may affect her."
Fan Wuguo kicked the chair furiously again, and finally calmed his feverish mind a little, "Where is Wei Tingyu? The Marshal should be most worried about him right now, right?"
"I sent someone to watch over him." In Mu Bei's opinion, as long as Wei Tingyu was well guarded, nothing would happen. As for his mood, he couldn't care less about it at this time.
"What do we do now?"
"Wait, wait for Liu Qi to come to my house, wait for the emperor's instructions, the memorial has been sent out."
The former should be quick, but the latter will take some time. After all, the imperial city is far away, and the matter is too important. I'm afraid there will be more wrangling in the court. Now I just hope it doesn't take too long, otherwise when Liuqi's patience runs out, who knows what he will do.
Fan Wuguo naturally knew the character of those people in the court. When he thought that someone might not care about Xiaocao's life, he couldn't help but become a little angry. However, he was far away and there was nothing he could do. If they were in the imperial city, he might beat them up one by one. However, whoever had such an idea and said something that shouldn't be said would be asked about it later.
There was no point for Fan Wuguo to stay here, so he thought for a moment and said, "I'll go check on that guy Wei Tingyu."
Mu Bei nodded.
There is no way, now all I can do is wait anxiously.
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Xiaocao and the others did not feel comfortable when they entered the Liuqi camp. Although no one did anything to them, the gazes they received were as sharp as blades and as fierce as wolves and tigers, as if they wanted to tear them apart alive. The psychological pressure caused by this was considerable.
However, this situation did not last very long. Xiaocao soon met an acquaintance, who had once accompanied the envoys to the Kaiping Imperial City. Compared with the tall and strong Liuka people, Xiaocao was considered gentle and handsome. He was originally estimated to be a think tank. Now the other party introduced himself and claimed to be Liuka's military advisor.
Compared with others, this military advisor is much more polite. Maybe he lived in Qi Dynasty before.
"I really have no choice but to invite the princess in this way. I am really sorry for making the princess feel wronged."
They are polite, but also much more cunning than those straightforward Liuqi people.
Xiao Cao didn't want to waste time talking, "What do you want to arrange? Hurry up, I'm tired and need to rest."
It seemed a bit arrogant to speak like this on someone else's territory, but Xiaocao was not blindly arrogant. She was just testing Liuqi's bottom line towards her. Only when the bottom line was clear would it be convenient for her to act later.
"I'm afraid that Princess will have to endure it for some time. This camp is not suitable for Princess to live in. We need to send Princess to live in the city behind. I hope Princess will bear with it." The military advisor was kind and amiable, without any domineering attitude.
Xiaocao naturally had no choice but to obey their arrangements. Her silver needle bracelet was left behind, and Xiaocao also knew what they were going to do.
This "retreat" was nearly a hundred miles. The temperature had changed significantly compared to that in Qi Chao. On the way, heavy snow fell. Both sides of the road were already covered with thick white snow, and soon the snow became thicker.
Xiaocao was riding in a Liuqi-style carriage. Not only was she in the carriage, but the military advisor and General Li were also there.
However, General Li's condition was not good at the moment. Although his injury was lighter than Xiaocao had estimated, he had lost a lot of blood. He had been traveling all the way in the cold weather, and his face was pale. His vital signs were declining. If he continued like this, he would die before reaching the city behind Liuqi.
At any other time, Xiaocao would not watch a life slip away, but now it is different. General Li died right before her eyes, and she would not even blink an eye. However, this possibility is not very high.
Sure enough, the military advisor looked at Xiaocao and said respectfully, "Princess, please help me."
The grass looked at him indifferently.
The military advisor seemed to be hesitant, "After all, his surname is Xiao."
The Xiao family is the royal family of Liuqi. In Liuqi, where the hierarchy is stricter than that of Liuqi, there is no other surname Xiao except the royal family. Xiaocao sneered. In the royal family, there are also distinctions of high and low status. This General Li would hide his real name and enter the Qi Dynasty at a very young age to seek a career. Either he was precocious or it was the work of someone else. Either it was because of his precocity or it was the work of someone else. Either it was because of the fact that he was not of high status.
Although General Li is taller than most people from Qi Dynasty, his features are obviously more like those of Qi Dynasty. Therefore, his mother might be from Qi Dynasty, and those women were mostly slaves captured by Liuqi in his early years.
In fact, we can get a glimpse of this from the military advisor's attitude. After all, General Li captured her, and she was a great hero. The military advisor was obviously more respectful to her than to General Li, but now that she is dead, it would be difficult to explain to the people behind General Li.
Does General Li care about his status? Of course he does, otherwise he could have stayed in Qi Dynasty, so he was greatly irritated by Xiao Cao's sneer. "If I die, the princess's subordinates will probably be buried with me."