[The Legend of Mulan] Daughter Love

Chapter 45 Returning to Wei Ying

The war on the front line did not start as expected. Duolun's troops have been stationed in the north of the Lishui River and have not launched an attack for a long time. Even Duo Sufeng found a shoal in the river, and Duo Lun wanted to lead his troops to attack. Lun stopped him.He has issued a military order that no soldier or soldier should move rashly, especially not to cross the river to disturb the border.

Although Zhiqing was glad that she didn't fall into the melee, but in the Rouran army, she couldn't relax for a moment.On the day she and Duo Lun went to the front line, the rest of the troops arrived one after another, including the two thousand cavalry led by Lieutenant General Shao Dun.Zhiqing Ting Yeshu mentioned to Duo Lun that Shaodun was the prime minister. This person had been to Wufeng Valley with Duo Lun, and was sent back to Rouran by Duo Lun.She didn't have much impression of Shaotun, but one of the cavalry who came with him looked very familiar.Duo Lun said that the person she saw was Qi Jin, who was Wu Ti's bodyguard, and Zhi Qing remembered it.

Although there is no war, there are still many crises for Zhiqing in Rouran's army.Fortunately, Duo Lun distributed his forces like horns. His central army camp was surrounded by Duo Sufeng's wolf camp, and the other troops were placed a few miles away, so they could observe the movements of the Wei army around them at any time.In this way, as long as Zhiqing follows Duo Lun in the camp of the Chinese army, she is safe.Duo Lun set up a tent for Zhi Qing next to his main tent, but most of the time, Zhi Qing followed Duo Lun as a bodyguard to ensure nothing would go wrong.

Zhiqing didn't know how powerful Duolun was in the war, she must have heard the rumors.However, following him and watching him line up and command Ruosu, his unruly appearance really made people feel extraordinary.It's just that Duo Lun's original bright eyes gradually became restless and tired while waiting on the front line. He is no longer a prairie eagle whose blood boils when he hears the horn.Whenever she saw Duo Lun drinking alone, Zhiqing couldn't help shaking her head and sighing for his distress.

In the deep and endless night, only a few stars are shining, except for the place illuminated by the torch in the camp, the surrounding area is completely dark.In the north of the desert, there is a large temperature difference between morning and evening, and the cold wind that blows through makes this lonely night even more bleak.Zhiqing stood on the high platform outside the main tent, looking at the vast darkness, feeling helpless and bitter, not knowing what to do.

Behind him, Duo Lun came out with a bowl of wine, looked around, and sighed. "What are you thinking about? Are you thinking about Poria cocos or how to cross the river and return to the country of Wei?"

"What's the use of thinking about the current situation." Zhiqing said flatly.

"Fuling married my father Khan and she is Rouran's princess. No one dares to do anything to her. It can be seen that my father Khan likes Fuling very much and will treat her well."

Zhiqing disagrees with Duolun's idea.But Zhiqing also knew that Duo Lun could not disobey his father Khan, and it would be almost impossible to escape from the royal court with Fu Ling.Even now, she doesn't want to argue with him on this matter.Zhiqing also sighed helplessly, looked sideways at Duo Lun, and asked, "How long do you plan to hold back like this?"

"I don't know." Duo Lun took a sip of the wine in the bowl and smiled self-deprecatingly, "The longer the delay, the better."

Zhiqing frowned, "How long do you think it will last? The prime minister sent Shaodun to monitor you, just to see if you made mistakes. Besides, you even secretly covered me, a woman from Wei State, and hid in the barracks."

"I don't care. You don't have to worry about it. Ever since the Wufeng Valley incident, the prime minister and I have had a falling out. He is a smart man. Without real evidence, some trivial matters will not be easily reported to Father Khan."

Da Tan Khan has always favored Duo Lun and let him lead the army, which shows that he has great trust in him, but too many small mistakes can make big mistakes, and Jin Canzi is not an easy person to deal with.Duo Lun has been standing still for more than a month, and he has not gained anything in the absence of a capable general in Wei.Because of his depression, a few days ago, Duo Sufeng even led his troops to capture some Wei women back, just to cheer up Duo Lun.All these incidents were spread back to Rouran as Duo Lun's handle.

Zhiqing said worriedly: "Since the war can't be stopped, why do you insist on controlling the situation? You are a prince, although Jin Canzi can't do anything to you, aren't you afraid that the Khan will change his generals in battle, or that you won't be allowed to fight?" Is your father disappointed? Besides, the two armies are at war, and in your current state, you are completely irresponsible to your own people.” As a Wei native, Zhiqing knew that she shouldn’t say these things, but as Duo Lun’s friend, she really I don't want to see him continue and become the whole Rouran's sinner.

Duo Lun looked at the distance wearily, and a lonely voice sounded, "Zhiqing, you have always been the one who sees the most clearly. Maybe you are right, but I can't control myself. I can't find Mulan at the border. Worried about her, until now I haven't figured out what Eighth Grandpa said."

"Then don't think about it." Zhiqing snatched the wine bowl from his hand and stuffed it into the hand of Yeshu who was standing beside him, "Duo Lun, what you should think about is how to win over or take advantage of Shaodu, even if it is to delay For a longer period of time, you have to beware of him stabbing you in the back!" Not only that, even for her own sake, she must always remind Duo Lun.

"Your Highness Duo Lun, Miss Zhiqing is right." Ye Shu walked to the other side of Duo Lun and said.His mind sank, he glanced at Zhiqing gratefully, someone finally thought of something with him, unlike Duo Sufeng, a reckless man who would only cause trouble for His Highness.He just wanted to take the opportunity to persuade Duo Lun again, when he heard shouts of killing coming from a distance.

The shouts of killing became louder and louder... In the darkness, only the torches were shaking back and forth.Someone from the Chinese army came to report that there was a surprise attack by soldiers from the state of Wei.

Zhiqing was shocked by this sudden night attack. Although Duo Lun beside her was startled, she quickly regained her composure.

He shouted in a deep voice: "Don't mess up, keep your position!" Then calmly ordered, "Yeshu, take a team over there and light all the torches, and see how many Wei troops there are and whose team it is! Che, you bring a team of people to guard the food and grass for me, if there is anything wrong, I only ask you!"

Yeshu and Seche led the way. Duo Lun wanted to lead the people to rush there, but just after getting off the main tent and walking a few steps, he turned back and stood beside Zhiqing, waiting with her for the situation of the night attack .

"Aren't you going to lead the troops there yourself?" Zhiqing asked looking at Duo Lun's anxious face.

"The situation is unknown, let's have a look first."

People frequently came to report the situation of the wolf camp in front. It was heard that the Duosu Feng Department had surrounded a small group of night raiders and was collecting their nets.Duo Lun had been standing in front of the tent looking at the place where the battle was fought in the distance. After about a stick of incense, the situation of the battle changed instantly. For unknown reasons, a big fire ignited in the wolf camp ahead, and the camp suddenly became chaotic.Wei Jun's night attack did not last long, and he took the opportunity to escape when the wolf camp was in chaos.

The fire in the wolf camp was only extinguished at dawn, and most of the tents were burned, but the food and grass were still there.Duo Sufeng has been busy cleaning up the battlefield and collecting the corpses in the middle of the night, but he has not had time to report to Duo Lun.Yeshu and Seche, who had returned to the main camp of the Chinese army, knew little about last night's night attack. They heard that someone shouted that the reinforcements from the Wei army had arrived, so they caused chaos in the camp and let Wei's small army go.As for the facts, whether there is any verification, and which team of the Wei army attacked, I don't know at all.

Duo Lun slapped the table with his palm, his face was livid, probably because the battle last night was so useless.Duo Lun is a proud person. Although he doesn't want to fight, he doesn't want this kind of thing to happen in his army. It will waste the fighting power for nothing, making it even more vulnerable.

Zhiqing trotted to catch up with Duo Lun who walked out of the main tent, and they arrived at the camp where the wolf camp was stationed.Duo Sufeng was making people chop down the captives last night one by one like chopping carrots.

"Stop!" Duo Lun shouted, and everyone stopped.He asked Duo Sufeng angrily, "What are you doing!"

Duo Sufeng replied naturally: "We are killing prisoners. The Wei army killed many of us last night."

"Even if you kill them all, the dead will not be able to survive! Let me ask you, what happened last night?" Duo Sufeng couldn't answer, Duo Lun angrily said: "Hurry up and send someone to find out what happened !"

"Yes, Your Highness!"

Duo Lun turned to leave, only to hear a roar behind him: "Mo Jiang, you bastard!"

This voice surprised Duo Lun and Zhiqing at the same time. Duo Lun turned to look at the last prisoner who was not killed, and hurried over, "Zhuzi, why is it you!"

Zhuzi looked at Duo Lun with hatred, wishing to kill him immediately to vent his anger, "I didn't expect you to be from Rouran, thanks to Mulan trusting you so much, we people in Wufeng Valley have been deceived by you! You are a big liar!"

"Zhuzi, I didn't intend to lie to you, I have always regarded you as friends."

"Damn! What friend, how many of our compatriots have been killed by you Rouran people, I will not share the sky with you!"

Amid Zhuzi's angry shouts, Zhiqing suddenly approached step by step. She didn't expect to see her old friend from Wufenggu. The patience and fear of so many days rushed into her at this moment like a flood that broke a bank. In my heart, the deepest yearning for Wufeng Valley and the urge to go home arose.

"Pillar..." She looked at him with tears of joy.

Zhu Zi was scolding Duo Lun with red eyes. Anyway, he had never thought of going back alive after being captured, and his anger turned into scolding.But when he suddenly heard a familiar voice calling him, Zhu Zi couldn't help being stunned, and when he looked up, he saw that the person in soft clothes standing beside Duo Lun was actually Zhi Qing.

Just as he was about to speak, he was interrupted by Duo Lun's scolding, "Come here, take him to the big tent, I want to interrogate him myself!"

Because of weaving and pro-mapping, the military households in Wufeng Valley were originally exempted from military service for one year by the imperial court, but because they harbored the traitor Tuoba Shao, they offended the emperor.The army of Rouran invaded, conscription was made from all over the territory of Wei State, and all the strong men of Kongwu were conscripted into the army. The counties and villages were depressed and closed, and the border military towns were even more miserable.

Thinking of the possible situation in Wufeng Valley, Zhiqing couldn't help worrying about her grandfather, but now she can't do anything.She roughly told Zhuzi about her experience while untying the rope for Zhuzi.After the pillars were untied, he rubbed his wrists and said to Zhiqing, "We all thought you would marry General Xie, but we didn't expect this to happen." He then glared at Duo Lun who was standing aside, "They Rouran are barbaric , like to contradict your promise!"

Duolun didn't argue with Zhuzi, and asked anxiously, "Zhuzi, do you know where Mulan is?"

"I don't know!" Zhuzi replied without thinking, "You don't want to know Mulan's situation from me!"

"Zhuzi, you..." Duo Lun stepped forward and grabbed him, "If you don't say it, believe it or not, I will kill you!"

"You can kill me right now, I won't be a good man if I blink!"

"Duo Lun!" Zhi Qing pushed the two of them away, looked at Zhu Zi and said, "Zhu Zi, Duo Lun can't stop the war if he can't disobey his father Khan. He thought Mulan was at the border so he led the army because he was afraid that Mulan would be affected by the flames of war. You should know where Mulan is, right?" Just now when Zhuzi said 'we thought', Zhiqing heard something strange, and she always had a feeling that Mulan was not far away from them.

"Zhiqing, why did you help him? He is from Rouran!" Zhu Zi, who was stared at by Zhiqing, said helplessly.

"Because of Duo Lun, I was able to escape from Rouran Royal Court. I believe he is a friend. Zhuzi, Mulan and I have already known that Mo Jiang is from Rouran."

"What, you guys already knew that, no wonder that day when I heard that Rouran's leader was called Duo Lun, Mulan would have that expression..."

"You saw Mulan, Zhuzi, tell me where she is?" Doron asked again.

Zhuzi didn't speak, but after hearing what he said just now, Zhiqing remembered the phrase "between the flames of war, among the sword, and under the iron hoof" that his grandfather said. Could it be that Mulan is also in the barracks?She asked, "Zhuzi, is Mulan in the Wei army with you?"

Zhuzi was taken aback for a moment, then looked at Zhiqing and nodded.It turned out that Mulan joined the army in place of her father, and also went to the front line, just across the river at Yuchi Building, dozens of miles away, and now she is in the Iron Blood Team with Zhuzi and the blacksmith.After Duo Lun learned of Mulan's whereabouts, he lost his mind for a while, turned around in pain, put his hands on the desk, and meditated for a while, then turned around and strode out of the tent, ordering someone to put the pillar down.

……

When it was dawn, Duo Lun asked Duo Sufeng to lead a small group of people to Knock Knock with him and leave the camp, heading south all the way to the Lishui River.

"I'll take you here." Duo Lun looked at the turbulent river and said to the people around him, "The pillar knows the way, follow him, and be careful in everything."

"Take care." Zhiqing said softly.She has countless gratitude to Duo Lun, but she must withdraw as soon as possible in the Rouran military camp, so she can no longer accompany him to face all the difficulties.Now that parting is imminent, she doesn't know what else to say.

She and Zhu Zi took a deep look at Duo Lun, got on their horses, crossed a shoal, and galloped away.Behind him, Duo Lun stood on the horse and watched them go away until they disappeared.

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