After leaving Xichun, we walked to Kaiyang, and then returned to the inn where we came from. It was already dusk three days later. Mu Mu, who had been bored for a few days, couldn't wait to jump off the carriage to find the little girl at the inn.
Ma Tianyun looked at Li Ye and smiled and said, "Are you satisfied with the trip to three towns by the Imperial Master?"
Li Ye looked at the army horse behind the car and walked towards the inn. He looked at him and replied: "It's okay. I saw everything I wanted to see. Although I didn't see Yelu Chucai, I finally knew that he himself didn't want to fight this war. , that’s it.”
"It's just that this battle seems to have to be fought!" Ma Tianyun sighed, pulling the horse and following behind.
"I don't expect that just chatting with them can end a war." Li Ye handed the reins to Ma Tianyun and walked towards the inn.
In Li Ye's opinion, it was enough that he didn't meet the soldiers from the grassland tribes, met Yelu Chucai's son, and saw the scenery he wanted to see.
As for the war, it was the Grand Marshal's business. He only had to fulfill his duties and make every effort. After all, winning a war was not the business of one person.
While thinking about his thoughts, he walked into the living room of the inn and saw a basin of charcoal fire burning brightly.
It must be that the woman heard Mu Mu's shouting and specially added charcoal to the brazier.
Feeling the warmth in the room, Li Ye took off his cloak, looked at the woman and asked, "How have you been these days? Has anyone come to disturb you?"
"Excuse me. A group of soldiers from Nanyun City came two days ago. The leading general asked about your situation. I told him that my mother and I were waiting for the young master here. They stayed for one night and then left. It must be Back to Nanyun City."
The woman picked up the kettle stand and boiled water on the brazier while replying to Li Ye's words.
Li Ye nodded and said with a smile: "Those people are here to find me. Just go back. We will return to Nanyun City early tomorrow morning."
"Do you want to cook porridge tonight?" the woman asked softly.
"No, just make a pot of broth. We caught some snow chickens on the road and roasted them for a while. My sister loves the taste."
Li Ye looked at Mu Mu who was dragging Yueying in and said with a smile.
"Brother, boil some water, clean the snow chicken, roast it and eat it later. You won't be able to eat it when you return to Nanyun City."
Mu Mu pulled the little Yueying girl to sit down next to Li Ye, took out her own kettle, picked up the kettle on the brazier and filled it with water.
Li Ye looked at her and smiled: "I'll make tea right now and let General Ma clean up the snow chickens."
Ma Tianyun, who had just walked in, was grabbed by Li Ye to clean the snow chickens. The woman followed behind carrying hot water. She looked at Yueying and Mu Mu with a smile and said, "Let's warm up by the fire first. Let's grill the meat later."
The little girl looked up at her mother, squinted her eyes and smiled. She was secretly happy to finally be able to leave the windy and snowy wilderness and go to the city she longed for.
While Li Ye was making tea, he looked at Mu Mu and said, "Sister, do you plan to take Yueying to practice martial arts after returning to the city, or do you want her to go back to the imperial city with you to study in the academy?"
Mu Mu thought for a moment, then turned to look at Yueying and said, "Sister, do you want to practice martial arts with me? Or go to school to study?"
Yueying lowered her head and thought for a long time, looked at Li Ye, then looked at Mu Mu, and then replied after a long while: "I want to practice martial arts with my sister and brother, so that I can protect my mother in the future and never be bullied by others again." ”
After listening to this, Li Ye felt a slight pain in his heart.
He thought of the little girl's father who died in the war, and also thought of the words: Heaven and earth are unkind, and treat all things as stupid dogs.
I know that after this war is over, I don’t know how many families will become homeless in the face of the death of their loved ones.
Sighing softly, he suddenly resented himself.
It seems that since I started practicing, I have been sighing constantly, sometimes for myself and sometimes for others.
The world is a game of chess, where people suffer when they are prospered and suffer when they are destroyed.
"From now on, you should stay with Mu Mu. She and I can teach you. There is still a husband and a master in the imperial city. When we return to the imperial city next year, you can study and practice with the master and the master."
Li Ye reached out and touched Yueying's head, thinking that if I can't change all sentient beings, can't I change the situation of this little girl now?
Since my life is very hard, then the lives of those around me must also be very hard!
"When I return to Nanyun City, I will temper your body and gather energy first. After you enter the gate, you can practice slowly."
Li Ye thought to himself that although there were no elixirs, I had a lot of herbs for body tempering. It would not be a problem to spend one or two years turning Yueying into a foundation-building monk.
"Yueying, thank you brother, thank you sister Mumu." The little girl raised her head, her eyes narrowed into crescent moons, which was very cute.
Mu Mu glanced at Li Ye, took Yueying's hand and said, "My brother has a lot of treasures. You got a big deal when you met me. Don't forget Mu Mu in the future!"
Upon hearing this, Yueying hugged Mumu's hand tightly and chuckled: "Mumu is Yueying's sister, how could she forget?"
Li Ye looked at the two little girls and said thoughtfully, "We all want to be well."
...
Li Ye did not stop at the inn. After breakfast the next day, he helped the woman and her daughter pack their luggage, and the group of five headed towards Nanyun City.
It's just that here a woman is sitting in the car, Li Ye and Ma Tianyun are sitting at the front of the car, and two little guys, Mu Mu and Yue Ying, are riding on the horse and running away happily.
One moment he passed Li Ye's carriage, and the next moment he walked around behind the carriage and followed.
This made Li Ye get up and untie the military horse following the carriage. He rode the horse and whipped it for a while before returning to the carriage to chat with Ma Tianyun.
About twenty miles away from the city, Ma Feihu came with a group of soldiers to meet Li Ye. Li Ye looked at him and couldn't help but ask: "General Ma, you weren't following me secretly all the way, were you?"
Ma Feihu, who was riding on the horse, was startled and said with a smile: "No, you left Xichun and went to Kaiyang. I came back when I saw there was no danger."
Li Ye was shocked. He didn't expect that Ma Feihu was actually protecting him secretly.
In his opinion, since the two armies could not fight for the time being, even if they met the soldiers from the grassland tribes, they probably would not be able to fight. Unexpectedly, he was still worried about his own safety.
"It's really hard for you in such a cold weather. When we get back to the city lord's mansion, I'll treat you to a nice drink." Li Ye sighed.
"The Imperial Master is good at drinking? If so, I'd like to invite the city lord to have a drink together." Ma Feihu said with a smile.
"I'm not a good drinker, but I can drink two glasses without getting drunk immediately."
Li Ye smiled lightly, thinking that although I don't have the capacity to drink, I can't live without the courage to drink.
"The Grand Marshal and the City Lord are waiting for the Imperial Master to return to the city. In the past two days, the Grand Marshal has asked several times where the Imperial Master has returned. If you go back today, the Grand Marshal will probably be waiting for you at the City Lord's Mansion."
Ma Feihu sighed.
Li Ye looked at Ma Feihu on the horse and suddenly asked: "How is the progress of weapon casting? Have the craftsmen recruited from the five regions arrived?"
Ma Feihu replied: "The casting went very smoothly. The craftsmen recruited from the Imperial City also came and were scattered to several different places. Everyone is very motivated."
Li Ye was slightly startled and asked, "Are you very motivated?"
"Yes, they all say that being able to forge such weapons in this life is worth dying. In the eyes of the craftsmen, being able to forge magical weapons is their lifelong pursuit, just like our pursuit of winning a battle."
Ma Feihu looked at Li Ye and Ma Tianyun and said with a smile.
Ma Tianyun looked towards the snowy peak in the distance, and after a moment of silence he said, "Indeed, the soldiers in southern Xinjiang are eager to win the battle."
Li Ye looked up at the two of them and said calmly: "Don't be anxious, you will fight the battle. Since I have come back, I will train troops starting from tomorrow. Do three-nine winter exercises to have a good body. Only then can we have a chance to win the battle.”
"The national master wants to train troops?" Ma Feihu and Ma Tianyun were both a little surprised. After all, in their opinion, Li Ye was just a strategist and how could he know how to train troops.
"Except for the soldiers who dug the ditch, all the soldiers in Nanyun City have to train hard. I'm afraid they won't be able to do it without taking off their skin. Although I don't know how to train soldiers, I know how to train myself." Li Ye replied lightly.
In his opinion, as long as it takes effort, there is no soldier that cannot be trained? Even if they haven't fought in a war for decades, it doesn't mean that these soldiers have no blood.
"The ditch has been dug halfway, and the generalissimo said that we can divert water from the Wei River to the moat without waiting until spring."
Ma Feihu looked ahead and said in a solemn voice.
Li Yewen was overjoyed when he heard this, clapped his hands and said, "That's good. With the moat, Nanyun City finally has an extra layer of protection. We don't have to worry about being attacked by the cavalry of the prairie tribes and destroying the city."
Ma Tianyun, who was driving the carriage, nodded and said: "Xiaguan and Kaiyang were disadvantaged because they did not have a moat. Now that Nanyun City has a wide moat, the cavalry of the grassland tribes will be useless."
"That's right!" Ma Feihu smiled.
"Oh, I'm exhausted. I won't play any more. I want to go back to the car and lie down for a while." While the three of them were walking and chatting, Mu Mu ran over on horseback and dismounted near the carriage.
He tied the reins to the back of the carriage, climbed onto the carriage and looked at Ma Feihu and asked: "General, why didn't my brother Nalan come to pick up Mumu?"
Before Ma Feihu could reply, Yueying fastened the reins, climbed onto the carriage behind Mu Mu, and got into the carriage.
"This is this?" Ma Feihu asked, looking at the little girl getting into the car and looking at Li Ye.
"This mother and daughter met me on the road. They didn't want to go back to the grassland, so they followed me to Nanyun City. They will go to the Imperial City with me later. By the way, didn't you meet at the inn? Why are you still asking? Me." Li Ye glanced at Ma Feihu.
"At that time, I just asked about the situation of the Imperial Master, and I didn't ask about the origins of the mother and daughter in detail." Ma Feihu replied nonchalantly.
Then he looked at Mu Mu who was about to get into the carriage and said, "General Nalan is supervising the work and has no time to leave the city."
Li Ye waved his hand and said with a smile: "Whether it is the people on the grassland or the people in southern Xinjiang, they are all common people in the world. Since I have a fate, the general will not worry about this matter."
Ma Feihu nodded and said with a smile: "Everything depends on the national master's decision."
As he was talking, the towers of Nanyun City were already in sight. Li Ye raised his head and took a look. Nanyun City in the wind and snow was like a majestic pass, lying on the only way to pass through Southern Xinjiang and the three towns, revealing boundless vicissitudes.
"Practice your troops well, and in a few days, follow me to the three towns to deliver gifts!" Li Ye said quietly.
Everything is ready, all it takes is an opportunity.
Ma Feihu and Ma Tianyun looked at each other, thinking that a war was about to begin?
