Both sides paid tribute and retreated their troops. The tribesmen on the grassland dragged their wounded bodies back to their camps. Li Ye, the eldest prince, Yang Kaiyi and others also returned to the tower to discuss the gains and losses of the day.
Jiang Huo reported the casualties on the battlefield. Although hundreds of people were injured or killed by the arrows fired by the grassland tribes, only seventeen people were actually killed due to arrow wounds.
The eldest prince looked at the frowning Li Ye and said, "National Master, this is the best result."
Yang Kaiyi patted the table and replied: "This battle is really satisfying. You must know that the soldiers have been holding their breath for a long time."
Li Ye glanced at the two men and said quietly: "Even so, they still have more soldiers and horses than we do. We must be careful to guard against their counterattack."
The eldest prince nodded and replied: "Of course, I will arrange for manpower to clean the moat tomorrow."
Yang Kaiyi also said: "They just lost the heavy weapons for attacking the city. They should not attack again in the short term. We just need to take a rest."
"I hope they can come faster and cut through the mess quickly, I think." Li Ye said quietly, looking at the excitement of the two people, he couldn't help but sigh.
"You two adults, please go back first. I'm here to watch." Li Ye thought for a while, cleaned up the mess, and thought about how to deal with the next battle.
Every battle had casualties. Although Nanyun City won the battle with an absolute geographical advantage, Li Ye understood that the next battle was the critical battle.
Watching the two people leave, Li Ye also went back to the house and lay on the bed in a daze.
In his mind were the flames rising into the sky from the moat and the voices of the crying prairie soldiers trapped in it.
One general's achievements will lead to thousands of bones being withered, even for people like him who are unwilling to kill lightly.
The only way to avoid death is to stop the war, and how can he do it alone?
As long as the grassland tribes are camping outside Nanyun City, it is impossible to stop the war.
Even if the army retreats to the three towns in southern Xinjiang, it will still be impossible to stop the war.
What the Five Domains Dynasty wants is to take back the three towns in southern Xinjiang.
"I really don't want to kill anyone anymore!" Li Ye sighed softly.
...
Before Li Ye got up the next day, Mu Mu burst into his room excitedly.
"Brother, get up and have breakfast. Sister Qingyu made it." Mu Mu's voice always came in before anyone arrived.
Li Ye didn't want to get up, so he pulled the quilt to cover his face.
"The sun is shining on your butt!" Mu Mu smiled with squinted eyes, put the food box in her hand on the table, and lifted Li Ye's quilt.
Li Ye originally wanted to sleep for a while, but Mu Mu even took off his quilt, so he was too embarrassed to continue to stay on the bed, sitting up and looking at Mu Mu in a daze.
"I said Mu Mu, you never cared about me sleeping in on Tianshan Mountain! There is no battle today, can't I sleep a little longer?"
"No, let's go outside the city after eating to see if we can pick up some treasures." Mu Mu was still thinking about not cleaning up the battlefield yesterday.
"Where do you really want to go? I heard that the men and horses in our grassland should have cleaned it yesterday." Li Ye got up from the bed and went to fetch water to wash up.
Mu Mu looked at his back and muttered: "What if they missed something?"
How long does it take to clear such a large battlefield? A small money fan like Mu Mu would definitely not want to miss this great opportunity.
I thought I would call Wei Qingyu and Nalan Yu later, and maybe I could make a small fortune.
Just when Mu Mu was secretly proud, Li Ye came back from the shower and looked at her and said, "You seem to have a lot of treasures, right? Do you still have money to spend on the battlefield?"
Mu Mu turned back to look at him and said seriously: "Even if we don't go, Brother Nalan and the others will go, and I won't be alone."
"Then you can ask Nalan Dake and Wei Qingyu to come with you. I won't go." Li Ye opened the food box and prepared to eat.
"How is that possible? You are my brother. If you don't go, who will accompany me?" Mu Mu gave him a blank look and sat opposite him and looked at him.
Li Ye was a little big-headed and said with a smile: "In my memory, Mu Mu is an obedient and cute sister. Why does it seem like she has become a different person since she came down from Tianshan Mountain?"
When Mu Mu heard this, she made a face at her and said with a smile: "You are scolding my wife behind your back, I will tell her later."
The meaning is self-evident, everything Mu Mu was taught bad by Li Hongxiu.
Li Ye looked at her and couldn't help laughing, and said softly: "I am now the national advisor of the imperial dynasty. If you ask me to accompany you to clean the battlefield, what do you want the soldiers of Nanyun City to think? "
Mu Mu was stunned, tilted her head and looked at him, nodded and replied: "That makes sense, then let me watch from the city wall. If Mu Mu is in danger, my brother's arrows can also save her life."
Li Ye looked at her and replied seriously: "That's okay. You go and call Brother Nalan and Wei Qingyu. At least the three of you go out together, then I won't worry."
"Okay, I'll share it with you when I find it, hahaha..." A gust of wind made Mumu run out.
"Be careful."
After breakfast, Li Ye went out and walked on the wall of Nanyun City. He looked at the soldiers who were standing guard. After being silent for a long time, he said softly: "Don't worry, everyone, we will be able to go home in a short time." ”
The soldiers on duty looked at him and said: "Don't worry, National Master, we will definitely defeat them and take back the three towns."
Li Ye looked at them speechless, and after a long time he murmured: "Everyone is returning home alive."
"Yes! We all need to go home alive!"
"The Imperial Master said when we went to war, go to war together and go home together!"
"Go to war together and go home together!"
There was a roar from the city temple, and the morale of the soldiers who had fought several victorious battles was unprecedentedly high.
Even Nalanyu and his gang, who were looking for treasure outside the city, looked up at the top of Nanyun City, thinking that something had happened again.
Li Ye waved to Mu Mu and told her it was okay and there was no need to worry.
"Brother is crazy, don't pay attention to him." Mu Mu looked at Nalan Yu and said with a smile.
Wei Qingyu looked at Mu Mu and said softly: "The soldiers in the city have been holding back for a long time and need to vent their emotions. The Imperial Master is doing this to help everyone.
"It seems that you know my brother better than I do." Nalan Yu looked at her and smiled.
Wei Qingyu blushed and became silent.
"Why haven't you seen that guy Wang Tianhua?" Mu Mu, who never spoke for any reason, suddenly said something.
Nalan Yu turned to look at her and smiled: "He is arranging the troops to maintain those heavy slaves. After all, they have fought several battles and need to be maintained."
Mu Mu looked at Wei Qingyu and smiled: "Sister Qingyu, you have to work hard, that Wang Tianhua is now the captain."
Nalan Yu glared at her and corrected: "He is not the captain, he is my deputy general, who was appointed by the national master himself."
Wei Qingyu was stunned, then looked back at Nalan Yu and asked, "When you men go to the battlefield, you rise quickly."
Nalan Yu looked at her and shook his head, and replied: "His promotion has nothing to do with the war, it is purely luck. Only the Imperial Master knows about this, and Wang Tianhua should also know about it. You can ask him another day."
Wei Qingyu nodded and said that he would go see Wang Tianhua when he had time.
People outside the city were talking about Wang Tianhua, and Li Ye also found Wang Tianhua.
Seeing the imperial master who suddenly came to see him, Wang Tianhua quickly stepped forward to say hello.
"I will teach you another task. No matter what, you must complete it." Li Ye looked at Wang Tianhua quietly.
"National Master, please tell me, I promise to complete the task." Wang Tianhua gave Li Ye a military salute.
Li Ye pulled him aside, murmured for a while, and finally patted his shoulder and said, "Before you carry out the mission, come to me and I will let you go."
Wang Tianhua nodded heavily and asked with a smile: "Can we bring Wei Qingyu with us for this matter? I always feel guilty for making meritorious deeds and want to help her."
Li Ye lowered his head and thought for a while, looked at him and said with a smile, "No problem, you can call General Nalan and my sister the same then, so that the wealth will not go to outsiders."
After speaking, Li Ye couldn't help laughing and walked back.
Wang Tianhua looked at Li Ye's leaving figure and couldn't help but mutter to himself: "In these five regions, don't offend anyone in the five realms, but don't offend the national master. This trick is too cruel."
The soldiers behind him looked at him in confusion and asked, "What's the matter, Vice General Wang? Don't forget us brothers."
Wang Tianhua looked at the people behind him and smiled: "Nonsense, we must perform the mission together!"
"That's good. Let's enjoy the blessings together and bear the difficulties together!"
"That's right, we are all brothers and a family!"
Listening to the laughter coming from behind, Li Ye couldn't help but laugh proudly.
I've spent a lot of effort and dug a hole for so long, but I haven't used it yet. It's nothing, it's just an appetizer.
It wasn't until he walked back to the attic on the city wall that he breathed a sigh of relief, lit the red clay stove, and planned to make a pot of tea to comfort himself.
He was thinking secretly, as long as Wang Tianhua does this well, there will be chaos outside Nanyun City. Even if there are thousands of troops coming, he will have nothing to fear.
Boom, boom, boom!
There was a rush of footsteps.
The eldest prince is here? There was no fighting today. Normally, he and Yang Kaiyi would not come over. Li Ye told them to calm down everyone's emotions and get enough energy to prepare for the war.
"It's so boring!" Mu Mu ran in, followed by Nalan Yu and Wei Qingyu who looked innocent.
Three people walked in one after another.
"Mu Mu." Li Ye frowned slightly. This guy wouldn't pay attention to his image unless he was happy.
Wei Qingyu and Li Ye nodded, walked in and sat down at the table. Nalan Yu also sat at the table.
Li Ye picked up the teapot and poured tea with the three of them.
"It's so poor. The three of us searched for a long time and couldn't find anything valuable." Mu Mu said.
Li Ye was too lazy to pay attention to her, picked up the tea cup and blew gently.
"It's not without gain. The weapons we picked up are worth at least two thousand taels of silver." Wei Qingyu glanced at Mu Mu and said softly.
Li Ye raised his head and looked at Mu Mu, and said quietly: "Mu Mu, you are now the princess, and you are the one receiving the salary. Why are you competing with this money every day?"
Nalanyu couldn't help but spit out a mouthful of tea.
Mu Mu couldn't help but kicked him and shouted: "How can a brother laugh at his sister?"
"Okay, okay, I'm afraid of you. If you don't want my share, it's all yours." Nalan Yu laughed loudly.
"That's pretty much it." Mu Mu looked at Li Ye, thought for a while and said, "Since Mu Mu is the princess now, my brother is not allowed to call me a money-lover in the future."
Li Ye nodded, picked up the cup, looked at Nalan Yu and said, "Brother, if you have nothing to do this afternoon, go and find Wang Tianhua with Sister Qingyu. I have arranged something for him, and you can do it together."
"Where's me? Why did you forget me!" Mu Mu was unhappy.
"By the way, bring Mu Mu with you." Li Ye thought about how he had forgotten this little money fan because of his carelessness.
"Is there anything important?" Nalan Yu looked at Li Ye and asked.
Li Ye ignored Nalan Yu, but looked at Wei Qingyu's dazed look and smiled: "It's not good for Wang Tianhua to do meritorious service alone. I found an opportunity for him to take you with him." Li Ye said seriously.
"Is this mission important? You won't lie to us, will you?" Mu Mu stared at Li Ye and asked nervously.
Li Ye knocked on the table and said with a smile: "You are the princess now, how dare I lie to you."
Mu Mu looked at him, and the old god nodded.
Just know.
