At half past noon, Li Ye, Mu Mu and others finally landed on the north bank of Feng Lingdu.
Four hundred bamboo rafts returned to the south bank to pick up the eldest prince and the remaining troops and supplies.
Nalan Yu took Li Ye to the big tent in front of Linghu Zhen, pointed to the things on the table and said, "This is the big tent of Linghu Zhen, the commander of the imperial imperial army. He ran to White Jade City with his men."
Li Ye nodded, looked at him and asked, "How are our casualties? How many people are left on the other side?"
Nalan Yu looked at him and replied: "Our casualties haven't been counted yet. The opponent originally had an army of 50,000, but then 20,000 escaped, and now there are still about 10,000 who are willing to join us."
Li Ye looked back at Mu Mu, who was sitting next to him eating melon seeds with Xia Wutong, and said with a smile, "How about it? Those arrows you shot scared away an army of 20,000 people!"
Mu Mu, who was whispering to Xia Wutong, was stunned. He looked at Nalan Yu and said with a smile, "Well, Mu Mu is better. Twenty thousand people left before she even took action!"
Nalan Yu looked at her and smiled: "It's really amazing!"
After finishing, he looked at Li Ye and asked: "How to place those dead dynasty soldiers?"
Li Ye looked at the falling snowflakes outside the tent and felt a little lonely in his heart. He thought to himself how could he become so cruel? Is it really because of the stabbing of the eldest prince?
Shaking his head, he looked at Nalan Yu and said, "Tell me to dig a few big holes and bury them on the spot."
Seeing his low-spirited expression, Nalan Yu's heart skipped a beat, thinking that this guy was being merciful again.
"Do you want to erect another stone tablet as a warning?"
"We will discuss this matter later. Let's take a look at the situation in White Jade City first. You will ask us to send out secret sentries to explore the situation in White Jade City later, and ask them to come back tonight."
"What if they prepare to resist?" Nalan Yu looked at Li Ye and asked softly.
Li Ye lay heavily on Linghuzhen's bed, stared blankly at the top of the tent and said, "This is it. Is there any other way?"
Nalan Yu looked at him and shook his head, saying, "I'll make arrangements right away. Ma Tianyun will go to the shore to wait for the Generalissimo."
Closing his eyes, Li Ye waved to him and said, "Go! Let them be careful."
Xia Wutong, who didn't know the situation, looked at Li Ye and asked, "Junior brother, did you catch a cold due to the cold wind blowing on the river?" After speaking, he reached out to touch his forehead.
Mu Mu stretched out her hand and pulled her, and said, "I will take the princess to clean up the battlefield. Brother, please rest for a while."
Li Ye, who was lying on the bed, said nothing and just waved his hand.
At this time, he felt extremely exhausted physically and mentally.
After practicing in Tianshan Mountain for several years, he has never killed a living creature. Even the birds on Tianshan Mountain are willing to get close to him, let alone other wild animals.
Not long after coming down the mountain, he was attacked by Yijian Wuxue Ye Wuya in the creek behind the Great Buddha Temple. In order to survive, he had no choice but to kill for the first time in his life.
He was seriously injured, but he didn't expect that the first time he would kill would be to kill someone.
For this reason, the old monk enlightened him in the temple for a long time before he could get out of the shadow of life.
Then, outside the small courtyard where he lived, and in the Mr. Zizhu Courtyard, killers kept attacking, but the old monk and the Mr. Xin were able to resolve them one by one, sharing the killing karma for Hua.
On the way from Fengyun City to Zhongfang Cun Mountain, he encountered countless dangers. If you elaborate on it, it was a killing journey in his life. Until now, he can no longer remember how many people he killed along the way. of killers and water bandits.
Even when he went up to Fangcun Mountain, under the care of Mr. and Mu Mu, he seemed to have never touched a sword and lived in harmony with the creatures on the mountain.
It was not until halfway through the practice that his husband sent a letter asking Nalan Yu to summon him back to the imperial city from the mountain.
By the time he finally understood what it meant to be a hero, he was no longer the gentle and courteous young man he was yesterday.
With his eyes closed, he was thinking about what kind of life he wanted.
For yourself?
Or for family?
After thinking about it carefully, he immediately rejected the above two theories, because he met the emperor as soon as he entered the world.
Not to mention that the emperor plotted against him, in order to provide a stable living environment for the people of the world, he had to do some things he didn't want to do.
Or is it that I was born with the possibility of becoming a Buddha or becoming a demon with just one thought, as the old monk said?
At this moment, he felt so tired.
He wanted to put aside everything in front of him, return to Fengyun City, and have a good discussion with the old monk at the Great Buddha Temple.
His heart was up and down, his head was pillowed with a wisp of wind and snow, and he fell into a deep sleep.
...
Mu Mu led Xia Wutong and the two of them out, wandering along with the soldiers cleaning the battlefield. Occasionally, they would pick up one or two favorite things to play with, and then throw them to the soldiers around them.
"These people are much poorer than the prairie cavalry, and they don't have much to look at!" Mu Mu said with a smile.
Xia Wutong looked at her, frowned, and asked softly: "Mumu, why did you pull me out?"
Mu Mu looked back at her, curled her lips, and said with a smile: "Brother is feeling uncomfortable. Let him be alone at this time. He will be fine in a while."
"Do you feel uncomfortable? Didn't you win the battle? Why do you feel uncomfortable?" Xia Wutong couldn't understand.
"Alas!" Mu Mu sighed and replied: "You don't understand him. It has nothing to do with winning the war. He thinks he killed too many people."
"How can anyone not die in a war?" Xia Wutong seemed to understand Li Ye's thoughts after listening to Mu Muyi's words.
Mu Mu pointed to the place with thick smoke ahead and said, "Don't worry about him, let's go hang out in front."
In her mind, as long as Li Ye didn't get sick, she didn't need to worry about anything else.
Even thinking about it and worrying about it can't help. Are you going to rub some more salt into his wounds? The best way is to let him stay quiet for a while. Rest is also a way to solve the problem.
However, as a princess, Xia Wutong had not communicated with Li Ye much, so how could she understand his thoughts? Mu Mu has been with Li Ye since she was a child, and the two of them can understand each other's thoughts about many things with just one look.
It was hard for her to tell Xia Wutong clearly about this.
...
On the Fuchun River, the eldest prince, Tang Qiuyu and others were the second group to cross the river, and Wang Tianhua and the heavy slave camp were in the third group.
Seeing the rest of the army boarding the north bank, the eldest prince had an unreal feeling. He looked at Xia Yunlan and said, "Is this the end?"
Xia Yunlan looked at the eldest prince and said, "This is a surprise attack, so naturally it will be a quick victory."
Tang Qiuyu also followed up, looked at the two of them and said, "This guy attracted all the opponent's attention to the riverside. Who would have known that he also arranged two armies to attack from both sides?"
The eldest prince nodded and said with a smile: "Even if I encounter such a situation, I will just run away."
At this moment, Ma Feihu ran over, looked at the three of them and said, "The opponent's general is Linghu Zhen, the commander of the Forbidden Army. Not long after the battle, he led his people to escape in the direction of Bai Jade City."
The eldest prince looked back at the two of them and said with a smile, "Did you see it? It's exactly what I said."
Tang Qiuyu was stunned, looked at Ma Feihu who was running over and asked, "Where is Li Ye. Where are the princess and the princess?"
Ma Feihu looked at her and smiled: "The Imperial Advisor is in the opposing general's tent. The princess, the princess, and General Nalan are all there."
"Everyone is not injured, right?" Tang Qiuyu was worried for Xia Wutong.
"They're fine." Ma Feihu said, leading the three of them to the top of the river bank.
"Have all the troops started cooking?" The eldest prince looked at the rising smoke from the stove and turned to ask.
"That's natural." General Nalan assigned some brothers to clean the battlefield, some to cook, and some to dig holes and bury people. "
Ma Feihu told the three of them one by one about Li Ye's arrangements.
"Dig a hole to bury people again?" Upon hearing this, Tang Qiuyu frowned slightly.
"That's right. How can anyone be immortal in a war?" Seeing that she didn't react, the eldest prince explained for Li Ye.
In the battle of Feng Lingdu, the opponent's 50,000-strong army quietly ran away with 20,000 troops before they could fight.
The remaining 30,000 were heavily surrounded by a 60,000-strong army led by Nalan Yu and Ma Feihu. Except for Linghu Zhen, who escaped early, the rest were either dead or wounded or surrendered.
Fortunately, it would be winter, otherwise the entire battlefield would be filled with the smell of blood.
Tang Qiuyu looked at the three of them without saying a word, but just walked forward silently.
Halfway through, the group met Mu Mu and Xia Wutong, who had failed to clean up the battlefield. Tang Qiuyu looked at the two and asked, "Why did you run out? Aren't you with the national master?"
When Yeluyan saw the two of them, she ran up to Mumu affectionately, took Mumu's hand, and whispered in her ear.
Xia Wutong looked at Tang Qiuyu and said, "Junior brother is in a bad mood. Mu Mu and I went out for a walk and wanted to clean up the battlefield."
The eldest prince was delighted when he heard this, looked at her and said, "Did you pick up any treasures?"
When Xia Wutong saw his brother asking himself, he smiled and shook his head and said, "Mu Mu said these people are much poorer than the prairie cavalry. There are no good things. Even if they are, the soldiers have almost picked them all up."
The eldest prince heard that Li Ye was in a bad mood and was worried. He asked Ma Feihu to lead the way, and the group of people rushed to the tent where Li Ye was.
...
The eldest prince walked in front, and the three girls followed behind. Yeluyan kept asking questions, and she regretted that she didn't cross the river with him.
Before I even entered the tent, heat began to flow out of the tent.
It turned out that Nalan Yu saw Li Ye sleeping on the bed and didn't dare to disturb him, so he had to add a few more pieces of charcoal to the brazier to keep warm and prepared to make a pot of tea. When Li Ye woke up, the two of them had a drink. .
Unexpectedly, Ma Feihu brought the Generalissimo and his party up so quickly. Nalan Yu looked at the group of people who came in, made a booing gesture, then looked at Li Ye on the bed and said, "I just fell asleep not long ago." ."
The eldest prince was stunned, not expecting that Li Ye would fall asleep at this time.
A group of people were quietly guarding a pot of fire. Nalan Yu took the tea cups and everyone poured hot tea into them. They laughed softly and said, "The Imperial Master is too tired."
Tang Qiuyu looked at Li Ye, who was still frowning tightly in his sleep, and felt a sudden pain in his heart. He thought that at his age, he really shouldn't bear so much responsibility.
Xia Wutong wanted to go up and smooth her tightly wrinkled forehead, but when she saw the master sitting in front of her, she didn't dare to move.
Instead, Mumu stepped forward, gently covered him with the animal skin that fell on the ground, and then reached out and gently touched his face.
Unexpectedly, after only touching it for a moment, Li Ye grabbed it in his hand and asked with his eyes closed: "Is the generalissimo here?"
Mu Mu thought to herself, can't you pretend to sleep a little longer?
The messenger gave it a squeeze and said, "It's coming, it's coming, it's all coming."
Li Ye was startled. He opened his eyes and stared at a large number of people. He thought that he was really careless today. He didn't even notice that so many people walked into the tent.
Mu Mu pouted and said, "Brother, you are dead in your sleep. Be careful of spies coming in to assassinate you."
"That's right. It seems that I can't sleep like this in the future." Li Ye replied, thinking to himself, don't I have a lot of guards outside? How could anyone dare to assassinate him at this time?
The eldest prince looked at him and said: "If the Imperial Master is tired, just take a break. He is already here, so there is no need to worry."
Li Ye looked at him and nodded, then replied: "That's right, let the army rest for a few days before making any further calculations."
The eldest prince looked at Ma Feihu and said, "I order everyone to set up camp and have a good rest for a few days before we start again."
Upon hearing this, Ma Feihu smiled and replied: "Then I would like to thank the Generalissimo and the National Preceptor for their consideration on behalf of the brothers." After saying that, he turned around and walked out of the big tent.
Li Ye sat up from the bed, looked at Nalan Yu and said, "Brother, have you ordered the stove to be cooked?"
