Chapter 469: The pawn who crossed the river II(1/2)
After traveling for days and days, she felt very depressed. When she heard Li Ye talking about the other party's general, she couldn't help but laugh: "We made such a big noise, and they didn't dare to send a few birds over to see us."
Look, it’s a pig’s head.”
Li Ye looked at her and said with a smile: "Then can your arrow cross the other side?"
Mu Mu glared at him, curled her lips and said, "Show me an arrow first!"
Li Ye laughed, clapped his hands and said, "I can't shoot either, but I want to try. When the raft is built in the evening, we can go to the river and shoot them."
When Mu Mu heard this, she clapped her hands and said with a smile: "Then I have to try it!"
Ning Que shook his head and said: "There has been no war in the five regions for more than 20 years. Even the generals leading the troops have forgotten how to arrange their troops."
"They deserve it!" Mu Mu grabbed a handful of melon seeds in her hand, divided half of them and handed them to Li Ye.
Li Ye took it, looked at her and asked, "Where are Mr. Tang and the others?"
Mu Mu stretched out her hand and pointed in the direction of the river, and replied: "They want to see if they can hunt some pheasants in the woods and roast the hares when they come back."
Li Ye said angrily: "Well...are they really addicted to eating?"
Ever since Yeluyan got together with Xia Wutong, she passed on her barbecue experience to her, and now the two of them want to go hunting whenever they have nothing to do.
Mu Mu said with disdain: "They don't even think about it. These are the things Mu Mu and her brother got tired of playing on Tianshan Mountain?"
It means that I am here to accompany you and not go crazy with them.
The two chatted for a while, finished eating the melon seeds in their hands, and Li Ye led her to the place where the raft was made by the river.
I saw the arriving deputy commander Jiang Huo leading a group of soldiers to cut tree branches. Another group of soldiers lit several fires and broke the chopped bamboos to soften them and use them to tie the rafts.
"Thank you for your hard work, Jiang Shuai." Li Ye stepped forward to help.
"It's not hard work. With the national master on duty, we only need to use our hands. It's you who we have to thank!" Jiang Huo said with a smile.
"Can the first raft be made today?" Li Ye asked, looking at the eldest prince and Jiang Huo.
The eldest prince glanced at Jiang Huo.
Jiang Huo smiled and said: "I guess it will be done after half the time!"
"That's good. I'll go to the river to take a look and send them a letter." Li Ye looked at the other side of the river and said calmly.
"Should we find someone else to go with?" Xia Yunlan, who was following the eldest prince, was worried about Li Ye's safety.
"What are you afraid of? I just shot an arrow in the river and they can't do anything to me." Li Ye said with a smile.
The eldest prince frowned, looked at him and asked, "Does the Imperial Master want to persuade them to surrender?"
Li Ye looked at him and said with a smile: "I want to ask them to give way, don't force me."
The eldest prince looked at him and was silent for a long time, then asked softly: "What if they don't let me?"
Li Ye looked at the fireworks rising on the other side and said quietly: "Then bulldoze them and leave no one behind!"
Xia Yunlan asked in confusion: "Why do you want to anger ordinary soldiers? They can't help themselves?"
"That's why I'm going to shoot this arrow and give them five days to choose! They can choose to leave the battlefield. When my army attacks, everyone who remains on the battlefield will be our enemy."
Li Ye turned around and looked at the people in front of him quietly.
The eldest prince was stunned. He did not expect that this matter would be so complicated. He murmured: "Didn't the Imperial Master spare the lives of many grassland soldiers in Nanyun City?"
Li Ye shook his head and said solemnly: "That's because they have no choice."
Whether it was Nanyun City or Southern Xinjiang Town together, the grassland soldiers who participated in the war had no choice, because Li Ye did not give them a chance to choose, and the Khan King's land on the grassland would not give them a chance to choose.
Now, Li Ye wanted to give the soldiers on the other side a chance to quit.
Xia Yunlan looked up at Li Ye thoughtfully and said, "The Imperial Master is right. On the battlefield in southern Xinjiang, both sides are their own masters, and neither side has the right to choose to retreat!"
"And they do!" Li Ye pointed at the other side and said.
Mu Mu felt bored while watching the people arguing, clapped her hands, stood up, and said to Li Ye: "I'm going to rest for a while. Call me when you go and let me shoot that arrow."
My hands have been itchy for a long time, okay?
The eldest prince also stood up, looked at Li Ye and said with a smile: "I have to take a break too. Wutong will come back to cook in a while, so I'll ask her to call you."
Li Ye waved to the two of them, looked at Xia Yunlan and said, "Follow the Generalissimo."
"Imperial Master, you should be careful yourself." Xia Yunlan glanced at Jiang Huo and thought that since all the soldiers were here, there should be no danger.
Jiang Huo looked at him and said: "As long as I am here today, no matter who dares to come, we will make it impossible for him to come back."
"Thank you for your hard work." Xia Yunlan said seriously.
Looking at the leaving figures of the eldest prince, Xia Yunlan and Mu Mu, Li Ye shook his head and continued to look at Jiang Huo and said: "The raft must be double-decker, otherwise it will not be able to accommodate the large number of people when crossing the river and it will sink."
"Don't worry, Imperial Master, we will do everything you ask for. This is much easier than farming." Jiang Huo said with a smile.
When Li Ye heard this, he couldn't help but laugh. After all, he didn't contribute much to farming.
Walking to the river bank, he visually measured the distance to the other bank from a distance, as well as the roughly visible figures on the other bank. Li Ye said to himself: "I hope you can follow my advice."
Along the way, he had been thinking about how he would face off against the imperial army, but he did not expect that in the end the two armies would confront each other in this way, or face each other across the river, with seemingly no one able to defeat the other.
"This is still my territory. As long as I'm here, it's not your turn to make the decision."
Li Ye murmured.
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At the eleventh hour, Li Ye brought Mu Mu, Tang Qiuyu, Xia Wutong, Yeluyan and others to the riverside.
Just as Jiang Huo said and expected, the first raft has been completed and is docked quietly by the river, waiting for Li Ye's arrival.
"Find some brothers to punt the boat. I'm going to the middle of the river." Li Ye looked at him and said.
"No problem, please wait." Jiang Huo waved back, and soldiers waiting aside came over immediately.
"Don't go join in the fun. Wait here. We'll be back soon." Li Ye looked back at Tang Qiuyu and others. After all, they were just shooting arrows to send messages, and there was really nothing to do.
Tang Qiuyu nodded, looked at Jiang Huo and said, "Deputy Commander Jiang, please accompany the Imperial Master."
Jiang Huo patted his chest and said with a smile: "No problem, everyone come up."
Mu Mu didn't wait for Li Ye to say hello, she yelled and ran to the raft on the riverside.
Xia Wutong looked at Li Ye and asked, "Junior brother, why can Mu Mu go?"
"I promised her this morning to let her shoot this arrow!" Li Yexin said, you don't know how to shoot, okay?
On the other hand, Yeluyan, who was beside her, was a wise man. She took Xia Wutong's hand and said, "You are a princess, how can you take risks so easily?"
Xia Wutong was unwilling to give in, pointed at Mu Mu and said, "Is she also the princess?"
Tang Qiuyu was stunned and blurted out with a smile: "Why do you have to compete with her on everything?"
Li Ye shook his head, looked at her and asked, "You guys went out all morning today, what did you do?"
When Xia Wutong saw Li Ye asking himself, his face turned red and he said softly: "Enough to keep you busy at night!"
When Li Ye heard this, he couldn't help being stunned. He pointed at Yeluyan and said, "She is a prairie eagle. She is better than me, okay?"
Yeluyan was also startled, looked at Li Ye and chuckled: "Princess said your cooking is more delicious."
Li Ye was speechless, waved his hand and said, "We'll talk about it when I get back, half an hour at most!"
A group of people stepped onto the raft. The soldiers who supported the boat were many and powerful, and the raft quickly headed towards the center of the river.
"Master, junior brother, what is he going to do? Is it just fun to shoot an arrow?" Xia Wutong couldn't figure out the purpose of Li Ye leading a group of people to the center of the river.
Tang Qiuyu shook his head and smiled: "I was with you this morning, how could I know what he was thinking?"
Yeluyan looked at her and chuckled: "Why do I think the Imperial Master is a little afraid of Her Royal Highness?"
"Really?" Xia Wutong was startled, and her little face couldn't help but blush. She thought to herself that guy has always been avoiding her, how could he be afraid?
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When the raft reached the center of the river, Li Ye visually measured the distance to the other side.
At this time, many soldiers from the other side had already rushed in, drawing their bows and arrows as if facing a formidable enemy.
Looking back at Mu Mu, Li Ye smiled and said, "There is still about a hundred and sixty feet away. Can you shoot to the other side?"
Mu Mu looked at him and nodded, saying, "Okay."
Li Ye took out a bamboo arrow, tied a piece of cloth around the arrow, poured some kerosene on it, handed it to Mu Mu and said, "Try shooting a rocket and ask for directions by throwing stones."
After Mu Mu took the bamboo arrow, Li Ye took out the fire stick and lit it, pointed to the crowded place on the other side and said, "Go!"
Mu Mu Erxu, who couldn't wait for a long time, didn't say anything. He fully drew the iron bow, and only heard the sound of "buzz!", and the burning bamboo arrow flew towards the crowd on the other side like a fire dragon in an instant.
Before Jiang Zhong and the soldiers on the raft could see clearly, they heard a sound and someone on the other side was hit by a rocket and fell to the ground.
Mu Mu turned to look at Li Ye and said with a smile, "Is this archery okay?"
"That's really good!" Li Ye looked at her and smiled, handed her the feather arrow with the letter tied to it, and said with a smile: "Don't shoot anyone this time!"
"Well, listen to brother." Mu Mu nodded and looked at a group of people on the other side who were shouting while putting out the fire.
"People on the other side, listen, our letter is here, show it to your general!" After saying that, there was another "Buzz!" sound. The feather arrow tied with the letter flew to the other side like a black ghost.
To be continued...