Mu Li and Xiao Mi dressed up as a pair of peasant brothers and sisters, and followed Mu Yunhan and Xiao Cai leisurely, pretending not to know each other.
The appearance, temperament, and attire of the four people have all undergone great changes. Even if they are familiar people, they would not be able to recognize them face to face.
Several people traveled overnight at dawn, trying to avoid towns. They had no trouble before. After walking for a few days, they arrived at a place called Yao City. They had no dry food and needed supplies, so they entered the city.
I originally wanted to go out of town that day, but a blizzard suddenly came, and buying dry food was not very smooth. I went to several food stores, not to mention they were all expensive, and there was no white flour.
Several people discussed it and decided that it would be difficult to travel in such slippery weather, so it would be better to repair in the city for a day or two before traveling.
When they got up the next day, the city was sealed. Xiao Cai and Mu Li spent a lot of effort to find out what was going on.
However, the Qi army and Meng Jia were fighting in front. The New Year was approaching, and everyone wanted to make some progress before then.
Meng Jia wanted to repel the Qi people and spend a clean year. He could also temporarily get rid of the oppression of the puppet court, breathe a sigh of relief, and ask the soldiers and people to take a rest.
The people of Qi wanted to break through the Baojiang defense line before that, so that they could give an explanation to the Qi Emperor.
Because this battle was not a trivial matter, after the Qi people occupied the north of Baojiang River, they had a tense relationship with the local people and gentry. They were worried that someone would cause trouble from behind, so they sealed off all eighteen towns.
There was no point in being anxious, so the four of them had no choice but to stay in the inn.
The city gates are closed, and news has stopped flowing. Although I am worried about the situation of the war, I have no way of knowing what will happen.
On the seventh day, Mu Yunhan was meditating in the room with Xiaomi when he suddenly heard someone shouting happily outside: "The city gate is open, the city gate is open!"
Many people started shouting, saying that prices in the city are already expensive, and if the doors are not opened, buying and selling will not be possible, and everyone is in a hurry.
Mu Li hurriedly went out to inquire about the news, and came back in the evening with a happy face: "General Meng has won!"
Mu Yunhan couldn't help but be happy: "How did you win?"
Mu Li lowered his voice: "I only heard some fragmentary words, not very real. I only know that he used fire attacks to burn more than 30 large ships of the Qi army and shot and wounded the Qi army commander Fan Kewen. Now the Qi army has retreated."
North of Baojiang, the casualties were very heavy."
Both sides had been preparing for this war for a long time, and they had devoted all their strength during the war, but they were also defeated brilliantly.
The Qi army came from the north, and most of them did not know how to swim. The ship caught fire and they could not escape. Countless people were burned, drowned, and trampled to death. However, this was the heaviest casualty since the war between the two countries.
Mu Yunhan and the others couldn't help but smile with their lips pursed. After laughing enough, they asked again: "Are you going to take advantage of the victory and pursue the victory?"
Mu Li shook his head: "No, but the control of Baojiang has been taken back."
Mu Yunhan thought about it carefully. Meng Jia's cautious approach may have a lot to do with the unrest in the rear.
She was very happy. After this battle, Meng Jia's reputation would be greatly improved.
Xiaomi said: "We should have a few drinks to celebrate."
After a good discussion, Xiao Cai stepped forward to ask for wine and food. After a while, he came back empty-handed and said angrily: "I said it was Qi Goucai who gave the order. No wine is allowed to be sold in the city. If anyone is found selling wine privately, he will be beheaded."
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However, it was because of the disastrous defeat of the Qi army that the people in the city were happy and many people went to buy wine to celebrate. They were discovered by the Qi army stationed in the city and issued such an order.
Mu Yunhan sighed: "That's all, it's the same with tea instead of wine."