my wife is mulan

"Hmm!" Hua Mulan took a sip from the pottery bowl, her gaze swept aside the faces of Zhao Junsheng, Wan Yutong, Pei Jin, Lu Xuanbo, Gao Xiu, Xue Andu and others, and finally landed on Zhao Junsheng's face .

"On the way I came, I was ambushed. There were eight people in total. These people did not panic, they advanced and retreated neatly, and fought in formation. They should be soldiers in the army. They set up a tripping rope on the road. Both of my horses were killed. It's useless, after killing them, I found the bodies of the two messengers I sent to contact you in the woods where they set up an ambush!"

Only then did everyone in the tent know that Hua Mulan's trip was so dangerous, and the enemy's ambush was just one of the dangers. The bad natural weather was the biggest enemy. Otherwise, Hua Mulan would not have been so embarrassed when she first entered the camp.

A cook came in with a steaming bowl of noodle soup. Zhao Junsheng immediately took the bowl and chopsticks and handed it to Hua Mulan: "Eat slowly, it's a bit hot!"

Hua Mulan took the bowl and chopsticks and ate while blowing the heat from the bowl. Wan Yutong next to her couldn't help wrinkling her nose when she heard Zhao Junsheng's caring words.

Hua Mulan took a bite of the noodles and said: "During the ambush, the dry food in the bag was crushed by the horses who lost their ability to move in the muddy water, and I couldn't eat it. I haven't eaten a bite since morning. I walked alone. The cold wind was raging, and it was snowing again, and I was exhausted, cold and hungry all by myself!"

"Before it got dark, I was looking for some food to satisfy my hunger and a shelter from the wind in the wild, when I heard the sound of horses' hoofs, I thought the enemy was coming again, and I was about to ambush and shoot by the side of the road, but I saw someone wrapped in clothes. Wearing a familiar cloak, I remembered that you wore it, so I didn't shoot the arrow, otherwise he must have..."

Gao Xiu couldn't help shivering, and he, who was always serious, showed an embarrassing smile: "I dare say that the cloak of the captain saved me!"

Zhao Junsheng did not expect that Hua Mulan would encounter such a dangerous ambush during this trip, and he almost froze to death on the road. He sat down next to Hua Mulan and asked, "General Wan even sent you out. Are there still people in the army?" How much food and grass? Can it survive tomorrow?"

The noodle soup cooled a bit, Hua Mulan ate a few big mouthfuls, ate and warmed up, her body gradually warmed up, she stopped trembling when she spoke, and shook her head: "Before I leave in the morning, There is only half a meal left in the army, it would be nice to survive today, I am afraid that all the soldiers will be hungry tomorrow!"

Wan Yutong asked from the side: "Your Huaishuo garrison is not the only one in the Jinling camp, can't my grandfather borrow food from other camps for a few days?"

Hua Mulan turned her head to look at Wan Yutong, "Wan..." Realizing that her address might cause Wan Yutong trouble, she changed her words in time: "Miss Wan doesn't know something, things are not what you imagined. It's so simple, when the military leader first came to the ramp, he offended many people in order to establish his prestige. Among them was King Pingyang who was in charge of all the soldiers and horses stationed in Jinling. There is also Tuoba Jian, the general of Woye Town, if the King of Pingyang greets him, the military leader may not be able to borrow food from him!"

Zhao Junsheng

In fact, he had already expected in his heart that the situation might be more serious than he had imagined. Now that he heard Hua Mulan say it with his own ears, the sense of urgency in his heart became stronger. After solving the ambush on the way, there should be no other enemies at this time, you still have to go back to the Jinling camp overnight!"

"Understood, I'm leaving now!" Gao Xiu cupped his fists, turned and walked out of the camp. Soon, the sound of horseshoes gradually faded away.

Hua Mulan finished eating the noodle soup at this time, put down the bowls and chopsticks and asked Zhao Junsheng: "Tomorrow the Jinling camp will be short of food, you only let him go back, but did not bring food, the soldiers in the camp will still be hungry tomorrow ?”

Zhao Junsheng smiled and poked the fire with a branch to make the fire burn hotter

, "I have stored some food in the baggage camp. I planned to give extra meals to the soldiers under my command. The amount is not large, but it can also feed the soldiers of the garrison army for a day. If the food per person is halved, it can last a long time." Two days, in this way, we can last until we return from transporting food, I hope there will be no more troubles!"

At this point, Hua Mulan can only do what Zhao Junsheng said, hoping that there will be no more problems.

At this time, Lu Xuanbo asked: "Hua Hanshi, have you checked the bodies of the ambushed enemies after you killed them? Can you see their identities?"

"I don't know!" Hua Mulan shook her head, "I have searched every corpse and their hiding places, and found nothing that can identify them, even the weapons and arrows they used are the most common ones. , but those weapons and arrows were used by soldiers in the army, there is no doubt about that!"

Zhao Junsheng said with a cold face: "Although I'm not sure yet, I have already guessed who it is!"

"Who?" Hua Mulan looked at Zhao Junsheng.

"Tuoba Ye!"

Hua Mulan was taken aback, and looked at Zhao Junsheng, "No way, these people obviously don't want you to transport food and grass to the Jinling camp. Only Tuoba Ye fought with me and was defeated by my men. But he doesn't know about your relationship with me, so why would he use such vicious means to deal with you?"

"What's the relationship between us?"

Hua Mulan blushed and didn't speak, but she also realized that she was wrong. Tuoba Ye obviously didn't know that she was a daughter, nor that she was Zhao Junsheng's fiancée, so it was impossible to deal with Zhao Junsheng for this reason. Junsheng, then he can only go back for Wandu.

Zhao Junsheng took a sip of water from a pottery bowl, "Do you know why we have been delayed in Shanwu County for so long? It was Tuoba Ye who sent someone to greet Dabo Xiaoyi, the governor's grain and grass officer, and asked him to deliberately delay the time so that We waited there for four days in vain, and Dabo Xiaoyi said it himself!"

Xue An, deputy head of the third battalion next to him, said: "Tuobaye is the youngest son of King Pingyang, but even if he has a special status, now that we have the evidence and witnesses, we don't believe we can't rule him!"

Hua Mulan didn't have any hope, she said worriedly: "Dabo Xiaoyi's one-sided words can't cure Tuoba Ye, and Dabo Xiaoyi will not testify against Tuoba Ye in person, right? Although we know it is him What the hell, but there is no evidence. Besides, King Pingyang is too powerful, even the emperor dare not touch him easily! This matter can only be put aside for the time being, we are not on the same level as him, and it is not our turn to deal with him We shrimp soldiers and crab generals, let’s get over the lack of food in front of us!”

Early the next morning, the cooks were lighting a fire and cooking, and the soldiers were packing up their tents and packing their bags for departure.

Zhao Junsheng saw Hua Mulan coming out of the tent fully dressed and rubbing her hands. He remembered the sheepskin gloves he had sewn, walked over and handed her a pair: "Here, these are sheepskin gloves with wool inside. It should be warmer to wear!"

Hua Mulan took it and looked at it, and tried to put it on her hand, her face showing joy: "Is this called a glove? The name is apt, but it is a rare item, and it is quite warm!"

"Hey, Zhao Junsheng, if you have good things, you only give them to Mulan, but not to me! If I hadn't redeemed your cloak, Gao Xiu, the head of your camp, might have been killed by Mulan with an arrow! "Wan Yutong walked over angrily and scolded Zhao Junsheng.

The cloak was redeemed by Wan Yutong, Hua Mulan looked suspiciously at Zhao Junsheng, and then at Wan Yutong.

Zhao Junsheng felt that Hua Mulan's eyes were really frightened, and he said hastily: "This...we ran out of money when we were in Shanwu City, but we had to recruit strong men to help deliver food and grass, so we had to take that cloak ..."

Before he could finish speaking, the groom ran over panting and reported: "Captain, something has happened, the animals and the animals are all rattling, and they have no strength to pull the cart at all!"

Zhao Junsheng's expression changed, and he immediately ran towards the direction of the carriage.

A long distance away, Zhao Junsheng and others smelled a sour smell, and the mules, horses and donkeys kept having diarrhea, and the stench was suffocating.

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He couldn't help but grabbed the collar of the groom's soldier and asked, "What's the matter? The animals can't pull the cart, how can we transport the grain and grass back to the Jinling camp? How did the groom's soldier work? I cut you off." !"

Chapter 151 Inspiring Morale

Hua Mulan held down Zhao Junsheng's hand that drew the knife: "Brother Junsheng, what are you going to do? The thing has already happened, what's the use of killing him now? We have to find a way to transport the food back to the Jinling Camp!"

Zhao Junsheng suppressed his anger, and inserted the half-unsheathed long knife back into the sheath.

Hua Mulan let go of Zhao Junsheng's hand, and asked the groom Bingtou, "Is there a way to make the mules, horses and donkeys pull the cart as soon as possible?"

The groom shook his head weepingly: "Looking at the loose appearance of these animals, it is most likely that they ate crotons, but the feed we carry does not have crotons at all. There is no good way, but to wait for them to loosen." Empty stomach, feed more water, you should be able to recover faster!"

"How soon will it be back to normal?"

"This is not good. If you eat less, you will be able to recover tomorrow, but if you eat a lot, it may take two days!"

After hearing these words, Hua Mulan's heart turned cold.

"Brother Junsheng, what should I do?"

Zhao Junsheng walked back and forth holding the handle of the knife with a gloomy face. He stopped and looked up at the sky. There was no snow, but the sky was still gloomy. Looking at the ground, the snow covered his ankles. He turned his head and shouted: " Li Bao, pass on Captain Ben's order to get everyone in the first battalion and all the strong men and laborers to quickly assemble and stand by after breakfast!"

"Obey!" Li Bao clasped his fists in agreement, turned and left.

Zhao Junsheng stretched out his hand and pulled the groom's head over and shouted: "Listen to Captain Ben, now take your men and the carpenter in the army to prepare [-] wooden poles, the same length as a shoulder pole, and if they can bear the weight, hurry up! "

"Yes yes yes!" The groom hurriedly agreed, and took his grooms and carpenters with axes and saws to cut down trees.

Hua Mulan saw them go away and walked up to Zhao Junsheng: "Brother Junsheng, what do you want to do?"

"What else can I do? I can only use people to carry, carry, and pick! Look at the snow on the ground, even if the animals can pull carts, they march at a slow pace! I've thought about it, and General Wan sent me to the camp of the heavy army. The food taken out should be enough for the town and garrison to survive today. I decided to leave the third battalion and wait for the livestock to recover before going on the road. I personally took the soldiers of the first battalion and [-] strong men to work, and two people carried a sack of grain. We no longer encounter blizzards and heavy rains, and if we walk fast, we should be able to return to the Jinling camp before it gets dark tomorrow!"

Hua Mulan thought over Zhao Junsheng's plan carefully, and thought that this is the only way to use the current situation, but if there is bad weather, such as a snowstorm, the entire team will be very dangerous, but even if there is a huge risk We must take this risk, otherwise, once the garrison army mutinies due to lack of food, the consequences will be disastrous!

"It seems that this is the only way to do it!"

After breakfast, the 600 wooden poles were ready, and a total of [-] people from the first battalion soldiers and strong laborers were assembled and formed a square formation.

Zhao Junsheng rode his horse to the front of the phalanx. He lifted his cloak and held the handle of the knife, his eyes swept over the faces of the soldiers and the strong laborers.