Appointing a General as a Concubine: Where Can General Xiao Escape?

Three days later, outside the Prime Minister's Mansion, Xiao Mo was sitting on a black horse in military uniform, smiling only at Murong Shu.

"Mother, please take good care of yourself during the days I'm away. When I return triumphantly, I'll bring you some local specialties."

She only said goodbye to Murong Shu, nodded and smiled at Xiao Wenbo, and left without even glancing at the others.

After leaving the city gate, Xiao Mo called a soldier and asked him to ride as fast as possible to reach Yulong Pass before them, and told the general guarding Yulong Pass not to reveal the fact that reinforcements were about to arrive.

One is to prevent the traitor from informing the enemy, and the other is to combine her strategy to catch the enemy off guard.

The army traveled for half a month before finally arriving at the outskirts of Yulong City.

At this time, Xiao Mo sent out another soldier and asked him to do what the previous soldier had done. To be on the safe side, she had to be cautious.

It was already late at night when they arrived at Yulong City. Xiao Mo deliberately chose this time to enter the city for a reason.

When the city-guarding general Xu Renchuan heard that the leader coming to help was a woman, even Xiao Mo did not come out to greet her even though she had arrived at the foot of the city wall.

Xiao Mo knew that it was rare for women to serve as generals, and it was normal for them to be unpopular before they showed their true abilities, so she didn't take it to heart.

After entering the tent, Xu Renchuan did not show any disgust. After a brief greeting, he discussed the plan to defeat the enemy with Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo expressed her idea. Xu Renchuan was not very optimistic about it, but after Xiao Mo's repeated insistence, he decided to give it a try.

That night, he closed the city gates and evacuated the people in the city. The next day, he asked all the soldiers brought by Xiao Mo to change into the people's clothes.

Most of the rest were lying in ambush at the city gates and on the rooftops of the streets, and the soldiers left on the city walls were old soldiers who seemed to have little fighting ability.

As Xu Renchuan expected, at 9:00 PM today, the enemy came to the outside of the pass again to challenge him.

What was different from the past was that Xu Renchuan did not show up today, nor did he send anyone to fight.

The person who came to challenge observed the few people visible on the city wall, his expression changed, and he hurried back to the camp.

Xiao Mo, who was hiding in the dark, looked at this scene, and the corners of her mouth curled up unconsciously. She immediately asked the people who were disguised as ambushes below to stay in shape.

While the enemy had not yet attacked, the soldiers took turns to have their lunch. In the afternoon, the enemy came with a mighty army.

When this group of people broke through the city gate and rushed into the street, they realized belatedly that they were trapped.

There is no doubt that they won this battle beautifully.

After defeating the enemy, Xu Renchuan's attitude towards Xiao Mo changed 180 degrees.

He couldn't help but sigh that it was a good thing that he did as Xiao Mo sent the soldiers to inform him, otherwise this tough battle would never have been won so easily.

Prince Chen's Palace.

Qi Minxiu was sitting in a rocking chair reading a book, while his personal attendant was standing beside him telling him about Yulong Pass.

He curled his lips, closed the book, and asked softly, "Swords have no eyes. Is she not hurt?"

"Your Highness, Miss Xiao is fine."

Qi Minxiu breathed a sigh of relief, looked sideways at him, and said something. The man nodded and left.

Prince Jin's Mansion.

Qi Yue was practicing sword in the yard. When he heard the news that Xiao Mo had defeated the enemy, his expression changed immediately. He didn't expect that her thin and small body was so powerful.

He chuckled softly, "So what about now? How's the battle going? Is she okay?"

"Now, Miss Xiao has led the army back to fight. Judging from her mental state, she should be unharmed."

"Okay, let's observe first." Qi Yue wiped the sword and started a new round of moves.

In Lichuan City, Xiao Mo and Xu Renchuan were discussing how to recapture the next city in front of the map.

A soldier came in from outside and said: "General, the enemy has retreated to the woods thirty miles outside the city. According to our investigation, they have come to rescue."

Rescue? Coming so quietly at night, was he trying to emulate her?

"Have the reinforcements delivered food and supplies?" Xiao Mo asked.

Xu Renchuan immediately understood what she meant and looked at her in surprise: "You don't mean to..."

"That's right. Even the most formidable soldiers can't lift a sword without rations."

Xiao Mo looked at him with a smirk on her face: "As long as we burn their food, we won't fight for three days and they will retreat on their own. This method doesn't cost a single soldier."

Ever since Xiao Mo won her first great comeback at Yulong Pass, Xu Renchuan has been obedient to her. For a while, no one in the army knew who was the leading general.

"Then, who should we send?" Xu Renchuan thought for a while and asked Xiao Mo.

Xiao Mo smiled at her and took the sword beside her: "Of course I will go. If I am accidentally discovered, I can escape unscathed."

Although her abilities were witnessed by everyone in the barracks, no matter how powerful a person was, he or she could not defeat a hundred people alone.

Xu Renchuan frowned and stepped forward: "Send a few people to go with you. If there is any change, the chances of winning will be greater."

His words made sense, but Xiao Mo shook her head: "Too many people will easily alert the enemy. It will be easier for me to escape alone."

After saying that, she patted Xu Renchuan on the shoulder, looked at him with a firm look, picked up the cloak beside her and walked out.

Late at night, Xu Renchuan looked at the closed door with a sad face, wondering why he had agreed to Xiao Mo's plan to go to the enemy camp alone to burn food. If something happened, wouldn't he be the culprit?

He waited and looked around, calling the soldiers on guard every once incense stick to inquire about the situation.

It was not until the hour of Yin that the familiar figure pushed the door open and walked in.

The moment Xiao Mo appeared, Xu Renchuan's nerves, which had been tense for a long time, almost broke.

He quickly walked over to check on her body: "How are you? Are you not hurt?"

"I'm fine. I was almost discovered, but luckily I ran away quickly." Xiao Mo said as she took off her cloak.

Xu Renchuan took it from her and handed it to the soldier beside him: "Then their rations..."

"Yeah, it's all burned. We're trying to put out the fire now, but even if we put it out there won't be much left."

Xiao Mo gave Xu Renchuan a reassuring look. Xu Renchuan smiled back at her, took the water cup from the soldier beside him and gave it to Xiao Mo.

At this moment, a messenger soldier came to the door. He lowered his head and walked up to Xiao Mo: "Captain Xiao, this is a letter from the imperial city."

"Mine?" Xiao Mo confirmed with him in disbelief.

The visitor nodded gently: "Yes, it's your letter."

Xiao Mo took a sip of tea, put the cup aside, and took the envelope in confusion.

The big words "Read by Xiao Mo personally" on the outside of the envelope confirmed her guess. Could it be that it was written to her by her mother?

"Then I'll go back to my room first." Thinking of this possibility, Xiao Mo's face was filled with a happy smile.

Xu Renchuan smiled and nodded, and returned to his room after she left.

This false alarm tonight taught him a lesson. He could never let Xiao Mo act alone again. She was a capable person. If something happened to her, it would be more trouble than it would take.

In the room, Xiao Mo carefully opened the envelope. The first sentence, "Since we parted, I miss you every day but cannot see you," made her feel something was wrong.

This wasn't a letter from a mother to her daughter, it was clearly... She looked at where the pen was written, and the three words "Qi Minxiu" stood out prominently.

It turned out that it was written by him. Xiao Mo frowned slightly and gently closed the letter, but after thinking about it, she took out the letter and finished reading it.

She and Qi Minxiu had only met four times, and including the palace banquet, it was five times.

When she was a child, she went up the mountain to collect herbs and found him seriously injured in the woods. She carried him back to her residence, and it was her master who healed him.

The mountain road was bumpy and he was woken up on the way back. She was afraid that he would faint again so she kept chatting and telling jokes to him.

After waking up, he concealed his identity and insisted on leaving after recuperating from his injuries on the mountain for two days. In desperation, she and her master sent him down the mountain.

Now that I think about it, he probably wanted to return to the Royals. That time was the first western tour after the new emperor ascended the throne.

A few years later, just when she had almost forgotten him, he appeared on the mountain.

There were three times when he traveled thousands of miles to see her. At that time, he was full of vigor and vitality, which was very different from now.

Three years ago was the last time he came to Qinshan to see her. Considering his age, she thought he was married, but she didn't expect it was because of his leg injury.

Xiao Mo was lost in thought and it took her a long time to come back to her senses.

Although she and Qi Minxiu knew each other as children and had some basic feelings for each other, it was not to the point where she missed him so much that she couldn't see him and couldn't eat or drink.

Could it be that he wrote this letter while drunk?

Xiao Mo read the contents of the letter again, and the expression on her face was indescribably awkward.

Outside the door, a soldier was standing guard until Xiao Mo turned off the lights before leaving.

A few days later, after Xiao Mo led the army to recapture another city, the messenger from last time came again.

This time, Qi Minxiu was not so corny. He just gave a simple greeting and expressed more of his regret for not being able to see the scenery of the Northern Desert due to his disabled legs.

Although Xiao Mo was embarrassed, she still wrote him a letter describing the scenery of the Northern Desert.

Since then, Xiao Mo basically received a letter every other day. Sometimes when she was busy fighting the enemy, she would put the letter aside and read it when she had free time.

During the more than one year of fighting, she received almost a hundred letters.

Gradually, Qi Minxiu's figure took root in her heart. Sometimes she even felt that those letters were not just pieces of paper, but contained Qi Minxiu's figure.

On the day of their triumphant return, the streets of the entire imperial city were filled with cheers.