Daughter Raiders

Chapter 235
On a breezy July day, the blue sky is full of white clouds.Seeing that the Tongbai River was in front of him, Tao Ran lightly pulled the reins and called the little red horse under him to stop, and jumped off the horse's back with a very neat side leg. After standing still, he patted the horse's back lightly and called It went to graze by the river by itself, then turned around and greeted it behind.

"Sister Tao, you won again!" Mu Lei reined in helplessly and admitted defeat, then turned to Mu Huan and asked, "Fourth brother, are you really sure that you didn't pick a horse for Sister Tao and us?" Eccentric? How come my Xiao Huang can't always outrun her Xiao Hong?"

"Or you taught Sister Tao riding alone while I was away, it must be!" Mu Lei pouted.

Mu Huan jumped off the horse and took the reins from Mu Lei's horse, then turned his head to call his followers, and brought their two horses to the river to graze, then turned his head and said with a helpless smile: "You are my own sister, Do you suspect that I am biased? You learned riding several years earlier than Sister Tao, and you are not good at learning, and now you are blaming me again."

"Fourth Brother Mu, you fell for her tricks again!" Tao Ran's eyes turned into crescent moons with a smile: "Sister Lei does this every time I go out for a walk, and you are the only one who patiently explains it to her again and again."

Having said that, Tao Ran's eyes were full of envy.Why didn't she take such good care of her like a real brother?
The summer in Liaodong is really short, and now it is almost autumn, but her riding skills have improved like the wind in this short summer, no wonder Mu Lei is suspicious.But how did Mu Lei know that although Tao Ran is very aware of when the Khalkhas will make big moves, he is also afraid that a lot has changed in this life. There are many more opportunities to escape...

Maybe she was thinking too pessimistically—Tao Ran sighed silently.The big action of the Khalkha people in the last life happened at the end of the year when she was 12 years old, and there is still a year and a half before now. How could it be possible that this big event was brought forward so long because she lived a new life?

You must know that although the Khalkhas are brave, they are of nomadic origin.Nowadays, the most important thing about the alliance of several major tribes is to break the stereotypes, and no longer cause the major tribes to be too fragmented due to the dispersion of grasslands. How can this be so easy?

"Just now you were talking and laughing, why did you become so lonely in a blink of an eye?" Mu Lei asked Tao Ran in a low voice while Mu Huan was going to the river to help his followers groom the horses, "You don't have to envy my brother for treating me so well. , I still envy you."

Hearing that Mu Lei clearly had something to say, Tao Ran lowered his head and laughed. After laughing, he raised his head and let out a sigh of relief: "I wonder how long we can live with such an easy life? My father kicked me out several times this summer. , tell me to hurry back to the capital while the road is still easy."

"Did Fourth Brother Mu tell you in the past few days that the border is getting more and more uneven? If everything is fine, why is my father so anxious to ask me to go back?"

From May to July 22 now, in just over two months, her father has already urged her no less than three times, and she pushed them away today, tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow.She didn't know how long she could shirk, and asked her father why, but he didn't tell him.

"Xiao Tao, don't ask her any more, let me tell you something." Mu Huan's voice was very low and sounded behind the two of them, "Sister Lei, go to the river and look at the horses, so that you don't have to worry about it." I ran away and lost it."

Mu Lei was very reluctant, and was about to say that there are your followers by the river, but then she was puzzled, and the fourth brother sent her away to say something important to Sister Tao, so she turned her head three times at a time. Went to the river.

"A scout came to report that the six major tribes of Khalkha would hold their first oath meeting on the seventh day of August. I gave my father a little idea. I wanted to order [-] elite cavalry. A devastating blow." Mu Huan said in a deep voice, "Even if the blow fails, at least it can delay their alliance."

Tao Ran opened his eyes wide and covered his mouth.How did he tell her this kind of military secret?Aren't you afraid that she won't keep her mouth shut?
"If I don't make it clear to you, I'm afraid you'll still be at odds with Uncle Su? Tell me, you should just listen to Uncle Su. Since it's only July [-]th, hurry up and leave," Mu Huan said in a low voice. Said: "I'm afraid...if the surprise attack fails and the Khalkha People's Congress counterattacks, I may...not be able to protect you."

Seeing that Tao Ran remained silent for a long time, Mu Huan quickly explained: "I am also in that cavalry team..."

Tao Ran felt that his heart was being pulled hard and tightly, but his expression became more and more stubborn: "If Fourth Brother Mu doesn't tell me this, maybe I will go back after a few days when I think about it. But Now I have made up my mind not to leave, I want to stay with my father, and wait for Fourth Brother Mu to come back victorious!"

Hearing what she said, Mu Huan couldn't tell what was going on in his heart for a while.He obviously should be ruthless to persuade her a few more words, and even immediately ordered a team of soldiers to send her to Shanhaiguan by force, didn't he!How come after hearing her say that, there is still a little joy and sweetness in my heart, plus the pride of wanting to break through the clouds? !
"Fourth Brother Mu, don't think of making any bad ideas behind my back." Tao Ran looked at him rather resentfully: "If you want to throw me on the horse and escort me off, I won't agree to it! "

"Mu's army has scouts wandering around the border villages, isn't it the same for the Khalkhas? What if they find out the clues?"

"You and Uncle Hou have been planning for so long, and you may have ruined it by your rash action. Do you think it's something that can be offset by eating dozens of army sticks? I don't want you to become the leader of the Mu family army and A sinner through the ages who has suffered and suffered for the people of Liaodong!"

"Besides, Auntie Yun and Sister Yun and Sister Lei are not leaving, right? Why do you want me to run away alone? I'm not a coward? Brother Mu, remember, Auntie, Sister Yun, Sister Lei, I, my father, it's all up to you You must fight bravely and come back victorious, you are the best protection for us!"

Mu Huan squirmed his lips a few times, and the heroic spirit he had just now seemed to return to his heart.

"Then I promise you, I will definitely come back victorious. Next spring, I will personally escort you, Third Uncle Su, and my mother and sisters back to the capital." Mu Huan bowed his head and smiled at her.

In any case, there will always be a battle on the border of Liaodong.After this raid, they either took advantage of the victory to pursue, or faced off against each other. In short, they would no longer pretend to be calm as in the past, but in fact they were in a frenzy. Even though the Khalkha cavalry harassed several villages on the border every winter— —His father has issued a military order with the imperial court, and within three years at the latest, the Khalkhas will be expelled for another five hundred miles, and the people of Liaodong will be completely peaceful. If this cannot be done, the military law will...

"By the way, is Second Brother Mu also in the cavalry?" Tao Ran smiled back at him, then lowered his voice and asked: "...Maybe I shouldn't say a lot of things, but Fourth Brother Mu, remember, you must fight against others." Annei first, don't tell me to worry about you."

Mu Huan's expression suddenly tightened, and then he chuckled: "Don't worry about it, I haven't encountered such a thing as sniping in the back, and I will definitely be careful."

(End of this chapter)