Daughter Raiders

Chapter 244
"Why did you stop suddenly?" Mu Huan turned his head strangely and asked Tao Ran.

Tao Ran rode his horse and trotted a few steps to come to him, hesitated and then told him in a low voice: "I have always felt that my back was cold, but when I turned around, I didn't find anything."

"I suddenly remembered the Khalkhas who followed you all the way to Suizhong. Brother Mu, tell me, are they... are they really Khalkhas?"

If those thieves were really Khalkhas, no matter how proficient in Chinese they could confuse them, the soldiers at the Suizhong city gate let them enter the city, how could they know Mu Huan's itinerary that day?

You must know that although Mu Huan is the son of the Marquis of Zhenbei, before he was named a fifth-rank general a few days ago, he did not lead troops seriously. Even if the Khalkha people knew his itinerary, what benefits would they gain by secretly following him all the way? ?
If he wanted to snatch the secret letter from Mu Huan to General Wei Zhenhai, or if he wanted to kill him to vent his anger, he could do it on the way, right? Why did he lose him later and touch her courtyard instead?
"Xiao Tao, what do you mean?" Mu Huan's face immediately turned cautious, and seeing her eyes kept glancing at the car behind him, he lowered his voice and said, "You mean those people may belong to Mu Zhen?" people?"

After Tao Ran's reminder, he also remembered that in winter, a close soldier reported to him that Mu Zhen seemed to have close contacts with a group of bandits in Liaodong.And the bandits were frightened by the defense of the Liaodong Army, fearing that they would not be able to protect themselves in the flames of war, so they completely withdrew from the southeast of Liaodong after the beginning of spring.

Then if the people who got into the small courtyard of the Su family were not Khalkhas, maybe they were those bandits... The intention of it is naturally conceivable.

Mu Huan thought so, and immediately pressed his right hand to the scabbard of the horse in his waist, and the veins on the back of his hand were stretched to the root - he saw that he only had Mu Zhen's arm for the sake of brotherhood, so it was a little punishment for Mu Zhen , but I don't know that this damn villain had a bad idea as early as last year, and he almost endangered Xiaotao? !
If I had known this earlier, the day and night of the raid would not have been a matter of one arm!
He may have been used to it long ago, and he never minded that Mu Zhen confronted him regardless of the distinction between his son and concubine since he was a child.He has always firmly believed that as long as the two grow up and join the army, and compete in military merit, the outcome will be determined sooner or later.

Who knew that the other party took his openness and tolerance as incompetent tolerance?When he raided the Khalkha camp before, he just wanted to attack him secretly. He was prepared and successfully fought back. Before that, he even sent someone to follow him to do such a low-level thing?

If it wasn't for the ten soldiers of the Miao family living in the small courtyard of the Su family, and Xiao Tao, who made a good flintlock gun, and waiting for the small courtyard of the Su family to be littered with corpses, wouldn't it be his responsibility for everything? He didn't care to observe the enemy's situation on the way to deliver the letter, so the Khalkhas followed him into Suizhong City, and slaughtered the female family members of the Su family!

Mu Zhen is really good at calculating!Is this to tell him to roll back to the capital in despair with his tail between his legs before his military career has started properly?In order to succeed in the scheme, do you want to take the lives of a dozen innocent people? !

Seeing that Mu Huan's face was getting more and more angry, and two blue veins popped up on his forehead, he clearly wanted to understand, so Tao Ran didn't say anything more, instead he persuaded him with a smile: "Actually, I'm just guessing, I can't count Son, Fourth Brother Mu, don't take it too seriously, and be careful not to get angry. But if my guess is true, and now we are in Suizhong again, Fourth Brother Mu should make plans early."

She never knew that Mu Zhen was in collusion with the bandits, nor did she know that the bandits withdrew south to the vicinity of Suizhong when the Liaodong Army was deployed.

Unexpectedly, these words reached Mu Huan's ears and woke him up again, but he immediately suppressed his anger and nodded with a smile: "Xiao Tao, don't worry, no matter who the other party is, if he still dares to show up, I will These five hundred cavalrymen are not vegetarians."

After the imperial court rewarded him, his father appointed him as a cavalry captain, with 500 cavalry under his jurisdiction.If those bandits really colluded with Mu Zhen and reappeared in Suizhong, it would be exactly what he wanted—he already regretted that he only wanted Mu Zhen's arm at the beginning, and if he could take advantage of the chaos to kill Mu Zhen again, Only then did the hatred in his heart be solved.

"If Fourth Brother Mu is so sure, why don't we rush to Shanhaiguan at dusk, and just set up camp under Suizhong City?" Tao Ran joked mischievously.

If it is true that the two major tribes of the Khalkhas want to rob the prison car, it will be their last chance before they reach Shanhaiguan.But the Liaodong frontier defense is not so easy to break through, even if it breaks through, there will be pursuers behind, and the [-] cavalry on Mu Huan's side can just make a big encirclement with the pursuers to encircle the Khalkhas.

If it wasn't the real Khalkhas but other people, the number of people was not large enough, as long as Mu Huan was vigilant, five hundred cavalry would be enough to trample them to pieces.Therefore, no matter whether these people want to create problems for Mu Huan or for other purposes, let them come and go.

But Tao Ran knew in his heart that although it was easy to talk about it, it was not necessarily easy to do it, and it even sounded like a joke.So after she suggested it, she laughed and said it was just a joke, Brother Mu, don't take it seriously.

After all, their group has already arrived in Suizhong, and if they march two hours faster, they will be able to reach General Wei's camp in Shanhaiguan. No matter how you look at it, this is the safest solution.

Hearing Tao Ran's joke, Mu Huan laughed too—don't look at her proposal, although it seemed to be a joke, it touched his heart!If there were no prison cars of the two Khalkha leaders in his group, and there was no female family member Xiao Tao, maybe he was really not afraid to set up a camp to tempt people to take the bait?

But since Xiao Tao and the prison carts of the two Khalkha leaders were there, setting up camp to lure the enemy would be too risky. Even if he had hatred in his heart, it would not be a good idea to resolve the hatred.

Besides, Mu Zhen had already lost an arm, and he could no longer stay in the Liaodong Army in exchange for various benefits for the bandit.If Mu Huan was the leader of the bandit, he would not bother to listen to Mu Zhen's instigation, so he said that the bandit might be moved by Mu Zhen and attack him again this time, such a thing would never happen .

Besides, Xiaotao also said that the two major tribes of Khalkana are not capable of robbing the prison car, and the Liaodong defense line is not a display, so there is no point in camping to lure the enemy, isn't it?It's better to hurry up and march before it gets dark, just be careful on the road!
"When I come back from Beijing this time, I will immediately send people to investigate. If those people were not Khalkha people but other people, everything will be revealed." Mu Huan said with a smile: "Now we still have to pay attention to the emergency march. Seriously, don't ride the horse, go back to the car, it's getting dark and the wind is cool."

"Okay." Tao Ran smiled and nodded obediently and docilely: "But fourth brother Mu, don't forget the picture I drew for you at the beginning. If there is another chance, you have to help me buy the land in Suizhong. come down?"

After arriving in Liaodong, her father frequently gave her private money, and she is now considered a little rich woman.It only cost half of the farm and land before, and the other half was in my hands. Instead of letting the money sit for nothing and not produce small money, it is better to buy the land in Suizhong, and after three or four years, it will be doubled. .

"It turns out that Xiaotao wants to be a landlord's wife." Mu Huan laughed and agreed, "Don't worry, I'll leave this matter to me!"

(End of this chapter)