12dz Chapter 111 Shall we continue?
Chapter 111 Shall we continue?
Mo Ye hurriedly let go of Xia Qin, turned his head and looked over, with a helpless look on his face: "Brother Shaoqing, why are you hiding here in the middle of the night to peek?"
"What do you mean by peeping?" Lu Shaoqing replied with a look of resentment and grievance. "I am a living person, squatting here for most of the day, and you two only have eyes for each other and can't see me at all. What can I do? It's not good to go up and disturb you, right?"
"This isn't considered a disturbance?" Mo Ye felt a little indignant, while Xia Qin, who was standing beside him with a slightly red face, didn't say anything.
In this pitch-black night with almost no light, no one could see her blushing and shy face.
"You two are really like cutting hair in front of a monk. It really makes me sad. Everything in the past seems like a dream." Lu Shaoqing sighed and complained with a very exaggerated expression.
"Come on," Mo Ye said with disdain, "These are all old things from many years ago. How about I accompany you to the palace and take a look at your Concubine Qin?"
Xia Qin gently tugged at Mo Ye's sleeve and muttered in a low voice, "Mo Ye, isn't it a bit too much for you to say that about Brother Shaoqing? Aren't you afraid of hurting him?"
"That's right!" Lu Shaoqing tilted his head and responded with displeasure in his heart, "It's really too hurtful!"
"Just listen to his nonsense," Mo Ye looked at Lu Shaoqing with disdain, "He can tell this story eight times after drinking! I've heard it thousands of times!"
"Uh." Xia Qin looked at Lu Shaoqing with a strange look when she heard Mo Ye say this.
How to describe Lu Shaoqing's behavior?
"Brother Mo Ye, you are going too far," Lu Shaoqing put away his exaggerated expression, "I just felt something when I met that little girl Qin Ruoran today!"
"Brother Shaoqing, now that you have shaved off your beard that you have grown for almost ten years, it's time to let go of those things," Mo Ye said seriously, "Why don't you accompany me to do something interesting?"
"What's so interesting? They've already found me. I have to run away quickly. Otherwise, I'll get you into trouble later."
Mo Ye shook his head helplessly: "The Qin family has known for a long time that you are still alive, and they absolutely dare not report this to the court. After all, they were the ones who let the person go, and today they attacked the anti-Japanese army together with the Japanese ninjas. They want to keep this matter secret more than we do."
"Yes, in that case, I will stay here for a while longer. I let Qin Ruoran go today, so I owe you a favor. Let me make amends for it. I'm going to bed first, you two can continue, I won't disturb you!" Lu Shaoqing said, and walked towards the backyard of the manor without looking back.
"Well, let's continue. Where were we just now?" Mo Ye stretched out his hand and gently lifted Xia Qin's cheek.
Xia Qin glared at him and said, "What are you talking about? Go back to sleep quickly. We have to go out to fight the Japanese pirates tomorrow!"
"Okay, then you have a good rest." Mo Ye gently kissed Xia Qin's forehead and said with a smile, "We will continue tomorrow night."
After saying that, he hugged Xia Qin tightly again, feeling her warmth.
After a while, the two reluctantly separated and returned to their rooms to prepare for the next day's expedition.
Although the early morning in late April in the south is a bit humid, the weather is still cool.
Six thousand eager anti-Japanese troops, led by generals Mu Jinyu and Wu Baisheng, split into two groups and rushed towards Chongchuan County and Nantong County respectively, like tigers descending from the mountains.
The entire Jinghai County is located in the southeastern part of the Great Xia Kingdom. Since it has never been invaded by foreign races in history, wars here are extremely rare.
Therefore, the defensive fortifications of each city were relatively weak and could not be compared with those impregnable cities on the border.
In addition, the Japanese pirates were scattered, and their main purpose was to plunder supplies. They did not pay enough attention to strengthening the construction of fortifications. Except for the Chongchuan County city, which was the seat of Jinghai County and was slightly strong, there was almost no other place to defend.
It can be seen from this that there is a huge difference between this campaign against the Japanese pirates and the wars in the northern border, western border and southern border. In these areas, wars often revolve around the attack and defense of cities, but in Jinghai County, there are more fierce battles in the wild.
The Japanese ninjas had just suffered a heavy blow and their intelligence sources were lost. The Japanese pirates in other counties of Jinghai County were obviously caught off guard by Mu Jinyu's quick general attack.
When they were surprised to see thousands of powerful Daxia anti-Japanese troops appear before their eyes, it was too late to organize an effective defense.
In order to preserve their own strength, these cunning Japanese pirates fled southward like a group of stray dogs.
There were occasional sporadic resistance, but they were easily defeated by the anti-Japanese troops.
Mo Ye, Lu Shaoqing and others were hunting down the small leaders of the Japanese pirates in the two counties which were in chaos.
In this way, in just ten days, Mu Jinyu miraculously conquered two county towns. Even the Japanese pirates in Chongchuan County were scared out of their wits and fled in panic from the city they originally regarded as their last stronghold.
At the same time, more and more ordinary people who had suffered bullying and persecution from the Japanese pirates stepped forward and enthusiastically joined this unexpected counterattack.
During these ten days, the anti-Japanese army not only did not suffer any casualties due to the fighting, but instead grew rapidly like a snowball, with the number of troops soaring to nine thousand.
However, since the new recruits lacked systematic military training and were temporarily unable to participate in the fierce fighting on the front lines, they were left behind to be responsible for social security and reconstruction in the two counties.
"Brother Wu," Wang Rulong was very excited by the overwhelming attack. "Don't tell me, I haven't felt so good in a long time. I was so frustrated before. It seems that General Mu and Lord Mu are really good. Those people like Mo Ye and Lu Shaoqing are also quite useful."
"If you can speak, then speak. If you can't, then shut up," Cen Hua looked at him dissatisfiedly. "General Mu Jinyu and Lord Mu Jinyan retired because of their military merits, not because of nepotism. People like Mo Ye and Lu Shaoqing are not comparable to people like you in the martial arts world."
"That's true," Wu Baisheng was now beaming with joy, "Not only did they surround and kill the Japanese ninjas, but they also knew the movements of the Japanese pirates. Intelligence is the most important thing on the battlefield. We can say that we have won all this battle without a single drop of blood."
"Then let's make a concerted effort to recapture the entire Jinghai County!" Wang Rulong could not conceal the excitement on his face.
Wu Baisheng shook his head and said, "Rulong, we only caught the Japanese pirates by surprise, which gave us the advantage we have now. We must not underestimate the enemy. The real battle hasn't even started yet, but General Mu has already ordered us to stop and reorganize. I think there must be some unexpected situation."