bookrebus Chapter 288 Reinforcements
Chapter 288 Reinforcements
Min Shao managed to steady his horse with great difficulty and looked back, only to see that more than a dozen horses had been lying on the ground, and almost none of the Western Rong people who had fallen off their horses were alive.
Then he saw that none of the Western Rong merchants who were supposed to come to support him came, and all of them died not far away, and he felt instantly disappointed.
He was following Xiao Mo's trick again.
At this point, Min Shao had no way to retreat. He wanted to continue rushing towards Xiao Mo with his men, but he heard shouts and cries of fighting not far away.
A large group of people rushed down the hillside. They were wearing the clothes of hunters, farmers, and merchants, and had an orange silk ribbon tied around their arms.
After just one encounter, Min Shao knew that this was Xiao Mo's man.
The two sides had only been fighting for a cup of tea when Xiao Mo's men rushed down the mountain. It was obvious that they had been ambushed long ago.
He thought he was the one lying in ambush, but he didn't know that in the end he was the big fish that others wanted to catch.
"Xiao Mo, are you cheating?"
Min Shao's eyes were red with anger. Xiao Mo was clearly disabled, and he was treated worse than pigs and dogs in the capital, so how come he became so powerful again after leaving the capital?
"All is fair in war. Min Shao, you have been my defeated general for many years. You have no chance of turning the tables."
Xiao Mo sat back in the wheelchair with a smug smile on his face.
Even if there was no reinforcement today, he could still compete with Min Shao. Even if he stood still, Min Shao wouldn't be able to gain any advantage from him with his poor kung fu.
Knowing that he had fallen into Xiao Mo's trap, Min Shao finally gave up fighting.
"Everyone retreat, there is an ambush."
The exit of the valley was blocked by two big trees, so Min Shao and his men could only run in the direction where Xiao Mo came from.
By the time he led his men to break out of the encirclement, he was only accompanied by a dozen war horses, and the lives of the rest of them were all lost in the valley.
Min Shao, who was riding at full speed, looked back at the valley. None of the Western Rong people who had escaped with him had died at the hands of the Tianqin people. He was so angry that he almost exploded on the spot.
"Xiao Mo, let's wait and see. Sooner or later, I will take your head, and my Xirong people's war horses will step into the capital of Tianqin."
Min Shao and his men ran away in a panic.
Ye Jintang, who had been in a state of tension, breathed a sigh of relief when he saw the Xirong people going away.
Someone shouted not far away, "My queen, those fallen Xirong horses seem to be breathing. Should we save them?"
"of course yes."
Ye Jintang threw the bow and arrow in his hand to the guard beside him, "Lüzhu, go get my medicine box."
Having just experienced a life-and-death battle, Lu Zhu's heart was pounding with fear. Before she could recover, Ye Jintang dragged her to treat the war horse and the injured guards.
The war horses of the Western Rong Kingdom were fat and strong. They stood up quickly after smelling the antidote. As for the arrow wounds on their bodies, they were not serious. After applying a thick layer of medicine powder and wrapping them tightly with gauze, the wounds would heal in no time.
"Jintang, your powerful paralysis powder is really effective. It only took you one or two breaths to knock down such a big warhorse. If this medicine is used in surgery, the patient will suffer less."
Master Mu was so impressed by the effective medicine that Ye Jintang prepared that she couldn't help but praise her.
"The effect of the powerful paralysis powder is quite good, but it is difficult to control the dosage. I only dare to use it on war horses. If it were a human, I would have to think carefully about the dosage."
"If the dosage is wrong, such a powerful paralysis powder could very well kill someone."
Master Mu nodded slightly. If the paralysis powder is not used properly, it can really be fatal.
There were many injured people and horses in the fierce battle. Ye Jintang was busy for nearly an hour before he treated the wounds of all the seriously injured.
Others with minor injuries will have doctors to help treat them.
In the distance, Shi Bin led his men to move the big tree blocking the entrance of the valley, allowing some of the carriages to leave the valley first.
The remaining injured people also got on the carriage and left after receiving initial treatment from Ye Jintang.
Ye Jintang returned to Xiao Mo's side, and from a distance he saw a few people with orange ribbons wrapped around their arms talking to Xiao Mo.
"Brother Xiao, you don't know that we have not received any news from you. We were so anxious. If my eldest brother hadn't stopped me, I would have gone to the capital to find you several months ago."
A little girl with a hanging bun and a pink outfit stood beside Xiao Mo, smiling happily.
When everyone saw Ye Jintang coming, they immediately stopped talking and saluted him.
"This must be Brother Xiao's new wife, right? You are so pretty, with fair skin and even rouge on your face, unlike me who has no makeup on and has been exposed to the sun all day, so my face is tanned."
The little girl said that her face was tanned, but Ye Jintang didn't notice it at all. She was young and her skin was as tender as the white of a freshly peeled egg.
While they were talking, the little girl walked forward with a smile and tried to hold Ye Jintang's hand, but saw that her hand was covered in blood.
"Ah, why are your hands covered in blood?"
The little girl was so scared that she took two steps back towards Xiao Mo.
Ye Jintang, who remained calm, rolled his eyes silently in his heart.
"Where are you from, girl? You are so rude. You don't even show courtesy to my wife, and you are still making a fuss here."
Luzhu frowned, wondering who this wild girl in front of her was. She called the prince brother, but she didn't remember that the prince had a sister like this.
"me."
Duan Linghui was speechless after being asked by Luzhu. Her face turned red and tears fell down.
"I grew up in a military camp, I don't have any ulterior motives, I really like Brother Xiao's new wife, you, how can you say that to me."
Duan Feng, who was standing by, saw Duan Linghui being criticized and quickly stepped forward to apologize.
"Please don't blame me, my lady. I am just an ignorant country girl. I don't have much sense. I am straightforward and don't speak well. Please forgive me, my lady."
Ye Jintang said nothing, but looked at Xiao Mo.
"Duan Feng and Duan Linghui both fought with me at the border before. They received the news that I was going to Ningchuan Prefecture, so they came to join me."
"They happened to meet my people on the way, so they ambushed Min Shao together with them."
Xiao Mo said a lot of things, but Ye Jintang still didn't respond, just looked at him silently.
This is not what she wants.
At this moment, Xiao Mo was also a little confused. Normally, Ye Jintang was easy to get along with and didn't have the airs of a princess. What happened today?
Ye Jintang looked at Xiao Mo with a silly look on his face and didn't know what to say.
Just now, Duan Linghui did not salute her even though she knew she was the princess. This was not a matter of being ignorant, but rather she did not want to.
It's really a joke that a country girl doesn't take her, the princess, seriously.
If she gets close to Duan Linghui now, the word "rules" will probably never appear in her mind again in the future.
But if she doesn't get close to Duan Linghui and gives her a cold shoulder, what will the other people who have just come to join Xiao Mo think?
Thinking she didn't welcome them or looked down on them.
In other words, no matter how she reacts, she will not end up well.
Ye Jintang sneered in her heart. She really underestimated the girl Duan Linghui. She was so scheming.