Chapter 117 The fire beacons rose again (2)
Zhao Zimu knew that the identities of the two were very different and it would be difficult for them to be together. Therefore, she personally admitted to Chen Jing that Ling Er is her little sister. No matter what, she was considered Lin Qing’s subordinate and had the backing of Lin Qing. If one day, they really had to talk to it in the open, presumably, Chen Jin would also not make things difficult for them.
Originally, she wanted Ling Er to loosen the reins to grasp this guy better and let his love for her become unwavering. Unexpectedly, that girl failed to live up to the expectations. After being given the cold shoulder for a short while, she got the lovesickness. Hence, she (ZZ) had to personally come to look for Chen Jing.
To be honest, Zhao Zimu’s experience with this kind of thing was only limited to her and Lin Qing, but she and Lin Qing didn’t walk the normal path. So, even though she has put forwards some ideas to Ling Er, but in fact she also wasn’t certain.
Chen Jing’s eyes widened in surprise and said dumbstruck, “Are you saying that she doesn’t like you and that there is not that kind of relationship between you?”
Zhao Zimu humphed lightly and left, leaving the somewhat dumbstruck Chen Jing standing there alone.
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People from the capital has come. She had to rush back. She hasn’t gotten news of Lin Qing for a long time. She was also a bit anxious.
When she returned to Zhao residence, she saw that Yue Shi was leading a group of people to pay their respect to her. Zhao Zimu was a bit dumbstruck after seeing the people and things that Lin Qing had sent her. With a slight smile, she let Yue Shi led the bunch of people inside.
After learning about Lin Qing’s recent situation from Yue Shi, Zhao Zimu finally knew why Lin Qing wanted to send her so many people and couldn’t help but feeling a bit funny.
Yue Shi looked at her impatiently. Zhao Zimu walked tactfully into the study. After taking out brush and ink and wrote a long letter to Lord Qiansui, she took out a package of things from the kitchen and gave it to Yue Shi. After pondering for a moment, Zhao Zimu took down the plaque in front of the door and ordered people to change to two words ‘Zhao residence’ to ‘Lin residence’. Only now did Yue Shi left in joy.
After sending everyone away, Zhao Zimu’s eyes softened subconsciously and the smile couldn’t be erased from the corner of her mouth after touching the pile of things that Lin Qing had sent her.
Lin Qing…
Soon after, the Xiongnu finally swung their swords at Great Liang again. Muke personally led the tribal leader and deployed the soldiers of the grassland on the frontier of Great Liang. The cavalry units dispatched by the Xiongnu simultaneously launched attacks on different towns at the border of Great Liang.
The soldiers of Great Liang had already made preparations. All the outposts assembled their troops and horses and were on standby.
There was a total of fifteen towns at the border, all of which have no defenders. As long as the Xiongnu break through the guards of these small towns, they could target the cities of Great Liang.
Muke had suffered a big loss last time and had been holding a fury in his heart. He had been waiting for a time to get his momentum back.
Therefore, without even thinking about it, this war would be fierce and very difficult.
Before the Xiongnu appeared before them in a fight, Chen Jin commanded for part of the army to intercept the Xiongnu. First, hit the morale of the Xiongnu before they appeared in front of them.
Zhao Zimu received the command to lead a group of people to wait for the Xiongnu in the valley for an ambush.
What surprised her was that Chen Jin also sent Situ Yuanxiao’s and his men to complete the task with her and had ordered her to follow Situ Yuanxiao’s command throughout.
Situ Yuanxiao brought about five thousand people and she had only hundred people. One truly didn’t know what Chen Jin meant with this. He actually brought two people with such sensitive identities together. Also, he let her follow Situ Yuanxiao’s command.
This couldn’t be a test, right? Zhao Zimu smiled bitterly. It was no problem for her to follow Situ Yuanxiao’s command. It was just that in the moment of danger, she didn’t have the energy to bother with Situ Yuanxiao. After all, her small part of soldiers couldn’t influence the general situation and this would be decided by situ Yuanxiao.
The reason why she said that she couldn’t bother with Situ Yuanxiao was because she couldn’t trust him. If something happened because of his command, Zhao Zimu’s choice would be to preserve her own power (the hundred men). For a person like her who has no influence on the general situation, her first goal was to lead her men to kill people to earn military merit, so that she could climb step by step and gain real power.
A trace of surprise also flashed on Situ Yuanxiao’s face when he saw her. It could be seen that Chen Jin didn’t tell him the matter either. Zhao Zimu’s eyes flashed and then she cupped her hands to salute him.
Situ Yuanxiao raised her head with the handle of the whip in his hand. Zhao Zimu let him be with half-closed eyes. Situ Yuanxiao said with a smile that was yet a smile, “I didn’t expect that one day you will actually fall into my hands. Then, tell me, should you completely listen to my command?”
Adorned in a silver armor, Situ Yuanxiao stared sharply at the person in front of him, waiting to see how she would answer.
A smile appeared at the corner of Zhao Zimu’s mouth and she said, “How would I dare to not obey general’s order? This humble one is willing to obey general’s dispatchment.”
Situ Yuanxiao turned a bit gentler and said, “Very well, then, stay at my side to protect me!”
Zhao Zimu blanked out for a moment. Then, she bowed her head and took the command while signaling that Situ Yuanxiao could take the whip from her chin.
Seeing her frown slightly, Situ Yuanxiao’s heart skipped a beat and he withdrew his whip. After the program for the battle was settled, the group of people lie in wait for an ambush on both sides of the valley, waiting to give the Xiongnu a heavy blow the moment they arrive.
The leader of the men who would pass here this time was the Xueyan tribe under Muke. This tribe was neither big nor small with a total of about three thousand cavalries. Zhao Zimu and the other’s task were to get rid of half of the people.
Five thousand against three thousand and it was an ambush. Chen Jin only asked them to let half of their (X) people stay here. This requirement really couldn’t be considered as high. It showed how great the combat power of the Xiongnu was to Chen Jin.
Despite such a low requirement, could this team really accomplish Chen Jin’s task?
Zhao Zimu couldn’t help but frown faintly as she watched the uneasy soldiers. Then, she looked at the excited Situ Yuanxiao. She suddenly felt a headache coming…
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