xymnovel Chapter 453 The Master Has Been Working Hard for Days
Chapter 453 The Master Has Been Working Hard for Days
Seeing the smile on Luo Ying's face, Luan Di Yun felt mocked and immediately uttered harsh words:
"What are you laughing at? When my Xiongnu warriors return and raze this pass to the ground, I'll be the first to strip you naked and feed you to the wolves! Now untie me!"
Before he could finish speaking...
"Snapped!"
A sharp crack suddenly rang out from inside the room.
Luo Ying acted swiftly, slapping Luan Di Yun across the cheek.
The slap was extremely powerful, knocking Luan Diyun's head to the side. His mind went blank, blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, and half of his cheek quickly swelled up.
Luan Diyun was stunned by the beating.
She turned her head and saw Luo Ying withdraw her hand, wipe her palm with a white handkerchief, and her smile remained unchanged, the curve of her lips unchanged.
"Our master has been working hard for days and is very tired."
Luo Ying looked at Luan Di Yun and softened her voice, "If you keep shouting and disturb the master's rest, my sister and I will find a way... to make sure that you can never make a sound again."
Luo Ying leaned closer, getting a few inches closer: "So, are you going to keep arguing?"
Looking at the maid in front of her, Luan Diyun shivered.
As a Xiongnu princess, she knew the force of that slap; it wasn't the kind of power an ordinary maid could deliver.
This maid has extremely strong internal energy; she's a trained martial artist, possibly even stronger than the guards outside.
Who exactly is that man named "Mo Feng"?
Even the maids around him are so capable!
Luan Diyun gritted his teeth, swallowed the curse, and shut his mouth.
Seeing that she had calmed down, Luo Ying nodded, put down the water bowl, turned around and retreated to a corner of the room with Luo Li, closing her eyes to rest.
The room fell silent again.
Luan Diyun lay on her side on the bed, her cheeks aching, her thoughts beginning to churn.
"The army was ambushed by the Qin army and scattered by heavenly lightning. During the retreat, they were routed, and I was captured in the chaos..."
She calmed herself down and analyzed the situation.
"My face is now covered in mud, and my armor is damaged in the melee. Few ordinary Xiongnu soldiers have ever seen my true face, and the Qin army knows nothing about me!"
Mo Feng's attitude just now confirmed this; the other side treated her as an ordinary female soldier who had been handed over as a prisoner by their subordinates.
"I can't tell! I can't let them know who I am!"
Luan Diyun pondered in his heart.
If the Qin army knew that the woman lying here was the daughter of the Xiongnu Chanyu, Luan Di Yun, the commander of an army of 60,000, the Qin people would take her hostage.
At that time, his father and brother Maodun will surely be controlled by the Qin because of him.
The entire Xiongnu would suffer humiliation and be at the mercy of others because of her.
"As long as I don't reveal my identity, I'll just be an ordinary prisoner. Once my brother defeats the Qin army, or sends someone to negotiate, I still have a chance to escape back to the royal court!"
Thinking of this, Luan Diyun's tense body curled up.
However, the thought that she, as a Xiongnu princess and the commander of tens of thousands of troops, had ended up in such a state was truly shocking.
More than half of the 60,000-strong army has been lost!
He was tied to the enemy general's bed!
And they also had to endure verbal harassment!
Now, even a maid from the Qin state can slap her.
This kind of humiliation was something I had never experienced before.
A wave of grievance and bitterness welled up in my heart.
Tears welled up in her eyes and slid down her cheeks, washing away the mud and dirt on her face.
To avoid making a sound and attracting the attention of the maids, Luan Diyun turned her head away, opened her mouth, bit the corner of the blanket, and sobbed silently.
……
a few days later.
Deep in the desert, the royal court of the Xiongnu.
The news of the disastrous defeat at Gaoque Pass and the annihilation of 60,000 elite troops has spread far and wide throughout the high command.
Inside the spacious main tent.
"Sixty thousand elite troops! Only twenty thousand returned! Forty thousand warriors are gone just like that!"
Touman Chanyu roared and kicked over the wooden table in front of him.
Drinks and barbecue were scattered all over the ground. His eyes were bloodshot, his chest heaving violently, and he was furious to the extreme.
The left and right wise kings and many tribal leaders knelt below, heads bowed, not daring to utter a sound.
"Where is Yun'er? Can anyone tell me where Yun'er went?"
Touman Chanyu strode down the steps, grabbed a general by the collar, and angrily demanded, "As the deputy general, the army has been routed, and she's vanished! What have you all been doing?!"
The general, his face ashen, replied in a trembling voice, "Chanyu, please calm your anger! The Qin army's pursuit is too relentless, and there were also those firearms and thunderbolts raining down from the sky..."
The army was completely scattered during the retreat. Princess Yun was hit by two arrows at the time, and later, due to the chaos, the troops were separated, and her subordinates never saw her again...
Touman Chanyu shoved the general aside and slumped back into his seat, powerless.
The Left Wise King stepped forward with a heavy heart and said, "Great Chanyu, now is not the time to assign blame. With 60,000 troops lost, our strength has been severely weakened!"
The Qin army not only has 300,000 heavily armored infantry, but also the great general Mo Feng, who can summon heavenly lightning to break our formation.
The Right Wise King echoed, "Indeed, Great Chanyu. Scouts report that the Qin army is consolidating its strongholds at Gaoque, Yunzhong, and Jiuyuan. Their provisions are being transported steadily from the south!"
Once they establish a foothold and form that triangular formation to advance into the desert, we will find it difficult to resist.
The Left Wise King swallowed hard and offered a suggestion: "Great Chanyu, in order to preserve the bloodline of the Xiongnu, I suggest... that we retreat for the time being!"
The royal court was moved further north into the Gobi Desert to avoid the Qin army's advance!
We could even... send envoys to Qin to sue for peace and buy some time.
Upon hearing this, the tent fell into a deathly silence.
To beg for peace and retreat is a great disgrace!
But what could they do in the face of the Qin army's relentless advance?
In a corner of the main tent, Maodun sat calmly in his wheelchair, listening to everything.
Because of the injury to his lower body, he can only move around in a wheelchair. A crippled prince obviously has little say in the matter.
He watched the cowardly appearance of the Left and Right Wise Kings quietly, a hint of mockery flashing in his eyes.
Then.
Maodun's gaze shifted slightly, coldly glancing at the Immortal Master Ji Dan standing on the other side.
Ji Dan was wearing a Taoist robe and a mask at the moment.
Upon meeting Maodun's gaze, he felt a sudden jolt and immediately understood the prince's meaning.
"So they're making me go up there and memorize my lines..." Ji Dan sighed inwardly.
He straightened his sleeves, took a step forward, let out a cold snort, and pretended to be a superior person.
"Hmph! Seek peace? Back down? How absurd!"
Touman Chanyu looked at Ji Dan, his tone softening slightly: "Immortal Master, what are your thoughts?"
Ji Dan, with his hands behind his back, said, "Although the Battle of Gaoque Pass resulted in a defeat and loss of troops, it also demonstrated the resilience of the Xiongnu warriors to the Qin army. The Qin army must be feeling apprehensive about your relentless siege now."
While she spoke eloquently on the surface, Ji Dan was inwardly ranting and raving.
These idiots, 60,000 against 50,000!
They almost suffered total annihilation, and they still have the nerve to come here and negotiate peace!
He wouldn't have bothered to show his face if he could just tell Maodun's plan and get away with it.