Ming Empire

Chapter 103 The Red Lady Visits Again

Liu Zongmin's men stopped going north, then turned to the northwest, and joined Li Yan depending on the situation.

After spying on the movements of the two rogue bandits, they would not attack Datong again, so Cao Yue was relieved and continued to focus on training the army.

The shortcomings of firearms were exposed in actual combat, and Cao Yue also tried to improve production in some aspects that affected the performance of combat power.In this short fight with Li Yan's troops, although the Portuguese did not participate in the battle, Cao Yue borrowed their flintlock guns for use.

There is no doubt that the flintlock gun is more convenient to use than the matchlock gun, and its shooting accuracy and power are also better than the matchlock gun, not to mention the shooting convenience.Although so many modern automatic weapons have been used before time travel, after adapting to the war situation in the Ming Dynasty, Cao Yue still praised the flintlock gun and wondered how it could be imitated and produced as early as possible.

With samples and manufacturing machinery, it is not very difficult to imitate and mass-produce flintlock guns.But everything takes time, and Cao Yue's headache is that he can't put everything into action in a short time.

In the evening of that day, Cao Yue finished his training and returned to Xingyuan in the city. He had just finished dinner when his servants came to report that someone had come to visit.

"Master Chief Soldier, there is a woman outside who wants to see you, she says she is your old friend!" When the soldier reported, gossip flashed in his eyes.

"A woman came to visit, or an old friend?" Cao Yue was a little confused, who could it be?After traveling to Daming, he didn't know many women, who could it be? "Could it be the red lady?"

"Let her in!" Cao Yue immediately confirmed that the person who came to visit must be Hong Niangzi.On the battlefield that day, he wrote a letter to Li Yan. It is very likely that Hong Niangzi replied for Li Yan during this trip.He wanted to see how Li Yan responded.

Soon, the soldiers brought the visitor in, and it was no surprise to Cao Yue that it was really a red lady.

Today's Hong Niangzi is not dressed in a nocturnal outfit like the previous ones, but in a handsome and chic outfit.The slightly tight-fitting dress framed most of the curves of her body, which was indescribably moving.

"Mrs. Li, I really didn't expect that we would meet again so soon!" Cao Yue smiled and bowed, jokingly said, "I think Mrs. Li's visit today is not to take my life, but to tell you something. with me, isn't it?"

"General Cao, the slave family ventured to visit today. I really wanted to tell you something, but I didn't come here on Li Yan's order!" Seeing other people beside her, Hong Niang felt uncomfortable and couldn't bear it. I looked around.

Cao Yue understood and signaled everyone around him to go down.When his soldiers saw a beautiful woman looking for their master, Cao Yue let them go down again, they all thought it was something good, they all held back their smiles and walked out.

"Now there is no one else, Mrs. Li can talk about things!" Cao Yue motioned for the red lady to sit down beside him, and poured tea for her himself.

"Thank you, General Cao," Facing Cao Yue's gaze, Hong Niangzi tried to keep herself calm and said her intentions: "General Cao, I want to ask you why you didn't take advantage of the victory to attack that day, instead When you have an advantage, stop the attack. If you take advantage of the situation and attack, Li Yan's men will definitely be defeated."

"I explained the meaning in my letter to Li Yan, don't you know?"

"I don't know. I only saw that day that after the officers and soldiers gained an advantage, they stopped the attack and let Li Yan's men leave!" The red lady shook her head and said sadly, "You probably don't know. The slave family is no longer in Li Yan's army!"

"Why? Aren't you husband and wife?" Now it was Cao Yue's turn to be surprised.

The red lady suppressed her tears, bit her lips and said, "He has already divorced me and kicked me out of the army."

"Why?" Cao Yue was even more surprised, "Why did he do this?"

The red lady looked at Cao Yue, lowered her head silently, and did not answer.

"Oh, it's because of me?" Cao Yue looked suddenly enlightened, "You must have gone back and said that you were insulted by me when you came to Datong, so...hehe, so he got into an argument with you out of jealousy , and you got angry too, and the two started arguing, and in the end...the two of you fell apart, isn't it like that?"

The red lady still didn't answer, but just sat silently.In fact, she herself didn't know why she told Cao Yue these sad things. Today she came to Cao Yue, besides asking some serious things, she also wanted to talk to him about it. She felt that only Cao Yue could talk about it. .

"Hehe, no way, is that so? Then I'm not the culprit?" Now it was Cao Yue's turn to be embarrassed, "Li Yan wouldn't be so petty, would he? I always thought that he was a very open-minded person, so this time The confrontation between the two armies also gave him a chance to retreat. There must be a misunderstanding, so wait for me to write a letter and explain it to him. I didn't insult you, let alone... tarnish your innocence!"

"Is it okay not to talk about this?" The red lady said with a little pleading: "The servant came to you today, not for this matter. I want to know why you retreated that day and didn't take advantage of the situation to pursue and kill?"

"I told you before that we Han people don't need to kill each other and fight with each other. Now that the Jiannu are watching outside the pass, they are the ones who want to destroy China." Cao Yue's expression became serious when he said this, "We What needs to be dealt with most now is the Jiannu outside the pass. I don't want my compatriots to kill each other, so I didn't expect to annihilate them all in this duel with Li Yan. I don't want to hide it, if I really hit hard that day , even if Li Yan's troops are not wiped out, they will suffer heavy losses."

"I know this, so I came to ask you today!" The red lady said quietly: "I thought you had a bigger conspiracy that day."

"You must know that when I dealt with Jiannu in the city of Datong that day, I had no mercy at all. I almost wiped out the ten thousand men and horses," said Cao Yue more seriously. : "I've always hoped that we could carry Tongjian slaves, so we didn't kill you all. If you have seen the situation on the battlefield that day, you should understand that the Datong army had a chance to win a big victory. Since we have the opportunity today Sit together and talk again, and I sincerely hope that you can persuade Li Yan that we should stop being enemies and join forces to fight against foreign captives. If Li Yan is willing, I can let him serve in the Datong Army. If he wants to be the chief soldier, I can give it to him too!"

"Ah?!" I didn't expect Cao Yue to say that, Hong Niangzi was stunned, and finally shook her head gently: "I can't persuade him, he can't listen to me now. He's disappointed in me, right You also have big prejudices, it's impossible... Also, I killed two of your men and wounded two of you in Li Yan's camp that day! I know that those are elite soldiers trained by you, I have tried to assassinate you several times, and I have made enemies with you, do you... still want to cooperate with me?"

"It turns out that my people were killed that day, and it was you who did it. I'm still wondering, who is so skillful, who can kill them!" Cao Yue said, looked at the red lady strangely, and finally sighed , "Anyway, the person has been killed by you, and this time the matter is over, I don't care about it. I said Hong Niangzi, if you come today, you will not come to me just because of these things, there must be other important things Right? If you have anything to say, just talk about it!"

(End of this chapter)