Love Affairs in Chang'an - Chapter 422
Chapter 422 Reluctantly
For the next day or two, it was calm. Qin Mubai and Gaer Qinling seemed to have a tacit understanding. They both believed that this would be a protracted battle, and there was no need to be in a hurry. Thus, after the first battle, both sides were spending time to recuperate.
Not to mention the loss in the first battle, the confidence and morale of the Kansai army had indeed been greatly affected, as could be seen from Hou Junji’s performance. As a result, Qin Mubai held several military meetings in succession to analyze the gains and losses of the first battle and make plans for the future, mainly to stabilize the general’s heart.
Only by stabilizing the general’s heart can the morale of the army be stabilized. From the looks of it, it was still somewhat effective. Young Guanxi Army, although inexperienced and immature, but the strengths and strengths of this is precisely the same-newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, lost, again!
In the evening, Xue Wanjun brought a group of sentry cavalry back to the camp. He walked into the handsome tent dejectedly and sighed repeatedly. Qin Mubai asked him why, and he answered, “Major Marshal, our army lost the first battle, and the Qingluo Plain Battlefield became Tibet’s sphere of influence.” In the past two days, I have tried to clean up the battlefield and bring back the corpses of the soldiers who died in battle. What was this supposed to do? Could it be that the soldiers who watched us turn into ghosts and ghosts in the Wilderness of Exploding Corpses? ”
Qin Mubai frowned and said, “This is indeed a problem … Forget about the lost warhorses and armor. We Guanxi Army martyrs can’t help but not even have a chance to be buried in peace.”
“Why don’t we fight them again? Or launch a surprise attack? We’ll snatch the Qingluo Plain first, then we’ll talk about the rest!” Xue Wanjun said.
“No need.” Qin Mubai pondered for a moment and said, “How about this, I’ll write a letter to Gaer Qinling and send someone to the Tibetan camp to discuss this matter.”
“Huh?” Xue Wanjun’s eyes widened in surprise. “How could that fellow agree?”
“Perhaps? Try it. We can talk about it if we can’t.” After saying that, Qin Mubai decisively wrote a letter and immediately sent out a fine soldier who understood the language to the Tibetan army camp.
Just as night fell, the messenger returned to the Tang army camp and said that Gaer Qinling had actually agreed. Moreover, tomorrow, he would take the initiative to send people to deliver the ashes of the Tang army soldiers who had been killed in battle!
Xue Wanjun and the others were stunned on the spot-“How is this possible? This is definitely not the style of the Hu! They should have cut off the ears of our soldiers and taken them back for reward, or used their spears to carry their corpses all over the place to show off their might!”
“That’s right! The Tibetan people are cruel and cold-blooded. It would be polite not to abuse the remains of our fallen soldiers. Why did they even restrain their corpses and cremate them?”
Hearing the crowd’s discussion, Qin Mubai remained silent. He thought to himself, “Gaer Qinling, you are indeed different from ordinary Hu generals. You do have the style of a general. No wonder people like Hou Junji praised you endlessly behind their backs.” Although I know that you didn’t do this out of kindness, mostly to buy people’s hearts or reduce the resistance to invading the Central Plains … I still have to thank you!
According to the agreement, Gaer Qinling would send a team of about a hundred people to transport the ashes of the Tang army soldiers in yak carts tomorrow. As soon as the news spread, the Tang army camp immediately began to discuss.
At night, it was time for the army to go to bed. Qin Mubai returned to the mansion behind the handsome tent with a lot of worries in his heart. Seeing that the lights were still on in the Tantai sisters’ room, she called the door and walked in.
Tantai Shuangshuang was still unconscious. Her sister waited at the bedside every day and night in confusion. Although she did not cry like an ordinary woman, her eyes were red with tears, but her worries and heartache were also written on her beautiful and heroic face.
“How’s it going?” Qin Mubai stepped forward and asked in a low voice.
Tantai Dandan shook his head. He didn’t say anything and frowned deeply.
“Why don’t we send her to Lanzhou? After all, the conditions here are limited. If we go to Lanzhou, we can find a way to get a famous doctor to treat her. The rest environment will be better.” Qin Mubai said.
“No need.” Tantai Dandan shook his head. He picked up his sister’s hand and held it in his palm. Then, he put it on his face and whispered, “My sister and I have experienced many storms since we were young. It’s not only once or twice that we wandered about in life and death. I believe my sister will definitely not leave me alone.”
“…” Qin Mubai was speechless for a moment. He sighed softly and said, “My fault.”
“What’s wrong with Major Marshal?” Tantai Dandan carefully placed his sister’s hand into the blanket and smiled miserably. “If it weren’t for Major Marshal, the two of us would have already died from the Yamen Saber Axe. No matter how good it was, we would still be nothing more than an unscrupulous assassin living in a dark corner.” “To be able to be a dignified person for a few days, and even be able to occupy a high position in the Imperial City, and still kill enemies on the battlefield … Even if we sacrifice our lives for our country, the two of us will have no regrets.”
Qin Mubai raised her eyelids and a strange expression flashed across her face.
Tantai Dandan smiled and said, “What’s wrong, Major Marshal is very surprised?”
“A little.” Qin Mubai did not deny it. He smiled and said, “Although I have known you two for a long time, I haven’t known each other very well. To be honest, I really don’t know much about you.”
“What about now?”
“I understand a little bit.” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “Every dog slaughterer is the scholar who loses heart. Although these words are not absolutely biased, they are appropriate for your sisters.”
Tantai Dandan blinked a few times in confusion, “Major Marshal … are you praising us or cursing us?”
“Haha, of course it’s a compliment!” Qin Mubai couldn’t help but laugh.
“Sorry … I don’t read much, I don’t understand.” Tantai Dandan revealed a rare hint of embarrassment, and his face turned a little red.
Qin Mubai sized her up a few times and saw a valiant woman in armor smiling like this. She was truly indescribably charming and gentle. He nodded with a smile and said, “You are now officers of the Baiji. You are working in the palace. There is no harm in reading more when you have time.”
‘”I can’t find a suitable teacher” Tantai Dandan asked tentatively in a low voice. “Why don’t you come and teach us to read when Major Marshal is free after the war? Anyway, His Majesty has already assigned me and my sister to His Highness Princess Gaoyang to listen to. They are Major Marshal’s retainers.”
“En, good!” Qin Mubai agreed without hesitation.
“Major Marshal … are you serious?” At this moment, a faint voice came from the bed.
Qin Mubai and Tantai Dandan exchanged glances. At the same time, they looked over in surprise. It was indeed Tantai Shuangshuang who woke up!
“Sister! You’re awake!” Tantai Dandan hurriedly rushed over, nervously and pleasantly holding her hand, shouting, “You’re awake, you’re awake!”
She cried with joy!
“Alright, Dan Dan, don’t scare your sister. She just woke up and is very weak.” Qin Mubai walked over and squatted down. She patted Tantai Dandan’s shoulder and saw that both of them were smiling at her. Even though she was still very weak and struggled to open her eyes, the smile on her face was clearly calm and warm.
“Shuangshuang, you are so healthy. I promise you, it will definitely count.” Qin Mubai said, “When you recover, I will teach you to read.”
“That’s great!” Tantai Dandan hurriedly stood up and immediately knelt down on one knee towards Qin Mubai. He cupped his fists and saluted, “On behalf of my sister, thank you, Major Marshal! Being a student in Major Marshal is her greatest wish and hope!”
“Oh? There’s still this matter?” Qin Mubai couldn’t help but laugh and reached out to help her up.
On the bed, Tantai Shuangshuang was anxious and said with all her might, “Sister, don’t talk nonsense!”
Qin Mubai shook his head and smiled. “Alright, there’s no need to take such a trivial matter seriously. Both of them have just woken up and need to rest and recuperate. I’ll take my leave without disturbing them. I’ll call the military doctor to take a look and prescribe more medicine.”
“Thank you, Major Marshal!”
After leaving the two sisters’ rooms, Qin Mubai called a soldier to call a military doctor and prepared to go back to his room to rest.
Both of them woke up. It seemed that their lives were no longer in danger. This made Qin Mubai’s mood a little better. When he returned to his room, he saw a person standing at the door. It was actually Princess Wencheng, Li Xueyan.
“It’s so late at night. Why isn’t the princess resting? Why are you looking for me?” Qin Mubai asked.
“Mubai, you’ve forgotten that you haven’t changed your dressing yet!” Li Xueyan raised the bottle in her hand and said, “This won’t do!”
“Heh, I forgot if you didn’t tell me.” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “The military has been busy for a while today. However, I only suffered a small injury and I seem to be recovering quite well. At least I don’t need to walk on crutches anymore.”
“Then I don’t care. All I know is that I’m a military doctor and you’re an injured person. You have to listen to me, doctor’s parents.” Li Xueyan smiled and said, “Come in and change the dressing!”
“Alright, Great Military Physician Li, please!” Qin Mubai smiled and invited her into the room.
Just as he entered the room, Qin Mubai hesitated … The scratch on his face was easy to deal with. What happened to the knife wound on his thigh? Do you want to take off your pants in front of her?
“What are you waiting for?” Li Xueyan turned her back to Qin Mubai and said while fiddling with the medicine bottle.
“This … Xue Yan, why don’t I do it myself?” Qin Mubai said.
“Don’t worry, I’ve completely learned it, and I will definitely be very careful not to hurt you.” Li Xueyan obviously didn’t understand and said while seriously mixing the medicine.
“It’s inconvenient!” Qin Mubai suppressed her laughter and whispered.
Li Xueyan was stunned and turned to look at Qin Mubai, “What’s the inconvenience?”
Qin Mubai pointed at her thigh and Li Xueyan’s face instantly turned red. She hurriedly turned her head and forced herself to calm down. “The old gentleman taught me that there are only patients in front of doctors, not men and women … You, you don’t have to worry!”
“Then why are you still so nervous?” Qin Mubai said with a wicked smile.
“No!” Li Xueyan’s heart jammed, and her mouth hardened, “Don’t be so daydreaming … change your clothes, hurry up!”
“Then … did I really take it off?”
“Take off … take off!”
“Let’s close the door first!”
Li Xueyan, a girl who hadn’t left the pavilion, immediately blushed to the root of her neck, “Why are you closing the door?”
“Do you want me to take off my pants in public?” Qin Mubai said confidently, “There are teams of morale patrolling outside at any time. I am their commander-in-chief. Isn’t it embarrassing for them to see me?”
Li Xueyan wished she could dig a hole and dig in. She hurriedly closed the door and took a deep breath. “Is that enough now?”
“En, fine. Then I … will take it off, Great Military Physician Li?”
“… Hurry up!”
Qin Mubai laughed mischievously in her heart, “You dare to see, I still don’t dare to take it off?”
So he took off only one pair of big underpants and sat down on the commander’s chair like an old man. He raised his injured leg high and said, “Alright, come on!”
Li Xueyan’s heart was about to jump out of her throat. She hesitated for a long time before she mustered up the courage to come forward and forcefully refrain from looking at Qin Mubai’s half-naked body, but this was obviously impossible.
A well-proportioned and robust male body, full of wild and masculine power, was exposed in front of this unattended girl … Li Xueyan was a little flustered for a moment.
“How about I do it myself?” Qin Mubai smiled calmly.
“No, I’ll do it.” Li Xueyan, who wanted to make a “contribution” in her heart, was competing with him. Strongly calming her mind, she went to remove the bandage on Qin Mubai’s right thigh.
During the battle yesterday, Qin Mubai was caught by a machete of a Tibetan cavalry in order to kill the leader of the Snake Coiling Formation. Fortunately, he wore good armor, and the other party didn’t use any strength in his saber strike, so it was only a small injury to his flesh and bones. Li Xueyan carefully removed the bandage layer by layer. Seeing the blood stains and scabs on the bandage, she couldn’t help but be shocked.
In the past two days, she had followed the old military doctor everywhere to treat the injured soldiers. In fact, she had seen everything before. She should not have been so fussy and uneasy. But when she thought of Qin Mubai, she couldn’t help but panic …
‘”Sigh–” Li Xueyan’s heart was in a mess. She tore a small piece of blood scab and Qin Mubai couldn’t help but take a breath of cold air from the pain.
Li Xueyan immediately panicked, “Sorry! Sorry! How is it? Does it hurt? Are you alright?”
“It’s fine, you continue.” Qin Mubai smiled indifferently.
After taking off the bandage with great difficulty, Li Xueyan couldn’t help but cry out in alarm when she saw the wound, “Ah, no! It’s a little pus! Who told you to run around without changing your dressing all day!”
“Then there’s nothing I can do.” Qin Mubai smiled and said, “There’s no need to make a fuss. Compared to those with broken limbs, what kind of injury do I have? Medicine!”
“I have to suck this septic out before I can apply medicine.” Li Xueyan said, “Endure it!”
“Wait a moment!” Qin Mubai hurriedly said, “Are you sure you can do it?”
“… I’m not afraid! Alright!” Li Xueyan stared at the wound and nodded decisively.
“Then you can do it.”
Li Xueyan concentrated on the wound carefully for a while, and without even frowning, she sucked in the cherry lips.
Qin Mubai’s heart trembled. He couldn’t even watch anymore … How disgusting!
If it was him, he might not have done this …
After sucking in more than ten mouthfuls, a copper basin beside him was filled with stinking pus blood. Li Xueyan finally stopped and quickly wrapped up Qin Mubai’s wound. Until then, she, who hadn’t said a word and hadn’t raised her head to look at Qin Mubai, suddenly ran outside the door and vomited desperately.
Qin Mubai was afraid that Li Xueyan would be embarrassed, so she sat in the room and didn’t go out to look. She sighed softly and thought to herself, “What a strong woman!”
Li Xueyan vomited for a long time before returning to her room. She smiled slightly pale and began to pack up the medicine bottles and other things. She said, “Mubai, you rest well. I’ll come back tomorrow morning to change the medicine for you. In the afternoon …”
“Snow Goose.” Qin Mubai called out and interrupted her.
“Huh?” Li Xueyan turned around and looked at him.
Qin Mubai only smiled and didn’t say anything. However, this smile caused Li Xueyan’s heart to beat wildly, and her face even turned red.
She asked in a panic, “You … just say what you want to say …”
“When the war is over, if I can survive, you …”
“I… What?”
“Are you willing to marry me?”
“!!!” Li Xueyan’s entire body immediately trembled a few times, and she hurriedly turned her head to not dare to look at him, and then her entire body froze.
His face was burning hot, and his mind was blank.
“Huh?” Qin Mubai purposely wanted to pierce through the window paper, so she said cheatingly, “If you don’t say it, then you’re agreeing by default?”
“I didn’t say anything!” Li Xueyan said anxiously.
“Oh, then I won’t agree.” Qin Mubai said in a very disappointed tone.
“I didn’t say it either! … I’m not going to tell you anymore! How can a marriage be a joke!” Li Xueyan was so embarrassed that she hurriedly picked up the medicine bottle and ran away.
“Haha!” Qin Mubai couldn’t help but shake her head and laugh. Li Daozong, Li Daozong, you’re clearly trying to drive a duck to the front. You’re forcing me to do something that doesn’t leave a single word behind! However, Li Xueyan is indeed a good woman, and she obviously has an interest in me. Since that’s the case, I have no choice but to reluctantly make things difficult …
