Chapter 1101: Injured

Mu Yangling touched her chest and asked uneasily, “Where is your father now?”

Little Bear calculated the time and said, “He ought to have caught up.”

Mu Yangling hesitated for a moment and stroked his head. “I suddenly remembered that your father forgot to bring something. I’ll send it to him. You can go and help your Uncle Fan work. You’re not allowed to be mischievous, understand?”

“Father is at war. What’s so important that you have to send it over now?” Little Bear held his mother’s hand and was unwilling to let go. “Mother, it’s dangerous on the battlefield, with swords, spears, and whatnot. You should stay at home.”

Mu Yangling patted his head and said confidently, “When has your mother ever been afraid of swords and spears on the battlefield? You were even following me around previously. Don’t worry, I’m not going alone. I’ll bring Fei Bai and the others with me. Hurry up and help your Uncle Fan. He’s so busy these days while you still have the mood to stroll around here.”

Little Bear could only go to Fan Zijin to help.

After he left, the smile on Mu Yangling’s face fell. She left a letter for Qi Xiuyuan before chasing after Qi Haoran with Fei Bai and the others.

However, she did not know the route of his pursuit, so she could only follow the route of the Yuan army’s retreat.

However, after chasing for two consecutive days and not seeing anyone, Fei Bai, who had always thought that the Princess Consort was doing something unnecessary, couldn’t help but turn solemn.

Fei Bai got off the horse and carefully checked the traces on the road with the attendants. He reported to Mu Yangling, “Your Highness, the traces on the road have been deliberately destroyed, but we can still tell that supplies had passed by this route. We’re on the correct path.”

“Seeing as the tracks are still fresh, if we chase them through the night, we might be able to catch up.”

Everyone waited for Mu Yangling to make a decision.

Mu Yangling was silent for a moment before saying, “Let’s go. We won’t rest tonight and will chase after them overnight.”

Mu Yangling continued to chase forward with her men. Seeing that the traces were getting fresher, Mu Yangling secretly followed the traces in the dark.

As there were only about ten people in their group, they didn’t dare to catch up with the Yuan Army’s battalion. They only wanted to secretly inquire about Qi Haoran’s whereabouts. Therefore, when they could already see the Yuan Army from afar, Mu Yangling decisively led her men into the forest and took a detour to get closer.

The scout quickly reported back, “My lady, the enemy has about fifty thousand troops, but there’s a considerable amount of baggage, possibly from the Yuan army’s central command.”

“Why would the central command be left till last? Shouldn’t they be evacuating in the middle?” the captain of the guard furrowed his brow, “I hope the prince hasn’t fallen for their trick.”

“If you can think of it, how can His Highness not think of it?” Looking displeased, Fei Bai said, “Now is not the time to discuss their intentions. The most important thing is to find His Highness.”

“Let’s go closer and take a look.” Mu Yangling felt uneasy. She had always believed in her intuition. At this moment, she was certain that Haoran was in danger and that he was not far from her.

Holding the crossbow in the book tightly, Mu Yangling carefully led Fei Bai and the others towards the tent where the Yuan Army was stationed.

At this moment, they had to be extremely careful. Once they were discovered, they would be in extreme danger. After all, they only had more than ten people, and it would be too difficult to escape under the noses of 50,000 people.

Before they could approach the other party’s tent, chaos suddenly broke out in there.

Mu Yangling immediately squatted down and hid behind the bushes. Laying on the ground, she listened to the commotion. “Let’s go around. The commotion is at the side in the back.”

At this moment, Qi Haoran straightened his back and sat on his horse. He swallowed the blood in his mouth and looked at Ogedei with sparkling eyes. Smiling, he said, “How is it? Three lives for one life. It’s very worth it.”

Commandant Fang tightened his grip on the knife on General Yuan’s neck and looked across warily.

Ogedei wore a scowl. He had set up a trap for Qi Haoran so that he could severely injure the Qi army. Even if he could not take down the Central Capital, Great Qi would lose Prince Rong and Qi Xiuyuan would lose a younger brother. It would be a huge blow to them.

However, he did not expect Qi Haoran to be so powerful as to successfully escape from 80,000 people. Not only that, but Ogedei also lost more than 30,000 soldiers and three generals. This was simply a great humiliation.

His three generals had been captured by Qi Haoran, three lives to be exchanged for Li Zhang’s life. If Ogedei agreed to the exchange, his prestige would decrease and he would not be able to swallow this anger. On the other hand, if he refused to exchange, the morale of his army would collapse. After all, these three were his trusted aides. If he left them to die, what would his soldiers think?

Ogedei looked straight into Qi Haoran’s eyes and said word by word, “I didn’t expect Great Qi to be so willing to send such a person to my side.”

Qi Haoran sneered. “Emperor Yuan, you think too highly of yourself. Back then, you were just a slave in a mine. Although you were a prince of a small Mongolian tribe, you were still a prince in decline. What makes you think that Great Qi would expend so much effort on you?”

Ah Ling had said that no matter what they did, they had to be reasonable. Even if reason wasn’t on their side, they had to think of a way to be reasonable. Only then could they be self-righteous.

At this moment, Qi Haoran said righteously, “Back then, when Li Zhang begged me at my residence, if not for the fact that he was a Han and swore that he would deal a severe blow to the Jin soldiers, I wouldn’t have provided you with so many weapons and signed an alliance with the newly-established you.”

“In order to show my sincerity, I even went through a lot of trouble to find Li Zhang and Xue Ji’s families and send them to Great Yuan. In the end, Great Jin was not defeated. Great Qi only sent troops to retrieve our lost territory, but you betrayed the alliance and turned to deal with Great Qi. You’re simply an ungrateful villain. Although Li Zhang is your Military Advisor, at least he hasn’t forgotten that he’s a Han. He still has a conscience to remind us to be careful of the Yuan army. Just because of this reminder, I’m willing to risk my life to protect him.”

“As for you,” Qi Haoran looked at him disdainfully and said, “I heard that not only did Li Zhang and Xue Ji save your life several times, but they were also sworn brothers with you. In the end, you disregarded their lives and forcibly betrayed the alliance. After that, you even wanted to kill them and their families to silence them. The Yuan Emperor is really magnanimous!”

“Nonsense!” Ogedei flew into a rage out of humiliation.

“Oh? Then do you think they’ll believe you or me?”

The soldiers of Great Qi naturally believed in Qi Haoran. Although the soldiers of Great Yuan already believed in Qi Haoran in their hearts, they still expressed their trust in Ogedei on the surface.

However, how could Ogedei not see through their private thoughts?

After today, this excuse would probably be acknowledged by most people.

Ogedei’s eyes were red with hatred. He felt that he shouldn’t have let Qi Haoran speak; alas, it was too late.

However, Qi Haoran repeatedly provoked him, only hoping that he could delay it a little longer. He did not know if his letter for help had returned to the Central Capital, but the longer he dragged it out, the more advantageous it was for them.

Ogedei stared coldly at the broken arrow in Qi Haoran’s chest. He did not understand why this arrow did not pierce through Qi Haoran’s chest.

At this moment, Mu Yangling was also staring at the broken arrow in Qi Haoran’s chest with bloodshot eyes. Knowing that Qi Haoran was seriously injured and might even have hurt his vital points, her heart hurt as if it was being clutched tightly in someone’s hand.