Chapter 75: Waltzing in Under the Enemies’ Noses (1/2)
Chapter 75: Waltzing in Under the Ene house made their appearance in the city, nobles would, from time to time, come to see them off They watched the burly servants while they pointed andtheir heads in tears as they silently followed the carriages and sent the was sitting inside a wang carriage and no one knew a girl had joined the teaate, when fewer ladies and nobles reh the curtain slit and saw Old Shang’s carriage parked in the distance away from others’ attention She quietly heaved
When they were two hundredto only watch the by the time scattered dust had disappeared fro quickly drove over when he saw the troop approaching “Miss?”
Chen Rong gave a reply and got off
“Miss,” Old Shang whispered “I’ve told the wants to look for her relatives in Xione to send her off because you are concerned for her and you won’t be back for several months I’ve also told the nurse to lock her door and not see anyone during this ti of her reputation Even now, Old Shang was still holding onto a ray of hope, however slight it was, so shouldn’t she, too? She momentarily lowered her head and answered, “I know”
At this tio Let’s not waste any more time” Whips cracked as soon as he finished his words
With his departure, the crowd also gave repeated shouts They feared that Mo’yang would be completely surrounded, and even their aid would arrive too late
Old Shang quickly drove along to keep up with them
They went on without any breaks
To everyone’s surprise, Chen Rong was actually very fit When she was tired fro, she would sit She didn’t have one word of coive them any extra trouble This alone made her far better than the vast majority of the noble children The servants were secretly appreciative of it
After having gone all day and through ht, the scholar looked at the moon in the sky and shouted: “Let’s take a break”
“Aye”
The cavalcade stopped, and the servants rounded the carriages up with the riders on horseback and Chen Rong’s carriage encircled inside To save tiainst their horses to get some rest They did not set cas, he turned around to look at Chen Rong’s carriage Seeing the fluttering curtain and an extre, he clasped his hands and politely infor by noon toate you’re planning to enter from?” she asked
“Fro was located to the southeast of Mo’yang It was a ate
“We can’t!” Chen Rong’s crisp and decisive voice sounded “The tribesies They’ll certainly position their e reinforceood I think we should go in frolances with the others and then asked her, “You think we can enter fro was convinced
The scholar frowned “Let us have a discussion,” he said and then retreated
Mo, “You ate toly indifferent to their acceptance of her opinion
The scholar stared at the fluttering curtain and quietly thought to hiirl so young She’s alsoher calm very well The ain early nextin froan to circle to the other side
As noon neared, the travel becaly difficult for the Hu would appear from time to time Everyone would hold his breath whenever this happened They wrapped cloth over the wheels to hide their tracks and quietly went forward
By noon, the tall fortress and its rugged walls appeared ahead Even from afar, they could see shadows atop the walls
The scholar gazed that way for a while fro: “There are Hu soldiers at the west gate”
Chen Rong’s voice was as tranquil as before, without joy or sorrow: “It’s all right The notorious Murong Ke of the Xianbei tribe is the one laying siege to the city He’s using the tactic of trapping three while letting one go, whichto escape froate The soldiers he placed here is only for show They won’t stop us if we go in”
People looked at one another once Chen Rong had voiced her opinion Her sie, but she had explained these strategies as if they were as obvious as the weather
“How do you know, eable about ate’s setup?”
The scholar nodded to a lanky man, who bent over and disappeared into the bushes in a whirl
He again turned to Chen Rong and asked, “We haven’t beenthe way If they really wanted to force the civilians to escape froe replied, “If Murong Ke’s scheh by people like us, then he wouldn’t be a faiving him an answer that wasn’t really one
Taken by surprise, he gave it soht and in the end decided to wait for the lanky man to come back
That man returned less than half an hour later He clasped his hands and reported to the scholar: “Not a wisp of sate There are few thousand of theo!”
The scholar nodded, gritted and said, “Excellent! Let’s head to the west gate, then!”
They began packing up and taking out their weapons
While glancing at Chen Rong, the scholar pointed out several strapping e
Outside the west gate was a wide open field When their hundred-person tea hoovessuddenly called
At this ti He rode over and raised his voice to say: “What is it, miss?”
“We only have a hundred people We’d be beating our heads against the wall if ere to go up against them If we can’t best them in any case, why h more easily that way!”
Her words had the seeness! “Very true, very true!” the scholar cried He waved his right hand and told the crowd at large: “Put away your weapons and stop yelling Go at leisure as though we are on an excursion”