After the Cannon Fodder Awakened, She Married the Female Lead! [Quick Transmigration] 96

Chapter 96

Li Mo soon saw what Wen Runan’s annoyance and distress were. She pinched the muscles on her forearm, judged her own strength, and then proposed a bold suggestion.

“A surprise attack?” For a moment, Wen Runan felt that there was something wrong with her ears. Not only was Li Mo going to help her form a heavy cavalry, but she was also going to let her own guards go to war for her?

“What I said before was not a lie. These two thousand people are all elites. If we pick a hundred people from them to launch a surprise attack on the barbarian’s granary, the probability of success is very high,” Li Mo said. “The weather is dry now. Once the granary is set on fire, the fire will spread very quickly.”

Wen Runan was a little tempted. “We don’t need a hundred people. Fifty is enough.” Although she could not interfere in the core military affairs, she also had her own guard camp.

The guard camp only executed Wen Runan’s orders. Although it could not be said that every one of them was a one-in-a-hundred elite, it was still possible to pick out fifty outstanding people from three thousand.

“Alright. Then we will each lead a team. If we divide our forces, the success rate will be even higher,” Li Mo did not object. She was going to grow with Wen Runan, not to raise her to be a waste.

Wen Runan was about to nod in agreement when she discovered that something was wrong. “We will each lead a team? You are also going, Li Mo?”

“Of course. My people, of course, I will lead them,” Li Mo said with a matter-of-fact expression. “Otherwise, they may not be obedient. A surprise attack cannot tolerate any mistakes.”

Wen Runan opened her mouth, but in the end, she did not say anything to object. The two of them had fought before. From the fact that she had been suppressed, it could be seen that Li Mo’s skills were not inferior to hers.

Wen Runan had been working so hard to prove herself to eliminate the prejudice. She could not, of course, use the same reason to let Li Mo stay.

“Alright. But you must be careful. Living is more important than anything,” Wen Runan said. After a moment of hesitation, she added another sentence. “I still need you. You must not have an accident.”

The corners of Li Mo’s lips curled up. “Mm, you too. I also need you. You must not have an accident.”

**

When it was late at night, both Li Mo and Wen Runan had changed into black soft armor, with long swords hanging from their waists.

“Wear this,” Wen Runan took out a heart-protecting mirror and handed it to Li Mo. Seeing her puzzled expression, she directly helped her put it on.

Seeing that Li Mo’s chest was completely flat, Wen Runan’s hand movements slowed down a beat, and she repeated the plan again. “In a quarter of an hour, I will go this way, and you will go this way. At the first quarter of the zi hour, we will make a move together.”

Li Mo nodded, reached out and touched the heart-protecting mirror on her chest, and then extended her other hand to Wen Runan’s chest. “Where’s your heart-protecting mirror?”

“Mine…” Wen Runan’s body stiffened, and her answer was a little stumbling. “I don’t need it. My armor is already thickened. It doesn’t make a difference to me whether I wear it or not.”

Li Mo nodded, and after pressing down with a serious expression, she moved her hand away. “Alright. I wish us a smooth operation.”

**

The elites who were chosen one in a hundred all had some skills. With the cover of the night, Li Mo and Wen Runan soon left through the side door. There were a total of one hundred and two people and one hundred and two horses.

Li Mo’s departure time was a little later than Wen Runan’s. Before she set off, she took out a letter from her chest and had someone send it to Xue Zhao.

To reduce the chance of being discovered, the group all wore black armor. When they were still several miles away from the granary, they had already wrapped their horses’ hooves with cloth strips.

The barbarian’s granary was divided into east and west warehouses, and the two warehouses were further subdivided into many sub-warehouses. To burn it more thoroughly, Li Mo and Wen Runan, without any prior discussion, had each subdivided their fifty-man team into ten small teams. As soon as the first quarter of the zi hour arrived, they directly poured oil and set it on fire.

The dry weather and the fire oil helped the fire. In just three breaths, the large fire that had started in the granary had dyed a patch of the sky red. From a distance, it looked very much like the sunset at dusk.

“Let’s go!” Li Mo decisively ordered a retreat. After getting on her horse, she directly whipped it and quickly left the scene of the fire.

Wen Runan’s side was also very fast. After running for about a mile, the two of them met.

“Everything went smoothly!” Li Mo raised her hand and waved. Under the illumination of the firelight behind her, she showed a brilliant smile.

“My side too,” Wen Runan also smiled, the smile on her face no less than Li Mo’s. “Thank you.”

Li Mo raised an eyebrow. “Let’s go. We’ll talk in detail when we get back.” This was not the time to chat. It was important to run.

Wen Runan nodded. The two of them did not continue to talk, but they had a tacit understanding to maintain the same speed of advance. The distance between them was less than two arms’ length.

The fire in the granary was very large, so large that even a blind person could tell that there was a fire from the rising temperature and the strong smell of smoke.

The barbarian khan’s reaction was quite fast. After hearing the news, he had sent elite cavalry to chase after them and had given a death order to be sure to catch the people who had set fire to the granary.

The elite cavalry was equipped with the best ancient Mongolian horses. Seeing that there were only a hundred people who had set fire to the granary, they began to run desperately. Their speed of advance was a little faster than the speed of Li Mo and Wen Runan’s retreat.

When Li Mo and Wen Runan were less than five miles away from the city gate, the barbarian cavalry had successfully caught up. When they saw their tracks, they directly began to draw their bows and aim.

“Spread out!” Li Mo seemed to have already anticipated this situation. Before the barbarians could shoot their arrows, she had ordered the team to break up into smaller units and scatter in different directions.

The moonlight tonight was not very good. There was only a crescent moon hanging in the sky. In addition, their armor was all black. It would take a lot of effort to identify them.

“Little Nan, there don’t seem to be many pursuers. Why don’t we just take them down?” Li Mo had 033 count the number of enemy troops. Seeing that there were only about one hundred and fifty cavalry who had caught up, she couldn’t help but show a hint of disgust.

“They were able to catch up to us. They must be riding the best horses,” Li Mo added. “I’ll take them and give them to you, okay?”

Wen Runan was a little tempted, but she was still very rational. “We don’t have much of an advantage against them. If the casualties are too great, it’s not worth it.”

“No, I should have an absolute advantage,” Li Mo smiled, and then took out a simple signal flare and directly lit it with a tinder.

Bang. A dazzling firework appeared in the sky, and then the sound of the charge drum sounded.

Wen Runan, who was completely bewildered, just watched as a large group of soldiers on horseback and holding torches rushed out and soon surrounded the barbarian’s elite cavalry.

“Kill the people, leave the horses,” Li Mo gave another order, then drew out her sword and directly turned around and rushed in.

“Li… Jiang Ling!” Wen Runan’s eyes widened. Her first reaction was to squeeze the horse’s belly and chase after her, drawing out her sword and fighting the enemy with Li Mo.

Wen Runan had originally wanted to criticize Li Mo’s actions as impulsive, but after seeing her deal with three cavalrymen in one go, she did not speak anymore, but just silently guarded her back to prevent her from being ambushed.

“Surrender! We surrender!” Seeing that more than half of the cavalry had been lost, the leader who had led the team out could not hold on and soon raised his hand.

Li Mo glanced at Wen Runan and raised her right hand. “Stop the attack.”

“Did you arrange this in advance?” Wen Runan frowned slightly, a hint of displeasure in her eyes. “Why didn’t you tell me in advance?”

Li Mo touched her nose. “Because I wasn’t sure if the other party would keep chasing. It was just a precaution. If it wasn’t used, then it would be as if nothing had happened.”

“Now it seems that my decision was still very correct. We have obtained more than a hundred very excellent ancient Mongolian horses with almost no price.”

“You should have discussed it with me. This way…” After saying half of it, Wen Runan suddenly stopped. She looked at Li Mo under the light of the torches. In a certain moment, she suddenly understood Li Mo’s thought process. “Did you want to give me a surprise?”

Li Mo was stunned for a moment, and then the corners of her lips began to rise. “You know me so well, Little Nan.”

Actually, Li Mo’s original plan was not to take down these cavalrymen in front of Wen Runan. In her plan, they should not have been caught up.

Under the premise that they had not caught anyone, their people would most likely stop here and then turn back.

At this time, the people who had been ambushing here in advance would appear and, without alarming too many people, would deal with all the pursuing cavalry, leaving only the horses.

Wen Runan had not actually sorted out the logic. It was just that this thought had suddenly popped into her head, and then she had said it.

“I like the gift very much. Don’t send it again next time,” Wen Runan squeezed out this sentence a little stiffly, and then even more stiffly changed the subject. “The commotion just now was very big. The city-guarding general should have already noticed us.”

“Then shall we go back?” Li Mo took the opportunity to pass over this matter.

This was a failed gift. Next time, she should consider several more situations to avoid any more accidents.

**

The place where the melee had occurred was less than five miles from the city gate. Soon, the corresponding scouts had reported the situation of the melee to the city-guarding general.

Hearing that Wen Runan was fighting with the barbarian cavalry, the city-guarding general did not even think and ordered the city gate to be opened, and rushed out first.

Wen Runan was the last bloodline of the Prince of Zhenbei! If something happened to her in the battle, he would regret it for the rest of his life!

“This general pays his respects to Your Highness! When did you leave the city, Your Highness? Why didn’t you say hello to this general?” The city-guarding general directly dismounted and immediately walked to Wen Runan’s side. Seeing the bloodstains on her armor, his face was very ugly.

“Uncle Wang, I’m fine,” Wen Runan coughed lightly, her eyes a little unfocused, and she also quickly got off her horse.

General Wang, who was in charge of guarding the city today, had watched Wen Runan grow up. He had always treated the other party as a junior who needed to be cared for, so his wording was a little strict.

“General Wang, Brother Wen Shi and I have brought back a piece of good news. Would you like to hear it?” Li Mo dismounted and stood between the two of them. “Brother Wen Shi has done a great thing with us tonight.”

Seeing that Li Mo was also present, General Wang instantly put away his elder’s posture, and his gaze towards Wen Runan also became a little more respectful. “Your Highness, this general has overstepped just now. I hope you will not mind, Your Highness.”

General Wang was a little regretful of his previous impulse. Now that the Prince of Zhenbei was young, in the presence of outsiders, how could he put on an elder’s airs and publicly refute the Prince of Zhenbei’s face!

“It’s fine. Uncle Wang is also concerned about me,” Wen Runan did not realize that anything was wrong. Thinking of her battle results tonight, her eyes were much brighter than before.

“Uncle Wang, we can take the initiative to attack in the next few days,” Wen Runan said, a hint of excitement in her tone. “If there are no surprises, most of the barbarian’s grain and grass should have been burned.”

“The grain and grass are gone?” General Wang was a little unable to react. “What did you do just now, Your Highness? Didn’t you just go to harass the barbarians?”

“You could say that. Jiang Ling and I each led fifty people and burned all the barbarian’s grain and grass,” Wen Runan repeated, a hint of pride in her tone. “In the melee just now, I defeated eight barbarian cavalrymen and was not injured at all.”

General Wang’s eyes first lit up, and his gaze towards Wen Runan was filled with gratification and respect, and then, for some reason, his brows furrowed fiercely.

By the time he opened his mouth to give a small lecture, he noticed Li Mo, who was watching the show, and could only swallow the original lecture.

“Alright! You did a great job, Your Highness! It’s almost winter now. If the barbarians have no grain and grass, they will soon take the initiative to retreat,” General Wang could only say the words of praise.

“Under the circumstances that they can’t get supplies, the barbarians can at most last for three days. What we need to do in these three days is to guard the city gate. As long as we can resist the barbarians’ last wave of counterattack, we can safely pass this winter and have a good new year!”

“Uncle Wang, the news that the granary has been burned and the grain and grass are insufficient, the other party will definitely not be able to suppress it. While they haven’t reacted, how about we take the initiative to attack tomorrow?” Wen Runan proposed.

“Just as you said just now, Uncle Wang, if the other party takes the initiative to attack, the soldiers who are attacking the city will definitely have a very strong sense of belief. After all, they have no way out.”

“But it’s different if we take the initiative to attack. If the other party is in a panic, they will definitely have the idea of running away. At that time, with a little guidance, we can make the other party fall apart!”

The more Wen Runan spoke, the more she felt that her plan was very feasible. She looked at General Wang with shining eyes.

Without food, not only could the barbarians not fight a protracted war, but even how to survive the winter would become a problem for many people.

This way, the matter of buying horses with food would be easier. She could form the heavy cavalry faster. It was really killing several birds with one stone!

General Wang was a little conflicted. It was not impossible to attack while they were victorious, but if he agreed now, wouldn’t that be giving Wen Runan a reason to lead the troops to battle? If something happened to her, how could he face the deceased Prince of Zhenbei and the Heir Apparent!

“General Wang, I think Brother Wen Shi’s proposal is very good. If possible, can I join Brother Jiang Ling tomorrow?” Li Mo interjected at the right time, directly treating General Wang’s hesitation as a tacit agreement.

“Although the people I brought are all elites, they rarely have the chance to go to war. It’s a rare opportunity. I want to take them to see the world,” Li Mo said and looked at Wen Runan, winking at her with her left eye. “I wonder if Brother Wen Shi is willing to let them temporarily join the Zhenbei army and contribute to the resistance against the Xiongnu.”

“Of course. If you are willing to help our Zhenbei army, Brother Jiang Ling, I will naturally not refuse,” with just a simple look, Wen Runan understood Li Mo’s meaning and began to cooperate with her.

“Uncle Wang, let’s just settle it like this. Tomorrow, let the soldiers get ready. After we finish breakfast, we will attack!” Wen Runan continued. “I’ll leave these captives and horses to you to deal with, Uncle Wang. Brother Jiang Ling and I still have very important matters to discuss.”

With that, Wen Runan stepped on the stirrup and got on her horse, leaving behind a complicated-looking General Wang, not even leaving him a chance to refute.

After returning to the Prince of Zhenbei’s mansion, Wen Runan’s eyes couldn’t help but start to redden. After throwing down the stained armor, she directly opened her arms and hugged Li Mo.

“Thank you this time,” Wen Runan said. Thinking of General Wang’s amazed tone and gaze, the pent-up frustration in her heart also dissipated by more than half.

Her performance tonight was not bad. It should be enough to make the other party change some of their preconceived notions. The person who succeeded the Prince of Zhenbei did not have to be a man. She could also do it!

“You’re welcome,” while Wen Runan was not looking, Li Mo quickly canceled the mask on her face. “If you are really very grateful, Little Nan, why don’t you give me a kiss?”

“…” Seeing Li Mo, who had suddenly become a little shorter, the expression on Wen Runan’s face was a little strange, but she did not refute and quickly touched Li Mo’s side face with her lips.

“Did you just kiss me?” Li Mo blinked and looked at Wen Runan with a puzzled expression. “I don’t seem to have felt anything.”

A hint of a blush appeared on Wen Runan’s face. She forced herself to look away. “I did. I just kissed your side face.”

“Little Nan, what I said just now was—give me a kiss, not for you to kiss my side face,” Li Mo said and also took off her own armor, which was a little uncomfortable on her chest, and at the same time, took off the heart-protecting mirror.

Seeing that Wen Runan did not dare to look at her, Li Mo directly held her face, forcing the other party to look at her, and said word by word, “Kiss. Me. A. Kiss.”

“If you are too shy, Little Nan, it’s also fine for me to kiss you,” Li Mo raised an eyebrow slightly.

It was just a short while of looking at each other, and Wen Runan’s face was already getting redder and redder? She hadn’t done anything. The effect of this face was a bit too good!

“Ahem, um, your clothes are a little loose…” Wen Runan moved her Adam’s apple and silently swallowed the saliva that had just been secreted.

Oh my god, she was really not a libertine, and she was really not a pervert, but why did she start to feel all wrong as soon as she saw Li Mo? Especially after seeing the other party’s fair and delicate neck and exquisite collarbones, she began to be unable to control her eyes.

Li Mo looked down at her clothes. It was just that her collarbones were exposed. There was no problem at all.

“Let’s go and take a shower first. If we don’t wash it quickly, the smell of blood will be very hard to wash off,” Wen Runan sensed that her heart was beating faster. To not expose that she was a person who was moved by beauty, she could only find an excuse to leave quickly.

“Alright. If it’s convenient, can we bathe together?” Li Mo held Wen Runan’s hand, cutting off her chance to run away. “You know, Little Nan, my identity is rather special. If I bathe with others, it will be very inconvenient.”

“If it’s not convenient, you can just bathe alone. There’s no need to be with me,” Wen Runan did not even dare to look at Li Mo now.

Li Mo blinked. With only one hand, she could only change from holding to pinching, and held Wen Runan’s chin with one hand, forcing the other party to look at her. “But, the wound on my shoulder hasn’t healed yet. When I was fighting with the barbarians just now, it seems to have cracked a little.”

“The wound has cracked? Why didn’t you tell me earlier!” Wen Runan was both anxious and guilty. “You’ve already arranged for the manpower. You could have just let them go. Why did you rush up yourself?”

Li Mo blinked. “I was a little excited at that time, so I didn’t have time to think so much. By the time I reacted, the wound seemed to have already been bleeding.”

“Didn’t my aunt say that I should deal with the wound properly? If I were to bathe alone, I’m worried that the wound would be soaked in water,” after turning into her real appearance, Li Mo began to act pitiful.

Although this move was old and cliché, it couldn’t be helped that it was useful. Every time she acted pitiful, Wen Runan would one hundred percent compromise.

As expected, after a period of inner struggle, Wen Runan found that she could not say no and could only nod very slowly.

“Then how about this? I’ll help you bathe first. After you’re done, I’ll bathe myself,” Wen Runan took a big step back.

“In that case, won’t the smell of blood on your body be very hard to wash off, Little Nan?” Li Mo used the reason that Wen Runan had said herself to cut off her escape route again.

Li Mo: “We still have to have breakfast with my aunt tomorrow. If she smells the smell of blood on you, she will definitely be very worried about you.”

Wen Runan: Damn it. She seemed to have lifted a rock to smash her own foot. What reason did she have to refuse to bathe together now?

“Ah, I’m sorry. I was being presumptuous,” before Wen Runan could make her final compromise, Li Mo spoke first. “I thought that you and I were already good friends, Little Nan, so we could bathe together and be honest with each other.”

“It’s my fault. I shouldn’t have imposed my own wishes on you, Little Nan,” Li Mo retreated to advance and directly started a self-reflection mode.

“Just pretend that I didn’t say what I said just now. Although the wound on my shoulder hasn’t healed and it’s very inconvenient to move, it doesn’t matter. You don’t have to worry about me, Little Nan. At worst, I’ll just spend a little more time.”

As she spoke, Li Mo lowered her head and tried her best to keep a straight face, lest she laugh out loud.

Too pretentious! By reciting the lines from the script like this, Wen Runan probably wouldn’t believe her, right?

Just as Li Mo thought that her clumsy performance had failed, Wen Runan let out a long sigh. “It’s my fault. Let’s bathe together.”

She was really a big villain. Not only was she moved by Li Mo’s beauty, but she had also rejected her reasonable request while accepting her help. She was really too much!

The wound on Li Mo’s shoulder was originally bitten by her. She had already promised in front of her mother to take good care of her. How could she even refuse something like bathing together!

Li Mo was more beautiful than her. Since she didn’t mind being honest with her, what was she being so pretentious for!

They were both women. So what if the other party had designs on her? At worst, she would just be seen!