After Mu Chen's ruckus, he had become completely famous among the Turks.
If it was said that Mu Chen had led the 18 cavalrymen to destroy the entire tribe of Jin Wu, there might still be people who would not believe it.
This wasn't strange. 18 people destroying a tribe of 10,000 people, no matter how one looked at it, this seemed like a myth. It didn't seem too real.
Or rather, in the eyes of the Turks.
It was very likely that Jin Wu had underestimated his enemy, which was why he had suffered such a huge loss and even lost his head in the end.
But this time was different.
Only half of the 5,000 people he had led had returned.
In addition to what they had seen and described, it was indeed a teenager leading 18 Yan Cavalry to overturn their entire camp.
If they had not run away so quickly this time, even Lang Da and the other tribal leaders would have been killed by this person, just like Jin Wu.
When this news spread to the Turkic tribes, it caused everyone to panic.
For a long time, the desert was unable to find any traces of the Turkic barbarians.
Ten days later, in the village.
Cheng Sanfu, Niu Jinda, and Mu Chen were sitting at the village entrance, roasting sweet potatoes over a fire.
" Alas, this sweet potato is not bad, but if I eat it every day, I'm going to become a sweet potato. Old Cheng, please write a letter to urge His Majesty. It's been more than ten days. Why hasn't anyone from Chang 'an City come yet?" Are you going to leave us in the Great Desert of the Desolate North?”Niu Jinda said with a bitter face as he roasted the sweet potatoes.
Just as he had said, Mu Chen had fed them sweet potatoes every day for the past half a month.
Baked or steamed?
Although they could have enough sweet potatoes, no one could stand eating three meals a day like this.
However, Mu Chen had his own thoughts.
It was just that it was not the time to share it yet.
One had to know that the rarer an item was, the more valuable it would be. If he took out too much at once, it would not be worth much.
Apart from that, Mu Chen also knew that one should not reveal one's wealth.
Although Mu Chen had gotten along well with Cheng Sanfu and Niu Jinda during this period of time and knew their character, he could not rule out the possibility that other people might have any ulterior motives.
"I say, Old Bull, there are years of war these days. The common people don't have enough to eat or wear warm clothes. It's already very good that you can sit here and eat sweet potatoes.”Cheng Sanfu said.
" That's great. Give me two more jars of wine. Tsk tsk tsk." Niu Jinda was about to drool.
Cheng Sanfu felt both angry and amused at the same time.
"Look at you. Sigh, in fact, in this half a month, how could I not be anxious? However, Your Majesty has just ascended the throne and has yet to stabilize his foundation. The Turkic barbarians have been invading our borders year after year, causing our Great Tang to suffer greatly. Now that we are in the desert of the Desolate North, we are giving Your Majesty a good opportunity to establish your might!”
" In addition, it will take at least ten days to get here from Chang 'an. Even if we ride a fast horse, it will take at least seven or eight days. I estimate that it will take at least twenty days from the time His Majesty receives the report of the desert battle to the time he returns with the imperial edict. He should be here in a few days!”Cheng Sanfu said.
"Hmph, how many more days? If that was the case, he might as well go to the desert and fight a few Turkic barbarians to vent his anger!”Niu Jinda said gloomily.
He turned around and looked at Mu Chen, who was beside him."Nephew, are you willing to follow uncle to the desert?”
Fight? This had always been Mu Chen's favorite thing to do in the past few days.
One had to know that his Fighting Soul points were obtained by killing enemies. The more enemies he killed, the more points he obtained.
The importance of Fighting Soul points to Mu Chen was self-evident.
"No problem. Shall we leave now?”Mu Chen's eyes lit up as he smiled.
"Let's go then. We can vent our anger on those barbarians!”
As the two of them spoke, they stood up to retrieve their warhorses and weapons.
However, at this moment.
A cloud of dust rose from the west side of the village entrance.
Dust and smoke rose everywhere. From afar, it seemed that a group of cavalry was rushing over at high speed.
"Old Bull, Nephew Mu Chen, wait a moment!”Cheng Sanfu quickly said.
Actually, even without him saying it, Mu Chen and Niu Jinda had already seen the situation over there.
The three of them stood still and looked into the distance.
It didn't take long for the cavalry to get closer.
The leader of the group was holding a large flag, and on the flag, the word 'Tang' could be clearly seen.
In front of the horse team, there was a person dressed like a eunuch.
Seeing this person, Cheng Sanfu raised his head and laughed.
"Hahaha, Old Bull, what do you think? Chang 'an Fortress really sent people over!”
Niu Jinda frowned and did not say anything. However, he saw the travel-worn appearance of this group of cavalrymen and there was even a eunuch. He knew that this was definitely someone sent by Li Er.
It didn't take long before the cavalry arrived at the village entrance.
The eunuch dismounted from his horse and ran over with a pleasantly surprised expression.
"General Cheng, General Niu, I've finally found you. I've suffered a lot along the way!”
Cheng Sanfu burst into laughter when he saw the eunuch.
"Supervisor Wang, you must have had a tough journey. Where did you come from? Why did you come to the Great Desert of the Desolate North again?”
Supervisor Wang was the chief eunuch beside Li Er and was deeply trusted by Li Er.
Most of the time, some important imperial edicts and oral orders were delivered by Supervisor Wang.
This time, Li Er had also sent his trusted eunuch to deliver the edict. It could be seen how much he cared about the matters here.
Although Cheng Sanfu knew this, he still had to pretend to be pretentious on the surface and ask the question despite knowing the answer.
"Yo, General Cheng really knows how to joke. I'm here to convey His Majesty's edict. Otherwise, who would have nothing better to do and come to this desolate place!”Supervisor Wang said with a smile.
However, Cheng Sanfu and Niu Jinda's eyes widened at the same time.
"What, Supervisor Wang, do you mean that we're here to eat and have nothing to do?”
"What? Pui, pui, pui! General Cheng, please calm down! General Niu, please calm down! I slapped you! I said something wrong!”Supervisor Wang's expression changed and he quickly slapped his mouth a few times.
Who was Cheng Sanfu? He was Li Er's favorite, and he was also a founding hero who fought alongside Li Er during the early days of the Great Tang.
How could a mere eunuch like him dare to offend Cheng Sanfu?
"Alright, Supervisor Wang, hurry up and announce the decree!”Cheng Sanfu said.
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