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This handwriting was quite similar to the last handwriting, but somewhat different, if someone wanted to elaborate the difference, it was probably the distinction between writing haphazardly and writing seriously.

Wu Dahu pondered for a while, laid the paper ball flat and put it on a corner of the desk so that he could see it at any time.

At least it was someone else’s encouragement to him, he couldn’t be ungrateful.

But for some reason, he had a strong intuition that this was not the handwriting of that femina man who tended to put on such a thick makeup. Well, if it was someone else… Why wouldn’t he show up himself then?

He thought for a while, and figuring out that it was completely beyond his capacity to understand, he simply gave up thinking, lay down on the bed, relaxed his body, and began to summarize the lessons he had learned from leading the troops this time.

It was probably because the last military victory gave him a lot of confidence, so this time the defeat gave him a greater loss.

The barbarians were indeed quite powerful in fighting, and that was not a power as the rumors once described- brainless bravery. But instead, the enemies were fighting with the wisdom, tactics and courage as well, so they were quite a bit overwhelmed by the kind of strength.

Although it could be inferred from the words announced by the General Commander that it seemed there was a sage from the rebellious region offering the tactics to the barbarians. But to be able to accept these tactics and fully implement them was also a matter that required skills.

According to the current situation, if Muhammad failed to implement his plan in time, the barbarians’ marching and approaching would be rather unstoppable.

Thinking of Song Qinghan and Little Shitou at home, Wu Dahu got his eyes firmer while they were seemingly burning with a fire of decisiveness.

He must win, whether for himself or for his family!

When Song Qinghan returned to the tent, Jiayi had just washed his face clean, and his pair of eyes looked a little red and swollen. No one knew whether Jiayi rubbed them too hard, or he did cry just then.

An unknown anger came out from nowhere in Jiayi’s mind when he caught the glimpse of Song Qinghan’s calm face, he then glared at Song Qinghan, saying, “You should take the full responsibility! It’s all your fault telling me that I should put on a thick makeup! You must be a devil out of hell!”

Song Qinghan placed Little Shitou peacefully on the bed, and untied the mantle covered on him, folded it and put it aside, while raising his eyebrows and saying, “I was just telling you the truth! Did the Lord told you that it was ugly? But sometimes beauty doesn’t mean everything.”

Jiayi frowned and thought carefully about Wu Dahu’s overall reaction today, and found that no matter what, at least he didn’t say anything like “scaring the passers-by” again, so it seemed that it was really not an issue with his makeup, then what was wrong with that? Should it be that he got a unpleasant voice?

Seeing that Jiayi’s expression changed violently, Song Qinghan came to laugh abruptly as if something just suddenly occurred to him in his mind, “They must have seen so many beauties in this world! You bet, those who are able to accompany with them by their sides must be the best-looking ones. But even so, there must be some who have no better looks. And those who are not good-looking, on the contrary, are able to obtain a longer-term favor, this is why, have you ever  thought about it?”

Once Song Qinghan’s words came out, not to mention Jia Yi, even the other femina man who was pretending to sleep, couldn’t help but open his eyes and looked at Song Qing Han curiously, as if to wait for Song Qinghan to finish his secret ‘recipe’.

Their inquisitive looks amused Song Qinghan, he lifted the quilt and got in, took the Little Shitou into his arms, yawned and said, “The recipe is… of course you have to hit on what the other party likes, if the two get the common topics, they will never lose interest…”

Seeing Song Qinghan closed his eyes after saying this, Jiayi beamed, blew out the candle and got into the bed himself.

Although he felt quite exhausted right now, his spirit was so exhilarated and cheered that Song Qinghan’s words kept lingering in his mind, as if to swallow him up.

Yeah, if he and Wu Dahu had something in common to talk, Wu Dahu probably wouldn’t be so anxious to kick him out, right?

But what was the common topic he could get between him and Wu Dahu? Talking about war? He was just an ordinary femina male, how was it possible for him to know those stuff? Talking about the local customs and people? His horizon was too narrow and traveled little, that would completely show his ignorance if he grabbed that topic. The only choice now which might be suitable to have a further talk, probably… ABOUT FAMILY!

Jiayi thought carefully and designed several sets of conversations in his mind, and finding that everything was seamless in the scenario, he closed his eyes contentedly and drifted off to sleep.

The next morning, Song Qinghan went to clean the chamber pots as usual, but he was informed with a somewhat bad news on the way heading to the tents.

“The barbarians attacked early in the morning, what the heck was wrong with them?”

“Who knows? The General Commander has personally set off to march already, let’s hope we can win the battle this time, otherwise where else can we retreat to?”

“I think it’s hard, you know the best about the barbarians, don’t you? If they don’t have a sure thing, how could they take the initiative to attack?”

“…”

Song Qing Han subconsciously walked near Wu Dahu’s tent and asked the guard at his door, seemingly unintentionally, “Brother, I forgot if I’m in charge here, is the lord inside still there?”

The guard took a look at Little Shitou who was blinking at him with big and watery eyes, only to feel that his somewhat annoyed mood was immediately smoothed out, and patiently answered, “This is the tent another person in charge, the one you are in charge of is next to it, but the lord who owns this tent had already left this morning, so if you want to help that person on duty, it won’t be a bad idea anyway.”

After receiving the information he wanted, Song Qinghan nodded and said with a smile, “Then forget it, I’m afraid that if I go in, I’ll be killed by that person in a while.”

Hearing that, the guard also laughed, after all, anyone who had a brain would be able to see through Jiayi’s intention since he was rather eagerly attentive.

The guard of course knew that Wu Dahu already had a family, but being as a man, he in fact had already been accustomed to seeing how a femina man flattered a man in an attempt to step in the lord’s family affair. Anyway, as long as Wu Dahu got an eye on someone, everything wouldn’t be a troublesome issue at all, it was just about that there might be one more person needed to be fed at home. But at present, it seemed that Wu Dahu did not intend to get one more person at home. So Jiayi’s series of action were kind of ridiculous anyway.

After Song Qinghan finished cleaning the chamber pot, he had a general understanding of the situation of the expedition.

It seemed those people were not wrong on discussing things like that, the barbarians had indeed prepared everything in advance, otherwise the Commander General wouldn’t have brought such a huge quantity of solider to join the war. One needed to know that the great loss of the solider reinforcement would greatly impact on the ensuing arrangement in the near future.

Therefore, unless they had to, it was impossible for such a small number of people to remain in the military camp.

At the sight of Susan, this conjecture of Song Qinghan was once again verified, because the good horses in the stable were obviously partly missing.

Susan picked up Little Shitou and said worriedly, “I don’t know if it will hold up? Otherwise, you can stay here today, and if we encounter any cases of emergency, we can take the prompt action to leave here with Little Shitou, and I will definitely select the best horse for you. Even though the horses here are not better than the ones of barbarians, they are still able to send you out of his place…”

Song Qinghan laughed and shook his head. “No need. If that really happens, how long can I escape even if I can? Don’t forget that we’ve got the best commanders from Qingmu Region here… Have a faith!”