Chapter 79: Winning the Battle

The people in the room rose to greet them.

“Husband!” Seeing her husband appear in front of her intact, Yun was all excited and her face was filled with joy.

“Father!” Wei Yi Chen, Wei Qing Wan, and the others all gathered around Wei Ming Ting, looking at him carefully.

“A great victory! We beat those Japanese at sea to flee! Now not a single one of their ships can be seen on the sea!” Wei Mingting said with a happy face.

He was usually busy with his official duties, and when the preparations for this large-scale battle began to brew, he stopped going home and used his whole body and mind to prepare for it, working day and night with the generals.

Now that the war has been won, he rushes back at the first opportunity to tell his family the good news, so that his family, who is worried about him, can put their hearts at ease.

“A big win? Really?” Yun was overjoyed.

The faces of the people in the room full of people displayed expressions of incomparable joy, and Wei Ruo was no exception.

At this moment, the clouds that had been shrouding the school captain’s residence for many days were completely dispersed, and the clouds were lifted to see the moon!

Afterward, the crowd flanked Wei Mingting to his seat.

The maid hurriedly brought tea and pastries.

Wei Mingting briefly spoke to his children before letting them go back first, it was late today and Wei Mingting had just finished a bitter battle that lasted several days and needed to rest.

The crowd excused themselves.

By the time the second morning rolled around, the four of them, Wei Yi Chen, Wei Ruo, Wei Qing Wan, and Wei Yi Lin, came to Cang Yun Yuan early to wait.

Normally, breakfast at home was served separately, but today was different, everyone wanted to know more about the battle.

After waiting for a while, Cuiping came out and invited the crowd into the house.

Upon entering the door, he saw that Wei Mingting was already up, dressed in civilian clothes and looking fresh.

Wei Mingting asked everyone to sit down and have breakfast together.

On the large round table in front of him were white congee, doughnuts, salted vegetables, and soup dumplings, all of which were commonly eaten for breakfast by the people of Taizhou Province.

When breakfast was finished, the underlings removed the leftovers from the table.

The crowd sat to the side, and Wei Mingting knew that the children had come over early in the morning because they were worried about themselves, and also because they wanted to know what had happened in the past few days.

“There are two more people to thank for this great victory.” Wei Mingting, who had never said much, had more words today.

“Who is Husband talking about?” Yun asked busily.

The crowd also looked at him with curiosity.

“One of them is that eunuch, with whom the reinforcements sent by the dynasty are now inextricably linked. This time, it was also him who arranged the surprise attack, circling out from Wangyue Mountain and striking directly at the belly of the Japanese army, rushing to disorganize their formation.”

It’s something everyone knows about, so it’s not a surprise.

“And the second?” Cloud asked.

“The second is a thing we all unexpected, some days ago the city recruited, recruited in a small soldier, to bring us a powerful weapon, this weapon is worn out but not ordinary worn out, it can be loaded into ten arrows at once, fired, and then change a tube can be, the efficiency is quite high, the use of the firepower of our side greatly improved.”

“Even before this battle began, we gathered all the smiths in the city and rushed a large number of these machine crossbows overnight for use in the battle.”

“This is a great honor for my husband and the people of Xing Shan County! What kind of skilled craftsman is that young soldier? To be able to build such a powerful weapon.” Yun curiously asked after him.

“I have already asked him, this weapon is not something he built himself, it is something he got from a master teacher who walks the rivers and lakes, but even so, it is one of his merits. Moreover, this person has performed well in this battle and is brave. I intend to promote him to Chief Banner (equivalent to Platoon Commander) after this time.”

“This person is truly sent by God to help husband and the people of Xing Shan County!” Yun said.

Wei Ruo listened from the sidelines, and knowing that the person Wei Mingting was talking about was Brother Xiaoyong, the smile on her face deepened.

It’s really great that Isamu is fine and has saved up his military honor.

“Father, what about you?” Wei Yi Chen asked.

Will my father be promoted by the court as well, now that he’s won the war?

“I’m not very clear about my matters.” Wei Mingting knew in his heart that his matter still depended on the attitude of the Seventh Highness.

Both the Seventh Highness and the Lu Family’s son were involved in this battle, and the two of them were most aware of the situation. When the time comes, we still have to see how the Seventh Highness is going to report to the court.

“Father is so brave, they will definitely promote father’s official position after reporting to the court!” Wei Yi Lin couldn’t help but say.

“Do not think about this for the time being, I can’t be the master of whether I am promoted or not, as long as this battle can be won, in exchange for a moment of peace for the people of Xingshan County, it is the most worthwhile thing to be happy about.” Wei Mingting said.

What Wei Mingting said behind Wei Ruo did not listen carefully, her mind just thought to pass this good news to Nurse and Uncle Xu.

This chat lasted for nearly an hour, and afterward Yun sent the children back so that her husband could rest and relax some more.

Wei Ruo came out of the dining hall and saw Wei Mingting’s guard, Jing Hu, and specifically went over to ask him what the name of the young soldier Wei Mingting praised today was.

Jinghu gave a clear answer: Xu Zhengyong.

After ascertaining that it was Xiaoyong brother who was right, Wei Ruo joyfully returned to Listening Pine Garden.

“Miss, why are you so happy?” Xiu Mei saw that Wei Ruo’s walking pace was different, as if she was stepping on clouds, something good must have happened.

“I’m going to write a letter to Nurse and tell her about Little Brother Yong.” Wei Ruo said as she walked towards the house.

“How is Brother Xiaoyong doing?” Xiu Mei asked busily, and her tone couldn’t help but be excited and curious.

They haven’t heard from Isamu since he joined the army.

“He’s made a military record.”

“Really?” Xiu Mei was overjoyed, but after a few moments, she put away her joyful expression and grunted, “This brat, count him as having some skills! Worthy of being my fellow disciple!”

As soon as he turned his head, he asked, “So when will Brother Xiaoyong be able to make a trip home?”

“It should be in the next few days. It sounds like the battle has repelled all the Japanese invaders on this side of Xingshan County, so there will be peace for a while at least. If that’s the case, the barracks should be arranging for the soldiers to go home to visit their families in batches.” Wei Ruo said.

“That’s good! Miss then I’ll go and find some tonic out to put on Little Brother Yong’s back, okay?”

“Go ahead go ahead, that’s exactly what I’m thinking, you and I are thinking the same thing.”

Xiumei turned and ran with light steps into the small storehouse.

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After waiting for two days, Xu Zhengyong finally came back.

The milkmaid immediately sent a letter to Wei Ruo.

The two families are close to each other, and the pigeons flew to Wei Ruo’s yard in a while.

Upon receiving the letter, Wei Ruo and Xiu Mei went out with excuses that had been prepared long ago.

Now that Sister Zhang was Wei Ruo’s own person, even if Wei Ruo went out and ran amok, she would choose to turn a blind eye.

When she entered the back yard from Sibaozhai, the milkmaid was tearfully talking to Xu Zhengyong.