Episode 12 plot introduction

After the Chu Dynasty went to war on behalf of his father, Shuo Mo's army mounted a force on the border to suppress the city.The enemy knew that Chu Cen was critically ill and deliberately spread the news that the commander of Yunzhong County was no longer able to command the troops, hoping to undermine the morale of the army first.The Chu Dynasty did not rush to fight, but let each battalion patrol with drums as usual. All military orders were issued in the name of Chu Cen to stabilize the veterans who had followed their father for many years.She herself took Zhong Changrong, Liang Qiang and Cangmu Village to reorganize the terrain, preparing to lead the Shuo Mo Army into a disadvantageous position.

After the old story of kapok red spread in the army, Aunt Ge no longer hid her identity.She admitted that she had lived with her reputation as a bandit all these years in order to find out the truth about how she was exploited between Shuomo and the Dachu border.Now that Shuo Mo did it again, she didn't want to stand in the dark any longer.When Chu Chao saw her wearing armor and mounting a horse, he felt a complicated feeling of closeness and strangeness in his heart.This woman is connected to her mother's past, and like another shadow left by her mother, she returns to the Chu family when the war approaches.

The Shuomo army's offensive was more fierce than when Wangcheng was attacked.Chu Chao led his army to defend the front line, but soon discovered that the enemy was not just trying to seize the city, but wanted to force her to leave the camp, giving the hidden secrets in the capital and the army an opportunity to attack Chu Cen.She changed her deployment before the battle and sent Liang Qiang to contain the front, while she led her light cavalry to cut off the enemy's flanks in a roundabout way.Although Xie Yanlai still bears the responsibility of poisoning, he asks for a fight at a critical moment.He did not seek the trust of the Chu Dynasty, but only sought to atone for his sins on the battlefield.The Chu Dynasty finally allowed him to join the army, but gave him the most dangerous position.

When the battle was tense, Kapok Hong chose to rush into the enemy camp alone with explosives.She knew that once the main force of the Shuomo Army pressed forward, the Yunzhong County garrison would be dragged to death. Only by blowing up the enemy's forward equipment could the Chu Dynasty gain a chance to win.When Chu Chao discovered her intention, it was too late to stop her, and he could only watch the figure rush into the fire.After the loud noise, the enemy camp was in chaos, and the Shuomo army's offensive was abruptly cut off.The Chu Dynasty stabilized its horses in the shock, led its troops to counterattack, and forced the enemy troops back several miles.

In the camp, Chu Cen heard the drums on the front line fading away, and then heard the news of victory coming back, and finally supported someone to carry the war drums to the tent.He couldn't see the battlefield, but he still used his last strength to beat the drum and cheer.When the drum beat reached the front line, Chu Chao knew that it was the last journey left to her by her father.By the time she returned to camp with the news of victory, Chu Cen was exhausted.Kapok Hong died in battle, Chu Cen also left, and Chu Chao lost his parents on the same day.She did not cry immediately, but knelt in front of the tent to receive the military order, suppressing all the grief in her chest.Yunzhong County cannot be in chaos yet, and the Chu family's feud is not over yet.

Before Kapok Hong rushed to the enemy camp, she handed over an old ornament to the Chu Dynasty.It was a relic of his mother that the Chu Dynasty had never seen when he was a child. The edges were blackened by the flames of war, but the old patterns could still be seen.Chu Chao had no time to ask more, the battlefield had separated them again.When the explosion came, she wanted to chase after her on horseback, but she was stopped by Zhong Changrong.The fire ahead is too fierce, and anyone who rushes in will only die in vain.For the first time, Chu Chao clearly felt that he had just recovered his mother's shadow and lost her again in the same war.But the enemy was still ahead, and she couldn't let the opportunity that Kapokhong had bought with her life go to waste.

When Chu Cen played the drums, many veterans in the camp became red-eyed.The sound of the drum was not urgent, but it struck everyone's heart one by one, just like the old general still standing in front of the battle.Chu Chao heard the sound of drums on the front line and immediately understood that his father had given up his last strength to the battlefield.She ordered the entire army to press forward and personally led the cavalry to cut off the enemy's retreat route.Xie Yanlai held on to his flank despite his injuries, preventing Shuo Mo's army from re-encircling him.When the war was over, Chu Chao returned to the camp and saw the war drums parked in front of the tent, and finally fell to his knees.She did not cry out, but rested her forehead on the drum head, saying a silent farewell to her father as she did when she was a child.