Legend of the Female General Episode 13

Five Stars

This sweet interrogation is adorable, Xiaojue's smiling while interrogating He Yan about the Defense Map while She's lying to him😂. He finally agreed to let her join the Nine Banner Battalion. Interrogation of Lei Hou, He said he was ordered by Hu Yuanzhong, but it's obvious such plan couldn't have been orchestrated by him, He Yan mentioned that there must be someone with grand ambitions behind pulling the strings. Setting Lei Hou free was the right thing, a victim of war. Xiaojue indeed no other way, so he had to release the reservoir, which flooded the city, the only thing he could do cause he had 3000 soldiers while the Wutuo were 30,000, he did provide aid, the plan was to eliminate the Wutuos during the rain (light rain), but what they got was a torrential downpour which led to so many deaths, the villages were destroyed, many people were swept away, the decision was tough for him. More like Sword dance, expressing his emotions. Ahhhhhh! She's comforting him, she covered his back with the cloak and even patted his head 🤭. He was like "I'm better so stop hugging me please" 😂, but she fainted instead (ofcourse she was injured). He Yan really gotta hide things from Xiaojue, he really be giving her a side eye whenever she's lying about how she knew about this or that thing which ordinary people don't know about. The Ginger soup decoding was something that XJ's father found and used it, so how did He Yan learnt about it. But she can't just say on his face that "YOUR FATHER PERSONALLY TAUGHT ME THAT". They came to a conclusion that it's Chai Anxi, his father's Long serving General who is involved in the defeat at the Battle of Mingshui. The task at hand now is to track down Chai Anxi. Chu Zhao met Chai Anxi in the city that was destroyed by the flood, he was acting suspiciously and CZ noticed it.

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Retribution and mercy

Lei Hou is not what I expected. He wanted justice for his village and his family, so when the opportunity presented itself to get revenge on the one responsible for this destruction, he grabbed tight with both hands. I am hard pressed to find fault with him on this. He thought Xiao Jue had no honor. And when the longevity locket was presented he felt justified. When he gets to leave with his brother, he gives them his ‘love poem’ and considers them even, with Xiao Jue having many more to go. Lei Hou is on the path to healing, but it will be a much longer journey for Xiao Jue. It is a sweet opening scene with Xiao Jue hovering over He Yan. She is mending and Mr Shen comes in bowing apologies. They lost several in the battle and he felt guilty that he did not do his job well. He presented the defense plan He Yan had drawn up for him. Xiao Jue looked it over and gave it to He Yan wanting an explanation. He told Shen to leave and has a chat with He Yan who is all about her photographic memory. He knows she is lying but chooses to let it go for now. He also tells her she can join the elite guard where she immediately assumes she will be the one in charge. Cheng is so funny as he tells her straight up ‘do you think I am that stupid’ as she spins her tale. He just goes with I will believe whatever you say and then mumbles uncle is gonna fall so hard.😂 She takes her meds and he leaves her the candy she gave him. She is both annoyed and pleased. I like her light reading, ‘The Art of War’😂 Xiao Jue talks about what happened at Que. They were outnumbered 30k to 3k with one possible option to survive. To empty the reservoir and drown the troops. If the rain lessened, the village would be spared, but it turned into a torrent instead. He made all the plans to get them out, but the weather worked against him. Most of the village got swept away. He stays up all night doing sword drills and reflecting on all those souls lost. He Yan guards over him through the night and then hugs him after assuring him as a general he had no other option and he had done the best he could. There are times when the extent of a soldier’s grief is truly only understood by another soldier. She understood his grief as a fellow commander and this was a healing and sorrow sharing hug. Her being a girl was a fringe benefit, but it was shared grief of being responsible for mass casualties. This is the toughest cross for a soldier to bear when civilians are included in the death toll. She ends her hug by collapsing and both of them being chastised by Dr Cheng.😂 They cannot decipher the encrypted message until she notes the sulfur smell and they both yell ginseng soup. They eyeball each other because this technique was exclusive to his father’s training. She is rolling her eyes in her mind because she can’t just say your dad personally taught me this technique. She gives books credit and he lets it go. There is a date and meeting set up. They do not know if real or fake intel but the technique itself revealed that one of their own wrote the message. One officer they thought dead is the best possible option of who, because there was a very limited number of people that knew how. It ends with a flashback of Chu finding a man collapsed on the street. They take him in to get him help and find out he is from the Xiao army. He is tailing them closely but not including himself with them. The deputy general Chai Anxi.

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