Sure enough, when Ap looked back, he saw Vera alone, driving a carriage toward them.

Just then,

The vast army of Dongjin,

Ling Yun and Ling Zhi led 100,000 Dongjin troops to join Gu Qian.

Ling Yun and Ling Zhi then realized that Ling Ba had returned.

When the two sides met, they inevitably exchanged pleasantries.

They both looked at Gu Xiaoran in surprise. The general's son—they hadn't seen him in a long time, and seeing him now, they couldn't help but feel puzzled.

Seeing the diverse mix of people inside the carriage, they were puzzled but didn't ask any further questions.

Ling Yun only asked:

"Ling Ba, where are the General and Ling Qi?"

Ling Ba: "The general is asleep. Let's set up camp first; the general needs to rest."

He said a few words, glanced in the direction of the carriage, and, because he was really worried about the general, didn't explain further.

Upon seeing Ling Yun, Ling Zhi, and their large army, he no longer wished to continue his journey.

Ling Yun and Ling Zhi glanced at the carriage simultaneously, and immediately gave orders to the soldiers behind them.

"Set up camp right here!"

At the moment of setting up camp, Ling Yun and his companion saw Qiu Yan emerge from the general's carriage and instantly understood.

They had met Qiu Yan before.

Ling Yun then turned back to inform Captain Qin and the others that the general had set up camp there.

"Deputy General Yun, I'll go with you." Qin Susu couldn't find her father anywhere, so she went along.

At this moment, Liang Jie, Captain Qin, Captain Yuan, and others were leading their soldiers in the final finishing touches.

Liang Jie jogged to Qin Xiaowei's side and asked him more than once,

"Where exactly did General Gu go?"

Now that the battle was over, he wanted to ask the general about the next steps.

Captain Qin replied more than once.

"I've said it so many times, the general has gone back. He returned ahead of schedule, escorted by his seven lieutenants."

He felt that Ling Yun and Ling Zhi's actions were unnecessary.

They even took away 100,000 of their troops at once, which was really unnecessary.

What he didn't know was how dangerous the general had been before.

If he knew that Qin Feng had also led an army of 100,000, he wouldn't think that way.

“But that doesn’t make sense. Why would the general go home via the Northern Desert?” Liang Jie asked again.

"Perhaps it's to cover things up. General Liang, if you're really that bored, go and sort out those surrendered soldiers instead of bombarding me with questions. Hurry up, once the army is reorganized, we still have a long way to go."

Liang Jie had made a fool of himself, and Captain Qin's attitude towards him had never been very friendly.

"It is you who still have a long way to go."

He was originally from Northern Qi, and his parents, wife, and children were all here, so naturally he wouldn't go with the soldiers of Dongjin.

At this moment, he was also thinking about reuniting with his parents, wife and children as soon as possible and finding a stable place to live, which is why he was in such a hurry.

With winter approaching, his family is still living in a makeshift, dilapidated thatched hut.

He then asked Commandant Yuan.

"Captain Yuan, where has the general gone?"

"Let's wait a bit."

Even Commandant Yuan was unaware of this, and not seeing the general return inevitably caused him some doubt.

He absolutely did not believe Qin Xiaowei's claim that the general had returned early.

Like Liang Jie, he eagerly awaited the answer.

When the general left, he only took Ling Qi with him, but he didn't say anything to them.

Currently, we can only wait for Lingyun and Lingzhi to return to find out.

Just as Liang Jie and the two captains were getting increasingly anxious,

In the distance, Ling Yun's figure appeared in their sight.

Seeing no carriage in sight, Liang Jie stepped forward and clasped his hands in a fist salute to Ling Yun.

"Deputy General Yun, where is General Gu?"

Ling Yun: "The general has already set up camp."