"I'm not leaving, I want to see... him."

"I heard..."

"What you've heard doesn't count, shut up!"

Zhao Qiaoqiao thought of the scene of Yin Jin'an practicing martial arts that she had seen during the day, and felt a sweet and sour feeling in her heart for no reason.

I took out a xun from the package, and gently stroked it with my fingers. The xun's sound was melodious and continuous, softly touching my heartstrings. Time whispered and resonated gently.

The next day was going to be a big battle, and the new recruits in the camp couldn't sleep at all. Listening to the sound of the xun (a type of ancient Chinese wind instrument) was quite a treat.

Gu Bahuang strode up to the two women and shouted, "Stop!"

The sound of the xun suddenly went silent.

Zhao Qiaoqiao chuckled softly: "General Gu, don't you like to hear this?"

"Get out!" Gu Bahuang said. "Who gave you permission to rest here?"

Zhao Qiaoqiao was taken aback for a moment and said, "This is the land of Qi, and we are the people of Qi. Does this mean that this place is no longer Qi?"

Gu Bahuang didn't argue with her, but instead demanded, "Who exactly allowed them to stay?"

Li Anfu and Wen Shangyi walked over with stiff nerves: "General, it's us."

Without saying a word, Gu Bahuang lashed out with the whip.

The two were each whipped ten times. Gu Bahuang said, "Throw them out ten miles away!"

Li Anfu and Wen Shangyi endured the pain and dismantled Zhao Qiaoqiao's hammock from the tree, and also chased away the horses.

Zhao Qiaoqiao didn't object, and smiled, saying, "I'm sorry, General Gu, I thought everyone was having trouble sleeping and was playing the xun to liven things up. I was wrong."

He and Cuiyu took the horse, refused Li Anfu and Wen Shangyi's escort, and left the camp.

The entire camp was patrolled more frequently again. Gu Bahuang emphasized discipline, saying that this time he was only given ten lashes, but if he disobeyed military regulations again, he would be beheaded.

Summer days are early, and by the end of the Mao hour (5-7 AM), it was already light. According to normal military marching, the army should have set off by now, but there was no movement at all in His Majesty's tent.

The cook was already preparing a simple rice porridge with rolled pancakes.

The pancakes were filled with shredded salted pork and radish strips, and the cook boiled ten eggs for His Majesty and Princess Longxiang.

However, the two still hadn't woken up by Chenshi (7-9 AM). Gu Bahuang was getting anxious and paced outside the military tent several times, but ultimately didn't dare to go in.

At the end of Chen Shi (7-9 AM), Jiu Tian finally woke up.

She checked the time, was startled, and hurriedly lifted the curse on Yin Jin'an.

Yin Jin'an had fully recovered and stepped out of the military tent. Gu Bahuang breathed a sigh of relief and ordered someone to bring up the food. Yin Jin'an ate a little and then ordered them to set off immediately.

Blackwater Town was some distance from Blackwater City, and the cavalry did not arrive outside Blackwater City until evening that day.

The Liao army in Blackwater City had long since learned of Yin Jin'an's personal expedition. Liao spies had previously received information that the eldest prince had suffered from madness and stupidity since childhood, and that not only was his intelligence questionable, but he would also howl at the moon like a wolf.

There are also rumors that the child who horrifically slaughtered 100,000 Liao soldiers nine years ago was Emperor Aotian.

The Liao army was trembling with fear, so even though they heard that Emperor Aotian was personally leading an expedition with only 11,000 men, they dared not leave the city to challenge him.

Looking at Yin Jin'an, who was wearing a mask, not far below the city, the Liao army commander Batel asked his bodyguard Ge Rixin, "Has there been any news?"

Ge Rixin said, "Yesterday was the night of the full moon, and Emperor Aotian was perfectly normal."

Bartel said calmly, "It seems that the child who killed my warrior was either not him, or he has recovered from his illness."

Ge Rixin said, "The people of Qi all suspect that he is not the eldest prince of Emperor Yangsheng. He has never taken off his mask, not even in the court."

Yin Jin'an, along with Jiu Tian and Gu Bahuang, circled around Blackwater City, and the moon was already high in the sky.

Are you ready?

"Ready!"

"Let's attack the city first, and then have dinner there."

"Yes, sir!"

The two circled back to the city gate, and Gu Bahuang immediately deployed his troops under the moonlight.

The Liao army guards were somewhat bewildered by their actions. What was Qi doing?

A siege in the dead of night?

With only 10,000 men, attacking a city in the middle of the night?

So what if we attacked the city in the middle of the night? It's precisely because you didn't expect us to attack in the middle of the night that the grain in the granary was able to be preserved.

Otherwise, if you have a big meal tonight and set fewer fires tomorrow, what will the people in the city eat?

Yin Jin'an didn't play by the rules. The throwers carried a catapult off the carriage, lit a clay pot bomb with a tinderbox, and first blew up the archers on the city wall.

A barrage of earthenware grenades bombarded the city, rendering the archers and guards on the city wall useless.

Immediately afterwards, the city gates were breached!

Gu Bahuang led his troops into Blackwater City.

The Nine Heavens still lingered on Yin Jin'an's chest, the talisman in her hand and the incantation in her mouth. She didn't attack others, but focused all her efforts on protecting her second uncle's safety.

Following Yin Jin'an's instructions, Zhang Xiangshan and Yang Hanfeng of the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry blew open the city gate from the west gate and led a thousand Tiger and Leopard Cavalry straight to the city lord's mansion, bombarding it mercilessly with earthenware grenades along the way.

They found the warehouse and happened to grab several disabled Liao soldiers and women at the warehouse entrance, and took torches to burn the granary.

After slaughtering all the guards, the Tiger and Leopard Cavalry surrounded the granary. Zhang Xiangshan and Yang Hanfeng went down to the basement and discovered just how impressive the underground granary of Blackwater City was.

This enormous granary, with five underground levels, stored at least 600,000 shi (a unit of dry measure) of grain.

Zhang Xiangshan sighed, "Your Majesty is a prophet. If it weren't for the earthenware pot bombs that opened the city gates and allowed us to quickly enter the city, the Liao bandits could have burned all this grain with a single fire."

Upon learning that the granary was under control, Yin Jin'an said to Gu Bahuang, "Kill them without restraint!"

Flames soared into the sky within the city, and shouts of battle filled the air.

Batel came all the way from the border town today, intending to capture Yin Jin'an alive.

As a result, when he came face to face with Yin Jin'an, he didn't even know what was going on. He saw Yin Jin'an wielding a Tang sword, raising his hand and slashing down, cleaving him in two.

As he landed, his mouth continued to open and close, shouting, "Good knife!"