The steward of the Zhong family conveyed their master's message: to cooperate with Longtan in fighting against the Hu people.

Finally, the Ye family of Shigong City, the Zhong family of Huaizhou City, and the Chen family of Yongqing City each contributed two thousand troops to be incorporated into the Longtan Army and placed under the command of Lin Yinan.

Besides discussing troop deployment and combat tactics with Yunye, Lin Yinan trained with the cavalry at the horse farm in the back mountain.

With a few days left before the army broke camp, Yunye and Lin Yinan discussed and decided that the vanguard would be led by the strong-fighting Yun San, Yun Yi would lead the cavalry to be responsible for the left and right wings and protect the main force, Lin Yinan would be stationed in the central army with the main force, and Yun Yi would be in charge of the rear army, in charge of food and supplies.

Just before setting off, Lin Yinan discovered two people in the group—Lin Yi'an and Lu Changqing.

"What are you doing here?" Lin Yinan's face was ashen. At this critical moment, these two brats had actually come to cause trouble.

Lin Yi'an forced a smile and said, "Sister, we want to go with you to kill the Hu people."

"Nonsense! The battlefield is not a game!"

Lin Yi'an shrank back and winked at Lu Changqing beside him.

"Sister Anan, we are confident in our archery skills, please take us with you!" Lu Changqing pleaded, enduring Lin Yinan's murderous glare.

"No, you two go back right now."

"I'm not going back. Why can't I go? You can test our archery skills; we're definitely no worse than them," Lin Yi'an said stubbornly.

Lin Yinan rubbed her temples with a troubled expression, knowing full well that the two were quite skilled archers.

Seeing this, Yunye stepped in to smooth things over, "Sister-in-law, my third brother and I went to the battlefield when we were eleven or twelve years old. An'er and Changqing are both thirteen this year. Why don't we give them a chance to gain some experience?"