Yun Mo readily agreed, "Okay, I'll come and join you once I've recovered from my injuries."

Next, Yun Mo and Lin Yinan recounted in detail his experience fighting against the Hu people on the border.

After talking for a long time, Yun Mo, who had taken the medicine, felt drowsy.

Just then, a guard outside the tent reported something.

"Lord, there's movement in Nanzhou Prefecture. He Xiong has gathered 50,000 elite troops and will attack us at dawn. Yu Shida and Mo Lei will lead the vanguard, commanding 5,000 soldiers..."

With a major battle imminent, Lin Yinan turned to Yun Mo and said, "I will arrange for you and the other wounded soldiers to evacuate immediately!"

Yun Mo nodded and said nothing more. He was seriously injured and couldn't cause her any more trouble at this time.

With fewer than 20,000 men, they were to face 50,000 strong and fierce Hu soldiers; it was going to be a fierce battle.

Lin Yinan immediately arranged for people to escort Yun Mo and the wounded soldiers away from the camp.

Before dawn, the world is bathed in a deep and tranquil blue-purple hue.

The curtain of night sky has not yet been fully drawn back; stars are sparsely scattered across the horizon, twinkling with their last soft light.

In the distance, the towering mountains gradually revealed their majestic outlines under the morning light.

Occasionally, a bird's song or two, clear and melodious, breaks the tranquility of the early morning.

A new day is about to begin!

A cool breeze blew by, rustling the leaves in the wind and startling countless birds into flight. The few clear bird calls made the forest eerily quiet.

Lin Yinan led over a thousand soldiers to ambush on both sides of the valley, quietly waiting for the enemy to arrive.

Behind them, many villagers hiding in the mountains were helping to carry stones uphill.

The soldiers occasionally whispered to them, "Everyone, keep your voices down. The enemy will be here soon. The city lord told you to leave as soon as you finish this trip."

The young man carrying stones in a basket, his arm muscles taut, chuckled and said, "Don't worry, sir. We know this mountain forest very well. If those barbarians come, we'll just disappear into the mountains, and they won't be able to find us for ten or fifteen days."

The other person lowered his voice and said, "The city lord is leading you in the fight at the front. What we are doing is just a small favor."

"..."

Lin Yinan lay prone behind a large rock.

Suddenly, she noticed the ground trembling slightly. Listening intently, she could faintly hear the rumbling of horses' hooves in the distance.

"The enemy is coming! Everyone prepare for battle."

Hearing the commotion, the people behind turned around and hid in the dense forest behind them.

As the enemy drew closer, the archers gripped their bows tightly, their expressions grim, their eyes warily fixed on the path ahead.

Before long, the enemy troops gradually approached, their banners fluttering. Yu Shida, the leader, was completely unaware of the impending danger ahead.

Morey rode up to him and asked, "Lieutenant General Yu, do you think they might be lying in ambush on both sides of the valley?"

Yu Shida scoffed, arrogantly saying, "How many people do they have? Do they have enough manpower to set up an ambush?"

Seeing that he seemed confident, Morey stopped trying to dissuade him. If something went wrong, He Xiong wouldn't be the first to take action against him.

The lieutenant following behind the vanguard looked around at the cliffs and precipices, then glanced at Yu Shida, who was swaggering ahead, and his eyes showed worry.

"General, could there be an ambush here?"

He Xiong narrowed his eyes. He had already taken note of the surrounding environment. "The rocks here are steep. Don't worry, those bandits from Longtan are just refugees from the north. They don't have three heads and six arms. I doubt they have that kind of ability."

The soldiers of Longtan, who were lying in ambush on the mountain, watched the Hu people slowly walk into the valley. Their hearts were pounding like drums. They were quietly waiting for the best time to attack.

When half of the Hu people had fully entered the ambush area, a whistling arrow shot out and struck the banner in front of the column, snapping it in two.

Yu Shida, who was in charge, panicked. He hadn't expected to be proven wrong so quickly.

"Oh no, an ambush!"

Seeing the rocks crashing down from both sides, Morey quickly jumped off his horse and took cover at the foot of the mountain. He shouted to Yu Shida, "Deputy General Yu, what do we do? We're surrounded!"

As soon as he finished speaking, stones of all sizes tumbled down the steep cliff like a torrential rain.

The blows sent Hu soldiers and their horses sprawling, screams and neighing filled the air, and the scene instantly descended into chaos.

Blood splattered throughout the valley, quickly staining the earth red, with severed limbs and broken bodies scattered everywhere.

"Come with me! Charge out and kill them!"

Yu Shida led the vanguard, and He Xiong, who was following behind, would not allow him to retreat. His only way out was to lead his troops out of the valley that was being attacked by rocks.

They rushed forward a few more steps, only to see a hail of arrows raining down on them.

Yu Shi swung his sword to deflect several arrows in succession, and hurriedly pulled on the reins to steer his horse to a place where there were falling rocks and no arrows could reach it.

Lin Yinan, who was on the mountain, had already set her sights on him. She drew back her bowstring and shot the arrow at him swiftly.

Yu Shida did indeed possess some luck.

He keenly sensed the approaching danger, and hurriedly pulled a soldier next to him to shield him. In the blink of an eye, a sharp arrow pierced the soldier's chest.

Yu Shida was stunned. Someone wanted to kill him; he had been targeted!

He still clung to the soldier's body, not daring to let go, his back pressed tightly against the corner of the mountain wall, not daring to move.

"You think I can't do anything to you like this? How ignorant."

Lin Yinan snorted coldly and took out a rocket and loaded it.

With a "bang," the rocket exploded on the soldier's body. Yu Shida was so frightened that he immediately released the soldier's body and ran forward with the other soldiers.

Watching him disappear into the ranks of soldiers, making it difficult to strike again, Lin Yinan sighed inwardly, letting him escape with his life.

In the narrow valley, blood stained the earth, and the ground had long been trampled into a muddy mess by horses' hooves and footsteps.

The Hu people were terrified by the rain of arrows and were thrown into chaos, completely unable to fight back.

Seeing the soldiers being slaughtered one-sidedly in front of him, He Xiong hurriedly ordered, "Quickly, retreat! Retreat out of the valley!"

Unfortunately, it was too late. Realizing their intentions, countless logs studded with reverse nails were thrown down from the entrance of the valley, killing and injuring many soldiers on the spot, successfully blocking the retreat route of the Hu army.

"The general's retreat route is blocked, what should we do?" a soldier hurriedly reported.

He Xiong's forehead veins bulged, and his eyes widened as if he wanted to devour someone. He saw Yu Shida leading his men far ahead and gritted his teeth, saying, "Since there is no way out, let's charge out with Vice General Yu."

As they were talking, cans were being thrown down from above from where the logs had just fallen.

The jar broke, and the liquid inside spilled everywhere.

He Xiong's brow twitched; he immediately sensed something was wrong.

"Ah! It's tung oil inside..."

Before the soldier could finish speaking, a rocket was fired.

The flames instantly engulfed the entrance and the wounded Hu Bing lying on the ground, and screams rose into the sky along with thick smoke.

Lin Yinan had already set his sights on this valley when he first settled there.

She ordered all the trees on both sides of the valley to be cut down, so that even if the fire gets bigger, it won't spread into the forest.