"No, the war has only just begun. What do you mean by 'going all in'?"
"Look closely, the enemy troops below the city walls are nothing but a rabble. If we lose patience and engage them now, their elite forces will surely appear."
"Elite troops? Aren't their men all below the city walls?"
"That's just a facade; the enemy is fishing."
After Gu Qian finished speaking, he looked at Ling Yun and Ling Zhi, who were walking towards him not far away.
The two nodded and said in unison, "The general is right."
The general was indeed astute; they had just returned from their inspection and confirmed that this was indeed the case.
"Then we..." Captain Qin racked his brains but couldn't come up with a good idea.
Gu Qian: "Let's wait and see!" Their city wall is impregnable; how could it be easily breached by the enemy?
If he guessed correctly, the enemy's main force would lose patience in less than three days.
"This!" Why are those four words still being used? Captain Qin really didn't understand why their general was so calm.
After saying this, Gu Qian went straight down the city wall.
Their army was already smaller than the enemy forces of Northern Qi.
Thousands of his trusted men were sent by him to mine nitrates, and their return date is unknown.
Gu Qian wouldn't wait foolishly. In such a critical moment, he wouldn't entrust the safety of Dongjin to something unknown.
That night, at the Qiu residence in Qingyun, Elder Mu had already gone to sleep.
Qiu Yan is practicing boxing in the courtyard with her younger sister, Xiao Ran, and Zhu Juan.
Woof woof woof... A burst of joyful dog barks instantly reached everyone's ears.
"Lightning!" Gu Xiaoran heard the dog barking and hurriedly ran to open the door.
Qiu Yan then opened the courtyard gate before Gu Xiaoran.
Whoosh... Lightning rushed straight in, wagging its tail excitedly, and its front hooves climbed directly onto Gu Xiaoran's shoulders, causing Gu Xiaoran to stumble. Lightning quickly dodged and braced its waist against Gu Xiaoran's body.
Gu Xiaoran chuckled, picked up Lightning's head, and fed it.
"Lightning, do you miss me?"
He seemed to have forgotten that they had just parted ways that morning.
"Woof woof..." Lightning seemed to understand Gu Xiaoran's words, wagging its tail in response.
As Qiu Yan opened the door, her gaze fell upon two dark figures in the distance.
She rubbed her forehead. "Lightning, oh Lightning, do you even realize that you have two tails following you?"
Qiu Yan fell into a brief silence. This Bai Lu, instead of going with her own prince, insisted on following her. No matter how you looked at it, there was something wrong with that.
She wondered what Bai Lu was trying to do by insisting on following her.
She simply couldn't believe that a woman like Bai Lu would willingly become a maid.
Unless, she has other motives.
The two women, both dressed in black, possessed completely different auras.
Like Qiu Yan, Qiu Ling'er also looked at the two women.
"Sister, Sister Bailu is really kind, please let her stay."
She felt that her sister's refusal to take Bailu in must be due to a rift between them.
Qiu Yan gently stroked Qiu Ling'er's hair, "Ling'er, many things cannot be judged by appearances alone."
Qiu Ling'er shook her head, indicating her confusion.
Qiu Yan sighed softly, "You'll understand when you grow up."
"Oh." Qiu Ling'er was half-believing, but the facts were right in front of her, so what was there not to understand?
"Finally found her." Qin Susu sighed deeply upon seeing Qiu Yan and collapsed to the ground with a thud.
She said between breaths:
“Sister Heroine, you’re right. This lame black dog really does remember the place.”
Bai Lu nodded slightly. "It's very smart."
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