Chapter 269 Chapter 268 Conquer

Yan Zhengkuan's eyes flickered when he saw Zheng Xiaoling easily defeat two strong men.

Now he knew why An Xin was so confident. It turned out that he had confidence in the abilities of the people around him. He was not as reckless and short-sighted as these soldiers.

However, Yan Zhengkuan has his own abilities to become the leader among a group of troublemakers.

His moves were very quick, and Zheng Xiaoling's skills were also quite strong, so the two of them were able to exchange a few moves.

Zheng Xiaoling has learned a set of martial arts from her father since she was a child, and her skills are very solid. In addition, she has been living with wild beasts in the mountains for many years, so she is agile and quick in movements, which is naturally beyond the reach of ordinary people.

Yan Zhengkuan's self-confidence in his ability did not last more than ten moves in the face of absolute strength, and he was crushed into the snow by Zheng Xiaoling's powerful fists.

"I lost." Yan Zhengkuan said with conviction.

“Ahhh, how is this possible!” Yan Zhengkuan’s younger brother shouted in disbelief, “Brother Yan, you are the best fighter here, how can you lose?

How can we walk around the barracks like that and steal food from Captain Gu's subordinates to fill our stomachs?"

"Ouch." The soldier who spoke was beaten up.

"That's fair to say." The troublemaker beside him said righteously, "We should say that we are helping others because we are worried that they won't finish the food and it will be wasted."

Everyone: “…” I have never seen such a shameless person. I have learned a lot.

In a cave fifty miles away from An Xin and his companions, five people were sitting around a fire, tearing apart a roasted, shiny roe deer.

A tall and strong young man, with a dirty face that made it impossible to tell his original appearance, opened his mouth wide and tore off a piece of roe deer meat, chewing it and swallowing it.

He said, "Luckily, I followed my teacher around for a few years, living in the open air, and learned the skill of tracking prey. Otherwise, I would have had to starve to death this time."

"Major General, during those years when you followed Chief An Shan out on the road, was it very hard?"

"Pa!" Yuchi Yi, who hadn't showered or washed his hair for more than half a month, had hair as fluffy as weeds. He had completely turned into a rough man and slapped his follower on the head:

"Don't listen to Gao Tai's nonsense. If he really had to endure hardships, he would have grown half his height after three years away from Beijing."

"Grown half as tall?!" The follower named Xiaodao turned to look at Gao Tai, who was sitting opposite him and was now at least eight feet tall. He wondered how short he must have been before he left the capital.

Gao Tai: "…" Was I that short before? When Yuchi Yi and Gao Tai came to the border, the four servants who had accompanied them since childhood also came with them.

Yuchi Yi picked up a piece of wood and threw it into the fire.

I remembered that day when the Central Guard General Ma Boteng called me in early in the evening, saying that the scouts had discovered a small group of about two hundred enemy troops outside the city, and that this was a good opportunity to train them.

The enemy troops are small in number, so let him lead his troops out of the city to clear them out.

When he came back after receiving the order, he felt something was wrong.

But thinking about coming to the border and being well fed and well fed here, many soldiers saw them like this.

The soldiers, who had originally looked up to them because of their fathers' glorious military exploits, began to increasingly doubt the abilities of these young generals.

In view of this, he could not refuse this mission no matter what, otherwise his reputation as a cowardly major general would surely spread throughout the barracks.

Therefore, Yuchi Yi guessed that this time leading troops out of the city to wipe out the enemy was a trap, and he had no choice but to accept it, so when he left, he left Awu with him.

An Xin led a team of 700 people and marched quickly. Before dark, they arrived at the foot of the mountain that marked the border between the two countries.

Then he arranged: "Captain Chai, I will take some people to the mountain to look for something edible.

You lead the remaining people to find a sheltered place to rest and spend the night there."

"Yes, Master of the Imperial Court."

Chai Hongzhuang originally listened to An Xin's words, but it was only because of General Yuchi and others that he was more or less convinced by An Xin's orders.

An Xin had a bad conscience. In addition to bringing some of her trusted personal guards, she also called out the group of troublemakers and took them up the mountain to find food.

Since they still have the energy to provoke us, they must be very hungry. It will be no problem for them to go up the mountain to find food.

Yan Zhengkuan, Yu Datou and a group of rebellious soldiers followed An Xin up the mountain with their legs and feet trembling and in pain.

In his heart, he greeted all eighteen generations of An Xin's ancestors, and only then did he feel a little relieved.

The things that were most abundant on the mountain were wood and weeds, and the soldiers automatically made torches for lighting.

An Xin plucked feathers from passing geese. Wherever he passed, he would not leave anything edible.

Whether it was the frozen-dried wild fruits on the branches, or the bird that had not had time to fly and was knocked off the branch by a stone thrown by An Xin.

Yu Datou curled his lips and said, "Not even a sparrow was spared. This is too cruel!!"

Wang Ergou: "You are so kind, you will definitely not eat it when you go back."

Yu Datou touched his shriveled belly and said weakly: "Actually, I'm not that kind."

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Because it was night and there was a lesson from last time.

An Xin and his group still split into several groups when they went up the mountain this time, but everyone was looking for food on the same hilltop, not too far away, so that they could take care of each other.

This time they were not as lucky as last time. They encountered a group of wild boars being chased by tigers. Not only did they have a full meal, but they also saved up enough smoked and roasted meat jerky to last them for a while.

An Xin frowned as she watched the sky grow darker. Thinking about how to feed these hundreds of people, she raised her hand and rubbed her forehead. She had a headache.

At this time, the forest was dark everywhere, and the howling of wild beasts sounded. An Xin's eyes lit up.

He turned sideways and ordered, "Wang Ergou, Shi Liang, you two take some people and scatter the blood of the small animals we caught into the area where the wolves are howling. We will catch wolves and eat them."

The group of people following behind looked at her in astonishment.

"This Lord Jijiu has gone crazy."

"Wolf, that's a wolf. Does she think it's a local dog at home?"

"This is a little animal that can eat whatever it wants."

An Xin turned around and said, "Are you going to continue to starve tonight, or follow me to hunt wolves?"

The group of people behind were silent.

The question is whether to continue to starve or fight the wolves.

"I'll go with you." Yan Zhengkuan said firmly.

They haven't had a full meal for a long time. If this continues, they will die here from hunger and cold before the enemy finds them and kills them.

So between the choice of starving to death or fighting the wolves, everyone unanimously agreed to follow An Xin to fight the wolves.

The blood of more than a dozen small animals was scattered on the wolf's territory, and the strong smell of blood was blown away by the wind.

An Xin gathered several waves of people together, and all of them hid in places that were convenient for sneak attacks, waiting for the prey to take the bait.

(End of this chapter)