After Zheng Quchi finished speaking in one breath, Liu Chaiji took a while to process what he said before saying as if in a dream, "I didn't understand much of what I heard at the beginning, but the rest was indeed quite impressive."
“As expected, every profession is like a mountain. It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, but once you’ve done it, would you like to give it a try?” Zheng Quchi asked him, raising an eyebrow.
He understood the question. Without a second thought, Liu Chaiji excitedly reached out and said, "Yes, I want to try."
"Then from now on you shut up and hurry up and help me with the work."
Seeing that she was so busy that she was almost overwhelmed, Liu Chaiji hesitated and said, "Should I go find some more people..."
“No need. Too many people would be too much trouble, and they’re all novices. I only have one pair of eyes and one mouth, and I can’t teach so many people.” Zheng Quchi decisively refused.
Hearing her say that, Liu Chaiji breathed a sigh of relief and secretly rejoiced. This feeling was similar to that she didn't choose anyone else but insisted on keeping him because he was irreplaceable. In Zheng's eyes, he was definitely the most outstanding and capable person.
"Alright, alright, I won't ask anyone else. Just give me orders. I'm strong and nimble. I've always been the worst student, but when it comes to physical labor, no man in Shengjing can match me!" Liu Chaiji said happily.
After listening, Zheng Quchi felt that even when the child praised himself, he exuded a smugness that seemed to be wagging his tail in the air.
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Zheng Quchi is working hard on his side, while Yuan Xingzhou has just secured his first victory.
Hong Sheng Kingdom's camp was unremarkable, easily visible from end to end. They hadn't wasted much time building outposts or fortifications, simply enclosing a perimeter with wooden fences. The densely overlapping footprints near the woods indicated that their defenses primarily consisted of personnel patrols, clearing obstacles, and inspections.
Because their camp defenses relied too heavily on manpower, once the sentries and patrols were lured away or eliminated, the soldiers in the camp were like blind men and deaf men, unable to see or hear, making them most vulnerable to surprise attacks.
Yuan Xingzhou lay in ambush near the territory of Hongsheng Kingdom for a day and a night, thoroughly figuring out the shift change times, locations, and rendezvous signals of the enemy's sentries. He then used bait to take them down one by one. Finally, he disguised himself as a patrolman by donning enemy military armor and helmet and stormed the enemy's camp with lightning speed.
Hong Shengguo only had his adjutant guarding the area, as Chen Tangzhong had already left. Therefore, when the enemy attacked so swiftly and fiercely, he was caught off guard and became flustered.
However, Hong Shengjun was not a group of rabble. After realizing what was happening, they were able to quickly assemble into a well-trained and formidable team to launch a counterattack.
When Hong Shengguo's adjutant learned that the attackers were from the Ye army, he went from initial surprise and astonishment to later finding it absurd and laughable.
Ye Kingdom?
Isn't this absurd? Not only do the Ye Kingdom's army cower in their Ye camp, but they also have the audacity to come and run wild on Hong Sheng Kingdom's territory?
At this moment, in the minds of the Hongsheng Kingdom's army, besides feeling that the Ye army was courting its own destruction, they also felt that it was bringing shame upon itself.
However, they misjudged one thing: the Ye army was not the same as the Ye army of Yuanxingzhou.
The two may sound like they differ by only one prefix, but when they actually fought each other, Hong Shengjun realized that it was a completely different experience.
When did the Ye army ever possess such overwhelming and tiger-like momentum? Once the battle began, the Hongsheng army's confidence was completely shattered, and their arrogance was crushed inch by inch. They retreated step by step until they were completely defeated, and they still couldn't understand why they had lost to the Ye army.
After the battle, Yuan Xingzhou ordered the troops to rest and regroup on the spot. His men then began to transfer the wounded, treat prisoners, count the number of people and report the losses. More importantly, they conducted a inventory of supplies and calculated how much of the enemy's supplies they had captured to replenish the camp and strengthen the army.
Yuan Xingzhou arrived at the main military tent of Hongsheng Kingdom. He took off a blood-stained mask and threw it on the ground. His white silk gloves were also stained with blood, so he took them off as well. He sat on the commander's chair in the tent and looked through several documents that had not yet been sorted on the table in the main hall.
"Commander, the Cangxuan Token was found on the adjutant of Hongsheng Kingdom."
Lieutenant Wang Feichen, Guard Commandant Zhao Deyu, and Pang Min entered the main tent together, presenting a token with excited expressions.
Yuan Xingzhou calmly finished reading the document in his hand and set it aside. He then casually took the Cangxuan Token belonging to Hongsheng Kingdom and asked, "Has the lady sent a message yet?"
"Commander, rest assured, Lieutenant Zheng has defended Ye Camp very well. Shen Tangzhong and Mu Jin have both been defeated by Madam." Wang Feichen's face showed a genuine smile.
But Yuan Xingzhou looked displeased: "They've probably just scared her."
What?
Wang Feichen and Pang Min were completely bewildered. They felt that His Highness had said the opposite of what he meant. Shouldn't it be that Chen Tangzhong and Mu Jin were so scared by the Madam that they wet themselves?
Yuan Xingzhou didn't explain further to them.
He understood her. Although Zheng Quchi seemed very brave and never backed down when faced with difficult or dangerous situations, her courage in facing these things did not mean that she was not afraid inside.
She's just always been more stubborn than anyone else. For example, she chose to let everyone evacuate safely while she alone lured away the barbarians, sounded the alarm, and bought time for the other craftsmen to be rescued.
But she paid a heavy price for it.
If you ask her whether it was worth it, she probably wouldn't be able to answer that herself. But if you ask her if she would make the same choice again if she could do it all over again, she would probably just say that old habits die hard.
She has an overwhelming sense of responsibility. As long as someone is under her protection, she will step forward even if she knows it's impossible.
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