Chapter 117 We'll do whatever you tell us to do!
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Li Shiyue said to Ma San, who had a furrowed brow, "Deputy General Ma, the plan has changed."
Ma San cursed inwardly. He knew Li Shiyue was no ordinary woman; he had actually witnessed her ability to cut off testicles and behead people. But now, as he stared at Li Shiyue with an innocent look on her face and said, "The plan has changed," he felt incredibly frustrated.
Li Shiyue didn't care what Ma San was thinking. At that time, she couldn't let the barbarians go, so the only solution was to kill them.
Besides, who would have thought that even though it's snowing, Li Shiyue would run into two barbarians who were out doing nothing?
This is just how things are; what can Li Shiyue do?
“Deputy General Ma, the barbarian camp should be just ahead. This,” Li Shiyue reached out and patted the barbarian corpse on the horse beside her, “was heading in that direction.”
Li Shiyue turned around and pointed in the direction the barbarians had fled. Then she turned to Ma San and said, "I don't know what those two were doing when they went out, but they were carrying bows and heading towards Daheishan. Either they wanted to go to our Liujiatun, or the barbarians sent them out to keep watch."
Then we can't wait any longer!
Li Shiyue took two steps forward and stood in front of Ma San. She stretched out her hand, palm up, and said to Ma San, "I killed the barbarians. They won't be able to go back tonight. The barbarians will definitely overthink things. We can't wait any longer."
"Deputy General Ma, give me the signal flare. I'm fast enough to run. I'll get back to Liujiatun and signal the eldest son. Let's take advantage of this snow and catch the barbarians off guard!"
Ma San hesitated.
All of this was beyond his expectations.
Li Shiyue had no choice but to keep pushing himself: "Trust me, now is definitely the best time to attack!"
It's cold and snowing, so they can't graze their livestock. We killed the dozen or so barbarians who came before, and we sold the horses to you, didn't we?
Right now, there are only these two people on guard around their camp in this direction, so they definitely don't have enough soldiers!
Take them by surprise and kill them!
What a perfect opportunity!
Even after all that had been said, Ma San still hadn't taken out the signal flare for Li Shiyue.
"Alright, then let's go back and meet up. Your men will come back with me to report the news, and the rest of you will stay behind to monitor the barbarians. How does that sound?"
They mounted their horses and rode towards where Li Xiatian and the others were.
Upon arriving at their destination, Li Shiyue didn't bother explaining the two corpses on the extra horse to everyone. She didn't even dismount. Ma San took out a signal flare and gave it to one of the men he had brought, then handed the other horse to him. After whispering something to the soldier, he bowed to Li Shiyue and said, "Young Lady Li, it's all up to you now."
Li Shiyue bowed to Ma San without saying a word, then squeezed his legs against the horse's belly, and Li Shiyue and the soldier galloped towards the foot of Daheishan Mountain.
Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, the two dismounted and tied their horses to a nearby tree.
Without stopping, the two began climbing up the mountain.
With Li Shiyue's internal energy boost, how could the soldiers keep up with her speed?
At the mountaintop, Li Shiyue, who had been resting for a while and had eaten a pancake, finally waited for the soldier who had climbed up with all his might.
"You're too slow and wasting time. Give me the signal flare, I'll release it as soon as I get there, so the young master can arrive faster."
We're playing the time difference!
"The longer we wait, the sooner the barbarians will notice."
Li Shiyue had little patience. Seeing that the soldier still wouldn't give it to her, she stood up from the tree she was leaning against, and without saying a word, turned to leave.
“Hey, you…”
Li Shiyue had already turned her body away, but upon hearing the "Hey," she turned back and extended her palm towards the soldier.
The soldier had no choice but to take out the signal flare that Ma San had given him earlier and give it to Li Shiyue again.
Li Shiyue took the signal flare, tucked it into his waistband, unleashed his full inner strength, and ran down the mountain.
As noon approached, smoke rose from the kitchens of every household in Liujiatun.
After the snow fell, every household in Liujiatun lit up their kang (heated brick bed). Even the most frugal families were not stingy with firewood at this time.
The fire in the kitchen was never extinguished all day long, and the people hiding on the kang (a heated brick bed) inside relied entirely on the warmth of the kang for warmth.
The Li family gathered around the fire in the kitchen, not in the mood for lunch, as they were all thinking about Li Shiyue and Li Qiutian, who had left that morning.
The wood burning in the stove crackled and popped, when suddenly a loud bang startled the donkey next to the stable in the yard, which brayed loudly.
Li's mother quickly got up and ran out of the kitchen to look in the direction of the explosion. Even though it was daytime, the snow made the sunless, gray sky make the conspicuous red almond flower immediately noticeable.
Not only Li's mother, but every household in Liujiatun came out of their houses to look in the direction of the sound. This was not the first time the people of Liujiatun had seen the red hibiscus.
As soon as Li Wangshui saw the hibiscus flower while standing in the courtyard, he turned around and nodded to Zhou Lanhua, who was holding Xiaozhuang: "It must be October who has returned."
Give me the bundle you've prepared, and I'll head over right away.
The people of Liujiatun who had previously received Li Shiyue's message to go with her to do big work all got up, went back to find their bundles, and headed out with their weapons.
After placing the letter at the village entrance, Li Shiyue ran to Li Youfu's house, knocked on the door, and explained the situation in a few words. Li Shiyue concluded, "Grandpa Fu, the eldest son will be here within 25 minutes. Please close the doors and windows tightly and do not go out."
After saying this, Li Shiyue turned and left, giving Li Youfu no chance to say anything more or ask what was going on.
When Li Shiyue returned home, a number of people had already gathered in her yard.
Li Wangshui and Zhou Lanhua brought Dazhuang and Xiaozhuang, Gou Laosan and his third aunt, Erdan's mother carrying Erdan, Yangzai and his cousin's family, Wang Shisan and his grandmother, and two other people from Wangjia Village whose faces they recognized but whom they had never spoken to.
Facing the gazes of the crowd, Li Shiyue nodded, then turned to her mother and said, "Mother and Second Uncle are at home. Aunt, Brother, and Sister Xia Tian are all packed. We'll leave together later!"
Wang Shisan walked over to Li Shiyue with anger and a hint of shame on his face. He still looked like a child. Li Shiyue could tell at a glance that he must have been forced to bring those two people from Wangjia Village.
"Sister October, I..."
Li Shiyue patted his shoulder twice and smiled at him, but her expression changed after she looked up. She said to the two people behind Wang Shisan, "I welcome you, but this is a life-threatening job. If you can't keep up with the team, you might lose an arm or a leg or even your life. Don't regret it."
The two men were stunned for a moment, but when they thought of the other people in the courtyard, who had all received money from Li Shiyue, and the thought of the silver, their fear was reignited.
“Young lady of the Li family, we know we didn’t do things right, but don’t worry, we two brothers aren’t cowards either! We’ll do whatever you tell us to do!”
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