As night fell, the mountains were already cold, and tonight a light rain began to fall, soaking the soldiers who were marching forward.
Fortunately, it was just raining, not snowing, and the Mu family army was not afraid of the cold. After all, they had been fighting on the border of Beiqi for many years. In the cold Beiqi, they had encountered far worse conditions than this, so this light rain was nothing to them.
For Mu Jin, it was nothing. In the real world, she had also done missions in extremely harsh environments. Although she always ranked at the bottom, she was adaptable and had survived in harsh environments.
The Mu siblings and their army lay prone in the forest, watching Huang Xin's camp. Because of the rain, there weren't many people standing outside Huang Xin's camp.
After observing for a moment, Mu Yan turned his head and instinctively raised his hand to wipe the raindrops off Mu Jin's face.
"I told you not to come along. It's so cold. If you catch a cold, Dad will make my life miserable!"
After all, from childhood to adulthood, even if it wasn't Mu Yan who caused the trouble, as long as Mu Jin bumped into something or even caught a cold, Mu Yan would inevitably be punished by Mu Weihou.
"Brother, we're not kids anymore, why are you still as afraid I'll cause you trouble as you were when we were little?"
Mu Yan touched his nose, still worried, and said, "Why don't I have someone send you back to camp?" Mu Yan tried to persuade Mu Jin, in fact, he had tried to persuade Mu Jin to return to camp no less than a hundred times along the way.
"Shh!" Mu Jin told Mu Yan to shut up. "If you try to persuade me again, I'll get angry! Now is the perfect time. I'll lead two thousand elite soldiers to attack from the front, and you'll lead eight thousand elite soldiers to flank them from the rear."
Upon hearing this, Mu Yan immediately shook his head: "No, that's too dangerous. I'll lead two thousand elite soldiers to confront them head-on, while you lead eight thousand elite soldiers to flank them from behind."
"Alright, alright! I'll listen to whatever you say, brother!" Mu Jin was too lazy to argue with Mu Yan. She took out a small packet of medicine powder from her bosom and smiled coldly.
“Brother, they have 20,000 men, and we only brought 10,000. If we fight them head-on, we don’t think we have a good chance of winning. We can find their water or food sources and then sprinkle this powder in.”
Mu Yan was taken aback when Mu Jin gave him a detailed explanation. After realizing what he had said, he quickly replied.
"So that's what you were planning! Seeing that you only brought 10,000 elite troops, I thought it was a bit too few! But I didn't want to say anything."
Mu Jin said, "Ten thousand elite troops? I think that's too many. I plan to take them all down by noon tomorrow and capture Liangcheng before Su Yuntian's army arrives!"
"Conquer Liangcheng? What a brilliant plan!" Mu Yan thought for a moment, then gave Mu Jin a thumbs up with a bright look in his eyes.
Mu Jin smiled and said to Mu Yan, "Then let's not delay. I'll lead the men around to the back of the camp first."
"Then be careful!" Seeing Mu Jin about to leave, Mu Yan quickly grabbed Mu Jin's hand and instructed her.
"Remember! Don't be reckless. Let others go first, and you stay behind them. If things look bad, run away, understand?"
Mu Jin pulled her hand away from Mu Yan's. "Okay, brother, I'm leaving now! Take care of yourself."
"Brother, you don't need to worry about me. Just be careful!" Mu Yan added in a low voice.
As Mu Jin had predicted, things proceeded smoothly. When Mu Yan's two thousand elite soldiers met the garrison guarding the camp gate, a fierce battle ensued.
Mu Jin led 8,000 elite troops to flank the enemy from the rear, cutting down enemies along the way and setting fire to camps and granaries they passed by.
The soldiers of the Mu family army suffered injustice and persecution at the hands of Huang Xin's faction in Dongyue, resulting in heavy casualties.
Those who survived followed Marquis Muwei to the Southern Shu, but deep down they still longed to return to the Eastern Yue as soon as possible.
However, to achieve this goal, Su Yuntian's dynasty must be overthrown. Therefore, in order to return home as soon as possible and to avenge their unjustly killed brothers in the Lin family army, they had no choice but to fight bravely and fiercely.
At this moment, Huang Xin was fast asleep in his tent. He vaguely heard the sounds of fighting outside and was immediately terrified! He hurriedly put on his outer clothes, grabbed his sword, and rushed out of the tent.
Upon seeing Huang Xin emerge from his tent, the soldiers in the camp immediately reported the battle situation to him. "General, the Mu family army is attacking!"
Huang Xin slapped the soldier who came to report to him across the face.
"Damn it! Where is the Mu family army? The Mu family army was wiped out by this general long ago for treason. Those who have come now are at best remnants of the Mu family!"
"What's the current situation? Aren't there people of our own monitoring outside the East Gate of Southern Shu? How come there's not a single word of such a large army attacking? What are you all doing?!"
The soldier who reported back replied with a stiff upper lip: "Perhaps... perhaps they were people outside the East Gate who were discovered and killed by them. Otherwise, with such a large number of people, we have not received any information."
Huang Xin frowned angrily. The 20,000 advance troops he led were the best soldiers in Dongyue, with top-notch combat and reconnaissance skills. It seemed that the people who came this time were not good.
"General, something terrible has happened!" another soldier rushed in to report! Mu Yan's men have set fire to our granary!
"Damn it!" Huang Xin roared in fury. "How many men did they send?"
The soldier replied nervously, "About, about ten thousand!" Upon hearing this, Huang Xin kicked the soldier who had come to report to him hard in the chest.
"Ten thousand men and you're all this scared!" Huang Xin roared. "Send five thousand soldiers to the granary to put out the fire, and the rest of you come with me to wipe out the remaining Mu family members without leaving a single one alive."
Huang Xin led a group of men and charged aggressively to the camp gate. Seeing this, Mu Yan remained calm and quickly blew a clear and loud whistle.
With the sound of the whistle, the Mu family army immediately withdrew from Huang Xin's camp at an extremely fast speed.
These soldiers of the Mu family were seasoned veterans; their movements were skillful and their teamwork seamless. In the blink of an eye, they all fled into the mountains.
It was the dead of night, with wind and rain raging, and the world was pitch black, so dark that one could not see their own hand in front of their face. Huang Xin and his men had chased after them for half a mile when they slowed down.
Looking at the Mu family army, which numbered only half of his own, he couldn't help but feel a sense of unease. He wondered if Mu Yan had set up an ambush ahead. Thinking of this, he felt fear and dared not pursue rashly.
Huang Xin stood there, afraid to chase after them, yet unwilling to give up.
He roared at the dark forest, "Mu Yan, you brat, if you've got the guts, don't run away! Come out here and let's have a fair fight!"
However, before he could finish speaking, a flash of cold light appeared, and a sharp arrow whizzed past his ear like lightning.
In an instant, Huang Xin felt a sharp pain, and blood gushed from beside his ear.
Huang Xin was so frightened by the sudden arrow that his legs went weak and he collapsed to the ground.
Seeing that things were not going well, the soldiers nearby quickly raised their shields to protect Huang Xin and helped him retreat quickly towards the camp.
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