The next day, while the sky was still overcast, someone came to knock on Ah Li's door.
The sound was loud and urgent.
Ah Li opened her eyes and got up to open the door.
Qin Bai was also behind him and got up as well.
Ah Li opened the door and saw a woman standing outside.
The man said urgently, "The general has ordered us to return to the camp immediately!"
"Okay, I understand."
"Then I'll go call someone else!"
After the woman finished speaking, she turned and left.
Qin Bai looked rather unwell, and the others followed him out.
Ali didn't say much, but led Qin Bai back to the house and gave him all the money he still had from the past few days, saying, "Take care of yourself. If anyone wants to leave, let them go. Don't force them to stay."
Qin Bai gripped the money bag in his hand and looked at Ali with concern.
Ah Li planted a kiss on Qin Bai's forehead and said, "It'll be alright."
Ahri quickly changed into a dark red iron armor uniform, put on her bronze helmet, and went out.
The other six looked at Ahri with concern, "My lady."
Ah Li then looked at them and said, "What I said last night still stands. If you want to leave, you can ask Qin Bai to write a divorce agreement for you, and I will acknowledge it afterward."
The original owner had said that if possible, she should help protect these seven people.
However, if they wanted to leave, Ahri couldn't stop them.
She will only protect people where she can.
After Ah Li finished speaking, she saw that the six people did not say anything.
Outside, many more women in military uniforms appeared, calling out to Ahri, "Lieutenant, let's go!"
Ah Li looked at Qin Bai, and seeing a reassuring smile from him, she turned and left.
Along the way, Ah Li and his group hurriedly ran towards the military camp.
Some people even had the leisure to ask, "What exactly happened? Why are we suddenly being sent back to the barracks?"
"There is an enemy attack, but the number of enemies is currently unknown. To avoid causing panic, the general has ordered that this information not be disclosed."
When Ah Li and her group arrived at the military camp, they heard the general shout, "Where is Vice General Gongsun Li?"
"Your humble servant is here!"
Ahri immediately stepped forward.
The general tossed her a command flag and said, "Quickly count your men and find out how many enemies have come this time."
"Your subordinate obeys!"
Ahri took the command flag and led a group of people to set off.
Among this group were also people who gambled with Ahri.
They didn't dare to mess things up at this point, so they quickly left with Ahri.
However, some people had doubts: "The deputy general only knows how to gamble all day. Can she do this job well?"
Soon, Ahri and her men lay down on a high ground and looked out into the distance.
The number of people is not large, only about five thousand.
Ahri gestured for people to record the number of people, their weapons, and the number of cavalry, then prepared to retreat.
Ahri slowly retreated after the people behind her had gradually left.
The enemy army that came this time was from the Xuanzhen Kingdom; they were a nomadic people.
They don't usually cross the border between the two countries, but for some reason, they have been appearing at the border area very frequently lately.
After Ah Li led her men back, she went to report to the general.
After receiving the intelligence that Ah Li had brought back, the general looked at the map hanging in the tent and said, "I heard that the Xuanzhen Kingdom seems to have accepted men into the army."
Ah Li then said, "Indeed, among the five thousand people this time, I found that a small portion of them are men."
How many people are there?
"If my estimate is correct, it's about a thousand people."
"Of the five thousand men, a thousand are men. What is the Xuanzhen Kingdom trying to do?"
The general, standing beside the map, fell into deep thought.
Ahri stood there too, along with other people.
Not long after, the general told Ah Li and the others to go down first, leaving the strategist behind.
The military camp is still conducting drills every day, and everyone shouts with great authority.
Ah Li tucked her helmet under her arm and looked into the distance. The people of Xuanzhen Kingdom did not attack rashly, and it was unclear what they were waiting for.
Ah Li thought to herself: The original owner took ten years to become a general, so what about her now?
Ahri looked up at the blue sky and white clouds above and touched the curved sword hanging at her waist.
Not long after, the general ordered that no one should leave the camp at will and that they should remain on guard.
Ahri sometimes leads a group of people to stand guard and patrol around the military camp.
It got foggy late that night.
Before long, the military camp was shrouded in a thick fog, as if veiled by a mysterious layer.
Suddenly, shouts of battle erupted, like the roars of wild beasts, shaking the very soul.
Ahri gripped her spear tightly and bravely charged out of the tent to face the sudden night attack.
Amid the surrounding chaos, dark purple figures moved about, wreaking havoc in the military camp like ghosts, killing anyone they saw without mercy.
The general, also holding a long spear, her eyes resolute, said in a deep voice, "They've come after all!"
The 5,000-strong force from Xuanzhen Kingdom had already reached the border between the two countries, but they remained motionless, like a beast lurking in the shadows, waiting for the best opportunity.
They had planned this for a long time, and deliberately chose this foggy night to launch their night raid.
However, in this thick fog, it remains to be seen who will be the hunter and who will be the prey.
Ahri, wielding a long spear, charged directly at the masked men in dark purple military uniforms, taking them down one by one with each shot. No one could stand against Ahri.
The general squinted at Ah Li and said to the strategist standing beside him, "Is that Vice General Gongsun Li? Truly, one should look at a person with new eyes after three days of separation."
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