Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

one year later

Fenglan Border

The Yun army broke through the border town in one fell swoop. After entering the city, they burned, killed, looted and committed all kinds of atrocities along the way. The soldiers' wild laughter and the painful cries of the people resounded through the world. The city was littered with tragically dead bodies, including those of the soldiers defending the city and innocent civilians.

Seeing the army attacking the last line of defense of Fenglan Kingdom, the royal family became extremely anxious. The palace was in chaos and the ministers packed up their bedding and prepared to flee to another country.

Some of them who are capable can survive in other countries, which is better than becoming slaves of a conquered country. Only a few military generals are left in the imperial city, and they always hold on and are unwilling to leave.

Above the court

Emperor Feng sat on the dragon throne, his face full of dejection, and he smiled bitterly: "My dear minister, the country is about to fall, Fenglan can no longer be defended, leave quickly, don't make a meaningless sacrifice."

"It's all because of my incompetence and the weakness of my country that we are bullied like this. General Huo, please leave as soon as possible and don't struggle in vain. Yu Country wants to recruit you. You can only be protected by Yu Country if you go there."

"It's just that I want to ask you something. Can you take my young son to Yu Country? I don't want him to seek revenge. I just want him to be an ordinary person and grow up safely."

A resolute man was kneeling in the hall, his face as if carved by a knife. A struggle flashed in his eyes when he heard the words. At this point, he didn't know whether he should leave or stay and give it a try.

With a hoarse voice, he said, "Your Majesty, I have not yet..."

Before he finished speaking, several figures suddenly appeared in the palace. Everyone's heart tightened. General Huo flew in front of Emperor Lan, looked at those people with vigilance, and asked sternly: "Who are you? How dare you trespass into the palace?"

The leader was petite and chuckled when he heard this: "I didn't trespass. It was you who were guarding the city who ran away. I came in in a swagger."

"Hush, don't be afraid. I came down to you because I have a business to discuss with you. A business that can save Fenglan. You can choose whether to destroy the country or fight to the death."

"If you have given up directly, then I won't bother with this and will just leave."

This person was none other than Jiang Li. If it weren't for Fenglan's special geographical location, which could serve as a natural line of defense in the north of Qi State and absolutely prevent it from falling into the hands of Yun State, she wouldn't have gone through all the trouble to come here.

If you know what's good for you, you can cooperate and win together. If you don't, Fenglan must be taken down and put into the hands of Qiguo...

Huo Qian frowned and looked at him strangely, as if he was looking at a fool. He said speechlessly: "If this young master is crazy, he should run for his life as soon as possible and stop being so presumptuous here."

Jiang Li curled the corners of his mouth, took out a contract and threw it over. The man reached out to catch it. After carefully reading the contents, Huo Qian's eyes widened and his hands were shaking.

He turned around and handed it to Emperor Lan: "Your Majesty, look, this is simply ridiculous. He actually wants Feng Lan to give them the iron mine after the victory, and is willing to send troops over. This is crazy."

"This... I am a little confused. Which country are you from? You are willing to send troops to help Fenglan just to get the iron ore. Are you kidding me? Who would be so stupid as to send troops to support another country during a war?"

Jiang Li rolled her eyes. If she hadn't been making sure that there wouldn't be massive casualties and that all weapons would be used, she would have been reluctant to call out the slave soldiers and let them fight to exercise their bloodiness.

"Oh, are you kidding me? Just go to the palace wall and you will know. A hundred thousand soldiers are already here. Who would joke about such a thing? I have only two conditions. One is the iron ore, and the other is your submission."

"As for which country we will pay tribute to, let's talk about it later. There's no rush for now. General Huo, Emperor Lan may as well go and take a look. After you've read it, sign and seal it. You can wait, but the people of Jiudu City can't."

The king and his ministers looked at each other. It seemed that they had no other choice but to go and see. The worst outcome would be the destruction of the country.

Everyone came to the top of the city wall and looked down. There was an endless army wearing black armor, black masks, and full of murderous intent. Their eyes unconsciously widened and they stood there in a daze.

"How is this possible? When did you get here?"

With so many people coming, how come they didn't know anything about it? If the other party wanted to take Feng Lan, wouldn't it be easy for them? Thinking of this, they felt a chill spreading down their feet, making them shiver.

Jiang Li raised the corner of his mouth slightly, as if he was enjoying a good show, and said with a bit of sarcasm: "Emperor Lan, General Huo, please think carefully about whether you want to cooperate with me. If you cooperate, we can both get what we want. If you don't cooperate, it's fine. At worst, we can just take it down."

"Given the current collapse of Fenglan's army, they can't possibly be a match for my Death God Army. It's nothing more than a different way of dying. Don't you agree? Tell me what way you like to die, and I can satisfy you."

The corners of Emperor Lan's mouth twitched when he heard this, and he didn't know how to react for a moment. After a long while, he asked quietly: "Okay, I promise you, but if you surrender to me one day, will you treat the people of Fenglan well?"

Jiang Li nodded: "Of course, the people are the most innocent. Feng Lan and I have no national hatred or family feud. There is no need to attack the people. Do you really think that everyone is like the Yun Kingdom army, burning, killing, looting and having no manners?"

"Since you have no objection, let's sign it as soon as possible. General Huo will lead the way. We will go to Jiudu City as soon as possible. That line of defense cannot be broken. If it is broken, Fenglan will really be destroyed."

"Okay, wait for the imperial edict to come down, and I will go to Jiudu City with you. I just have a little doubt, and I hope you can solve it."

Huo Qian was puzzled and asked, "How did a hundred thousand troops enter the city so quietly? Even if Feng Lan, who was guarding the city, ran away, it is impossible that he didn't know that a hundred thousand people came in."

Jiang Li chuckled, tilted his neck and pointed: "In that direction, it's just a matter of digging a tunnel, going into the city through the tunnel, and then changing clothes. Isn't this a simple thing?"

"...!!"

"Okay, General, stop asking. If you delay a little longer, more people will die. How can you be so cruel?"

Everyone returned to the hall and watched Emperor Lan issue one imperial decree after another. The petite figure, with a bright smile on her face, took away the signed contract.

I looked at it carefully and put it away after making sure it was okay.

two days later

Huo Qian led an army of 100,000, and Jiang Li led an army of 100,000 Death Gods, heading towards Jiudu City...

The morale of the soldiers defending Jiudu City was originally low, but after receiving the imperial edict, their morale was boosted, sweeping away the previous depressing atmosphere, and they whispered to each other: "That's great, His Majesty sent reinforcements, we are saved."

"Yes, but where did the imperial court get 200,000 troops? I remember that the imperial court said that there were only 100,000 troops. How could they gather so many troops in such a short time?"

"Who knows? Anyway, just send troops."