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

On the Southern Frontier

The Huo Mingxuan brothers led the vanguard troops out of the city to prepare for the first battle. Both sides were on high alert. With the sound of horns, shouts, the collision of weapons, and screams, they continued to be heard.

Jiang Li stood on the city wall, looking at the battle not far away. His eyelids twitched, and he had a bad feeling in his heart. He muttered quietly, "Strange, why do I feel a little uneasy today?"

"Yingyi, have any people gone missing recently?"

"Princess, ever since you asked your subordinates to send signal fireworks to every village and town, we rushed there in time and rescued the people, and nothing like this has happened since then."

"That makes sense. This method is very effective. Otherwise, those guys wouldn't be so fearful. They were like crazy before, kidnapping civilians crazily, but now they are much more restrained."

Jiang Li frowned, feeling a little uneasy: "If I had not dared to come step by step, I would have felt more at ease, but it suddenly disappeared. Could it be that there is a new method? Otherwise, why would they suddenly change their strategy? It's really strange."

Ying pursed his lips and comforted her, "Princess, don't worry too much. It's a good thing that those things are not coming. At least the people will not die. Spring will come soon. Once the people disappear, those lands will be uncultivated and there will be problems with food and grass."

"...Well, let's take it one step at a time."

There was fighting on the battlefield. After an unknown amount of time, a foul smell drifted over with the wind. Some "people" dressed in soldiers' clothes and with stiff bodies mixed in. They had bloodshot eyes and were bloodthirsty. They grabbed people and bit them.

The screams were drowned out on the battlefield. People were bitten and fell down one after another, twitching all over, their skin festering, biting their companions. Someone noticed something was wrong and shouted, "Go, go quickly!"

Huo Mingxuan looked over and saw a soldier in Qiguo military uniform attacking the people around him. He vaguely felt that something was wrong and waved his hand: "Come here, bring that man over."

"Yes, Major General."

The four men managed to subdue the crowd. When they tied the man up, one of them was bitten without paying attention. Looking at the blood gushing out of his arm, he wiped it casually, didn't take it too seriously, and dragged the man over.

The stench was so strong, like something that had been dead for many days and had been rotting. It made people feel nauseous when they smelled it. They tried to endure it again and again, but in the end, they couldn't help it and subconsciously dry-heaved twice.

"Ugh... Sorry, General. I just couldn't help it. It's too smelly. Why does this person stink so much? It's like a corpse rotting for days. It's winter now, how can there be such a smell?"

“Ugh~ Ugh~~~~”

Huo Mingxuan suppressed his nausea and waved his hand: "Take him to the prison and keep him under strict guard. If anyone goes crazy again, arrest him and find out why he suddenly went crazy."

After dark, a battle ended, and the Huo Mingxuan brothers led the soldiers back to the city. After a day of fighting, their bodies were covered in blood. After washing, they did not even take a rest, but went straight to the study to report.

After opening the door, he met Jiang Li's eyes and was subconsciously stunned. He turned around and lowered his head: "Princess, why haven't you rested yet?"

Jiang Li sniffed and felt a faint stench in the air. This smell awakened her most disgusting memories. The disgusting scenes from her previous life kept flashing before her eyes.

"General Huo, please come in. I just couldn't sleep and wanted to come and listen. Don't worry about me. Go back and rest early after you finish speaking. You've worked hard in this battle."

"It's not hard. This is what I should do."

Huo Boshan covered his chest and coughed twice: "Mingxuan, Minghao, come in and tell us in detail about today's battle. Is there anything wrong?"

Huo Mingxuan frowned subconsciously, and after closing the door, he told the whole story and said calmly, "Everything was normal at the beginning, but later on, for some reason, it seemed like they were killing each other. Our soldiers actually bit their own people."

Jiang Li's expression was stern, and he sat up straight: "General Huo, tell me again, your own soldiers are biting their own people, what are the specific characteristics, are their eyes red, are they bloodthirsty and devouring flesh and blood."

"…The princess was not on the battlefield, so how could she know so clearly?"

"Where are the bitten people? Go quickly and lock up all the bitten people and isolate them. Never let them come into contact with normal people, otherwise the whole city will be doomed."

He stood up with a grim expression, "Damn it, no wonder they were quiet, they were waiting here. Let's go, hurry up and act. If we are late, it will be too late."

The whole city was brightly lit, and the noisy sounds lasted for an hour before they stopped. Jiang Li and his men stood in front of the isolated prison. She could tell something was wrong by the strong stench of decay without having to get close to see.

"Ugh, what's that smell? Even if there's a dead body, it shouldn't rot so quickly and emit such a pungent smell. General, I can't stand it. I'll go out for some fresh air and come back later."

Huo Boshan looked to his side and asked in confusion: "Princess, what's wrong with these people? Is it madness or some kind of plague? The weather is so cold, there shouldn't be a plague."

Jiang Li's eyes were as dark as water, and a little frighteningly cold: "It's not a plague, but it's scarier than a plague. It will make people lose their minds and turn into bloodthirsty monsters. Look at their skin, it's festering and falling off."

"Hoo, hoo, damn it, I can't get rid of this damn thing."

A few people were a little confused, so Jiang Li threw a death row prisoner directly in and let them see it with their own eyes. Then they would naturally understand what it meant and know how terrible this thing was and that there was no way to save him except to kill him.

After the death row prisoner was thrown in, the originally silent soldiers roared with red eyes like wild beasts that smelled blood, and pounced on him and bit him. Before long, the death row prisoner was eaten up.

This bloody scene made everyone feel uncomfortable. They covered their mouths and retched, their teeth chattering: "This... what is going on? How can Yu Country be so vicious to come up with something like this?"

Jiang Li came back to his senses after hearing this and shouted, "Xiao Hei, quickly go tell Si Ling to isolate the bitten people and tell him that this is a plague, and the route of infection is through bites, and there is no medicine to cure it!!"

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Huo Minghao was puzzled when he saw this: "Princess, Yu Country is our enemy, why should we tell them? If all the soldiers of Yu Country are infected, it will be a good thing for our Qi Country..."

Before he could finish his words, he met those deep eyes. His heart skipped a beat and he dared not say a word for a moment. He lowered his head with a guilty look on his face.

Jiang Li pointed and said, "These creatures, neither human nor ghost, are our real enemies. As for Yu Nation, no matter how strong it is, at least it can be killed by humans and is not contagious. This ghost thing is much scarier than them."