The girl traveled through another world and forced the prince to take the imperial examination

The Nanmenguan Border Defense Camp is located thirty miles outside Qingle County. The terrain here is dangerous and it is an important border defense stronghold.

In the early morning, the mist thickened, shrouding the entire camp in a hazy haze. Tents stood neatly in rows. The patrolmen on duty yawned listlessly as they prepared for their shift change.

The central military tent was spacious and bright, with smooth wooden planks on the floor and a large sand table in the center. The sand table detailed the terrain of the entire Nanmenguan border defense area, with mountains, rivers, roads, and passes clearly visible.

Chang Youliang sat in front of the sand table, and next to him sat his confidant, Brigadier General Liu, and two deputy generals.

One of the lieutenants was furious. "I never thought those two wimps, two thousand men couldn't even defeat two hundred black-armored soldiers!"

Another deputy general echoed: "That's right, this is simply a disgrace to our General Chang!"

Chang Youliang didn't care: "No problem, this is fine. Let that kid be proud for a while. When he's proud enough, I will let this ignorant kid know what it means to overestimate one's own capabilities. He dared to challenge me, Chang Youliang, with just a few hundred people."

Lieutenant General Liu remained cautious: "General, don't be careless. This matter is a bit strange. Besides, this prince is the queen's legitimate son. Why is Shang Yihai so determined to kill him? I'm afraid there is something else going on here. We must not let others use us as a tool."

Chang Youliang's face darkened. "The Shang family is becoming more and more lawless. If he hadn't supplied us with food and fodder over the past few years, how could this general have allowed him to live until now?"

Lieutenant General Liu: "At this point, what do you think, General? Do you want to sit back and watch the tigers fight, or do you want to reap the benefits?"

Chang Youliang's face was gloomy. "I want them to die together. No matter who wins, I will finish off the winner! Hahahahahahaha... None of them will survive!"

Lieutenant General Liu thought about it and clapped his hands in approval, "That's a great idea! If either of them dies here, it will be troublesome. If they both die, there will be no evidence."

The two lieutenants had no other ideas and followed suit. One of them, a very honest one, said, "Our general is truly formidable! General, give the order! I'll lead my men and wipe them out right now!"

Chang Youliang slapped the man on the head and said, "What kind of order did you give? Do you want everyone in the world to know that we killed the man? Are you stupid?"

The other two lowered their heads and shrugged their shoulders, obviously laughing.

The deputy commander who was beaten rubbed his head in a simple and honest manner: "What are you laughing at? Aren't we going to kill them all? Is it wrong for me to kill them all?"

Lieutenant General Liu: "We can't take action now. We have to wait until they are both exhausted and injured, then we can secretly attack and capture them all in one fell swoop."

Chang Youliang nodded and said, "We also have to be careful that the prince goes to ask for help. However, even if he sends a pigeon to ask for help, the reinforcements will not arrive within two days.

"I suspect he'll make a quick decision and take action tonight to eliminate Shang Yihai. After that, he'll definitely retreat back to Jiangzhou."

The deputy general said: "General, I will take my men to surround that mountain! I will make sure he can't escape."

Chang Youliang said, "No need. Just block all the roads to Jiangzhou and I'll make it impossible for them to escape. Let's leave this matter to Lieutenant General Liu!"

Lieutenant General Liu stood up and clasped his fists. "Yes, I will take them there right away. If the general has no other instructions, I will do it right away!"

Chang Youliang waved his hand and said, "All of you, step back!"

Soon, Chang Youliang was the only one left in the tent. He stared at the sand table in a daze for a while, muttering to himself, "Old Marquis, just wait and see! I will use the blood of the Shang people to pay tribute to the battle flag of the Pei family army!"

Soon, Yun Qing also got the news.

Meng Yun hurried to the temporary meeting tent. When he came in, he saw Yun Qing still sitting at the table writing, but Mu Qingcheng was asleep. She was resting her head on Yun Qing's legs and covered with Yun Qing's fur-collared cloak.

When Yun Qing saw Meng Yun come in, she made a gesture to him to be quiet, fearing that he would wake Mu Qingcheng. She then beckoned him to sit in front of the desk so that they could be closer and speak quietly.

Yun Qing covered Mu Qingcheng's face with the hood, covering her completely, and then signaled Meng Yun that he could speak.

Meng Yun took a deep breath. He had prepared himself mentally before coming here, but it still almost caused his cognition to collapse.

"Your Highness! I've received news that Shang Yihai opened a pawn shop in Qingle County. Someone pawned a jade lotus hairpin. He led his men to besiege Fangjia Village because of the hairpin, hoping to capture the owner."

Yun Qing paused writing for a moment before saying, "There's something wrong with this lotus hairpin. Shang Yihai should keep it for now!" He then asked, "Who pawned that lotus hairpin?"

Meng Yun whispered, "It was a little girl from Fangjia Village. It was said that she pawned two valuable items. The first was a floating brocade robe, and the second was this lotus hairpin."

"Also, more than one person took Miss Mu's things to pawn. There was a boy who took Miss Mu's silver fox mask and pawned it for 100 taels. The boy hired a carriage after leaving the pawn shop and planned to go to Yongkang this morning."

Yun Qing raised his eyebrows. He hadn't had time to ask about Mu Qingcheng's experience in Fangjia Village, but from this information, it could be seen that she must have been wronged.

"Get all her things back."

"Yes!"

In fact, Meng Yun would have done the same without Yun Qing's order.

Meng Yun continued, "Someone went to report to Chang Youliang, but he didn't send any troops. Instead, a group quietly left the South Gate Pass. This group consisted of about two to three thousand people. They didn't come to Fangjia Village, but headed towards Jiangzhou!"

This time, Yun Qing frowned. Something must be wrong when things are out of the ordinary! This Chang Youliang is not playing by the rules. Is he trying to cause trouble?

Yun Qing pondered for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "This guy is ruthless! He wants to destroy both sides and leave no evidence. He sent troops to Jiangzhou because he's afraid we'll escape."

Meng Yun: "This man is truly sinister. Since he dared to kill Shang Yihai, he can't be considered a member of the Queen's party!"

Yun Qing shook his head. "This man is treacherous. He must have his own motives for joining the Queen's faction. I can be sure that he is not truly loyal to the Queen. No matter what his intentions are, he cannot be allowed to stay. Don't attack Fangjia Village tonight. Send someone to sneak into Fangjia Village and bring Shang Yihai back to me."

"When can the compound bow be made? I'll give you one day. How many can you make?"

At the mention of compound bows, Meng Yun's mouth almost cracked to the back of his head. "Your Highness, the samples are almost assembled. Miss Mu's bows are truly amazing, and the person she recommended is also a master with excellent craftsmanship. As long as the first bow is done, the rest will be quick to make. We also have skilled carpenters in our team. We can recruit a few more people to work together, and the rest of the idle people can make arrows. Making two or three hundred bows a day is no problem."

Yun Qing nodded in satisfaction: "When the time comes, we will form a light cavalry unit and an infantry unit..."

The two were discussing their battle plan when suddenly someone outside the door shouted, "Master, I'm back! Look who I brought back...!"

Mo Xue rushed into the meeting tent screaming and shouting. Yun Qing had no time to stop her and could only cover Mu Qingcheng's ears.