The cruel little princess

When An Shijiu and his men returned to the military camp, they saw a fire rising from somewhere in the camp! "Oh no, there's a fire!" An Shijiu shouted loudly. He hurriedly ordered everyone to go and call for help to put out the fire. At the same time, he also reminded Shen Youyou to stay with the brothers who were going to put out the fire and not to run around. Shen Youyou knew that the situation was urgent and she couldn't act recklessly, so she nodded and agreed obediently, saying that she would follow the arrangements. She prayed in her heart that Shijiu could successfully catch those people in one fell swoop!

At this moment, a thought suddenly flashed through Shen Youyou's mind: Those people were saying, "The deputy general is seriously injured, and the general ordered us to come and fetch the young lady to save her!" Could it be that... arson wasn't their ultimate goal? Perhaps they also wanted to use this opportunity to capture her? The more Shen Youyou thought about it, the more she felt something was amiss. However, when they had just met, she was wearing men's clothing, and those people didn't recognize her as the young lady they were talking about. So, they rushed straight to the military camp. Perhaps by now, they had already sneaked into her tent and were searching for her! And what about Chuntao? Chuntao was still in the tent!

"Nineteen! That person just said they were ordered to come and fetch the young lady to save her life. Maybe they'll even go to my tent!" Shen Youyou anxiously said to An Nineteen. "Go check and see if they're there!" Shen Youyou instructed An Nineteen.

"As you command!" An Shijiu led a dozen of his brothers down from their horses and immediately used their Qinggong skills to leave. Beating a horse would make a noise, and they didn't want to alert the enemy.

Shen Youyou followed the remaining forty or so men to the fire site and organized the firefighting efforts. Upon arrival, they were surprised to discover that the fire was actually fodder! Fortunately, their numbers were small, and the amount of tung oil they carried was limited. Furthermore, soldiers patrolling the barracks quickly discovered the fire and took action, immediately sealing off the entire camp and allowing only entry but no exit. They methodically organized the firefighting efforts. As a result, by the time Shen Youyou and the others arrived, the fire was already under control. With their involvement, the fire was quickly extinguished.

After a careful inventory, there were ten granaries, but sadly, the food in three of them had been burned! This meant the loss of enough rations to sustain the army for half a month! In wartime, food is life! However, there was no time to mourn the loss of food. Shen Youyou decisively ordered a cleanup of the scene and dispatched additional troops to guard the granaries to ensure safety.

An Nineteen led a group of men, rushing towards Shen Youyou's tent. Outside, they spotted the leader of the group carrying the unconscious Chun Tao out of the tent. An Nineteen immediately gave the order, and his men quickly attacked, engaging in a fierce battle. An Nineteen even used the Soaring Dragon move, leaping forward and delivering a fierce palm strike to the man's chest. The man quickly threw Chun Tao to the ground and blocked the blow with a palm strike. The two sides exchanged blows, quickly exchanging over a hundred or so blows.

Seeing they were no match for their opponents, the leader whispered, "Retreat!" But how could An Nineteen let them escape so easily? He attacked with increasing ferocity, ultimately capturing the group alive. To prevent them from committing suicide, the guards immediately removed their jaws and extracted poison sacs from their back teeth, completely eliminating the possibility of them biting through the sacs and taking the poison.

An Shijiu sent someone to invite Miss Shen over. The rest of the group waited here in case anyone else came to pick them up.

Shen Youyou left behind twenty secret guards to help guard the granary, while the remaining twenty or so followed her to reunite with An Nineteen. When Shen Youyou arrived, she handed An Nineteen a small bottle of medicinal powder and solemnly instructed, "Have them take this medicine later, and then interrogate them to extract any useful information as quickly as possible. Remember, be quick!"

An Nineteen took the powder curiously and asked, "What is this?"

Shen Youyou explained, "This is 'psychedelic powder,' a special kind of drug. After taking it, a person's mind will become relaxed and their expression will become dull. They will hallucinate, believing they are reporting to someone, and will therefore tell the whole truth without reservation. But be aware that the effect of this drug is very short-lived, only a quarter of an hour. Moreover, the side effects after use are extremely severe. The person being interrogated will fall into a state of dementia, and this is irreversible. In other words, once used, there is no way back to normal."

An Nineteen's eyes lit up, and he said excitedly: "This powder is really a good thing! We must make good use of it." So, he decisively ordered these people to be interrogated separately, and each person only took a very small dose of psychedelic powder. As for the remaining psychedelic powder, he put it in his arms without hesitation, with no intention of returning it. After all, such a precious drug must be well preserved. Shen Youyou also smiled when she saw this, and thought to herself, "If you need it, why don't you just come to me and get it? Why do you have to hide it secretly like a thief..." But she didn't say it out loud, just to save face for others. But she made up her mind to make more next time and give it to An Er and the others.

The interrogation was quickly completed. It was revealed that they were indeed spies from the Qinglong Kingdom. During the battle, their general, Hu Ben, had these brothers killed, then stripped their armor and had them wear it. They pretended to come with a message asking the young lady to rescue them, but in reality, they were planning to abduct Shen Youyou and use her as a bargaining chip on the battlefield. The burning of the food and fodder was their tactic to mobilize the troops. They set the food and fodder ablaze, and then abducted Shen Youyou while the other soldiers were distracted while they came to put out the fire.

The plan was flawless and went smoothly. Unfortunately, Shen Youyou disguised herself as a man to join the rescue team at the rear of the battlefield. They encountered a different Shen Youyou and didn't know who she was. Instead, they saw Chuntao in the tent and, assuming she was Shen Youyou, knocked her unconscious and tried to take her away. However, they happened to meet An Shijiu and his men, who arrived just in time.

Shen Youyou ordered someone to send Chuntao back to the tent first. She thought for a moment, then looked at An Shijiu, "Shijiu, can you obey my orders?"

"I dare not disobey!" An Shijiu knelt on one knee and saluted. Although An Shijiu initially obeyed Shen Youyou's orders because they were the prince's orders, after seeing that these people hadn't realized they were not from the Golden Dragon Kingdom camp, there were tens of thousands of soldiers in the camp, and it was impossible for them to know everyone. Instead, it was Miss Shen who quickly realized that they were carrying tung oil and rushed them back to provide support. It can be said that if it weren't for Miss Shen's accurate judgment, predicting that they would go to her tent to arrest someone, they might not have caught these spies. Therefore, An Shijiu and his men were already convinced by Shen Youyou.

"What about them?" Shen Youyou pointed at the other secret guards behind An Shijiu.

"We are willing to obey the orders of the young lady!" The forty people knelt on one knee and expressed their attitude to Shen Youyou.

"Well, lock them up first, they will be very useful if we keep them! Find a few brothers, take off their armor and change with each other. Also check if they have tokens or other tokens on them. We will take the tokens and go to the military camp of that General Hu Ben to add fuel to the fire!" Shen Youyou gave the order directly.

"Yes!" A secret guard nodded in agreement. After searching their bodies, they found a copper token with the Chinese characters "Hu Ben" engraved on the front and a wolf head symbol engraved on the back.

"Let's go!" Shen Youyou waited for An Shijiu and the others to change into their armor, and then asked for some tung oil for An Shijiu and the others to take with them while they changed clothes. Then he quickly jumped on his horse and told An Shijiu about their plan as they walked.

They rode at full speed all the way, divided into two groups and followed the terrain provided by the man. They bypassed the place where the two armies were fighting and headed straight for the headquarters of the Qinglong Kingdom!

Earlier in the camp, Shen Youyou had deliberately let her hair down, revealing her girlish appearance. When they were still ten miles from the Qinglong Nation's headquarters, An Shijiu suddenly leaped onto the horse behind Shen Youyou. "Miss, my apologies!" He grasped the reins with one hand and gripped Shen Youyou's slender waist with the other. Then, the other ten brothers, who had changed into armor with him, rode out even faster. They sped towards the Qinglong Nation camp.

"Get out of the way! Get out of the way! The Golden Dragon Nation is pursuing us! Stop them!" An Er said as he pulled the bronze medal from his pocket. "We were ordered by the general to attack the Golden Dragon Nation camp, burn their food supplies, and take Miss Shen hostage! Now that we've fulfilled our mission, we must report back to the general!" He waved the medal before them. Seeing it was indeed General Huben's token, the guards didn't hesitate and immediately opened the camp gate to let them in.