Daily life in the academy

In an instant, more than a hundred arrows attacked Yan Qingchen from all directions. He and the cavalrymen behind him immediately drew their swords to defend themselves. Fortunately, Bai Zhi had given them an advance warning. Although some horses were shot and caused a small-scale chaos, these cavalrymen had been trained for many years and still waved their swords to defend themselves.

After the ambush, only a small number of cavalrymen were slightly injured. Yan Qingchen was also scratched on his right arm by an arrow, but it was only a scratch and not a serious injury.

While the private soldiers were drawing their arrows, Yan Qingchen had already ordered the cavalry to counterattack in the directions of the arrows. Seeing that the arrows failed, they immediately activated the chain traps, holding their breath and preparing to listen to screams, but only a few of the traps were activated, and the remaining chain traps showed no movement.

When he looked up again, his position had already been discovered by the enemy.

The gap in numbers between the two sides was huge, the sneak attack failed, and the trap failed, leaving them in a completely passive situation. Within a quarter of an hour, all the private soldiers were cleared out or controlled. Bai Zhi pushed away the corpse of the private soldier who had just come to seek revenge on her angrily, and slid down from the tree. An Qi followed her closely to prevent any accidents.

"Brother Yan." Bai Zhi found Yan Qingchen and ran towards him excitedly, but when she got closer and saw Yan Qingchen's gloomy face, she slowed down and stopped about ten steps away, not daring to go any closer.

Yan Qingchen just looked at her quietly and asked in a deep voice, "Miss Mu had the courage to break into the den of thieves alone, why are you so timid now? Am I more terrifying than those thieves?"

Miss Mu?

The long-lost daughter that General Mu found? Their second daughter?

The cavalrymen around all looked at the young man in front of them... He was clearly a man, how could he look like a woman at all?

Bai Zhi felt quite embarrassed under everyone's gaze. She slowly moved towards Yan Qingchen, no longer trying to lower her voice. "Brother Yan, I know you're angry, but please don't be angry for now. How about we leave here first? Look, there are corpses everywhere, and we're on a mountain path. If a wild animal smells the blood and flesh and finds us here, it would be bad."

Seeing her flattering smile, Yan Qingchen felt both angry and amused. After glancing at her, he turned around and organized the cavalry to continue on their journey.

Bai Zhi was carried by Yan Qingchen, and the horse she had originally hidden in the forest was given to An Qi.

Feeling the low pressure behind her, Bai Zhi hesitated again and again, but was the first to admit her mistake: "Brother Yan, I was wrong."

"What did Miss Mu do wrong?" Yan Qingchen's anger had not dissipated.

"I was wrong to act on my own and make everyone worried, but... I was worried about you. Ever since I had that nightmare that day, all I can see in my mind every day is the image of you bleeding all over the floor..." Bai Zhi lowered her head slowly, her tone becoming heavier. "I don't want to see bad news about you and Bai Lian."

Yan Qingchen sighed heavily and said helplessly, "You really don't trust me?"

"I believe it." Bai Zhi turned her head and looked him in the eye, saying word by word, "But you... are very important to me. I don't want anything to happen to you."

Yan Qingchen finally gave in, falling for her sincere eyes. He slowly leaned forward, holding Bai Zhi's small body in his arms, and whispered in her ear, "This is the last time. From now on, as long as you ask, I will take you wherever we go. Just don't act on your own, okay?"

Bai Zhi's ears gradually became hot, and she slowly nodded and replied, "Okay."

After a while, Bai Zhi regained some clarity of mind and asked, "Why did you only bring these cavalrymen? Where are the rest of the soldiers?"

"They are all behind, a day late." Yan Qingchen slowly explained to her while controlling the reins.

Three days ago, on the eve of departure, Yan Qingchen was waiting with great joy for Azhi to come and see him off, but he never expected that he only waited for Chuntao and a bolt from the blue. However, the army cannot be without a leader, so he could only suppress his anxious mood and lead the army to set off.

On the second day, Yan Qingchen was worried that Bai Zhi's prophetic dream would come true, so he discussed with his deputy general Yang Shu and decided that he would lead 3,000 cavalrymen to advance first, while Yang Shu would lead the remaining infantry to follow closely behind. In this way, they rode at full speed and reached Taiyue Mountain a day ahead of schedule.

"I see." Bai Zhi bent her straight back and leaned into Yan Qingchen's arms. She breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Fortunately, there was no danger. Next, we need to reach the northern border as soon as possible."

Yan Qingchen lowered his head to look at Bai Zhi, raised the corners of his mouth slightly, and slowly hummed.

After passing Taiyue Mountain, it is only a day and a half away from the northern border. In order to reach the border as soon as possible and stabilize the morale of the soldiers on the front line, Yan Qingchen decided to travel overnight.

At the hour of Mao on the second day, Jiumen City could be seen from afar.

"drive."

Yan Qingchen and his cavalry sped up. Bai Zhi, who had been sleeping in Yan Qingchen's arms, was awakened by the sudden jolt. She peeled off Yan Qingchen's cloak and rubbed her eyes, "Brother Yan, are we there yet?"

"We're almost there. The Nine Gate City is just ahead."

The soldiers on the city gate saw them from afar. They had received news early in the morning that General Zhenbei would come with 30,000 soldiers from the central army to support them. Now, when they saw the flag with the word "Yan", they immediately called on their colleagues to open the city gate and welcome Yan Qingchen and others into the city.

Jiumen City is guarded by General Bai Lao himself. Today is a truce day, and he is discussing the strategy of defending the city with his soldiers. When he learned that Yan Qingchen had arrived with the cavalry, he immediately sent people to greet him.

At that time, Yan Qingchen left his warhorse to An Qi and brought Bai Zhi to a clothing store. He advised, "Azhi, you must not wear men's clothing anymore, lest you be recognized as Bai Zhi from the academy. Although we are far away in the northern border now, it is better to get used to it as soon as possible. Besides, there is no rule in the army that prohibits women from entering."

"Then buy a few sets quickly. Grandfather should have received the news of our entry into the city. If he receives a report from his subordinates saying that the first thing the new General Zhenbei did after entering the city was to accompany his female relatives to buy clothes, his impression of you will probably plummet." Bai Zhi felt that most soldiers were serious. It would be bad if she ruined Yan Qingchen's reputation and affected his prestige in the future.

Yan Qingchen shrugged and said nonchalantly, "This matter really can't be blamed on me. If General Bai knew that his granddaughter was here, he would be so happy."

Bai Zhi didn't comment and picked out three sets of dresses that she liked in the clothing store and changed into one of them. Most of the clothes in the northern border were for warmth and not as fancy as those in Sheng'an City. It just so happened that she didn't know how to do a complicated bun, so she let her hair down and braided it into a pigtail, which was very appropriate.