You put me in charge of the prison and turned all the female prisoners into female military goddesse

Inside the dye house, there was complete silence.

Lu Jing's words were like hammer blows, striking the temples of the women one after another.

Seeing that everyone was silent, Qin Liniang forced a smile.

"It's alright, with Lord Lu here, we won't fall into the hands of the bandits."

Upon hearing this, all the women looked at Lu Jing, and someone behind them exclaimed, "That's right, that's right."

"I understand what Lord Lu means," Wen Lanxiang added. "He told us to commit suicide so that we could retain our last bit of dignity and not be ravaged by the rebels while we were still alive."

Lu Jing clicked his tongue and said, "It's not that. It's that I'm afraid you won't be able to withstand the torture after you're captured and will reveal the locations of the others."

"..."

The women, who had finally managed to smile, fell silent once again.

"Alright."

Lu Jing snapped his fingers twice in front of the women, pulling them back from their daze.

"With me here, I won't let you get into danger."

The women then started laughing again.

"Then, sir, shall we set off?"

The female prisoners were impatient, but Lu Jing wouldn't let them leave.

"Without headsets, and since we can't shout, communication between us would be a huge problem."

"Being in enemy-occupied territory, danger lurks everywhere."

Having understood Lu Jing's concerns, the women's expressions also turned serious.

"Sir, how about we use the method you taught us during training—learn to bark like a dog?"

Wen Lanxiang offered a solution, but Lu Jing refused and shook his head: "This method is fine for warning of danger, but it can't provide clear instructions like turning left or stopping."

The women all nodded in agreement: "It's really impossible."

"If only there were a magpie like the ones in the stories the storyteller tells, that can talk," Mu Jiangli said, sitting on the ground with her hands behind her head. "The magpie would fly between us and relay messages back and forth."

"Um?"

Lu Jing turned his head and stared straight at Mu Jiangli.

"What?" Mu Jiangli grabbed her collar with both hands. "Are you looking at me like that, trying to eat me?"

Lu Jing was overjoyed: "How could they eat our messenger magpie?"

"What do you mean?" Mu Jiangli moved back. "Do you want me to be your messenger?"

Snapped.

He snapped his fingers.

Lu Jing said, "You will be responsible for being a messenger, shuttling between groups to deliver messages."

"I don't want this! You just want to order me around!" Mu Jiangli pointed at the crowd around her. "With so many people, why should I be the one running errands?"

"You're the most clever, the fastest runner, and the quickest-witted."

"Even if you say that..." Mu Jiangli's lips twitched, but she tried hard to suppress her laughter, "Being a messenger is still too tiring."

"Pass on the orders well, and I'll remember your merit later."

Lu Jing clapped his hands: "It's decided then and there. Let's proceed according to the previous group assignments."

The women lowered their voices and shouted "Yes!" in unison, then immediately found their respective teammates. Mu Jiangli was still grumbling, but she could only accept it.

"Go to East Street."

After everything was sorted out, Lu Jing told everyone about their first destination: "There are many pharmacies there, let's find the medicine first."

Following the established tactics, the group advanced in separate groups, without any large group rushing forward together.

Leading the way was the vanguard team, led by Ye Qingqing.

There is one group on each of the left and right flanks, responsible for protecting the sides, led by Nilumeduo and Qin Liniang.

In the middle is the command group, led and coordinated by Lu Jing.

Jiang Duyue's situation was special; she walked slowly, so she was transferred to the rear to lead the support team and was responsible for covering the rear. Her pace did not need to be too fast.

"Damn it, I'm the worst off."

Jiang Duyue pouted and quickly moved between the five teams, relaying Lu Jing's instructions.

The five groups, operating in stealth, dared not light torches and could only advance silently by the light of the moon.

The silver light poured down, and the surrounding buildings stood in neat rows, looking clean and orderly.

But despite the neatness, all the buildings were reduced to half-finished sections.

The roof was completely ripped off, and even the rafters were dismantled and stuck into the ground.

The female prisoners looked up carefully and found that iron spikes were nailed to the rafters, with strings of round things hanging from them.

"What the hell?"

Mujiangli took a closer look.

The next second, his pupils suddenly contracted, and he bent over to vomit.

"What's wrong?"

Other female prisoners came over and patted his back, then looked up at him a few times.

Ugh—they started vomiting too.

Hanging on the rafters are human heads!

Exposed to the elements, the skin had long since dried out, becoming dehydrated and shriveled, clinging tightly to the skull, and under the moonlight, the two eye sockets appeared deep and terrifying.

"damn it!"

Ji Tangtang wiped his mouth, glanced up, then looked down and spat, "There are children inside, these beasts!"

Ye Qingqing gritted her teeth: "Damn rebels, they should all be killed!"

The crowd cursed indignantly.

Lu Jing reminded them to leave quickly.

"There will be many opportunities for revenge, but not now."

Everyone whispered "Yes," sighed, and continued on their way. Mu Jiangli even found a tattered cloth, covered the head that had fallen by the roadside, put her hands together, and gave a slight bow.

"Why don't those damned rebels live in houses?"

Ji Tangtang looked left and right, puzzled, and said, "So many, such nice houses, of course I don't want them to ruin these houses."

"Because it's difficult to manage," Lu Jing said. "If we camp outside the gate, we can assemble immediately in case of any situation, but if we live scattered in the houses, it increases the assembly time."

Oh! The women suddenly realized.

"This situation is advantageous to us; it's a stroke of luck amidst misfortune."

As he spoke, Lu Jing made a gesture to stop moving forward, and after determining the direction, he said, "This way."

The women immediately followed.

"We need to hurry."

Lu Jing quickened his pace: "According to the usual procedure, the guards on night watch will take turns. The eight guards I took down will be discovered soon, and then the whole city will be under martial law, making it difficult for us to go out."

"Yes……"

The female prisoners were already on edge, and Lu Jing's words only made them more nervous. Qin Liniang tripped and almost fell, instinctively letting out a cry of "Ouch!"

"Keep your voice down."

Lu Jing gave a low shout, and was about to give a few more instructions when his ears twitched. He immediately told the team members around him to stop, waved his hand, and hid in the shadows under the eaves.

cough cough-

Ahead, at the T-junction, four rebel soldiers on night watch huddled together by a fire.

The firelight flickered in the darkness.

Lu Jing saw four bandits roasting two human hands over a fire, the smell of burning filling the air.

"vomit……"

"Shh!"

Lu Jing covered Qin Liniang's mouth, forcing her to swallow the sour liquid.

Looking up, Lu Jing realized there was no way to get around this place; the only way to get through was to kill the four bandits in front of him.

"Um……"

Lu Jing placed his hand on his chin, stroking it as he pondered a solution, when suddenly a hand behind him gently patted his shoulder.

Turning around, Wen Lanxiang greeted him.

"Lord Lu."

"What's wrong?"

"Can I handle these four people?"