Under the moonlight, Lu Jing grabbed Ji Tangtang by the collar.

"You come back here right now."

"Lord Lu," Ji Tangtang struggled, "please don't stop me, I'm going to fight."

Fight my ass!

Lu Jing angrily rebuked, "Killing people wasn't the goal; finding supplies was. Now that we've achieved our objective, don't get entangled with this."

"Let's go!"

Shouting at all the female prisoners, Lu Jing waved his hand: "Don't linger, let's go, get out of the city!"

Upon hearing this, the female prisoners quickly escaped in various ways.

Ye Qingqing picked up a large rock from the side and threw it to block the enemy soldiers.

Mu Jiangli stepped on the enemy soldier's shoulder, leaped high into the air and jumped backward to escape the battle, as agile as a sparrow.

Jiang Duyue finally stopped using her knife, picked up a handful of stones from the ground and threw them, causing the bandits to fall to the ground with screams.

Wen Lanxiang ran backwards at top speed, so fast that the bandits couldn't catch up.

Once all the women were mounted on their horses and in the carriages.

Lu Jingzhong took out a bucket of tung oil that had not yet been opened from the carriage.

Whoosh!

After splashing it over, Lu Jing took out a tinderbox and threw it onto the tung oil.

Hey?

Unexpectedly, the tinderbox landed on the tung oil and didn't light at all.

"Dry!"

Lu Jing looked closely and saw that the tung oil where the tinder fell was too thin and couldn't be lit at all.

"You guys go first!"

Picking up the tinderbox again, Lu Jing waved to the female prisoners behind him and then rushed towards the oily area.

"Lord Lu!"

The female prisoners didn't want to leave first, so they rushed down after them.

"woman?!!"

The bandit reinforcements were stunned when they saw the female prisoner, and they stopped in their tracks.

呲——

The sudden braking of the brakes made a screeching sound, and the bandits behind, unable to stop in time, crashed into the ones in front, and the whole group fell to the ground.

"Are you all crazy? Why did you suddenly stop?"

The fallen soldiers in the back row cursed angrily, while the soldiers in the front row stammered, "Woman, woman, it's a woman, a woman with a knife!"

"A woman?" the soldiers in the back exclaimed in surprise. "And she's carrying a knife?"

good chance!

Taking advantage of the time gained by the fallen bandits, Lu Jing finally used a tinderbox to ignite the tung oil on the ground.

boom!!!

Flames roared, and a wall of fire rose from the ground, blocking the path between Lu Jing and the bandits.

"Hurry up and mount your horse, let's go back."

Lu Jing led the female prisoners back onto their horses.

"drive!"

With everyone cracking their whips, there was no need to remain silent anymore.

"Rush!"

Lu Jing led the female prisoners out of Ying'en Gate, and the convoy quickly disappeared into the night.

Da da da da—

In less than five minutes, the bandits inside the city could no longer hear the sound of horses' hooves.

Once the fire wall went out, the bandits immediately rushed out of Ying'en Gate to search.

But all around was the vast darkness of night, the low chirping of insects, and the damp, fishy smell of horses' hooves turning over the soil.

"How can there be a woman here?"

"They're still a bunch of women who can fight. These sows killed so many of our brothers."

"Never mind, we can't catch up now. Let's go back and report to the captain."

The bandits turned back into the city; some went to help put out the fire, while others went to report to their superior, the squad leader.

The vanguard commander of Wang Lu's army was Qi Bao.

Ordinary soldiers have no way of meeting generals of this rank; they can only report up the chain of command and find the squad leader first.

The team was going to find the captain.

The captain then reported it to another general.

Do not report this to the General of the Central Army again.

Finally, the Lieutenant General reported to Qi Bao, the vanguard sergeant.

Arson at night is a serious matter. After the bandits extinguished the fire at the military supply depot, they immediately reported it.

The information was passed through layers of communication, but it did not reach its "final destination." Instead, it was detained at the camp where the commander-in-chief, Zhao Wuji, was stationed.

"grown ups."

Lin He, the deputy, asked Zhao Wuji with concern, "Why did you withhold the information? This could very well be an enemy raid. We should let Lord Qi Bao know, otherwise we'll miss the opportunity..."

"I know, you damn turtle, I know!"

Zhao Wuji picked up the pipe next to him and slammed it hard on Lin He's head: "You've been following me for so long, and you still haven't improved."

"Please calm down, my lord," Lin He said, forcing back his headache, and bowed with his hands clasped. "This subordinate is foolish, please enlighten me, my lord."

"What more could you ask for? It couldn't be clearer!"

Zhao Wuji gritted his teeth: "It's our guerrilla battalion's duty to guard against enemy spies and raids. If I report this truthfully, do you think the vanguard commander will accuse me of dereliction of duty?"

"Ah!" Lin He suddenly realized, and immediately flattered, "Your Excellency is truly meticulous and thoughtful; I am no match for you..."

"Alright, alright!"

With an impatient wave of his hand, Zhao Wuji ordered, "Go out immediately and tell the soldiers who witnessed this tonight that no one is allowed to tell anyone, or they will be subject to military law."

"But sir, we've seen too many soldiers..."

"Um?"

Zhao Wuji glared at him, and Lin He swallowed hard in fear, quickly changing his tune: "But sir, the military supply depot was on fire at the time, with flames shooting into the sky, which must have been seen by soldiers in other defense zones as well."

"Foolish! Just say the soldier on night watch fell asleep, the fire used for warmth was blown away by the wind, ignited the wood, and started a big fire. As for finding a scapegoat to take the blame, I don't need to teach you that, do I?"

"No need, sir," Lin He waved his hands repeatedly, "but what about those comrades who died in battle..."

"Throw them into the fire and burn them to a crisp, then say they died while fighting the fire, and just give their families some compensation."

Yes!

Lin He bowed, turned to leave, but then turned back, carefully moved to Zhao Wuji's side, and asked in a low voice:

"My lord, do you think these raiders might be the work of the Great Wilderness Army?"

will not!

Zhao Wuji said decisively, "Those good-for-nothings, if they really had that much guts, why did they abandon the city and flee without even daring to resist?"

"That's true... then, sir, who could they be? Oh, right..."

Looking around to make sure no one was there, Lin He leaned down and said, "I heard from the soldiers I fought that the bandits who came to raid the camp were all women, or rather, not all women, there was also a man, just one man."

Zhao Wuji's eyes widened upon hearing this: "A man, leading a group of women? How is that possible!"

He scoffed, "Men in the Great Wilderness can't even fight, how could women? Don't talk nonsense!"

"It's true, sir. The soldiers said they saw it clearly; they all had wasp waists and long legs."

"what?"

Zhao Wuji slowly stood up and paced back and forth in the barracks: "How is that possible? How could a woman have the ability to kill our soldiers?"

"That's what I think too," Lin He quickly echoed, "but it's not just one soldier who said that; everyone wouldn't lie together."

That's strange.

With his hands behind his back, Zhao Wuji paced back and forth, finally stopping by the fire. He turned to Lin He and said, "Tomorrow, pick a few skilled men and send them out of the city to secretly investigate that man and woman. Make sure no one else finds out, understand?"

"I understand, but sir, what if we chase after them and find nothing?"

"Won't."

Zhao Wuji analyzed, "If it really was a prison break, there should have been multiple fires. The fact that they only burned the military supply depot and took away two cartloads of goods suggests that it was most likely the work of villagers hiding nearby."

"Oh, right, Baixi Mountain!"

Zhao Wuji threw a piece of firewood into the fire, and the flames roared and shot up: "It's not easy to travel at night. They got the stuff, and they're very likely to hide there. You should focus your search there."

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