The peasant girl has a private space, and her husband is handsome.

The King of Huainan was particularly frustrated, as he was just a hair's breadth away from capturing the descendants of those high-ranking officials and taking them hostage.

Once again, that little girl surnamed Su ruined their plans.

Looking back on the past few months, he realized that all his misfortunes stemmed from that little girl.

When the Prince of Huainan first heard about the little girl from Li Xuanji, he was too arrogant and looked down on women, thinking that they were all cowardly and useless, so he didn't take the little girl seriously.

But now the little girl has become the biggest stumbling block to his imperial ambitions.

The King of Huainan then recalled the power of the Miao holy woman, who had easily helped him conquer several cities. He realized he shouldn't have looked down on women in the first place, and he felt immense regret.

Today, the Miao holy maiden is resting and has not gone to war.

The saintess was standing in the garden of the palace, wearing distinctive Miao ethnic clothing, the silver ornaments on her head jingling in the cold wind.

He was fiddling with a large, entirely black centipede in his hand.

The giant centipede crawled up her slender arm, its countless legs wriggling incessantly, looking particularly frightening.

Standing by the window, the Prince of Huainan could clearly see the Holy Maiden in the garden. He asked his strategist, Wang Changxu, "Strategist, if I were to send the Holy Maiden from Miao territory to Qinghe County, how confident do you think we are in taking it?"

Wang Changxu quickly dissuaded him: "Your Highness, please reconsider. Now is not a good time to attack Qinghe County. Although the Miao Holy Maiden is very capable and her Gu worms can bewitch people's minds, there is a boulder weighing several tons outside the city gate of Qinghe County. Even if the guards are bewitched and open the city gate, we cannot enter because of the boulder."

Moreover, it's impossible to move the boulder entirely because it's too enormous; current manpower simply can't do it.

The only way to move the boulder was to send people to chisel it into blocks and move them one by one.

Wang Changxu did not want to follow in Li Xuanji's footsteps and fail in his attack on Qinghe County, which would surely implicate him.

It's really strange, they attacked other cities very smoothly, but they ran into a wall in Qinghe County.

Wang Changxu was a firm believer in metaphysics, and he thought that the young girl from Qinghe County and the King of Huainan were incompatible.

"Your Highness, that young girl surnamed Su can conjure boulders out of thin air, which clearly indicates she possesses evil magic. We should put her aside for now and focus on our greater cause, taking more cities in the south. It won't be too late to deal with that girl once we find a capable and extraordinary person."

The King of Huainan was unconvinced, but at the same time felt that Wang Changxu's words made a lot of sense.

Instead of sending the Miao holy maiden to Qinghe County, wouldn't it be better to send her to the south to conquer cities and territories, taking two or three more cities every day?

As for that young girl surnamed Su from Qinghe County, we'll have to find another expert to deal with her.

The world is vast; there's bound to be someone who takes care of that little girl.

"Military Advisor Wang, continue searching for capable individuals for me. I refuse to believe that there's no one in the world who can subdue that little girl! By the way, where is Li Xuanji now?"

Wang Changxu felt slightly relieved when he thought of Li Xuanji's current miserable state. "Your Highness, Li Xuanji and General Mu failed to capture Cao County. They are currently hiding in Black Wind Village near Pengcheng."

The King of Huainan was always very cruel to his useless subordinates.

If Pengcheng weren't so close to Qinghe County, he would have sent men to kill Li Xuanji and General Mu long ago.

What a disgraceful thing, repeatedly defeated by that little girl.

Taking so many men and men, they couldn't even take down a small county like Cao County, which greatly affected the morale of the army.

When Wang Changxu saw that the prince no longer mentioned attacking Qinghe County, he finally felt relieved.

They finally managed to persuade the prince. If he were sent to accompany the Holy Maiden to attack Qinghe County, he would probably suffer the same fate as Li Xuanji, forced to hide and become a rat that everyone wanted to kill.

I really want to see what kind of girl she is, that she's so terrifying that she scared Li Xuanji like that.

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Su Qianqian received a letter from Pengcheng, a plea for help from Prefect Xu.

Li Xuanji and General Mu were afraid of returning to Huainan and dying, so they hid near Pengcheng and supported their rebel army by robbing passersby.

Military Advisor Zhang asked, "General Su, should we help Prefect Xu?"

"Yes, I will."

Yesterday, some people who came to seek refuge in Qinghe County were robbed of their belongings and nearly killed near Heifengzhai.

It was most likely done by Li Xuanji's group.

All sources of danger around Qinghe County must be eliminated so that more people will come to join us and the militia will be strengthened. When the time is right, we can overthrow the King of Huainan and then go to support the border.

"Military Advisor Zhang, you are in charge of selecting a thousand elite soldiers. I want to attack Black Wind Stronghold."

News of the selection of cavalrymen spread quickly.

When the old patriarch of the Zhang family heard that another war was about to break out, he became restless and eager to make his move.

You should know that when they went to support Cao County last time, the Zhang family actually earned a minor official position. Although it was only a seventh-rank official, it was already considered a huge achievement for the Zhang family.

Late at night, the old clan chief gathered all the young men in the clan who had joined the army together and encouraged them, saying, "You must seize this opportunity and try to follow General Su out of the city to fight bandits. Maybe the next leader will be you."

The old clan chief also prepared material rewards: "Whoever can seize military merit, I will decide to award them the large mansion in the clan's public hall."

The young men were all filled with enthusiasm and wanted to become the pride of their clan.

When the militia heard that they were going to attack Black Wind Stronghold, a lot of people signed up.

Dong Zhu boasted to a few of her playboy friends, "I signed up too."

As a second-generation official who grew up in the capital, Dong Zhu learned to ride horses at a very young age and was very skilled at riding.

Feng Yuanxi kindly advised, "Zhu Zi, are you stupid? A thousand people going to fight six or seven thousand people, and I heard from the locals that Black Wind Stronghold is a strategically important location, where one man can hold off ten thousand. Don't rush to your death."

Dong Zhu clenched his fists. "The rebel army of the Prince of Huainan caused us a terrible disaster last time. I'm here to seek revenge. Don't you have any backbone? Don't you want revenge?"

This question hurt the feelings of several spoiled young men.

How could they not want revenge! Back when they were in the capital, these spoiled brats were known for their vindictiveness. Last time, they suffered such a great injustice at the hands of the rebels, being tied up with ropes and dragged on the ground for a long time.

Of course I want revenge.

How could a hot-blooded young man bear such a humiliation!

Qin Changfeng had previously written a letter to his grandfather in the capital, asking him to avenge him, but his grandfather, who was the Minister of War, only urged him to return to the capital and did not mention revenge at all.

His family wouldn't help him take revenge, so he did it himself.

Qin Changfeng was persuaded by Dong Zhu, "Okay, I want to take revenge too. I'll sign up for the army right now. I've heard that every time Miss Su fights a battle, the officials in the capital are in an uproar. Miss Su has a lot of influence. It would be so prestigious to fight alongside Miss Su."

Feng Yuanxi actually envied Dong Zhu. He also really wanted to take revenge. When he was captured outside Qinghe County, he was whipped more than a dozen times on the arm by the rebels, and it still hurts to this day.

Broken bamboo, rotten bamboo, do you think I don't want revenge? I applied to join the army but failed the test; they didn't want me at all.

When Dong Zhu signed up for the army last time, Feng Yuanxi also secretly went to sign up, but failed the test.

I heard that nine and a half out of ten people can pass the test, but he was the one who failed.

I was really resentful, so I've been secretly practicing martial arts lately.

Qin Changfeng was very efficient; he immediately went to sign up for the army and successfully passed the assessment.

While having dinner at Gu's Restaurant that evening, Qin Changfeng was extremely proud. Seeing everyone else casting envious glances at him, he was as proud as a rooster.

"Don't be obsessed with me, I'm just a legend. I'll follow Miss Su and I'll definitely achieve great things in the future!"

Feng Yuanxi: "What's so great about her? I hate Miss Su the most, and I don't want to hang out with her."

He kept saying he hated it, but his eyes were fixed on Miss Su standing by the counter, his gaze full of admiration.

He wondered if he could be admitted as an exception if he went to Miss Su to plead for her.

But asking him to swallow his pride and beg would be too humiliating.

Seeing Qin Changfeng successfully join the army, Feng Yuanxi was so jealous he was almost going crazy.

He stayed at the Jinyu Mantang Inn that night, gesturing with a stick until midnight before finally going to sleep.