Heroine Saves A Gentleman

Moon black and wild geese high,

Chanyu escaped in the dark of night.

Dispatched light cavalry in pursuit,

Heavy snow all over bows and knives.

— Lu Lun 《Frontier Songs》

Speaking of which, the Jin army had reorganized the army, navy and air force in Qi Province.

Prince Yan ordered for General Mingwei, Guo Quanchun, to stay behind and guard the Qi Province.

He ordered the military general, Gu Youde, to lead the navy and go ahead.

He personally led the midway troop as well as Champion Marquis, Yu Xingzhi, going by the land route and heading towards the north.

They headed straight for the capital of Da Liao, Tongzhou.

While on the way, Yu Xingzhi and Zhou Xiaoxiao were eating two savory ground pork simmered with salt fermented soybean paste

over thick wheat noodles in their tent.

Cheng Shizhao moved the curtains to the side and walked in, leading Zhou Xiaoxiao to protect her bowl and said, “There’s no more.

I’m already done eating.”

Black lines fell down Cheng Shizhao’s face.

Yu Xingzhi said, “Xiaoxiao, stop joking with him. Cousin must have urgent military situation to consult with us over.”

Cheng Shizhao threw a military report at Yu Xingzhi and then sat down.

“We’ve already seized Qi Province and our troops are heading north now. Yet, there is General Yeluxiu in Taiyuan who is watching over

the area. He might sneak attack Qi Province any time and relieve a besieged ally by attacking the home base of the besiegers. That

way, he can relieve Tongzhou from danger.”

Yu Xingzhi read the military report out loud, “I’ve heard that this man has led military operations with extraordinary skills and his

Taiyuan troops are the strongest within Da Liao. We must not undere