However, Yang Ruxin had not expected that her neglect of Yang Ruban would nearly lead to a grave mistake, leaving her almost filled with regret.
Yet at this mont, Yang Ruxin quickly set aside these trivial matters. In the quiet night, though surrounded by people, she once again began to miss Gu Qingheng. What could he be doing now? Did he have any free ti to think of her?
Far away in the southern frontier, Gu Qingheng indeed did not have the leisure to think about Yang Ruxin at this mont.
He had arrived at the southern military camp, taking over the previous troops of Prince Yun, only to discover the entire army had suffered heavy losses.
The originally one hundred thousand strong army now had less than eighty thousand remaining, and there were many wounded. Nurous soldiers had been violently stripped of arms or legs, the situation was truly horrifying.
It was estimated that the truly combat-capable force was rely forty to fifty thousand strong.
"How could this happen?" Gu Qingheng called Yun Zhan over, "What exactly happened back then?"
When Qi Jingyun arrived, he brought three personal guards with him, naly Yun Yang, Yun Zhan, and Yun Guang. Yun Xiu was left in Beijing to manage the Night Bar.
Yun Zhan was relatively lucky, with just a chunk of flesh torn from his upper arm, but the arm was still intact, while another guard, Yun Guang, had his head brutally ripped off by the enemy, and perished on the battlefield.
Yun Yang was with Prince Yun, but Prince Yun was captured, and Yun Yang disappeared, with no news whether alive or dead.
"The opponent’s Herbalist Troops were too formidable." Yun Zhan’s eyes were bloodshot.
"Didn’t Xinxin provide your prince with the potion to defeat the enemy?" Gu Qingheng frowned, "How could it still turn out this way?"
"There was a traitor who leaked the information." Yun Zhan bit his lip.
Gu Qingheng’s brows furrowed even deeper; her instincts told her it shouldn’t be that simple. Qi Jingyun was no ordinary person; even if there was a leak, it shouldn’t have put him in such a predicant.
"General, I request permission to rescue my prince, I..." Yun Zhan suddenly knelt on one knee.
"In your current state, how can you rescue anyone? At most, you’ll just serve your head to the enemy." Gu Qingheng snorted coldly, "Alright, since this general has taken over, I will not ignore Prince Yun’s plight. I’ll find a way, you just go and rest now."
Yun Zhan glanced at Gu Qingheng, but ultimately said nothing, just sighed and left.
"General, what should we do next?" Gu Qiao stepped forward.
"You and Old Ten go and settle the wounded first, tally up the soldiers still fit for battle. I want detailed figures." Gu Qingheng waved a hand, "Old Six and Old Eight, you two get out there and gather information about the enemy, the more detailed, the better."
The four clasped their fists in acknowledgnt and went off to work.
Gu Qingheng then summoned several other commanders from the army for inquiries, gaining a general understanding of the current situation between the two forces.
Initially, in combat, the enemy did not gain any advantage, but after deploying the Herbalist Troops, the situation turned dire.
There was a reason for Prince Yun’s capture, and Yun Zhan didn’t ntion it out of fear of Gu Qingheng’s wrath, because Qi Jingyun saw a woman near the camp who resembled Yang Ruxin and chased after her, falling into an ambush as a result.
And that woman was reportedly quite similar to Yang Ruxin.
Gu Qingheng indeed felt angered, that guy indeed still coveted his wife, deserved to be captured. However, resentnt aside, he was a rational man, even if he disliked him, he had to figure out a way to rescue him, as it related to the national prestige of Daxuan Country.
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