An Eight-year-old Princess

Chapter 253 The Bet (Part Two)

After a while, Qi Lang came over with a cold face. A flash of impatience flashed through his eyes, but

he hid it quickly. He curtsied to Yun Shang. "I didn't know you were here. Please forgive me."

Yun Shang smiled coldly. "General Qi, you are being too polite. But it seems that you have forgotten

the imperial edict for which we came to the KY City earlier. Father sealed me as the inspector, while

General Qi hasn't told me about the night attack from the State of Xia. Maybe General Qi wants to...

Disobey the decree?"

Qi Lang's face went pale. He fell to his knees and said, "I don't dare. It happened all of a sudden. I

haven't told you yet. Please forgive me."

Yun Shang felt warm in her heart as she heard the man's words. Fortunately, the General finally

admitted that Yun Shang was a supervisor, and not only Lady Jing.

"General Qi is busy in the army. I understand that, so I came here myself. But do you want to talk to me

here at the gate?" Yun Shang turned her back and stared at Qi Lang.

Qi Lang stood up at once, "please, follow me."

Yun Shang was led to the meeting camp by Qi Lang. There were many men with military uniforms in

the camp. Judging from the style of their armor, they should be generals of high rank. And their eyes

were fixed on Yun Shang the moment she stepped into the tent.

Qi Lang led Yun Shang to the seat under the host's seat and the guard stood in two lines. He glanced

at the five men in black behind Yun Shang and frowned. Then he said to the generals, "This is your

highness, supervisor who was made by his majesty."

Hearing this, the soldiers looked at each other. After a long time, they knelt down and said, "Nice to see

you, your highness."

Yun Shang smiled, "Please don't be courteous. Get up, all of you. I came here just because I heard the

Xia army sent four thousand people to attack the barracks. Do you think of ways to defeat the enemy?"

The soldiers looked at each other for a long time, but nobody said a word. Yun Shang was not in a

hurry, waiting quietly. After a long time, a man came out and said, "the Xia army is so shameless.

Although only four thousand soldiers were sent for the sneak attack, it also killed eight thousand of our

soldiers. It must have a great impact on the military. Therefore, General Qi is going to fight in person

and lead the elite forces of our army to pursuit the enemy……"

"Hahaha..." Yun Shang, who had already heard Qi Lang's thought from her guard, couldn't help

bursting into laughter when she heard his words. "General Qi, it seems that Liu Yinfeng is indeed a

wise man. He has known you well enough. Believe it or not, if you lead your men to chase after him

now, you will soon be surrounded by Liu Yinfeng' men. At that time, if General Qi doesn't die, he will

soon be surrounded by Liu Yinfeng. And if you dies, do you think the State of Xia will win the game? "

Qi Lang's face darkened as he pondered for a while before he said, "why bother yourself fighting

against him? I'm sure I'll come back safe and sound after I've made a plan to pursue him."

Yun Shang sneered, "General Qi must have thought that Xia's troops were afraid of you because they

didn't attack you on purpose. Someone asked you at the banquet why they didn't attack before. Now,

do you still think that they are afraid of you? They just know that you are so arrogant and want you to

relax your vigilance. I have told you the other day, but you are so stubborn that you are still not on

guard. As time goes by, the defense in the camp is still relaxed, which gave the opportunity to the State

of Xia."

Seeing Qi Lang look more and more embarrassed, Yun Shang didn't stop, "You said you would prepare

well? The night attack from the Xia army was off your guard, so you suffered great losses. You wouldn't

have ended up like this if you were fully prepared. You must have placed many spies in their army, but

why didn't they know what happened today? Do you still think you can come back alive? "

Qi Lang stopped talking, but his eyes were full of dissatisfaction. Yun Shang stared at Qi Lang and

snorted, "what? General Qi is not convinced?"

Qi Lang gritted his teeth, "I dare not."

Yun Shang smiled, "You don't have the gut, but you don't believe me. Since you don't believe it, let's

make a bet."

Staring at Yun Shang, Qi Lang asked, "how to bet?"

Yun Shang glanced at all the people in the camp and said, "that's easy. The secret guards in my hands

are good at both fighting and wisdom. I'll let three of them disguise themselves as General Qi and the

other two generals, and take the soldiers prepared by General Qi to chase them. Then we'll see if

they'll be ambushed. What do you think?"

Qi Lang paused for a while and then nodded, "OK, I'd like to make a bet with you."

Yun Shang nodded and ordered the secret guards to get ready. After a while, the secret guards

appeared again and they were as the same look as Qi Lang. there was a flash of surprise and danger

in Qi Lang's eyes. But Yun Shang didn't care about it at all. She ordered the secret guards, "try your

best."

The secret guards nodded and ran after them according to Qi Lang's instruction.

Yun Shang took her seat. After the secret guards went out of the tent, a man in a military uniform said,

"If there is an ambush, then these soldiers are... going to die?"

Yun Shang looked at her and asked, "General Qi just said, he is fully prepared. "

The man embarrassedly didn't say anything, but there was a hint of worry in his eyes. Yun Shang kept

it in mind and thought that the general who cared about the life and death of the soldiers should be a

good general.

Yun Shang stood up and said, "I heard it is more effective to know the truth with your own eyes. Let's

go. We don't disturb the others in the camp and follow them secretly. But please ask General Qi and

the other two generals who were disguised by our secret guards to dress up."

The men were used to returning to battlefield, so they agreed. They rose to their feet, and sneaked out

of the camp with Yun Shang.

"Stay here and don't let anyone hurt you, your highness." Qi Lang frowned, showing disapproval in his

eyes.

Yun Shang got on the horse and said with a cold smile, "now that we're already on the battlefield, I'm

not going to hide behind you and be protected by you. Don't worry. I'll be fine."

Yun Shang waved the whip and commanded, "Go!"

Then the horse leaped out. Because they followed in secret, they only brought less than a thousand

troops with them. Yun Shang also brought her hidden guards with her. But she didn't want Qi Lang to

see them, so she let them hide their whereabouts and follow them quietly.

Thanks to the cover of the dark night and the large mountains around the KY City, it was easy to follow

the enemy quietly. The pranks and their men ran along the trail of the enemy all the way. When they

were nearly twenty miles away from the camp, they didn't see the enemy or see any ambush.

Qi Lang sneered at Yun Shang with mockery. Yun Shang was not angered at all. "When the secret

troop starts to chase, how long has Xia army left the camp?" asked Qi Lang gently.

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Yun Shang nodded. "The army base of the State of Xia often marched in the woods. They could walk

about ten kilometers in only two hours. I just checked the horse excrement that they left. The Xia army

just left not long ago. It was at most three or four miles in front of us. General Qi, do you know why?

What will you do if the general finds out this?"

Qi Lang said with a laugh, "I think it was because of Xia's rapid speed all the way, and it took us a lot of

energy to launch the sneak attack, so now we naturally slowed down. If we want to chase them, we

have to speed up."

Yun Shang looked at Qi Lang meaningfully. "Liu Yinfeng did a good job lurking the enemies in."

Hearing her words, Qi Lang knew she was referring to him. He snorted coldly with a bit of displeasure,

and then heard Yun Shang speak with a little worry, "If I remember correctly, there is a canyon ahead."

There was indeed a canyon in front of them, but it was not too deep and not long. And it also hid deep

in the map. It was difficult to see it if one didn't observe it carefully. He didn't expect Yun Shang to know

that.

"That canyon is short and not deep. If we fight against a large army of one hundred million, it won't

have much effect. But if we only fight against a few thousand people, it will be excellent. Moreover, the

valley is a dense forest, which is more convenient to hide. If I were Liu Yinfeng, I can make the escape,

and I will surely choose this valley. We just need to hide on the valley, and the other people who

chased by our enemies all enter the valley. Then, guard the entrance in front and back of the valley,

and attack by rolling stones... " Yun Shang said indifferently, but the generals behind her was shocked

and looked worried.

Qi Lang frowned. He had been in the KY City all the year round, and he knew that valley. As Yun

Shang said, that valley was short and not deep. If the army passed through it, it wound long around,

and that small valley didn't work. So he never cared about this. As now, the valley was deadly.

The soldiers in front were already entering the canyon slowly. Yun Shang took out a small flute, blew it

on her mouth, and they did not hear any sound.

"It doesn't ring." A man mumbled.

Yun Shang smiled and put the flute into her sleeve. "It's a message to the secret guards. No one can

hear it except the guards. I'm warning the secret guard disguised as General Qi in front of me."

Yun Shang and Qi Lang and the generals didn't follow the troops into the valley. They climbed up to the

mountains in the valley and found a secluded corner to hide. As soon as they hid, they saw some

figures moving in the dense forest.

The generals behind them all held their breath and looked at them, with a hint of killing intent in their

eyes.

"Kill! ……" All of a sudden, there was sound of someone's shouting and killing. From afar, it seemed to

be from the mountain in the opposite.