Chapter 222 - Departure

Having his facial feature mentioned like that again, Shi Yan felt that his heart was hurt. However, he noticed that Wei Liuying's speech has gotten a bit more informal and blunt. It seemed that living with the soldiers for some time had allowed her to be more relaxed.

After all, the soldiers were mostly straight forward people.

They would not laden their words with hidden blades and tried to backstab other people because there was no need for that. In battlefield, they were trusting their backs to their comrades, so traitors were especially hated there.

Yang Xian smiled lightly. "I have sent messages to Shan Yi. He's going to meet you on your way to the northwest."

"Ah, when did you write the message?" Wei Liuying was stunned. She had only relayed the messages not long ago and didn't see Yang Xian wrote anything, right?

"Before you come, I already know that there's one tribe near northwest border, so I send the messages at that time. Shan Yi is already at Dong Shan City, so the distance you need to cover are more or less the same."

Wei Liuying nodded. Calculating the distance and time needed to travel this far, Wei Liuying knew that it wouldn't be an easy journey. Once they reached their destination, they would need to prepare for another battle almost immediately.

It seemed that her life was now completely filled with battles and more battles.

"You're truly a war maniac," Shi Yan complained.

Yang Xian arched his eyebrows. "I can say the same to you. You're money lover, Yan."

Shi Yan: "…" I can't refute that.

They have their own reasons why they turned to be like this. Besides, it was not really a bad trait to have. At the very least, they were both good at the things that they loved the most.

"I'm going to rest. You two should leave."

"Alright."

"Take care, Yan."

Yang Xian and Wei Liuying bid their farewell. The two of them then settled the soldiers and set up tents for the night. While it might be tempting to stay in the city, the inns would be filled to the brim if all the soldiers had to book it.

And it would be wasting money.

They had brought their tent along, so they quickly set it up for the night.

Wei Liuying stared at the tent that Yang Xian set up. She furrowed her brows. "Strategist Yang, tell me again why I should share the same tent with you?"

"There's no time to set another tent. Also, you're still not in good condition to fight alone," Yang Xian gave his excuse.

Hearing that, Wei Liuying's face turned dark. The tent that they were using were all the makeshift tent that could easily be made within a quarter of incense stick time. There was no way that they wouldn't be able to make another tent.

As for her condition, Wei Liuying was sure that her wounds were already healed.

"There are two beds, so don't worry." Yang Xian pointed inside. "You rest first. I'm going to…."

"No, you rest now, Strategist Yang. You can think about the letters that you're going to write to Prince Ji Sheng later."

Wei Liuying pushed Yang Xian into the tent, not allowing him to protest at all. She knew that if she didn't force Yang Xian to sleep, there might be a chance that he didn't have any rest at all for the night because he would be busy thinking about the plan he wanted to make against the tribes.

Helplessly, Yang Xian headed to his bed. He glanced to the side for a moment and smiled lightly.

"Good night, Liu Ying."

"Good night, Strategist Yang."

…

The next day, the two of them were up very early. Yang Xian divided the soldiers and let Wei Liuying led half of them to the north. When it was dawn. The two of them were already heading their separate ways.

The distance to the northwest border city was quite far. Wei Liuying didn't know the name of the city because it was a fairly new city that was built early that year. She only knew the location because Prince Ji Sheng had marked the map they had back in Prince Ji Sheng's city.

It would take a few day's journey.

Even though they were in a hurry, Wei Liuying didn't urge the soldiers to move faster than what they could. If they were too tired in the journey, they wouldn't be able to fight to their best of ability.

"Strategist Liu, the city is up ahead."

"We're going inside."

Leading the soldiers, Wei Liuying stopped before the gate. There were soldiers who blocked the gate and looked at them with hostility. After all, this area was no longer under Prince Ji Sheng's rule.

"Strategist Liu from Prince Ji Sheng's army wished to come inside the city to reinforce the border," Wei Liuying stated her name and business.

Strategist Liu?

The soldiers were looking at the 'young man' at the front with bewilderment. They had been wondering whose child he* was, but they didn't think that he would be the famous Strategist Liu.

However, the word reinforcement puzzled them. After all, this city was located a distance away from the real border. In fact, the battles very rarely reached this point and would usually only happened when it was winter.

Eh, wait, it was already winter.

Could it be that the situation at the border was so dire?

"Could you prove your identity?"

Wei Liuying took out a token from her robe and threw it to the soldiers. They caught it and could see the word 'Third Prince' written very clearly. And based on the materials of the token, there was no doubt that it was the one used by Prince Ji Sheng's closed people.

"Is that enough?"

"Y..yes! Please come in, Strategist Liu."

Nodding her head, Wei Liuying gave hand signal for the soldiers to start moving. Looking at the city before her, Wei Liuying took a deep breath. This would be the first time in her entire career as strategist that she entered a city as the leader.