Chapter 125

Ge Jingyun felt he was being roared at unjustly, raised the crumpled small flag in his hand, and said, "I got the commander's flag." Although Leng Xiao cheated, no matter what, he won!

Taking the small flag from his hand, Gu Yun sneered and asked, "You think you won?"

His sword eyebrows tightened, and Ge Jingyun said urgently, "You said the side that gets the commander's flag is the winner." Was she going to go back on her word?!

Her slender hand grabbed his shoulder fiercely, pushing him with force to make him turn around. Gu Yun said, "Count how many soldiers you have left."

Ge Jingyun looked over. Some of his soldiers were covered in mud, and some were holding arrow feathers. These people were either captured or "dead." Looking at the dozen or so people still standing behind him, Ge Jingyun, who had been righteous just a moment ago, now wilted.

He remained silent for a long time, but Gu Yun didn't care about his face and scolded, "Eighteen! You only have eighteen people left! In this night raid, you suffered heavy casualties. Count how many living soldiers Leng Xiao has left! One hundred and thirty-eight! In an actual battle, do you think the moment you get the commander's flag is when you win?! These soldiers are returning to camp. If you confront them again, you only have these nineteen people. What do you have to take this commander's flag? And what do you have to save your lives? Just because of your miscalculation, you caused the deaths of how many brothers, and you still dare to say you won?!"

Inflexible, rigid-minded, brave but without strategy! Ge Jingyun was going to drive her to death!

Every time Gu Yun finished a sentence, Ge Jingyun's head lowered a bit more. A tough guy who had never lowered his head before felt ashamed when seeing those muddy faces in front of him.

Because of her anger, Gu Yun was too lazy to look at him and turned to look at Leng Xiao, who had been silent all along, "Leng Xiao, do you know where you lost?"

This time, Leng Xiao didn't answer that he didn't know, but just stood there silently, not daring to meet those sharp eyes.

Although her tone was still severe, compared to Ge Jingyun's dullness, Leng Xiao's strategy still made Gu Yun quite satisfied, "Taking the initiative to attack is not wrong. On the battlefield, being good at calculation is even your strength. But you were blindly confident and underestimated your opponent, which made you lose miserably like this!"

"I didn't." Leng Xiao replied unconvinced.

"Didn't?" Leng Xiao's eagerness to deny it made Gu Yun truly angry, "You actually only left thirty people, which is one-eighth of your total strength, in the camp. The military camp stores food, water, weapons, military maps, and other backup resources. I ask you, with one-eighth of your strength, how do you protect your military camp?"

Leng Xiao was silent. Gu Yun sneered, "I'll answer for you. Because you were self-righteous, thinking that you had already sent people to intercept, so the camp was safe and worry-free. Because you underestimated your opponent, thinking that even if someone could break through the encirclement, they would have no combat power by the time they got here, and one-eighth of the strength was enough to fight. Isn't that right?"

Leng Xiao remained silent. Gu Yun could no longer tolerate it and roared sharply, "Answer me!"

"Yes." For the first time, the indifferent Leng Xiao answered with all his might, while also admitting his own self-righteousness.

The two commanders were scolded until they were bloody, and the soldiers behind them were all secretly shocked. When Gu Yun walked toward them step by step, everyone's heart was in their throats.

Gu Yun walked to the side of the soldier who was covered in mud but had been laughing the most just now and asked, "Do you think it's very funny?!"

The small general was too scared to answer and didn't dare to lower his head, so he could only stand there straight. Gu Yun's cold eyes swept over the faces of these young soldiers and asked, "What do you think you are doing? Taking a walk or playing a game? Look at yourselves. In what way do you look like a soldier, and who looks like they have experienced a war?"

Gu Yun was very angry tonight. These were the elites she had spent half a month painstakingly teaching?! Gu Yun hated that they couldn't live up to her expectations, and her voice was trembling, "In a real night raid battle, you are facing Su Ren, who has been through hundreds of battles and whose strategies and tactics are outstanding. Your opponent is the invincible Su Yu. If you go to battle with this attitude, the result will undoubtedly be a loss! Once on the battlefield, you are facing vicious enemies. If you go to battle with this attitude, you will undoubtedly die!"

Under the moonlight, Gu Yun's slender figure stood straight among a group of strong men, her heaving chest showing her anger and disappointment.

For a long time, Gu Yun ignored them and started to leave. When she reached the back of the team, all the soldiers turned around in unison and shouted loudly, "Give us a chance, let's do it again!"

The neat and magnificent male voices were so heart-shaking in the empty wilderness in the middle of the night. This time, Gu Yun didn't look back, "You only have one life. Not everything has a chance to be done again. The day after tomorrow is your last chance. Take care of yourselves!" She just coldly threw out a sentence and left without looking back.

Watching the slender figure disappear into the night, they had no right to call her back. Under the moonlight, one after another, strong figures stood there for a long time, no one moved, and no one said a word.

Ge Jingyun suddenly turned to Leng Xiao beside him. There was no more anger or unwillingness on his face, only calmness, "Let's compete again!"

Leng Xiao met his eyes and replied readily, "Okay!"

The two turned around together, facing the demoralized soldiers, and asked loudly together, "Let's compete again, shall we?"

The soldiers were stunned for a moment, then quickly shouted in unison, "Okay!"

Behind her, a roar of high morale like a tiger's howl sounded. Gu Yun's footsteps paused slightly, but she didn't go back, instead continuing to walk toward the General's Mansion. Her lips lifted gently, and her footsteps became a little lighter.

Young people suffering a few setbacks is a good thing, right?

General's Mansion study.

Neither Gu Yun nor Su Yu went to the training ground. Early in the morning, Su Ren sent someone to invite them to the study.

Outside the house, the morning sun was like fire; inside the house, it was dead silent. Gu Yun and Su Yu sat opposite each other, but the usual scent of gunpowder was missing. The two seemed to have their own thoughts, and they didn't even have the interest to bicker. Gu Yun leaned against the back of the chair, planning her next steps after the night raid battle. She could now basically confirm that Zhuo Qing was in the Prime Minister's Mansion. She must see her, figure out Zhuo Qing's current situation, and then plan the next step of their escape!

As for Su Yu, he was considering the issue of the bet. It was said that she had also been working hard to train the soldiers these days. If she lost, she would definitely be ashamed. As a man, he wouldn't be aggressive. As long as she wasn't so arrogant in the future, he wouldn't make things difficult for her.

Little did he know, Gu Yun had never thought she would lose.

Behind the large yellow pear wood desk, Su Ren looked at the two absent-minded people in the study with some amusement. Who on earth was the one competing? Why did it seem like he was the one who cared more?

Coughing lightly to call back the two main characters who had been wandering for a long time, Su Ren smiled, "I invited you two here today to discuss what form of night raid you decide to adopt? How will you compete?"

Su Yu came back to his senses, looked at Gu Yun, who was lost in thought, and replied, "I don't care."

Gu Yun also slowly raised her head and replied casually, "I don't care either. You decide."

Su Ren lifted his eyebrows lightly and smiled, "Aren't you afraid I'll favor the Third Brother?"

Gu Yun looked a bit lazy today, half-leaning against the back of the chair, and replied lazily, "If you really wanted to favor him, you could help him no matter how you compete." Su Ren was definitely the kind of repressed man who wanted the world to be in chaos so he could watch the show. He probably wouldn't help Su Yu, but would come up with some alternative competition methods.

The two were talking back and forth very comfortably, and Su Yu's face had long since turned black, "Hey! Do you two think I'm dead? Do I need help? Just kidding!"

Gu Yun smiled slightly, too lazy to answer. The question of helping or not was raised by Su Ren, and it had nothing to do with her.

Su Ren directly ignored Su Yu's fury and continued to smile, "Okay, since you have no objections, then I will decide the rules. Because they are all new recruits, I won't set too difficult a topic. The location will be the camp of the Su Family Garrison in the western suburbs, and the competition is very simple. I will put a wooden box in a random room in the camp, and there will be an item inside. Whoever steals the wooden box wins."

"What kind of sneak attack is this?" Su Yu was the first to attack. Where is this called a night raid battle? Without two armies facing each other, just stealing something, how can you see the level of training?

Su Ren had long guessed that Su Yu would object and asked naturally, "Of course it counts. It's not easy to steal something in the enemy's camp. Or do you want to use your new recruits who have only been trained for fifteen days to fight head-on with my elite army?"

Su Yu was speechless for a moment. He naturally knew that new recruits who had only been trained for a dozen days couldn't compare with the elite army of the Su family, but this time they were competing on training techniques. How could stealing something show whose ability was higher?

Gu Yun replied readily, "I have no objections." Anyway, the soldiers she trained were definitely more adaptable and had stronger individual combat capabilities than the soldiers Su Yu trained. She should have a greater chance of winning this competition!

Gu Yun had no objections, so if he objected again, it would seem like he was showing weakness. Waving his hand, Su Yu replied impatiently, "Forget it, forget it, let's compete on this."

Both sides had no objections, so Su Ren continued, "Since it is a night sneak attack battle, specifying a certain day would lose the meaning of a sneak attack. I will extend the time to three days, which means you can go for a night raid on any of the three nights. But if on the first night, Qing Mo has already taken the wooden box first, then Yu, you have already lost without a fight, and vice versa. It depends on who succeeds first." When mentioning the wooden box, Su Yu also gave Gu Yun a meaningful look.

Gu Yun inexplicably got goosebumps. Why did he look at her with such eyes? Turning her gaze away, Gu Yun directly ignored him.

Their eyes exchanged, and the undercurrents were surging, but Su Yu shouted impatiently, "Why make it so troublesome!" Just solve it in one night, why bother with three nights! Second Brother just loves to make trouble out of nothing!

Su Ren retorted angrily, "The girl doesn't have as many opinions as you. You were the one who said you didn't care just now, so are you competing or not?"

(End of chapter)