Chapter 402: Liangzhou is full of the fierce and brave, the Northern Land Spear King Zhang Xiu

In a dense forest mountain area more than ten *li* away from the entrance of Shehu Valley.

Liu Bai Tu, dressed in black robes, stood in the forest, his eyes scanning the surroundings with vigilance.

Surrounding Liu Bai Tu were more than a dozen girls aged fourteen or fifteen, dressed in maidservant attire, yet their eyes were unlike those of ordinary girls.

Among them, a girl about one meter seventy tall was the most outstanding.

Whether in terms of looks or physique, she was the best of the best.

Dong Yi and Diao Chan were currently sitting on a blue stone covered with animal skins behind the girl.

Beside the blue stone lay two black tigers nearly a meter long.

*Rustle. *

Suddenly, the sound of rapid footsteps echoed through the forest.

In an instant, the four or five girls guarding Dong Yi and Diao Chan had eyes that turned extremely sharp.

Black iron rods, seemingly like three-edged military daggers, slid from the girls' sleeves.

Two identical military daggers also slid from Liu Bai Tu's sleeves.

The girls, having revealed their weapons, immediately formed a defensive formation in front of and behind Dong Yi and Diao Chan.

Dong Yi, sitting on the blue stone with a nervous expression, also gripped the hilt of the sword in her hand.

Beside the blue stone, the two small black tigers also immediately crawled to their feet, baring their teeth and growling low.

"They are our own people." Liu Bai Tu, dressed in black robes, saw the person coming through the forest clearly and then put away the military daggers in his hands.

Dong Yi took a deep breath, her right hand gently cradling her lower abdomen.

The person who arrived was a youth of about fourteen or fifteen.

He was wearing black robes almost identical to Liu Bai Tu's.

His speed was extremely fast and agile.

After arriving in front of Liu Bai Tu, the youth knelt on one knee and said to Liu Bai Tu: "Sir, the strategist and General Li's plan has succeeded; a great fire has been ignited in Shehu Valley."

Liu Bai Tu nodded steadily, then turned and said to Duan Liuqing, who was beside Dong Yi and Diao Chan: "Take the two ladies and prepare to leave the mountains."

"Understood." Duan Liuqing, who was growing increasingly graceful, nodded.

Following a whistle that sounded like a lark from Duan Liuqing's mouth.

The hundreds of Military Intelligence Department personnel hidden in the forest all appeared from various secret spots.

Some had been hidden in the grass.

Some had been hidden in the trees. ===== CHAPTER 404 =====