Chapter 187: 185: Distribution Map_1

Chapter 187: Chapter 185: Distribution Map_1

“Yes, yes, yes! Young General Bai, let’s get inside the city first…” Wei Zhaonian nodded and made way for Bai Qingyan to enter first.

Bai Qingyan nodded and, holding Bai Jinzhi’s hand, looked at Wei Zhaonian, who had lost an eye… the most strategic general under her fourth uncle’s command.

After solemnly nodding to Wei Zhaonian, she entered the city along with the other generals and the injured soldiers of the Bai family army who had come to welcome them.

Since Bai Qingyan was a woman and most military doctors were men, her wound was treated by Bai Jinzhi.

When Bai Jinzhi finished treating the wound on Bai Qingyan’s shoulder, she came out with a basin of bloody water and saw Xiao Ruojiang waiting outside with Doctor Hong.

“Xiao Ruojiang?! Doctor Hong?!” Bai Jinzhi exclaimed in surprise. “How are you in the southern border?! Did you come secretly too?! Did you… sneak into the camp?”

Xiao Ruojiang, carrying Doctor Hong’s medicine chest, saw the basin of bloody water that Bai Jinzhi was holding. He clenched his fingers hidden in his sleeves slightly, saluted politely, and said, “The Eldest Young Lady sent me ahead to the southern border to gather information. We just arrived at Wengshan. When Doctor Hong heard that the Eldest Young Lady had returned to Wengcheng with the Bai family army, he came. I happen to meet Doctor Hong on his way into the camp. Thanks to Doctor Hong, we got in.”

“Is the Eldest Young Lady injured?!” Doctor Hong exclaimed in shock. “Where is she hurt?!”

“Her shoulder is injured, but… the wound is not deep, and the bleeding has stopped!” Bai Jinzhi felt distressed. She turned back and shouted into the room, “Eldest Young Lady, Doctor Hong and Xiao Ruojiang are here!”

“Let them in!” Bai Qingyan, pale-faced, sat in front of the table with the oil lamp, fastening her clothes.

After respectfully saluting Bai Jinzhi again, Xiao Ruojiang entered. “Eldest Young Lady, forgive my incompetence… After retreating to Wengcheng, the city was sealed off, allowing neither entry nor exit! I couldn’t meet you in time!”

“Is the Eldest Young Lady alright?!” Doctor Hong immediately took out a pulse pillow as he entered and signaled for Bai Qingyan to extend her hand for him to check her pulse. “Let me see!”

As Bai Qingyan was a woman and her injury was on her body, Doctor Hong could only check her pulse.

“I’m fine, Doctor Hong!” Bai Qingyan obediently placed her wrist on the pulse pillow for Doctor Hong to check her pulse.

“Thank goodness! Thank goodness!” Doctor Hong breathed a long sigh of relief and joy appeared in his eyes. “This time, I find that the Eldest Young Lady’s cold condition has improved significantly. It seems… my previous advice for you to recuperate quietly was wrong!”

“Why didn’t Doctor Hong stay with the Dong family’s guards and came to Wengcheng instead?” she asked, lowering her sleeve.

“I intended to go to the battlefield to treat the injured soldiers of the Bai family army. Who knew that by the time I reached Wengshan, the Eldest Young Lady had already led the soldiers back to Wengcheng? So I followed.” Doctor Hong put the pulse pillow back into the medicine chest. “I should go check on the other injured soldiers of the Bai family army.”

Seeing Bai Jinzhi come in, she said, “Little Four! Carry Doctor Hong’s medicine chest.”

“Yes!” Bai Jinzhi obediently ran over to pick up the medicine chest, causing Doctor Hong to hurriedly decline.

“Doctor Hong, don’t be so polite! Let’s go!” Bai Jinzhi carried the chest and went out first. Doctor Hong then saluted Bai Qingyan and quickly left.

Inside the room, only Bai Qingyan and Xiao Ruojiang remained. She then asked, “Did you find any information about my seventh brother, ninth brother, and Shen Qingzhu?”

“Reporting to the Eldest Young Lady, I couldn’t find any news about the seventh and ninth young masters. But I know that Miss Shen traveled alone to the capital of Xiliang Kingdom. I have sent people to look for Miss Shen and instructed them to ensure her safe return if they find her.”

Xiao Ruojiang looked down and reported unhurriedly. Then, he took out a neatly folded parchment map from his chest and handed it to Bai Qingyan, bowing. “As instructed by the Eldest Young Lady, I have mapped out the Xiliang Camp. Here is the military camp distribution map.”

She nodded. “Thank you for your hard work, Brother Nipple.”

Seeing Bai Qingyan holding the map under the oil lamp to study the military distribution of the Xiliang Camp, Xiao Ruojiang lifted the hem of his robe, knelt down, and said, “I heard the Eldest Young Lady plans to lead two thousand men to the Xiliang Camp to retrieve the Crown Prince’s head in half an hour. I humbly request to follow the Eldest Young Lady into battle! This time, Yun Poxing has brought his eldest son and grandson with him but has never sent them into battle. This is to accumulate military merits for his descendants so that they can request official positions in Xiliang in the future!”

Xiao Ruojiang lifted his head, his eyes red, and said, “I have recognized Yun Poxing’s eldest son and grandson. This time, I am determined to behead them both to let Yun Poxing taste the pain of having his sons’ bones scattered!”

Besides this reason, Xiao Ruojiang also wanted to protect Bai Qingyan.

Bai Qingyan got injured in this battle at Wengshan, and he was well aware of her physical condition. He had heard that on the way to the southern border, Bai Qingyan had nearly tortured herself to train with the Shooting Sun Bow. Still, she was not good at close combat; otherwise, how could she have been injured?!

If no one protected her in this raid on the Xiliang military camp and Bai Qingyan got injured again, he would have failed the trust of the Bai family’s matriarch Mrs. Dong and his own mother, as well as the life-saving grace of the former Vice Commander to him and his brother.

Bai Qingyan knew that Xiao Ruojiang was thinking about her father, whose head was still hung in the Xiliang Camp, and how his body had never returned to Dadu.

Her throat tightened. Knowing Xiao Ruojiang’s loyal heart, she nodded, choking up, “Then, please brother nipple, go with me!”

The entire Bai family army was in high spirits because of the return of Young General Bai. They were all replenishing their strength, eagerly joining Young General Bai to raid the Xiliang Camp and retrieve the Vice Commander’s head.

Even Wei Zhaonian, who had lost an eye, put on his armor, picked up his longsword, and prepared to go with Bai Qingyan to raid the Xiliang Camp. He heard that Doctor Hong was in the injured soldiers’ tent and went to greet him.

Cheng Yuanzhi, who was naked from the waist up and having a broken arrow removed from his shoulder by Doctor Hong, saw Wei Zhaonian already dressed in battle armor and laughed, “Old Wei, you’d better not go! You can’t see with one eye, and in the darkness, you might fall off your horse!”

As soon as Cheng Yuanzhi finished speaking, Doctor Hong suddenly pulled out the arrow, causing blood to spurt out. Cheng Yuanzhi bit down hard, his face turning red, refusing to make a sound.

The junior military doctor behind Doctor Hong quickly pressed a cloth to Cheng Yuanzhi’s wound.

“Press it tight and don’t let go. Later, apply medicine and bandage it well. The wound on his shoulder needs some good recovery time!” After saying that, Doctor Hong washed his hands and took a towel to wipe them before moving on to treat the next injured soldier.

Doctor Hong had followed Bai Weiting all his life. Although he was just a military doctor, he was highly respected in the Bai family army. This is why Xiao Ruojiang could easily enter the camp by following Doctor Hong.

Bai Qingyan arrived at the tent temporarily set up for Doctor Hong to treat the injured. She lifted the curtain and entered.