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Ru Feng didn't take it seriously, thinking that there was plenty of time and someone would eventually understand him. The most important thing now was to seize the opportunity. While waiting for the right moment, Ru Feng did some other things.

A month later, Ru Feng received a mission and went out to fight again.

This war involved only five hundred cavalry and five hundred archers, whose main task was to raid the enemy's supply lines.

They set off before dawn. Under the command of the captain, Ru Feng and his men swiftly crossed several mountain peaks and traversed a long plain before approaching the enemy's rear from the side. After resting for a while, they received a report from their scouts and were ordered to continue their journey. They then encountered enemy troops transporting supplies on the road.

And so, the battle began.

They first formed a square formation and used a dense rain of arrows to tear apart the enemy's infantry formation, creating an opening for the cavalry charge.

The enemy force outnumbered Ru Feng and his men five to one. Once they realized what was happening, they simply lined up to meet them in battle, making this war extremely difficult.

The battle raged fiercely, lasting from afternoon until sunset. The plains were filled with shouts of battle and screams of agony, and the yellow earth was stained red with blood.

Grandpa was right. On the battlefield, there is no right or wrong, only life and death!

As Ru Feng silently recited these two sentences, he continuously swung his sharp blade, engaging the enemy cavalry.

Ru Feng was very skilled and fought exceptionally bravely. The sword in his hand was like a shining silver light, dazzling his enemies and making them tremble with fear.

General against general, king against king, soldier against soldier. Ru Feng was a soldier, so she consciously fought with the soldiers and was invincible. But in the end, she had killed all the enemy soldiers around her, so she had to go and help others to share the task.

Ru Feng was fighting not far behind Zhong Ying. Because Zhong Ying had saved her, Ru Feng would often glance at him, hoping to help. At that moment, she caught sight of Zhong Ying fighting with the enemy general, and instinctively moved closer to him.

Ru Feng noticed a tall man standing not far away, poised to attack. He guessed that under these circumstances, the man was likely fighting alongside the enemy general against Zhong Ying.

Zhong Ying's martial arts skills are well-known. Now, seeing him standing with the enemy general, they are evenly matched. If another person were to join the fight, the consequences might not be so optimistic.

Ru Feng thought to himself, but his hands dared not slow down in the slightest. Here, it was either you or me; there was no time to hesitate.

After a while, sure enough, the man who had been waiting for his chance quietly circled around to Zhong Ying's back from the side, sheathed his knife, and held a series of bows in his hands...

Ru Feng's heart suddenly tightened, and without thinking further, he immediately spurred his horse to rush forward.

"Zhong Ying, watch out! You're not a hero for injuring someone from behind!" The man was startled and quickly turned around to look. He saw a soldier galloping towards him, one hand holding the reins and the other outstretched. Just as he was wondering what was going on, he suddenly saw a flash of cold light, felt a sharp pain on his neck, and then the world spun around him.

Zhong Ying had already seen the man behind him when Ru Feng shouted, but he was too busy dealing with the attacker to spare due to the ferocity of the enemy soldier in front of him. He hadn't expected that while he was trying to figure out a solution, Ru Feng had already taken care of the attacker. He just didn't know... what weapon he used? And at such a distance, Ru Feng hadn't even reached the man yet...

In the blink of an eye, after dealing with the attackers, Ru Feng rejoined the battle of killing the soldiers.

Zhong Ying fought relentlessly against the enemy, but he couldn't help but feel anxious. He hadn't expected the enemy to send such a powerful man to escort the grain. If this wasn't resolved soon, the enemy might send reinforcements, and then none of the people present would be able to escape. With this thought in mind, he intensified his attacks.

As Zhong Ying thought of, Ru Feng naturally thought of the same thing. From a young age, under the tutelage of Wu Qingjian and Yu Chi Huaiyang, she was used to solving problems with the mindset of a general, so at this moment, she was also anxious.

With that thought, Ru Feng could no longer hold back. He let out a long neigh, spurred his horse, and charged close to Zhong Ying, saying, "I'm here!"

Before Zhong Ying could react, Ru Feng's figure moved forward like lightning, her longsword transforming into a phantom, enveloping the enemy leader. Seeing the immense power of her sword, the tip already close to the enemy's chest, the opponent quickly channeled his inner force into the blade. The two swords clashed with a "clang," and Ru Feng's sword remained intact, while the opponent's sword fell to the ground.

In the blink of an eye, Zhong Ying's sword had already slid towards the enemy's neck, and the matter was settled in the blink of an eye.

Rufeng let out a soft sigh, glanced at Zhong Ying, turned his horse, and charged into the chaotic battle. Zhong Ying watched Rufeng's retreating figure with a complex expression, sighed softly, and rejoined the fight.

The enemy had already lost two generals, and the morale of the remaining soldiers had plummeted. Therefore, Ru Feng and his men quickly withdrew. As soon as they retreated, archers suddenly gathered and unleashed a volley of thousands of arrows, including fire arrows.

It hit the grain.

At this moment, Zhong Ying let out a long roar and shouted, "Retreat!"

So the rest of them rode away from the battlefield, leaving behind only the wounded soldiers groaning in agony and the dying warriors. The night wind was biting, carrying the stench of blood, and even the yellow dust rising with the wind turned red.

Ru Feng and his group hurried back. Ru Feng knew that Zhong Ying's quick order to retreat must be because enemy reinforcements had arrived. Sure enough, they didn't dare to stop for a moment, and after riding all night, they finally returned to their camp on Luoyan Mountain at dawn.

As dawn broke, the soldiers were conducting drills when they discovered that many people, all covered in blood, had entered their tents.

Since riding horses was not allowed in the military camp, Ru Feng and his men walked in. At this moment, they were covered in blood, as if they had just been pulled out of a sea of blood.

Zhong Ying urged his soldiers to line up and count off. When Ru Feng saw that the cavalry who had fought alongside her were now reduced to less than three hundred, she couldn't help but shed tears.

Wiping away tears with her arm, Ru Feng looked ahead; a military medic had already run out. Looking back, Ru Feng felt a pang of sadness. Although the Tiger Wing Battalion was brave and well-equipped, they generally didn't have medics with them when they went into battle. So, those who couldn't climb back onto their horses or stand up were usually ignored; they could only lie buried where the battle had just taken place. Because no one would rescue them, like last night. If they had been taken, these hundreds of cavalrymen and archers might not have returned.

Running back and forth all day, plus about two or three hours of fighting, had left Ru Feng somewhat exhausted. What was worse, Ru Feng was now feeling unwell all over, with waves of dizziness constantly attacking her. Ru Feng was forcing herself to stay awake.

"Senior brother," someone called out to him. Ru Feng looked up and saw it was Zui Zhu. He grinned. By this time, the wounded soldiers had already been taken away for treatment by the military medics.

As Ru Feng was about to walk back to his tent, he noticed that Zui Zhu was staring wide-eyed and pointing at Ru Feng's shoulder.

Ru Feng turned around and saw an arrow stuck straight in his back!

"Why do you always get hurt?" Ru Feng sighed and naturally fell into Zui Zhu's arms.

Ru Feng is in a good mood now and can recover from his injury. Although the arrow pierced him, it had no barbs or poison. It is said that barbs would firmly hook into the closed wound and make it difficult to pull out, and then the blood groove would draw out the person's blood like a vampire bat.

So Ru Feng was very lucky. She only lost too much blood and needed to rest for a while. However, Ru Feng felt that the armor was too poor, as it had been shot through! Sigh, why did her undergarment look like a vest instead of a cotton coat? Otherwise, her shoulders wouldn't have been injured so many times.

Upon hearing Ru Feng's argument, Zui Yue laughed and said, "Senior brother, you should give up. Others don't have a single one, but at least you still have one. Don't be so greedy."

Zui Zhu was quite surprised: "It's strange that Senior Brother didn't notice the arrow behind him all night."

Ru Feng rolled his eyes: "What's so strange about that? I was so nervous at the time. There were pursuers behind me, and I didn't even have time to escape. How could I have time to check my wounds? You don't know how chaotic the situation was. It's already quite an achievement that your senior brother was able to come back alive."

Zui Zhu said enviously, "I also want to go to war. Watching those wounded soldiers here all day makes me feel bad." She was always active and couldn't stay still for a moment, so she found the military medical department very boring.

Ru Feng rolled her eyes at her: "You think the battlefield is so fun? You think you can just go whenever you want, come back whenever you want, and quit whenever you want?"

"That's right, Senior Brother, ignore her!" Zuiyue chimed in from the side. Because of Zuiyue and Zuizhu, Rufeng was different from the other wounded soldiers and went directly to Zuiyue's room to recuperate, which was specially arranged by Zuiyue.

Suddenly, someone knocked on the door. Ru Feng calmed down and quickly put on an outer robe.