Chapter Twenty-Four: The Embarrassing Situation

  Ran thought for a moment, raised his head, furrowed his brow, and then hastily deployed the next action. At this time, the sound of horseshoes came from afar.

  "Captain, it seems to be soldiers from the Xiahai Pass military camp. In the dim light of night, I vaguely saw that there were more than a hundred people, all of whom were cavalrymen in uniform, seemingly..." The soldier responsible for reconnaissance in the rear quickly came to Rayn's side and reported.

  "Captain, there are also hoofbeats coming from the direction of Haigou Pass, rushing towards Luofeng Mountain with a large number of people." Another soldier in charge of scouting ahead hastily came to report.

  "Julia? She... she's also here, this, this..." Rain exclaimed in surprise, a smile spreading across his face as he heard the report from the scout soldier ahead.

  "Ride, you take a few soldiers and take care of Julia. Make sure to stop her, remember, this is an order!" Rein looked at Ride who was still gritting his teeth in pain from the arrow wound on his buttocks, giving him instructions before leading the other soldiers forward.

  "Captain, why me again? I..." Reed said with some dissatisfaction, but when he saw the captain's serious expression, he shut his mouth and limped away, leading several soldiers to the rear, still muttering in a low voice.

  Soldiers dressed in light armor, holding reinforced crossbows, quietly moved forward towards the dense forest ahead.

  The bandits on Luo Feng Mountain were watching the grain carts with a smug expression, preparing to retreat, when they heard the sound of horseshoes and the urgent footsteps of a large army, throwing them into disarray.

  "Retreat, the imperial army is coming! He***, hurry up and move these grain carts to the mountain quickly, quick, quick!"

  "Report to the leader, all the grain and fodder on this vehicle are stones, they're all stones!" One of the bandits suddenly exclaimed in a panic.

  "What? Quick, carefully inspect every grain cart, quick!" The bandit leader said in a flustered tone, then gathered the thousands of bandits, preparing to meet the battle.

  "All are stones!" The robbers in charge of checking the grain carts reported one by one.

  "Badu of the Stele family, you actually betrayed me and wanted me to clash with General Bian Guangjun, a life-and-death struggle. You really think beautifully!" The bandit leader said angrily.

  "Brothers, retreat, back to the mountain, quickly, quickly, quickly..." He then began shouting orders loudly, waving his large knife, and leading the way out.

  When Rayn led the soldiers to sneak in, the robbers had long since scattered and left.

  At this time, a horseshoe sound came, and Julia in red clothes on the back of a white horse glared at Rain with anger.

  At this time, the imperial troops stationed at Haiguan Pass also arrived here. The riders were riding brown high-headed horses, and their bodies were covered with golden armor. Under the moonlight, they still emitted a brilliant light.

  "Big brother!" Yulia excitedly jumped down from the horseback and hastily came to the front of a handsome man wearing armor and a red cloak.

  "Julia, how are you here? Aren't you supposed to be defending the Xiahai Pass?" The man on horseback also hastily dismounted and looked at Julia with concern, then waved his hand towards the troops behind him.

  Those who followed close behind rushed forward quickly, in the dark forest at night, the sound of horseshoes and hurried footsteps merged into one.

  Laine, Rus, Yulia and her big brother came to the edge of the forest.

  "You, who are you?" Julia's older brother stared at Rain, in a state of deep contemplation, and asked, as if he had seen Rain before but couldn't quite recall.

  "Colonel Somat, I am Rain Green, now the commander of the 3rd battalion of heavy infantry in the Coastal Defense Army Camp. I have come to report to you! This is a letter from General Robert for you, please..." Rain said loudly while saluting, then pulled out the letter from his pocket and handed it over to Somat.

  "Rayne Green? You're not dead yet?" Somat's expression was strange, as if disdainfully said, when he saw the contents of the letter, his face changed greatly, sweating profusely, his complexion began to panic, and his hands trembled.

  Ruth Mud saw this scene and was about to leave.

  Ran sighed and lowered his head in silence.

  When Julia heard Somatreat Rain in this way, she originally wanted to reason with him, but when she saw the expression on her brother's face after reading the letter again, a worried look appeared on her face.

  "Big brother, what did Father's letter say? Why are you making such a face?" Julia asked anxiously.

  "Julia, no... nothing! Ah, Julia, how did you also come? Father's letter didn't mention anything about you coming, did it? Are... are you secretly bringing troops again?" Somat's face returned to its previous expression, asking Julia with a reproachful tone.

  "I... I have my father's military seal, how could I be sneaking out on my own? Besides, my women's legion isn't part of the imperial forces, it's mine... it's my personal guard, you know?" Julia explained, looking somewhat uneasy.

  "You, you, how old are you now? A big girl, still being so reckless, see how you'll get married in the future?" Somate said angrily, almost shouting.

  "Hmph, you, you..." Yulia stomped her foot, unable to speak, her face pale and slightly red.

  "Big brother, my sister-in-law, second sister-in-law aren't they also women of the rivers and lakes? They can go to the battlefield to kill enemies, why can't I? Besides, I'm thinking of my little nephew and niece, do you think I want to come to this place? Hmph!" Julia retorted again.

  At this time, Lain seemed to have become an outsider, helplessly watching the two siblings arguing, looking a bit awkward, and not knowing whether to leave or stay.

  "Hmph, besides, Rain Green is my fiancé, so you don't have to worry about my marriage. Hmph!" Julia suddenly changed her tone and quickly went to the side of the uneasy Rain, tightly hugging his arm, with a defiant gaze at her older brother Somat.

  "Julia, you?" Somat panted, his eyes glaring at Rain, the former young master of the imperial noble family Green, now just an imperial soldier under the empire's lifelong occupation system.

  Renn's expression became even more awkward, as Yulia tightly hugged his arm. If he were to struggle free now, who knows what would happen? And at this moment, she was gazing lovingly at him, which made it even harder for him to bear.

  Somat was speechless at the scene before him, furrowed his brow, glared at Rain again, turned and left, with the brown high-headed horse behind him, softly neighing, following closely.

  "Big brother, big brother..." Yulia quickly let go of Rain's arm and called out, her expression somewhat flustered, as she hurried over, leaving behind Rain with an innocent-looking face.

  "Alas!" At this time, Lain let out a long sigh and quickly stepped forward, closely following.