In Love With My Fierce Farming Wife!
Chapter 669 - 651: Advance and Retreat_1

Chapter 669: Chapter 651: Advance and Retreat_1

This led to a round of praise from those around.

Everyone was making compliments about Su Pan’er’s generosity and tolerance.

As they ate the rabbit meat, smiles appeared on their faces. They seemed energized as they came forward one by one to get meat.

On the contrary, Su Pan’er only ate a bit casually, quickly made her way forward, picked up Little Yanyan and went into the tent.

Summers in the mountain area always arrived later.

Even though it was summer, as soon as the sun set, the mountains would cool down instantly.

During these days of constant travel, Little Yanyan had been particularly well-behaved. Unless she needed to eat or relieve herself, she’d either let herself be carried by Su Pan’er or would play happily with Nanny Zhou in the carriage. Now she had grown a bit leaner and her face had grown thinner.

This left Su Pan’er heartbroken.

Out of compensation, she was carefully feeding Little Yanyan, giving her supplementary food. She had prepared a bag of rice flour before they set off, which she now boiled into a thick porridge, adding a bit of salt, wild vegetable soup and meat broth to feed her.

Little Yanyan wasn’t picky. She would eat whatever was given to her. She held onto the bowl with one hand and wouldn’t let her mouth stop eating.

If Su Pan’er’s movements were slightly slower, Little Yanyan would start happily fussing, causing Su Pan’er to laugh uncontrollably.

When Su Pan’er laughed, Little Yanyan, despite not understanding what her mother was laughing at, would grin widely, revealing her tiny tooth. She looked extremely delighted.

The small bowl of porridge was soon empty.

This elicited Su Pan’er’s affectionate kisses.

They played for a long while in the tent, before she finally managed to coax Little Yanyan to sleep.

Nanny Zhou had finished eating and was waiting on the side. She quietly got up and paid her respects as she saw Su Pan’er coax the child to sleep.

Su Pan’er waved her hand, indicating Little Yanyan. Seeing Nanny Zhou nod in understanding, she finally exited the tent.

The sky outside the tent was dark, with stars dotting the sky. The chirping crickets and other unknown insect and bird calls played nature’s most beautiful symphony.

Looking around, bonfires blazed in the night everywhere - clearly lit by the refugees passing by.

Unable to make out the whispers around her, Su Pan’er silently walked over to the bonfire and sat down, prompting those sitting by the fire to stand up hurriedly.

"No need for such formalities while we’re away from home."

Su Pan’er asked everyone to sit down, then turned her gaze to the female guard. "Speaking of, Mountain Pepper, you seem to be heading into the mountains with a specific destination in mind?" Mountain Pepper was one of the four female guards.

The four guards looked at each other, attempting to broach the subject but faltering.

Su Pan’er was patient. She absent-mindedly stirred the fire with a stick, helping the flames burn brighter.

Seeing there was no way out of it, Mountain Pepper had to step forward and bow. "My lady, it’s not that we don’t want to tell you, but our orders from our master were not to inform you. We are just following orders, so... "

As Su Pan’er remained silent, she hurriedly added, "Master was only worried about you and miss, which is why he issued such an order. Please forgive us."

"So, where does our master want us to go?"

Su Pan’er narrowed her eyes.

The four exchanged glances, scanned the surroundings, and then lowered their heads in silence.

Su Pan’er’s eyes flashed. She ordered those around her, "You all can leave now."

Once they had left, Su Pan’er once again turned to the guards. "Now, can you speak?"

Mountain Pepper breathed a sigh of relief, hurriedly moved forward and whispered, "My lady, master’s intention is for us to go to the Thousand Buddha Cliff first. It’s a place where we can both attack and defend if needed. When necessary, we can take the Meridian Road to the Land of Shu..."

The Qinling mountain range was a crucial geographical division between the north and the south, and a location of the dragon vein. When Qin Yi had told her to go there for refuge, she had found it a bit odd. Hearing Mountain Pepper’s explanation now, she was even more alert.

"When necessary? When will that be?"

Su Pan’er squinted at Mountain Pepper, the frosty look in her eyes causing Mountain Pepper to shrink back, stammering without a word.

"When did master say this?"

The fact that the four guards had been assigned to her by Qin Yi before he left suggested something. That Qin Yi, even before they set off, had already prepared a fallback plan for her! This realization infuriated Su Pan’er even more.

What did he think she, Su Pan’er, was? A cuscuta, a parasitic plant incapable of austerity, only capable of prosperity?

"My lady, Master had another intention in planning this way."

Seeing Su Pan’er’s expression turn, Mountain Pepper quickly added, "Master’s concern was that the enemy’s general is the eldest son of the Jun Family, who happens to be your cousin. He feared that had you stayed, no matter whether we won or lost, you would find yourself in a difficult position. Therefore..."

Jun Ruochen was the general and also her cousin. If she had stayed, either side would face a dilemma in the case of injury or capture. It would indeed be better to stay out of it.

Su Pan’er understood that, so she hadn’t opposed Qin Yi’s suggestion to take Little Yanyan and hide away.

But now, as Mountain Pepper brought this up suddenly, did this mean that Qin Yi might think their chances of winning were slim?

"My lady, you don’t need to worry. Master is a valiant and brilliant warrior. He must have had a counterplan. For now, we should follow the route Master has planned, lest he wouldn’t be able to find us in the future..." Mountain Pepper seemed to know what Su Pan’er was thinking and quickly reassured her.

"I understand."

She understood his intentions, and she will surely take good care of Little Yanyan!

With concerns pressing on Su Pan’er’s mind, she waved her hand dismissively at Mountain Pepper and returned to the tent.

Gazing at Little Yanyan’s sleeping face, she managed to suppress her worries.

She was unsure if Qin Yi had fallen asleep, and only hoped that he would emerge victoriously!

At this moment, Qin Yi was also awake, convening with several defenders to discuss upcoming matters.

"We won our first battle mostly due to the fact that our enemies were exhausted from a long journey. Now they have retreated to the base of the mountain, 30 miles outside the city. It seems they intend to wage a war of attrition with us. What should we do now?"

Qin Yi surveyed everyone and rose to ask his question.

At his words, the officers and soldiers all expressed their own views.

"Master, having killed two of their vanguards in our first battle, the enemy is likely to be timid, and won’t easily dispatch troops, thus leaving us time to rest."

"What good does time to rest do us? Right now, we’re in the city and they’re outside. While our city walls must make them uneasy, if we truly go down the road of a war of attrition, we have no advantages either."

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