Shangguan Ru led the female soldiers of Xiangji Kingdom across a wide-open stretch of land and realized they had lost their way.
The wind had eased a little, but the sun in the sky looked terribly strange, as if it had wandered into the wrong place. It should have been in the west, yet there it was in the east.
"What time is it?" Shangguan Ru asked.
From Hong Fu down, all the female soldiers shook their heads. The battle had started in the morning. It seemed to have been going on for a long time, yet also as if it had only just begun.
"Wait here."
Shangguan Ru urged Flame Colt to gallop at full speed, and her figure soon vanished into the dust. Hong Fu had no time to stop her. What reassured her a little was that the instructor soon appeared from another direction.
After glancing at the female soldiers from afar, Shangguan Ru plunged into the dust once more, continuing to search for signs of battle.
The female soldiers were uneasy. It felt as though enemies lurked in every direction, and they numbered only a little over fifty. Against the regular Northern Court cavalry, they were like cubs who had only just learned to walk.
The instructor was their only comfort. Their spirits sank when Shangguan Ru disappeared and steadied when she returned. With each swing between the two, they grew more and more anxious.
At last, when Shangguan Ru appeared for the fifth time, she waved to the female soldiers, signaling that she had found the way.
What she had found was a battlefield. The distinctive howls of the grassland men sounded like a pack of wolves, showing that this was a large battlefield.
Several arrows flew toward them. Shangguan Ru hurriedly called out, "We