Beneath the western walls of Yumen Pass.
Li Gui led a group of men along the base of the wall, wandering aimlessly, his face dark and gloomy.
"Pah! A yellow-haired girl still wet behind the ears dares point fingers and give orders in front of me?"
Several trusted subordinates behind him exchanged glances, but none dared respond.
Yet the evil fire in Li Gui's heart only burned hotter.
His father was a deputy general in the Longyou army. He had placed him in the Demon Suppression Bureau from a young age, then gone to great pains to send him to the Vanguard Battalion. For what?
Was it not so that he could earn heaven-shaking merit in this great war and pave the way for his future?
But look at things now. Not only was he being suppressed by a woman, he was even being made to lead his men in sitting around and waiting inside the city.
Waiting?
What merit could waiting bring?
Not to mention that once the main army arrived, the Vanguard Battalion would open the way for them. The credit for all the demons they slew along the route would probably all be placed on that woman's head!
They would fight desperately, only to end up waving flags and shouting.
Why?!
Just then, a shifty-eyed man sidled over and lowered his voice.
"Captain Li, why should we just wait here?"
Li Gui shot him a glance and said irritably, "What else can we do if not wait? She's a Captain. An official one rank higher can crush a man to death, and military orders are as immovable as mountains. Are you thinking of defying orders?"
"Captain Li, you misunderstand."
The man gave a chuckle. "Captain Jiang only told us to patrol the western city and guard strictly