Peaceful Farm Life

Chapter 1374: Chapter 1375: Before the Troops Move, the Supplies Go First

”Promised to live until a hundred years old...”

Upon hearing this, An Jing’s eyes instantly turned red, and tears rapidly welled up within them. Yes, they had promised to live until a hundred years old, but their adoptive father had broken that promise.

Their adoptive father hadn’t wanted to break his promise, but someone had murdered him, forcing him to break it.

And now, they must avenge their adoptive father!

An Jing gripped Xiao Changyi’s hand even tighter and choked out, ”Adoptive father has gone to accompany adoptive mother.”

”Mm.” Xiao Changyi responded softly, gripping An Jing’s hand in return, tightly.

”Adoptive father and adoptive mother are watching us from up above. We must live well and not let them worry about us from the heavens.” The deceased are gone, and the living must carry on.

”Mm.”

”We will definitely avenge him.”

”Mm.”

”That assassin confessed that the rough map of the Imperial Palace was drawn by Linghe. It’s likely that Emperor of Chilin keeps sending assassins to Xiyun, and Linghe has contributed significantly to planning their schemes.”

Xiao Changyi didn’t specifically comment on Linghe; he simply said indifferently, ”None of them will escape.” His calm tone was chilling.

”Mm, none of them will escape.” Those who dare to act must pay the corresponding price. Retribution for good and evil will always come; it’s not that it won’t happen, but that its time hasn’t arrived. When the time comes, none of them will escape.

Xiao Changyi fell silent.

An Jing also paused in silence before saying, ”Let’s go back to sleep.”

Xiao Changyi said, ”I can’t sleep; I want to sit a while longer.”

An Jing nodded, ”Then I’ll stay with you.”

”Mm.”

They sat quietly for another hour. Only then did Xiao Changyi go inside with An Jing to sleep.

Though he closed his eyes, appearing to have fallen asleep, Xiao Changyi was in fact still awake.

He remained awake with his eyes closed until daybreak, at which point he got up carefully and quietly.

He had little appetite, but he still ate a few bites of breakfast before mounting Zhuri and leaving with Meng Zhuqing to the military camp to organize troops.

He was going to lead an army of 400,000 to crush Xiyun!

An army does not move without first securing provisions.

During the troop arrangement, Meng Lanqing arrived. Xiao Changyi immediately appointed him as the logistics officer, instructing him to lead men to transport supplies to Xilin City three days later.

Xilin City was the nearest city in Xiyun to the Chilin Kingdom.

For soldiers and generals stationed far away, Xiao Changyi first identified them and sent messengers. Those close to Xilin City were instructed to proceed there directly, while others were to rendezvous later at Everlasting Mountain, from which they would all depart for Xilin City half a month later.

Any failure to arrive on time would be dealt with according to military law.

Qi Tengfei, Qi Gaoda, Qi Weimeng, and Liu Buli were all called upon. Meng Zhuqing and Meng Lanqing, already generals, were now assigned to lead troops into battle again.

When An Jing woke in the morning and discovered her husband wasn’t home, she knew he had gone to the military camp to organize troops. He had mentioned this to her just yesterday.

The pain of losing Su Haoyu, their adoptive father, drove Xiao Changyi to long for swift vengeance.

An Jing understood this very well.

She didn’t feel Xiao Changyi was being too impatient. She too wished they could immediately exact revenge, so beyond feeling pity for her husband, she didn’t believe he was in the wrong.

The four little ones were doing slightly better than they had yesterday. An Jing made them eat breakfast, which they did without fuss or tears. After that, she left the four little ones to play in the mansion and mounted Tasue to head to the military camp.

She didn’t go looking for Xiao Changyi; instead, she headed directly to the women’s military camp.