Chapter 954 We Are Not Cowards! We Are Not Traitors!

"We are not cowards! We are not traitors!"

The former subordinates of General Shui who were surrounded let out a thunderous roar, shouting out their frustration at being deceived and almost becoming traitors, and also hoping to get a chance to make amends.

General Duanmu was very pleased. He raised his hand and said in a loud voice:

"All troops, listen up! Return to the city immediately! Strengthen defenses! Spies report again!"

The soldiers shouted, "Yes!"

They all formed a team and returned to the city.

Time was urgent and General Duanmu had no time to deal with the people from the Shui Mansion. He ordered his men to take all the more than 200 masters and servants of the Shui family, who were tied up, back to the city and put them in jail, to be dealt with later after the barbarians were defeated.

When all the soldiers in the Northern Frontier were preparing to defend against the enemy, Qiao Ran and Mo Beihan had already arrived at Beifeng City, the closest city to Beiguan City.

This place can be considered to have entered the northern border, but it is still more than a hundred miles away from the border city of Beiguan, and there are several large mountains in between.

The tense atmosphere in Beiguan City had no impact here at all. Although it was snowing heavily and the weather was very cold, people here had already gotten used to this kind of weather where it snowed three out of the four seasons a year.

There are people and cars coming and going on the street, and various stalls are set up on the roadside. The hot snack stalls are the most popular.

Unfortunately, Qiao Ran and the others were in a hurry to get to the Dingbei Army camp in Beiguan City and had no intention of staying any longer.

Ever since entering the Northern Frontier, Qiao Ran took out the lightweight and warm down jacket from her previous life, one for each of her and Mo Beihan.

The hat is put on to cover the entire head including the ears and forehead, and the zipper is pulled to the extreme, leaving only the face exposed.

But the air I breathed into my nose was icy cold, my lips turned purple from the cold, and if there was any moisture on my eyebrows it would immediately turn into icicles.

As a southerner, Qiao Ran couldn't stand the coldness that chilled her heart with every breath she took, so she found two thick cotton masks and put them on together with Mo Beihan. Now, she was covered from head to toe, with only a pair of eyes exposed.

The people in the northern border tried their best to keep warm, and they wore all kinds of clothes, so when they saw the two people's styles that they had never seen before, they just looked at them a few more times out of curiosity and didn't pay much attention to them.

The two walked through the busy streets and bought only one delicious-smelling scone to share.

Qiao Ran felt that this baked bread was very similar to the naan from her previous life. It was round and big, as big as a washbasin, and tasted milky and burnt.

Seeing that there were still dozens of such pancakes at the pancake stall, Qiao Ran simply bought them all.

Then, he asked the pancake stall owner, who was very happy to show his teeth, whether there were any larger pawnshops or escort agencies in the city, and where he could rent a large number of horse-drawn carriages.

Although she can't speak the local dialect, Mo Beihan can!

They heard that there was an escort agency called Fengxing in Beifeng City. They had just returned from a escort mission the day before yesterday, so they hurriedly found the agency.

Ma Biaotou, the leader of Fengxing Escort Agency, was a tall and strong middle-aged man. When he heard that they wanted to escort the escort to Beiguan City and that they had given a deposit of ten taels of silver and would give the remaining ninety taels when they arrived at the destination, Ma Biaotou immediately agreed.

It takes two days to walk from Beifeng City to Beiguan City, but only half a day with a horse carriage.

But Qiao Ran said that they didn’t have enough carriages and asked if there were any in the escort agency.

The escort agency only had four carriages for its own use and more than a dozen horses.