Chapter 982 Breaking into the enemy camp at night and taking away all the food and grass

When Qiao Ran entered the tent, he thought he would see piles of food bags, ready to take the food back to the city to replenish the army's rations.

However, I didn’t expect that the food in these tents was only a small part.

The most abundant things were actually piles of slaughtered meat and several tents full of live cattle and sheep.

Qiao Ran recognized at a glance that these were very cold-resistant yaks and argali.

No wonder the people in the northern desert have a shortage of food. It is probably because it is too cold to grow any crops, so they can only rely on meat as their main diet.

Although what the Dingbei Army lacks most is food, so much meat and animals cannot be left to the Northern Desert barbarians.

Qiao Ran kept searching and searching, and soon all the tents were looted. Even the fodder for the war horses and other livestock not far away was collected into several piles by her.

If there weren't a few piles of soldiers lying there to keep warm, and if there weren't people sitting around a campfire talking not far away, she wouldn't have left even a blade of grass for the Northern Desert Barbarians in order to avoid alerting them!

After looting the food and supplies, the two men wanted to do something else, but they didn't expect to meet a pair of sleepy eyes when they turned around.

The Beimo soldier who was awakened by the urge to urinate near the food tent lifted his fur blanket and stood up. The cold air made him shiver and his sleepiness was slightly reduced.

Just as he was about to look for an empty space to drain water, he saw two snow-white figures against the backdrop of the campfire coming out of the tent where food and grass were stored. He was startled and subconsciously exclaimed "Ah!"

It was just such a brief sound, which quickly disappeared in the throat, but it attracted the attention of some people who were still awake or sleeping lightly in the extremely quiet night.

"Who?"

"What happened?"

"Ah! There's an assassin!"

For a moment, exclamations continued to be heard.

Seeing that their whereabouts were exposed, the two decided to take drastic measures and simply ran towards the fires, picked up the burning firewood and threw it into the nearby tents.

The tent was set on fire and burned up with a whoosh, with flames shooting up into the sky.

More and more people were woken up. Mo Beihan drew his sword with a clang, and while killing the enemies, he pulled Qiao Ran and ran out of the camp.

Qiao Ran took out his long iron stick that was invincible in the world. If there was anyone blocking the way, he would go around them if possible. If he couldn't, he would just sweep the person away, clearing a bloody path.

The two men rushed forward like a tiger into a flock of sheep, with countless Northern Desert soldiers lying on the ground and wailing behind them.

The generals who were arguing fiercely in the commander's tent rushed out of the tents when they heard the soldiers report that someone had sneaked into the camp.

However, they came to the commander's tent to discuss matters after dinner and did not bring any weapons.

Seeing two white shadows about to rush out of the camp, some of them snatched the weapons from the soldiers, while others chased after them with bare hands.

Seeing that more and more people were blocking the road, before they had finished clearing them, a steady stream of people came to surround them, and the generals of Beimo also rushed over here.

Qiao Ran didn't care about anything else. With a thought, Mo Beihan disappeared in front of everyone.

The soldiers who were attacking the two of them saw one of the white shadows suddenly disappear out of thin air. They were so shocked that they forgot to attack and were swept away by Qiao Ran's iron stick.

The petite body flashed and squeezed out from the soldiers who were besieging her from behind.

Mo Beihan, who was thrown into the space, was getting anxious when he saw Qiao Ran also entering the space. Not only was she holding a long stick in her hand, but she also had the corpse of a Beimo man.

Before I could ask anything, I saw her quickly throw the corpse in her hand to the ground, strip off the military uniform and put it on herself, then she disappeared in the blink of an eye.

Qiao Ran, who was wearing the uniform of a Northern Desert soldier, dodged left and right, mixed in with the soldiers, and quickly rushed out of the camp.

The soldiers passing by her took a while to react. The figure that had just rushed in the opposite direction of them was too petite, which was very inconsistent with the tall stature of their Northern Desert soldiers.

When the soldiers who noticed something was wrong wanted to look for the person in question, they looked up but could no longer see the petite figure mixed in with the tall crowd.

Qiao Ran successfully rushed out of the enemy camp, quickly took off her camouflage, and disappeared in the snow-covered forest in a white dress.

When the Northern Desert generals learned that not only had someone brazenly broken into the camp and burned several tents, but had also stolen all the food and some fodder without anyone noticing, they were furious and anxious.

The already seriously injured general vomited blood and passed out.

After being furious, the other generals were puzzled. Who could have smuggled so much food and grass away without alerting everyone?

They went to investigate the scene and found that all the tents storing food, meat and live animals were empty, and there was nothing unusual around the tents.

Logically speaking, moving so many things would have to make some noise!

Although most people had fallen asleep, there were still night watchmen on patrol. How could they be unaware of anything?

When thinking about the two white figures that disappeared out of thin air, one can't help but think about metaphysics.

Could it be that those people are not “people” at all, but…

But it doesn't make sense. Why would a non-human steal their food and grass? And why would he injure their soldiers?

Who was the petite soldier who escaped from the camp at the end? Was he in the same group as the two white figures? Who were they and what did they want to do?

No matter how they thought about it, they couldn't understand such a strange thing. The generals of Beimo felt a chill on the back of their necks for no reason.

After Nisbi finally woke up, the generals were surprisingly unanimous in their opinions, all advocating retreating to the Northern Desert and fighting again the next year.

After all, they didn’t even have food left, and they didn’t know how they would return hungry. How could they have the energy to attack Dai Viet?

Moreover, the disappearance of food and fodder was so strange, coupled with the intruder's disappearance out of thin air, either of which was unbelievable and terrifying.

Amid the panic among the Northern Desert Army, Qiao Ran and Mo Beihan had already returned to Beiguan City.

The next morning, the old prince heard that his precious grandson and future granddaughter-in-law had secretly left the city last night and burned the enemy's food supplies. He was so angry that he picked up a chair and was about to throw it at his smiling grandson.

"You little bastard! You are so daring that you dare to take risks with Ran! You dare to break into the enemy camp with just two people, do you want to die? If you don't want to die yourself, why do you want to drag others to die? I will beat you to death, you troublesome thing!"

Mo Beihan knew that his grandfather would definitely have this reaction, so he caught the heavy wooden chair and joked with a smile:

"Grandfather, shouldn't you reward us? We easily solved the danger of the siege in Beimo. Isn't this a great achievement? Look at you, although Ranran has taken good care of your body, you still have to be careful not to hurt your waist!"

When the old prince saw that this rascal still dared to smile frivolously, he was so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and looked around for a handy tool to teach his grandson a lesson.

Seeing that the old prince was extremely angry, Qiao Ran quickly stepped forward and said that this was her idea because she wanted to deal with the Northern Desert Army before doing her own thing.

That's why she asked Mo Beihan to accompany her to burn the enemy's food supplies, forcing the Beimo army to withdraw.

The old prince could scold his own grandson, but he couldn't bear to scold his future granddaughter-in-law. For a moment, he didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

When he heard that the two of them were actually going to Snow Lotus Peak, the old prince became quite worried.

"The Snow Lotus Peak is high and dangerous, and now it's covered with snow. If you're not careful, you'll be buried in the snow. It's very dangerous. If you want the snow lotus, wait until the snow melts next spring, and I'll have someone pick it for you."

Seeing the worried look on the old prince's face, Qiao Ran politely rejected his kindness:

"Grandpa Mo, don't worry. We have been to dangerous places before and we have the ability to protect ourselves. I am not only going to look for snow lotus, but also for other northern-specific medicinal herbs. It would be better for me to go there in person. In addition, I also want to go around and see the beautiful scenery of the northern border."

After hearing her say this, the old prince could no longer persuade her and could only instruct Butler Zhou to prepare more dry food, water bags, clothes, emergency supplies, etc. for them.

Qiao Ran agreed with a smile and accepted several large packages to reassure the old prince.

While they were still preparing to set out, scouts came to report that the Northern Desert Army had actually broken camp and returned to the Northern Desert!