Traveling through troubled times: Princess disguises herself as a man and becomes a soldier to earn

After Jiang Li left the tent, he went straight to the martial arts training ground and said, "Lin Xiao, pass the order down and pack your bags. We will go out to do some work tomorrow and come back within a year."

Lin Xiao looked surprised: "What, why does the boss need to be gone for so long?"

He raised his fist and said, "Ask again, I think you are itching for trouble."

"...Uh, I don't dare, I'll go tell them right now."

He turned around and when he looked back again, the boss was nowhere to be seen. Lin Xiao was confused and took a long time to calm down before he went to inform everyone one by one.

The next day, dawn

Hundreds of people wearing coarse cloth gathered at the gate of the military camp, driving several horse-drawn carriages, but soon disappeared.

Mo Yuan looked at their departing backs and stood there for a long time before turning around and leaving.

On the way, Lin Xiao was very excited: "Boss, where are we going this time? Are we going hunting? This is my first time going far away, so it's good to follow you."

"Other vanguards don't have such good treatment as us. They can come out at this time, hehe."

Jiang Li looked at him deeply and asked them to come out, firstly, to exercise their abilities, secondly, to do hard work in the mines, and thirdly, to make steel. She could not do so much work alone and needed enough manpower.

It's not an easy job after all, it's much more tiring than in the military camp. There are all kinds of unknown dangers along the way. Only this silly guy really thinks that he can come out to have a carefree and happy life.

"Haha, Lin Xiao, you are very optimistic. That's great. Keep it up."

Lin Xiao rubbed his head and smiled foolishly: "Hey, then, Boss, where are we going?"

Jiang Li took out the map and looked at it. After confirming it, he put it away and said with a firm look: "Go to Longhu Mountain Stronghold, which is the largest bandit's nest. There is what I want nearby."

Plop~~

Lin Xiao fell off the carriage without noticing. He patted his sore butt and jumped back onto the carriage. He looked at him in shock. "Boss, how can you be so calm?"

There are tens of thousands of bandits in Longhu Mountain Stronghold. If we rely on hundreds of them to fight, we will just be sending them to their deaths.

"Boss, you are kidding, how can this be done? We will all die."

Jiang Li emphasized seriously: "No, even if you all die, I won't die. Please don't take me with you. I'm not as useless as you."

Lin Xiao wanted to cry but had no tears. He said pitifully, "Boss, you can't do this. You taught us all. Do you have the heart to let us die? I haven't married yet, and I haven't been filial to my mother yet. I don't want to die, wuwu~~~"

The others pursed their lips and said nothing.

"Shut up, why are you crying? He's not dead yet, why are you crying?"

Jiang Li's face was full of disgust: "You are so stupid. Wang Meng, tell me what you would do. If you fight head-on, with a hundred people against tens of thousands, the losses will be huge."

Wang Meng flicked the whip in his hand, quickened his pace, came to Jiang Li's right side, and said respectfully: "Boss, a forceful attack is not advisable in this matter. Using wits is the right way, which can reduce a lot of losses."

"For example...cooperation between inside and outside."

"Oh, tell me in detail, what is the specific plan."

"Yes, what I mean is that every year the Dragon and Tiger Village will come down from the mountain to snatch young women. This may be our chance. As long as we can successfully enter the village, we can find a way to poison them."

Jiang Li hummed, "Yes, that's a good idea. The problem is, you are all tall and strong, and pretending to be a woman will expose your flaws. How can you get in?"

Everyone turned their eyes to him and said in unison: "Boss, you can do it. Your figure can be disguised as a woman without any flaws."

...Fuck, there is no flaw. She is just a woman, how could she have any flaw? But if it is coordinated inside and outside, this method is indeed good. It's just that the person who goes in will be in more danger.

No, there is no danger. Her superpowers have recovered a little. Even without relying on her superpowers, her body is still strong. Apart from anything else, if she can't win, she can still run away.

Jiang Li rolled his eyes at them and said, "Haha, you guys are awesome. Others are the ones who block the knife for the centurion and go first when there is danger. I am different. I go first when there is danger. Humph."

Wang Meng shrank his head and said flatteringly, "Boss, don't be angry. We really have no other choice. Even if we disguise ourselves as women, we can't fool people."

"I can only ask for your help, Boss. As long as you give the signal, we will attack immediately. We will never let you get... ahem, that."

"Shut up, let me think about it. They are all fine. Why do they all grow so tall? They are useless at the critical moment."

No one dared to say a word, for fear that they might say something wrong and then be beaten to death by the boss, which would be too unfair.

After Jiang Li cursed, he felt relieved and thought to himself, that's fine, but I don't know if my identity as a woman will be discovered.

Let's wait and see. This risk is still worth taking. If it succeeds, the loss will be reduced a lot. So let's do it.

Half a month later

The group arrived at a village not far from Longhu Village. In order to avoid being targeted, they deliberately split up into teams of ten people, operating separately during the day and gathering together at night.

In the clearing

Jiang Li integrated the information they had collected and finally came up with a plan. He looked at the people who had gathered around him and said seriously, "Longhu Village will no longer go down the mountain to rob women, but each village will pay tribute to them."

"This month, it's Shitou Village's turn, but there are very few women of marriageable age in their village. Only the village chief's family has one. Perhaps we can make use of this. I can replace the village chief's daughter and go to the village."

"What do you think? Is there anything you want to add?"

Lin Xiao blinked and said generously: "Boss, I believe you can do it. The bandits in the village are no match for you. But you are a man after all. If your identity is discovered."

Jiang Li rolled his eyes at him and said, "It won't be discovered. It's no big deal. It's nothing more than knocking someone out. You don't think I'm really going to sacrifice myself as bait, do you?"

"Haha, put away your dirty thoughts."

“…Yes, we dare not.”

"Okay, if you have no objection, I will go to the head of Stone Village tomorrow and tell him about replacing his granddaughter. Go to bed early. It's decided."

Wang Meng silently took out a few things from the carriage and handed them over: "Boss, this is what the Major General gave me. When we go up the mountain to attack the stronghold, you can put this. We will be able to see it at the foot of the mountain."

Jiang Li shook it with curiosity. This thing looked a bit like the signal in TV dramas. He wondered if there would be duds. How about lighting one to play with?

"Hey, there shouldn't be a mute version of this thing, why don't we order one to play with."

"No, Boss, this thing is too conspicuous. If we release it in the middle of the night, if it's not mute, it will be targeted by the Longhu Village. Can we keep quiet?"

"Oh, okay."