Taming beasts starts with understanding bird language

Sima Wen didn't treat these bastards well at all.

He spit the dogtail grass in his mouth onto the ground and said in a rough voice, "Hurry up and say what you want to say. If not, I'll leave. I don't have time to waste here with you."

"Okay, you have guts." Tian Ying said with a gloomy face.

Then he could only swallow his anger temporarily and said in a gentle voice, "The commanders are very optimistic about you and specially recommended you to us to carry out a mission."

"What is the mission?" Sima Wen asked.

"We have received intelligence that someone will impersonate Deputy General Gu and sneak into the central military tent to assassinate the Ninth Prince tonight. Your mission is to protect the Ninth Prince and eliminate the killer who impersonates Deputy General Gu." Tian Ying said insidiously.

Sima Wen was a man of broad mind. When he heard about this, he immediately became furious and cursed, "Damn enemy troops. They suffered a great loss at the hands of Deputy General Gu, yet they resorted to such despicable means and even dared to impersonate Deputy General Gu and attempt to harm the Ninth Prince. I will not let this bastard off."

"So you have to work hard tonight. Once you save the ninth prince, you will have made a great contribution. You will then be promoted and enjoy wealth and glory." Tian Ying said with a sinister smile.

Sima Wen patted his chest and said, "Okay, leave this to me. I will sneak into the central army tent tonight to rescue the ninth prince. With me here, I will ensure that he is safe."

After saying that, he turned and left, not wanting to stay with this group of people even for a moment longer.

"Hahaha……"

After he left, Tian Ying and others burst into laughter.

"What a fool! Not only is he short, ugly, and dark, but his brain is also not very good."

"He needs to be smart. With his ability and having worked in the army for so many years, can he still be just a deputy commander of a small grain and grass camp?"

"There's something fun to watch now."

Everyone laughed and mocked, treating Sima Wen like a fool.

The three Tian Ying brothers were also grinning from ear to ear, thinking that Gu Chan was definitely going to be finished tonight. After all, Sima Wen Ke was a stubborn person, and now he wanted to seize this opportunity to gain military merit, so wouldn't he have to beat Gu Chan to death tonight?

Soon the sky became very dark.

While Tian Ying and others were keeping their troops in place, waiting to watch the show, Sima Wen had already made preparations in secret, waiting to sneak into the central army tent late at night to eliminate the killer who pretended to be Gu Chan.

Gu Chan was unaware of this at the time and was studying military tactics with Xuanyuan Qing in the central military tent.

After this short period of study, she realized that the ancients' military tactics were still very profound. Although they were much inferior to modern combat techniques, they were still worth studying in this era.

Xuanyuan Qing saw Gu Chan looking thoughtful and couldn't help but asked with a smile, "What are you thinking about?"

"I was wondering if we could make our army fight using hot weapons," said Gu Chan.

"Hot weapons? What does that mean?" Xuanyuan Qing asked.

This was the first time he had heard this word in his life. After all, the wars among countries were still in the era of cold weapon warfare, and technology had not yet advanced to the point of developing guns, cannons and other gadgets.

Gu Chan said meaningfully, "In my hometown, there was a thing called an explosion. Once it was fired, more than a dozen people would be killed. It was much more useful than a bow and arrow."

"Is there really such a weapon?" Xuanyuan Qing said half-believingly and half-doubtingly.

"Oh, forget it. You won't understand even if I tell you. After we win this battle, I will explain it to you slowly." Gu Chan waved her hand and said.

At this moment, a shocking plan had already begun to form in her mind.

Xuanyuan Qing was teased by her, and his heart felt itchy as if being scratched by a cat.

Gu Chan didn't want to say anything more, so she stood up, walked to a mat nearby, lay down, covered herself with the quilt and fell into a deep sleep.

Xuanyuan Qing said, "How about you sleep on the bed tonight and I sleep on the floor."

"That won't do. You are the ninth prince and the commander of our army. How can we let you sleep on the ground? Go and get some rest! We have to attack the enemy tomorrow morning!" Gu Chan said with his eyes closed.

Xuanyuan Qing smiled slightly, walked silently to the bed and lay down to rest.

Since marching and fighting are very tiring things, the two men soon fell asleep after lying down.

After midnight, the people and horses in the camp were tired and exhausted. Except for the patrol team, everyone was basically resting.

Sima Wen took advantage of this opportunity, wearing a black nightgown, and relying on the cover of the night and his short stature, he quickly avoided the patrol team and came to the rear of the central army tent.

Taking out a small knife from his sleeve, he carefully cut a hole in the tent and then jumped straight in.

"Om..."

Rushing into the big tent, his body trembled and emitted a faint buzzing sound. He summoned a stream of spiritual energy from his body and extinguished all the candles in the tent.

Then he looked to the right and saw Gu Chan lying on the ground sleeping.

"Damn killer, you look pretty similar in disguise, even the height is the same. I'm going to chop you into pieces."

Cursing inwardly, Sima Wen rolled over to Gu Chan's side, raised the knife in his hand, and stabbed Gu Chan's throat fiercely.

"Bore!"

But when the knife stabbed Gu Chan's neck, there was a sound of metal colliding, and the knife broke into two pieces.

Sima Wen was stunned on the spot. He never expected that Gu Chan's neck was so stiff.

Gu Chan suddenly opened his eyes, raised his right fist and punched him hard in the chest.

The funny thing was that, because Sima Wen was too short, he was caught off guard by Gu Chan's punch and was hit like a monkey, rolling around until he reached the edge of the big tent where he could steady himself.

Gu Chan jumped up and glared at him, "Humph! You dare to sneak into the central army tent in the middle of the night to kill me, you are really brave!"

"Be careful, he is quite strong." At this time Xuanyuan Qing also got out of bed and said.

"Weren't you knocked out by the powerful love potion?" Sima Wen said dumbfoundedly.

Before he came, Tian Ying and others sent people to tell him that in order to protect the Ninth Prince, they secretly blew the bewitching incense into the big tent. In this way, he only needed to come in and kill the killer who pretended to be Gu Chan, and there was no need to alarm Xuanyuan Qing at all.

But judging from the current situation, it seems that these two people have not been hit by any powerful incense at all!

Gu Chan said disdainfully, "I am a veterinarian after all. How can you fool me with a trick like the powerful incense? I am not afraid to tell you the truth. When the powerful incense was blown into the big tent, we had already used a trick to cover the mouth and nose in advance."

"That's right, we have been pretending to be asleep, just waiting to lure you into the trap." Xuanyuan Qing said with a sneer.

"Ninth Prince, what is going on?" Sima Wen was stunned and screamed.

Then he immediately stood up straight, quickly reached out to remove the black cloth covering his face, and stared at Xuanyuan Qing in extreme confusion.

Gu Chan and Xuanyuan Qing were also stunned. They didn't understand at all why the killer not only didn't run away, but also revealed his true face.