Chapter 655 - Tit For Tat (1)
“General Ji!” The moment the exhausted citizens saw Ji Fengyan, their eyes lit up with hope. They forgot about their exhaustion and hurriedly stood up and ran towards Ji Fengyan.
“General Ji, you’re back.”
“General, are you all right?”
The sincere greeting expressed their concern for Ji Fengyan. The Ping City citizens knew perfectly well that they had only managed to escape because Ji Fengyan had drawn away the demons’ attention.
The uproar among the citizens outside the camp attracted the attention of the soldiers inside the camp. The soldiers of Wolf Smoke Regiment had been guarding the citizens. When they saw Ji Fengyan’s figure, they immediately went forward and surrounded Ji Fengyan to study her. They only relaxed when they had made certain that Ji Fengyan was unharmed.
Ji Fengyan looked at the soldiers of the Wolf Smoke Regiment and asked, “What’s going on?”
With expressions filled with indignation, the soldiers replied, “This is all Zhan Fei’s doing. He refused to allow the citizens into the army camp and even wanted them to move far away from here. Military Advisor Lu argued with him for a long time before Zhan Fei reluctantly allowed these citizens to stay outside the army camp for one night. However, they need to leave at first light.”
As they spoke, the soldiers became more and more angry. The Ping City citizens had fought bravely in a bloodbath and had only escaped here with much difficulty. Not only had they received no comfort, they had passed the night in cold and hunger. Zhan Fei had not even provided them with tents. The soldiers of the Wolf Smoke Regiment could not bear the sight and had offered their own tents, only to be stopped by Zhan Fei. Lu Shaoqing had no choice but to let the soldiers of Wolf Smoke Regiment stand watch outside the camp and brought out the Wolf Smoke Regiment’s own supplies of food and medication for the citizens.
However, these citizens had been too exhausted and it had injured many of them. These scanty provisions were insufficient to help them regain their strength.
After just one night, many of the weaker children and elderly folk had fallen ill.
Lu Shaoqing had asked Zhan Fei several times to send the army doctor to look at them, but had been rejected.
After Ji Fengyan heard this, she involuntarily wrinkled her brow.
The citizens that surrounded her were extremely dispirited. They did not dare to argue with the military and only hid here and shivered.
“Follow me into the army camp.” There was a sharp gleam in Ji Fengyan’s eye. She knew perfectly well what Zhan Fei was up to.
Zhan Fei had only treated this group of people so harshly because she had rescued them. If it had been anyone else, they would have been allowed to enter the army camp long ago.
With Ji Fengyan’s words, all the citizens found their backbone. They supported each other and followed Ji Fengyan.
Outside the camp, the soldiers were on guard saw that Ji Fengyan was leading the group of citizens over and immediately went forward to block them.
“Lord Zhan has commanded us not to…”
“Scram.” Ji Fengyan’s cold look swept across the soldiers.
Those soldiers were shocked. They wanted to go forward and block them, but Ji Fengyan directly ordered the soldiers of Wolf Smoke Regiment to drag them aside.
The ensuing chaos woke up the people who were still sleeping soundly in the army camp. When Zhan Fei heard the news, he hurried over anxiously. The moment he arrived, he saw that Ji Fengyan had already brought the citizens into the army camp. In a moment, his face turned completely pale.
“Ji Fengyan! What are you doing! Don’t you know the rules!” Zhan Fei pointed at Ji Fengyan and berated her. “You don’t know the origins of these people. If a demon slips in among them, can you bear the responsibility for it!”
Ji Fengyan’s cold look swept across Zhan Fei. “If anything happens, I’ll bear the responsibility. So what!”