“Of course I want to see them!”
Ning Wanqin could hardly wait.
Gu Qingyue smiled faintly. “Then come with me.”
Once they reached the main tent, Gu Qingyue ordered her subordinates to beat the drums. Before long, a group of women filed in one after another.
Ning Wanqin stood to one side and watched, her eyes growing brighter and brighter.
The women who entered were truly…
One more beautiful than the next!
Ning Wanqin could already picture the thrilling scene she had dreamed of.
A valiant army of women standing proudly between two opposing forces—the sight would be breathtaking. And once they displayed their formidable combat ability, the possibilities were almost limitless.
The moment her all-female army appeared, the entire world would be forced to take notice!
“All right, quiet down!”
Gu Qingyue clapped her hands. Once everyone had fallen silent, she introduced Ning Wanqin to the group.
“This is Miss Ning Wanqin.”
“Those of you who were stationed at the Jiangbei Fortress Cluster should already be familiar with her.”
“Miss Ning Wanqin is now one of the commanders of our all-female army. From this day forward…”
“Miss Ning Wanqin will also be one of your commanders!”
“Go on and pay your respects to Commander Ning!”
Gu Qingyue had issued a military order.
After all, they were in a military camp. As the commander, anything she said in such a serious setting naturally carried the weight of an order.
But after the order was given, the various officers who had entered did not obey. Instead, they looked Ning Wanqin up and down one by one.
“So this is Ning Wanqin? She looks pretty ordinary to me.”
“Exactly. She isn’t much prettier than we are. Why does she get to be a commander while we’re the ones who have to do the work?”
“I feel like I’m far more capable than she is. She can’t become a commander just because she arrived earlier while I’m only an officer, can she?”
“Anyway, our suicide squad refuses to acknowledge her!”
…
At first, Ning Wanqin listened excitedly. But the more she heard, the darker her expression became.
What was this nonsense?
These people actually refused to accept her?
It seemed every one of them wanted to climb over her and take her position!
Had they gone mad? What kind of stray cats and dogs were they to think they could compare themselves to her?
Were they even worthy?
Gu Qingyue saw everything. She rose to her feet and said, “Enough. All of you, be quiet. Miss Ning Wanqin has made great contributions to our all-female army.”
“She deserves the position of commander!”
“You haven’t accomplished anything yet. How can you possibly compare yourselves to Miss Ning Wanqin?”
“Pay your respects to Commander Ning!”
These women had all been recruited by Gu Qingyue, and their provisions and salaries were also supplied by her. They held a certain amount of awe for Gu Qingyue, so after hearing her words, they had no choice but to pay their respects.
However, their gestures were far from sincere.
Some merely waved their hands carelessly. Others gave a perfunctory nod. A few simply acted as though they had not seen her at all and walked straight away.
The atmosphere instantly turned cold.
Seeing this, Gu Qingyue waved her hand and dismissed the women. Then she turned to Ning Wanqin and said, “Sister Wanqin, don’t take it to heart. You’ve only just appeared before them, so they aren’t familiar with you yet. That’s why they’re acting this way.”
“Once they get to know you and all become like sisters, they’ll acknowledge you.”
Ning Wanqin was in a terrible mood. She nodded sullenly.
“By the way, Sister Wanqin…” Gu Qingyue continued. “Since you’ve arrived, I’ll assign your camp to you today. From now on, you’ll be in charge of it.”
“As for your camp…”
After thinking for a moment, Gu Qingyue said, “You can take the Front Camp.”
“From now on, you’ll command the ten thousand soldiers in the Front Camp.”
“What do you think?”
The Front Camp?
Ning Wanqin’s already foul mood grew even worse.
On her way here, she had heard from Ruan Fei that Gu Qingyue had divided the all-female army into five camps.
They were the Front Camp, Rear Camp, Left Camp, Right Camp, and…
The Shenyue Camp!
The Shenyue Camp belonged to Gu Qingyue herself, and she commanded twenty thousand soldiers.
Each of the other camps had only ten thousand soldiers.
And now Ning Wanqin was being given command of merely ten thousand soldiers—and her camp had to be called the “Front” Camp?
What an awful name!
Considering her contributions, as well as her extraordinary relationship with General Zhang Shi, shouldn’t she at least be given twenty thousand soldiers?
And the name had to be changed too!
At the very least, it should be called the Blossom Camp or the Falling Snow Camp!
As these thoughts raced through her mind, Ning Wanqin was about to object to Gu Qingyue. But the moment her eyes met Gu Qingyue’s, she immediately realized that Gu Qingyue would never agree.
Any demand she made would certainly be rejected.
This infuriated Ning Wanqin. She decided on the spot to put in a few words against Gu Qingyue.
In any case, she had intended to bring up Ruan Fei’s request.
With a faint smile, she said, “Sister Gu Qingyue, we can discuss the Front Camp and the rest later.”
“I have another important matter to discuss this time!”
“I’m here to deliver a message from Ruan Fei.”
“Oh?” Gu Qingyue said happily. “What message did Little Fei send me? Does she miss me?”
“Haha, I’ve already prepared food and wine here. She can come over whenever she likes.”
Ning Wanqin said, “It’s not about that.”
“Little Fei said she isn’t satisfied with your arrangements.”
“She thinks that, among all of us sisters, she ought to be the leader. So she asked me to tell you that she wants thirty thousand soldiers. And her camp can’t be called something old-fashioned like the Front Camp, Rear Camp, Left Camp, or Right Camp…”
“Her camp should be called…”
“The Wind Camp!”
Gu Qingyue’s expression darkened instantly.
“Did Ruan Fei really say that?”
Ning Wanqin answered firmly, “She really did. Every word is exactly as I said—true beyond doubt!”
“Hmph!” Gu Qingyue snorted coldly. “This all-female army was built by me alone. Out of consideration for our sisterly bond, I gave her ten thousand soldiers and intended to place them under her command.”
“Who would have thought her ambitions would be so great?”
“She wants thirty thousand soldiers?”
“And she wants to rename her camp the ‘Wind’ Camp?”
“Dream on!”
“This all-female army must consist of five camps. My Shenyue Camp must be the only one that is different. I must have at least twenty thousand soldiers, while she can have no more than ten thousand. That is the rule!”
“Ruan Fei wants to break my rules?”
“Wishful thinking!”
Ning Wanqin nodded deeply in agreement. “Sister Gu Qingyue, you’re absolutely right. I think so too.”
“In fact, I’m not the only one who thinks that way. Even General Zhang Shi thinks Ruan Fei is being far too overbearing.”
Gu Qingyue’s eyes lit up. “General Zhang Shi said that too?”
“Really?”
“Of course,” Ning Wanqin replied.
Gu Qingyue sighed with emotion. “I never expected Ren Tianye to have someone as fair-minded as General Zhang Shi under his command. How rare!”
“Then we absolutely can’t let Ruan Fei have her way!”
Gu Qingyue’s mind raced, and she soon came up with an idea.
“How about this, Wanqin? After you’ve rested for a few days, go back and find Ruan Fei for me.”
“Take a message to her!”
Ning Wanqin stared blankly. “What? Me again?”
“Why is it always me?”
“Am I some kind of born messenger?”
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