As they reached the border of Lingzhou, Zhou Huaijin ordered that everyone should take a break.


    Everyone let out a sigh of relief, feeling less annoyed.


    They were not talking on the road, but as they were heading to the destination, they were holding a grudge. They were well aware of what was going on at the border, and they were worried that half of them were going to get themselves killed, which was rtively an okay thing.


    Since they chose to be one of the soldiers, they were not afraid of death on the battlefield, but… They were not very satisfied by the chief being Lord Huai.


    They were prepared to die on the battlefield, and yet Lord Huai was taking his future wife, a woman! They were sacrificing themselves for the war, yet the imperial family were out to have fun!


    They were very unconvinced! All of them were annoyed. And they had been moving for so long and were not treated well at all.


    They let out a sigh of relief and gathered together, all chatting in small voices.


    They were allining about Lord Huai.


    Then some people in the front noticed that they were making something, and Lord Huai as well as the woman he had with him was the leader.


    Someone asked curiously, "What are they doing?"


    It was Lord Huai''s staff who heard that question.


    He exined. "It is June, but the weather is still terrible. You are all going forward in bad weather so you can get cold easily. Lady Chaoyan and her men are making medicine for you to drink, so you can drink some before continuing forward. We are going to go through a lot of difficulties, but we should avoid what we can avoid."


    "…"


    "The King has not arranged many forces, nor has he arranged any doctors to go with us, but Lady Chaoyan is a good doctor and she has her disciples with her."


    "…"


    "You can take a break and soon you will be able to drink the hot medicinal soup," the man said before going to help with the brewing.


    The soldiers exchanged a look between themselves.


    So they were preparing the medical soup for them so that they did not have to suffer from a cold, but they had just bad-mouthed Lord Huai and thatdy.


    At this point, they looked extremely embarrassed.


    They had not thought about doctors, because they were aware of this fact - if any of them got caught on the expedition, they would have to get through it themselves. They would never be served any medicinal soup.


    They had thought that Lord Huai wanted to have ady with him on the expedition, but they had not expected this kind of arrangement.


    By this point, everyone got to drink very hot medicinal soup and felt quite warmed inside, thus not saying anything else.


    Those were just simple-minded soldiers, so when they understood what was going on, they were quite grateful.


    Having drunk the medicinal soup, they continued forward on the easy official path of Lingzhou.


    Three dayster, they reached the border of Xinzhou.


    Since everyone was motivated, they arrived at the border of Xinzhou ahead of time.


    As they reached the border of Xinzhou they started to do a count.


    Gu Chaoyan had promised that at most 20 people would be cut off by this point…