My Antique Mirror Is A Portal To Another World-Chapter 657: Secret Symbols

The general, who was leading the ministers, searched the city gate as the first general did, then found the secret symbols carved on the city wall.

Looking at the four young ministers, he said, "There was a group that left the city before us. The general leading that group left this message, telling us to regroup at a small village located on the outskirts of the imperial capital city."

Listening to what he said, one of the young ministers asked, "Can this message be trusted?"

The general nodded and explained, "These secret symbols are special symbols used by the Feng Army in the past. Only those who had served under the old Great General Feng know their meanings."

"If the four ministers can trust this general, then you may follow this general to that village. If you cannot trust this general, then this general will escort you to a safe place, and we will go our separate ways."

Hearing this, the four young ministers exchanged looks. Seeing the same determination in their eyes, the four of them turned to look at the general again, then clasped their hands.

Bowing to the general, the four young ministers said at the same time, "We will follow you, General."

Receiving their deep bows, the general helped them up. "Thank you for trusting this general. We should hurry and leave this city. Let’s go."

With the general leading the way, the five of them left the imperial capital city without looking back.

As the sun climbed higher into the morning sky, more and more groups arrived at the south city gate.

After the generals found the secret message carved on the city wall, the ministers all agreed to go to the village to regroup.

While the generals and ministers successfully left the imperial capital city one after another, Feng Jiu, who was hidden in the shadows with his subordinates, finally left the south city gate.

At the same time, far away in the Jin Empire’s border town, the Feng Army’s soldiers were busy packing up their belongings.

Last night, after a brief discussion between Feng Xiyan, Wu Ruizhan, the generals, and the vice-generals, more than twenty thousand soldiers formed small teams of fifty people and were dispatched to several places across the Jin Empire to save the soldiers’ families.

After they finished packing up, Wu Ruizhan mounted his warhorse and commanded, "Move out!"

Leading the remaining eighty thousand soldiers, Wu Ruizhan rode toward the imperial capital city of the Jin Empire.

Not far from the Feng Army’s location, a few shadows watched them walk away from the shadows. They waited until the Feng Army was far away before disappearing from there.

Meanwhile, in an abandoned village not far from there, Bai Hanyun and her team were having breakfast.

Sitting around the old wooden table, they ate while watching the military drone’s feed displayed on Wu Jun’s laptop.

Swallowing her egg pancake, Bai Hanyun suddenly asked, "Why do I feel that the number of the soldiers is not right?"

Hearing this, Bao Shengjie took a look at the laptop screen, then doubtfully said, "Miss Bai, they have more than one hundred thousand soldiers. How do you know if the number is right or not?"

Before Bai Hanyun could answer him, Wu Jun controlled the military drone to fly higher, then zoomed out the camera.

Pointing to the army’s formation, he said, "Look at their formation."

At his words, the others took a closer look at the army’s formation.

A few seconds later, Bao Shengjie asked in confusion, "Brother Wu Jun, I don’t see anything wrong."

Wu Jun sighed helplessly, then explained, "The Feng Army follows the ancient military structure and ranks. These armies are usually numbered in the hundreds and thousands. They also follow strict commands using war drums and flag signals."

"The smallest unit is Wu, or team, consisting of five soldiers."

Pointing at the drone’s feed, he continued, "This one is Bu, or regiment, consisting of one thousand up to seven thousand soldiers. The leader is ranked as Xiaowei, or colonel, in our modern army structure." 𝕗𝕣𝐞𝐞𝘄𝐞𝚋𝚗𝗼𝘃𝗲𝗹.𝚌𝕠𝚖

"The Feng Army’s regiment has five thousand soldiers." Wu Jun paused, then zoomed in on one regiment and added, "And this regiment only has four thousand soldiers."

After listening to Wu Jun’s explanation, Bao Shengjie counted the number of soldiers that appeared on the screen.

A few moments later, he exclaimed in realization, "Brother Wu Jun is right! Some of the regiments only have four thousand soldiers, while the others have five thousand soldiers or three thousand soldiers."

Staring at the military drone’s feed, Bai Hanyun muttered curiously, "I remember the Feng Army had a smooth journey, so it’s impossible for those soldiers to die on their journey. I wonder where the other soldiers are going?"

Hua Yuyu thought for a moment, then said, "Brother Feng wouldn’t send his soldiers away without reason. Maybe they had a change of plan after you told him about the Jin Empire’s imperial capital city’s situation."

Listening to his words, Bai Hanyun nodded in agreement. "I think so too."

Looking at Bai Hanyun’s thoughtful expression, Ouyang Zhuangyu asked, "Miss Bai, do you want me to investigate where the soldiers are going?"

Bai Hanyun thought about his suggestion, then said, "It’s too troublesome to investigate. Let’s just ask Feng Xiyan directly."

"Alright." Ouyang Zhuangyu replied with a smile, then continued his breakfast.

Making her decision, Bai Hanyun took out her phone from her Qiankun Pouch and called Feng Xiyan.

Sitting inside the iron cage, Feng Xiyan felt his phone vibrate and took it out of his sleeve pocket. Seeing that it was a video call from Bai Hanyun, his eyes lit up.

Swiping the green icon up, he raised his phone and put on his best smile.

The moment the video call connected, Bai Hanyun was greeted with Feng Xiyan’s smiling face.

"Yun’er, good morning. How was your rest last night?" Feng Xiyan asked gently.

Bai Hanyun smiled back at him and replied, "Good morning, Feng Xiyan. After taking the Yuan Pill, I had a good night’s sleep. How about you?"