Suddenly receiving his first good news after so many days, Li Feng could hardly stand up, wondering whether he should cry or laugh.

The rain had stopped, the sky was clear. Haihe River surged overnight, and the air was filled with an indescribable scent, mixed with the smell of smoke and blood. The ground had warmed up and the humidity had not yet dissipated. Gu Yun had no naval force, after a long night of fierce battle, the Westerners were forced to retreat, utterly defeated.

Gu Yun sat beside the canon with its muzzle that had yet to cool down. The black iron helmet was thrown aside, his messy hair hung down in disorder. He received the medicine handed over by Chang Geng and downed it all.

Chang Geng said, "I did not bring needles, and even if I did, I would not dare to perform it for yifu."

Pulling the string of the iron bow all night, his hands were left with a deep impression. Even now they had not recovered and continued to tremble slightly.

Gu Yun grabbed his wrist and pulled it closer to him. Seeing that he only had exerted his strength and was not injured, he waved his hand in relief: "Don't worry about me, go calculate the casualties. Old Tan won't be able to count them all."

After that, he simply leaned on the canon and closed his eyes to rest for a moment.

A moment later, Gu Yun was woken up by a messenger from the imperial capital.

The person coming was a young soldier of the imperial army. Those at his rank could hardly ever get to see Gu Yun. At last, he could meet the Marquis of Order in the flesh, he truly could not help himself with the excitement, charging over on his horse. When dismounting, there was no telling what he had tripped on, but he rolled all the way until he was under Gu Yun's feet: "Marquis, sir!"

Gu Yun shrunk back his feet in a hurry: "My, what is the grand courtesy for?"

The messenger said excitedly, "Marquis, Your Majesty had ordered me to come and reward the Northern Camp, bring with me...bringing..."

Great, excited to the point of forgetting what to say.

No wonder the Imperial Army was utterly defeated by the Northern Camp. With no other choice, he had to climb up and pat his head. "There is no need to report to me, let General Tan handle it."

"You go back and tell your Majesty to not rejoice so soon. The Northern Camp only has a few soldiers, after everyone is all gone, I won't be able to magically manifest new people either, at that time if the reinforcements don't come..."

The messenger looked at him in bewilderment.