Yu Wenye's eyes darkened slightly, and he said, "So, you went with her?"
Shang Ruyi nodded silently.
She could tell that Yu Wenye still felt some dissatisfaction, and was even angry because she had taken risks by acting on her own. But at this moment, she didn't want to explain further, nor did she want him to know that even Lu Xiao had reminded her to take more troops with her back then.
These days, Wang Shaoji's troops had been ambushed in Shouyang, and after the fall of Taiyuan, morale had dissipated, with no military discipline to speak of. Soldiers deserted and fled every day. After more than half a month, the army of hundreds of thousands had dwindled to fewer than eighty thousand. Hence, Lu Xiao could seize the opportunity when Wang Shaoji ordered them to stay at Shuishen Mountain while he led a team to rescue Wang Shaoqiu, to secretly escape and take a detour to Taiyuan. But still, there were tens of thousands of troops remaining, yet Shang Ruyi intended to go alone?
