Chapter 288: The General's White Hair and the Soldiers' Tears

As soon as Sanniang led the crowd away, Yue Hongling rode over. It was unknown whether Sanniang had sensed the sound of horses' hooves in the distance in advance and walked at such a perfect time.

Looking at the figures in the distance, Yue Hongling asked Zhao Changhe in surprise: "Who are those people? Did you kill Wu Balu's helpers?"

"Yes." Zhao Changhe thought to himself that Sanniang must not want Yue Hongling to know her strength, so she left at the right time. Especially if the identity of Xuanwu really became known to the world, Sanniang might go berserk.

So he didn't reveal her background, but just said: "A group of like-minded people, and Han Wubing is with them."

Yue Hongling's thoughts were off: "No wonder it's so easy, it turns out there are a lot of people, are they from the Knight Camp?"

"Yeah." Zhao Changhe asked: "How are you? Are you not hurt?"

"We didn't really fight." Yue Hongling looked a little serious: "Chi Li has broken the secret treasure, and his real strength at this moment is definitely more than 66th on the human list. Don't underestimate the enemy next time you see him. It's best to leave as soon as you see him, the farther the better."

Zhao Changhe smiled and said: "I have you by my side."

Yue Hongling tilted her head and looked at him for a while, and suddenly said: "Hey, do you really want to stay with me forever?"

Zhao Changhe was stunned: "What are you saying, do you still want to separate from me?"

"I can't bear it." Yue Hongling sighed: "But from the perspective of martial arts, it's actually better for both you and me to separate."

Zhao Changhe pursed his lips, he also knew this truth in his heart.

Especially since Hong Ling is stronger than him... If he is always by her side, once the dependence is formed, it will be really difficult to make any progress.

Yue Hongling said: "Where are you going after this battle?"

Zhao Changhe thought for a moment and asked: "What about you?"

"I might go to the southwest, visit Bashan Jianlu, and take a look at the Miaojiang Gu. I need to go through all the land."

It seems that Yue Hongling really has a clear plan for her own path. Such a wandering female knight rarely stays in one place.

Strictly speaking, although she was obtained, it may not be considered "homecoming" because her heart is in the world.

I don't know when she will feel tired and want a home.

But it is obviously not the time yet, after all, her man is not a quiet master.

Everyone has no home, where can they stay?

In fact, Zhao Changhe thinks he can also go to the southwest. For example, he has always wanted to go to Wushan to find Master Xue. If he arrives in Wushan, it is not far to go to Bashan. In general, they can still be considered on the same road. Then let Yue Hongling beat Master Xue again. It's very interesting to think about it.

But then I thought, beating Master Xue was not the first priority, I did have more important plans, for example, the next step should be to find the blood ginseng that Jin Bao mentioned, to lay a good foundation for the "blood Shura body", then where to go is to follow the clues of the blood ginseng, there is no reason to decide where to go first, otherwise it is a pure waste of time.

I actually forgot to ask Sanniang about this before, she is knowledgeable and may have clues.

In addition, I should try to contact Ji Chengkong to see if there is anything that can be traded with the Thief Saint, and learn some martial arts of absorption, it is very important to be able to use the storage ring!

Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go find something myself, maybe, we are destined to be together, I'll find you while I'm looking."

Yue Hongling found it interesting: "The world is so big, if you didn't come to the southwest on purpose, just finding something by yourself would be in line with my path, then I..."

Zhao Changhe blinked: "What?"

Yue Hongling's cheeks were slightly red, biting her lower lip and tilting her head: "Then I'll play with you in the posture you've always wanted."

Zhao Changhe laughed: "I have confidence, wait, my heroine."

Yue Hongling She said angrily, "Now my mind is full of these things."

I don't know who brought it up first... Zhao Changhe didn't expose her, but smiled and said, "Let's go. At least at this moment, you and I are still riding side by side, giving Timur a little shock in the Central Plains."

As he said that, he kicked the horse's belly, and Wuzhui ran forward happily on the snow: "Let's see whether your Red Hare is more powerful or my Wuzhui is stronger?"

Seeing his free and easy appearance, Yue Hongling's entanglement and reluctance in her heart also dissipated, and she also became free and easy, waving the whip: "Go!"

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It was sunset again, the setting sun, the long Qiang flute, and the clear frost on the ground.

The wild geese flew over the mountains, crossed the pass, returned south, and went straight to Hengyang.

It's winter...

But the people here haven't returned home for a long time, and they may never return home.

Huangfu Yongxian stood on the top of the city, looking at the continuous corpses on the pass, and he couldn't tell which ones were enemies and which ones were his own people.

A section of the city wall has half collapsed, and the soldiers are trying their best to repair it, but Huangfu Yongxian's experience clearly tells him that if he can't repair it tonight, the Hu people will surely attack this gap tomorrow morning. Whether he can hold it or not is just around the corner.

The soldiers on both sides are exhausted, and the blood on their faces has not been washed for a long time.

Let alone washing, everyone doesn't even have much time to sleep.

Previously, due to the death of He Lei, the War Lion tribe was in chaos and did not participate in the attack. Without this huge clan, Timur's offensive has also slowed down a bit. The main point of the two sides is still food.

It's almost winter, and there is not enough food on the grassland. This is also the biggest factor that prompted them to attack this time.

But Huangfu Yongxian found helplessly that after all the efforts, the other side's food is not much less than theirs.

The food and salary here are short of weight. After passing through layers of hands, the food that reaches Yanmen is not enough to support tens of thousands of troops.

On the contrary, a lot of food is coming out of the pass from nowhere and scattered to the major tribes behind the grassland.

Huangfu Yong first sent people to pretend to be horse bandits, intercepting from outside the pass to inside the pass, and directly using this extra money to fill the shortage of his own troops and horses, which is barely enough to cope with. But it is meaningless in the overall situation. If the Hu people have enough military food, they will not be dragged down, but their side is about to collapse.

Because the number of people is not the same level.

The Hu people can attack in turns, and they can't even take turns to rest here. Everyone is exhausted.

In the past, the Jianghu people in the Knight Camp rarely participated in the war directly, and they all went to the rear to make trouble. Since Zhao Changhe rescued six people last time, few people ran out now, and they all came to the army to help honestly. Strong hands like Cui Yuanyong and Situ Xiao are even more powerful than a hundred. As the spearhead of the team, they are simply unstoppable. It can be said that they have boosted a lot of morale, but it is still useless.

In an offensive and defensive war involving hundreds of thousands of people, their role was too small.

They could still hold on for now, but it was said that the War Lion Tribe had regained its spirit. Once they attacked again, it would be a disaster.

My daughter often said, "Let's rebel. What's the point of working hard for such a tyrant and such a court? How many people in our family died? Is it meaningful?"

Huangfu Yongxian turned around and looked around. When the soldiers and generals around saw the old general looking at them, they all raised their heads and chests to let the general see that they still had not lost their fighting spirit.

Huangfu Yongxian smiled.

Whether they surrendered or rebelled, the soul of this army was gone, and so was his soul.

It would be better to die.

"General." Finally, a deputy general said, "It's late at night, you are old, why don't you go back and rest. We can just keep an eye on the repairs here."

The old general smiled casually: "My strength is the highest among you, how can I go to bed first."

"General..."

"Don't worry, as long as I am alive, Yanmen will be there."

The old general held the helmet in his arms, and the north wind blew, bringing the general's white hair, like frost in this winter night.

The soldiers were willing to believe the old general's encouraging words.

But he was not yet sixty, and his hair was already full of white. If he continued to spend so much energy, would there still be a general in Yanmen?

Unconsciously, the stars and the moon gradually disappeared.

The crowing of chickens sounded in the county inside the pass, and the east gradually turned white, with a few rays of morning glow reflecting the horizon, very beautiful.

"Woo~Woo~"

The horn sounded, the ground trembled slightly, and the overwhelming torrent came from far away and approached the pass.

The torrent stretched and stretched as far as the eye could see. Just looking from a distance, it gave people a suffocating pressure.

Huangfu Yong first looked at the collapsed part of the city wall, and it was basically meaningless to repair it.

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