As soon as Sanniang led the crowd away, Yue Hongling came riding over. I don't know if Sanniang had sensed the sound of horse 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? Are you killing Wu Balu's helpers?"
"Yes." Zhao Changhe thought to himself that Sanniang probably didn't want Yue Hongling to know her strength, so she left at the right time. Especially if Xuanwu's identity really became known to the world, Sanniang would probably go crazy.
So he didn't expose her background, but just said: "A group of like-minded people, including Han Wubing."
Yue Hongling's thoughts wandered: "No wonder it's so easy, there's a large group of people here, are they from the Knight Battalion?"
"Yeah." Zhao Changhe asked, "How are you doing? Are you not hurt?"
"We didn't really fight." Yue Hongling looked a little serious: "Chi Li has broken through the secret treasure. His true strength at the moment is definitely more than 66th on the Human Ranking. Next time you see him, don't underestimate him. It's best to run away as soon as you see him. The farther the better."
Zhao Changhe smiled and said, "I have you by my side now."
Yue Hongling tilted her head and looked at him for a while, then suddenly said, "Hey, do you really want to stay with me forever?"
Zhao Changhe was stunned: "What do you mean? Do you still want to break up with me?"
"I can't bear to part with you." Yue Hongling sighed, "But from a martial arts perspective, it's actually better for both you and me to separate."
Zhao Changhe pursed his lips. He knew this truth in his heart.
Especially since Hong Ling is stronger than me... If I stay by her side all the time, once the dependence is formed, it will be really difficult to make any progress.
Yue Hongling asked: "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 incident. I need to go through all the places."
It seems that Yue Hongling really has a clear plan for her own path. A female knight who travels around the world rarely keeps her heart in one place.
Strictly speaking, although I got her, it may not be considered as "homecoming" because her heart is far away.
I don’t know when she will feel tired and want a home.
But it's obviously not the right time yet, after all, her man is not a content person.
Everyone has no home, so where can they stay
In fact, Zhao Changhe felt that he could also go to the southwest. For example, he had always wanted to go to Wushan to find Master Xue. If he arrived in Wushan, it would not be too far to go to Bashan. In general, they were on the same route. Then, he could let Yue Hongling beat up Master Xue again. It was very interesting to think about it.
But on second thought, beating Master Xue was not the top priority, he did have more important plans, for example, the next step should be to find the blood ginseng that Jin Bao mentioned, to lay a solid foundation for the "Blood Shura Body", so where to go should be to follow the clues of the blood ginseng, there is no point in deciding where to go first, otherwise it would be a pure waste of time.
I actually forgot to ask Sanniang about this before. She is knowledgeable and might have some clues.
In addition, I should try to contact Ji Chengkong to see if the Thief Saint has anything to trade with. It is also important to learn some acquisition-related martial arts and be able to use a storage ring!
Thinking of this, he smiled and said, "Okay, I'll go find something myself too. Who knows, maybe we are destined to be together, and I'll find you while I'm searching."
Yue Hongling found it quite interesting: "The world is so big, if you didn't come to the southwest on purpose, and just looking for things by yourself can secretly match my path, then I..."
Zhao Changhe blinked: "What?"
Yue Hongling's cheeks were slightly red, she bit her lower lip and tilted her head: "Then I will play with you the position you have always wanted."
Zhao Changhe laughed: "I have confidence. Wait, my heroine."
Yue Hongling 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 to give Timur a little shock in the Central Plains."
As he spoke, he kicked the horse's belly and ran forward happily on the snow: "Let's see which is stronger, your Red Hare or my Black Hare?"
Seeing his carefree look, Yue Hongling's entanglement and reluctance in her heart also dissipated, and she also became carefree, waving the whip and saying, "Go!"
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It's sunset again, the sun is setting in the west, the sound of the Qiang flute is heard, and the ground is covered with clear frost.
The wild geese flew across the mountains, crossed the pass, headed south, and headed straight for Hengyang. Winter has arrived…
But the people here haven’t returned home for a long time, and they may never be able to return home.
Huangfu Yongxian stood on the top of the city wall, looking at the corpses piled up in front of and behind the pass. He could no longer tell which were enemies and which were his own people.
A section of the city wall had half collapsed, and the soldiers were trying their best to repair it. However, Huangfu Yongxian's experience clearly told him that if they couldn't repair it tonight, the Hu people would surely attack the gap early tomorrow morning. Whether they could hold on was now a matter of seconds.
The soldiers on both sides were already exhausted, and their faces were covered in blood that had not been cleaned for who knows how long.
Not to mention cleaning, people don’t even have much time to sleep.
Previously, affected by 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 slowed down a bit. The main point of contention between the two sides was still food.
Winter is approaching and there is not enough food on the grassland. This is the biggest factor that prompted them to tackle this problem.
But Huangfu Yongxian helplessly discovered that after all the efforts, the other side had not much less food than his own.
The food and wages here were short of quantity, and after being passed through many levels, what arrived at Yanmen was not enough to support tens of thousands of soldiers and horses.
Instead, a large amount of grain was shipped out from somewhere unknown and distributed to the major tribes behind the grassland.
Huangfu Yong first sent people to pretend to be horse bandits, intercepting horses from outside the pass to inside the pass, and directly used this extra money to fill the shortage of his own army and horses, which was barely enough to cope with the situation. But it was meaningless in the overall situation. If the Hu people had enough military rations, they would not be dragged down, but his side was about to collapse.
Because the number of people is not on the same level.
The Hu people can attack in turns, and we don’t even have time to rest, and everyone is exhausted.
In the past, the Jianghu people in the Knight Camp rarely participated in the war directly, but went to the rear to cause trouble. Since Zhao Changhe rescued six people last time, few of them ran away now, and they all came to the army to help honestly. Strong men like Cui Yuanyong and Situ Xiao were even more capable of fighting against a hundred people alone. As the spearhead of the team, they were simply unstoppable, which boosted morale a lot, but it was still of little use.
In an offensive and defensive battle involving hundreds of thousands of people, their role was too small.
We can still hold on for now, but it is said that the War Lion Tribe has come back to life. If they pounce on us again, it will 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? So many people in our family have died. Is there any meaning?"
Huangfu Yongxian turned around and looked around. When the soldiers and generals around him saw the old general looking at them, they all raised their heads and chests to let the general see that they had not lost their fighting spirit.
Huangfu Yongxian smiled.
Whether they surrender or rebel, this army has lost its soul, and so has Huangfu Yongxian's soul.
It would be better to die.
"General," finally a deputy general said, "It's late at night and you are old. You might as well go back and rest. We can just keep an eye on the repairs here."
The old general smiled and said, "My strength is the highest among you. There is no reason for me to go to bed first."
"General..."
"Don't worry, as long as I am still alive, Yanmen will be here."
The old general held his helmet in his arms. The north wind blew, lifting the general's white hair, which looked like frost in this winter night.
The soldiers were willing to believe the old general's encouraging words.
But he is not even sixty years old, but his hair is already white. If he continues to spend so much time and energy on this, will there still be any generals in Yanmen
Before I knew it, the stars and the moon gradually disappeared.
Roosters crowed in Guannei County, the sky in the east gradually turned pale, and a few rays of morning glow illuminated the horizon, it was very beautiful.
“Woo~Woo~”
The horn sounded, the ground shook slightly, and an overwhelming flood came from far away and approached the city.
The torrent stretches endlessly, and just looking at it from a distance gives people a suffocating pressure.
Huangfu Yong first took a look at the collapsed part of the city wall and realized that there was basically no point in repairing it.
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