The biggest victims of war are civilians. In Yue Kingdom, many men from ordinary families became victims of the war. When Mi Li A'nai went down the mountain, she saw that many people had soul-calling banners hanging on their doors, and some young and strong men from some families had even hidden in the mountains.

The capital city is far less prosperous and bustling than before. Most of the people walking on the streets are the elderly, the weak, women and children. There are few small vendors dressed in costumes from various countries anymore.

What a sin!

When Lei Jiang arrived at Mi Li's courtyard on his Qiu Ge horse at midnight, her grandmother was muttering to her, saying that the land and water support the people, so isn't it good to live a peaceful life in your own home? Why do you have to invade and occupy other countries' lands, and cause the people in your own land to be separated and unable to reunite.

Hearing some noise in the yard, Mili A'nai opened the door and came out. At first she didn't recognize Lei Jiang, but Lei Jiang reminded her. Lei Jiang didn't beat around the bush and directly explained his purpose. Mili A'nai began to hesitate. She had lived most of her life and had never left the village except for occasionally going down the mountain to buy oil and salt.

War means death. Mi Li A Nai is not afraid of death. The old lady is worried that she will not die on the land where she grew up.

"Grandma," Mi Li saw her hesitation and tugged at her arm, saying, "This uncle came from Yan Jun, he must have been ordered by the princess. Grandma, please help the princess. The princess saved Mi Li's life. Doesn't Grandma always say that people should be grateful and repay kindness?"

"My silly Mi Li, the mountain is too high and the road is too long for me to climb. Don't let your life end here!"

"Old man, there's no need to walk. We have spirit snakes carrying us there. We'll be there in less than an hour." Lei Jiang said as he took out the military hot water bottle that Jian Ning had given him. "This is a treasure. There are only a few in the camp. Before she came here, the princess gave us this one she used. Fill it with hot water and cover yourself with it. I guarantee you'll be warm and won't catch a cold!"

Mi Li and her grandmother's attention was focused on the spirit snake. The two looked at each other, and Mi Li's grandmother asked, "Where is the spirit snake you just mentioned? Was it raised by the princess, or was it brought by the Saint Lady's husband?"

Lei Jiang didn't know who the Saint Lady she was talking about was, but he knew that Brother Qiu belonged to Huo Jincheng. His eyes darkened slightly, "It belonged to my nephew, but he's gone."

"Ah? You mean... that Mr. Huo is gone?" Mi Li was horrified. She glanced at her grandmother. Her grandmother knew that Huo Jincheng was the Saint's husband. She was a little bit incredulous that he was gone at such a young age. "How did he go?"

After Lei Jiang told her and her granddaughter what had happened, he continued, "They've used eight-eyed poisonous spiders to train black-armored soldiers. They're so heartless and treat human life like worthless. If they were to take over the Central Plains, not only would the people of the Central Plains, but even the people of your Yue Nation wouldn't have a good life!"

Mi Li A Nai waved her hand and said, "Stop talking. I am an old woman and I will go with you. If you need me and my old partner, I will do whatever the princess wants. I will not hesitate."

"I'll go fill it with hot water." Mi Li took the hot water bag from Lei Jiang, while her grandmother went to get the rhinoceros beetle. She was raising a mother-and-child Gu, which had been with her day and night, feeding it with her own blood for most of its life, so she called it her old companion.

When Lei Jiang brought her and Qige back to Qishan, Jian Ning and his men had just fought off a new round of crazy attacks by the black-armored soldiers. King Pingnan and Blind Liu were arranging their troops. It seemed that the coalition forces of the three countries were preparing to attack day and night. It was winter now, and it was getting colder day by day. The wind was strong on the mountain, and the soldiers were shivering with cold. If they could not eliminate the black-armored soldiers before the snow closed the mountain, who knows how many soldiers would be frozen to death!

After Blind Liu and King Pingnan finished deploying the troops, they took Mi Li and Yue Chan and their siblings to the Yaowang Valley behind Mount Qi to go into seclusion and train the golden armored soldiers to restrain the black armored soldiers.

Before the retreat, Blind Liu and Ding Youtian set up roadblocks at various checkpoints in Qishan using Qimen Dunjia, but these roadblocks could only delay the attack of the Black Cloud Pearl, which was only better than nothing. He told Ding Youtian to try his best to hold on for ten days until he came out of retreat.

"Master, don't worry. As long as I'm still breathing, I will hold on to Qishan and will never let you down!"

"Asshole!" Blind Liu was furious when he heard this, and almost slapped him in the face. "I told you to try to hold on for ten days, but who told you to die here? As long as people are alive, you can find a way to recapture Qishan later if it's lost. But if everyone is gone, what are you going to use to recapture it?"

Ding Youtian's face turned stern, and he bowed, saying, "Disciple, I understand. My wife also said, 'As long as the green mountains remain, there will be no fear of running out of firewood.' If we really can't hold on, I will suggest to you, General, to retreat, conserve our strength, and make plans later."

Blind Liu nodded, then stroked his beard and gazed up at the inky night sky, his eyes deep. Ding Youtian followed his gaze. Master and disciple stood on the mountain peak, their backs straight in the howling cold wind.

"well!"

A soft sigh drifted away in the wind.

Blind Liu retracted his gaze and looked at Ding Youtian. "After passing Yaowang Valley, we will reach the Xing'an City Gate. The thieves can march straight into the Central Plains. Do you understand what I mean?"

Ding Youtian's face froze again, and he said sternly, "Disciple understands. I will do my best with my wife. Master, just focus on your retreat. Disciple will wait for your good news."

"Take care of yourself." Blind Liu flicked his long sleeves, said no more, turned around and walked towards Mi Li Grandma and Yue Chan who were waiting behind him.

At the hour of Yin, Wu Yunzhu and Nanoshen led the black armored soldiers to attack again. During the day, three bombers and two tanks were all hit by howitzers. At night, they did not send out bombers and tanks. Jane Ning's heart suddenly moved. Most of the weapons used by Wu Yunzhu were sophisticated weapons from the Second World War. Many of them have been discontinued. It is possible that some of her weapons will not be automatically replenished after they are used up. Thinking of this, she couldn't help but cheer up.

Jian Ning and Ding Youtian led the yamen runners of the two counties and the city guards of Xing'an County, and were responsible for guarding the checkpoint on the left side of Qishan. Everyone wore the infrared night vision goggles distributed by her, and each had a sniper submachine gun; Ma Xiaomai, Dabao, Da Niu and Duan Yu all followed Jian Ning and the others, and several of them were responsible for throwing grenades.

Once the battle started, the Yan army soldiers who had been shivering with cold before, instantly forgot the severe cold. The rumbling sound of artillery fire was mixed with the soldiers' angry curses from time to time, because the number of black armored soldiers in the middle of the night was far greater than that in the daytime. At a glance, they were densely packed and attacked the mountain one after another with an overwhelming force.

Seeing the black-armored soldiers rushing up the mountain, Jane Ning suddenly heard a "ding" sound. The system prompted that there was an update in the weapons depot. She looked up.

"Damn it!" Jane Ning couldn't help but swear, then she replaced the sniper submachine gun in her hand with a flamethrower, and put two more gas cylinders on her back. She pulled the trigger, and a huge fire dragon gushed out. Several black-armored soldiers who were less than five meters away from the top of the mountain were covered in flames and rolled down, taking down a large group of people.

"Great!" Ma Xiaomai jumped up in excitement, "Get down!" Dabao jumped up and knocked him to the ground.