The sandstorms of the frontier and the cruel battlefield added a bit of fortitude to his face. His empty sleeves and haggard face added a bit of desolation and loneliness. However, his eyes were so sincere and resolute.
He has changed and is no longer the Qu Fengting of the past.
Recalling the past grievances, Mu Hanyan felt some inexplicable emotion in her heart.
"Am I, Mu Hanyan, the kind of person who says one thing and means another? But I saved Beining Pass, not the Fifth Prince." Mu Hanyan said in a loud voice, and then rode out on the Red Charcoal Cloud Beast.
"Let's go. Don't you know Young Master Mu's temper yet? Your Fifth Prince is saved now." He Qingwei patted Qu Fengting who was still in a daze and followed him.
Qu Fengting finally woke up from his dream, a hint of joy appeared in his eyes, and he followed.
Perhaps Luo Pengcheng would think that Mu Hanyan and others were young and frivolous, but he would not think so. He had dealt with Mu Hanyan so many times and suffered so many losses. He had also seen too many incredible things in Mu Hanyan.
He knew that Mu Hanyan had her reasons for rejecting Tan Taixuan so simply and directly. Her confidence was not groundless. This time, the Fifth Prince was saved. Great!
"Select two hundred soldiers who are still able to fight and follow me out of the city." Luo Pengcheng thought about it and was still worried about Mu Hanyan, so he selected two hundred soldiers whose injuries were not too serious and followed him in full armor.
The Beining and Qingyang passes are built on the mountainside, and the terrain is extremely dangerous. On one side of the two passes is a deep abyss, and there is only a narrow canyon in the middle. Even those strange beasts that are good at climbing rocks and walls can only pass through the canyon. Perhaps occasionally one or two lucky beasts will sneak into the pass from the cliffs, but they do not pose any threat at all.
Of course, the intelligence of strange beasts is not low, and they usually don’t do such stupid things.
If Luoan City is the throat between the southwest of Anyun and the Longyan Mountains, then the Beining and Qingyang passes are the pair of big hands guarding this throat.
At this moment, the roars of strange beasts and the roars of human warriors echoed for a long time in the canyon. Like the scene outside Luoan City, corpses were scattered all over the ground below the two passes, most of them bloody and horrible.
The two passes have the advantage of terrain, and are equipped with many catapults. The huge rocks infused with powerful energy are thrown down from high above, with doubled power, which can cause fatal damage to strange beasts. This is one of the important reasons why the two passes have been able to hold on to this day.
However, after a series of battles, all the huge stones prepared inside the pass had been thrown away, and the giant catapults were damaged beyond recognition. Thousands of strange beasts were attacking the two passes respectively.
Qu Fengting hadn't lied about the military situation. The beasts attacking Beining Pass were far stronger and more frenzied, both in numbers and strength. The beasts attacking Qingyang Pass were both fewer in number and weaker. It seemed they were simply trying to prevent the Qingyang Pass soldiers from coming out to rescue them, rather than actually attempting to capture the pass.
At Beining Pass, on the city wall, a young general swung his sword heavily, knocking down a strange beast that had just climbed up the pass. Blood splattered all over his face, and he himself fell heavily to the ground, leaning on his sword, looking into the distance with a lifeless look.
The catapults were completely destroyed and there were not many arrows left. He could not remember how many strange beasts had pounced on the pass and were knocked down by him.
He only knew that the soldiers around him fell one after another, and his strength was at its final stage.
In the distance lay Luo'an City, a city closely connected to the Beining and Qingyang passes. He wondered if Qu Fengting had escaped the siege. Had he managed to escape? But where could he have gone? Just like him, even if he had escaped Beining Pass, where could he have gone? The world was vast, but there was no place for him.
Recalling the high-spirited feeling when he first returned to the capital, and thinking of Mu Hanyan's face that he used to hate, he suddenly laughed. Now that he thinks about it, Mu Hanyan is not that annoying. Every time, he was actually asking for trouble. Mu Hanyan did not take the initiative to provoke them.
He had learned quite a bit from Mu Hanyan, though: she was unyielding but not reckless, cunning but not calculating. Unfortunately, these were things he only gradually realized after arriving at Beining Pass and reflecting on the pain.
If I had met Mu Hanyan earlier and figured these things out earlier, perhaps the ending would not have been like this.
The Fifth Prince felt a flicker of regret, but he quickly put it behind him. Now wasn't the time to regret, nor was it the time to give up. Remember back in the mysterious palace on Feilai Peak, Mu Hanyan's situation wasn't much better than his current situation. Yet, she didn't give up. Ultimately, she persevered, defeated Zhao Lingxian, and even inherited the memories of the Aolai beast.
Since she can do it, why can't I?
Another strange beast howled and pounced on the pass, opening its bloody mouth. The fifth prince didn't know where he got the strength from, but he suddenly jumped up and chopped the strange beast off the city wall with one sword.
With a crack, the long sword, which was already covered with canine teeth, broke into two pieces, and his body fell to the ground uncontrollably.
"General!" Behind him, the personal soldiers exclaimed.
His already confused mind instantly regained clarity, and he stood up again, leaning on the half-broken sword. He knew he couldn't fall. If he fell, the soldiers behind him would lose their last bit of fighting spirit, and Beining Pass would no longer be able to hold out.
The Fifth Prince straightened his back with difficulty, holding the half-broken sword, and once again gazed into the distance. He had heard the horn of Luo'an City's decisive battle earlier, and it was clear that the final moment of life and death had come. He didn't know whether the Lord of Luo City had held on. Even if he had, he would probably have suffered heavy losses. How could he spare any manpower to save him?
The fifth prince stood up straight, looking towards the direction of Luoan City for a long, long time. That was also the direction of the capital. Endless fatigue surged in his heart, and his mind was confused. He didn't even notice a strange beast pounced on the city wall and opened its ferocious mouth towards him. He also seemed to be deaf to the screams of the personal soldiers behind him.
Suddenly, a black shadow came from afar, stirring up a cloud of dust.
The fifth prince's eyes fixed, and although the distance was still far, he could still clearly see the elegant yet heroic figure in front of him.
"Mu Hanyan, why is she here!" Although he also received the news that the young elites from the eight major families in the capital were coming to provide support, he did not know that Mu Hanyan would be leading the team.
However, the moment he saw Mu Hanyan, he had already fallen into a confused mind, but he suddenly woke up and his spirits were lifted.
If it was someone else, he might not have had much confidence, but Mu Hanyan was different. Like Qu Fengting, he had seen too many miracles on Mu Hanyan. He once hated and feared her, but at the same time, he was full of confidence in her.
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