The first thing Qiu Yan did after leaving the desert was to feed the horses.
These past few days, their only two horses have been ravaged, and it's a true miracle that they've survived.
Both sides began to rest on the spot.
Qin Susu had already climbed into the carriage; her ankles had been aching from walking so much these past few days.
"Chanyu, farewell!" After resting for a while, Ling Ba bid farewell and prepared to travel eastward with Qiu Yan and the others.
He knew that Huyan Xun would not send them warhorses again for no reason.
After Ling Ba finished speaking, he glanced at Qiu Yan.
In his view, Huyan Xun's biggest motive was Xiao Yan.
Along the way, Huyan Xun's lustful eyes often lingered on Xiao Yan. If it weren't for him, Xiao Yan would have inevitably been bothered.
Seeing that Qiu Yan remained silent, Ling Ba nodded to her.
"Let's go, getting on the road is the priority."
Qiu Yan stood up, but then heard Hu Yanxun say something urgent.
“We’re all home now, why are we leaving? Qiu Yan, don’t forget, your soldiers can’t reach Northern Qi in a short time on foot alone.”
Qiu Yan knew that anyone who had fought in a war could tell that the hundred or so of them were soldiers.
She looked at Huyan Xun: "Speak, what are your conditions?"
She certainly wanted a warhorse, but if the price was too high, it wouldn't be worth it.
Ling Ba also looked at Hu Yanxun.
"Conditions? You..."
The word 'leave' stuck in my throat.
Huyan Xun's eyes flickered slightly. "The condition is, when you go to Northern Qi, take me with you!"
At this opportune moment when the Northern Qi was about to be divided up, he naturally thought of getting a share of the spoils.
He had long coveted the Northern Qi and had been thinking of taking it for himself.
Qiu Yan's heart tightened suddenly.
She knew that there's no such thing as a free lunch.
The land of Northern Qi was indeed quite tempting.
She gazed northwards and said calmly:
"Chanyu, it's probably too late for you to go now. Northern Qi has already fallen." Hopefully, things will turn out the way she thinks.
At that time, they can go there and return directly to Dongjin.
Ling Ba thought the same thing.
However, during this chaotic period, with numerous powerful states rising up in the surrounding areas, it will likely take some time before the three kingdoms are united.
He knew that once the Northern Qi fell and the Western Qin was defeated, the aftermath would be much easier to handle.
“How could the Northern Qi dynasty fall so easily?” Huyan Xun shook his head, expressing his disbelief.
Ling Ba pursed his lips, thinking to himself, "With gunpowder, what is impossible?"
"You're not from the Northern Qi army?" Huyan Xun looked intently at Qiu Yan and Ling Ba.
"Tell me, which country in the Central Plains do you belong to?" If it were Northern Qi, Huyan Xun had originally planned to use Qiu Yan and the others to get a share of the spoils.
Surely we can use a feigned surrender as a means to achieve this?
But now it seems useless.
Could they be... the army of Western Qin?
Looking at the hundred or so soldiers, Huyan Xun nodded in approval.
Huyan Xun also knew that Western Qin and Northern Qi had a deep-seated hatred that led to the destruction of their respective states.
Going there now would only hasten the war and devastate the Northern Qi.
“It doesn’t matter which country we are from.” As Qiu Yan spoke, she looked intently at Huyan Xun’s face and said, “Chanyu, the Northern Qi has already fallen. Your going there now will only be in vain.”
Ling Ba nodded secretly.
He didn't want the barbarians to get involved in the chaos of war.
Especially at this time.
They did not have all the gunpowder they needed.
Furthermore, if they claimed to belong to the great Dongjin state, would Huyan Xun still send them warhorses?
The answer is, of course, no.
Why is it that the Western Qin people perceive it as so weak as to be negligible?
Ling Ba guessed what Hu Yanxun was thinking and looked at Qiu Yan.
"Xiaoyan, let's go." He was anxious and certainly didn't want to waste any more time at this moment.
Qiu Yan lowered her eyes, her heart filled with conflict.
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