Chapter 257: Bai Youheng
"Boom boom"
The 30,000 Shuzhou troops had disappeared at the end of the official road, and only the earth was still shaking slightly.
Standing on his horse and gazing at the billowing smoke and dust in the distance, Wei Changtian's heroic feeling gradually faded away, and after a while he shook his head slightly.
Although he sincerely hoped that Liang Zhen could return triumphantly, the decision of whether he could "return triumphantly" in the end was not actually in Liang Zhen's hands.
After all, a general of Shuzhou would definitely not be able to be the main general in such a large-scale national war.
Above the general were four generals: Zhendong, Zhenxi, Zhennan and Zhenbei. Above them were the General of Cavalry and the General Guarding the Country.
Huh? By the way, is it possible that Ning Yongnian would send Han Zhaolai as the commander? It would be great if that were the case. "Da Da Da~ Da Da Da~"
While I was daydreaming, the sound of horse hooves suddenly came from behind me.
Wei Changtian withdrew his gaze and turned his head, then saw Chu Xianping riding his horse and galloping towards him.
"Young Master!"
“Found it!”
Half an hour later, Yanyun Mountain.
Standing in front of the muddy pit, Wei Changtian frowned.
"Are you sure?"
"Sure."
Chu Xianping beside him replied in a deep voice: "That Yunlian did come to Yanyun Mountain six days ago."
"Six days ago. That was the second day after she arrived in Shuzhou City?"
"Um."
Chu Xianping nodded: "A hunter once saw her go into the mountain alone. The Masonic brothers have searched the mountain, but they didn't find her. They only found this deep pit."
"The four bodies were scattered in the pit, and there was nothing on them that could be used to identify them."
“.”
As he spoke, Chu Xianping couldn't help but take another look at the four mostly decayed bodies placed aside.
Although he didn't know the identities of these four people, Wei Changtian knew them very well -
Buried here are the five second-grade masters belonging to Kuilong who had come to help Xiao Feng!
But why are there only four bodies now?
Judging from the tattered clothes, the missing one should be the one named Wu Tianqing.
If we combine this with the information provided by the head escort of Wantong Escort Agency, then all this was done by Yunlian? Then why did she take away Wu Tianqing's body? Could it be that Wu Tianqing was the person Yunlian came to Shuzhou to find? Yunlian's husband? ! Wei Changtian stood there with his arms folded, feeling speechless.
Oh my goodness! What a coincidence?!
But if this is not the case, is there any more reasonable explanation?
"Young Master."
Beside him, Chu Xianping noticed the change in Wei Changtian's expression and couldn't help but ask, "What's wrong?"
"Nothing"
Wei Changtian shook his head, and after a moment's silence, he ordered: "Rebury these four bodies."
"Assign more brothers to guard my home and the General's Mansion. Yunlian is likely to appear nearby."
"Also, go to the prison in the government office and find a death row prisoner. Take him to the Tianluo Sect first. I will be there later."
“.”
"yes."
Chu Xianping didn't understand the origin of these three orders, but he didn't ask much. He just responded and went to make the arrangements.
Wei Changtian rubbed his forehead, then looked up at the sky through the gaps between the leaves.
It is noon now, which should be the time when the sun is at its best.
But I don’t know what happened in the past few days, the weather has been gloomy, but there has never been a heavy rain.
Thick clouds covered the sky, and a few rays of golden light cut through the clouds like sharp weapons, cold and chilling.
Coupled with the four skeletons next to him, Wei Changtian suddenly remembered two lines from Du Fu's "Song of the Chariots" in his previous life:
Haven’t you seen that in Qinghai, no one has collected the bones since ancient times?
New ghosts are troubled and old ghosts are crying, the sky is cloudy and rainy, and the sound of ghosts chirping.
Yuanzhou, Yuanzhou City.
"boom!!!"
“Kill!”
"Brothers! Kill them for me! The first person to enter the city will be rewarded with a thousand taels of silver!!"
"Today, let's show these useless people in Daning who is the real man!"
"For Dafeng! For the Emperor! For the General!"
“Take back Wonju!!!”
“Boom boom boom!”
“Boom boom boom!”
“.”
An hour ago, just as the Shuzhou army was marching towards Yuanzhou with high morale, the Dafeng army, which had been stationed on the border between the two countries for several days, finally crossed the Yuanzhou boundary marker for the first time and, with 100,000 elite troops as the vanguard, launched a fierce attack on the Yuanzhou city standing on the border.
The war drums had been sounding for an hour, and the battle had been going on for an hour.
All this was not too sudden for the garrisoned Yuanzhou troops. As they had already made all the necessary preparations, they estimated that they could hold out for at least three days.
The situation on the battlefield changes rapidly, and "three days" is just an expectation.
Now the reinforcements from various states of Daning are rushing to Yuanzhou, and the follow-up troops of Dafeng are also marching day and night. Whoever can reinforce the battlefield first will undoubtedly gain a huge advantage.
Of course, these "strategic" issues are something that generals have to consider.
For the soldiers of the two countries who are fighting on the front line, all they need to do now is to consider how to kill the enemy and how to save their own lives.
"Brother Bai! Be careful!!"
"clang!"
A cold light flashed, and long blades crossed.
With a loud shout, a man wearing black armor swung his sword to block the fatal blow for his companion.
The latter's reaction speed was equally fast. Without even having time to say thank you, he immediately stepped closer to the Da Ning soldier who had attacked him and chopped him down on the head without saying a word.
The Daning soldier quickly raised his sword to block, but when he saw the eyes of the man surnamed Bai, his movements paused for a moment.
When warriors fight, the slightest mistake can lead to a huge error, and a moment of distraction can decide life or death.
“Crack!”
“Puff!!”
The Bailian military sword cut through the soldier's helmet and continued to move downward with immense power until it cut the man in half alive.
This scene was undoubtedly extremely bloody. If ordinary people saw it, most of them would probably collapse to the ground in fear.
But now no one had such a reaction, and no one even looked at the dead soldier.
In war, the death of ordinary soldiers never matters.
Even though these people are also sons, husbands, and fathers, they are also the backbone of their families.
“Ding ding ding ding!”
Behind him, the sound of a golden gong suddenly rang out, symbolizing the withdrawal of troops, which also meant that this tentative siege had temporarily come to an end.
The Dafeng soldiers in this area turned around and jumped off the city wall. Some were able to escape the battle quickly, but others were unable to avoid the weapons and arrows attacking from behind and unfortunately died during the retreat.
"Brother Bai, we are really lucky this time!"
Under the wall of Yuanzhou, the two Dafeng soldiers were running towards the long military tents in the distance while expressing their feelings for surviving a disaster.
"I never expected to be assigned to the vanguard. This is such bad luck!"
"Eh? Brother Bai, if I remember correctly, you used to work as a night watchman, right?"
"What a good job! The salary is high and prestigious! Why did you choose to join the army?"
"Could it be that I have offended some important person?"
“.”
The man who was talking might be a bit of a chatterbox, as he kept chattering all the way.
The "night watchmen" he mentioned were not real night watchmen, but the intelligence organization of the Dafeng royal family. It was smaller than the Xuan Jingsi and had relatively more simple responsibilities.
"Brother Li"
Unlike the man, this soldier named Bai, who used to work as a night watchman, was much more taciturn. Faced with a bunch of questions, he just responded with a smile.
"Thank you for your help just now."
"Hahahaha! That's nothing."
After laughing a few times, the man was indeed led astray, and all the questions that had no answers were forgotten.
He just thought that the young man next to him was a poor guy who had a bad career, but he didn't know that even if he hadn't helped him, the latter would have been fine.
The man didn't even know that the latter had never offended any big shot, but had voluntarily requested to be transferred into the army and was able to participate in this national war.
“Swoosh, swoosh, swoosh!”
Wherever the two men passed, countless black shadows that only one person could see shot out from the corpses scattered all over the ground towards the man surnamed Bai, and then disappeared into a small bronze mirror hidden in the latter's arms.
Every dark shadow is the soul of a dead person.
Where are the most fresh corpses? In Dafeng, the second place is undoubtedly the night watchman's office, and the first place is definitely the battlefield.
This is why the man surnamed Bai appeared here.
[9: Dafeng Dynasty, Gong Night Watchman, Bai Youheng]
The evil way of ghosts.
(End of this chapter)
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