Chapter 302: One general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers
Yuanzhou, a county.
Just when Wei Changtian verified according to the system prompt that there was indeed a gong operator named Bai Youheng among the night watchmen, the latter was thousands of miles away, holding a token of the Xuan Jing Division, thinking with his head down.
Of course, this token was the one he found from Old Zhang's donkey cart.
It was undoubtedly very counterintuitive to find the token of Xuan Jingsi in the luggage of the two refugees.
However, for Bai Youheng, what worried him more was Old Zhang's sword.
Although he didn't know why, the sword did give him a very dangerous, soul-shaking feeling.
As the new successor of "Yan Luo", Bai Youheng naturally knew that the Gu Diao that brought him "new life" was the culprit that caused the "city destruction massacre" in Jingning Prefecture one hundred and twenty years ago.
However, he didn't care about it, and even planned to repeat this tragedy in Fengyuan.
He refined the souls of the dead on the battlefield of Yuanzhou, while Gu Diao snatched the souls of the living in Fengyuan City.
As long as the plan goes as planned, by the Ghost Festival on July 15th, I will be able to jump four major realms from my current sixth level and enter the second level in one fell swoop.
Bai Youheng didn't think that there would be any problem with Gu Diao, who was "doing evil" alone in Fengyuan.
It was not until a few days ago that he found the sword from Old Zhang's donkey cart.
Could it be that the old man was the swordsman named Zhou who killed the Gu Diao sixty years ago? But with the swordsman's strength, how could he flee in panic when facing his temptation?
"call"
After taking a deep breath, Bai Youheng couldn't help but think of Wei Changtian again.
Others may not know what Wei Changtian is going to do in Fengyuan, but he can guess it.
There is no doubt that Li Wutong must have seen that Wei Changtian was able to defeat Meng Shi in one move, so he wanted to use the latter's hand to try to kill the Gu Diao.
So, should the plan continue? A mysterious old man and Wei Changtian.
Both of them might pose a threat to Gu Diao.
But if you give up, you will have to wait until sixty years later if you want to "reach the sky in one fell swoop" "Brother Bai!"
Suddenly, a familiar voice came from outside the tent.
Bai Youheng quickly put the commander's badge back into his arms, looked at the man who came in through the curtain and said with a smile: "Brother Li, what's wrong?"
"Hahaha, Brother Bai, guess what I just heard from Sergeant?"
The man was very excited. Although he kept it a secret, he couldn't wait to ask and answer before Bai Youheng could speak: "We can finally have a good rest for a few days!"
"rest?"
Bai Youheng was stunned: "What? Are you going to withdraw your troops? Are you not going to fight anymore?"
"I don't know whether to fight or not."
The big man laughed and said, "But we have to retreat to Yuanzhou City anyway."
"I guess it's because they couldn't capture Feng County after so long!"
“.”
Suspend the attack on Feng County and withdraw to Yuanzhou City for defense.
Regarding Dafeng’s “tactical retreat”, most people probably think the same as the man surnamed Li, believing that it was a strategic change after a long and fruitless attack.
However, in Bai Youheng's opinion, this is most likely related to Feng Yuan.
If Gu Diao is fine, Feng Yuan will definitely evacuate the people in the city. In this case, it is naturally not appropriate to make any major moves in the front-line war.
"Brother Bai, what are you thinking about?"
Looking at Bai Youheng who suddenly fell into deep thought, the man asked in confusion: "We don't have to fight anymore, why are you not happy at all?"
"Oh, nothing."
Bai Youheng smiled and said, "Brother Li, I want to ask you something."
"What is it?"
"Well, if there is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity in front of you, and if you get it, you can rise to the top of the world, what are you willing to pay for it?"
"Is that even a question?"
The man curled his lips and said, "Now I am working so hard in this poor place just to get a small official position. If such a good thing really comes, I am willing to pay any price."
"What if"
Bai Youheng asked again: "What if the price is the lives of millions of people?"
"this."
The man stared at Bai Youheng blankly, as if he didn't understand why the latter would ask such an irrelevant question.
But after a long silence, he still replied viciously: "A general's success is the result of the sacrifice of thousands of soldiers. As long as they are not relatives or friends, why would I care about other people's life or death!"
“.”
“Da da da da!”
The dense sound of horse hooves passed by, and a corner of the tent curtain was lifted up, revealing the faint sight of flags and axes outside the tent, which looked orderly and majestic.
However, the bloody smell floating in the air brings a vague sense of sadness to people.
After several days of continuous attacks, the number of soldiers killed in the battles on both sides inside and outside Feng County was no less than 100,000. The bodies that had not been collected in time were scattered across the wilderness. Even those that were collected were mostly just hastily buried in a grave.
Looking up, Bai Youheng licked the corner of his mouth gently.
“Is that so.”
Fengyuan, Princess Mansion.
Sitting alone in the room, Wei Changtian frowned and thought about what Pei Dajun had just said.
A night watchman who beat a gong actually took the initiative to go to Yuanzhou to fight?
There must be something wrong when things are abnormal. Wei Changtian felt that Bai Youheng must have his own purpose in doing this.
But he couldn't guess it, so the easiest way was to "Squeak!"
The door was suddenly pushed open, and the angry Li Wutong appeared at the door.
"Princess, you should knock on the door before entering someone else's room. Don't you know this little bit of etiquette?"
Wei Changtian glanced over and said, "If I had no clothes on at the moment, what would you say?"
"Aren't you wearing clothes?"
Li Wutong interrupted him forcefully, then sat down at the table: "Tell me, what do you want from me?!"
"Forget it."
Wei Changtian temporarily gave in as he needed help: "Princess, you heard what I said to Master Pei at the night watchman's office just now."
"I hope you can send a message to General Meng Shi, asking him to secretly escort Bai Youheng back to Fengyuan."
"Escort?"
Li Wutong keenly noticed the key words and frowned: "What did he do wrong? Or did he have any grudge against you?"
"I can't tell you this for now."
Wei Changtian was afraid that Li Wutong would not cooperate, so he hesitated for a moment and then made up another story: "I can only say that this person may be related to the matter of Yan Luo."
"What?!"
Sure enough, Li Wutong's expression suddenly became serious when he heard this, and he immediately agreed without caring whether what Wei Changtian said was true or false.
"Okay, I'll pass the order to General Meng later!"
"Then I'll have to trouble you, Princess."
Wei Changtian didn't know that the excuse he made up had unexpectedly worked out well, and at this moment he pretended to be worried and reminded: "You must hurry up as much as possible, I'm afraid something might happen if you're late."
"I see."
Li Wutong nodded quickly, immediately stood up and prepared to do the job.
But when she walked to the door and looked back to see Wei Changtian looking "sad" and "worried", her steps suddenly paused and a sense of guilt rose in her heart.
Although Master Wei is sometimes annoying, it seems that his heart is not as bad as the rumors say.
He was so concerned about the people of my country, yet I was so cruel to him.
“That, that.”
Standing at the door, Li Wutong suddenly mumbled, "I, I will remember to knock on the door next time."
“.”
Wei Changtian: “Huh?”
(End of this chapter)
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