The ones who ambushed the supply transport troops were Zhuoletai's Duoyan Guard, which was the most powerful and terrifying heavy armored cavalry of the Jin people. Before the fall of the seven states in northern Liaoning, the Liaoning Iron Cavalry had been the backbone of the resistance against the Duoyan Guard. Now, the only force in the Central Plains that could compete head-on with them was the Fenglang Cavalry of the Feng Family Army.

The Feng Family Army has three elite units. The cavalry includes the Fenglang Cavalry, all of which are elite soldiers and generals personally selected by the commander of the Feng Family Army; the infantry includes the Ratean Army, named after "The Art of War by Sun Tzu", "Those who are good at using troops are like Ratean", Ratean is the legendary Changshan snake, extremely agile, and can take care of both head and tail, "hit its head and its tail will come, hit its tail and its head will come, hit its middle and both head and tail will come", Feng Jianping found the "Changshan Formation" inspired by this snake in ancient military books, and after improving it, he trained the brave Feng Family Ratean Army; the firearms soldiers include the Qianjiying, which is in charge of powerful weapons such as artillery and fire guns. They are the foundation of the Feng Family Army's fame and invincibility.

Precisely because it is a killer weapon, it cannot be used lightly. Zhuoletai sent out the Duoyan Guard, and he must have obtained accurate intelligence. This shows that their speculation is correct and there is a traitor in the court.

Fortunately, Feng Ye sent Yuan Nanyu with the Fenglang Cavalry to provide support, and Xu Feng's reinforcements also rushed there as quickly as possible. At least the Duoyan Guards could not succeed easily.

They waited anxiously for a day and a night before Yuan Nanyu and Xu Feng returned to Guangning. They suffered heavy casualties and their supply transport was cut off by the Duoyan Guards. If it were not for Yuan Nanyu's bloody battle and his desperate entanglement with the Duoyan Guards and the arrival of Xu Feng's reinforcements, this trip would probably have been a one-way trip. Even so, more than half of the food and fodder was robbed by the Jin soldiers.

Yuan Nanyu suffered some minor injuries and came to Feng Ye to apologize with a look of anger and dejection as if he had lost the battle.

Feng Ye asked solemnly, "How much food and grass was lost? Where is Hun'er?"

Yuan Nanyu whispered, "It's more than ten thousand stones. Hun'er is fine. He has been sent to the posthouse."

Yan Sikong sighed, "You're back, and Hun'er is back too. This is a blessing in disguise."

Feng Ye also looked relieved: "I have already made the worst plan. You and Hun'er can return safely, and the food and grass have not been robbed. Quewang, you have done very well. Stand up."

Yuan Nanyu said unwillingly: "There must be a spy in the army! That Duo Yanwei came prepared, he must have ambushed us long ago."

"The food was transferred from the capital. I have ordered my uncle to check." Feng Ye said coldly, "If I find out who it is, I will kill all nine generations of his clan!"

"Could that spy be..." Yuan Nanyu clenched his fists and gritted his teeth, "Chen Yi's people."

Yan Sikong nodded: "It is very likely that I burned his 40,000 shi of grain and grass, and he colluded with Zhuoletai to rob our grain and grass."

"Shameless!" Yuan Nan said sternly, "In order to fight for the throne, the dignified prince of Dasheng actually colluded with the barbarians. This is no different from selling out the country!"

"Even if we knew, we have no evidence." Yan Sikong said solemnly, "But now, we are indeed attacked from all sides."

The situation in Guangning was already dangerous, and now the grain and grass were robbed, and Chen Yi was secretly helping Zhuoletai, which was simply adding insult to injury. Is it really God's will that Liaoning will be destroyed?

Feng Ye rubbed his brows and said, "Que Wang, you go down and recuperate first. Tell Xu Feng to come see me."

Yuan Nanyu bowed and said, "Yes."

Yan Sikong stood up and said, "I'll take him back, and then go see Hun'er."

Feng Ye nodded in agreement.

The two brothers went out together.

Yan Sikong looked at Yuan Nanyu worriedly: "Yu'er, your injury..."

"It's just a flesh wound, no problem." Yuan Nanyu stared at the front with eyes full of hostility, as if there was still a battlefield in front of him and enemies that he wanted to get rid of as soon as possible.

"I'll accompany you back home to heal your wounds."

"No need." Yuan Nanyu tried to speak in a normal tone, "Second brother, go and do your thing. I'll take care of the wounded soldiers first."

"No, you need to take care of the wound first."

"I'm a doctor. I know what's going on. It's okay." Yuan Nanyu took a deep breath and looked at Yan Sikong. "Second brother, we will definitely be able to defend Liaoning, just like we did 20 years ago, right?"

Yan Sikong said firmly: "Yes, Zhuoletai, don't even think about setting foot in Guangning in this life."

Yuan Nanyu nodded vigorously, turned and left.

Yan Sikong opened his mouth and finally held back the words of admonition. He knew that for Yuan Nanyu, losing to anyone would not be as aggrieved and hateful as losing to Chen Yi.

Although the actual enemy in the confrontation was Zhuoletai's Duoyanwei, Chen Yi's shadow was behind them, so how could they ignore it?

Yan Sikong felt very sorry for Yuan Nanyu, but there was nothing he could do.

It is said that no one can suffer for anyone else, but why was it Yuan Nanyu who was exiled for him, it was Yuan Nanyu who suffered the tattooing punishment for him and could not show his face to others, it was also Yuan Nanyu who was humiliated by Chen Yi for him, and yet his silly brother, after remembering everything, had no complaints against him at all.

He will never be able to repay the Yuan family for what he owes in his lifetime.

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After seeing Yuan Nanyu off, Yan Sikong went to the posthouse to see Feng Hun.

Perhaps it had followed Fengye in too many expeditions, and the melee in this ambush did not seem to have any effect on it. It was slowly tearing the mutton, with several wolves surrounding it.

Seeing Yan Sikong come in, the wolves stood up defensively and bared their teeth at him.

Feng Hun gave a low roar, and they all sat down obediently.

"Hun'er." Yan Sikong walked over and saw that the fur on Feng Hun's temples had turned gray and his physique was not as strong as before. He felt sad.

Feng Hun also stood up, walked in front of Yan Sikong, and used his big head to butt his chest as he did before. He couldn't help but hugged Feng Hun's head.

The one-eyed giant wolf that was once so majestic and strong like a lion or tiger is now very old. It seems that the most powerful knife in the world is time, which kills everything in the world without shedding a drop of blood and without any way to defend against it.

Yan Sikong was suddenly filled with sadness.

Feng Hun seemed to sense his sadness, and licked his face with his tongue, making a small whimpering sound.

Yan Sikong rubbed Fenghun's thick fur vigorously and said softly, "Hun'er, it's great that you can come to Liaodong. I missed you so much."

Fenghun continued to howl.

Yan Sikong smiled gently, "These are all your children, right? They are so good-looking, but it's a pity that none of them are as big and majestic as you."

The wolves looked at the mutton on the ground with greedy eyes, but without Fenghun's permission, none of them dared to move forward.

He sat on the ground with Feng Hun, watching it eat meat and talking to it softly. He thought about the first time he saw it and was so scared that he huddled in the corner and dared not move. It seemed like it was just yesterday, but in the blink of an eye, ten years had passed.

After a long time, the door was pushed open.

Yan Sikong knew the person coming was Feng Ye without turning around.

Feng Hun threw away the meat in his mouth and rushed towards Feng Ye excitedly. Feng Ye hugged him tightly and said in a trembling voice: "Hun'er."

Feng Hun cried and pushed hard against Feng Ye, as if he wanted to merge into one with him, expressing his longing without reservation.

Feng Ye kept soothing it for a long time before it calmed down.

"Hun'er said it would always follow me," Feng Ye said softly, "no matter where I go."

Yan Sikong stroked Feng Hun's back and said, "Wolves are more loyal than humans."

A hint of sadness flashed across Feng Ye's eyes: "Do you know that it was Hun'er who found the wedding veil in the first place?"

Yan Sikong looked at Feng Ye in surprise.

"That veil was held in the hands of a person who was similar in stature to you but whose face had been burned beyond recognition. At that time, I really thought it was..." Recalling that scene, Feng Ye still trembled with fear. When he thought Yan Sikong was no longer in this world, he just wanted to die with her. "Later, I asked a coroner to perform an autopsy and found that the person died of a sword wound. Only then did I confirm that it was not you."

Yan Sikong thought that the only one who could do this was Ali. He didn't expect Ali to be so smart. He was afraid that Feng Ye would look for him, so he thought of finding a corpse to create the illusion that he was dead. Unfortunately, it didn't work.

Feng Ye stretched out his arms and held Yan Sikong in his arms.

Yan Sikong's body stiffened, but he did not react.

The two of them hugged each other and leaned on Feng Hun just like they did before. It seemed that nothing had changed, but in fact, everything had changed.

Feng Ye put his hand on Yan Sikong's cheek and whispered, "At that time, I thought, as long as you are alive, I can do anything."

Yan Sikong didn't say anything.

Feng Ye tightened his arms and kissed Yan Sikong's ears and neck with his soft lips: "If I can still hold you like this, I would even give up my life."

Faced with Feng Ye's intimacy, Yan Sikong felt his scalp tingling. He endured it again and again, but still struggled secretly.

Feeling the resistance of the person in his arms, Feng Ye stopped immediately. He could not hide his disappointment and whispered in Yan Sikong's ear: "Don't be afraid, if you don't want to, I will never force you."

"Then let me go."

"I'm just hugging you." Feng Ye greedily absorbed the warm breath from Yan Sikong's skin, "Just hugging."

Yan Sikong couldn't help but sarcastically say, "I didn't know the Wolf King likes to make trouble for himself so much."

"Anything you give is good." Feng Ye said without hesitation.

Yan Sikong frowned.

Feng Ye grabbed his fingers and fiddled with them gently: "I know you are very worried now, but Guangning was much weaker than it is now, but it still stopped Zhuoletai's 100,000-man army. So you have to have confidence. I will do my best to take back Guangning and defend Liaodong."

Yan Sikong hesitated for a moment and said, "If it was just Zhuoletai, I wouldn't be afraid of him. I'm more worried about Chen Yi."

"I have ordered people to spread the rumor that Chen Yu and Zhuoletai are secretly colluding and committing treason. Let's see how he responds to the doubts of the world. Now, he dares only to stir up trouble in secret."

"He is not someone who is afraid of what others say." Yan Sikong said coldly, "Not to mention that he is a king who defeats the enemy. As long as he becomes the emperor, who dares to say anything bad about him? Have you ever thought about what would happen if he and Zhuoletai went to war at the same time?"

Feng Ye said solemnly: "That's the worst case scenario. I can only deal with it as it comes. I can't avoid internal and external troubles."

Yan Sikong took a deep breath and felt that the heavy burden on his body made it difficult for him to breathe.

"Don't be afraid, Kong'er, don't be afraid." Feng Ye said softly, "I'm here for everything. I will protect you from the wind and rain and never let you suffer any grievances or sadness again. I will protect you and your hometown."

Yan Sikong closed his eyes. Although he was unwilling to admit it, the only person he could rely on at the moment was Feng Ye.