The soldiers of the Northern Frontier Army were very tired.
There is physical fatigue from the long journey, as well as mental fatigue.
The general gave up Yanshan Pass, which they had been defending, and also gave up Xinzhou City, which they regarded as their home.
It was said that it was a top-secret mission ordered by His Majesty.
But the general has not yet said a word about what this mission is.
Now they have already penetrated deep into the Desolate Country. Could it be that they are planning to launch a surprise attack on the Desolate Court?
If this is the case, the soldiers will feel very happy. Being able to raid the desolate court can be regarded as revenge for the shame of losing Yanshan Pass.
But the situation now seems to be different.
They were chasing an army in front, which was getting farther and farther away from them, but the brothers from the scout camp came back and said...that army was not barbarians!
But it’s the Yu people!
It is even very likely that it is the Divine Sword Army that is clearing out the wastelanders!
So why are our northern border troops chasing after an army of Divine Sword all the way across thousands of miles?
They left the gates closed and ignored the millions of people in Xinzhou City. They came to this broken place and did not go to the barbarian city to fight a battle. Instead, they chased after the Divine Sword Army. What the hell were they trying to do?
No one knows, but some people are guessing.
Especially the scouts who came back this evening, they said that Ding Anbo might be in that Divine Sword Army.
Could it be that we came here not to kill the barbarians, but to kill...
This thought shocked many soldiers, because there was no hatred between the general and the Earl of Ding'an.
Besides, the red cannons on the walls of Yanshan Pass and Xinzhou City, as well as tens of thousands of flintlock rifles, were all provided by Earl Ding'an!
It was precisely because of these guns and cannons that the Northern Border Army became the strongest of the four border armies. They were proud of this and therefore admired Ding'an Earl very much in their hearts.
He had guns and cannons, but he lost Yanshan Pass and Xinzhou City. He didn't kill a single barbarian, but came here to hunt down Ding'an Bo... Did he go in the wrong direction?
Is the general confused?
He said it was a top-secret mission assigned by His Majesty. Earl Ding'an was His Majesty's son-in-law. The father-in-law wanted to kill his son-in-law. Could it be that Earl Ding'an divorced the Ninth Princess?
In short, all kinds of speculations arose inexplicably in the army, then spread, and naturally reached Peng Chengwu's ears.
But he still said nothing.
He was sitting in the commander's tent, writing a letter to his senior sister Peng Yuyan.
This is a last letter!
He spent half an hour writing the letter, handed it to one of his personal guards, and asked him to leave quickly and go to the southern border army.
He stood up and stretched his body, then stood outside the barracks, looked at the camp that stretched for ten miles, and then looked up at the distant starry sky.
He took a deep breath, feeling suffocated!
"Fu Xiaoguan, I'm so sorry!"
He said this to the sky, and then all his hairs stood up instantly. An unknown huge threat enveloped his whole body. Before he drew the sword at his waist, an arrow came from the sky, silently and directly hit his shoulder. The huge force carried him into the general's tent.
He fell to the ground with a thud, and the arrow actually went through his shoulder blade and nailed him to the ground.
Before he could even let out a scream, he saw a man rushing into the general's tent like a gust of wind. He raised his hand, then dropped it, and he fainted.
Bei Wangchuan curled his lips, pulled out the arrow and put it into the quiver.
He carried Peng Chengwu's body, blew out the lights in the general's tent, and walked into the night.
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"If Jia Nanxing and I work together, we have a 60% chance of killing Emperor Xuan."
A bonfire, two roasted rabbits, and three people.
Of course, one person was still lying there.
Fu Xiaoguan handed a roasted rabbit to Bei Wangchuan and said, "Killing Emperor Xuan will not help."
"Just let it go like that?"
Fu Xiaoguan turned the rabbit meat on the campfire and remained silent for a few breaths. "If we want to do this, we must do it with the goal of occupying the Yu Dynasty. That way it will be meaningful..."
"Kill an emperor and another will appear immediately. But if you capture the Yu Dynasty, it will cease to exist, and naturally there will be no more emperor."
Bei Wangchuan bit the rabbit head and looked at Fu Xiaoguan. Could it be that this guy really wanted to occupy the Yu Dynasty?
Of course you can!
Now, 30% of Yi State has been occupied by Wu Dynasty, but in fact Yi State has been devastated, and it is not difficult to occupy the entire Yi State.
The Desolate Country has been almost defeated. As long as Xiao Heyuan can win the battle, the only visible combat power of the vast Desolate Country will be the Tiandao Army of more than 200,000.
Once these 200,000-strong Tiandao Army was destroyed, the Huang Kingdom would no longer have a powerful military force.
The Yi and Huang countries were taken into the hands of the Wu Dynasty, and then they went to attack the more powerful Yu Dynasty... How long could the Yu Dynasty hold out under the three-sided attack?
After the four kingdoms were unified, only Fan Kingdom remained, which needed to cross the sea.
"I think your idea is good. When will we start?"
Fu Xiaoguan grinned, "There's no rush in fighting a war. The economy is at stake!"
"Don't be impatient. Just deal with them one by one. We must first deal with the Yi Kingdom. Once the Yi Kingdom is stabilized and the national treasury is more replete, we can discuss the next war... Besides, my family is still in Nanjing. It would be unacceptable if I pushed my father-in-law into a corner."
Peng Chengwu just woke up and heard these words.
He was startled and jumped up. He felt a sharp pain in his shoulder. He gasped and looked at the strange face beside the fire.
"Who are you?"
Fu Xiaoguan turned his head to look at him, tore off a rabbit leg and handed it to him, "Eat a little first... I'm Fu Xiaoguan."
Peng Chengwu suddenly took two steps back. He had never seen Fu Xiaoguan before, but he was now sure that he was Fu Xiaoguan!
"I don't eat people, what are you afraid of? Come and sit down, let's talk."
Peng Chengwu stared at Fu Xiaoguan. He was silent for a few breaths, walked over, sat by the campfire, took the rabbit leg and bit it fiercely.
"So... you know everything?" He asked after swallowing the rabbit meat whole.
"Two years ago, I went to the Wu Dynasty to attend a literary gathering. I passed by the southern border army camp and met Madam Peng Yuyan once. Last year at Qipanguan, I met Madam Peng again. As the daughter of the Duke of Anguo, I admire everything Madam Peng does. She is worthy of the Duke of Anguo and should be regarded as a heroine of the Yu Dynasty!"
"She once mentioned you, saying that you were the adopted son of Duke Anguo, a skilled warrior, and that you inherited Duke Anguo's military tactics..."
Fu Xiaoguan then turned to look at Peng Chengwu, with fire flickering in his eyes.
"For a general, knowing the art of war is only one of his qualities. I believe that understanding the greater good, knowing right from wrong, and knowing the truth... are the most fundamental qualities for a general."
"And you...you have brought shame to Duke Anguo!"
"Do you know that only half of the millions of people in Xinzhou City survived?"
"Do you know that only 3,000 of the 60,000 soldiers defending Xinzhou remain?"
"Did you know that the 60,000 soldiers deployed in Songgang were almost completely wiped out?"
"You are not worthy of being a general. You have no position of your own! You cannot distinguish between good and evil. You are just a dog by the emperor's side!"
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