At the hour of Xu, after a busy day, when the shop closed and the employees had gone home, Situ Ye also closed the shop door and returned to the backyard.
He first cooked a simple meal for himself and then boiled a pot of water. After finishing his meal and tidying up the kitchen, he took a while to digest his food before fetching water and going to his room to take a bath.
It was fine during the day because there were many people there and they were always busy, but now he was the only one in the whole yard, and Situ Ye felt inexplicably scared.
Especially when he recalled the tragic condition of the murdered man described to him by the sweeping lady when he came back early in the morning, Situ Ye felt the hairs on his body stand up.
It was already dark outside. After taking a shower, Situ Ye didn't even want to pour out the water. He just cleaned up the damp places in the room and lay down on the bed, hugging the quilt and sleeping.
"Knock knock—bang bang"
"It's dry, be careful with fire!"
"Boom! Boom!"
"Boom! Boom!"
Listening to the sound of the night watchman outside, it was already the second watch.
Situ Ye hugged the quilt tighter, and after half an hour, with his mind full of random thoughts, he finally fell asleep in a daze.
…
"Tianlang, this time we are going to Wushan to suppress bandits. Time is tight and the mission is heavy. You must be careful."
The speaker was dressed in a golden palace gown, embroidered with nine four-clawed pythons and edged with gold. He wore a vermilion and white jade belt around his waist, from which hung a piece of fine black jade. He also wore a gilded crown inlaid with jade, appearing extremely noble.
"Yes, Your Highness! Tianlang will definitely fulfill his mission."
Tianlang, wearing armor, looked heroic and mighty. He bowed slightly and saluted Su Mutiansheng.
"This time, you will serve as the vanguard general and lead 10,000 troops. You only need to disguise yourself, find out the number of bandits and their distribution, and occasionally cause them some minor trouble to divert their attention. You don't need to engage the enemy head-on."
"Yes, Your Highness!"
"Sixty thousand reinforcements will arrive in three days. You only need to hold them off for three days. By then, we will divide our forces into three groups to encircle them. With the help of our internal and external forces, we will surely capture the bandits in one fell swoop."
"I obey your command!"
"Alright! Drink this farewell wine. I will also set off soon, and we will return triumphantly together!"
Su Mutiansheng had slanted eyebrows, a pair of bright eyes, and a face full of vigor and vitality.
"I will die to fulfill my mission! If I cannot complete the mission, I will be willing to die on the battlefield and let my soul be buried elsewhere!"
…
"General, it's been seven days! Will reinforcements arrive?"
"Yes, let's hold on a little longer!"
Seeing the wounded and starving soldiers, Tianlang felt heartbroken. These were the soldiers who fought bravely for Zhaoyang State and defended their country!
The reinforcements and food supplies that were originally scheduled to arrive in three days had already arrived in seven days. He didn't know how much longer he could delay with these people.
…
"General, it's been ten days! Has the imperial court given up on us?"
"No, Tietou, wake up!"
Tianlang, who had been eating grass roots and gnawing on tree bark with the soldiers for many days, couldn't help but shed tears of sorrow as he watched the soldiers fall one after another. The nearly 1.9-meter-tall man couldn't help but shed tears of sorrow.
The soldiers who sacrificed their lives for the State of Zhaoyang should have died on the battlefield, rather than dying in the conspiracy and infighting of people with ulterior motives.
The reinforcements and food supplies that should have arrived long ago were delayed for ten days. I'm afraid something big has happened in the court.
…
"Boss, the imperial troops are hiding in the woods!"
"Tsk! Since they've come all the way here to give themselves up, how can I let them down?"
Yin Jiu stood halfway up the mountain, looking at the more than a thousand imperial soldiers in a miserable state in the forest ahead, with a slight curl of his lips and a mocking expression on his face.
Before these people arrived at Wushan, someone had already passed on their marching plan to him. With no reinforcements and no food or fodder, he only needed to surround this group of people and wear them down without even fighting.
Of the ten thousand soldiers, only a little over a thousand remain now, and they are all soldiers who are hungry, sleep poorly, have no strength, and are out of spirits. Wouldn't it be as easy for him to kill them as cutting melons and vegetables?
"Notify the Second in Command to prepare the archers. I'll play with them for a bit, and when I'm done, I'll send them on their way!"
Yin Jiu's vulture-like eyes stared sinisterly at the figure in the woods that looked disheveled but stood proudly.
Is it Tianlang who went to the battlefield at the age of fourteen, developed a strong spirit, and was promoted to major general at the age of sixteen?
Oh……
It’s a pity…you’re fighting a losing battle!
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"There's someone here, everyone be careful."
Tianlang, who was resting with the soldiers in the woods, had excellent hearing. He heard the sound of bandits approaching not far away, so he ordered everyone to be on guard.
“Hehehe…”
"Tianlang, I have long admired your name!"
Yin Jiu used his lightness skills, lightly touched the grass with his feet, and jumped directly in front of Tianlang.
"Yin Jiu?"
Tianlang frowned slightly, looking at the newcomer warily. His soldiers had already lost their fighting ability, and he... was also about to run out of energy. He didn't know if he could protect them...
"Tianlang, I respect you as a man! As long as you join us, I will ensure that you and these people will not die!"
Yin Jiu smiled and looked at Tian Lang and his remaining soldiers in a playful manner.
"Bah! There are only those who died in battle, but no one who surrendered!"
Tianlang tightened his grip on the Feihong Sword in his hand, his eyes sharp as he glared at the person in front of him who spoke rudely to him.
"If you don't accept the toast, you will have to drink the penalty wine!"
Yin Jiu's cynical face suddenly changed color, and then he swung the Juefeng Sword in his hand and slashed at Tianlang's face.
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