Chapter 216 How to Choose
"Saint, look, there really is a ghost! This ghost even left us a message!"
"Oh no! Dasheng has a master to help us. I'm afraid we're really going to lose this battle."
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Wu Ma looked at the words scattered on the ground with millet, her face full of disbelief.
If she hadn't seen it with her own eyes, she would have really thought that the guarding soldiers were behind this.
She panicked as well and found an excuse to leave quickly.
"I'll go to the altar, set up an altar, and cast a spell to see if I can break his spell."
Those Guifang people believed in ghosts and gods, and were afraid of accidentally seeing "it" and being killed by evil ghosts, so they dared not get close to it.
Even if I got closer, I didn't dare open my eyes to look.
They are so sensible.
Yunfu can now start its activities.
They moved for another day and night, until the second day, when both their arms were so sore that they could not move any more, they finally finished moving all the food and fodder.
There was a lot more supplies in her space.
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The other side.
In the town closest to the Guifang clan.
Cui Chongzheng and Cui Lin stood on the second floor of the inn, looking at the chaos on the street below and listening to the news passed on by Cui family spies.
"Master, the Guifang army has arrived. Wherever they go, they leave nothing behind. Several villages and towns have already been massacred. You should take the young master and leave this town quickly."
Qi Hanzhou, who was sitting at the table, suddenly tightened his hand holding the teacup when he heard that the Guifang people were massacring innocent people in Dasheng, and the teacup in his hand was directly crushed.
"After so many years, the Guifang people's methods are still so despicable and shameless! They are completely inhumane!"
The Guifang people are barbaric and good at fighting. Wherever they go, they kill and rob everyone!
Those Guifang soldiers did not regard the people of Dasheng as human beings at all, and would not even let newborn babies go.
Cui Lin also frowned, his eyes darkening as he spoke in a serious tone, "These small villages and towns are not their targets. Next, they will probably attack Xiliang City on the border. Xiliang City is the largest city on the border, with nearly 100,000 people. If the Guifang people capture it, the consequences will be disastrous."
Cui Chongzheng sighed heavily, "I hope our message arrives in time, and Xiliang City is now ready to resist the foreign enemies."
Qi Hanzhou nodded and analyzed, "Xiliang is the largest city on Dasheng's northwest border and a key location. There are usually quite a few troops stationed there. Furthermore, the general guarding the city, Huwei, is a brave and skilled warrior. It won't be easy for the Guifang people to capture Xiliang City."
But just as they were discussing Xiliang City, the spy from the Cui family who came back from Xiliang City brought another bad news.
"Oh no! The mighty General Huwei stationed in Xiliang City was assassinated in his own tent last night."
The general is the core of an army and is responsible for all deployments of the army. Therefore, the life and safety of the general is of vital importance to the entire army.
Now that General Huwei has been assassinated, can the military morale still be maintained?
This is obviously a strategy of the Guifang people against Dasheng.
"These Guifang people are so damn cunning!" After hearing the spy's words, even a nobleman like Cui Lin couldn't help but swear.
Everyone's face was covered with gloom.
On the streets, the people in the town all took what belongings they could carry and began to flee.
Because they all knew that if they stayed, the only fate waiting for them was to become the souls of the dead at the hands of the Guifang soldiers.
"If only our Great Sheng's God of War, General Qi, were still alive."
"Yes! If General War God guards the northwest border, then do we still need to be afraid of those Guifang people?"
"Unfortunately, he is now imprisoned in the Ghostly Prison. It is said that he has become a cripple. Even if he were here, he wouldn't be able to change anything."
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But they didn't know that the God of War, General Qi, they were talking about, was standing on the steps not far behind them.
"Mr. Qi, are you really not going to take action? Can you really bear to watch Xiliang City being captured by the Guifang people and watch those innocent people die at the hands of the Guifang people?" Cui Lin, like those people, thought of the time when Qi Hanzhou led his troops to beat the Guifang people to a pulp.
He thought that Qi Hanzhou would not be able to help but take action.
Unexpectedly, Qi Hanzhou remained silent, as if he didn't hear what those people said.
Qi Hanzhou replied indifferently, "Mr. Cui San, have you forgotten my current status? I'm no longer a general of Dasheng, but a prisoner exiled to Guihuang Prison. How can I, a prisoner, save others?"
Cui Lin said: "But now, you are the only one who can save Xiliang City!"
"I don't care what you want to do. I have to wait here for Xiao Fuer to come back." Qi Hanzhou didn't want to help, but once he took action, there would be a danger of being exposed. He could lose his own life, but what if Yun Fu and a few little dumplings were involved?
On one side are Yun Fu and the others, the people he loves in this world, and on the other side are the people of Xiliang City.
Qi Hanzhou wanted someone to tell him how to make a decision.
After all, Cui Chongzheng lived a few more years than Cui Lin, and he was the head of the Cui family, so he had a better eye for people.
He could see that although Qi Hanzhou refused verbally, a look of hesitation flashed across his face.
"General Qi can offer his assistance as a guest of the Cui family. We, the Cui family, will definitely keep this secret for you. Furthermore, with the princess's intelligence, even if she returns here and sees we're not here, she'll definitely know to go to Xiliang City to look for us."
The Guifang people are coming soon, and they definitely have to evacuate.
"In my humble opinion, the best way to help the princess is to ensure your own safety."
Qi Hanzhou was indeed hesitant. When he heard the panicked cries of children and the elderly, he took a deep breath and said, "I can help, but I can't guarantee that I can defend Xiliang City."
He is not a general now, and he is blind, so he cannot go to the battlefield and lead the fight.
The only thing we can do is to use the experience accumulated on the battlefield over the years to help Xiliang City defend the city.
Before the Guifang people arrived, the group evacuated to Xiliang City along with the townspeople.
Cui Chongzheng had some connections with the Lord of Xiliang City, so he took Qi Hanzhou directly to the Lord's Mansion, intending to discuss how to defend Xiliang City.
Who would have thought.
As soon as they arrived at the City Lord's Mansion, they saw that the City Lord of Xiliang City was preparing to abandon the city and flee with his family and several carriages full of belongings.
"City Lord Gao, where are you going with your whole family?"
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