Chapter 380 Mascot (Part 1)
On the first day of April in the thirty-third year of the Nan Kingdom, Yun Chen asked Nan Lijun for permission to go to the main battlefield outside Youzhou where the Lion Army was fighting fiercely with the Black Scale Cavalry.
The Emperor continued to stay in Guangyuan City to rest, with Buyan leading the remaining troops to take on the responsibility of protecting the Emperor.
On the day of separation, Buyan and Yunchen said goodbye outside the city gate.
Bu Yan took off the worn blade from the handle of the knife, which was covered with the word "peace" written in small characters.
He handed the knife to Yun Chen, "As usual, we'll exchange it back when we meet again."
Yun Chen skillfully took the sword color, twisted it around and woven it into a sword tassel. He then removed the Nanzhu sword tassel from his new sword, handed it to Buyan, and instructed:
"Brother Buyan, protect yourself."
Bu Yan raised the Nanzhu sword tassel in his hand and said nonchalantly: "I'm just here to guard the place. I'm not like you who are going to fight on the battlefield. Why are you worried about me?"
Yun Chen used his eyes to indicate the direction of Nan Lijun's residence and smiled teasingly:
"I'm afraid there won't be any more boy's urine boiled in eggshells to heal wounds."
"You're such a good fellow, Achen! You've been hanging out with Rong Yi and his bunch of soldiers for so long! Now you dare to say anything!" Buyan blushed in embarrassment and raised his hand to give Yunchen a slap on the head, "Girls are not allowed to say such things!"
After saying this, Buyan realized the importance of his virginity.
For those of them who love fighting and killing, boy's urine boiled in eggshells is a very important healing ingredient. He quickly tightened his belt, patted his chest and promised:
"Don't worry, I will defend the Huo Gang's last 'position'!"
Yun Chen comforted him: "It's okay. Even if you're gone, we still have Ah Nian!"
Bu Yan's eyes widened instantly: "Young Master, Young Master, still? You're still still? You two are already engaged, and you're still still?! What do you two do all day long? Are you sworn brothers and sisters??"
This time it was Yun Chen who blushed. She punched Buyan, turned over, rode on the Cloud-Swallowing Beast, waved her hand, and rode away in a dashing manner.
Buyan kept looking at Yunchen's back as he rode away, until he completely disappeared from his sight. Then he laughed and cursed to himself:
"This guy never looks back..."
Bu Yan withdrew his gaze and walked towards Nan Lijun's residence.
Little did I know that this farewell would almost become a farewell forever.
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At the same time that Yun Chen stepped out of Youzhou, the last barrier in the eastern part of Nan Kingdom.
The 800,000-head Man army forced their way across Mount Paektu and joined forces with the 100,000 Black Scale Cavalry. The two fronts were connected and they supported each other, forming an invasion line covering the entire north, east and south of the Nan Kingdom.
The war situation took a turn for the worse, with nearly one million enemy troops invading the Nan Kingdom like a flood, and the entire country fell into the hands of the enemy.
The Black Scale Cavalry were violent and inhumane. They captured women and children in the city and ate them, enslaved men and women, raped young children, and plundered people's property.
Overnight, the vast eastern land became like hell on earth.
It was not enough for the enemy to swallow up the east, and they launched a series of fierce attacks on Youzhou.
The Lion Army and the Northern Expedition Army, as the last main forces of the Southern Kingdom, had made the most adequate preparations despite having known in advance about the enemy's conspiracy to join forces and attack.
But unfortunately, there were only a little over 200,000 soldiers and horses, and the strength between the enemy and us was too disparate. Even if the soldiers fought one against ten, it would be difficult to win, and they were caught in a difficult fighting situation.
In just six days, all 40,000 vanguard troops of the Northern Expedition were killed;
Three days later, the Lion Army's strongest infantry corps, chariot divisions, and halberd battalions were all wiped out, and 70,000 soldiers died heroically.
Five days later, the cavalry corps was surrounded by heavy enemy forces, with only 20,000 men left fighting desperately to break out, and almost all of them were wiped out.
As a last resort, Huo Gannian had to ask for help from the Eastern Palace and launched sixteen rounds of conscription notices across the country in an effort to defend Youzhou.
Everyone knew that once Youzhou was broken, the enemy would be able to march straight to Kyoto as if they were in an empty land.
The people immediately responded to the call for conscription. From the sons of nobles to peddlers, almost all men of appropriate age rushed to the battlefield.
Without having time to adapt to the new recruit training or receive armor and weapons, the men were pushed into the bloody battlefield by the torrent of war.
Twenty thousand, thirty thousand... fifty thousand...
Countless young and middle-aged people gathered together from all directions and flowed towards Youzhou like a river.
Tens of millions rushed forward, and then tens of millions fell down.
Youzhou was like a bottomless monster with a bloody mouth, swallowing up all the loyal souls who died for their country, crushing countless flesh and blood, and spitting out piles of bones that piled up into mountains.
In the end, all the young and strong men died in the battle, and the old men over fifty years old and the young boys who had not yet grown up began to submit their letters of allegiance to the Lion Army.
Yun Chen and the others were on the march, and there was no time to stop their horses to accept the surrender. As they were running wildly, they heard countless voices on the roadside asking her:
"Will the general fight?"
She had no time to say more and replied:
"war!"
The voice immediately jumped on the horse and joined the galloping team.
The white-haired men go into battle, and the yellow-haired men tie up their armor.
The wounded and exhausted generals charged towards the enemy again.
At this point, the Kingdom of Nan encountered the greatest crisis of national destruction in its history and was truly in a situation of life and death.
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