Yan Feng lifted the lid with his slightly trembling hands.

Sure enough! As expected, Yan Feng sat down on the ground weakly, his face turned silent, his eyes constantly changing, sometimes ferocious, sometimes hesitant.

I don’t know how long it took, when the last firewood candle was about to burn out with the black smoke, Yan Feng finally realized. He closed the gift box again, and a tragic look on his face. Looking at the firewood candle that was about to sink into the darkness, he laughed:

"Sure enough, it's really the seed of the Yan family!"

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Tomorrow, Han Sui's army will be launched in full swing. Countless Han and Qiang cavalry will rise up from their camps, and the vehicles of different sizes will move into the surging eastward torrent, and the soldiers will point directly to Huaili City.

Regardless of whether Han Sui believed it or not, Yan Xing asked Yan Gui to return and told him that everything was a mysterious and bluffing voice, and he had to send troops.

Yan Xing had the support of righteousness and occupied two-thirds of Guanzhong. He was allowed to live in peace. When everything stabilized, Han Sui, who wanted to control others and reap the benefits of the fisherman, lost his advantage.

The journey from Wugong to Huaili is flat, with a flat horse and less than a hundred miles. There is neither a turbulent river barrier nor a steep mountain to rely on. If the light cavalry donates armor and gallops, they can reach the city of Huaili in less than a day.

But this was meaningless. Han Sui had received a scout's investigation. The Hedong troops stationed in Huaili City in advance were constantly strengthening the city defense. He also built a large number of camp fortifications outside the city, preparing to intercept Han Sui's army here to advance eastward.

The Hedong army that was constantly gathering outside Chang'an City, once they heard the urgent report of their army's advance, they would immediately advance to Huaili.

From Wugong to Huaili, Han Sui's army took three days to walk, while from Yan Xing's army to Huaili, it only took two days to walk.

Therefore, when his army arrived at the city of Huaili, looking at what he saw, there must be flags outside the city, and there were many forts and tents. Yan Xing had already led the Hedong army and was waiting for him there in advance.

It is precisely because of this that Han Sui's army led the camp to advance eastward and did not hurry. On the way, he ordered to stop and rest. He wanted to give his horses enough rest time, so that after arriving at Huaili City, the Hedong army, which wanted to wait for work, would not have any advantage.

On this day, Han Sui's army walked thirty miles.

Before nightfall, I chose several camp sites early, divided the army into three places, stationed in turn, and supported each other.

But late at night, something strange happened in the Qianghu camp.

Many Qiang people in their sleep heard strange cry of sheep. At first it was a bleating sound, but later it was a sad chirping sound, and the sound was like resentment and crying, sometimes it was like a sheep crying, and sometimes it was like a person crying.

The Qiang soldiers who were inspecting the night were searching according to the sound, but this sound came out of the wild forest outside the camp.

The dew was heavy in the night, and the fallen leaves in the wild forest were rustling, and a thin layer of mist made people feel cold in the darkness. Looking at the dark forest, I was afraid to risk going out of the camp and ran into the forest to find the source of the sound.

I heard the strange sound in the middle of the night. As soon as the sky was bright, the Qiang people who did not dare to enter the forest last night quickly rushed into the forest to search, but no sheep appeared.

Only a big white stone was found. For some reason, it cracked from the middle and turned into two halves. The middle of the white stone was filled with blood, and the red and white contrasted with each other, which was very eye-catching.

There are still some traces around the bleeding white stone, which do not look like sheep's hoof marks or human footprints. After careful identification, it feels more like claw marks left by a beast.

This strange phenomenon immediately caused panic among the Qiang and Hu soldiers. They passed the strange things that appeared in the forest back to the camp, and immediately rippled in the Qiang and Hu tribes.

Some witches who followed the army said that Baishi was a belief in worship of the Qiang people, and the strange phenomenon of Baishi bleeding was a sign that a certain tribe would suffer a disaster. The sounds and traces were all from the God of Sheep. He was secretly warning people that an unexpected situation would occur soon.

The Qiang and Hu tribe have always been superstitious about witches and divination. Although this prediction was not revealed, as the army set off on time, this strange thing slowly spread among the tribes. During the march, the Qiang and Hu soldiers could not help but whisper and secretly talk about the strange things that had been born the night before.

Li Pian, who commanded the powerful tribes of various powerful tribes, was not clear about this strange thing that was circulated privately in the Qiang and Hu tribes. Even if he knew about it, he would not care about it.

The army traveled through mountains and rivers, and along the way, they encountered some ghosts and monsters from other places, such as fox monsters, mandrills, and wolf monsters, and there were many rumors. No one had seen it with his own eyes, so it was impossible to say that it had a great impact on the morale of the army.

When we arrived on the battlefield, the drums and trumpets were terrifying, the flags were fascinated, and the military orders were like mountains, and there was no way to retreat. The Qiang and Hu soldiers surged into their minds, as if they were following the crowd, as if they were carrying them, and rushing up like a trend, and they would not care about any ghosts or monsters.

After all, although Li Pian respects those gods and ghosts on the outside, he is not afraid of those ghosts who are shameful in his heart.

What he fears in his heart is not the vain ghosts, but the real human heart.

On this day, because of the most scattered and disorderly Qianghu tribes in the past, many people believed the words of the wizards, accelerated their pace, drove the livestock away from that strange place, which actually accelerated the overall level of the entire army. The chariots and men walked for another five miles, and finally stopped before nightfall. The entire army was still divided into three divisions and camped for the night.

At night, Li Pian, who was patrolling the camp, unexpectedly learned that an old friend was visiting. When he saw the name on the thorn, his face changed in fear and quickly asked his personal soldiers to take the man to his tent.

In the military tent, Li Pian met someone he would never think of.

"Brother, I haven't seen you for seven years, and my style remains the same. I miss you very much!"

Zhao Hong turned around, revealing his slightly familiar face, looking at Li Pian and smiling faintly.

"Third brother, you - how did you get here?"

Li Pian had already quickly calmed down before entering the tent, so although he saw Zhao Hong with his own eyes, his consciousness was a little dazed, but he quickly returned to normal.

There may be ghosts in this world, but even if there are ghosts, they dare not meet themselves in this way.

Before meeting Zhao Hong, Li Pian thought that if he saw the real person and had not seen his sworn brothers for many years, he would be very happy. But for some reason, after meeting him, Li Pian felt that there was not much joy in his heart, but rather a complicated feeling of inexplicable feelings.

It was precisely with this complex emotion that Li Pian originally wanted to ask about Zhao Hong’s past, but when he thought about it, he still asked about how Zhao Hong came about now.

Zhao Hong smiled, and a look of pride appeared between his eyebrows.

"Brother, don't forget. Although you and I haven't seen each other for seven years, I am still quite familiar with the people from all walks of life in Jincheng and Longxi. It's not difficult to come to see my elder brother!"

Hearing Zhao Hong's words lightly, Li Pian's face was smiling, but he couldn't help but feel alert. He brought the Hu bed in the tent and asked Zhao Hong and him to sit down. After thinking about it, he still asked:

"Third brother, after the Chen Cang battle, you had no news. Today, I suddenly appeared and met again. For my brother and old friends, I thought you had already died in the battlefield. Where have you been there in the past years?"

"Haha, my brother doesn't know that Chen Cang was defeated like a mountain. If Brother Zhong hadn't reminded him early, I'm afraid I would have followed Wang Fan to make the dead soul under the Han army's sword. Even if he retreated quickly, he would not be as fast as the cavalry pursued by the Han army."

"The army was broken up, and the personal soldiers around me were killed. I was hit by an arrow on my leg and fell off my horse. I was captured by the pursued Han army in the chaos. I thought I would die without a doubt, but I didn't expect that this good-looking body appeared when the Han army commander Huangfu Song was patrolling the battlefield. After talking to him, he actually became loving talents and left me under the tent to serve as a assistant to the book."

"Later, Huangfu Song's army was annexed by Dong Zhuo, so I came to Dong Zhuo's command, from Guandong to Guanxi, and from Guanxi to Guandong, I went back and forth several times. Unfortunately, Guanzhong was in chaos in Liangzhou, otherwise I would have met my elder brother long ago."

"I heard that my elder brother was not only in the battle of Chen Cang, but also made many achievements in the battle of destroying the kingdom and expelling Ma Teng and others. In the end, he returned home with the beauty of the Han family. It was a pity. I didn't catch up with the wedding banquet for my elder brother."

Zhao Hong finished his experience over the past seven years in just a few words, and also envied Li Pian's completely opposite experience, but Li Pian only smiled bitterly at the corner of his mouth. How could he not hear the meaning of Zhao Hong's words?

"Since that's the case, the third brother came from the enemy camp of the Hedong Army!"

"Haha, my elder brother guessed right. Now the one who commanded the Hedong army and my elder brother is the enemy of my elder brother. My younger brother was also ordered by my elder brother to sneak into the coalition forces and come to see my elder brother specially."

"You are so brave!"

Zhao Hong was still talking with a smile, but Li Pian around him changed color, stood up suddenly, drew out his sword and pointed it at Zhao Hong.

"You and Yanming can still survive after the war, and your elder brother is happy for you, but today they are their own masters, so you shouldn't come to me. Do you think that with your sharp mouth, you can disrupt people's hearts, separate your father-in-law and son-in-law, and defeat others without fighting?"

The sharp long sword made it even colder under the candlelight, but Zhao Hong was unmoved at all and said without changing his face:

"I'm afraid my elder brother was wrong. I'm not here to persuade me to surrender my elder brother, or to alienate my elder brother's relationship with the Han family in Jincheng."

Hearing Zhao Hong say this, the chill in Li Pian's eyes disappeared a little.

"Then why did you come into the enemy camp?"

"Haha, I am fulfilling my promise of living and dying and sharing wealth and honor, and saving my eldest brother's life!"
Chapter completed!