After one stick of incense.
Seeing Yunqi City getting closer and closer, Qi Sheng, who was running wildly on the ancient road, suddenly reined in his horse and stopped, looking at the scene in the distance with surprised eyes.
After seeing it clearly, he couldn't help but murmured, "The reinforcements are already here?"
After thinking for a while, he quickly raised his hand to mess up his hair, and suddenly hit his chest with another palm.
Poof!
A mouthful of blood spit out from his mouth.
He endured the physical discomfort and muttered to himself, "This should be enough."
...
Clouds rise outside the city.
The reinforcements sent by Daqian were traveling on the ancient road.
An army of 100,000 people stretched all the way far away.
In the middle of the 100,000-strong army, there were two men wearing general uniforms riding horses together.
The armor worn by the first man among them was light gold. This man was the commander-in-chief of the 100,000 reinforcements.
The second-class Duke Taiping Yang Lin.
Yang Lin has an angular face and gray temples. He looks like a middle-aged man about fifty years old, but in fact he is over a hundred years old.
The reason why he looks so young is because his strength has reached the master level like Shen Zhong.
Moreover, he is still at the late stage of the Grandmaster Realm.
In the absence of great masters, those in the late stages of the master realm are already nearly invincible.
The man next to Yang Lin was none other than his grandson Yang Yan, who was also the deputy general beside him. He was not weak in all aspects of cultivation and had reached the late stage of innate cultivation.
"grandfather......"
"Um?"
Seeing Yang Lin's expression was wrong, Yang Yan immediately changed his words and said, "Commander."
Hearing this, Yang Lin nodded and said in a deep voice, "Remember, there are no fathers, sons or grandsons in the army. Since you followed me to the army, remember the rules I set and call him again next time." If you make a mistake, go get thirty blows of the military stick yourself."
"yes."
Yang Yan lowered his head and smiled bitterly.
He is already in his thirties, and in an ordinary family he could be a grandfather, but in the end he is scolded as if he were a grandson.
But there was nothing he could do. The Yang family was a family of generals. If future generations wanted to inherit the title completely, they had to go to the battlefield and make military exploits. His father's generation had come through, and his generation would come next.
Previously, because there was no war around Daqian, he had been kept at home. This time the Northern Barbarians invaded and attacked Fufeng Pass, which became an opportunity, so he was caught out of bed by his grandfather overnight.
After being reprimanded, Yang Yan quickly adjusted his mentality, and then said, "Commander, don't we really take a break in Yunqi City? The army has been marching continuously for seven days in the wind and snow, and they are already very tired."
Hearing this, Yang Lin shook his head and said, "I know they are very tired, but it is precisely because they are tired that we have to arrive at Fufeng Pass as soon as possible. After all, once there is a problem at Fufeng Pass, it is not only the heavy side that is responsible, we We must also take responsibility.”
"What's more, if we arrived earlier, we might have saved many people."
Seeing what Yang Yan wanted to say, Yang Lin interrupted directly, "Okay, stop talking nonsense, and go on your way in peace."
However, not long after Yang Lin and Yang Yan finished chatting, the army suddenly stopped.
Seeing this, Yang Lin frowned, "What's going on ahead, why did you stop?"
Yang Yan said, "Commander, let me go to the front and take a look."
"Well, be careful."
"rest assured."
After finishing speaking, Yang Yan rode towards the front of the army.
Halfway through, a man also wearing general attire came from the opposite side.
Yang Yan recognized the person at a glance as the general who was leading the way in front of the army.
"Master Yang Yan."
After seeing Yang Yan, the leading general immediately stopped and greeted him.
Yang Yan asked directly, "What's going on ahead and why it stopped suddenly."
The leading general immediately clasped his fists and said, "Returning to your lord, a man appeared in front, claiming to be the captain of the guard of General Shengchang. He said that he escaped from Fufeng Pass with General Shengchang."
Yang Yan was startled and immediately said, "Take me to see it quickly."
Soon, Yang Yan, led by the leading general, reached the front of the army.
Soon I saw two figures in utter embarrassment.
These two people were none other than Qi Shenghe and Shen Sheng who were still in a coma.
When Yang Yan saw Qi Sheng and the unconscious man behind him, he frowned and said sternly, "Tell me, who are you? Do you know what the crime is for pretending to be a general of Daqian?"
Hearing this, Qi Sheng hurriedly explained, "General, we are not pretending. I am really the captain of the guard of General Heavy, and the unconscious person behind me is General Heavy himself."
"Hmph, it's full of absurdity. You just say that, but how do you prove your identity?"
Qi Sheng glanced at Yang Yan and asked, "What is the general's name?"
Yang Yan said bluntly on his face, "The Yang family of the imperial capital, Yang Yan."
"Yang family?"
Qi Sheng thought for a moment, and suddenly his eyes lit up, "Excuse me, sir, this is Yang Yan, the eldest grandson of Duke Taiping."
"So what."
Qi Sheng said quickly, "Brother Yang Yan, we have met before. I am Qi Sheng, the eldest son of the Qi family. I have been to Taipinggong's 100th birthday party before, and we communicated at that time."
"Every family wins?"
Yang Yan frowned and thought for a while, then suddenly raised his eyebrows and said bluntly, "Are you Qi Sheng?"
"Yes, I am Qi Sheng."
As if afraid that Yang Yan wouldn't recognize him, he quickly wiped off the blood stains on his face.
After taking a closer look, Yang Yan was surprised and said, "You are really your kid."
As soon as he finished speaking, Yang Yan's expression changed and he immediately asked, "I heard that Mr. Qi, you left the imperial capital to join Zhenbei Hou's heavy escort team. Is it possible..."
His eyes subconsciously fell on the figure behind Qi Sheng.
Qi Sheng nodded, "The person behind me is Zhenbei Hou Zhongchang."
Upon hearing this, Yang Yan's expression changed again, and he quickly asked, "What's wrong with the Marquis of Zhenbei?"
Hearing this, Qi Sheng explained what happened before.
After listening, Yang Yan knew that he could not make a decision, so he said, "You should come with me to see the commander-in-chief."
"May I ask who the commander-in-chief is..."
"My grandfather."
"Tai Ping Gong?"
Qi Sheng was surprised at first, and then felt joyful in his heart.
Because he had heard about Yang Lin, the Taiping Gong, for a long time in the imperial capital.
Born as a general, he loves soldiers as much as his sons. What he likes most is those who are brave, good at fighting, loyal and reliable.
These all coincided with him. After he met, he only needed to explain the explanation he had expected before, and he might be able to get the other party's approval.
Before, he had thought about following Zhong Zhong, a new generation general with unlimited potential, but now that Shen Zhong was obviously not good enough, it was time to find a supporter for himself, and Taiping Gong was very suitable.
Thinking of this, Qi Sheng said quickly, "Brother Yang, hurry up and lead the way. Don't keep Taiping Gong waiting for too long."
Not long after, the two of them came to Yang Lin with the heaviness of being in a coma.
Yang Lin looked at the two people who suddenly appeared and frowned, "Yang Yan, they..."
Before Yang Yan could introduce him, Qi Sheng quickly introduced himself, "Qi Sheng of the Qi family has met Duke Taiping."
"Every family wins?"
Yang Lin ignored it and looked at Yang Yan.
Yang Yan came to Yang Lin and explained what Qi Sheng had told him before.
"Bloodfire? Heavy?"
Yang Lin looked at the unconscious man behind Qi Sheng, raised his right hand in the air, and flew directly in front of him from the horse's back.
After seeing the unconscious man's face clearly, he frowned and said, "This kid is really heavy!"
He stretched out his hand to grab Shen Sheng's wrist and transferred the true energy into it. After sensing it for a moment, his brows furrowed even more tightly and he murmured, "No wonder he fell into a coma and pretended to be dead. This kid has almost run out of energy."
Qi Sheng explained with a 'sad' look on his face, "Mr. Zheng in the army showed it to General Shen before and said that General Shen will die if his true energy is exhausted."
Hearing this, Yang Lin looked at Shen Shen and nodded, "Indeed, the real energy in this boy's body has indeed been exhausted."
Suddenly, a ball of true energy gathered in Yang Lin's palm, and he slapped it into Zhong Zhong's body. He explained, "I can only help him extend his life for three days at most. The rest depends on whether there are any miracles later."
Then, he looked at Qi Sheng and said bluntly, "Qi family boy, now you can tell everything you know before the army arrives at Fufeng Pass."
Life and death are important, but things on the other side of Fufeng Pass are more important.
Hearing this, Qi Sheng also knew that his opportunity to perform had come.
So, he started explaining directly from Tangshan's betrayal.
However, what is different from reality is that what was originally Tangshan's sudden betrayal and Shen Sheng's forceful effort to lead them out of the encirclement turned into a story in his mouth that he discovered Tangshan's flaws and took the initiative to expose Tangshan's conspiracy.
In order to make the story reasonable, he did not take all the credit, but said that he and Zhong Zhong worked together to break out of the siege and finally returned to Fufeng Pass.
Then, during the month or so when he was guarding Fufeng Pass, he started to give himself money again.
Originally, he spent most of that month by Shen Zhong's side and hardly helped.
As a result, in his words, he became a good captain of the guard who was in a coma due to heavy weight and killed the enemy for the general, always charging on the front line.
In the end, he even said that under the cover of a group of people, he had to fight his way out of the crowd of thousands of soldiers with the weight of being poisoned and comatose, and escaped all the way.
In short, in this story, he is the protagonist with no flaws at all, who is devoted to Fufeng Pass.
After saying this, Qi Sheng didn't feel any shame at all.
After all, in his eyes, everyone in Fufeng Pass was dead except for him and Sheng Sheng, who was unconscious due to poisoning.
And his story is only slightly exaggerated, and the specific process is not very different.
Qi Sheng originally thought that after telling his perfect story, not to mention how shocked he would be, he would still be praised at the very least.
But he never thought that after hearing what he said, Yang Lin fell into silence.
"Is it still too late..."
Hearing this sentence, Qi Sheng didn't understand what he said. Yang Lin only heard the key points.
Yang Lin suddenly looked back at Qi Sheng and said in a deep voice, "According to what you said, Fufeng Pass has been conquered and occupied by the Northern Barbarians?"
"Yes."
Qi Sheng said directly.
After all, when he left, the city gate had been broken down, and Hou Yuanliang and others were trapped in a tight siege.
Nearly four hours have passed. They must have been completely wiped out and all died in the battle, and Fufeng Pass must have been occupied by the combined army of the three tribes.
Yang Lin nodded, looked back at Yang Yan, and ordered, "Yang Yan, give the order to the entire army. The army should speed up and reach Fufeng Pass as quickly as possible. Be sure to take advantage of the time when the Northern Barbarians have not completely occupied Fufeng Pass." Take Fufeng Pass again."
"yes!"
