Niupi Pass is located east of Yunzhou City, not far from each other.
It only took less than a quarter of an hour for Su Xian and his party to enter the city.
As expected, General Shi prepared a banquet. Everyone had a delicious meal first, and then went back to their rooms to rest. They had been on the road from Yacheng to Yunzhou and were already exhausted.
Su Xian took this opportunity to find Yan Dashan alone and briefly explained his "plan to strengthen the army". Finally, he expressed his hope that Yan Dashan could take on this important task.
After hearing this, Yan Dashan thought for a moment, and finally shook his head and said:
"I just want to stay with you, whether as a guard or as a follower. I have no other thoughts other than that. Please forgive me."
Su Xian had expected this, so he was not in a hurry and asked: "Da Shan, what is the main purpose of your insistence on staying with me?"
Yanda stood up straight on the mountainside and said loudly:
"The young master is the benefactor of my Yan family. I will never forget my great kindness. I respect my mother's order and stay with the young master for three years. The purpose is to protect the young master from being harmed by traitors!"
"In that case, let me ask you, if the world is in chaos, or if you and I are caught in the middle of thousands of troops, can you protect me with your ability?" Su Xian asked.
Yan Dashan fell into silence.
If he is alone, he will be injured among thousands of troops, but it should not be difficult to break through the encirclement. But if he takes Su Xian with him...
Finally, he gritted his teeth and said excitedly: "Even if I die, I will never let the young master be harmed at all!"
Su Xian stared into his eyes and asked seriously:
"If, I mean if, if that happens, after you die, I am in troubled times or surrounded by thousands of troops. Can I survive with my own skills alone?"
"..."
Yan Dashan understood what Su Xian meant and was immediately entangled.
Seeing this, Su Xian pursed his lips and smiled, turned around and walked out of the house, saying, "Come with me, let's go for a walk in the city."
Yan Dashan struggled with his Chinese character face and followed behind.
After a while, the two came to the wounded soldiers camp in Yunzhou City. The place was filled with all kinds of wounded soldiers, and the sounds of mourning and pain could be heard one after another. It was as miserable as a purgatory on earth.
Su Xian pointed at the wounded soldiers and said:
"As you can see, although they were seriously injured, at least they still had one life left. If it were me, I would have died long ago!"
Yan Dashan looked calm and troubled, but still didn't say a word.
Su Xian was not in a hurry, and the two of them left the wounded barracks and climbed onto the Yunzhou city wall.
When the Liao army attacked the city a few days ago, a section of the city wall was destroyed. Although the main part has been repaired, it has not been completely repaired. The huge gap is shocking.
Then, Su Xian took Yan Dash up the street and came to a remote alley. Countless homeless children were squatting on the street corner, looking at them with fearful and helpless eyes.
Su Xian pointed at the children and said:
"You see, their homes have been destroyed in the war and they are homeless. Now they have a roof over their heads to shelter from the wind and rain, and they can still eat a little porridge because we drove away the people who came to wreak havoc. Liao people."
"Just imagine, if we lose, what will be their fate? Will they still have a simple shed to shelter from the wind and rain? Will they still have food to eat?"
"..."
Yan Dashan's expression at this moment was extremely complicated.
He thought he was once an invincible general on the battlefield, and he once killed people in Liao with fear, but now...a trace of mist blurred his eyes.
Su Xian squatted in front of an older child and asked gently, "Where are your parents?"
The child was originally very scared, but seeing that Su Xian had no ill intentions, and thinking of his parents, he choked up and said: "They are all dead, their heads were chopped off by Liao thieves with a machete..."
Su Xian comforted him, and then asked: "Do you know where our Daliang soldiers were when the Liao army broke into the city?"
The child became emotional and cried: "They... they abandoned the city and fled... Uncle, do you know why they ran away?"
Su Xian shook his head, raised his finger and pointed at Yan Dashan, and said to the child, "I don't know. Ask him why he ran away!"
Yan Dashan's fists were clenched and veins popped out. When he faced the child's questioning eyes, he collapsed. He turned to look at Su Xian and said:
"Master, I promise you! I promise you everything!"
"good!"
Su Xian stood up with a smile, patted Yan Dashan's solid shoulder, and said, "I've been waiting for your words."
Before the two left, Su Xian turned back to the child and said, "Don't worry, my Daliang soldiers will not escape from now on, they will stand in front of you!"
"The Sword Comes"
"..."
An hour later.
Su Xian and his party have rested.
They all mounted their horses and prepared to continue on their way.
They have returned to Daliang, so there is no need to be in such a hurry, but Su Xian is eager to return home and wants to see Liu Huixiang and others as soon as possible.
Among the triumphant team, there were thousands more soldiers, plus the original more than 100 people. They marched towards the capital of gods in the south in mighty force.
If General Shi doesn't follow him back to Beijing, he will stay in the north to deal with the aftermath and be careful to prevent the Liao army from returning.
Su Xian and his party marched very fast. They passed Shuozhou and Daizhou without stopping. When they reached Xizhou, it was getting dark. There were no villages in front of them or shops in the back. It was a wilderness.
Su Xian ordered to set up camp on the spot and bury pots to make rice.
"I really miss the time when we were on the road in Shu. We had a barbecue in the wild and the food was delicious!" Tang Shujing looked at the porridge cooked by the soldiers with a look of aftertaste.
"Then let's have barbecue tonight!" Su Xian was in a good mood. He didn't want to drink porridge because he was too depressed, so he told Yan Dashan and others to go get some game.
There are many mountains around here, and all kinds of wild beasts are found in the mountains and forests, including goats, hares, wild deer, and pheasants. Yan Dashan and others are all born good hunters, and they are not afraid of not harvesting anything.
"I'll go too!" Tang Shujing couldn't sit still, rubbing her little hands secretly, ready to play.
"You don't have to go!" Su Xian pulled her back and said with a smile, "You and Zhilan stay with me. We will have a barbecue together later."
"But I don't know how to bake?"
"I can teach you, it's very simple."
"Well, let's see how I outshine my master later!"
"..."
Soon, Yan Dashan and the others returned with their loads. There was a small river nearby. They went to the river to process the fur and internal organs, and finally returned with the clean meat.
Su Xian was also well prepared, with all the seasonings in place. Once the ingredients were in place, they started grilling. In order to train Tang Shujing to become the "world's best barbecue lady" in the future, Su Xian was a step-by-step guide.
Tang Shujing is actually very talented and smart, and she quickly mastered the secret of barbecue, but Su Xian turned into a "strict teacher" and said every time after watching her barbecue:
"No! It's completely inedible. Bake it again!"
Tang Shujing, who was deeply hit, showed the roasted meat to Su Xian again, and was shocked to find that Su Xian was eating what she had roasted last time.
It tasted extremely sweet!
Doesn’t it mean it’s completely inedible?
Tang Shujing instantly understood that she had been deceived by Su Xian again.
She immediately said angrily: "You...you, you, you are shameless! You must be jealous that I bake better than you, so you deliberately suppress me?!"
