"What?"
Xun Er couldn't care less about her exhaustion. She crawled up and followed Yang Fan's gaze. Sure enough, she saw Gao Qingshan sitting under a half-collapsed wooden shed. Beside him, a stockade chief was helping him bandage the wound on his arm. There were a few other stockade chiefs around him. Gao Qingshan was whispering something to them, and as they listened, they instinctively glanced in Yang Fan's direction. The situation was indeed a little strange.
Xun Er was furious and whispered, "How dare he! That idiot! If he dares to betray his friends, I'll chop off his head first. "
At this moment, Gao Qingshan had finished bandaging his wound. He stood up and walked towards them. The few stockade chiefs followed closely behind him. Yang Fan slowly sat up and shifted the position of his saber. Xun Er immediately stood up and looked at Gao Qingshan with an unfriendly gaze.
Gao Qingshan didn't notice Xun Er's gaze and walked straight towards Yang Fan. He smiled and said, "Brother Yang!"
Yang Fan slowly stood up and said, "What's wrong?"
Gao Qingshan said, "I plan to withdraw the people in the stockade to the second line of defense and continue to defend it. But it's hard to predict how long this line of defense can hold out. So I'm thinking … "
Xun Er couldn't help but blurt out, "What do you want?" As she spoke, she also placed her hand on the hilt of her saber.
Gao Qingshan said, "I'm thinking … to let Brother Yang protect Miss and leave first. Behind this stockade is a steep and unscalable mountain, and on both sides are cliffs. There were once witch doctors who tied ropes to the top to gather herbs. Although they've never reached the surface from there, according to them, the cliff on the right is not particularly dangerous. If the length of the rope is enough, we should be able to go down from there. So … "
Yang Fan was stunned. When the battle ended, he noticed that Gao Qingshan was looking at him with a thoughtful gaze. Later, when he was bandaging his wounds, he whispered to a few stockade chiefs and occasionally glanced in Yang Fan's direction. It was as if he had a plan. His first reaction was that Gao Qingshan wanted to harm him.
Although this stockade was in Wen Hao's sights, the current situation had turned into a situation where they would not rest until one of them was dead. This was all because of his existence. He was also an outsider, so he naturally thought that Gao Qingshan had ill intentions towards him, but he did not expect …
Yang Fan's face was burning hot, and he felt somewhat ashamed. He had been in the officialdom for a long time, and he was used to seeing people abandon their companions for the sake of their own interests without hesitation, and they even said that it was for the sake of the overall situation, and that it was for the sake of a strong man to relieve his own wrists. Unexpectedly, he used this kind of dirty mentality to speculate about these men whose hearts were as broad as the mountains and clouds.
Xun Er heaved a sigh of relief and glanced at Yang Fan complacently. "I'm not leaving. If something happens to the stronghold, I'll only care about running for my life. Would I still be worthy of being the daughter of a chieftain? However, your plan is very good. Get someone to escort Brother Yang away. Father can defeat Wenhao, but it is impossible for him to defeat the Imperial Court. In the end, we still have to live under this sky. We have to obtain the Emperor's forgiveness and let the Emperor know the grievances we have suffered. We cannot do this without Brother Yang's help. "
Gao Qingshan said resolutely, "No! Miss, you must leave. If anything happens to you, I, Gao Qingshan, will not be able to redeem myself even if I die a hundred times! "
He did not allow Xun Er to reject him again, and suddenly turned to Yang Fan. With a solemn expression, he said, "That person is called Xie Chuanfeng. Do you remember it?"
Yang Fan said, "I remember!"
Gao Qingshan smiled in relief. "If I die, I will entrust this person to you!"
Yang Fan smiled faintly. "If I die and you live, then I will entrust Huang Jingrong to you."
Gao Qingshan said, "That is the imperial envoy. It is impossible for me to even see his shadow, and I cannot kill him! So, I can die, but you cannot! "
Xun Er asked doubtfully, "What are you two talking about?"
Yang Fan said, "Since you can't do it, then don't be in a hurry to make arrangements for your funeral! Until the very last moment, I will not easily admit defeat! Let us first retreat to the second line of defense! "
Gao Qingshan was just about to open his mouth when Yang Fan said with a smile, "It is easy for you to want to kidnap me down the mountain, but to want to kidnap me down the cliff, that is not an easy matter!"
Xun Er blinked her eyes and asked again, "What are you two talking about?"
The two men looked at each other and smiled. Neither said anything. Xun Er pouted her small mouth and did not say anything else.
…
"Why are we retreating?"
Huang Jingrong charged into Wen Hao's tent with a face full of anger and questioned sternly.
He was standing on the tree tower and was elated to see that the stronghold was about to be breached when Yun Hao suddenly sounded the gongs to retreat. His beautiful dream of burying Yang Fan on this mountain was once again shattered. Huang Jingrong was about to go crazy from anger.
Inside the tent, Wen Hao and Yun Xuan seemed to have just had an argument. Both of their expressions were somewhat gloomy.
Huang Jingrong's eyes were full of anger. He looked at Wen Hao and then at Yun Xuan and shouted, "Answer me!"
Wen Hao sighed and said lazily, "The soldiers are extremely tired, how can they continue to fight?"
Huang Jingrong was furious. He waved his sheathed longsword and roared, "No matter how tired we are, can we be more tired than the people in the stronghold? They even used the women, the elderly, and the children to charge up the stronghold walls as soldiers. Is that a stronghold wall? It has already collapsed into a mound of earth. As long as we put in a little more effort, we will be able to take it down immediately! "
Wen Hao secretly cursed, "Bullshit! It turns out that the people who died are not your people. You are using my people to pave the way for the stronghold. With every step forward, countless corpses will be left behind. When we take down this stronghold, how heavy will my casualties be? At that time, what will I use to fight with the other chieftains? "
Huang Jingrong saw that he had a helpless expression but did not say anything. He angrily said, "Continue fighting! We must continue fighting! It won't be long before we can take down this stronghold. "
Wen Hao said, "My soldiers are extremely tired. If we are going to fight, we should switch to Chieftain Yun's soldiers."
When Yun Xuan heard this, he said with a displeased expression, "Chieftain Wen, it was my men who took the lead this morning. My men suffered heavy casualties and have not recovered even now. You can't fight now, but do you think I can? What a joke, my soldiers are not as strong as yours. "
Wen Hao immediately said, "Since that's the case, I think we should surround the stronghold and not attack. Immediately call someone back to the city to borrow a few more ballistae from the reinforcements from the court. I think that those things are very powerful. If ten ballistae fire at the same time, this stronghold will immediately be destroyed and we can easily take it down!"
Huang Jingrong flew into a rage. "Trash! All of you are trash! All of you are overcautious and narrow-minded trash! Do you really think I don't know what you are planning? Let me tell you, if Yang Fan does not die, I will be finished, and you will be finished. If Yang Fan interferes and the court's troops retreat, do you think Kun Qi and Meng Zhe Zhu will let you go? "
Wen Hao twisted his mouth and said, "It's not the first time we've fallen out with them. So what if we can't beat them? They want to swallow us, but they don't have the strength. "
"So that's what you think!"
Huang Jingrong began to run around the tent like a mad dog. After running for a while, he stopped and stomped his feet as he cursed, "What happened to your ambitions? Are you willing to be dogs in front of Kun Qi and Meng Zhe Zhu for the rest of your lives? Anyone who wants to achieve great things has to make sacrifices. You two short-sighted … "
"Aiyo!"
Before Huang Jingrong could finish cursing, someone suddenly nudged him, causing him to stumble and almost fall to the ground.
Huang Jingrong looked over and saw a person run in in a panic. The person knelt on one knee and said to Wen Hao, "Governor, Yao Province has fallen!"
"What?"
Wen Hao and Yun Xuan were shocked. Huang Jingrong didn't care about cursing anymore. He pounced forward and tightly grabbed the person's collar. "What did you say? How could Yao Province City fall? There are troops from the court there, how could it fall? Who are you? Where did you get this information? You … "
Huang Jingrong's string of questions made the person not know how to answer. Huang Jingrong was asking questions when he suddenly felt his collar tighten, making it hard for him to breathe. His hands unconsciously loosened and he was flung to the side. Looking closely, he saw that it was Wen Hao, who was in a hurry. He could no longer care about his status as an imperial envoy and pulled on his collar to throw him to the side.
Wen Hao glared at the person and said, "Xie Chuanfeng, speak clearly. Who attacked Yao Province? How did it fall? "
Yun Xuan, who was at the side, said, "So fast? Xun Qi and Zhe Zhu shouldn't have such great power. Could it be that they moved troops to Nanzhao? "
As it turned out, that person was Xie Chuanfeng. Judging from his handsome appearance, he wasn't someone who could be compared to a lowly person. Who would've thought that he would be so cruel and lascivious? He was willing to use his saber on a young girl, and he was even willing to use it on a woman who had fainted from the pain of her severed arm and was lying in a pool of blood.
Xie Chuanfeng heard Yun Xuan's words and revealed a smile that was uglier than crying. "Reporting to Chieftain Yun, Nanzhao didn't send troops. The ones attacking the city were Xun Qi and Meng Zhe Zhu."
Wen Hao was furious. "How is that possible! How could they take Yao Province City so quickly? Are the soldiers of the court made of paper? "
Xie Chuanfeng sobbed. "The two chieftains brought troops to attack the White River Stronghold, so there weren't many defenders in the city. Xun Qi and Meng Zhe Zhu had people in the city. When they attacked the city from the outside, they immediately set fire to create chaos and help take the city gates. When the defenders saw that the two chieftains weren't there, they immediately abandoned the city and fled.
By the time the soldiers of the court heard the news and rushed over to help defend the city, the city was already surrounded by Wu and White Barbarian soldiers. When they saw this, the soldiers were afraid that their own troops would be trapped in the city and broke out from the east. This lowly one was working in the military governor's office and received the news the last. Those bastards escaped faster than rabbits and no one came to the residence to inform me. This lowly one almost became their captive … "
After Xie Chuanfeng finished complaining, he expressed his loyalty. "This lowly one escaped the city and quickly came to deliver the news to the two chieftains. Meng Zhe Zhu led his troops to chase after the soldiers of the court. Chieftain Xun Qi led the White Barbarians here. If the two chieftains don't leave now, they'll be trapped here forever. "
Wen Hao kicked the babbling Xie Chuanfeng to the side and roared, "Retreat! Retreat immediately! Retreat to Cloud Gathering Stronghold, quickly! "
Huang Jingrong rushed in front of him and raised a finger. "As long as there's another battle! As long as there's another battle! Yang Fan must die! "
Wen Hao laughed sinisterly. "If he doesn't die, the court will only believe his words? If that's the case, what use are you, Imperial Censor Huang? Hmph! If you want to fight, then fight. If I don't leave now, I'll be buried here with all my warriors! Retreat! Retreat immediately! "
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