The sky was high and the ground was wide. The clouds hung low as the sun set in the west. The sunset glow was especially dazzling.
There were less than a hundred riders galloping north. It was as if their heads were covered with the most beautiful and bright Sichuan brocade.
When this group of horses approached the military town of Grave Grave, there were still a few Northern Mang horsemen who stopped their horses on the high slope. After weighing the disparity in numbers between the two sides, in the end, they didn't charge forward to kill.
Earlier, the crossbowmen of Liang Province had truly struck fear into the hearts of the Northern Mang Horse Guards. Not only were the three elite scouts almost completely wiped out, even the commander of the Rouran Cavalry, Hong Jingyan, and that relative of the imperial family, Yelu Chucai, had fallen on the battlefield. Although the Southern Dynasty had already received news that all the crossbowmen had been transferred to the battlefield of Liuzhou, once bitten, twice shy. They did not dare to let down their guard. One of the main generals of Beimang's southern expedition, the head of the Orange Province, Murong Baoding, had strictly ordered his riders to retreat when they encountered the enemy. He did not care about the crime of retreating without fighting. Those who dared to engage in battle without permission would suffer one casualty per troop. Afterwards, the leader of each troop would be beheaded. If three or more people died per troop, the leader of each troop would be beheaded!
The hundred or so cavalry that did not wear the armor of the Northern Liang Border Army also did not pay any attention to the groups of scouts from Orange Province who had retreated after smelling the scent of blood. They continued north without stopping, and did not have any intention of entering the military town of Grave Tomb. They continued north along the perimeter of the military town.
In this strange cavalry formation of two riders side by side in a long snake formation, there were about eighty riders. All of them carried swords and urged their horses forward. Clearly, they were not the Beiliang Frontier Army who would not take out their sabers without permission. One rider spurred his horse forward and came to the side of the only rider with a cold saber at his waist. He said with some annoyance, "Surnamed Xu, even a mosquito leg is meat. We've encountered eight or nine groups of Beimang riders along the way. If you allowed us to act, we would have killed at least forty to fifty of them. What's wrong? Is your Mount Qing Liang really so poor that you can't even afford to pay the reward of this little bit of military merit? Even if we take a step back and let's say we owe them the money first, killing forty to fifty Beimang scouts will probably save some of your Liangzhou cavalry. How did you become the King of Beiliang?! "
Hsu Fengnian continued to look to the north without slowing down his horse. He explained patiently, "Dong Zhuo's army is about to attack Huaiyang Pass. If we delay here for a moment, Beiliang might …"
Wu Liuding, the current Sword Crown of Wu Family's Sword Tomb, interrupted the young Vassal King and said, "Even if you arrived at Huaiyang Pass earlier, could you move the entire pass to North Reject City? Huaiyang Pass and the Protectorate General don't have legs. They can't run away. After all, after you became a Great Grandmaster, you became arrogant and looked down on those weak people. You only have eyes for people like Tuoba and Hong Jingyan. Otherwise, you wouldn't be willing to fight, right? "
Not far behind them, a Wu Family swordsman said in a strange tone, "A Great Grandmaster should have the demeanor of a Great Grandmaster. His Highness is arrogant and has his own confidence. What's wrong with that? A Land Immortal can stomp hundreds or thousands of ants to death. Wouldn't he be afraid of dirtying the soles of his shoes? "
Wu Liuding rolled his eyes. He didn't want to argue with the Xiong Hou behind him. He couldn't help it. Even in the Wu Family's Sword Tomb, where the family's sword art was the world's sword art, only the Old Ancestor could slightly suppress Demon Zhu. No matter how conceited Wu Liuding was, he still had to admit that there was still a gap between him and Zhu Huang in terms of cultivation and attainment. The Wu Family's ancestors had long established a family rule. The length of the sword qi determined the size of the principle. Although Wu Liuding's skin was not thin, he didn't go to the extent of arguing with Zhu Huang.
However, if Cui Hua, who carried the Ancient Sword Su Of Gojoseon, was willing to join forces, Wu Liuding was confident that he could beat Demon Zhu into a pig's head. Unfortunately, Cui Hua was a Sword Attendant. According to the Wu Family's unshakeable rules, she couldn't participate in the competition between Sword Crown and other Jianghu people. To put it bluntly, a Sword Attendant was someone who specialized in collecting Sword Crown's corpse.
Hsu Fengnian smiled and shook his head. He didn't continue to explain.
Some Beiliang's family matters couldn't be explained to these Wu Family swordsmen, who had left behind the teachings of their ancestors, "Don't seek the Wall of Liancheng, seek the Killing Sword."
Hsu Fengnian's mood was much heavier than what he showed on the surface.
Chu Lushan refused to leave Huaiyang Pass. He only gave one sentence to North Resisting City.
"Whether I, Chu Lushan, am at Huaiyang Pass or not, the situation on the battlefield outside Liangzhou Pass will be completely different."
Hsu Fengnian understood the meaning behind these words, but he still hoped to fight for one last time, to fight for it in person.
Not as the master of the three hundred thousand Beiliang cavalry, not as the Vassal King, not as the Beiliang Protector-General, but as the eldest son of the first wife of Xu Xiao, to meet Lu Qiuer, who had killed his foster son.
The reason why he was so nonstop was because Hsu Fengnian knew very well that once Dong Zhuo personally appeared outside Huaiyang Pass, Chu Lushan would definitely not leave. Hsu Fengnian couldn't just knock Chu Lushan unconscious and tie him up back to North Resisting City. It was meaningless.
As for why he didn't abandon the eighty Wu Family Sword Tomb cavalry and rush to Huaiyang Pass alone, this was somewhat complicated.
There were thousands of things in the world, but peace of mind was the most difficult to find.
The closer they got to the rugged southern entrance of Huaiyang Pass, not only the bored Wu Liuding, who was beside the young Vassal King, and the beauty Nalan Huaiyu, who was secretly looking at the back of the young Vassal King from time to time, even Cuihua, who had a pure heart of sword that had reached the Spiritual Perception Realm, noticed Hsu Fengnian's strange mood.
Huaiyang Pass was known as the most dangerous pass outside Liangzhou Pass. The narrow and winding mountain road at the southern entrance played an important role, which made this pass have no worries.
Perhaps realizing that there was a problem with his mental state, Xu Fengnian suddenly turned his head to look at Wu Liuding and asked with a smile, "I heard that in the past twenty years, your Wu family's Old Ancestor has commented on the swordsmen of the Sword Catacomb. Other than Deng Tai'a who has the strongest innate killing intent, Zhu Huang has the heaviest killing intent, and Cuihua has the deepest killing intent. Then you, Wu Liuding, as the Sword Crown? "
Wu Liuding said with a shameless face, "Me? Obviously, I have the best bone structure and the highest talent!"
Zhu Huang, who was sitting on the back of the horse with his arms crossed, snorted disdainfully and sneered.
Hsu Fengnian said with a smile, "Wu Liuding, don't bully me because I haven't seen the world. Not to mention other things, I have seen a few natural sword embryos. The charcoal girl of the Guanyin Sect and Chen Tianyuan of the Taibai Sword Sect, their bone structures are better than yours."
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