Sui Xie Gu scolded in a low voice, "This Old Man admits defeat. At such a young age, his skin is even thicker than my stomach that is filled with hundreds of famous swords!"
The young vassal accepted it calmly and smiled, "Senior, you flatter me, you flatter me."
After the two entered the study room, Sui Xie Gu could not stand the young vassal's pretentious attentiveness. He decisively moved a chair and sat down. This was because he knew that the more attentive this bastard named Xu was, the more likely he would suffer in the future.
Sui Xie Gu restrained his expression and asked, "Is the Left Cavalry really gone?"
Hsu Fengnian sat behind the desk and nodded.
Sui Xie Gu frowned, "Is the Right Cavalry going to join forces with the Great Snow Dragon Cavalry to block them, or are we going to let the Beimang army go straight to North Jiebei City?"
Xu Fengnian didn't beat around the bush, directly saying, "Even if we don't stop them, we won't be able to stop them. Instead of wasting our main force in a meaningless battle, we might as well just let the Northern Mang barbarians pile up corpses outside North Resisting City. As long as we can make it through this autumn and winter, when next spring arrives, especially when spring turns to summer, the Northern Mang Cavalry's days will become more and more difficult to endure."
Sui Xie Gu laughed, "You actually want to reduce the pressure on Huaiyang Pass' Fatty Chu, right?"
Hsu Fengnian did not answer immediately. A look of surprise flashed across his eyes.
Jianghu had been around for a hundred years, and its age was comparable to the Later Sui, which was China's shortest age. The old man's long years of experience should not be underestimated.
Sui Xie Gu looked around at the simple study that did not have a single piece of furniture on top of the desk. He sighed slightly and said, "It's not easy to be a Vassal King with real power like you."
Hsu Fengnian laughed and waved his sleeves, "One shoulder bright as the moon, two sleeves clean as the wind, and four bare walls. My name will definitely go down in history."
Sui Xie Gu mocked, "To think that you can still laugh. Don't you think you've lost your father's face?"
Hsu Fengnian folded his hands in his sleeves and leaned back in his chair. He smiled faintly, "No matter how useless my son is, no matter how disappointed Xu Xiao is, he can't scold me to my face."
Sui Xie Gu's mouth twitched, but he did not comment. After a long time, he slowly said, "I have lived for so many years, but my impression of the Beimang barbarians is not deep. However, compared to many of the people of the Central Plains who have only experienced the fires of war during the Spring and Autumn Period, I have personally witnessed the cavalry of the grassland on a large scale. At the time, I was only twenty years old and happened to be traveling through Jizhou with a sword on my back. I was at a place where the north and south intersected. In the old Northern Han history books, it should be called the 'Great Pass'. As for how the current Liyang imperial court is named, I do not know."
The old man's tone was gentle, without any heavy or intense emotions. "I saw several thousand cavalry gallop into the pass. I, Sui Xie Gu, am not a citizen of Northern Han. Moreover, I have never had much of an interest in my country. My ambition is to reach the peak of the path of the sword, not caring about worldly affairs. I have even less interest in the struggle for hegemony and the change of the country's surname. As a result, at that time, I did not hot-bloodedly charge into the pass with my sword alone. However, there is a small matter that you may not have seen. At that time, I saw jackals and wolves with full bellies on the side of the road, just like the fat rich men of peaceful times. When those beasts saw people, they actually didn't retreat and instead barked. At that time, I did not feel much about it. I only felt that the weak were prey to the strong, and that it was only right and proper. On the contrary, it made me even more determined to pursue the path of martial arts. However, when I think back to that scene, I feel somewhat uncomfortable. "
This was actually the reason why the young vassal king did not have the extravagant hope that the grandmasters of the Central Plains would remain in North Resisting City. Just as Sui Xie Gu had said, thousands and tens of thousands of people had died tragically under the trampling of the steppe's iron hooves. Their heads and stomachs had been sliced open by war blades. Their corpses had been lifted into the air by spears, and their bodies had been pierced through by bows. No matter how many people died, in the eyes of the Jianghu experts who hoped to seize the championship of martial arts, the same scene in the eyes of the border soldiers and in the eyes of the grandmasters of Jianghu was like the difference between heaven and earth. Perhaps some people were not like the young swordsman Sui Xie Gu. They would choose to stand up and take the initiative to intercept and kill the steppe cavalry. However, in the end, they would retreat in the face of difficulties.
Although he had the Three-Foot Sword by his side, he chose to watch coldly from the side. Even though he had the Three-Foot Sword, he still hid his sword in its scabbard. Until now, he only felt uncomfortable.
Hsu Fengnian could not do it.
It was not necessarily because Hsu Fengnian was more benevolent than Sui Xie Gu. It was only because he was born in the Xu family and had followed the cripple's surname since childhood.
Perhaps it was not at the border of Beiliang. If it was somewhere else, such as Ji Zhou or the two Liao Provinces, if Hsu Fengnian was only a grandmaster of martial arts who did not participate in the invasion of Beimang from the south, he would also be the same as some of the grandmasters of Jianghu. He would only fight to his heart's content and then retreat in the face of difficulties. He would not have the unyielding determination to retreat.
Chai Qingshan, Xue Songguan, Wei Miao, Mao Shulang, Cheng Baishuang, Ji Liu 'an, and so on.
These grandmasters of the Central Plains were already in North Resisting City or were about to enter North Resisting City. Why would Hsu Fengnian want them to die outside the border of Liangzhou and resist the hundreds of thousands of Beimang's cavalry with their flesh and blood?
Sui Xie Gu, who was resting with his eyes closed, opened his eyes and broke the silence. He said in a low voice, "Heaven can create all things and also kill all things. Hsu Fengnian, are you really not afraid? "
Hsu Fengnian smiled and asked, "Did Tantai Pingjing say this?"
Sui Xie Gu did not admit or deny it.
Sui Xie Gu stood up and walked to the window. His burly figure seemed lonely. The old man mocked himself, "In terms of swordsmanship and sword will, I used to think that I would not lose to anyone. But strangely, I have never liked carrying a sword. Instead, I like to eat swords. Perhaps Li Chungang was right. I am not a swordsman. Then what am I? I've lived to this age, yet I'm still asking myself this question. What a joke. "
Before Sui Xie Gu left the study room, Hsu Fengnian proposed a new deal.
After a moment of shock, the Ancestor of Eating Sword did not refuse or agree. He strode away.
After the old man walked out of the study room, he walked slowly in the corridor. Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at the lush loquat tree in the courtyard.
Not long after, the young king also left the study room. He handed a secret letter that he had just written to one of the leaders of the torture room. The two of them walked out of the room together. The young king said with a calm face, "After you hand the letter to him, tell him that if there is such a day, I, Hsu Fengnian, am begging him to do this."
The old spy gritted his teeth and did not say a word. He just nodded vigorously. Then he quickly left the mansion and left North Resisting City.
Hsu Fengnian stood on the steps and quietly looked into the distance. The autumn wind blew silently.
Beimang's army was about to arrive at North Resisting City. Someone was preparing for his death.
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The young king turned around gently and looked up to see Hehe and Xu Ying sitting side by side on the roof.
He made a face at them.
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