I started as an exile, and I relied on space to support my family of loyal heroes.

Brahma City.

A border city between Xiliang and Daliang.

The Xiao family’s private army meeting hall.

"Deputy General Zhao, the dog emperor has abandoned the donkey after it has done its work, and slandered General Xiao for treason. Let's take our brothers to the capital to rescue General Xiao."

"Yes, kill the dog emperor. A scholar can be killed but not humiliated. Didn't the dog emperor say that General Xiao intended to rebel? Then let's make it true and let General Xiao be crowned emperor directly."

"I've already said that the dog emperor has no good intentions. General Xiao shouldn't go back. The dog emperor doesn't dare to do anything to the women of the Xiao family."

"Damn it, if the Xiao family wants to rebel, it will be the turn of those petty-minded people from the Yuwen family to become the emperor..."

........

Zhao Hu frowned and looked at the message sent by the spy in his hand, his teeth chattering.

Listening to the voices of his brothers, he turned his head to look at the military advisor, Changsun Dongcai, who had remained silent the whole time.

"Military Advisor, what do you think about this?"

This group of carefree soldiers are good at charging into battle.

This kind of strategic thing still needs professionals to do it. He can't take risks with the 30,000 private soldiers that the Xiao family has trained with great difficulty - no, 20,000 private soldiers.

The Xiao family's private army nominally has 20,000 soldiers, but in fact it has expanded to 30,000.

It’s not that the Xiao family was unwilling to report it, but Emperor Wu of Liang’s expression was too obvious, so the military advisor disagreed to report it.

When the brothers in the meeting hall heard what Zhao Hu said, they immediately stopped cursing and all looked at the military advisor.

Chang Sun Dongcai waved the fan in his hand, frowned and thought for a moment, then slowly shook his head.

"Don't act rashly, wait a little longer!"

When the lieutenant generals heard that they had to wait, they immediately got angry and started yelling at the top of their lungs.

"What the hell is the point of waiting? If you wait any longer, General Xiao will die."

"I don't think there's any need to wait. We won't defend Brahma City anymore. If Xiliang Kingdom attacks, let the dog emperor worry about it himself."

"How could the women and children of the Xiao family be exiled to Ningguta? That road is not easy to travel."

"That's right. General Xiao is still seriously injured. If the dog emperor continues to suffer on the road, he will not die."

.........

"Stop arguing." Zhao Hu yelled, frowning and looking at Changsun Dongcai.

"Did the military advisor find anything wrong?"

When General Xiao returned to the capital, he said that all decisions in the military camp had to be consulted with the military advisor before being made.

The military advisor disagrees with sending troops, he must have discovered something.

Chang Sundong raised his eyelids and looked at the soldiers in front of him who were so angry that their faces turned red and their necks became thick.

He put away his fan and tapped it lightly on the table.

"The spy sent the message at the wrong time."

"According to the time General Xiao returned to the capital, he only arrived yesterday. Even if Emperor Wu of Liang wanted to charge General Xiao with treason and exile the Xiao family, the earliest he would issue an imperial decree would be today."

"The imperial decree was just issued today, and we have received the news now? Don't you find it strange?"

"It would take five days to get from the capital to Brahma City even if you ride at full speed."

Chang Sun Dongcai looked at the people who were lost in thought and continued,

"Someone leaked the news in advance just to see us get into chaos and make trouble so they can take advantage of the opportunity to catch us all in one fell swoop."

"Oh!"

Zhao Hu slammed his fist on the table, his forehead throbbing with anger, "You treacherous dog emperor."

"Then what should we do? Are we just going to watch the Xiao family being exiled?"

"Yeah, it's just torture for me to just wait." The other people shouted at the top of their voices.

Chang Sun Dongcai thought for a moment, glanced at everyone and said,

"General Xiao will definitely send back a message. If there is no news in five days, we can make plans later."

"Fuck it......"

"Damn it, what the hell is this..."

......

The soldiers rolled up their sleeves, swearing and looking angry.

No matter how anxious or angry they were, they still had to listen to the military advisor.

The military advisor's brain works better than theirs.

If General Xiao were here, we would definitely listen to him, because Xiao Yunzhan's brain is better than that of a military advisor.

These brave but foolish men had to hold back their anger and anxiety.

Chang Sun Dongcai was fanning himself with a frown on his face.

He had already sent two trusted confidants to rush to the capital to gather information, and had also arranged for a group of people to guard the road leading to Ningguta, ready to rob people at any time.

He is the only one who knows about this, and he cannot tell anyone at the moment. If the news leaks out, Xiao Yunzhan will have a hard time coming back alive.

Of course it would be best if Xiao Yunzhan sent them a secret letter.

Otherwise, he can only hope that the people he sent can rescue Xiao Yunzhan.

He deliberately delayed for five days to give his men time to kidnap the people.

God bless General Xiao, please hold on...

.......

Xiao Yunzhan lay on Lin Yiran's back, his tight clothes soaked.

Sweat dripped down his fingers that hung in front of Lin Yiran and onto the ground.

He and Lin Yi then pressed their backs together, their chests covered in sweat and feeling hot and stuffy.

Lin Yiran rolled her eyes helplessly. If her second sister-in-law hadn't been following her closely, she would have told Xiao Yunzhan a long time ago.

"Please, relax a little. I'm carrying you. Aren't you tired of being so stiff?"

It was extremely easy for her to carry Xiao Yunzhan on her back and she didn't sweat at all.

But Xiao Yunzhan couldn't help sweating.

She was almost drowned by the sweat. Her back was soaked in Xiao Yunzhan's sweat, and the sweat flowed down both sides of her spine.

Her butt was covered in sweat and she felt like she had peed her pants.

hey~~~

Lin Yiran glanced at the big head lying on her shoulder and couldn't help but sigh softly.

When Xiao Yunzhan heard Lin Yiran's barely perceptible sigh, his body stiffened and he gritted his teeth and tried to pull his body up.

Being carried on Lin Yiran's back for more than an hour was more tiring than a whole day of marching and fighting.

Lin Yiran felt Xiao Yunzhan's body become even more tense, and helplessly, she hooked her hands around his legs and squeezed them hard, signaling him to relax a little.

Xiao Yunzhan was startled, thinking that Lin Yiran disliked him for being too heavy, so he quickly lifted his body with more force to reduce the force on her.

With this exertion, Xiao Yunzhan sweated even more profusely.

His head drooped on Lin Yiran's shoulder, sweat dripping like rain.

"Hiss~~ Why is Fourth Brother sweating so much? Is the wound hurting?"

The second sister-in-law looked at the beads of sweat on Xiao Yunzhan's head that were dripping more and more densely, and couldn't help but ask a question worriedly.

I'm sweating so much, I can't be dehydrated.

Lin Yiran chuckled, "It's normal to feel pain. With such a serious injury, how could it not hurt?"

"That's true." The second sister-in-law nodded in agreement.

She looked back at Madam Xiao and the others who were more than ten meters behind them, then looked up at the gradually darkening sky, turned her head and said to Lin Yiran,

"Fourth brother's wife, let me carry you for a while. Your body can't handle it."

Apart from a meal they had at the Duke of Zhenguo's Mansion at dawn, they had not eaten anything else except some grass roots.

She was already dizzy from hunger, but luckily she was in good enough shape to hold on.

Fourth brother’s wife had not eaten anything just like her, and she had carried fourth brother for such a long time. Even if she was very strong, she would not be able to bear it.