I am cannon fodder, but I can hug thighs

"You can't be blamed for what happened back then. That was already the best outcome. She alone helped the Yuanyang Army break out of the siege, and the people behind us had a chance to survive." Su Cheng'an had seen Xi Lilong's eyes like this more than once.

He and Xi Lilong were born to be on the battlefield, but precisely because of that, they wanted to fight less than anyone else. War could bring wealth, glory, power and status, but it also meant death.

One general's success is built on the bones of thousands of others. The achievements of these military generals are truly achieved by stepping on the corpses of others.

"That's why we have to prevent this from happening again. I'm willing to sacrifice my own life for the lives of others, but I can't just sit there and watch a little girl sacrifice herself in front of me and do nothing. Chunzao's death is also a reminder from God. It reminds me of my arrogance over the past few years." Xi Lilong reviewed the battle again and again, imagining one if after another.

Su Cheng'an wanted to say something, but looking at the army behind them, he said nothing in the end. If these soldiers knew that they, as the leading generals, had problems, it would only shake the morale of the army. This was not a good place to talk.

When they arrived at the military camp, the soldiers who had returned together were divided into two teams, and Xi Lilong led the Yuanyang Army back to the women's military camp.

Su Chengan asked her to come to the main tent of the central army later to discuss military intelligence and the subsequent confrontation together.

"Got it." Xi Lilong just nodded slightly, but his eyes looked at Yan Sihui, "Remember to ask the military doctor to treat your wound again. Don't think that you are young and impetuous and a small injury is not a big deal. If you leave hidden injuries in the future, you will regret it."

If the injuries they suffered on the battlefield were not treated properly, the scars left behind would be another manifestation of a serious illness.

Yan Sihui seemed to understand but still nodded: "I understand."

He had originally planned to go to the military doctor's tent, so why did Xi Qi have to say it again?

"I wonder why she was so long-winded just now? It's because General Hu died on the battlefield due to a relapse of his old illness." Su Cheng'an thought of the first commander of the Yuanyang Army and felt a little sorry for it. She was a woman who could shoot arrows two hundred steps away like Xi Lilong and could knock him off his horse within twenty moves.

"Is that so?" Yan Sihui had never expected this to be the case. Back then, the other party was buried with great ceremony as a great general, but he did not expect that his old illness relapsed and he died on the battlefield. "That's such a pity."

"If General Hu were still alive, she might not have a role to play now." Su Cheng'an deliberately joked, but it was true. If General Hu hadn't died, Xi Lilong would never be the commander of the Yuanyang Army. "However, she was brought up by General Hu, so General Hu has a successor."

Yan Sihuai nodded half-believingly: "Is there a successor? It seems to be true, and it seems that inheriting the mantle is also..."

This word is really... a bit strange. No matter what, Xi Qi is a girl from the Xi family and has nothing to do with that general.

It sounds as if Xi Qi will have no relationship with the Xi family in this life.

Su Chengan didn't explain and asked him to go to the military doctor's tent quickly to treat his wound.

It is true that Xi Lilong will never have any connection with the Xi family in this life. After all, Xi Lilong has become a famous general now. Even if everyone knows that the famous female general Xi Long is Miss Xi Qi, it is useless because His Majesty will not allow the aristocratic families to extend their hands to the Yuanyang Army at present.

A female civil servant would start out from an aristocratic family, but it would be absolutely impossible for a military general to do so in a short period of time.

As the commander-in-chief, Xi Lilong had his own bathroom, so the first thing he did when he returned was to ask his followers to prepare hot water for bathing and wash away the blood stains from killing enemies on the battlefield.

She had fought many battles in the past few years and witnessed countless lives and deaths. She thought she was used to it and could swallow her tears and stand up again no matter who she lost. But she didn't expect Chunzao to be involved.

Whether to die on the battlefield or to return home in glory is their destiny, but this is not Chunzao's destiny.

"I really have had it too easy. She's right. The courage to forge ahead is rare, but understanding the importance of staying alive is even more valuable. On the battlefield, the commander's decision can determine the life and death of his soldiers. Being reckless means not caring about the lives of his soldiers." Xi Lilong covered his eyes with a towel soaked in hot water.

Yan Sihuai and his men have been fighting as guards of the Yuanyang Army these days. She has been watching Yan Sihuai's every move these days. She saw in Yan Sihuai the same way she was when she first went to the battlefield, killing without regard for anything and not fearing death.

She deliberately wanted to get rid of Yan Sihui today. She hoped that he would be able to calm down when the fight stopped and notice the situation of the soldiers around him.

Yan Sihuai is a general. In addition to fighting against the enemy, the deputy general and his personal soldiers will also fight to the death to protect him. If he cannot calm down, the deputy general and his subordinates will suffer unnecessary sacrifices.

"What an idiot! On the battlefield, killing one enemy soldier is never enough. The premise of killing one more enemy soldier is to stay alive. It's not that it doesn't matter if you die as long as you can save one more person." Xi Lilong threw the towel into the bathtub. The splashing water hit her face and slid down her cheeks.

She did not forget that she still had to go to the central army. After washing, she put on her cotton coat and soft armor and went to the central army tent. Everyone had not arrived yet, so she randomly picked a seat and sat down.

The large tent for meetings in the central army was usually used by the general Su Cheng'an. When he saw Xi Lilong coming, he just nodded slightly and continued talking to other generals about how they broke into the enemy's tent today.

"There are still about 50,000 soldiers in the enemy's main camp, which is about 20,000 less than the 70,000 reported by the scouts. I wonder where these 20,000 soldiers are ambushed." Su Cheng'an touched his chin and thought.

"Seventy thousand soldiers and horses were the number half a month ago. There have been constant battles in the past half month, so perhaps some of them were lost."

"The number of heads we collected in the past half month is less than 10,000. How could there be such a big discrepancy? There must be some trick."

Xi Lilong held her face and listened to the discussion of other generals without saying a word. However, the arguing of these people was a bit annoying. She frowned slightly and said, "General, why don't you tell me if you have found anything? Otherwise, how would you know there is an ambush?"

Just as Su Cheng'an was about to say something, a general spoke up in dissatisfaction: "The number of people doesn't match. If they are not in ambush, are they farming?"

The north is barren and there is no land available for farming.

"That's right, General Xi. These are 10,000 or 20,000 soldiers, not 1,000 or 2,000. So many people are missing. It's impossible that I saw it wrong."

Su Chengan raised his hand to quiet them down: "What did General Xi think of?"

Xi Lilong raised his eyes and said: "The Turks don't need to farm, but they need to graze."

"You mean, these soldiers have gone to graze? But now there is snow everywhere, where is the fresh grass for them to graze?" Su Cheng'an leaned slightly, acting as if he was willing to hear more details.

"Does it mean we have to herd? Do you think it must be an important matter if we say we have something important to deal with?" Xi Lilong knocked on the table. "The appearance of the Turks is not much different from some nomadic peoples in Daxia. It is not a bad idea to disguise them and then go south under the pretext of herding."

"I thought it was something else. General Xi is still too ignorant. Could it be that the checkpoints of our Great Xia are all fake? Even if they are in disguise, how can they pass through Great Xia without our Great Xia's token?"

Xi Lilong chuckled: "How do you know? They don't have it."

If there was no token, how could the Turks enter Daxia and abduct Chunzao?