[Shadow Guardian] The Wind Rises from the Wild West

During the few days of rest in Majiabao, news came back from Xiyan again.Since they left the old capital Yucheng, the distance between them and Zihan Pass has become farther and farther, and it has become more and more difficult to convey news.

Uncle Thirteen's worries really came true, Hong Han was not in the country for too long, and those powerful tyrants really took action and contacted Hong Han's nephew in private.It is said that arrangements have been made outside Zihan Pass, and many people do not want Honghan to return to Xiyan.

Even if we set off immediately, it will take some time to return to Zihan Pass from here. There will inevitably be twists and turns when returning to China this time.Uncle Shisan suggested mobilizing the old department of Xihuang to go to the pass to meet him.

"No need." Hong Han still answered him with the same sentence: "Cut a shortcut!"

Kunling, [-] miles away, divides Xiyan Kingdom and Central Plains from east to west. Except for Zihan Pass, the others are steep mountains and difficult to navigate. How can there be any shortcuts?

Honghan stroked the horsewhip on the sheepskin map: "Isn't this the shortcut?" The place where the horsewhip passed, from the north to the west of the city, drew an arc, pointing to Yanming Pass.

Yanming Pass, the northernmost pass in the Xiyan territory, outside the pass is a vast grassland and desert.

From here to there, there are thousands of miles of desert, endless grassland, Chile River, and the territory of the Hu people and barbarians.For thousands of years, no army from the Central Plains has ever crossed.Hong Han smiled slantingly with his mouth crooked, feeling that the arc he drew was perfect.

The eyes of several people discussing matters in the room are also bright.Birds of a feather flock together and people form groups, and they are also a bunch of lunatics.

In the early morning of the second day, Hong Han put on his armor, held his halberd, and added a red robe, and rode up to the highest ridge.At this moment, the sun was just rising, shining a dazzling golden light on his iron armor.

"Brothers!" He raised his hand, and 200 people stood silently under the slope.

"There are two roads ahead of us!" His voice was loud and resonant, and everyone could hear it clearly.

"Go back to the city and enter the customs, and return to Zihan Pass along the Kunling Mountains. This road is the way we came here!"

"Where is Yancheng?" Hong Han pointed to the west. "over there!"

"From here to the west, across Chilechuan, thousands of miles away, is the Yanming Pass!"

"Why should we look far away!"

"That's right! Chichuan has always been the residence of barbarian barbarians. It's flat, without any cover!"

"But there is no obstacle!" Hong Han waved his whip and raised his voice: "What is there to fear from the barbarians?"

Everyone replied in unison: "What is there to be afraid of!"

Hong Han turned his horse around and shouted: "I will use 200 people to cross Chile River!"

"I'm going back to Yanming Pass from here!"

"Whoever is scared, turn around and go back from here, I, Honghan, will never stop!"

"Whoever comes with me must plan to stay alive in the desert!"

"There will be barbarians blocking the way ahead, there will be bloody battles, there will be raids all night, but there will be no retreat!"

"I, Honghan, have been fighting in Western Xinjiang for ten years, and I have never been afraid. What is there to be afraid of in the thousands of miles of desert?"

"I want them to know that the barbarians outside the pass are not indestructible!"

"I want them to know that Xiyan Honghan can travel through thousands of miles of desert!"

"I want them to know what is really strong and what is really fast!"

"Get on the horse!" He yelled, and took the lead to run down the hill. None of the 200-man cavalry flinched, and they all moved forward, following the fiery figure like a torrent to the wilderness outside the pass.

Yun was dressed in black and rode a chestnut horse, following closely behind Honghan on the left, only one horse behind.Next to him ran the Jingqu River.

The two of them are the youngest and best skilled among the guards, guarding on both sides of the main general.After the Battle of Majiapu, this team was equipped with new equipment.Jing Qujiang had already put on shiny heart armor, shiny shoulder armor, and shiny arm and leg guards.Coupled with his already very mighty big knife, he is completely a shining knight on horseback.

Yun is completely different.

He was still dressed in black, with only a leather shoulder pad on his right shoulder, a longbow on his back, and a bucket of feathered arrows and a copper mace hanging on the side of his horse.

The bronze mace was given to him by Ji Kan.The kid tossed about in the armory for a long time, picking and choosing, and after drawing a whole set of equipment for himself, he stuffed this to Yun.Immediate weapons, one point is long and one point is strong, and one point is short and one point is dangerous. A copper mace is no more than a thick copper rod, which is half long but not short. Few people can use it well.He gave this to Yun, saying: "This thing is heavy and valuable. If you go back to the city and sell it, you can exchange it for a lot of money."

Yun accepted, sincerely thank you.Although he is not good at using long weapons, he doesn't know how to reject others.

The leather shoulder pads were given by Jingqujiang.After the imperial city, Jing Qujiang despised Yun very much, or in other words, he thought he should be very despised.But he still couldn't stand Ji Kan's persuasion, so he gave Yun the leather shoulder pads he bought.He was very reluctant because it was the outfit prepared by Master for him when he came out.But he said, "Anyway, I don't need it any more. It's better to give it to you than to throw it away."

Yun accepted, and sincerely thank you.Leather shoulder guards are more useful than copper maces.

Only the longbow was chosen by Yun himself.

This is the first time he chooses his own weapon, the first time he chooses according to his own will.

He chose a bow.

There is no other reason, but I can't say why I like it.Perhaps it was because he had seen Honghan draw a bow and shoot arrows in Qishan Mountain, or perhaps it was some deep memories hidden in his bones and blood that made him have an inexplicable affection for bows and arrows.

He tried to draw a bow in the empty field of Majiapu.The first arrow, the arrow flew from the left side of the grass sign, without touching the edge, and hit the newly repaired log on the wall of the village.The second arrow, the arrow flew past the right side of the straw sign, but still pierced the fence, but passed through the wood.The third arrow, Cao Biao, was shot away with a bang, and the arrow still had enough strength to shoot through the log behind it.

As a scout, Ji Kan took five people and set off early.But unlike any previous mission, he didn't need to guide the team to avoid the nomadic barbarians. This time, he only needed to have a good eye to see the movement and report back in time.

Uncle Xi Yan didn't intend to avoid anyone at all, he faithfully and willfully galloped along the arc he drew on the sheepskin map.If the scout reported that there was a nomadic tribe in front of him, he would order everyone to rush over with lightning speed, disperse the opponent's horses and sheep, and leave before the opponent could react.

If the scout reported that there was a small group of barbarian cavalry, he would not go around. Instead, he would gather the team into a sharp knife and charge at high speed. .

The land outside the pass is flat and emerald green, they are like a stream of fire, running willfully and ostentatiously.

Among this group of people, less than half are from the headquarters that Honghan brought from the western border, and most of them came here when they went to the Central Plains to suppress the rebellion.Among this group of people were the robbers who fought with him back then, the children of certain families in Yancheng, the lord's cronies, the warriors who wanted to find a good master, and the lowly slaves who had nowhere to go.They may have their own intelligence and force, but this is far from what Hong Han wants.

If you want to temper an absolutely loyal team, if you want to twist a group of people with different goals together, the only way to die is to die.

Hong Han doesn't care about the position of the Lord of Yan Kingdom, but if he wants to return to Yan City, he will not listen to others, he must be extremely domineering.

Those people who are willing to take him as their master are nothing more than the fact that the western border is wild and they have to seek a powerful person to rule.Honghan has always been very contemptuous of those soft lords and nobles, and he is too lazy to deal with the messy balance of tactics here, and hates compromises and concessions.If he wants to be a lord, he can only be a real king who holds great power and makes them fearful!

He wants to return home as an absolutely strong man.He only wants the most loyal people to complete this crazy move together.

They run every day at sunrise and rest at sunset.When meeting nomadic tribes, they roasted a few fat sheep and ate them. If they didn’t meet people, they ate the dry food and jerky they carried with them.

On the first day, they ran a full three hundred miles.I only met two groups of barbarians grazing.

On the second day, they ran for two hundred miles, crossed a river, encountered a tribe, and scattered a hundred barbarians.

On the third day, they ran for 150 miles, but did not meet herdsmen, but encountered two horse teams organized by Hu people, one with 200 people and the other with 300 people.

On the fourth day, they encountered horse teams intercepted by the barbarians early in the morning, one after another, they only ran a hundred miles that day, and stopped on a grassy slope to camp.

Yanming Pass is not far away, it is only two hundred miles away, if you run at full speed, you can reach it within a day.

However, looking from the grassy slope where they were stationed, there were little sparks all around, and more and more barbarian cavalry gathered nearby.There was even a golden-roofed tent erected amidst the sparks.Finally, the big man was shocked.

The route they run is too ostentatious and direct, almost a regular straight line.Anyone with a little brain can guess what they are going to do.

They are like a sharp arrow shot into the grassland, and the arrow has exhausted its strength and has to stop.

Hong Han sat on the top of the grass slope in a very angry manner, gnawed on the roast leg of lamb, and looked at the stars in the distance. "How about this scenery?"

Yun knelt beside him, still in a well-behaved posture, nodded and said: "It's very beautiful." Then he added: "It's also very dangerous."

Hong Han laughed: "Well done, I'm afraid they won't come!"

He didn't say much, and Yun stopped asking.

Mercedes-Benz for several days in a row, fighting.It would be a lie to say that you are not tired.But the boy's heart became hotter and hotter, and something inexplicable grew in his chest, which might be passion, blood, or madness.

He felt that this was the real life.

Yun Zeng spent ten years trying to forget who he is, and now he wants to find himself again.

Who am I?

In his memory, the life before the age of six was a deep palace, and he always held the hand of his mother or nanny, cautiously.Even if you don't understand many things, you know that you can't be willful.Now he has understood that even if he is perfect, there is no place for him in that huge palace.

He clearly remembered what happened that day, and that was actually just the beginning.

He knows who he is, always has.