Zhu Nao

A chill suddenly ran up Han Fengxian's back, and he felt as if there was something bitingly chilling against him from behind.He shivered suddenly, and immediately pushed Ge Lingcha away like a ghost.

"What did you say?!"

Ge Lingcha took two steps back, looked at him calmly, and did not reply.

Han Feng first shifted his gaze to his hand, but saw that his hand was empty and contained nothing.He was shocked for a while, and began to suspect that it was his own illusion, or hallucination.

He couldn't remember how long he hadn't had a full night's sleep.From the time he defected to Zhu Nao...or earlier, when he was still under Dong Jiang's subordinates, his nights were often sleepless.Difficult to fall asleep, often woke up in the night.When Shizhou fell, his condition became more and more serious.

Looking back on the past few years, when he was under Han Zan's many conflicts, he was angry for a while, so he cut off Han Zan's head and defected to Dong Jiang. Unexpectedly, Dong Jiang confiscated his military power and lost his freedom; Being humiliated everywhere, he couldn't bear it anymore, and cut off Dong Jiang's head and went to Zhu Nao, but instead of being reused, he was treated coldly, and now he has fallen to this point again.

He took one wrong step, one wrong step, and every step he took was downhill.He didn't know where he was wrong, and he didn't know how to take the road ahead. His nerves became more and more tense and sensitive, and he was always on the verge of collapse.

He looked at Ge Lingcha, and Ge Lingcha also stared at him, their eyes met. What he saw in Ge Lingcha's eyes was a strange and complicated emotion.

He asked cautiously: "What's the matter with you?"

Ge Lingcha didn't reply.After a while, Ge Lingcha took two steps back, out of the range of the candlelight, Han Feng couldn't see his expression clearly anymore.

In the dark, he heard Ge Lingcha speak slowly: "Please cheer up Tongman as soon as possible. There are hundreds of soldiers outside, and their lives are pinned on Tongman."

Han Feng stretched out his hand first, wanting him to get closer and take a look at his expression.However, Ge Lingcha didn't say anything, turned around and left.

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Ge Ling found out Han Fengxian's house, only to hear the commotion on the ground not far away, so he hurriedly walked over.

As soon as they arrived at the battlefield, they saw that the two were wrestling together. You punched and kicked each other, screaming angrily while hitting each other, as if pointing at each other to death.There are also a group of people around to watch the fun.

Ge Lingcha scolded angrily: "What are you doing?"

The crowd dispersed hurriedly, and the two scuffling soldiers also stopped.When the two got up from the ground, they were all ashamed and haggard.

After careful identification, Ge Lingcha recognized the two soldiers and wondered, "Aren't you sworn brothers? Why did you fight?"

One immediately pointed to the other and said, "Deputy envoy, he stole my bread! It's been three days in a row!"

The accused person blushed and said, "I...I didn't! Only today, let me check your bag. I didn't take it two days ago!"

The person who was stolen yelled angrily: "You got the stolen goods, you still have to quibble!"

Ge Lingcha asked, "Are you disregarding your friendship just for a few pieces of cake?"

The person whose cake was stolen said with red eyes: "I'm going to starve to death, he still steals my cake, he doesn't treat me as a brother, what kind of friendship do I have?!"

Ge Lingcha was silent.

After they were defeated from Shizhou, they retreated to Yunyang.Unexpectedly, the Changsha army would not let them go, and chased them to the vicinity of Yunyang. Although they had not yet launched an attack on them, they had already cut off their retreat.Wanzhou refused to send troops to help, but let them stand firm, so they fell into a situation of fighting alone.

Fighting alone, the biggest problem is supplies.They fled from Shizhou in a hurry without much luggage.Yunyang's supplies are limited, so they only have very little food and grass.In order to last longer, each person can only get two palm-sized pies to satisfy their hunger.The soldiers were hungry every day.

Not only that, there were many wounded soldiers who escaped from Shizhou.Yunyang also lacks doctors and herbs.Now these soldiers on the battlefield don't have enough to eat, don't wear warm clothes, moan all day long, and are lifeless.

People are so fragile.Thinking back to the time when the sworn brotherhood was stronger than gold, they went in and out together every day, and they were closer than brothers.But after starving for a few days, you can beat you to death for a few pieces of cake.

And this is just the beginning.

Ge Lingcha was silent for a moment, then suddenly said: "I received a reply from Wanzhou. Wanzhou has received the news of our request for help, and will send reinforcements to break the siege of Yunyang immediately. If we can hold Yunyang before the arrival of the reinforcements, we will go to the Not counting, but more meritorious service."

All the soldiers were stunned.reinforcements? !If reinforcements arrive, you don't have to worry about running out of food!

Immediately, someone hurriedly asked: "Deputy envoy, when will the reinforcements arrive?"

Ge Lingcha said: "The shortest is three days, and the longest is five or six days." He made up these words.Wanzhou didn't tell them when they would get reinforcements, but only asked them to hold on as much as possible.But now, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, he can only say this.Otherwise, the morale of the army will be broken, and the soldiers will fight among themselves, and the consequences will be even more unimaginable.If the reinforcements did not arrive after a few days, he had no choice but to find excuses and continue to appease the soldiers.

Some people were skeptical: "Deputy envoy, is it true?"

Ge Lingcha asked, "Have I ever lied to you?"

When everyone heard this, they immediately beamed with joy!Others started talking quietly.

"The commander is a bastard, but the deputy treats us well. If he says so, it must be true."

"A few more days...you will be saved after a few more days! That's great!"

The crowd quickly rejoiced, and the gloom that had just shrouded them was swept away.

The sworn brothers who had been fighting to the death just now stopped fighting and looked at each other with embarrassing expressions.

Ge Lingcha said: "Fighting in the army is a violation of military discipline. The timing is special right now, so you will be punished lightly. Each of you will be locked up for one day, and you will receive the punishment yourself."

The two of them had no objection and bowed their heads in agreement.

After Ge Lingcha dealt with the matter, he continued to move forward along the position.

After walking not far, I saw an empty position in front, and the guards were not there.He turned around in a circle, and finally found the soldiers who had deserted their positions behind a dirt slope-a group of soldiers were gathered together, complaining with righteous indignation.

"What nonsense, Wolf of the Desert, does that bastard surnamed Han really know how to fight?! I really can't figure out why Zhu Fu Yin would appoint someone like him!"

"That's right! Besides beating and scolding us, what else would he do? Defend Shizhou? When the Changsha army came, Shizhou City was destroyed without even defending it for a day. He gave it to others!"

"What's even more exasperating is that the city has been destroyed, and he still has the face to blame us? Since ancient times, it is the general's fault if he fails to win a battle. How can he blame the soldiers?"

"That's right. He also talked all day about how powerful his Liangzhou soldiers were. Liangzhou soldiers were so powerful, how could they be wiped out by Fu Yin and General Xie at Dasan Pass? I think he's just bragging!"

Everyone complained constantly, but no one was found approaching.It wasn't until Ge Lingcha scolded: "What are you doing?!" Everyone was suddenly pleasantly surprised and jumped up in fright.

However, when they saw that it was Ge Lingcha who came, they breathed a sigh of relief.

"Deputy Envoy." They saluted Brother Lingcha one after another.

Brother Lingcha looked serious, and said word by word: "Who will allow you to leave your post without authorization? Who will allow you to make unreasonable opinions and commands?! How courageous!"

The soldiers had never seen Ge Lingcha look so serious, and they were too frightened to say anything.

Ge Lingcha reprimanded him a few more times, but everyone kept their heads down and said nothing, Ge Lingcha said: "Everyone will be punished with thirty sticks, go and receive the punishment yourself!"

Thirty army sticks, neither light nor heavy.If Han Feng heard those words just now, he might be able to pull out a knife and kill someone on the spot.Some people secretly breathed a sigh of relief, but some were not convinced.

"Deputy envoy, we pleaded guilty to the charge of leaving without authorization, but what did we say wrong?"

Some people started, but some couldn't help but echoed: "That's right. Since the commander led the army, how has our life been? Now that Shizhou City is also lost, can't we say a few words?"

Brother Lingcha laughed angrily: "What reason do you have to talk about the officer and shake the morale of the army?! Add another twenty army sticks!"

The person who just echoed fell silent.The guy at the beginning wanted to say more, but the people next to him desperately pulled the hem of his clothes, signaling him not to add fuel to the fire.

Seeing that everyone stopped talking, Ge Lingcha scolded: "Go and receive the punishment after the duty is over! I will go tonight to confirm whether you have received it! Now go back to the garrison immediately!"

Everyone walked towards the position with their heads downcast. Ge Lingcha saw that they were going back obediently, and was about to turn around and leave.However, just as he took two steps, there was a loud voice of questioning from behind him.

"Deputy envoy, you are such a nice person, why do you want to follow the commander to envoy that kind of person?" The stabbing head just now was still not reconciled, and he turned around and shouted again.

There was chaos in the back, some people whispered dissuasion, some people couldn't help but said: "Yes, the commander treated you that way, I heard that he killed your wife...why do you put up with him?"

Brother Lingcha's figure froze, but his fists were suddenly clenched.

It seems that because he didn't look back at those soldiers, those soldiers thought he was shaken, so they hurriedly added oil and vinegar.

"Deputy envoy, what's so good about him? No one likes him except you..."

"Why do you want to be loyal to him? Not only us, many people in the army are talking about..."

"Deputy envoy, you can actually..."

Before he finished speaking, Ge Lingcha turned around abruptly, with an angry expression and red eyes.Everyone suddenly didn't dare to speak up.

"Do you want to be prisoners? Huh?? Do you want to??? If you want to, surrender now!!!"

His hoarse roar scared everyone back again and again, not daring to say a word.They were all from Shu, and they would never be captives of the Changsha army if they did not go to a place of last resort, let alone hand over their homeland to the Changsha people.

"Do you want to win the battle? Do you want to win?! Do you want to go back to Shizhou??? Besides him, who has the ability to lead you out of the siege alive?? Those who have the ability to stand up now! Go and kill him , replace you as the commander!!!"

No one had ever seen Ge Lingcha look so hysterical, and no one dared to look him in the eye, or even meet his gaze.

Someone hesitated to say something, quietly raised his head and glanced at brother Lingcha, and immediately lowered his head again in shock from his appearance.

Ge Lingcha took a few deep breaths, and finally calmed down gradually.He held his forehead, and paused word by word: "Now we are besieged by the Changsha army, and the enemy's army is several times stronger than ours. Only he can lead you to survive, fight out, and win this battle! Do you understand?"

Still no one dared to make a sound.

Ge Lingcha turned around wearily and continued walking.This time, he heard someone calling him softly and fearfully from behind: "Deputy envoy... Han... Was the commander really very good when he was in Liangzhou?"

Brother Lingcha paused for a moment, feeling a little dazed for a moment.

Was Han Feng really great when he was in Liangzhou first?

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A few years ago, Liangzhou.

On the hillside, more than a hundred people guarded the position lifelessly.Under the hillside, more than a thousand people surrounded the hillside and set up obstacles at the foot of the hill with thorns and bushes to prevent people on the hill from escaping.

The people on the hillside were a horse bandit army under Han Zan. A few days ago, they fought against another hostile horse bandit force. They were temporarily defeated and retreated into the mountain.Unexpectedly, this move was in the hands of the enemy. The enemy surrounded the mountain with more than ten times their troops and attacked the mountain without any effort. They only came out and surrendered when the people on the mountain were exhausted.

Ge Lingcha was also in the trapped team.Before going up the mountain, he had injured his arm, and now he had a fever because he had not been healed.He was lying under a tree in a daze, and vaguely heard discussions coming from beside him.

"The kid looks like he's dying."

"Why don't we sneak him to the back at night and kill him, at least we brothers can have a full meal before we die."

"Shh... don't let more people hear it."

They didn't bring any food before they entered the mountain. After being trapped for these days, they had eaten all the books, grass and roots on the mountain. Everyone was so hungry that their eyes turned green. As long as they could stutter, there was no taboo.

Ge Lingcha realized that the person they were talking about was himself, and the desire to survive made him struggle to open his eyes.He saw a few people squatting beside him staring at him, the glint in their eyes was frightening.The next moment, one of them was suddenly kicked out.

"What are you doing here? Do you want to eat people?" Han Feng frowned and scolded angrily, "If you have the guts to eat people, why don't you have the guts to kill them?"

At that time, Han Fengxian was not a wolf of the desert, nor was he Han Zan's adopted son.Even among the hundreds of people, he is just a Dadaman who is in charge of ten people.A teenage boy, showing his sharpness.

The person who was kicked away by him said angrily: "Bastard, what are you doing?!"

Han Feng's eyes turned cold first.Before he could make an attack, someone behind him suddenly scolded: "What are you going to kill? You bastard, what are you talking about?"

The person who came was the horse thief officer who was in charge of these hundreds of people, and he was also the one who ordered them to retreat into the mountains.Trapped for many days, everyone lost their fighting spirit, and the officer also planned to surrender.He happened to hear Han Feng talking nonsense first, so he rushed over.

Han Feng turned around first and looked at the officer.The two stared at each other for a while, and there was hardly any sign. Han Fengxian suddenly became violent, drew his knife and rushed towards the officer!

The officer was startled, and hastily drew his sword to meet him. With a "ping", the blades collided, and the flames splashed everywhere!

Everyone around was frightened by this accident, and no one dared to move.

Han Feng's moves were fierce first, and he slashed several times. The officer resisted in embarrassment and kept retreating, and soon he was stretched.

He scolded: "You bastard, you are crazy!"

Han Feng didn't say a word at first, and his moves became more and more fierce.

In just a moment, the officer was already powerless to parry, and the saber in his hand was knocked out.He was so frightened that his liver and gallbladder were torn apart, he turned around and ran away. Han Feng chased after him with a few lunges, jumped up suddenly, and stabbed his knife into his vest!

The officer screamed and struggled continuously, but Han Feng first stabbed him on the ground with a knife and couldn't break free.It didn't take long for him to go from a violent struggle to a slow twitch.Finally, completely still.

Han Feng first wiped off the blood on his face, stepped on the corpse and drew out his long knife, and said coldly: "Trash." Then he raised his head, glanced at all the stunned horse thieves, and asked, "If you want to be a prisoner, you can go down the mountain and surrender now! Anyone who doesn’t want to be a prisoner and has the guts to kill them out with me!”

For a while, no one responded.

The battle among horse thieves is very cruel. If they are captured, they are no different from livestock, and they can only be driven by people to live on in the world.If there is a second way to choose, no one wants to be a prisoner.But if they want to fight out, they are short of soldiers and horses, and their numbers are few, while the enemy has sufficient troops, they are also seeking their own death.

Han Feng first said loudly: "I have observed it. They change their defense every day at Haishi, and the defense in the south is the most empty. If you are brave, come out with me at Haishi!"

Maybe it was because his method of killing people was too neat, maybe his tone was too confident, maybe it was because his high-spirited appearance was too touching.The people who had already lost their fighting spirit were moved.

"Damn it, it's a death anyway, fight it! I'll go with you!"

"I am coming too!"

"Let's fight a bloody road together!"

People kept joining Han Fengxian's side.Even Ge Lingcha, who had a high fever, did not know where the strength came from, and slowly sat up while leaning on the knife.When he was struggling to get up, he looked up and saw Han Feng standing in front of him first.

Han Feng first looked at him condescendingly, with high spirits, arrogant: "Hey, do you have the strength to fight out with me?"

Ge Lingcha was silent for a moment, then stretched out his hand to him.Han Feng grabbed him first and pulled him up from the ground.

Even the wounded who were as angry as silk joined the battle, and the rest of the people raised their swords without any hesitation and revolted: "Kill!! Let's kill together alive!!"