The next day, before dawn was clear, it was still gray, and Lu An opened his eyes. Although he had just fought a war and the bearded man said that the war was about to end, he could not relax now, especially when it was dawn, which was the time for people to relax the most. This was also the best time for sneak attacks. In the past two years, he has suffered a lot of losses, so he should be considered as fulfilling his responsibilities.

However, Lu An would wake up at this time every day and then stand at the top of the city wall. This has become Lu An's habit.

Today is no exception. Lu An looked at Su Mu lying beside him and stood up carefully for fear of disturbing her sleep.

Unexpectedly, as soon as Lu An moved, Su Mu woke up, rubbed his eyes, and without looking at Lu An, he got up in a daze and walked down the city. It was time to make breakfast at this order.

Lu An shrugged and muttered quietly. Every time she was careful, she would wake her up, so sensitive.

Lu An stood at the top of the city and looked at the soldiers who had been standing all night. They were all depressed and could not stand. They were drooping and leaning against the city wall. Several of them had already squinted their eyes and fell asleep, looking a little loose. However, they had only had a big fight yesterday, and some of them had not closed their eyes for two days, so they went with them.

I came to my seat silently yesterday, observed for a while outside the city, and found that everything was as usual, without any movement, silent, and only the sound of a torch burning.

He took out the kettle from last night, poured some water into the ground, bowed his head silently, and said in his heart: "Use water instead of wine, brothers, go all the way."

At this moment, someone suddenly slapped his shoulder.

Lu An was startled and turned around and saw that it was Hu Yong. He looked at his eyes full of blood and asked, "Didn't close his eyes all the night yesterday?"

Hu Yong nodded and said nothing.

"Then you are so amazing. You haven't slept for several days and nights in a row. Be careful not to die suddenly. Before the battle was over, our leader died suddenly. Then we don't know who to cry. When it reaches the enemy's ears, they will be happy." Lu An said angrily.

After Lu An said this, according to the past, our General Hu would at least say less to scold Lu An, and he might even touch him. However, this time General Hu did not say anything back, but just nodded slightly, Lu An felt a little strange.

Just as he was about to ask, Hu Yong spoke: "This battle should be over."

"That's a good thing. After the end, you can finally go back to your own house. You can also go home to see your sister-in-law with a big beard." Lu An said, stretching his body, but he still disagreed with Hu Yong's words.

"The same is true." Hu Yong said.

"Then why are you doing a sigh today?" Lu An asked.

"In two years, many ambitions of my Daning youth have died. More than 30,000 of my city have fallen down. How many families have separated their wives and children, and white-haired people have sent black-haired people. In addition, it has consumed my Daning's national strength, and how many people have died of family destruction due to war, starved to death, and those who have died of battle. I feel heartbroken when I think about it." Hu Yong said.

When Lu An heard this, he couldn't speak.

Faced with the so-called death, he must have experienced the most in the past two years. He was still chatting with you in the morning and telling dirty jokes. But in the afternoon, he saw him lying on the cold city with his eyes, looking at himself and the sky, with a look of horror on his face, all of which were imprinted in Lu An's heart. He watched the familiar faces of the people around him disappear one by one, and then a new face appeared, time and time again. In fact, to be honest, Lu An's heart was a little broken.

Hu Yong continued: "In such an inexplicable war, more than tens of thousands of casualties between Wu and Ning countries were killed or injured. In just three years, our national strength has been regressed for ten years, but in the end it was a waste. In the end, it was a wedding dress for others."

"Wedding Dress?" Lu An asked in confusion.

"Do you know, why we fight this war?" Hu Yong asked.

"Isn't it that the Wu Kingdom claims to be strong and strong, and the country is strong. Do you want to annex our Ning Kingdom in one go?" Lu An asked back.

Hu Yong pointed to the ground, and Lu An understood. The two of them sat down, then waved their hands, and the guards around them dispersed and stood in every corner of the city. Now there are only Hu Yong and Lu An.

Hu Yong took out a kettle from somewhere, took a sip, and handed it to Lu An.

Lu An took it and took a sip. It turned out to be wine? "The bearded man, drinking in the army, is the crime of beheading. As the head coach, you actually drink in public. How can you be killed?"

"I'll drink it for you, just drink it. This Saibei City is still the biggest one now. What's the point of being afraid of when you drink a few sips of wine? You're afraid of death and being like you." Hu Yong said disgusted.

Lu An smiled and immediately let go of his courage and took a big sip. It was so good that he poured a little bit of it on the ground. The wine came, brothers.

"Boy, I really like you from the bottom of my heart. I used to want to accept you as my adopted son, but now I think about it, it's better to be a brother. However, a second-grade general like me takes the initiative to be a brother with a soldier like you, which is a loss." Hu Yong looked at Lu An and said.

Lu An said in a hurry, without responding to Hu Yong.

Seeing that Lu An ignored him, Hu Yong changed the subject and said, "Although Wu State is strong and strong, Daning has indeed had a little gap in national strength due to the development of the past two years, it is just an open gap and it doesn't matter. If you do it with real swords and guns, no one dares to have a clear confidence."

Lu An nodded. Although he was a little vague about the so-called national strength, the most direct response to the strength of the national strength was from the perspective of the strength of the army. It was true. In terms of the number of troops alone, the two sides did not have much difference. It was just a bit different from swords and armor, but it did not crush Ningguo. So sometimes Lu An was also wondering why they should consume each other like this? The cavalry of Wu State was known as the best in the world and was said to be active at the news. However, Daning's heavy armored soldiers were not falsified and remained as loose. In terms of top strength, neither side had any advantage. They had consumed a lot of resources to accumulate. Moreover, after fighting for so long, neither side had used this ultimate weapon.

Now both sides only rely on consumption to fight. Daning himself had a geographical advantage. At first, he wanted to fight with the Wu army head-on, but he lost several times in a row and was defeated several cities. However, the cities afterwards learned their lessons and stayed silent. Wu could only fill it with his life and used his consumption time and time again. After spending, he won. The following cities relied on this method to win. This method competed with perseverance to see who could stand it. Although the Wu army won in the front, this method bought a lot of time for Daning.

However, when we arrived at the northern part of the Great Wall, a big city surrounded by natural dangers and only the city gates could enter and exit. The time we bought in the early stage made Daning spend more time and energy to build this shrunk city. We wanted to block the Wu army from the northern part of the wall, which could be regarded as the power of the whole country. At this moment, the Wu army's cavalry became useless. The cavalry dismounted, and it could even be said that they were not as good as ordinary soldiers. However, the Wu army also knew that if they captured the northern part of the wall, they could go south directly and attack the royal city of Daning, and the road would be unobstructed. This was also the Wu army was willing to spend two years here.

However, the northern border of the Frontier still stands here. Another reason is that Hu Yong, who was called General Gui Yong by the Wu army, could not retreat and delayed it for two years. Although his reputation was not good, it can be seen that Wu's evaluation of Hu Yong was quite high. After two years, even Lu An was named "Boy on the City" and offered a reward of 1,000 taels.

"If the confrontation between countries is not suppressed by absolute strength, then the financial resources and time consumed to destroy a country are huge, but the Wu Kingdom still has to fight such a battle." Hu Yong said sadly.

"What the hell is that?" Lu An was held in for a long time.

"What the hell is it? It's the group of immortal cultivators who are disgusting when they see it. They all claim to be extraordinary and unworldly, but they covet a piece of mine in Daning. King Ning naturally doesn't want to give in." Hu Yong said.

Lu An immediately sat upright and asked, "Cultivation Immortals? Cultivation Immortals flying around?"

"Boy, you are still young and you are not in the world now. Now I'll talk to you today so that you won't be embarrassed to go out in the future." Hu Yong mocked.

"The world is so big that it is beyond your imagination. Daning? It's just what we call ourselves. If you take it outside, people may not have heard of it. Even, our Daning is a place where even the immortals are not willing to come, because it is too poor and too small." Hu Yong clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"Too small, too poor? Are you exaggerating the big bearded man? Daning Guangguang City is nearly 100, with a population of more than one million households and a territory of more than ten thousand miles. Is this small?" Lu An said in surprise.

"Hundreds of cities? Millions of households? Millions of miles? In your eyes, you are already a super behemoth, but do you know? In the northern territory we are in, there are more than a hundred countries like Daning, and there are more superpowers. They are real big powers with vast territory, not just a million miles. A city may have the size of Ning Country, and its population is more than one billion. Do you know this concept? Daning? It's just a joke." Hu Yong smiled contemptuously.

"A big country like that, with a vast territory, rich resources, and strong national strength, countless cultivators are willing to rely on this and are willing to be a cattle and horse for it. But we, Daning? Even a cultivator is unwilling to settle here. If it weren't for this time, Ningguo suddenly discovered a mineral vein, and you probably wouldn't have seen a cultivator for your whole life." Hu Yong said helplessly.

After hearing this, Lu An didn't know what to say.

Although he had fantasized about going out and taking a good look, seeing how big the world is, and seeing the prosperity of Daning, today he heard the bearded man's words, and suddenly he was silent. It turned out that the prosperous world in his eyes was as big as a grain of rice in the eyes of others. Such a gap really made people full of fear of this world.

Hu Yong reached out and patted Lu An and said, "When I heard this for the first time, I reacted like you, and was full of fear and confusion about the outside world. But look, I am not living well now. Don't think too much. It is true to find a way to live well."

Lu An nodded. The world he knew was so big. Now, the world outside was full of immortals and immortals could be seen everywhere, and it was hard for us to see it. It was because our place was too poor and too small, and the gap was really too big.

"Boy, if possible, after this battle, you can go out to see the world. Don't stay in Daning anymore. You can also go outside for me to see the world." Hu Yong said.

"Me?" Lu An said, pointing to himself.

Hu Yong nodded, touched Lu An's shoulder, and said, "You are still young, everything is possible, and it is even possible to become a cultivator. Why spend it in this unrestrained place? Daning is not peaceful now."

"Uneven? What does it mean? Do you still have to fight?" Lu An asked.

Hu Yong shook his head and said, "It's this inexplicable mine, I don't know whether it's good or bad. The legendary immortal was angry and the mountains collapsed and the earth broke. The small Ningguo can withstand these people a few times? So you guys, it's better to go and travel, which can be regarded as leaving some seeds for me, Daning. The princes of King Ning may have gone out now."

When Lu An heard this, he smiled and said, "Why do you feel like you are entrusting an orphan? I am not your son."

"Boy, this is for your own good. Anyway, you are also an orphan, and you have no support, so it's okay to go out and have a look." Hu Yong said.

Lu An nodded and continued to ask: "What kind of mine is the mine you are talking about?"

Hu Yong replied: "Actually, I don't know very well what kind of mine it is. It's not a gold mine anyway, but it's more valuable than gold mines. It is said that it seems to be called a spirit stone mine, which is a stone that only immortals use. It should have been discovered a few years ago. This mine that is so dying was actually near the royal city. Then the immortal cultivator negotiated with King Ning, hoping that King Ning could give up this place. How could King Ning agree to give up the royal city? He directly refused this request. Then the immortal cultivator went to Wu. He never thought that he would become the national teacher of the Wu Kingdom, so this war came. But what he didn't expect was that it took so many years to not be defeated."

Lu An nodded: "This is the origin of the war? But why haven't I seen him in recent years? Logically speaking, he, a cultivator, can kill our city in just a few seconds, right?"

Hu Yong continued: "Although the immortal cultivator is very strong, it is not so strong. It is also possible that he doesn't want to make a big deal, don't want to show up easily and expose himself. Because a immortal cultivator forced himself to participate in the war, it is easy to be noticed by those who are interested, attracting more opponents. However, the war has made King Ning very anxious and there is no way. However, King Ning doesn't want to take advantage of the immortal cultivator for nothing, so King Ning revealed the news to the outside world, intending to exchange a piece of mine for peace."

"Is this why you said the truce?" Lu An asked.

"That's right, I'm using a royal city to exchange for peace for a country. I don't know if it's a loss." Hu Yong nodded and said, "In the near future, a cultivator from Jiange will go through this place to meet with Ning Wang."

"Jiange?" Lu An looked puzzled.

"It seems to be a very strong sect to cultivate immortals. Anyway, it is the strongest sect that King Ning can contact." Hu Yong said.

Lu An nodded and swallowed.

Hu Yong stood up, patted the ass on the ass, and said before leaving: "It is right to live well, but it's better not to be so afraid of death in the future. A great man with a high standing and upright talks about fear of death every day. It's not a good thing. I will keep it in my heart in the future. I will wait for news during this period of time."

After hearing this, Lu An nodded, stood up, stood at the top of the city, and looked into the distance. The strong military camp was still as dazzling as before. Today, the military flag fluttered in the wind with great effort.

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Ningguo, royal city.

There was only an old man in a golden robe sitting in the hall, supporting his forehead with his hands and his silver hair, which looked particularly eye-catching in the dim hall.

The old man raised his head, his eyes were covered with blood, and his face revealed endless fatigue.

"You said, is it really good for Daning to do this?" the old man said to the hall.

After a long silence, a response came from the hall, "You have done your best for Daning. This method is the best way to deal with the country and the people."

"Have the prince and the third prince set out for Jiange?" King Ning said.

"Well, I'm already on the road. I guess it's going to arrive in a few days. I'll send a few more people to go with me, don't worry." The man replied.

"Well, that's good. I hope I can spend this time safely. Will there be any reaction in Wu Kingdom? Especially that hateful cultivator." King Ning continued to ask.

"I heard that the man was furious and almost went to the King of Wu to force the palace. Maybe for some reason, he didn't go there in the end, and then disappeared. The King of Wu was very calm, but he only strengthened the palace's vigilance and everything else was as usual." The man continued.

King Ning picked up a crystal clear stone on the table and played with it for a while, "It's just such a stone, why isn't it a gold mine? But it's such a stone?" After saying that, King Ning threw the stone out angrily. The stone rolled on the ground for a long time, and under the faint light, it still emitted a bright light.

"Since everyone regards my Daning as a slaughter and abdication, I don't know where to know the news? They all come to threaten me, it's better to give me some fun. Now I want to give it whatever I want, but who dares to take it? If you really don't give me a way out, then you can't even think of it. Then I can only do it my own way." Ning Wang smiled strangely.

The man hesitated for a long time and finally said, "Yes."

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Chapter completed!