"Back to the Holy Son, after Li Chengdao sent the news, he left first. He said he would go back to gather people and meet the Holy Son at Kar Lake."
Ma Feizi immediately answered Gui Fei's question and informed Li Chengdao of his whereabouts.
Guitai nodded, quite satisfied with what Li Chengdao had done.
He used to have so many people under him, but in the end only Li Chengdao was left as his right-hand man.
Guitai was glad that he had implemented an iron-blooded policy towards Li Chengdao, which completely eliminated Li Chengdao's arrogance.
"Okay, let's go."
Ma Feizi immediately brought a horse and said respectfully: "Your Highness, the Holy Son, this is a blood-blooded horse bred for you by your servant. Please mount the horse, Holy Son."
Ma Feizi would select the best horse every year and wait to give it to Gui Fei.
In the past few decades, Ma Feizi never saw ghost fetuses every year, but he insisted on picking the best horse every year and waited for ghost fetuses.
For Ma Feizi, ghost fetus is a devout belief.
Satisfied, Gui Tai got on his horse and rushed to Kar Lake with Ma Feizi and 200,000 horses.
...
Yanmen Pass.
The two carriages drove into Yanmen Pass under the escort of more than a hundred elite soldiers. Wu Xiangyun, Zhao Ying, and Yu Fuguo immediately came out to greet them.
The carriage stopped, and the eldest princess, Di Yuwei, and the second princess, Di Xingwan, stepped out of the carriage. The three of them brought the generals from Yanmen Pass to pay their respects.
"Finally, I will pay my respects to the eldest princess and the second princess."
Everyone saluted, and the two princesses said to the generals: "Generals, please forgive me for your hard work."
The two princesses went to Yanmen Pass for the first time. The conditions here were really difficult.
"How dare you say it's hard work when it's your responsibility."
Wu Xiangyun stepped forward with a smile. She became familiar with the two princesses.
Zhao Ying and Yu Fuguo were not very familiar with the two princesses.
"We are very happy to hear that the two princesses are coming. We have prepared a room for the princesses. Please come with us."
Wu Xiangyun led the way, Zhao Ying accompanied him, and Yu Fuguo went to work.
"Where is the Queen Mother now?"
Di Yuwei and Di Xingwan walked in front, Wu Xiangyun led the way, and Di Yuwei asked where the empress was.
Wu Xiangyun shook his head and said: "A few days ago, the Holy Emperor sent a letter saying that the army was withdrawing to Yanmen Pass. We don't know where it is now."
When they heard that the empress was retreating, the two princesses felt anxious.
Emperor Xingwan asked: "Why did you retreat? Did you encounter a setback?"
Wu Xiangyun immediately said: "Princess, please be relieved, our army has not suffered a defeat. King Wu killed the elders and generals of the ghost clan at the Hera Pass. The war went smoothly."
"The Holy Spirit withdrew from Yanmen Pass only because it was unfavorable to fight outside. By withdrawing to Yanmen Pass, we can take advantage of the favorable geographical location to fight."
When the news of the Empress' retreat came, rumors circulated in Yanmen Pass that the Empress was ineffective in fighting.
After Yu Fuguo heard the news, he immediately advised Wu Xiangyun to refute the rumors, tell everyone that the battle was won, and stabilize the morale of the troops in the pass.
Di Yu said slightly: "Yes, our mother also told us about this."
It's good that the empress didn't lose the battle, and the two of them feel at ease.
"Xiangyun, my mother suddenly sent an order for the two of us to come here. Do you know what happened?"
Di Yuwei still can't figure out why the empress let them come here.
Wu Xiangyun shook his head and said: "To be honest with the princess, the general is also very curious as to why the two princesses were ordered to come."
The two princesses couldn't figure it out, and Wu Xiangyun and Zhao Ying were even more confused.
The cultivation of these two princesses is average and they can't do anything at Yanmen Pass.
In the capital, the two of them can also handle government affairs and stabilize the rear.
They really couldn't figure out what the empress meant.
"It seems that we can only know why when the queen comes back."
Di Xingwan shook his head helplessly.
After talking, they arrived at the arranged room. The two princesses stayed there first and waited for the empress to return.
"Does the queen have any instructions?"
Emperor Xing sat down in the evening and began to inquire about the military affairs of Yanmen Pass.
Wu Xiangyun said: "The Holy One has given orders to rectify the defense of Yanmen Pass. Wu Sheng and Ghost Girl led an army of 90,000 to attack. If nothing else happens, there will be a big battle at Yanmen Pass soon."
Wu Sheng, the Empress has sent a letter to Wu Xiangyun about the news of the attack of the ghost girl army, ordering Wu Xiangyun to quickly strengthen the defense of Yanmen Pass and at the same time ask Linglong Pavilion to transport firearms to the pass.
Di Yuwei just sat down and immediately stood up and said: "We are not going to rest anymore. Let's go up to the gate and take a look."
Di Xingwan said in embarrassment: "Sister, we don't understand military affairs, so let Xiangyun and the others go."
When marching and fighting, the most fearful thing is that an outsider will guide an expert and end up in a mess.
Di Yu thought about it slightly, sat down and said, "Then I'll bother Xiangyun to worry about it."
Wu Xiangyun immediately said: "Princess, what are you talking about? It's your duty."
"The two princesses are tired from pommeling their horses. Let's rest for two days. I'll go check out the defense first."
Emperor Xingwan said: "You go ahead and don't worry about us."
Wu Xiangyun and Zhao Ying exited the room and closed the door to reorganize their defenses.
...
The empress led the army to retreat, followed by Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi, both of whom were distracted.
"Don't worry, Long Chen will be fine."
The empress knew that her two daughters were worried about Long Chen.
This interception was the first time Long Chen and Wu Sheng had fought each other. No one knew what the final result would be.
"This battle is very crucial. If you win, your morale will be boosted. If you lose..."
Di Luoxi glanced worriedly to the north.
If we win this battle, everyone's fear of the Martial Saint will be alleviated.
If they lose, the Demon Dragon Camp may be completely wiped out, and Long Chen will also be in danger.
From the north, the waiting knight hurried over, and Emperor Lingyi immediately greeted him and asked: "How is it?"
Hou Qi said happily: "King Wu won a great victory and killed Wu Sheng's vanguard general Xia Feng, killing five thousand enemies."
Di Lingyi raised his forehead with his hand and said happily: "Fortunately, I won, so I know I can win."
Di Luoxi followed up and asked about the situation. After learning that Long Chen had won, Di Luoxi shouted: "Queen Mother, Long Chen has won."
The empress breathed out secretly and said to the shadow guard beside her: "Send an order to the three armies and tell them that King Wu intercepted and killed the Martial Saint vanguard general, beheaded five thousand, and annihilated all the ghost tribe vanguards."
The shadow guard immediately sent orders to the three armies, and the news that Long Chen killed Xia Feng spread immediately.
When the soldiers heard that Long Chen had killed the Martial Saint vanguard general, their morale was boosted.
After hard work, we set out from Yanmen Pass. When we heard that Wu Sheng and the ghost girl came out, we immediately retreated.
Everyone felt that Long Chen was afraid of the Martial Saint and had a timid mentality.
Of course, everyone just thinks so and no one says it out loud.
Now that they heard that Long Chen killed the Martial Saint vanguard general, all the soldiers cheered up again.
Many people discovered at this time that Long Chen was not in the army.
During the time that Long Chen and Yu Wenkai left, Wu Jian kept sending people to pretend to be Long Chen.
This was done to prevent Wu Sheng's spies from being mixed into the army.
Soon, Long Chen and Yu Wenkai, more than 3,000 people on horseback, caught up with the empress' army.
All the soldiers gathered around and asked about the situation of the battle. Long Chen asked Gan Xin and Mo Lin to tell him that he had arrived at the empress' side.
"Greetings to the Holy One."
"Two ladies."
Long Chen greeted with a smile.
Di Luoxi and Di Lingyi glanced at Long Chen at the same time, feeling very happy in their hearts.
The empress smiled and asked, "Tell me about the battle."
Long Chen told the story, and the empress sighed: "Fortunately, you have many tricks. Xia Feng's secret method is almost incomprehensible, and you are simply invincible in a melee."
"The fact that you can kill the Martial Saint's vanguard general shows that the gap between us and the Martial Saint is not that big."
"What do you think of the soldiers under Wu Sheng? Compared with our elite soldiers?"
The empress wanted to know how powerful the soldiers on both sides were and how much stronger they were than ordinary soldiers.
Long Chen said: "Those soldiers were attacked by explosives once, so it's hard to judge their combat effectiveness."
"The Demon Dragon Camp killed almost five thousand people, only a few were injured, and no one was killed."
After the empress heard this, her confidence doubled.
"That's good. I'm worried that the warriors under Wu Sheng's command are more powerful than our generals. Since we are brothers, this battle can be fought."
Di Luoxi asked: "How far are they from the Martial Saint?"
