The commander heard footsteps in his sleep. He thought a ghost fetus was coming to find him, so he climbed out of the igloo excitedly.
The other guards also heard the noise, opened their eyes one after another, and climbed out of the igloo.
When they got outside, the commander didn't see the ghost fetus, but only saw the imperial guard general Mo Qi standing outside with a few people.
"Meet the general."
The commander had just met Mo Qi in the Moon Palace. Knowing that this person had a high status, he immediately paid homage to him.
The other guards climbed out of the igloo and when they saw Mo Qi, they immediately followed him and bowed to him.
Moqi ignored these people and scanned everyone with his cold eyes, as if he were selecting chickens and ducks at the vegetable market.
"You, and you!"
The devil started two guards who looked older and not in good health.
The ghost soldiers immediately pulled the two people out. The guard did not know what was going on and asked loudly: "What does the general mean? What are you doing?"
The ghost soldiers ignored the guards at all. In their view, the guards were lowly humans, and grabbing them was like catching a fish.
Mo Qi glanced at the igloo built by the commander, and then saw the frozen fish outside, and said coldly: "You are here, don't run around."
The commander Jian Moqi finally spoke, and immediately answered, asking: "Excuse me, general, where are they going? Have they been summoned by the Holy Son?"
The commander felt very strange. If someone summoned someone from the dark side, he should be the one to go. He is the commander of these people.
Why did you click on the two oldest people with the worst cultivation?
Mo Qi said coldly: "This is the reward from the Holy Son!"
After saying that, Mo Qi turned around, the ice knife cut across the ice, and the ghost soldiers walked away with the two guards.
Looking at the retreating figures and the guards shouting, the commander froze on the spot.
The other guards didn't understand what was going on and asked: "Boss, what is the reward of the Holy Son?"
The commander's face was extremely ugly. He actually guessed what it meant.
Those two guards were food given to Moqi by the ghost fetus, and they were going to be eaten.
When they were in the snowy mountains, they ate barbarians, but they didn't expect to be eaten by ghosts here.
A smart guard understood and exclaimed in a low voice: "Could it be that the Holy Son rewarded them to the general and they are going to be eaten?"
After saying these words, the guard was so frightened that he trembled.
You don't feel anything when you eat others. Only when it's your turn to be eaten do you feel that terrifying feeling of fear.
"Boss, what should I do?"
The guards looked at the commander together, and the commander's expression also changed. He had no choice at all.
"Let's talk about it when we go back to the house."
After standing outside for a long time, the commander lowered his head and got into the igloo, followed by the guards.
A group of people crowded into the igloo, waiting for the leader to speak.
"Boss, I don't want to be eaten, I don't want to die here."
"I don't want to either. I would rather be killed by Long Chen. At least I can die in the Central Plains."
The commander didn't speak, and the guards below began to mutter.
Pessimism, anger, despair...all kinds of emotions filled the igloo, making everyone breathless.
"Boss, take us away."
After a long time, a guard finally said what everyone wanted to say.
This is the world of the ghosts, not theirs.
If they stay here, they are just livestock and may be eaten at any time.
The only way to avoid the fate of being eaten is to leave here.
"If you leave here... you will be killed by Long Chen."
The commander whispered. He did not deny the guard's suggestion of escaping. He just felt that escaping back to the Central Plains would not be easy.
A guard whispered: "Did Zhang Jun surrender to King Wu? He is fine now."
Zhang Jun was reused after being captured by Long Chen. They knew about this, but they didn't tell the ghosts and only spread it internally.
The commander thought about it carefully and said: "This matter cannot be rushed. It needs to be considered in the long term. This place is too far from the Hera Pass. We are afraid that they will catch up before we leave."
These people are not stupid. Those who can be caught by ghosts and used as guards in the snowy mountains are the best among them.
Faced with life and death, their survival instinct makes them rack their brains and think about how to escape.
...
Yanmen Pass.
The three-day period has arrived, and the trained elite soldiers are ready and arrayed outside the pass.
The gate of Yanmen Pass was originally blocked, but now it is open.
The Long family army was led by Wu Jian, who had the most generals, the Liang army was led by Qiu Kuohai and Hu Feiyang, and the Beida camp was led by Di Lingyi, because Luo Qiwei's cultivation was not enough.
The barbarian troops were led by Tuzhi, and Shi Jingxiang participated in the battle as a general.
The empress, Miaoyin, and Ziyun acted together, with their shadow guard retinue.
After Yingfeng died, the Shadow Guards belonged directly to the Empress, and they were also training hard to improve their cultivation.
Di Luoxi commanded the musket battalion, with Qingyue, Xuan Yi, Hu Qiaotong, Mei Yu, Yue Sisi and a total of 10,000 musketeers under his command.
In addition to the Musket Battalion, there is also a 20,000-strong Bow and Crossbow Battalion, led by Dugu Jiali and Han Ziping, and also affiliated with Di Luoxi.
The final number of troops totaled 50,000.
In addition to the officers and soldiers, there are more than 3,000 martial arts people, led by Meng Yidao and Zhuang Linger, and under their command are scholars Li, Lingfengzi and others.
After the army was assembled, the empress was wearing armor, accompanied by Miaoyin, Ziyun, Shadow Guard, Wu Xiangyun, Zhao Ying, and Yu Fuguo standing in front.
"All affairs at Yanmen Pass are entrusted to the three of you. The army is outside and food, grass and weapons must not be cut off."
The empress spoke earnestly and entrusted the rear to the three of them.
Wu Xiangyun bowed and said, "Don't worry, Your Majesty, I will definitely do my best in the end."
Yu Fuguo paid his respects and said: "Your Majesty has entrusted you with a heavy responsibility, and I will definitely live up to your Majesty's trust."
The empress nodded slightly and said specifically to Wu Xiangyun: "It is also an important responsibility to stay behind, so don't feel lost."
Wu Xiangyun understood the empress's good intentions. The empress was worried that the Wu family would not succeed, so she only allowed Wu Chuchu to accompany the army.
"The final general will understand the good intentions of His Majesty and will definitely guard Yanmen Pass."
Wu Xiangyun bowed deeply.
The empress glanced at Yanmen Pass and led the army to fight.
At the pass, Liang Yao, a disciple of Liehuo Temple, watched the empress go away and whispered: "Master, won't you tell the empress? What if they lose to the Martial Saint?"
Taoist priest Xuanzhen thought for a long time and didn't know how to make a decision.
The reason he came to Yanmen Pass was to worry about Long Chen, the Empress could not defeat the Martial Saint and the Ghost Girl.
Now that the empress is going on an expedition, they are not included in the expedition.
"Why don't you write a secret letter and let Wu Jian keep it. If there is an emergency, let him give it to King Wu?"
Liang Yao gave his own suggestions.
Taoist Master Xuanzhen shook his head slightly and said: "Wu Jian and Long Chen are brothers and sisters. If you give it to Wu Jian, he will definitely tell Long Chen immediately."
Although Liang Yao's suggestion is good, it is actually not feasible.
If it were given to Wu Jian, Wu Jian would definitely open it immediately, look at it, and then tell Long Chen immediately.
"What should we do?"
Liang Yao asked in embarrassment, if he couldn't give it to Wu Jian, then no one would give it to him.
Taoist Priest Xuanzhen rubbed his brows and said, "Find someone with whom you don't have a good relationship..."
Liang Yao thought for a while and said: "That can only be people from Nanliang and the barbarians. All the generals in the Great Zhou Dynasty are related to Long Chen, especially those female generals."
Taoist Master Xuanzhen said: "I have some concerns."
Taoist priest Xuanzhen immediately went down from the tower, returned to his room, wrote a secret letter, and put it in a bamboo tube.
"You go and deliver the letter."
Xuanzhen handed it to Liang Yao, who asked: "Master, who are you giving it to?"
