At this time, in late spring and early summer, the weather is getting hotter.
People were coming and going on the street, and vendors and footmen were busy doing their own business.
There is a war going on in Yanmen Pass, but ordinary people don't seem to feel anything and are still living their small lives.
Only tea drinkers in the teahouse would occasionally talk about the war at Yanmen Pass as a source of conversation after dinner.
That's how ordinary people are, as long as the fire doesn't burn their butts, they don't have to worry about anything.
A letter eagle flew across the sky of the capital and landed in the palace.
The official responsible for Xinying's intelligence immediately took off the reed tube and hurriedly entered the side hall of the Daming Palace, where Sun Yun, the Duke of the old Zhu Kingdom, was handling government affairs with the six ministers.
The official hurriedly walked in, came to Gongsun Yun's side, and reported in a low voice: "Lao Zhuguo, there is a letter from Yanmen Pass."
Gongsun Yun immediately put down the official documents in his hands, and the six ministers also stopped their official documents and looked at Gongsun Yun together.
Opening the reed tube and opening the secret letter, Gongsun Yun frowned and read it, then he breathed a long sigh of relief and said happily: "The Holy Lord and King Wu defeated the ghost tribe at Yanmen Pass. Wu Sheng was seriously injured by King Wu. The ghost girl led the ghost tribe to retreat, and Yanmen Pass was defended.
Got it!"
When the six ministers and officials in the palace heard this, their faces showed disbelief.
Everyone says that the ghost tribe is powerful, they all say that the ghost tribe is difficult to deal with, and they all say that Yanmen Pass is difficult to protect.
Unexpectedly, Yanmen Pass was not only defended, but also severely injured the Martial Saint and the ghost clan.
"What are the casualties?"
Wang Wei, the Secretary of the Ministry of War, asked. Gongsun Yun handed the secret letter to Wang Wei and said: "It's roughly the same. Fifty thousand ghosts were killed, and fifty thousand of our troops were killed."
Wang Wei's face showed a look of surprise, and he patted the table and said, "Okay, okay, that means the ghost tribe is almost the same as us."
Everyone's faces showed surprise.
Everyone originally thought that this victory would come at a heavy price, but they didn't expect to win so well.
"We will definitely win this war!"
Xu Ming, Minister of Industry, slapped the table and laughed.
Gongsun Yun leaned on the Grand Master's chair, clapped his hands on the armrests, and said happily: "Okay, okay, your Majesty has won a great victory."
"Send an order to tell all the officials in the capital that the Holy King Wu defeated the ghost tribe at Yanmen Pass and achieved a great victory."
"Send an order to Jinling and Dingxicheng again to inform you of the great victory at Yanmen Pass."
Duan, the Minister of the Ministry of Revenue, both smiled and said: "Old Zhuguo, maybe the Holy One has already sent a decree to fix Xicheng and Jinling City. Do we still need to send another order?"
Gongsun Yun said with a smile: "It doesn't matter. Maybe Your Majesty will be a little slow and make everyone happy as soon as possible."
The sooner we let everyone know about the great victory at Yanmen Pass, the sooner we let everyone feel at ease.
The official responsible for delivering the message immediately followed Gongsun Yun's wishes and sent the message to Jinling City and Dingxi City.
Good news was posted in the market and four city gates of the capital, telling the people of the capital that Long Chen and the Empress had won the battle at Yanmen Pass, and that the ghost tribe had been repulsed.
...
Gui Tai and Qin Hao led five hundred dead soldiers towards Xixia. A ghost general came from behind, and Gui Tai stopped immediately.
"Holy Son, Your Majesty has an order, please take some more people back."
The ghost will report immediately.
The ghost child felt strange and asked: "How much does the queen want?"
There are less than 20,000 ghost soldiers left, so the ghosts just plan to capture 20,000 people.
If you eat one for each ghost soldier, your body can be restored and your cultivation level can be improved. That's enough.
The ghost general said: "This general doesn't know. The priest only asked me to deliver these decrees."
The ghost general doesn't know the ghost girl's true intention, so he doesn't dare to talk nonsense.
Qin Hao was listening next to him and had already figured out what was going on.
"Holy Son, we suffered heavy losses in this battle. I think Your Majesty wants to train more soldiers, so let us capture more people and go back."
Guite didn't understand and asked: "Take people back and train more soldiers?"
The warriors of the ghost clan are either the ghost clan living in the ice field, or the warriors left behind by the Martial Saint.
Apart from this, there is nothing else.
Gui Fei has never heard that humans can be trained to become warriors, unless they use meat and vegetables to turn people into half-ghosts like he did at White Bone Mountain.
But doing this takes a long time, and a hot spring is required for the meat and vegetable garden.
There are no hot springs in the ice field, so it is impossible to establish a meat and vegetable garden.
Therefore, the ghost fetus did not understand why the ghost girl gave such instructions.
Qin Hao had seen the ghost girl converting dead soldiers with blood, and said: "The mistress's blood can turn ordinary people into warriors. Maybe the mistress wants to increase the number of warriors."
The ghost was silent for a moment, then said to the ghost general: "I understand."
The ghost general bowed and returned to his horse, heading north to Lake Kar.
If you rush into Xixia to arrest people, the people you capture will definitely not be very good.
Even if such an ordinary person is transformed into a warrior, his combat effectiveness is very poor.
The ghost tribe doesn't need such warriors, so they are for the Martial Saint.
Thinking of this, Gui Fei said no more.
The two men continued to march towards Xixia with five hundred dead soldiers.
...
Yanmen Pass.
Yu Fuguo lay on the bed and drank a bowl of ghost blood, and the pain slowly subsided.
Wu Jian took out the liquor next to him, dipped a cotton swab in it, and said, "Wipe it yourself in the next few days to prevent infection and pus."
Wu Jian learned these words "infection" from Long Chen.
Yu Fuguo was filled with joy and said: "Thank you, General Wu, for your good craftsmanship. My lifelong wish has come true."
Wu Jian smiled, but thought to himself: The half-ghost body cannot have children, so it would be useless to take it back.
Yu Fuguo looks like a man, but he is unable to have children, and he looks the same as he does without.
Of course, it looks better on the face of it.
"General Wu, don't you plan to take him back yourself?"
Yu Fuguo glanced at Wu Jian's crotch and said with a smile.
Wu Jian smiled and said: "Don't worry, wait until the battle is over. If we don't destroy the ghost clan, life or death will be unpredictable."
Yu Fuguo smiled and couldn't answer.
Yu Fuguo was worried about dying in the war, so he rushed to take him back so that he could leave a whole body after his death.
"Have a good rest."
Wu Jian smiled, packed his things and went out.
New soldiers are being selected for training outside, and the Long family army has the most people to sign up. The soldiers from Nanliang are not very active. They have seen how brutal the elite soldiers fight, and they are a little scared.
Wu Jian walked straight over, and when he arrived at the door of the room, he saw Feng He coming back with an old man.
"Who is this?"
Wu Jian stepped forward curiously and asked.
Feng He pointed at the old man and said, "Ma Feizi, it was he who provided the Martial Saint with 200,000 war horses."
Wu Jian had heard of Ma Feizi's name, looked at it, and Wu Jian sneered: "It's a good thing."
Ma Feizi looked at Yanmen Pass with an ashen face and dark circles in his eyes, and asked: "Where is King Wu? Where is Long Chen? I want to see him."
Wu Jian felt strange, Ma Feizi wanted to see Long Chen?
Feng He immediately explained: "This guy took his two grandchildren to the ghost clan, but was eaten by the Martial Saint. He threatened to take revenge on the ghost clan, so I brought him back."
"There is another thing. The ghost fetus brought back the dead soldiers to invade Xixia and wanted to take them back."
Wu Jian said: "This news has been received a long time ago. The Holy One has sent someone to inform the Major General."
Before Feng He came back, he sent a letter to Yanmen Pass to inform him of the matter.
The empress immediately informed Long Chen and asked him to immediately pursue the ghost fetus.
"King Wu has already set off?"
Ma Feizi's face was stiff and he asked coldly.
"What do you want?"
Wu Jian looked at Ma Feizi coldly, and Ma Feizi said bitterly: "I will follow King Wu to destroy the ghost clan."
Wu Jian said contemptuously: "Hmph, a running dog abandoned by the ghost clan, what qualifications do you have to follow the young general."
