Chapter 42 Section fifteen

in the rain. The heavy gate of Shangyang Pass opened with a creak, and a black horse and a white horse rode out side by side. Bai Yi and Xi Yan each held torches and did not bring any followers.Almost at the same time, a gap opened in the Liguo formation on the opposite side, and Xie Xuan also came out on horseback, without even a helmet, and his bundled black hair was flying in the wind.The three horses are all good horses with great humanity, avoiding the bones all over the ground, and approaching slowly.The battlefield exudes a strong stench of rotting corpses, bones are exposed under the armor that has begun to rot, and the spears of the dead are stuck in the ground, like a sparse and crooked forest.

In the end, the three of them finally met in the middle of the battlefield, separated by more than ten steps, and greeted each other with military salutes. "I heard that General Xie is going back to the teacher soon?" Xi Yan could still smile in such an atmosphere. Xie Xuan also smiled, and covered his nose: "Yes, we pulled out the camp and retreated overnight. The National Teacher's trap finally didn't work. If we fight again, we will lose both in the end." "General Xie is a magnanimous gentleman." Xi Yan praised. "I dare not take this as a compliment. Speaking of which, those of us who serve in the army cannot help but be tempted by the power of magic. I didn't believe that there was any magic in the world that could fight against an army by one person, but when I heard about this plan, I couldn't believe it." Secretly looking forward to it, if General Bai and General Xi can be eliminated here, the road to our country's unification of the Eastern Continent will be smoothed out." Xie Xuan said.

He paused for a while, and smiled self-deprecatingly: "However, it really doesn't work." The three of them were at a loss for words when they said this, Xi Yan opened his mouth, but couldn't continue.So they bowed and saluted, and turned their eyes around. Under the night, illuminated by torches, there were no bones everywhere. "The prince left an order. If the strategy of the national division cannot take effect, our army will throw away all the luggage and retreat immediately. There are food and medicinal materials in the tent I left behind. Please take it as you like." Finally, Xie Xuan broke the silence .

"Thank you." Xi Yan bowed his hands, "But I have always had a question, since it is a strategy to destroy us, why is His Royal Highness rushing back to Li country, leaving only General Xie to fight in a dangerous place? Is it because Mr. Li thinks that we are still not as important as the domestic turmoil, or Mr. Li himself does not believe in magic?" "It's hard to say about Xie Xuan. The prince just gave an order and didn't say why." Xie Xuan smiled when he said this, "But I guess privately that the reason why the prince didn't personally supervise the battle is that he had to rush to the battle in early September. Seven returned to Jiuyuan."

"Seventh day of September?" Xi Yan was surprised. "It's my wife's thirty-eighth birthday. The prince and his wife haven't seen each other for many years." "Oh," Xi Yan was silent for a moment, as if thinking of something, "It's that princess named Qiu Luo, it's been many years..." Xie Xuan nodded: "Madam's boudoir name, I dare not call it arbitrarily." Bai Yi didn't speak for a long time, and now he said in a low voice: "It's better not to reminisce about the old days in the corpse formation. The corpses all over the ground here were all killed according to our military orders. We seem to be talking speculatively now. If these people I am still alive, what will I think when I hear it? General Xie, please retreat with peace of mind, Bai Yi will never chase after me. I have been defeated by Li Gong this time, and I have seen Li Gong’s courage with my own eyes. Please pass on the message for me, saying that I admire Li Gong .”

"General Bai is right, so what General Bai wants to bring is just the words 'respect Li Gong'?" Xie Xuan asked. "yes." "Xie Xuan remembers. In fact, the prince also has something to say to General Bai and General Xi. He said that he only saw one and a half people at Shangyang Pass. One was General Bai Yi, and the other half was General Xi Yan. With one Half people blocked me from leaving the country with 40,000 red brigades and 5,000 thunder cavalry, and I was still able to achieve such a result. The general Donglu is the first general, and his name is well deserved. It is a pity that the general is an enemy and cannot become a friend." Xie Xuan said.

"Am I only half?" Xi Yan smiled. "General Xi, if he is determined to kill the prince, he is considered alone. But... Xie Xuan bows to General Xi to let the tiger go back to the mountain." Xie Xuan bowed on the saddle and bowed. "Good! Good!" Xi Yan laughed loudly. Bai Yi turned his horse's head silently and headed towards Shangyang Pass without saying goodbye.Xi Yan and Xie Xuan looked at his back together, only to see the man in white clothes with a torch standing alone in the night like a ghost.At the same time, both of them let out a long sigh and bid farewell to each other.Xie Xuance galloped back to the main formation, and Xi Yan turned to chase after Bai Yi who was gone.