Jiaohua

Chapter 1552 Brother and sister reunited

Xia Zhaoyi just entered the city.

The long and wide road from the countryside outside the city to the city was littered with corpses, lying in all directions. The accumulated frost and snow were melted by the blood and formed a gurgling stream.

After entering the city, there were cries and screams everywhere.

Jian Jun came with a dozen of his personal soldiers and said, "Second Miss, the cleanup of this area in the east of the city has begun. Those children and the people brought down from the upstairs have been taken to the big market in front."

"How many babies are there?"

"Not many, only about thirty at the moment."

"About thirty," Xia Zhaoyi said lightly, "that's a lot."

"Second Miss, what are you going to do with these babies?"

Xia Zhaoyi raised his head and suddenly asked, "If I ask you to kill them, can you do it?"

The men around were stunned. After a pause, Jian Jun nodded: "...Of course no problem! The children of beasts are also beasts, how can we not kill them?"

"No," Xia Zhaoyi smiled softly, "You can't do it."

Zhao Ya, who was beside Jian Jun, frowned and said quickly, "Second Miss, I'll kill her now!"

"Why kill?" Xia Zhaoyi looked at him and said gently, "Killing is easy, just a quick move. But if you kill these babies, you will not be able to avoid resentment. We are passionate and angry, and we are sworn enemies with the Northern Yuan people, but before hatred, we are human beings first, and revenge second. I will send these babies to the Hechuan wasteland. The people of Xiyi and Xiqiang look like the Northern Yuan people, but they speak the Hechuan language. Let them grow there, and they will be Hechuan people when they grow up."

Zhao Ya said, "But Miss, the bandits from Xiyitang and Xiqiang are not friendly to us and often come to fight and kill us. Didn't General Shen kill the brothers Ye Heli and Ye Hechen in Zhengwei Town last year? We are sending them there, and they will come to fight us again after they grow up."

Zhan Ning thought of something and shouted, "I know this, it's okay! There are many tribes in Hechuan. In addition to those horse thieves, there are also many good people. These first-class horses of ours were bought from the Wei Han Horse Farm in Langfeng County, southeast of Hechuan, through the introduction of Du Xuan and Xu Li, right, Second Miss!"

Xia Zhaoyi nodded: "Yes."

"Second Miss!" Xia Zhi's voice sounded from afar, "Second Miss!"

Xia Zhaoyi and others looked up.

Xia Zhaoyi's gaze fixed on Xia Zhaoxue who was behind Xia Zhi.

When they turned the corner at the other end of the long street, Xia Zhaoxue, Sun Congli and others saw her at once.

The blood from the corpses made the snow turbid. The girl stood in the snow, wearing a bright red cloak with the hood hanging behind her. Dozens of tall and big men surrounded her. It was obvious that she was the center of the crowd. These big men kept a proper distance from her. Any more would be considered offensive, and any further away would be considered disrespectful.

Xia Zhaoyi was not sure if she was dazzled. She subconsciously took a few steps forward and looked carefully. Then, her long and thin eyebrows raised, and her dark and clear eyes seemed to suddenly reflect the starlight.

Xia Zhaoxue didn't expect that after not seeing him for so many years, he had become such a "ugly" person. She could recognize him at a glance even from such a distance.

Xia Zhaoxue's already nervous heart suddenly became even more panicked. As he was getting closer, he desperately winked and shook his head slightly on horseback.

Xia Zhaoyi paused slightly, then turned his gaze to Xia Zhi. He quickly understood from Xia Zhi's expression that his second brother did not recognize Xia Zhi.

"Second Miss!" Xia Zhi ran over and jumped off his horse, saying happily, "Second Miss, look! This is the commander of Zhenwu Camp, General Sun!" Xia Zhaoyi suppressed her excitement and didn't look at her second brother again. She said to Sun Congli, "Hello, General Sun. Why are you here?"

Sun Congli dismounted and looked Xia Zhaoyi up and down. He suddenly felt uncomfortable and said with a smile, "Well, we are here to buy goods."

Everyone said that Ah Li was a little girl, and he knew she was young, but he didn't expect her to be so young and beautiful. He thought that a soldier who had been in battle would be tough and thick-skinned, but now, the falling snow fell on her soft black hair and eyelashes, making her skin look even whiter than jade.

Maybe it was because of the red dress and her skin, or because of the relaxed and calm aura she displayed even as she stood among this group of big men, but Sun Congli felt like her whole body was glowing, so dazzling that he didn't know how to communicate with this little girl for a moment.

"Oh!" Sun Congli suddenly remembered that Xia Zhi said he was coming to find her, so she spoke for Xia Zhi, "General A Li, in the past two days, Shang Taiyu suddenly gathered thousands of elite soldiers and headed south. I don't know if he was going to Qingji Pass or Yingxing Fort. At that time, people were saying that the Xia family army was going to attack Yingxing Fort."

"The entrance to Eagle Star Fort?" Xia Zhaoyi smiled. "The news we got out through someone else's mouth is the Golden Moon Divine Mountain."

Qian Dahe couldn't help but say, "They must have thought that the Xia family army couldn't cross the Golden Moon Divine Mountain! So they all thought you were going to attack the entrance of Eagle Star Fort!"

"Yes!" Sun Congli asked hurriedly, "General A Li, how did you get here?"

Xia Zhaoyi did not answer Sun Congli's question immediately, but said slowly: "Or, they are going to attack Qingji Pass and don't care about the threat of my troops to the entrance of Yingxing Fort. And if they go to attack Qingji Pass..."

Xia Zhaoyi looked at Sun Congli and said, "General Sun, the one currently defending Qingji Pass is the Zhenwu Camp, right?"

Sun Congli said with difficulty: "General A Li is smart and can think of this immediately. This is what we have been doing these days. However, after they went south, the south was strictly controlled all the way. We have no way to get out and go back, and we are hindered by tons of supplies. I am really worried."

Xia Zhaoyi immediately realized the seriousness of the situation: "If this is really Qingji Pass, but the general of the army is not in the camp, this is no small matter. General Sun, time is running out. It just so happens that I have troops, so at least it is not a problem to escort you back to Qingji Pass. So, let's set off in an hour."

"General Ali!" Sun Congli was overjoyed, "Thank you, General Ali!!"

Xia Zhaoyi turned to look at Guan Chi, and Guan Chi immediately brought Zi Yang over.

Xia Zhaoyi took over Ziyang's reins and climbed onto the horse with ease: "It just so happens that I have captured Qingquan Town. There are so many supplies here, so I will seize them as a gift to General Sun."

Xia Zhaoyi turned to Jian Jun and said, "Go and capture all the people still alive in Qingquan Town and count them together. We need manpower to transport the things."

"Yes! I'll go right away!"

"Liang Dechang, Fan Yu, Guan Chi, in half an hour, you will take fifty men and horses to carry all the babies in Qingquan Town back to Zhitu and send them to Tanggua City. When Wang Fengnian's caravan arrives, hand the babies over to them. Then you will immediately set off for Guilai Town in Juezhou and go to Qingji Pass with the Falcon Camp. At that time, whether I am at Qingji Pass or not, I will leave a message for you there."

The three of them said in unison: "Yes!"

"Zhan Ning, when you left the city, you told Lin Wumei to wait for us to return and we would take her to Zhitu. Now you must go out of the city to find her and ask her if she is willing to follow Liang Dechang and the others back. If she is not willing, ask her if she wants to go south with us."

Zhan Ning was thinking about this and nodded immediately: "Yes, I'll go right away!"

After quickly arranging the affairs, Xia Zhaoyi pulled the reins and looked back at Sun Congli: "General Sun, you can rest here for an hour. I just arrived in Qingquan Town and I still have to check the terrain. I will come back to find you in an hour and we will set off together."

Sun Congli was completely impressed by her swift and decisive decision-making style and said, "No need to rest, General Ali, I am familiar with Qingquan Town. I will lead the way for you!"

"It's okay, you can take a rest!" Xia Zhaoyi looked at Xia Zhaoxue, "You are General Sun's subordinate, you should be familiar with this, just accompany me!"

After saying this, without giving Sun Congli any room to speak, she pulled the reins and said, "Come on, follow me!"