Jiaohua

The Han people have a deep obsession with the Spring Festival.

Even though it is located in the northern desert and has experienced wars for a long time, this obsession will not be affected.

Several villages within Qingji Pass were swept again and again by King Chang Yan's troops, but the surviving villagers who ran away would eventually come back.

In recent years, they have contributed a lot to the construction of the fortifications at Qingji Pass.

Now it is New Year, the village is decorated with lights, pigs and sheep are slaughtered, hot soup smells good, the suffering brought by the war has temporarily receded, and smiles have finally returned to the simple faces of the villagers.

In the distance, halfway up the mountain, a few pairs of eyes were staring coldly at the lights on the earth.

Compared to the villagers' celebration, Chongmen Heng and others had been hungry for many days. They only had a full meal after robbing several Qingji Pass soldiers recently.

In addition to Chongmen Heng and Chen Yongming, there were two men and one woman with them.

The three of them were assigned to Chongmen Heng by Tao Lan, and the woman was Liu Yue.

A month ago, Chongmen Heng found Tao Lan and said that he had a way to deal with Ali, starting with Zhili.

He asked Tao Lan to get two customs clearance documents, one for him and one for Chen Yongming, and also asked for several people and a lot of money.

But neither he nor Tao Lan had expected that at the same time, Ali actually committed a shocking murder in Lan Ze City.

Due to the lag in information transmission, Chongmen Heng and his men left Mingfang City and traveled southeast for two days before learning about this matter.

They continued walking while cursing the little bitch for being cruel and ruthless.

As a result, I was told that the brand new pass in my hand was invalid.

Yi Shurong personally gave the order not to let anyone in or out.

Yi Shurong is the most powerful person in this area. Even if they are people sent by the Emperor of Northern Yuan Dynasty, they have to go and see Yi Shurong in person if they want to pass.

Helplessly, Chongmen Heng took Chen Yongming and others away. They walked and walked. It was clearly a snowy day in the cold winter, but the entire grassland was full of soldiers and horses.

Finally, they reached Qingji Pass.

The natural barrier at Qingji Pass is high and difficult for a large army to pass, but there are rugged paths for climbing.

Just like that, they turned over.

One hand has frostbite, the other hand has blood.

After coming here, everyone was in a bad mood. Later, they learned from the nearby villagers about the battle to defend Qingji Pass, where the 400 defenders won a great victory and repelled Meng Jinci's tens of thousands of troops.

This is unbelievable no matter how you think about it. It is simply impossible.

But with the persistence of Tao Lan's men, they finally saw the huge mass graves and cremation pits.
Liu Yue exploded on the spot.

The other two men were also emotional.

There is no way these proud and strong Northern Yuan soldiers could be defeated by the Han people!

As a result, his already irritable mood made him want to destroy the world even more.

Chongmen Heng insisted on not attacking the surrounding villagers because they wanted to leave and needed to ask the villagers for directions.

The villagers here are different from those in other places. They have been tempered by blood and tears, and their bodies have been recast by hatred. They are no longer afraid of life or death. Each of them has an extremely strong temperament, and torture is useless to them.

Killing one will anger a group of people. They will suffer a lot if they leave this plateau with complex terrain.

Liu Yue and others could only grit their teeth and endure it.

But when they saw those soldiers from Qingji Pass, they became filled with intense rage, burning their rationality away. They rushed forward and started slashing with their swords.

The situation has finally come to this point.

Chongmen Heng sighed.

The two men's Northern Yuan names were difficult to pronounce, so Chongmen Heng changed them to new names.

One is called left and right, and the other is called up and down.

Since they were called temporarily, they used it as a pseudonym, and the two did not object. At this time, the left and right came from behind and said to Chongmen Heng: "We found a very deep cave. If we light a fire inside, it shouldn't be noticed by others. We can't freeze to death here."

Shang Xia followed around and said, "We can cook the meat we stole to keep warm."

Chongmen Heng turned around and looked at the two men who were not as obedient as his dog, and said, "It's up to you."

He turned around with a cold face, up and down, left and right.

Chongmen Heng followed them into the depths of the cave and saw Chen Yongming gnawing on dried meat without any manners and eating voraciously.

Liu Yue had already started a fire, and as he approached the fire, Chongmen Heng's hands finally felt comfortable.

Shang Xia sat down opposite him, and as soon as he sat down, he asked coldly: "When you were alone before, did you always live like this?"

Chongmen Heng looked at him and smiled: "I am an old man who lives well wherever I am. If I hadn't brought you with me, I would probably be living in a villager's house at the foot of the mountain, enjoying delicious food and spicy drinks."

"Heh, don't think about abandoning us. We are watching you and want to see how you kill that woman."

"No way!" Chongmen Heng said with a smile, "If you want to leave, I won't let you. You are good at fighting, so you can protect me by staying beside me!"

He looked up and down at the three black dogs following Chongmen Heng.

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Along the way, the skills displayed by Chongmen Heng were definitely better than any of them, not to mention, he had these three black dogs by his side.

He cursed up and down, "You lame old thing!"

After scolding him, I don’t want to talk to him anymore.

Chen Yongming was busy chewing his own dried meat, and the conversation around him seemed to have nothing to do with him.

It was another long, cold and painful night, and the next day's sunshine was slow to come.

Before they had enough sleep, Chen Yongming rushed in from outside, woke everyone up, and whispered, "Oh no, something happened down the mountain."

Chongmen Heng frowned, and hurriedly got up and followed him out, only to see soldiers everywhere at the foot of the mountain. The armor on these soldiers was something Chongmen Heng had never seen before.

Chongmen Heng said: "These armors are really beautiful. They make me look majestic when I wear them. Are they the new styles of armors of the Xia family army?"

Liu Yue's voice sounded coldly from the side: "It's Yan Jun."

She had handled many military letters for Tao Lan, and the letter not only described Yan Jun's silver-black armor, but also contained drawings.

It is indeed beautiful, and the material is top-notch.

However, it is said that Shen Lie, the commander of the Yan army, never wears armor.

Chongmen Heng said: "That makes sense. No wonder Meng Jinci was defeated. It turns out there are reinforcements."

After he finished speaking, he suddenly paused and looked at the female soldiers who were moving around.

He was familiar with the armor worn by these female soldiers; it was the style of the Xia family army.

Chongmen Heng said: "I heard that Ah Li has a female soldier in Hengxiang, it turns out to be true."

Liu Yue said coldly: "I want to kill them."

"Don't you think this is trouble enough?" Chongmen Heng frowned. "No matter how much you hate Ah Li, you can't lose your temper. Look at him."

Chongmen Heng points to Chen Yongming.

Liu Yue looked at Chen Yongming coldly.

The man who had begged her desperately in front of the tomb outside Mingfang City had not said a word since he was promoted by Chongmen Heng. The high-spirited man he had at that time was gone, and he became gloomy and cold.

Before leaving, Tao Lan once said to her, "You look down on Chen Yongming, but Chongmen Heng looks up to him. You can see what Chen Yongming is capable of along the way."

Now, Liu Yue finally realized the difference between him and other officials from Congxin Prefecture who had come to Beiyuan.

There was murderous intent in his eyes, and he was definitely someone who could really do something ruthless.

"Let's go," Chongmen Heng said, "We can't stay here for long, let's leave as soon as possible." (End of this chapter)