In the winter of the 15th year of Tiance of the Xia Empire, it snowed in Changling County, which took a long time.

Qilingyi was a military frontier back then. In order to prevent the invasion of the Beimo people, it was stranded for some special reasons. However, the original remains were preserved and the four-way earthen city walls were extremely thick, looking like a solid earth enclosure.

After Gu Qingci came here with the county soldiers, he arranged for people to start repairing the snow on the earthen wall as soon as it was blown by the wind knife in the northwest, and then fell on the simple barracks and on the soldiers. The whole world would turn white and not rest until nightfall.

Several bonfires, several canvas tents, and more than ten swordsmen, but Gu Qingci did not burn the fire, but stood on a turret and looked into the distance, where it was the northern desert.

Behind Gu Qingci, a man in a blue shirt slowly climbed up. It was Gu Qingci's classmate Ma Shilian. He knew how to do martial arts. Although Gu Qingci handed him over the past period of time, he did not practice anything, so that a mound three or four meters high needed to climb slowly, making his hands red with cold.

"grown ups."

Ma Shilian walked behind Gu Qingci, looked at the back of Xiao Suo, sighed softly, and said, "Sir, you don't have to blame yourself too much. These things happened so suddenly, you have tried your best!"

Gu Qingci did not carry a sword, his sword was all damaged, and the white clothes were stained with blood. In the night, when the snow was shining, it looked very dazzling. He turned around slowly, shook his head, and said, "I guessed it a long time ago, but I didn't make much preparation."

"grown ups……"

Ma Shilian wanted to persuade him, but Gu Qingci waved his hand and interrupted: "You don't need to say more, just talk about the current situation."

"Yes," Ma Shilian bowed and said, "The spy is back. There are Beimo troops thirty miles outside Qiling Post, with no less than 10,000 people, and half of them are cavalry. However, we now occupy Qiling Post, and with this line of defense, we can barely resist Beimo cavalry, but it is not a long-term solution."

Gu Qingci nodded. This was all as expected. He knew Beimo's plan. Originally, he should have been more rational and pretended not to know anything. He returned to Changling County and waited for the imperial court to send troops, but he couldn't bear to die from the butcher's knife outside. What's more, the bright system mission was still forcing him to make him have no choice.

After he received the news from Beimotu Village, the system issued him a task, so he could only come without hesitation, even if he knew that life and death were unpredictable.

"Ding, as a county's parent official, he is responsible for the life and death of thousands of people. In the face of the invasion of the Beimo, he should naturally lead the way. System mission: resist the invasion of the Beimo, or defeat the Beimo vanguard troops, the time limit is one month, the reward for success, three thousand knight points, three random lottery opportunities, one random magic weapon, a punishment for failure, and becoming a vegetable!"

However, risks and interests are proportional. This time, if they succeed, they will definitely be able to break through to the hooded Qi realm, and if they fail, they will have no way to die.

"Is there any news from the girl in Qingyi?" Gu Qingci asked.

After receiving the system task, he had already started planning. He knew very well that with the few people he had in his hands, it was impossible to have a winning rate against the elite troops of the North Desert. However, he also had a chance because the system did not require him to destroy the North Desert army.

More than 300 miles away from Qilingyi, it is Weicheng, the largest military border town in the north of Xia.

Gu Qingci was very clear that it was impossible to go to Weicheng to seek troops in his capacity as a person, so he put his ideas on Princess Tang Yun. The reason why he let Qingyi go was because Qingyi's identity could make Tang Yun worry about it.

Did Ma Shilian know Gu Qingci's plan or was Qingyi who accompanied Gu Qingci to find him? When he heard Gu Qingci's questioning, he immediately replied: "Not yet. Maybe it was delayed by something. The princess should agree. Sir, don't worry."

Although Ma Shilian said this, he was completely unsure. He knew very well that the journey from Changling County to Weicheng must have been blocked by Beimo, otherwise it would be impossible for ten thousand troops to appear in Changling County, but Weicheng had no response.

They can know, and the princess can know.

No one can say whether the princess will agree to this life-long matter.

Gu Qingci raised his eyebrows and did not continue the topic because he also knew that he could only do his best and leave his destiny.

"Hey, by the way, where is Qin Keqing? I haven't seen her for half a day? Have she left?" Gu Qingci asked.

"No," said Ma Shilian: "I saw her just now, but my expression was a little wrong. I stood alone in the snow, neither speaking nor moving, just holding a sword."

Gu Qingci nodded, just because he didn't leave. But he knew that this woman was a master, and the resources he could use must be used now.

...

The snow stopped, and it took a long time, but there were thick layers of snow all over the mountains and fields. It was shining in the night. You could feel the chill at a distance.

There were simple tents everywhere, and there were piles of bonfires. Patrol soldiers kept walking around. Most of them had fallen asleep. Only on the top of the mountain was a white-clothed Taoist nun, holding a snow-white sword in her hand, dazed in a daze.

She is a sword mystery, and she has always been committed to swords.

Until today, she actually became suspicious of her heart of Tao because an old man said a few words.

It was during the day. Qin Keqing met a very ordinary old man who walked slowly, for fear of falling, but he carried a knife and followed Gu Qingci to kill people. What's even more strange is that his knife was really covered in blood.

The old man said to Qin Keqing: "Master Gu knows that he practices swords for protection, so his swordsmanship will not come to an end. As long as there is protection, there will be swords. But do you know what you practice swords for? Where is the final end?"

Qin Keqing was stunned immediately. She never thought about why she practiced swords. It seemed that since she had an impression that she only knew that she should practice swords. The master taught her and she learned them. Her life has always been only swords, so she practiced swords, but no one ever told her why she practiced swords?

She couldn't figure it out, so she kept thinking quietly. Even when she followed the large army, she was thinking, and she still couldn't figure it out until now that she was at night.

At some point, the old man appeared beside her again. Looking at the confused Qin Keqing, the old man showed two front teeth and grinned, "Little girl, since you can't figure it out, then go and ask the person you understand."

"who?"
Chapter completed!