Chapter 504 Return (10)

The wind subsided, but without delay, the fire was already rolling like clouds. The camp, grain, grass, timber, as well as the reeds and willow trees by Luolong Beach were all set alight.

Let's say that when it comes to this, if you put aside some things, just from a rational point of view, this does not seem to directly lead to some consequences. After all, although the Dongyi people lost their camp, they still had an absolute advantage in the number of troops, even before the battle.

There are already a considerable number of troops wearing armor.

Moreover, there is not much loss in high-end combat power.

In contrast, the incoming Dengzhou Army traveled a long distance. In this case, a melee between the two sides might not be possible.

But what about actually?

In fact, the Dongyi people collapsed unilaterally.

The soldiers trampled on each other and scrambled for the first place, and the fire rolled, often engulfing the fleeing soldiers in the sea of ​​​​fire. And those grassroots officers who did not have Ningdan were like chickens and dogs before they were trampled by the fire, with no power to protect themselves.

The masters, faced with the flames and the rout, had no choice but to turn around and flee, panicking and choosing their way out.

Amidst the screams of killing and the beeping sound of flames engulfing the wood, Bai Yousi, who had some blood stains on his body, stood on the watchtower in front of the original Chinese army camp, searching for something in all directions, not caring that the lower floor of the watchtower was already on fire.

Suddenly, he turned his head and looked at a burning wing. He saw the roof collapse and fall, sparks arose, but a red light came from behind.

But Bai Yousi remained motionless.

"General Manager!" The red light fell below the watchtower, and it was Ma Ping'er. His face was flushed by the firelight, and he was holding a head in his hand. He actually trembled a little when he opened his mouth. "I killed a general!

My Lihuo Zhenqi was obscured by the firelight, so he didn’t pay attention and was hit in the knee by an arrow from me, and then he succeeded! He only heard the person next to him say his surname was Xiao!"

Bai Yousi praised him greatly: "Ping'er is so skillful!"

Of course, it is worthy of praise. It is really rare for one person to kill another person in the Ningdan Formation, even if it is a sneak attack.

However, the next moment, Bai Sanniang was obviously stunned: "You have condensed the elixir? When did you condense the elixir?"

"Actually, I felt that it was almost done when I was fighting Longgu Mountain City." Ma Ping'er's face was still red and his voice was still trembling. "But it was only just now that I dared to try to leap."

Bai Yousi smiled: "Good thing!"

"Of course it's a good thing." Ma Ping'er took courage. "Manager, are we victorious?"

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"I mean, can we go home? There will be no obstacles if we go forward! Just move forward?" Ma Ping'er asked urgently from below.

"No." Bai Yousi on the watchtower answered very simply. "There will most likely be obstacles in Luolongtan! And it's likely to be a huge obstacle!"

"That doesn't matter, because the reinforcements from the gang will arrive soon." Ma Ping'er did not hesitate. "We will be together again by then! I am not afraid that the Grand Master will come in person!"

"Well said." Bai Yousi smiled slightly, but then raised his head to look into the distance.

Ma Ping'er followed the other person's gaze, but saw only a sea of ​​fire and nothing.

But Bai Yousi narrowed his eyes slightly and suddenly rose up, but there was no trace of brilliance on his body. He just flew through the fire like an arrow from a string.

On the other side of the fire, separated by half a military camp, Gao Qianqiu, who had just landed, was panting... He and a few others first tried to join forces to stop Bai Yousi but failed. The fire started and the troops fell into chaos. At this time, another mistake was made.

The huge mistake he made was to order the generals to flee in all directions in an attempt to reorganize the troops. As a result, not only did the troops fail to regroup, but the generals also fell into crisis.

There was fire everywhere, and all the raiding troops were fearless, as if they were possessed by evil spirits.

Except for White Snake, all the generals on the other side seem to be Condensing Pills and Chengdan. This is not consistent with the intelligence. The key is that these people, regardless of their level of cultivation or martial arts, are chasing after White Snake.

They fought, but the generals of the Eastern Victory Army who had lost the opportunity to join forces did not dare to fight, and fell prey like rats and insects.

Gao Qianqiu escaped from Cao Ming, whom he had previously disdained.

Cao Ming was really incompetent, he was really empty-handed, and he noticed it as soon as they fought, but his senior deputy commander didn't dare to fight with him, so he could only run away in confusion.

How did the situation that was fine in the afternoon turn into what it is now? I wasn't just paranoid and overthinking, I just thought the other party was tempting me to attack, but unexpectedly I fell into a trap and waited for the other party to surprise me!

Just as he was thinking about it, he suddenly noticed a gust of wind, and couldn't help but turn around, as if he had fallen into an ice cave, and stood there stunned - it turned out that the white lady had reached behind her with a sword at some point.

Gao Qianqiu first staggered back a few steps, but then his face became tense, and he took a few steps forward with the knife in hand: "White Lady, do you know there is a big disaster ahead?"

"You can guess even if you don't know." Bai Yousi had no unnecessary expression on his face.

"That's true." Gao Qianqiu took a deep breath. "Then you know that if you break my South Camp and kill me, even if the Governor has a plan, he will not let you go in the end?"

"I didn't know before, but now I know." Bai Yousi remained calm. "But so what if I know? How can a person who returns home from a desperate situation be worried? How can he put his life in the hands of others?"

"Yes, yes." Gao Qianqiu nodded repeatedly. "It's good that you know, it's good that you know..."

The next moment, he exerted all his cultivation, mustered up all his energy, and struck the woman in front with all his strength. A huge amount of weak water energy rolled out, as if a huge black wave was thrown out of thin air.

It suppressed the flames that were burning fiercely a few feet away. Not to mention, when the zhenqi wave came into contact with the burning barracks, a burst of water vapor even rose on the spot.

But these are meaningless.

Gao Qianqiu looked at Bai Yousi with a desperate look as he flexibly turned up and down in his usually devastating waves of energy, like a butterfly and as light as a swift. When he turned around on the tip of his knife,

The long sword was handed out smoothly, but it happened to be inserted into his throat.

It looked like Gao Qianqiu's weak water energy didn't exist at all.

The iron sword fell to the ground and the long sword was retracted. Deputy Marshal Gao wanted to say something, but he could only kneel to the ground with his hands on his throat. When he raised his head and fell, he only saw two blurry full moons.

Bai Yousi stood there, looking at the corpse in front of him, and his originally calm face relaxed inexplicably.

Frankly speaking, she was a little tired and worried, and this kind of worry and fatigue had always existed. It existed from the day she encountered the strange wind, and it deepened as she got closer to Luolongtan. In fact,

She is also worried about the possible results. This fear is not only about the life of an individual, but also the responsibility of the leader. It is the responsibility of the 10,000 Dengzhou troops, 10,000 boatmen, 78,000 to 80,000 prisoners, and the refugees in possible crises.

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However, after just a moment of loosening, Bai Yousi returned to her original indifferent expression, and then squeezed out a smile - this is what Zhang Xing taught her. If you don't know how to show leadership, keep your face expressionless, and then smile from time to time.

Just fine.

The fire burned for only one day and was extinguished because of a timely autumn rain.

This is not good, because it will make the march more difficult... You know, tens of thousands of westbound troops are still at Longgu Mountain.

In fact, the difficulties encountered in the past few days were more than imagined. The rain, the harassment by the remnants of the Dongyi South Camp, and the pollution of the river channels in the long Gobi Desert all made it difficult for the team to move westward.

The most outrageous thing happened on the third day, the day after the rain arrived. A team of about 2,000 people who stayed in the east of Longgu Mountain took advantage of Longgu Mountain to cut off the main group while the core members of Dengzhou had not yet arrived.

A riot broke out during the turn back, and they fled eastward.

Regardless of the reason, it must be that the disappearance of the main force of the Dengzhou Army triggered rumors, and then a rain gave them a chance to escape.

As for the conflicts within the team along the way, the worries and dissatisfaction of a few people about the future, and the blind obedience and uneasiness of the majority, needless to say.

When Bai Yousi heard the news, he was neither angry nor surprised. He just smiled and asked Wang Fubei to lead his troops to catch up. If he could catch up within three days, he would catch up. If he couldn't, he would turn back to show his attitude.

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In addition, he had made clear arrangements before, gathering military supplies, building military depots along the river, and turning back to pick up the troops, including sending Qian Tang to the west to look for Zhang Xing, and sending Miao Hailang to go out to sea again to guide the troops. It is said that they have arrived in Dengzhou.

The East China Sea fleet from Dalaoshan came to respond in an orderly manner... which actually made people around them more and more admired.

Not to mention that Bai Yousi successfully got through the last step to Luolongtan in the mid-autumn before the rain, but Dengzhou on the other side had a windless and rainless mid-autumn.

"There is no Mid-Autumn Festival in Dengzhou?" Zhang Xing obviously felt a little strange about the red-background banner with the word "deposed" rolling slightly in the wind.

"It cannot be said that there is no Mid-Autumn Festival. How can there be no festival in the middle of the first slack month after the autumn harvest?" Qin Bao leaned over to comfort the spotted beast on his crotch, and then said something. "It's just that the customs are different from those in Dongdu.

Same... Third brother Zhongqiu from Dongdu, do you still remember? The government wants to distribute rice and cakes to people over sixty years old..."

"I remember, I remember." Zhang Xing, who was riding in front on a yellow gelding, nodded repeatedly. "I made this in Taili...the cakes must be thick. Hu Heishou also reminded me that all cakes must not be bigger than Zhongcheng's."

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Qin Bao was stunned for a moment, and then continued: "Yes... As for Dengzhou, the main purpose is to offer sacrifices. Generally, the three lights and four emperors are worshiped, especially the two moons among the three lights. The white moon ensures a good harvest, and the red moon guarantees a good harvest.

The moon guarantees peace... We also need to make cakes, but the cakes should be round, as round as the moon, not thick."

"Guanxi also eats cakes, but they are not thick cakes, but small cakes. Red cakes and white cakes are stacked and eaten together." The person who interrupted was an unexpected and reasonable person, named Zhang Shiniang, but Li Dingzhi

My wife, who had been assisting Master Qianjin in building hospitals and medical schools in the Guohe area of ​​Henan... Now I heard the news and knew that I was going to take care of my sworn sisters, but I came here lightly and couldn't wait to get there."

"It seems that Hebei is the same." Su Jingfang, who came to greet him from the destination ahead, took advantage of his wife's words. "I have eaten them all."

"The biscuits from Guanxi are sweet, while the biscuits from Hebei are salty." Xiong Bonan reminded seriously.

"This is true." Zhang Shiniang agreed.

"The South is a phoenix boat race." Bai Jingang, who had been somewhat silent since that day, blurted out.

"People in the south race phoenix boats on all festivals, and people in the north compete on dragon boats on all festivals." Not sure whether he wanted to ridicule or just want to talk to Bai Jingang, Cheng Zhili intervened again.

When the topic reached this point, everyone couldn't help but talk about it. The result was that during the Mid-Autumn Festival, there were customs in various places, but they were all different.

"That's right, that's right." After listening for a while, Zhang Xing nodded repeatedly. "The time is here, and it is after the autumn harvest. How can we not miss this time? When this incident is over, we will make a new decision.

This etiquette... does not mean revising the date and month, but making these festivals official. This day is a festival, and then everyone eats salty mooncakes of the same size. There are also holidays, New Year holiday, Qingming holiday, Dragon Boat Festival holiday, etc.

There is a holiday for the Double Ninth Festival, a holiday for the Mid-Autumn Festival... ten days for the Chinese New Year, and five days for the rest, so we don’t miss ten days of rest.”

Xiong Bonan was speechless: "Are there too many holidays...and what kind of holiday is the Dragon Boat Festival?"

"No, no, no." Zhang Xingzai raised his hand and waved it repeatedly, pretending not to hear Dragon Boat Festival's question. "It's too little. If you ask me, I can add one more day of rest in the last ten days of every month...

Don’t underestimate the importance of taking a vacation. The effects of consumption and relaxation are actually better than we think. Just to boost morale, it’s as good as eating on the porch.”
To be continued...