Gradually, the depths of winter are approaching, and in Hangu Pass, Xiao Han led the army to come here again.

In the Hangu Pass, after the bones of the soldiers of the Ye Dynasty were buried, the defensive measures of the Lower Hangu Pass were also newly repaired.

In the north, the sky is full of red glow, and under the endless expanse, the bright red in the distance is reflected, and the snow all over the ground is as if it has been stained with blood.

"General, I don't know what happened to General Lu."

At this moment, at the head of Hangu Guancheng, two figures wearing silver and gray armor stood arrogantly.

It was Zheng Tianlan and Xiao Han.

Hearing the inquiry behind him, Xiao Han looked sideways slightly, and under his thick eyebrows, his blazing eyes also became extremely deep.

After a long time, the wind and snow in the sky seemed to be a little impatient, and the snowflakes that gradually fell became bigger and bigger, and began to change from tiny particles to patches visible to the naked eye.

A breath of hot air exhaled from between Xiao Han's lips and teeth, and his voice was low, but it was also unusually firm.

"Since General Lu didn't let you know that I would lead the troops back to Beijing, I think I should have my own plans."

Xiao Han saw that he vaguely guessed Lu Jue's whereabouts, and his eyes subconsciously glanced in the direction of the Grass and Wood Hall.

"Hehe, yes, when we go back to Beijing at this moment, I'm afraid that we will become the laughing stock of the world."

Zheng Tianlan's laughter was full of self-deprecation and deep helplessness.

In the matter of Hangu Pass, after Lu Jue's advice, Zheng Tianlan and Xiao Han were trying their best to suppress the matter after marching all the way.

After all, the incident at Hangu Pass had a huge impact on the shaking of the military's morale.

It wasn't until the army came to Hangu Pass and saw the dilapidated and decadent scenes that the two of them resigned themselves to telling the sergeant what had happened before.

After all, such a tragic trace, if the two of them cover it up again, they are afraid that it will backfire and make the soldiers feel cold.

"General Xiao Han! General Xiao Han! ”

A hurried shout came from the bottom of the castle tower, and as the shout fell, a strong man with a tiger's back and a bear's waist ran up with a dull sound on the soles of his feet.

Hangu Pass is already the northernmost part of the Ye Dynasty, the gateway between the northern frontier and the extreme north of the Tidi people.

The weather here can be said to have turned into ice.

And this strong man, with a tiger's back and a bear's waist, his upper body half exposed one shoulder, and a robe made of animal skins wrapped around the other side, did not have the slightest fear of the cold.

On the exposed arm, a tattoo of a tiger came to life between the strong man's swinging arms.

"Master Wang, I don't know what is the matter in such a hurry?"

After Xiao Han looked for a voice, a smile appeared in his originally deep eyes, the corners of his mouth hooked upward, and he politely arched his hand to ask the visitor.

This time, with the actions of the Northern Expeditionary Army, there were also many righteous men in the rivers and lakes of the Ye Dynasty, who formed alliances one after another, and went north with the army to resist the siege of Tidi.

And this Wang is one of the good forces that came to support the Northern Expedition.

Wang Kang, the head of the Black Tiger Sect, also has the level of a grandmaster, and his sword skills are wide open and closed, and he can be regarded as a prestigious figure in the rivers and lakes.

"General Xiao Han is polite, Wang came over, and asked for the brothers, why haven't we seen General Lu for the past few days, I am all gearing up, and we want to fight the Natidi thief on the battlefield, when can we go to war?"

This Wang Kang's face is wheat-colored, his smile is honest, and his thick lips are closed one by one, revealing his white teeth, which makes people feel a little more good about it.

But Xiao Han understands that it is by no means simple for this person to have such a status as he is today.

Back then, the Black Tiger Gate was just a small sect, and what his subordinates did was also some unclean business.

has been able to rise from the rivers and lakes in just over ten years, and I am afraid that there is no less harm to nature.

This time, it is said that it is the patriotic move of the Northern Expedition of the Jianghu knights, but in fact, it is just an excuse for these people to want to clear their name.

When Lu Jue was recruiting these people, Xiao Han was also reluctant, but later Lu Jue said that these people staying on the rivers and lakes were also a scourge to the people, and since they were willing to sacrifice their lives for the country, they would stay and replenish their combat strength.

After all these years of personnel contacts in Kyoto, Xiao Han has also exercised some of his temperament, at least this kung fu of joy and anger has improved a lot.

"Brother Wang doesn't have to be anxious, this march and battle, General Lu naturally has to do more strategies and deployments, brothers put their lives in the hands of you and me, we naturally have to plan more, although we can't say that there is a perfect strategy, but we can't let the brothers lose their lives in vain, right?"

Xiao Han's sentence Brother Wang can be said to have given Wang Kang enough face, and he could hear that Wang Kang's somewhat darkened cheeks showed a faint flush, and his eyes were much brighter.

"General Xiao is thoughtful, Wang has thanked the general for the brothers! We are all vulgar people, we don't understand this, and I hope we don't cause trouble for the general! ”

"Brother Wang is polite, I, Xiao Han, am also from a martial arts background, and I also like everyone's heroic and direct personality very much, when this battle is over, we will have a serious drink!"

Xiao Han laughed a few times, but it was just to hide the skin and smile on his face.

Wang Kang saw Xiao Han's words, but he didn't have the posture of a general, and he immediately became really polite to the other party.

"If you want me to say, the general of the Northern Expedition still has to be General Xiao Han, then General Lu Jue, Wang heard that he is just a doll in his twenties, this so-called..."

Wang Kang, who was politely taken by Xiao Han, actually commented on Lu Jue, who had not yet met, as soon as these words came out, before he could finish speaking, a trace of disgust flashed in the eyes of Xiao Han and Zheng Tianlan on the side.

"Wang Kang, how can you comment on our general!"

Zheng Tianlan didn't have Xiao Han's city government, so he immediately scolded angrily, interrupting Wang Kang's comments.

Wang Kang saw that Zheng Tianlan on the side interrupted his words, and opened his mouth to scold himself, his face was immediately displeased, his eyes narrowed slightly, and he looked at Zheng Tianlan.

Zheng Tianlan was subordinate to Feng Yewu's original general, and this time he went out with the army, but he was not in a hurry to give him an important position, which can be regarded as a candidate for Lu Jue.

Seeing that Zheng Tianlan did not have any position mark, Wang Kang thought that he was just an entourage beside Xiao Han, and his skills did not seem to be as good as the grandmaster, so he directly said contemptuously to Zheng Tianlan.

"What are you! Don't you see you're talking to your general? Also with a plug? ”

Xiao Han was so polite to himself, and a miscellaneous follower reprimanded him instead, Wang Kang naturally wanted to regain some face.

"He's not a thing, he's a general, a general from the third grade."

A clear voice came from under the city wall, and Lu Jue leaned forward and appeared in front of everyone with a smile on his face.