The gale on the fortress blew the flag of the camp so loudly that it almost broke. Bian Lai followed the wind-saving general Li Yongguo with the sword at his waist, and he walked with him on the walls of the fortress against the wind. Not far below them, the soldiers of the Bangfeng Battalion were practicing in the wind shouting loud slogans.

"General Li, has General Ji arranged a new battle plan?" Bian Lai turned his head to Li Yongguo and asked.

Li Yongguo's hand holding the order flag was behind him, and he raised his head and let the wind blow, as if he was standing still. "It's arranged." It took him a while before he spoke to Bian.

"Then dare to ask the general, where are we going to attack this year?" Bian Lai asked, "Hudari Ministry?" ”

"This year, we won't attack anywhere." Li Yongguo said, "Stick to the line of the Great Wall. ”

"Shou? Why? Bian Lai asked suspiciously, "Since General Ji led us to attack last year, the results have been remarkable, the morale of the soldiers is high, and the Huda people obviously dare not invade our land at will." With this good momentum, why did it suddenly switch from offense to defense again? ”

"Bian Lai, haven't you heard about the serious floods in several places in the east of Iluo?" Li Yongguo asked.

"The subordinates of the flood have also heard about it." Bian Lai asked, "But I don't know this, what does it have to do with attacking the Hudas?" ”

"Don't you know that disaster relief requires a lot of money and food?" Li Yongguo said, "And as far as Iluo is concerned, the consumption of the treasury is not limited to this, and it is reported that now my Ilo Navy is also making every effort to clear out the enemy of Yingzhou who is attacking from the southeast." Although they defeated the Yingzhou fleet in the north not long ago, there are still many Yingzhou people in the Yuhengzhou area who are still disturbing the people, and if they want to completely eliminate them, they also need to consume a large amount of national treasury reserves. In this situation, after the imperial court's discretion, we will not be able to go north of the desert for the time being."

"It's the general, the subordinates understand." Bian Lai turned to sigh, "Hey, it's a pity that in such a situation, it would be good if we could attack the Huda people again and wipe them out of the prairie in one fell swoop." ”

"General Ji Yuan, why don't you want to." Li Yongguo said, "But that is not an easy task. ”

"General Li, it is said that the brothers of our naval army are also powerful enough, and they defeated the main force of Yingzhou in one battle?"

Li Yongguo nodded, "Yes, that's what the military report sent by Qingfu said." ”

"Harufu?" Bian Lai asked, "Did our water army win the battle in Qingfu?" ”

"Yes."

"Great, General, do you know, I'm from Qingfu." Bian Lai said proudly, "Our water army won the battle in Qingfu, and I also feel that there is light on my face." ”

"It turns out that you are from Qingfu..."Li Yongguo hesitated for a moment and said, "Do you know that now the whole territory of Qingfu has been..."

"What's wrong? Checkmate? Bian Lai asked, "Does the general want to say that the water in the entire territory of Qingfu has receded?" ”

"Drowned."

"What?!" Bian Lai asked in horror.

"It's all flooded."

"How is it possible, General, it is impossible for any kind of flood to drown the whole of Qingfu, right? Wouldn't this news be less accurate. Bian said.

"Yesterday, Luo Chuan's letter to General Ji Yuan was clearly written. I saw it too. Li Yongguo said.

"Oh my God, what's going on?"

"The rise in the sea during this period was reported in the Hong Kong Economic Journal. Qingfu in the nine counties of Shaoguang State, almost the entire territory of the second county of Huanyang was flooded. Luozhucheng, the capital of Yuheng Prefecture, and some of the lowlands of Quanxi, Qiyu and Cuiyan counties in the eleven counties were flooded. Even in the eastern part of Kaiyang Prefecture, there are nomadic tribes who report flooding with seawater and encroaching on vast areas. ”

"How so?" Bian Lai couldn't believe his ears, and he said gloomily, "Why is this..."

"Nobody knows why." Li Yongguo said.

"General..."Bian Lai was speechless for a moment.

"Bian, adjust your emotions and listen to me. I have called you alone today not to tell you about these afflictions, but to have a military order for you. ”

Bian Lai immediately straightened the armor on his body, then knelt on one knee, clasped his hands into fists and said to Li Yongguo, "Subordinates listen to orders." ”

"Turning the hussar general Ji Yuanling, with the Wind Saving Battalion, Kuang Annihilation Battalion, and Flying Dome Battalion, each with ten elite people, and ten guides from the Yandi Department, a total of forty soldiers, set off north to the Netherworld within three days to spy on Hu Da's movements."

"Order."

Bian Lai stood up and immediately asked Li Yongguo, "General, do you want to send me, in, into the Netherworld?" ”

"Do you want me to repeat the order to you again?"

"The subordinates don't dare!"

"Bian is coming..." Li Yong's Chinese tone slowed down and said, "Actually, this task, don't say that you don't understand, to be honest, even Ben Jiang I don't understand too much." First, for the first time, I heard that this task of spying on military intelligence would have to be carried out by each battalion and form a scale of forty people, and second, this netherworld was far away in the north of the desert, and it was really strange to go there to spy on the military situation. For these confusions, I also asked General Ji Yuan, but the general said that he had his own arrangements. ”

"General Li, I heard that the hell is unusually cold, and I heard that even the Huda people don't go. What can we do there? Bian Lai said confusedly.

"Heard? Marching and fighting by heard? Li Yongguo scolded Bian Lai.

"Subordinates know their mistakes." Bian Lai bowed his head and said, "The subordinates listen to the general's instructions. ”

"Captain Bian, this time General Ji asked me to save the wind and battalion ten elites, and I chose you first. Thou hast pursued and killed the enemy on your own horse, and thou hast become an example for the soldiers, and thou shalt not shirk it. As for the remaining nine people, I will no longer interfere, and the elite soldiers below the captain are up to you to choose. In addition, in addition to your own weapons and bags, you are allowed to go to the Quartermaster Office to receive all the supplies necessary for the journey, as well as any strong crossbows and swords. ”

"Yes."

"Go ahead."

Bian Lai resigned from Li Yongguo, the general of the wind, and immediately came to the training ground, he stood on the side of the standard-bearer, and his eyes swept over the soldiers. In the face of these comrades who have been with him all year round, he immediately has six or seven suitable candidates in his heart.

Looking at these young and sturdy soldiers in front of him, Bian Lai suddenly felt a little unbearable from the bottom of his heart. He felt that this mission was extremely special and extremely dangerous, and if these young soldiers were taken away by themselves like this, some of them would definitely not be able to come back. This Li Yongguo must also know that these individuals are not easy to pick, but they pushed me to nothing, Bian Lai thought.

Bian Lai thought about this and hesitated for a while, he did not immediately order the required soldiers to be gathered, but returned to Shuodingsai City by himself. After hesitating in the city for a while, Bian Lai paced to the quartermaster office first.

The soldiers of the quartermaster department had not yet received Li Yongguo's military order, and Bian Lai could not enter the armory to select weapons for the time being, so he had to wait outside first. Just as he was doing nothing, a knocking sound caught his attention.

He followed the jingling sound, but saw a prisoner in prison clothes forging a weapon on an iron felt outside a craftsman's room.

Seeing that the prisoner was forging hot iron with great strength and seemed to be tireless, Bian came up to him and asked, "You are a prisoner, who allowed you to forge weapons here?" ”

"The prisoner is white, and he was ordered by General Lin to forge a blade here."

"Oh? General Lin ordered you to be here? ”

"Yes." Bai Wu said without raising his head, tapping on the blazing iron on the iron felt.

When Bian Lai saw that the prisoner in the first section didn't raise his head when he spoke to him, and he still clanged the hot iron on the iron felt, he suddenly felt unhappy in his heart, so he said, "The one who forged weapons here before was a very senior sergeant, and since General Lin has now ordered you to forge blades here, your skills must be very superb." Right now, I'm about to go on an expedition, and I'm missing a strange knife to kill the enemy, I wonder if you can build one? ”

"If General Lin allows this to be forged using the steel that has been tempered and refined before, the high-grade Mo Dao can be forged for you in four days." Bai Wuyi still lowered his head and said as he banged on the red-hot iron.

"General Lin is familiar with me, and I will talk to him. But I'm going to go out in three days, and I can't wait for the four days you need. Bian looked at Bai Wuyi and said, "How about you give me a handful in three days?" ”

Bai Wuyi stopped making a sound, just banging his head.

"Bold offender." Looking at Bai Wuyi's sullen appearance, Bian Lai was a little annoyed, and he said to Bai Wuyi, "Little prisoner, I talk to you, why do you ignore me?" ”

"May I ask this school officer, a hundred refining Mo knife that should have been forged in four days, I will forge it for you in three days, do you dare to rely on it to go to the battlefield?"

Bian Lai was stunned for a moment, but he felt that this prisoner was reasonable and extraordinary. Bian Lai thought for a moment and said, "Okay, I don't think it's better to do this, you can first bring me the best blade you forged before." I'll see how your craft goes. ”

Bai Wuyi took a horizontal knife from the weapon rack behind him and handed it to Bian Lai. As soon as Bian Lai took it, he felt that the weight of this knife was appropriate, and it was very handy. He waved it, and found another wooden stick to slash in the air, and the wooden stick was cut off flush by one section.

"What a knife."

Bai Wuyi looked at him, didn't make a sound, and continued to beat his head.

"Hey, I mean, you're pretty good at it. No wonder General Lin left you here. ”

"Thanks for the compliment."

"Where did you learn this craft?"

Bai Wuyi was silent.

"I'll ask you." Bian Lai said loudly.

"Sloping Valley."

"Sloping Valley?!" Bian Lai said in surprise, "Are you a disciple of the Slope Valley?" ”

"Exactly, it seems that the adults know about the valley."

"I don't just know, I was there to learn art when I was young."

"What's his name?" Bai Wuyi finally stopped the hammer in his hand, and he raised his eyes to Bian Lai and asked.

"His name is Yu Pu. Do you know each other? Bian Lai asked Bai Wuyi.

"Acquaintance." Bai Wuyi said, "He is my junior brother." ”

"He's your junior brother?! Are you still brothers? What a coincidence. Bian Lai changed his previous attitude, he smiled and asked Bai Wuyi, "Yu Pu, is he okay?" ”

Bai Wuyi shook his head, "I don't know. ”

"Huh? Why don't you know that you are brothers? ”

"Last year, he went to the south with Master. He hasn't been seen since. Bai Wuyi said.

"What did he do in the South?"

"I don't know."

"You don't know anything." Bian said. Seeing that Bai Wuyi was silent, he turned to ask again, "However, you said that you are a disciple of the Slope Valley, and it is not good to stay in the Slope Valley, why are you still assigned here?" What happened? ”

"Killed." Bai Wuyi said.

"Hey, you're still going to kill?" Bian Lai smiled and said, "Tell me, who did you kill?"

"A foreign merchant."

"Oh. What kind of corrupt officials and bullies did I kill you, the leader of the martial arts alliance. Bian Lai turned to ask curiously, "This foreign merchant Jia came to my Yiluo just to do some business, why did you kill him?" Figure his belongings? ”

"Killed by Master's orders."

"There's got to be a reason for that, right?" Bian Lai asked.

"There's no reason." Bai Wuyi said.

"There must be a reason." Bian said, "Your master is my buddy's master, I think your master can let you kill people, and he can also let my buddies kill people, this is a big deal, I have to ask a reason." ”

Bai Wuyi looked at Bian Lai and hesitated for a moment, then spoke, "Stealing forging technology." ”

"Can this forging technique be stolen?" Bian Lai was surprised by Bai Wuyi's answer, and he said, "This forging technique of your Xiegu, even if you find a master to teach those foreigners for a few years, I don't think they will necessarily be able to learn it." ”

"My lord, you don't know anything about this, and I can't give you an answer." Bai Wuyi said, "Please know one thing, Xiegu will never kill a good person in vain. ”

"Okay. Then tell me about your junior brother, my little brother Yu Pu, how did he live in the valley in the past few years? ”

"My lord, I still have work to do, can I talk about it another day?" Bai Wuyi said.

Bian Lai was stunned for a moment, he looked around and saw that the soldiers were coming and going, and it was indeed not suitable for small talk at the moment. "Okay, I'll come back to you another day." Bian said.

After Bian Lai turned around and walked a few steps, he suddenly came back and asked Bai Wuyi in a low voice, "Prisoner, let me ask you, do you want to go with me on the expedition?" ”

Bai Wuyi was a little confused by Bian Lai's sudden question, and he looked at him without saying a word.

"Come with me to spy on the military in the Netherlands, do you dare?" Bian Lai continued, "If you go here and make military merits, I will report to the general, and you will be spared from punishment." ”

"Netherlands?" Bai Wuyi's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked.

"Yes, go to the Netherlands, do you dare to go?" Bian asked him.

Bai Wuyi stared at Bian Lai's eyes for a moment, then nodded.

"Good! Balls! Bian Lai smiled and said, "How are you doing kung fu?" If it drags me back, I won't take you there. ”

Bai Wuyi reflexively pulled out a barrier knife on the knife holder between Bian Lai's words, and between the lightning and flint, Bian Lai only felt that he waved the knife in front of him, and the knife was quickly withdrawn by him.

"You fancy don't you..." Bian Lai's words were not finished, and he could only hear a crisp sound on the ground.

He looked down and saw a brass buckle falling to the ground, making a circle. After Bian Lai picked up the copper buckle on the ground, he found that this copper buckle was the copper buckle used to tie the quiver around the soldier's waist. He looked at his waist hesitantly, and when he saw it, he was instantly shocked into a cold sweat, this copper buckle was the thing on his waist, and now the leather rope tied with the copper buckle was swinging in the wind.