No one could have imagined the catastrophic consequences of a fire.

A few days later, the walls of Shuofang City were still strong, but the barbarian battle flags were planted on the gates. Only scattered traces of blood and ashes tell of the great battle that took place not long ago.

Rows and rows of residents of the former Nebula Empire were driven from outside the city towards Shuofang City, which had been overrun by barbarians—the towns and villages around Shuofang City had been looted.

The Zhenxi Army and the defenders of Shuofang City were almost completely wiped out, resulting in the empire no longer having a formed army in the north to confront the barbarian invasion army head-on. On the other hand, in addition to the barbarian raids, there was also a steady stream of supplies and soldiers coming from the rear of the barbarians. The defeat in the last battle caused the Nebula Empire to face not only the 300,000 tiger and wolf army, but the invading army would soon reach 400,000 or 500,000. The fighting has spread across the North.

"Smack!!" The old emperor's favorite Kowloon Cup was torn apart.

"You guys did a good job!!"

"I don't know if the imperial prince is alive or dead, and the blood of Zhenxi General Zhu Ye stains the battlefield. You are still arguing about finances, supplies, and troop routes. Now that Shuofang City is lost, which of you can go and take it back, ah?!! ”

Those who tremble, those who bow their eyebrows and are pleasing to the eyes, and there are countless people whose eyes are fluttering, and there is only a lack of people in the huge vermilion lacquer hall who hold their heads high and are like the old Yan of the day.

At this moment, General Yan was already wearing a cloth robe and sitting on a rickety and simple and somewhat rudimentary carriage, embarking on the journey home.

The poor old general has been fighting horses all his life, and at this moment he has been demoted from the court, but he is more and more energetic.

"Ah Fu, has this reached the boundary of Tongzhou?" The old general lifted the curtain.

"Yes, sir. At most, two hours will be there to the post station in Tongzhou. "Ah Fu is a loyal servant, his father is the personal soldier of General Yan, and he failed to return in a battle, so General Yan took him back and forth, although he is the master servant, but he is like a righteous father and son.

"How do I feel that since we crossed the Ganges, we have met a lot more business travelers along the way?" Old General Yan rubbed his sore arms, after all, he was old, and he was tired from riding in the carriage so quickly.

"What the master said is, what is even more strange is that there are only those who go to the south, and there are no people who go to the north like us." Ah Fu's unintentional words made General Yan's face change.

"Is this ~~ ......?" General Yan couldn't sit still, and with a wave of his hand, the carriage stopped. He got out of the car and stopped a businessman-looking man.

"This little brother, dare to ask what happened in the north, I see so many people, if it is a business trip, it shouldn't be only south-facing?" General Yan is known as majestic in the army, but he is very kind to the people.

The merchant who was stopped lightly bowed his hand, and his words were also very respectful: "Old man, I haven't seen it with my own eyes, but everyone said so, I heard that the barbarian army is coming, and Shuofang City has also been lost." These people all fled when they heard the news, and they all said that the barbarians were very cruel, and people also ate them. ”

Old General Yan frowned, "Oh, thank you little brother for telling me." ”

"You're polite, I don't think the old man has anything important to do and don't go north, with my years of experience in walking the rivers and lakes, I'm afraid these news are not groundless."

"Well, Ben will ~ I have my own measure, thank you." General Yan hugged his fists, but he bluffed the businessman. Waved his hand and walked away.

"Ah Fu, let's hurry up." General Yan was worried about the safety of the front line.

When he arrived at the Tongzhou Post Station, the old general simply changed two fast horses and took his servants on a starry night.

On this day, the anxious General Yan had already arrived in Izumosai, and it was only three days away from Shuofang City at most. Find a teahouse where the horses can eat some forage and rest for themselves. After running around for days, General Yan's eyes sank.

Along the way, I have met more people, and now even the displaced people can see it, and the old general has already known that something is wrong, and has been thinking hard about what he can do.

Suddenly, there was a loud noise.

"Hey, you kid don't understand the rules, let the boss sit first."

"Yes, yes, I was wrong, next time I will definitely look forward to the woman in red. Hey. A big man dressed in a rich garment nodded his head and was busy cleaning the stool of a female swordsman in a red cloak.

"We don't have so many rules, second, you don't have to reprimand everyone for this. Let's sit casually, let's rest for a while and continue on our way. The female swordsman in red took the tea at the right temperature on the table and drank it all.

General Yan's eyes narrowed, seeing that this group of people did not behave like a caravan but like bandits, but there were still important matters at the moment, but it was not appropriate to cause more trouble.

"Little Er, check out." Old General Yan was together, and the sword on his body was exposed.

The female swordsman who accidentally aimed at it widened her eyes and stood up suddenly.

"Dare to ask, who is the old general?" The female swordsman walked over and clasped her hands into fists.

Old General Yan was startled, but his face was silent, "What is the female doll talking about?" ”

"Haha, I'm drunk Jiuge, I'm an adventurer, I see that the sword on the old man's body looks like a sword only has a high-ranking general in the army, so I have this question." This female swordsman in a red and white cloak is not the sister of Xiaomi, drunk Jiuge.

When General Yan heard that he was an adventurer, he breathed a sigh of relief. "The girl doll has good eyesight. I did serve in the military, but now I'm white. ”

"Oh~" There was a hint of disappointment in Zui Jiuge's voice, "You don't have military power." ”

Old General Yan asked curiously, "Military power? What are you looking for the army? ”

"Our Nebula Empire's Shuofang City has been lost, you have to take it back, otherwise soon the barbarian army will come over." Drunk Jiuge was very excited.

It turned out that Drunken Jiu Ge and her group of bandit brothers successfully avoided the battle in Shuofang City, but because they stopped and stopped all the way, they were caught up by the refugees who fled later. Drunk Jiu Ge took his brothers and killed them back, but unfortunately the barbarian army was dense, far from what their gang of little thieves could contend with, so they killed a few scattered barbarian squads and broke a few brothers. Drunk Jiuge had no choice but to lead the bandits to continue their original plan and go to the south to find his sister. Seeing a high-ranking general of the empire now, he immediately wanted to pour out all the information he knew, so as to attract the attention of the empire and send a strong army to recover Shuofang City.

"What!!" Old General Yan had already guessed in his heart, but he was still surprised to confirm this matter with his own ears. "What about the Zhenxi Army? Didn't they rush to the battlefield? ”

Drunken Jiuge inquired very clearly, "The Zhenxi army was wrapped in dumplings, and the Zhenxi general Zhu Ye was killed." ”

Old General Yan stumbled and barely stood firmly, and Ah Fu beside him hurriedly helped him.

"No, the military situation is so rotten, I must inform General Shi before it is possible to change the situation." His calloused hands supported his forehead, "Drunk Jiuge, if you go further, is it possible to meet the barbarian rangers?" ”

"Well, we've all been there." Drunken Jiuge nodded

"I'll give you a mission now, escorting General Ben to Guiyan Village. General Ben must ask General Shi to come out. ”

Before Drunken Jiu Ge could speak, her second master spoke, "I don't know what the reward for the general's entrusted mission is?" The brothers are also old and young. ”

"Hmm~ I can't give it to you now, when General Shi or I take charge of the army, I can give you military merits." Old General Yan had a straight face.

The bandit on the other side kept cursing in his heart: I want your sister's military merits, Lao Tzu is a wanted criminal, and I don't have the life to get the military merits.

Regardless of the little brother behind him desperately tugging at the corners of his clothes, as well as the mad envoy's eyes, Drunk Jiuge was in a high mood: "Okay, it's rare for the old general to go against the current, loyal to the monarch and love the people, this task is taken by this woman!" ”