Another person left him, and Xi Yan knew that there would be fewer and fewer people around him.

Although the feeling of loss in his heart was stronger for a while, he also knew that it was much better for them to leave than to be by his side.

Xi Yan sat in front of the handsome case a little dejectedly, this was the position of the elder brother...... But as soon as he left, all the pressure and responsibility shifted to him in an instant.

A few days ago, he was still a high-spirited young general, and his brother was still the commander of the three armies who strategized and won thousands of miles.

In just a few days, everything was turned upside down......

Xi Yan sat silently like this, the blood slicing down his neckline, but he didn't think about treating the wound on his neck. He knew that there was not much medicine left in the army, and he couldn't go and grab the medicine from the wounded soldiers because of this small injury.

For him now, staying in Jincheng is by no means a long-term solution, and he also deeply understands that in this case, according to the arrangement left by his brother, it is the best way to lead troops south to Lingjiang.

But once he led the army away, he really became a traitor to Da Zhao and a thief referred to by Qianfu.

Don't...... Do you really want to do this?

In the evening, Zhan Feihong suddenly opened the curtain and entered.

"General! General Shi was leaving, he said that he was going to transport grain and grass, and how could he need 10,000 people to escort grain and grass? And the last general did not believe, so he stopped him at the gate of the city. ”

Xi Yan didn't expect Zhan Feihong to come at this time, since the last long-distance trip back to Lingzhou, Zhan Feihong returned to his ranks, and Xi Yan never saw him again. Although there have been many changes, he doesn't seem to have changed, and he still looks like a young man who is full of energy.

"Let them go," Xi Yan gave the order very calmly, and Shi Hanqing's departure at this time may be a relatively comfortable choice for himself and him. Since he can't go back, it's good to let him go back.

"General!" Zhan Feihong didn't seem to believe what he heard, and emphasized, "That's 10,000 people!" ”

"I said let them go."

Zhan Feihong puffed out his cheeks, stomped his feet in the middle of the night, and reluctantly took the order. But he only left for a moment, and about two moments later, he reappeared in Xi Yan's handsome tent.

"General Yu, General Shi has already led the army to leave, and the rest of the army has not caused a riot."

"Got it," Xi Yan waved his hand a little tiredly, and ordered, "You have good moderation, go down." ”

"I'll stand guard for you!"

"Standing guard?" Xi Yan didn't quite understand what this young man did, so he asked, "Why are you standing guard for me?" ”

Zhan Feihong thought about it for a long time, and Fang Tu said, "I, I heard...... These days, there are people who come to assassinate you all the time. ”

Xi Yan's eyes narrowed, and he didn't answer his words, and there was silence in the tent for a while. Zhan Feihong also stood in place all the time, neither leaving, nor talking.

It seemed that it had been a long time before I heard Xi Yan sigh lightly, and said in a deep voice: "Until now, are you still willing to follow me?" ”

"Or else?" Zhan Feihong seems to have taken following Xi Yan as a matter of course, "You are like my brother, there will be nothing wrong with following you." ”

"Brother?" These two words suddenly poked at the most painful place in Xi Yan's heart, his face suddenly turned as white as paper, and then he asked, "Do you have a brother?" ”

"I didn't...... But I always wished I could have a brother. Zhan Feihong lowered his head and said a little embarrassed, "Although the last general only followed you for twelve days at that time, you taught me a lot of things, and you are like my brother." Heard...... Master Hou is your brother. ”

"Yes, Huan Guohou is my eldest brother."

"Do you have a brother?" Zhan Feihong suddenly raised his head again, and looked at Xi Yan's eyes, which seemed to have stars in the sea.

"Yes," Xi Yan paused, then added, "but I'm not a good brother." ”

Xi Yan didn't know why he said this to him, but at this very uncomfortable and painful time, Xi Yan felt that this nineteen-year-old boy was ...... It was lovely. It's just that he is under his command, and he is bound to be nailed to the pillar of shame of treason with himself.

Xi Yan pointed to the chair in the tent and motioned for him to sit down, for Zhan Feihong's understanding, Xi Yan only stopped at his name and age. As for the rest, Xi Yan knew almost nothing.

"You're only nineteen years old, how can you have the official position of this Cloud Rider?"

After thinking about it, Xi Yan still raised a question that he had always been unable to understand, although Zhan Feihong was not the youngest soldier in the army, but among the generals, he was still young, Zhan Feihong was indeed the youngest general.

"I dare to fight, and I can fight." Zhan Feihong's eyes suddenly released a fierce essence, and he happily talked about his military exploits, "Before coming to the northwest, I was a soldier of the Xiao Cavalry Guard. No matter when, whether it is to exterminate the bandits or suppress the giant thieves, I am always the one who has the most heads in our battalion, and our general saw that I had some ability, so he asked me to be a cavalry captain. ”

"I can't imagine your bravery...... It was actually trained with real swords and guns in the past, aren't you afraid of going to the battlefield? ”

"Don't be afraid!" Zhan Feihong said loudly, "The man wants to protect the family and defend the country, and if I kill the enemy on the battlefield, the family will have less burden." ”

Nineteen years old, should have been the age of being coquettish in the arms of his mother, but Zhan Feihong was already an elite soldier on the battlefield, and it was already commonplace for him to charge and kill the enemy, be injured and bleed.

Xi Yan sighed softly: "Stay by my side and be a pro-soldier...... Would you like to? ”

"Huh? That's great! Zhan Feihong was so happy that he almost got carried away, and he just jumped up in one step, "It's great that you can look at me!" ”

Xi Yan looked at his happy appearance, but he felt a little bitter in his heart, leaving him by his side as a personal soldier was not because of how powerful he was, but soon, there would be enemies in all directions, so it might be safer for him to stay by his side.

Let such an energetic teenager face the cruelty of the battlefield again, Xi Yan is a little reluctant.

"Is there anyone else in your family?" Thinking of his sensible words, Xi Yan wanted to know about his past.

"My mother, and my sister." Zhan Feihong's eyes suddenly dimmed, and his voice was no longer flying, "But my home is outside Xiajin Pass, not far from Lingzhou...... I don't know if they're alive or not? ”

Xi Yan patted him on the shoulder comfortingly, Zhan Feihong sniffled, and then asked Xi Yan again, "General, you have never fought before, but why are you not afraid of charging and killing the enemy at all?" ”

"This......" Xi Yan saw that his eyes were a little red, and he was willing to divert the topic, "If I say that I have killed more people than you, do you believe it or not?" ”

"I don't believe it." Zhan Feihong said without thinking, "I have been a soldier for three years, not counting this time I came to the northwest." There are not even a hundred or dozens of people killed by your own hands, how can you kill more than me? ”

"I mean really," Xi Yan paused, a slight hint of desolation in his eyes, "You killed the enemy, and I killed you...... It's an assassin and a killer. ”

"Assassins?"

"Yes," Xi Yan nodded, telling him about the murderous opportunities he had experienced in the past, "some of them pretended to be my subordinates, and some of them were ambushed on my way home...... Some are even women who pretend to be handmaidens. ”

"Why did they kill you?"

Xi Yan did not answer this question, he sketched a wry smile slightly, and then there was a long silence.

Everything in Chongdu City is still vivid, perhaps...... I really can't go back.

Xi Yan didn't know what he should do at the moment, his brother had already gone, and no one would come to help him choose, he suddenly understood...... In his own villa outside Chongdu that day, what kind of deep meaning did my brother say to himself.

The elder brother said, "If you are the superior one." ”

The elder brother said, "In this world, there is a ...... on your shoulders."

He also suddenly understood that his brother's arrangement over the years was destined to sacrifice him to fulfill himself as early as the beginning.

"But brother, you do this...... Is it really the fulfillment of me? Or is it just to vent personal anger? Why did you use the broken mountains and rivers and the innocent lives as bargaining chips for your years of planning? ”

But the answers to these questions will never be available to Xi Yan.

Zhan Feihong saw that he was deep in thought, so he walked out of the account very sensibly and guarded the brother he had already identified in his heart.