The sunset is lonely, the wind sweeps the sand, and the crows sing alone. It is really a desert scene, but the appearance of an army has broken such a sad atmosphere.

They were well-armed, their morale was high, and their war songs were so loud that they could be heard everywhere in the desert, so that this seriously ruined the quiet and desolate scene of the whole desert, and even a few crows flew away silently when they saw them coming.

This really ruined the scenery of the desert, but no one came to stop this team, and no one dared to stop this team. Because they drove all the way from the border of their country, they encountered several armies for dozens of miles without defeat.

This is indeed a terrifying army, and it is said that the combat strength of the border army should be very strong. But their enemies, the so-called most powerful elite of the frontier armies, were all defeated at their hands.

Yes, a team of only 3,000 people collapsed the entire army of tens of thousands of the opposing party, and this was under the premise that the commander did not come forward to direct the battle.

Tens of thousands of people and 3,000 men fought and slaughtered, not only the whole army was destroyed, but they had never even seen the face of the enemy commander, how terrifying such an army was, it is not necessary to imagine to know a thing or two.

However, these outsiders will never know that this army was cannon fodder a group of refugees a month ago. In just one month, they have undergone the most complete transformation.

This kind of transformation is not only in terms of strength, but also in psychology. And all this is due to the commander of this team - Zhao Yulong.

Yes, in just one month, Zhao Yulong mobilized everyone to find almost all the materials for refining a thousand Star Picking Pills. Although some people took the opportunity to leave in the process of searching for medicinal herbs, there were more who stayed after all.

And all those who stayed were given the Star Picking Pill by Zhao Yulong, so the strength of their entire team increased greatly, creating today's situation.

However, what really made this group of soldiers willing to die was Zhao Yulong's speech, yes, they couldn't forget those words from beginning to end.

"You are very unfortunate that you were born into such a race, lived in such a country, and had such a status, and it was such a mold that brought you into the ranks of my people. Perhaps the generals of the other armies will tell you how strong they are, and if they hear their will, they will survive.

But here I just want to say no! I can see that I have only the air of a man of letters, and I am not a general at all, nor do I have the temper of those generals, so even if you follow my orders in battle, you will still die.

But if you are strong enough, you can survive the battlefield. And this so-called strength is not only your strength, but also your heart. If you don't care about life and death on the battlefield and only think about killing the enemy, believe me, you will definitely be able to survive to the end.

I know, you may say, Zhao Yulong, you are just a scholar, how can He De make such wild words. You don't even have anyone to worry about, so naturally you don't have to worry about your life or death on the battlefield.

Yes, I don't care. But you do, and I guess all of you here will have relatives living in this world to a greater or lesser extent! You don't want to die because you are afraid that you will never see them again, so you are afraid of war.

But you should think about it, if you kill all your enemies on the battlefield, then who will come and kill you? Of course, you will not die if you don't go to the battlefield, but you are willing to be a bear who has been trampled under the feet of others for the rest of your life, or a hero who triumphs, you choose. I just want to say that you are only qualified to protect others if your abilities and powers are greater than others. ”

Yes, although Zhao Yulong didn't say much, it was not as good as half the time of what those emperors said before the so-called holy war began. But compared to the so-called benevolence and righteousness, Zhao Yulong's words seem to be able to penetrate the hearts of these soldiers.

Someone else's war is only for the so-called name in words, but in fact it is only for their own interests. And the meaning of the war that Zhao Yulong told these soldiers is nothing more than two points, fighting in order to survive, and participating in the war in order to have no more wars.

This may seem paradoxical, but it is in fact a real truth. The beginning of a war stems from ambition, and the end of a war stems from war. A war that is not won or lost will continue forever until one side loses.

And the significance of Zhao Yulong leading them is to defeat the enemy country, so in the eyes of these soldiers, as long as they win as soon as they win, the sooner they can go home and reunite with their relatives.

This kind of going home is different from running back, even if there is no crime in escaping, it may not sound good to say. The triumphant soldiers, on the other hand, were treated differently, they were heroes, and they were treated with the courtesy of the nobility.

And for these soldiers who have been dealing with the loess for most of their lives, those nobles are often out of reach.

And now that as long as they win, they can have the opportunity to be equal to them, or even have a position above them, how can these soldiers not go crazy?

Therefore, along the way, due to the high morale of the soldiers and Zhao Yulong's secret command. The border troops against the enemy were so strong that they did not have the slightest effort.

Nowadays, however, it is somewhat different, and the troops at the border pass are generally encamped, and it is easy to win if they attack at night. However, after crossing this border, it will be less than a dozen miles to the enemy's city, which is inevitably a little difficult to deal with.

"Brother Long, how long do you have to go! There is not much water in this desert, and my mouth is dry. Right now, the team was advancing, but Hu Yun suddenly ran from the front of the line to the back.

Here, Zhao Yulong was looking at the history books of the Heavenly Clan while following the team. Now that he heard Hu Yun's question, he looked up and looked around, and put down the book in his hand.

After taking out the map intercepted from the enemy a few days ago, Zhao Yulong compared the surrounding scenery: "Soon, ten miles ahead is Pingqiu Pass, the border city of the Shanaphtha Kingdom." ”

"Arrived at Pingqiu Pass?" Now Jing Rui also came here at some point, maybe he found that Hu Yun was missing, or he asked the team to stop.

As a result, Zhao Yulong took a closer look at the map in his hand, and Jing Rui immediately said: "Since it is already so close, Brother Long, why don't we take advantage of this opportunity to attack! After all, everyone's morale is just right, and the loot captured in several battles just equips us." ”

"Don't worry, we're here today. The army in the team has enough food for us to eat for a year, and we have time to attack. It's just that now, although everyone's morale is high, they are exhausted and really can't fight. With that, Zhao Yulong asked Hu Yun to go and ask these soldiers to camp on the spot.

Seeing that Hu Yun had already given the order, Jing Rui looked a little anxious: "But a few days ago, the envoy of the Heavenly Clan said that it would take us two months to capture Pingqiu Pass and join the army of another vassal state. ”

"That's two months away, no hurry. Now everyone has won many victories, not only physically exhausted, but also mentally exhausted. If you don't believe it, see for yourself how many of them still have the enemy in their eyes, with the current state of the team, if they go to attack the city, the whole army will be destroyed, and no one will survive. ”

"Is it really so serious?" Jing Rui naturally didn't believe Zhao Yulong's words, but he felt that Zhao Yulong was just joking.

"Otherwise, why do you think this Pingqiu Pass is called unbreakable for 10,000 years? Not to mention his terrain, just the structure of his city wall is enough to make it difficult to break. Don't forget, their walls are ten feet long. ”

"Shizhang?"

"Yes, it was ten zhang long, and the wall was hollow, and five zhang high was an arrow hole more than half a man high, and whenever the enemy attacked the city, some of their archers shot arrows in it. And although the distance there can be shot, because there are bricks and stones, if you shoot at each other, it is a loss. Zhao Yulong said that he gave Jingrui a copy of the information of Pingqiu Pass

This was given by the envoy of the Celestial Clan a few days ago, and of course this envoy was not sent by the Divine Monarch of the Khotanese Temple. It was that the Tianyang God King wanted to help Zhao Yulong, but because the main purpose was to train Zhao Yulong, he only provided some information about the city, but he would not help him solve it.

After all, as a dignified god king, what does it look like to personally attack a small city of the human race? But what he recorded was detailed, and it was obvious that he did not spend much effort.

And now that Zhao Yulong has obtained this information, he naturally knows something about the enemy army. Now he continues to tell Jing Rui: "And this ten-zhang high distance is impossible for ordinary people to climb, so the only way to enter the city is to take the ladder and the city gate." In the middle of the desert, the ladder was not easy to carry, and we did not have it, so we could only enter through the city gates. ”

"In that case, then just attack the city gates. I used the Yuan Spirit Shield to block the opponent's arrow rain in front, and then the cavalry charged with me, and with my strength, I would definitely be able to open the city gate. When the enemy saw that the city gate was breached, it was obvious that they would come down to block it, and naturally the infantry behind us would not be rained by the enemy's arrows. ”

"You're thinking too simply!" After listening to Jing Rui's words, Zhao Yulong quickly shook his head and continued: "This city gate is only six feet wide, and a maximum of a few people can pass at a time. Upon entering the city gates, they had a long and narrow corridor. As long as the enemy has a strong man in the way, you will not be able to attack it at all. ”

"But looking at it, what kind of strong man can this country have?" Hearing Zhao Yulong's words, Jing Rui couldn't help but look a little unconvinced.

"Without him, it's just a powerhouse of the Yaolong Realm. And he happened to be in this Pingqiu Pass, known as the god of the desert - Yang Xue Qian. Speaking of this, Zhao Yulong's eyes lit up, he had actually heard of this person before.

When I was in General Qitian's barracks, I heard about such an opponent. Although its strength is not very strong, it sticks to one point and only defends and does not attack.

Although he couldn't do it by letting him attack the city and plunder the land, he was notoriously good at holding the city walls. No matter how many troops the opponent has, he will only return in vain, and one of his biggest characteristics is that he will not pursue the enemy when he sees him defeated and fleeing.

So even if some enemies want to ambush him, it won't help. Therefore, the reputation of Yang Xue Qian spread a little widely in the countries of the human race, and naturally General Qitian also knew about it, so Zhao Yulong at that time also heard it.

Now that he has encountered such an opponent, Zhao Yulong can't help but look a little excited. After all, such a strong enemy is worthy of being counted as an opponent, and only such an opponent can inspire his own progress in the use of troops.

"It turned out to be him, so how can we attack this city?" Obviously, Jing Rui had also heard of this general, and now his face was also embarrassed, and he didn't have the impatient temperament he had before.

"This Pingqiu Pass is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and it is absolutely impossible to force it if you want to enter it. And surrounding, we don't have enough manpower. In addition, the cities where they killed Nasa were very closely separated from each other, and they could not be blocked or encircled. So if our team wants to get in, we can only take their boss and exchange their boss's life for the city gates wide open, so that we can take this place. After speaking, Zhao Yulong threw a water bag to Jing Rui and motioned for him to take a few sips like himself.

Although he was indeed thirsty, his heart was even more anxious, like a fire.

Now he said: "Isn't it the same as not saying it? According to Yang Xueqian's character, he is willing to go out of the city gate and be arrested by us? Besides, you are the only one here who can catch him, do you want to expose your identity as the commander of the army to the enemy so quickly? You must know that the assassin of the Sha Na Kingdom is famous. ”

"Who said he would never go out of the city? Although he was cautious, he was also a human being, and as long as he was a human being, he would definitely have his own temper, and it was inevitable that there would be times when he made mistakes. And I don't have to show up, with your strength is enough. ”

"Really?" Zhao Yulong's words are indeed a little hard to believe, although Zhao Yulong seems to be very sure, but the other party's reputation Jingrui himself is not unclear, is it really so easy to be defeated?

"I know you're suspicious, don't worry! As a brother, I won't talk in front of you. Okay, let's set up camp with the soldiers! The desert is very windy and sandy at night, and if we don't take good measures to prevent sand, maybe we will all be buried in the sand the next day. After speaking, Zhao Yulong also began to set up his own tent.

When the tent was finished, it was already night. Because the war for half a month made these soldiers look a little tired, they all fell asleep after eating supper, and Zhao Yulong also went to bed early in order to recuperate his spirits.

The whole camp was remarkably quiet, but there were still two people who couldn't sleep. They are Jing Rui and Hu Yun, at this time Hu Yun was wandering around, when he saw Jing Rui and said, "Brother Rui still doesn't sleep so late? Although this place is not far from Pingqiu Pass, this is a desert, and they don't have that much chance of discovering us. ”

Jing Rui didn't know what he was thinking at this time, but when he heard a voice, he hurriedly held the spear, turned his head and found that it was Hu Yun who relaxed his vigilance and said:

"I can't sleep, after all, the enemy city is more than ten miles away, and if I am so close, I will directly lead the troops to fight it. But Zhao Yulong didn't let me move for the time being, which made me unable to sleep, and I always wanted to hit it faster. ”

After that, Jing Rui looked at Hu Yun again: "What about you? Why don't you sleep so late? Don't tell me I'm homesick?"

"Where, you must know that we demons are the most ruthless and unjust. Now that I'm out, where to think about home, let them wait at home!" Hu Yun replied briskly, and in his opinion, there was almost nothing that could not be joked about.

After laughing, he suddenly became serious, and said in a deep voice: "I think Brother Long is a little strange, although I can feel that he is no different from Brother Long, but I always feel that he is missing something?"

"Less arrogance, more calmness. In the past, if he encountered something that he could solve, he would not have considered it, and he would have done it at that time. But nowadays, even doing something simple takes some time. Before Hu Yun finished speaking, Jing Rui said this first.

"Exactly, Brother Rui, how do you know what is in my mind? Could it be that you are the roundworm in my stomach?"

"It's not just you who notice it, I'm also aware of it. But don't worry, do you remember what Zhao Yulong said above the Heavenly Realm?"

"I know, Brother Long said that he had two souls, and two souls were in his body before, and now he only had one yang soul stripped out. And the yin soul is still in the original body, saying that it is to solve the inner demon in Brother Long's body. It's just that what is this inner demon?" Speaking of this, Hu Yun seemed a little curious.

"I'm curious to know why he was able to make Brother Long's Yang Soul have to temporarily change his body, to be honest, I still think Brother Long's original appearance looks more accustomed. ”

"This ...... I don't know very well. When it comes to demons, Jing Rui naturally doesn't know too much. At that time, Zhao Yulong was afraid that someone would hear about it because of the time and the fact that it was the Heavenly Clan's mansion, so he saved a lot of it, and just said it briefly.

And in the words he said, he only briefly mentioned two souls, the Yin Soul and the Yang Soul, as well as the Heart Demon. As for the Yin Soul being Emperor Wu, and the inner demon is the content of the dirt left in the heart of Emperor Wu when he broke through the Soul Condensing Realm, all of which have been omitted.

Naturally, Jing Rui didn't understand it too much, but he was also smart, so he guessed a rough idea: "I think it should be the evil thoughts in his heart! Do you remember that there was a time in the academy when he killed someone who was wrong? It is estimated that he was already in the path of demons at that time." ”

"I see, I see. Hearing Jing Rui's words, thinking of Zhao Yulong's temper for a while, Hu Yun also understood a lot: "It's not early, Brother Rui should rest early! Before Brother Long fell asleep, he seemed to say that he would discuss the method of attacking the city tomorrow." ”

(End of chapter)