Volume 1 Origin Chapter 378 Leading the army westward
"You...... Why do you have to go back, do you know that now the entire northwest has been affected by the beast tide, and manpower can't resist it at all, you will only be sent to death in the past!" Xiang Jinglei said to Xiang Yun seriously!
"So...... So you all drove me farther away, just don't you want me to fall into disaster!" Xiang Yun looked directly at Xiang Jinglei and asked word by word.
"......" Xiang Jinglei was speechless for a while, and he had already acquiesced to all this.
"Third brother, your top priority now is to go to Dragon City to participate in the Great Dynasty Meeting, the Beast Tide in the Northwest involves the Seven Great Sects and the Silver Moon Forest, this kind of game between the level forces is no longer something we can interfere with, now that Fengyun Academy has come forward to negotiate with them, there will definitely be a solution. ”
"Hmph, the solution, if it can really be solved, the beast tide will not be launched, Qin Feng City is located on the northwest border, once the beast tide occurs, it will definitely bear the brunt, I must go back!"
"You're crazy! Qin Fengcheng is probably already in the sea of cloud beasts now, and even thousands of troops and horses will be devoured, and your return is equivalent to a moth fighting a fire!"
"So what?" Xiang Yun's attitude was extremely resolute.
"Hey...... Why are you bothered, one Qin Feng City is gone, it's a big deal to build another one, and you won't be afraid that there will be no firewood to burn!" Xiang Jinglei persuaded again.
Facing the 'Silver Moon Forest', one of the four forbidden places, under the huge beast tide, even if he was thundered, he could only feel powerless.
However, in the face of Xiang Jinglei's bitter persuasion, Xiang Yun still shook his head!
He muttered, "If the city is gone, it can be rebuilt, but what about the man?"
At this moment, many people's voices appeared in Xiang Yun's mind, including Lao Liangtou, Yue Jing, Steward Zhang, Liu Hong, and Qiao Feng...... In the end, all the pictures flickered by, and they were frozen on a person's body, a beautiful face with a smile but tears.
"Lin Wan'er!"
The silly girl who shed tears in strings, but wanted to deliberately show a smile and wave goodbye to herself, when she left, Xiang Yun had promised her that she would definitely go back!
Now that she is in the endless tide of beasts, she must be very scared, she misses herself very much, for Lin Wan'er, for this group of lovely people, how can Xiang Yun ignore it!
"This ......" Xiang Jinglei wanted to dissuade him again, but a hand was pressed on his shoulder!
Xiang Yun looked at Xiang Jinglei with a firm gaze: "Big brother, Qin Fengcheng must go, because my woman is still waiting for me there!"
Hearing this, Xiang Jinglei's eyes trembled, he glanced at Xiang Yun deeply, and was silent for a long time, and finally he sighed and said: "Okay! You have grown up and have your own choices, since you insist on going back, I will no longer stop you!"
"But ......"
Xiang Yun frowned slightly and looked at Xiang Jinglei.
Xiang Jinglei went and said: "But it's too dangerous for you to go back alone, I will send three hundred snow wolf riders, plus three thousand floating slaughter iron horses to escort you, the number of people in the beast tide may not be useful, but the target may be too big, so the possibility of you reaching Qin Feng City should be greater!"
Xiang Yun wanted to refuse, but was stopped by Xiang Jinglei's gaze, thinking that this was already his last bottom line, and in the end Xiang Yun could only nod in agreement!
At noon on the same day, in the Hancheng Pass, three hundred snow wolf riders and three thousand Futu iron horsemen crossed Sanyang City from Hancheng Pass at the same time, all the way out of Beilin County, took the road due west, and galloped all the way on the official road, the speed was several times that of ordinary cavalry!
The leader of the team was Xiang Yun, he was dressed in a strong suit, carrying the Cangxuan Sword, and under him was a giant wolf with a black body and a body shaped like a bull, and on both sides of him were the two deputy battalion commanders of the fourth battalion of the Snow Wolf Cavalry, guarding him all the way.
The snow wolf rode more than 300 people, lined up in a conical formation, and the three thousand Futu iron horsemen wearing black gold armor followed closely behind.
The snow wolf rode on the same cloud beast giant wolf, and although the Futu Iron Horse did not have this treatment, it was not an ordinary mount, but it was a cross between the cloud beast and the horse, a war horse called the 'Thunder Beast Pony', which was as famous as the 'Black-maned Black Eagle Horse' of the Xiliang Iron Horse.
This kind of war horse is taller and stronger than ordinary horses, and its foot strength is far better than that of ordinary war horses, and it can keep up with the pace of snow wolf riding for a while.
Xiang Jinglei handed over the army to Xiang Yun to command, and the Snow Wolf Cavalry was loyal to the king and naturally had no objections, and although the Futu Iron Cavalry had a complaint about this, he did not dare to disobey Xiang Jinglei's order, and was led by a commander named 'Qi Haowei', who was Xiang Jinglei's confidant and sent him to lead the team.
The army traveled all the way to the west, day and night, and ran for more than 3,000 miles in one day, and the group did not enter a drop of water, and stayed until the third watch in the night, when the army marched to the edge of a valley stream, Xiang Yun ordered the whole army to stop and rest for two hours, and then continued to hurry, and it was another day of three thousand miles, and there was only two hours of rest time on the way.
Walking 6,000 miles in two days, the wind and dew, this kind of intensity of hurrying, for the snow wolf riders and the cloud beast giant wolf, it is really nothing, and the snow wolf riders are almost unchanged and still lined up neatly and orderly.
However, the Futu Iron Cavalry in the rear was not so easy, in order to keep up with the pace of the snow wolf rider, one by one riveted to catch up, desperately running for three thousand miles, it was already sleepy and lacking horses.
While resting in place and lighting a fire to cook, these soldiers could not help but gather together to complain.
A soldier took off his heavy armor, soaked with sweat, and complained in a low voice, "Huh...... His Royal Highness the Prince of the World is really 'fast with soldiers', he travels more than 3,000 miles a day, and he doesn't even let people drink saliva, he wants our lives. ”
Another soldier also shouted: "That's right, he rode a cloud beast and naturally made it easy, but he exhausted us!"
Under the discussion of everyone, someone else revealed: "Hey...... Have you heard, it seems that a beast tide has broken out in the northwest! In our direction, we should be rushing to the place where the beast tide broke out!"
"Ah...... Beast tide!" everyone suddenly exclaimed.
The military and civilians in the northwest area still have some knowledge of the beast tide, and some people have even seen small-scale beast tides, so they naturally know that they are dangerous, and almost all the places where the beast tide passes are not a single crop.
"That'...... Then we are still following His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, aren't we rushing over to send him to death?"
"Shhh...... It seems that the fief of His Royal Highness the Prince is Qin Feng City on the northwest border, should he take us to Qin Feng City together!"
For a while, everyone in the Futu Iron Cavalry was panicked, and the soldiers of the Futu Iron Cavalry were naturally not afraid of death as the elite of the cavalry, but for Xiang Yun, they had no awe, and now they had to let them face the difficulties of the beast tide, which was naturally unwilling.
"No...... No, we can't follow him to his death!"
"Yes, you can't send them to death!" For a while, everyone encouraged each other, and there was a tendency to converge into a sea.
"What are you doing!" At this moment, Qi Haowei, the commander of the Futu Iron Cavalry, rushed over, he had already heard everyone's conversation, and immediately scolded with a cold face!
Seeing Qi Haowei coming, all the sergeants immediately shut up, but the look on their faces was still ugly.
Qi Haowei said sternly: "Hmph...... My Futu Iron Cavalry Army is strictly disciplined, how can I allow you to make an uproar here!"
Hearing this, everyone lowered their heads and stopped talking, but a bold man still stood up and said: "My lord, if it weren't for the uproar we made here, the brothers really couldn't stand it, even if people can hold on, the war horse will not be able to hold on, we are not riding a cloud beast!"
"And ......," the soldier hesitated for a moment and finally said, "And we heard that the beast tide in the northwest is rampant, and even the hundreds of thousands of troops on the northwest border can't stop it, so our three thousand men and horses are rushing all the way, isn't it...... Self-destruction?"
As soon as someone opened his mouth to say these words, everyone talked in a low voice, looking at Qi Haowei with questioning eyes!
Seeing this, Qi Haowei's face changed slightly, and he was faintly angry, but he finally raised his hand and pressed it down, suppressing the scene that was about to be restless.
This is the military discipline of our Futu Iron Cavalry, how can you be greedy for life and fear death and disobey the generals, even if it is a beast tide, as long as the order is issued, we will rush forward!"
Hearing this, everyone was shocked and looked at each other!
Qi Haowei continued: "Besides, along the way, His Royal Highness the Prince has never rested, and he is also on the road with us, His Royal Highness has ever shouted tired, and the snow wolf riders have ever said that they are bitter?
Hearing this, everyone couldn't help lowering their heads, and their faces showed a little shame!
"Okay, take a good rest, continue to hurry in two hours, tomorrow it is estimated that we will rush to the area affected by the beast tide, give me good spirits!"
"Yes!" the crowd responded.
After Qi Haowei left, the big guy raised his head, you look at me, I look at you, for a while, there was no longer the previous group excitement, but there were still people who said unconvinced.
"Hmph, His Royal Highness the Prince is now taking the lead, and when the time comes, when the time comes, I think we may be asked to be a shield to rush ahead!"
"That's right! This guy is hippie and tender, and at first glance he is a pampered boy, where have he ever seen such a dangerous scene as the beast tide. ”
Everyone's eyes flashed, obviously holding this kind of thought, but military discipline is ahead, even if they are not convinced, they can only endure it temporarily!
That night, everyone set out again, galloping all the way, through the grasslands, forests, and canyons and streams, sometimes galloping on the official roads, sometimes running wildly in the mud.
Gradually, everyone set foot in the northwest region, and began to see countless refugees from the northwest to the southeast, most of these people were dragging their families, their faces were panicked, and they were embarrassed.
Xiang Yun stopped some passers-by at random to ask, and learned that almost all of them were people from the three counties in the northwest, because of the impact of the beast tide, many areas in the three counties had been affected by the cloud beast, they were all lucky, and they got the news in advance and fled south with their families, but I heard that the beast tide was still spreading!
Got the same answer from the mouths of many refugees, Xiang Yun's mood also became heavier and heavier, the northwest border was not without a national beast tide in the past, but there has never been such a large-scale beast tide, it can actually affect the three counties of Fengyun country, and it seems that there is no convergence trend, it can be seen that the scale of the beast tide this time is huge!
The more this is the case, the more Xiang Yun is worried about the situation of Qin Feng City, as well as the Silver Moon Mountain Range, the newly built sect on the Qingying Peak, both of which are at the forefront of the beast tide, and the so-called first to bear the brunt!
For a while, Xiang Yun returned to his heart like an arrow, and the army started again, advancing at full speed!