Thousands of miles away, Iron Blood City.

"Have the people moved out of the city?" Yue Zhan asked, standing on top of the city tower, looking into the distance.

"Report to the general, the old and young women and children in the city have already left. Yue Lu raised his hands flat on his chest, folded them, and said.

"That's good. Yue Zhan nodded silently, suddenly reacted, and his face changed slightly: "Wait, you said the old and young women and children, what about the other people?"

"They ......" Yue Lu lowered his head slightly and whispered, "Still in the city." ”

"What?" Yue Zhan suddenly raised his eyebrows, and his face turned angry: "Didn't I order that the people must be moved, and you dare to disobey the military order, come and bring Yue Lu down......

Yue Zhan paused, raised his head slightly, closed his eyes, his eyelashes trembled slightly, and spit out a word: "Chop!"

"General!" Yue Lu's face changed, he knew that Yue Zhan had always attached importance to military discipline, and the Yue family army was even more famous for its strict military discipline, and it was the iron law of the Yue family army to be convicted lightly and enforce the law strictly, no one could be an exception, even him.

However, the grievance was not what Yue Zhan thought, he did not disobey the military order, if he was beheaded like this, it would be too wronged.

Yue Zhan's body trembled slightly, and his face showed a hint of pain, how could he be willing to execute his son, but ......

The military order is like a mountain, since Yue Lu has disobeyed the military order, if he does not deal with it, how can he be the heart of the army, the military discipline, and other people under him are vying to follow suit, is he beheaded, or not?

"General, ...... general"

Yue Lu was about to explain, but Yue Zhan had already turned his back and waved his hand heavily: "Take it down." ”

"General, don't blame Major General Yue for this matter, and ask the general to take back his order. Seeing this, the general on the side stepped forward and said.

"Do you want to intercede for him?" Yue Zhan said with his back to him.

"No, the military order is like a mountain, if Major General Yue really disobeys the military order, he will never dare to say anything, but this is not the case, why don't the general listen to his explanation and make a decision, otherwise, it will be you who will regret it for a lifetime!" General Bi shook his head and said sincerely.

Yue Zhan was silent for a long time before he sighed leisurely and said, "Okay, Yue Lu will tell the matter clearly, if there is a lie, General Ben will not spare it!"

"Yes, General!" Yue Lu glanced at the general gratefully, and said: "The last general has already let all the people in the city move out according to the general's orders, but they all refused and insisted on staying in the city. ”

Hearing this, Yue Zhan's face looked a little better, and then his brows furrowed again: "Why did they insist on staying?"

"The people said that they were all from the Iron and Blood City, and their homes were in the Iron and Blood City, and they didn't want to go anywhere, and they also said that the general suddenly asked them to move away, and there must be a big enemy coming to attack, and they did it for their safety, so they couldn't leave, and they had to stay and fight the enemy together with the general. ”

Yue Lu said, his heart was very moved, and said: "In the past few days, many young people and middle-aged people have come to sign up to join the army, no matter what we say, we can't persuade them to quit, so the last general has no choice but to make a claim and agree to them to join the army. ”

"...... like this" Yue Zhan couldn't help but feel a little relieved when he heard this, although it was his responsibility to protect the people and not ask for anything in return, but he could get the love of the people, and it was absolutely false to say that he was not moved.

However, can he really let the people face the ferocious enemy with him, hovering on the line of life and death?

"Yuelu, gather all the people left in the city, as well as the soldiers, I want to meet them in person. Yue Zhan commanded.

"Yes, General!"

In a short time, the people and soldiers of the city gathered together, rows of solemn-looking soldiers in unison, and in front of them, all the people who remained in the city, although they were wearing the clothes of the civilian people who did not fit, but the resolute look on their faces was moving.

To stay, it may be death, they can't not know this, but they still insist on staying, to fight side by side with the soldiers, let me ask, such people are not qualified enough to be respected?

"Folks, you chose to stay, I, Yue Zhan, am deeply gratified, it is Yue Zhan's luck to have people like you, but I still want to ask you again, did you really decide to stay?" Yue Zhan said in a heavy armor, looking at the people in front of him.

"Yes, General Yue, we have decided not to leave, but to stay. The people present were all young and middle-aged, and when they heard Yue Zhan's words, they immediately replied affirmatively.

"This time is different from the past, the Blood Moon Dynasty suffered a big loss last time, and it will definitely retaliate, a few days ago, the imperial court issued a commandment, the Blood Moon Dynasty is about to launch a large-scale attack, and the sky in the north is ......" Yue Zhan pointed his finger in the direction of the Blood Moon Dynasty and said, "The blood color is getting thicker and thicker, have you seen it?"

People's eyes looked in the direction pointed by Yue Zhan, and sure enough, they found that the distant sky was different from this side, the clouds converged, but it was a faint blood, and there was a faint murderous aura condensing, even if they just looked at it, people felt indescribably depressed, as if they were invisibly carrying a heavy burden.

This feeling is very uncomfortable.

Many times before, when the Blood Moon Army came to attack, they would not have such a vision, nor would they have felt so deeply.

"It is foreseeable that the Blood Moon army is ready to attack Iron Blood City soon, and the enemy is very strong this time, I can feel that some of them must have reached an extremely high level, maybe this time it will be like ten years ago......"

Yue Zhan paused when he said this, took a breath and said: "This victory is unpredictable, your cultivation is not high, there is a high possibility that you will die, even if you are defeated, it is difficult to say how many of you can survive, even so, do you still choose to stay?"

The people fell silent, and the blood on the horizon told them that the upcoming enemy was very strong, and Yue Zhan's words were all true, most of them were only in the body refining realm, and there were very few people in the qi refining realm, and their cultivation was not high, such strength could still have some effect on the general battlefield, but if it was a war like ten years ago, they would be just cannon fodder at most.

To put it mildly, if they join such a war, they are sent to death.

Even so, do they still choose to stay?

People secretly asked themselves in their hearts that they might have been impulsive, or following the crowd, or they were passionate about the blood in their hearts, but at this moment, they began to think deeply about this question of their life and death.

"The attack of the Blood Moon has not yet begun, Yue Mou of the South City Gate has ordered someone to open it, it is still too late for you to leave now, and when we resist the attack of the Blood Moon, if you are homesick, you can still move back. Yue Zhan said sincerely, he respected the opinions of the people, and if they were willing to stay and fight together, he would welcome them, but he still hoped that they would choose carefully.

After all, everyone has only one life, and if you lose it, you can never get it back.

"General Yue, needless to say, I don't know what others think, and I can't ask others to make the same choice as myself, after all, everyone's life is precious, but at least, I can do what I want, General Yue, I'm not leaving!"

A seven-foot man stood up from the crowd of people, looked at the others and said: "My name is Li Tieniu, my father's name is Li Dahoe, and my mother's name is Chun Erniang, if any of you meet my father and mother after leaving, please kowtow to them for me, just say that the unfilial son Tie Niu may not be able to serve the second elder in the future, let them take care more, I Li Tieniu have thanked the villagers here!"

Li Tieniu bent down and made a long bow to the crowd.

"Iron Bull ......" has his friends and playmates listening to his words, their hearts are sour, and some are not tasteful.

Not only them, but even the soldiers behind them are like this, Baishan filial piety comes first, who doesn't have a father, but it's a pity that they can be with little time by their side, after joining the army, they wandered in front of the ghost gate I don't know how many times, and this time I don't know if there is another catastrophe.

"General Yue, I have decided, and I will not leave. Another person stood up, he grew up with Li Tieniu, he was the best friend, and he stood with him calmly at this moment.

"Tie Niu, I'm sorry, I'm afraid I can't help you with your wishes. He looked at Li Tieniu and smiled, their brothers still have to fight side by side after all.

"Good brother. Li Tieniu held his hand tightly, and everything was silent.

Yue Lu next to Yue Zhan looked at this scene and was a little moved in his heart, one life, how many people can be willing to live and die with you, Li Tieniu has it, is this his luck, or is it the other party's luck?

"General Yue, I'm not leaving. ”

"General Yue, I'm not leaving. ”

"General Yue......"

An individual walked out, their gaze becoming more determined, because this time it was they who understood the seriousness of the matter and made a decision after careful consideration.

It is undeniable that after seeing the blood in the sky and hearing Yue Zhan's words, some of them were shaken, if they could live, who would want to die?

However, Li Tieniu was the first to stand up, without the slightest hesitation, many people know him, he is a famous filial son in the city, and regards his father and mother as heaven, but at this moment, he still stood up, even if he may never see his father and mother again......

He can do this, so what about them, being shrunken turtles, and stealing their lives?

Li Tieniu's actions shocked many people, and people made such a decision at this moment, and he definitely had half of the credit.

Yue Zhan looked at Li Tieniu with appreciation, this person has the talent of a general, if he can survive this catastrophe, he can even promote him exceptionally, and he will definitely be a fierce general in the future.

At the same time, he also remembered those people who stood up, this is the person who is willing to entrust his life to him, how can he not remember.

Eventually, most of the people stayed, except for a few who left hesitantly.

"Okay, since you are willing to go to the soup with me, then we will fight side by side, destroy the thieves and capture them quickly, repay the country's kindness, and send confidants, our army and people are united, no matter how fierce the Blood Moon army is, we can also gnaw off a bone from him!" Yue Zhan said heavily.