The next day, before the sky was bright and still gray, Lu An opened his eyes. Although there has just been a battle, and the bearded man also said that the war is going to end, but now can not relax, especially when the sky is about to dawn, it is the time when people's spirits are most relaxed, and this is also the best time for sneak attacks.

However, Lu An will wake up at this time every day, and then stand at the head of the city, which has become Lu An's habit.

Today is no exception, Lu An looked at Su Mu who was lying beside her, and got up cautiously for fear of disturbing her sleep.

Who knows, as soon as Lu An moved, Su Mu woke up, rubbed his eyes, didn't look at Lu An, got up in a daze and walked to the city, this point is time to make breakfast.

Lu An shrugged her shoulders and muttered in a low voice, every time she was careful, she would wake her up, she was sensitive.

Lu An stood at the head of the city, looking at the soldiers who had been standing all night, all of them were in a state of exhaustion, they were almost unable to stand, drooping, leaning against the city wall, a few of them had already squinted and fell asleep, looking a little loose, but there was only a big battle yesterday, and some people had not closed their eyes for two days, so they went with them.

I silently came to yesterday's location, observed the outside of the city for a while, and found that everything was as usual, there was no movement, there was no sound, only the sound of burning torches.

took out the kettle from last night, poured some water on the ground, bowed his head silently, and said silently in his heart: "Replace wine with water, brothers, go all the way." ”

At this time, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder.

Lu An was startled, turned his head to look, but he didn't expect it to be Hu Yong, vaguely looking at him with bloodshot eyes, and asked, "Didn't close your eyes last night?"

Hu Yong nodded and did not speak.

"Then you are really powerful, you haven't slept for a few days and nights, beware of sudden death, the battle is not over, our lord will die first, then we don't know who to cry to, and when it reaches the ears of the enemy, they will be happy." Lu An said angrily.

Lu An said this, according to the past, our General Hu at least scolded Lu An, maybe he would move his hands and feet, but this time General Hu didn't reply, just nodded slightly, Lu An felt a little strange.

Just as he was about to ask, Hu Yong spoke: "This battle should be over." ”

"That's a good thing, after it's over, you can finally go back to your own home, and you can go home to see your sister-in-law. Lu An opened his mouth and stretched his waist by the way, but he was still a little dissatisfied with Hu Yong's words.

That's what I said. Hu Yong said.

"Then what are you sighing and sighing today?" asked Lu An.

"In two years, how many ambitious young people have died in my Daning, and 32,058 have fallen in my city alone, how many families have been separated because of this, and the white-haired people have sent the black-haired people, in addition, how much national strength has been spent in my Daning, how many people have died because of the war, the starving to death, and the war to death, I think about it, my heart aches. Hu Yong said.

When Lu An heard this, he couldn't speak.

In the face of the so-called death, in the past two years, he should have experienced the most, in the morning he was still farting and chatting with you, telling meat jokes, but in the afternoon, he saw him lying on the cold city, with a pair of godless eyes, looking at himself, looking at the sky, with a frightened expression on his face, all of which were imprinted in Lu An's heart, looking at the familiar faces of the people around him disappearing one by one, and then new faces appeared, again and again, in fact, to be honest, Lu An's heart was a little broken.

Hu Yong continued: "In such an inexplicable war, Wu and Ning suffered more than hundreds of thousands of casualties, and in just three years, our national strength has regressed by ten years, but in the end it is empty. In the end, it is for others to make wedding dresses. ”

"Wedding dress?" Lu An asked suspiciously.

"Do you know why you are fighting this battle?" Hu Yong asked.

"Isn't it that the State of Wu prides itself on being strong and strong, and wants to annex my Ning Kingdom in one go?"

Hu Yong pointed to the ground, Lu An understood, the two of them sat down, and then with a wave of their hands, the guards around them spread out and stood in all corners of the city. Now there are only two people, Hu Yong and Lu An.

Hu Yong didn't know where to take out a kettle, took a sip, and then handed it to Lu An.

Lu An took it and took a sip, it turned out to be wine?" "Bearded, drinking in the army, but it's a big crime to kill your head, you, as the boss, actually drank in public, don't you die?"

"Give it to you, you can drink it, this Saibei City, now it is still the largest Lao Tzu, what is there to be afraid of when the master will drink two sips of wine, I am afraid of death and I am afraid of becoming like you. Hu Yong said disgustedly.

Lu An smiled, and immediately let go of his courage and took a big sip, cool, and randomly poured a little more on the ground, the wine is coming, brothers.

"Boy, I really like you from the bottom of my heart, I used to want to accept you as a righteous son at first, but now that I think about it, it feels better to be a brother. However, I, a second-grade general, took the initiative to be a brother with a small soldier like you, which can be regarded as a loss. Hu Yong looked at Lu An and said.

Lu An cut off and did not respond to Hu Yong.

Seeing that Lu An ignored him, Hu Yong changed the topic and said: "Although Wu is strong and strong, Daning has hindered the development of the past two years, and there is indeed a little gap between Wu and Wu in terms of national strength, but this is only a gap on the surface, it doesn't matter. ”

Lu An nodded, although he was a little vague about the so-called national strength, but it stands to reason that the most direct way to reflect the strength of the national strength is from the strength of the army. It is true that in terms of the number of troops alone, there is not much difference between the two sides, it is nothing more than a little gap in the sword and armor, but it is not to crush Ning Guo, so sometimes Lu An is also wondering, why do you want to consume each other like this? The cavalry of the State of Wu is known as the best in the world, and it is known that it moves when it hears the wind, but Daning's heavy armor soldiers are not in vain, they are not as immobile as a pine, in terms of top strength, both sides have no advantage, they have spent a lot of resources to pile up, and after fighting for so long, neither side has used this ultimate weapon.

Now the two sides only rely on consumption to fight, Daning itself occupies a geographical advantage, at first wanted to fight hard with the Wu army, but lost several times in a row, was broken several cities, but after the city has learned to be obedient, closed doors, then Wu can only use his life to fill, use again and again consumption, consume and win, the back of the city is to rely on this way to win, this way to compete is perseverance, to see who can survive, although the Wu army won in front, but this way for Daning to buy a lot of time.

However, to the north of the city, which is surrounded by natural dangers, only the city gate can enter and exit, the time won in the early stage, so that Daning spent more time and energy to build this shrinking city, just want to block the Wu army out of the north of the country, can be regarded as the power of the country, at this moment the cavalry of the Wu army has become useless, the cavalry dismounted, and it can even be said that even ordinary soldiers are inferior, but the Wu army also knows that if the city of Saibei is laid, then it can go directly to the south and hit the royal city of Daning, and the road will be unimpeded, which is also the Wu army is willing to spend two years here。

But Saibei is still standing here, another reason is Hu Yong, Hu Yong, who was called General Guiyong by the Wu army, only shrunk and dragged on for two years. Although the reputation is not good, it can be seen that Wu's evaluation of Hu Yong is quite high, and in the past two years, even Lu An has the title, "Chengtou Boy", with a reward of 1,000 taels.

"The confrontation between countries, if there is no absolute strength to suppress it, then if you want to destroy a country, the financial resources and time consumed are huge, but Wu still has to fight such a battle. Hu Yong said sadly.

"What the hell is that?" Lu An was held back for a long time.

"What the hell is it, it's that group of immortal cultivators who make people disgusted when they see it, one by one, they claim to be otherworldly, and they don't eat fireworks in the world, but they covet a piece of mine in my Daning, and King Ning is naturally unwilling to give it up. Hu Yong said.

Lu An immediately sat up straight and asked, "Immortal cultivators?"

"Boy, you are still young, and the world you are in contact with now is less than one ten-thousandth of this world, let me talk to you today, lest you go out and lose face in the future. Hu Yong scoffed.

"The world is bigger than you can imagine, Daning? It's nothing more than what we call ourselves, and when we go outside, people may not have heard of it. Even, our Daning is a place that even immortal cultivators don't want to come to, because it's too poor and too small. Hu Yong clenched his fists and gritted his teeth.

"Too small, too poor? Bearded, are you exaggerating? There are nearly more than 100 Da Ning Guangguang City, with a population of more than one million households, and a territory of more than 10,000 miles, which is still small?" Lu An said in surprise.

"Hundred cities, millions of households, thousands of miles? In the eyes of you and me, it is already a super behemoth, but do you know? In the northern border where we are located, there are more than 100 countries like Daning, and there are many more superpowers, which are really big powers, with a vast territory, not to mention a million miles, a city may be the size of Ningguo, and the population is more than a billion. Do you know this concept? Daning is actually just a joke. Hu Yong smiled contemptuously.

"Like that kind of big country, the territory is vast, the resources are rich, the national strength is strong, countless immortal cultivators are willing to attach to it, willing to make cattle and horses for it, and we Daning? not even a cultivator is willing to settle here, if it weren't for this time, Ning Guo suddenly discovered a mineral vein, it is estimated that you will not be able to see an immortal cultivator in your lifetime here." Hu Yong said helplessly.

When Lu An heard this, he didn't know what to say.

Although he himself once fantasized about it, he wanted to go out and have a good look, see how big the world is, and see the prosperity of Daning. But when I heard the bearded man's words today, I was silent all of a sudden, because the prosperous world in my eyes was the size of a grain of rice in the eyes of others, and such a gap really made people full of fear about this world.

Hu Yong stretched out his hand and patted Lu An, and said: "When I heard this for the first time, I reacted the same as you, full of fear and confusion about the outside world, but you see, I'm not living well now, don't think too much, it's true to find a way to live well." ”

Lu An nodded, the world that I knew was so big, but now it's good, the outside world cultivators can be seen everywhere, and it is difficult for us to see them here, because our place is too poor and too small, and this gap is really too big.

"Boy, if possible, after this battle is over, you can go out and see the world, don't stay in Daning, and go outside for me to see the world well. Hu Yong said.

"Me?" Lu An said, pointing at himself.

Hu Yong nodded, touched Lu An's shoulder, and said: "You are still young, everything is still possible, and it is even possible to become an immortal cultivator, why spend it in this place with no future, now Daning is not at peace." ”

"What do you mean, do you still want to fight?" asked Lu An.

Hu Yong shook his head and said: "It's this inexplicable mine, I don't know if it's good or bad, the legendary immortals are angry, the mountain collapses and the ground cracks, and the small Ning Kingdom can afford to take a few hits from them? ”

When Lu An heard this, he smiled and said, "How do you feel like you're supporting a Gu? I'm not your son." ”

"Stinky boy, this is for your own good, anyway, you are also an orphan, helpless, it's no problem to go out and see. Hu Yong said.

Lu An nodded and continued to ask, "What kind of mine is the mine you are talking about?"

Hu Yong replied: "Actually, I don't know very well, what kind of mine it is, it's not a gold mine anyway, but it's more valuable than a gold mine, it is said that it seems to be called a spirit stone mine, a kind of stone that only cultivators can use." It should have been discovered a few years ago, the mine that is so immortal is near the royal city, and then there are cultivators and King Ning negotiating, hoping that King Ning can give up this place, how could King Ning agree to give up the royal city, and directly refused this request, and then the immortal cultivator went to the state of Wu, never thought that he would become the national teacher of the state of Wu, so there was this war, but what he didn't expect was that it had taken so many years to fight it. ”

Lu An nodded: "This is the origin of the war? But why haven't I seen him in the past few years? It stands to reason that he is an immortal cultivator, and he can take down our city by dividing five by two, right?"

Hu Yong continued: "Although the immortal cultivator is very strong, he is not so strong, it is also possible that he doesn't want to make a big fuss, and he doesn't want to show his face easily and expose himself, because a cultivator forcibly participates in the war, it is easy to be noticed by people with a heart, attracting more opponents to come." But the years of war have made King Ning anxious, and there is really no way, but King Ning doesn't want to cheapen the immortal cultivator in vain, so King Ning confided the news to the outside world, planning to exchange a piece of mine for peace. ”

"Is that why you said a truce?" asked Lu An.

"That's right, with a royal city, in exchange for the peace of a country, I don't know if it's a loss. Hu Yong nodded and said, "In the near future, an immortal cultivator from the Sword Pavilion will pass through here and go to the royal city to meet with King Ning. ”

"Sword Pavilion?" Lu An looked puzzled.

"It seems to be a very strong sect of cultivating immortals, anyway, it is the strongest sect that King Ning can contact. Hu Yong said.

Lu An nodded and swallowed his saliva.

Hu Yong stood up, patted the ash on his buttocks, and said before leaving: "It's right to live well, but don't be so afraid of death in the future, a good man who stands up to the sky, he talks about being afraid of death every day, it's not like words, put it in my heart in the future, and wait for news during this time." ”

Lu An listened, nodded, got up, stood at the head of the city, and looked into the distance, the strong military camp was still as dazzling as before, and today the military flag fluttered in the wind.

...............

Ningguo, Wangcheng.

There was only one old man in a golden robe sitting in the main hall, with his hands on his forehead and silver hair, which was particularly eye-catching in this dim hall.

The old man raised his head, his eyes bloodshot, and his face revealed endless tiredness.

"You say, is it really good for Daning to do this?" the old man said to the main hall.

After being silent for a long time, a response came from the hall, "You have done your best for Daning, this practice is the best way for the country and the people." ”

"Have the crown prince and the third prince set off for the Sword Pavilion?" King Ning said.

"Well, it's already on the way, I guess it should be there in a few days, I sent a few more people to go with me, don't worry. The man replied.

"Well, that's good, I hope you can spend this time safely, do you have any reaction from Wu Guo? King Ning continued to ask.

"I heard that the man was furious and almost went to King Wu to force the palace, maybe for some reason, he didn't go in the end, and then he disappeared, King Wu was very calm there, but he strengthened the vigilance of the palace, and everything else was as usual. The man continued.

King Ning picked up a crystal clear stone on the table and played with it for a while, "It's such a stone, why isn't it a gold mine?" As soon as he finished speaking, King Ning directly threw this stone out angrily. The stone had been rolling on the ground for a long time, and it still glowed brightly in the faint light.

"Since everyone regards my Daning as the flesh of a sword, and I don't know where I got the news? they all came to threaten me, it is better to give me a good time, now I want to give it casually, but which of you dares to take it? If you really don't give me a way to live, then you can't even think of it, then I can only do it in my own way. King Ning smirked.

The man hesitated for a long time, and finally said, "Hmm. ”

...............

Lu An stood at the head of the city until noon, didn't even eat breakfast, digested the news early in the morning, shook his head and said: "I'm so afraid of death, I will definitely escape, sure enough, the bearded man likes to talk nonsense the most." ”