On the top of the mountain, under the moonlight, there was only a girl in red and a broken sword. The death of the old swordsman, except for Zhao Acha, only the short sword can witness it.

Zhao Acha looked at the moon, her browled moth brows furrowed, and her eyes had returned to normal. Picking up the short sword on the ground, you can still vaguely feel the temperature on it, "A swordsman is really dead without a sword." ”

Zhao Acha's fingers flicked the remnant sword, only to hear a crisp sound from the sword body, and its sound was like a wail.

"Do you also have feelings?" Zhao Acha looked at the remnant sword. Suddenly asked.

Then Zhao Acha put down the remnant sword and swept towards the desert.

Inside the ironclad camp in a desert oasis. In the general's tent, the eight elders of the ironclad battalion were all summoned by General Bai Qi, and they held a meeting with serious expressions. Today's ironclad battalions are not out to plunder resources, as usual. But the silence was chaotic, and the whole camp seemed noisy.

The fact that Ye Xuan and the three of them never returned also made them feel a little unstable in their hearts.

Li Hongjing, the most impatient of the eight leaders of the Iron Armor Battalion, couldn't sit still.

"The three of them shook us, especially the girl who said they wanted to stay, and she hasn't come back since she left. We only know what the outside world is like in the history books. But eight hundred years have passed, no one knows whether there are enough materials outside, besides, in this desert, we are the kings here, and after we go out, there is still the demon emperor of the Great Zhou Empire who oppresses us and wants to be governed by others. "Speaking of this, the rest of the eight elders couldn't sit still, after all, their prestige here is absolute, as long as it is within the scope of this desert, they will definitely be able to do what they say. But after going out, it will definitely be decentralized, and whether it can be as stable as in the desert is not a certainty.

Bai Qi was silent for a long time, and patted the shiny table that was worn out, "Okay, I must go out." The environment in this desert is getting worse and worse, and maybe in a few generations there will be no more oasis. When the time comes, what will our children and grandchildren eat? What will we drink? As elders and leaders, we must pave the way for future generations, and our ironclad battalion will definitely not die here in the future! Hmph, if the Great Zhou Empire really builds a grain route for us and takes us out, then we will sell our lives to the Great Zhou Empire, and if they want to seize power from us, then we must let the Great Zhou see what the elite is. ”

The desert at night is blown by wind and sand. From time to time, there was a dull sound of sand lapping against the tent.

The herald outside the door opened the door of the general's tent and hurriedly said, "Generals, the woman is back." ”

When Bai Qi and the Eight Great Elders heard this, they were extremely overjoyed. Zhao Acha stayed in this ironclad battalion, they had an extra layer of protection, especially the general Bai Qi, since he was a child, he has seen the annals left by the ironclad battalion, for the outside, as a general, he has always longed for it, and at the same time he is also depressed and afraid in this desert, he is afraid that he is the same as the generals of previous dynasties, has been dying in this desert, without the slightest achievement, and now he has the opportunity to go out. Naturally, he wants to catch it and never let it go. He also wanted to establish an immortal feat and leave it for the descendants of the Iron Armor Battalion to watch, and he couldn't help but be unhappy about bringing the Iron Armor Battalion out of this major historical turning point. At the same time, he also gave a military order to the three armies of the ironclad battalion, and he should respect Zhao Acha as if he saw him, and he must not be offended in the slightest, otherwise he will be dealt with by military law. Because the ironclad camp is in the wilderness, and the soldiers of the ironclad battalion are naturally uncultured since childhood, they will act quite primitive and reckless. But the torture of the ironclad battalion could restrain the soldiers. And don't dare to offend in the slightest.

"Quick, please come in. Bai Qi said hurriedly.

The herald obeyed the order and ran out of the door directly, and it didn't take long for Zhao Acha to enter the tent, looking at a group of generals with leather and a strange smell, Zhao Acha was also unhappy in his heart, but the situation of this desert also limited these people from being able to clean themselves as much as outside.

In the entire general's tent, the tables of the nine demon clan generals were also scattered with bacon and dry food, as well as a bowl of water, and there was no other food. This also made Zhao Acha shake his head again and again.

"I'll wait here until the grain road comes in, but I won't be in the ironclad camp all the time. However, I will come back during the day to learn about the situation of the ironclad camp by the way, and I will find out the situation of the surrounding tribes. Your ironclad battalion is not allowed to fight outside for three months. Zhao Acha said. She also felt very curious when she came here, because the oasis in the desert could support so many people, and she wanted to take advantage of this time to find the source of the origin of this oasis, and maybe find some ruins or treasures in this vast desert.

Since the old swordsman's incident, she suddenly found that this is also a place where capable people gather. However, after the old swordsman died, he also went to the camp where the old swordsman was, and the tent in that camp was a dry bone, and there were no seeds in the land at all, but it was a lot more boring to burn fire. And there are gnawed scraps of meat on top of the dry bones. This scene made Zhao Acha sick to his stomach. But he also knew why the old swordsman had been able to live in the desert for so long.

Bai Qi looked at Zhao Acha, although he really wanted to put this woman under house arrest as a weight, but he also felt that ordinary imprisoned things might not be able to stop the mysterious woman in front of him at all. The lesser of two evils, Bai Qi nodded. "Yes. This is a gentleman's covenant. You can't leave without a promise. ”

Zhao Acha nodded. "Rest assured. By the way, there's one more thing I want to ask. ”

Bai Qi nodded. "You say. ”

Afterwards, Zhao Acha told the location of the camp where the old swordsman Zhou Xiuneng was located. What was obtained was the shock and horror of the nine generals in the entire tent. For the camp where the old swordsman is located, this group of soldiers of the ironclad battalion suffered a loss thirty years ago, thirty years ago, the camp was still extremely prosperous, but after one night, there was no news of that camp, and then the wind and sand surrounded, the ironclad battalion also sent a small team to plunder a few times, but in the end, the people who went to that camp did not come back. Later, a few naughty children would occasionally go on an expedition, but the end result was still disappearing, and later the previous generation of generals led a large army to go, but the wind and sand around the camp were full of wind and sand, and the sand was extremely sharp, and it was killing if touched. Therefore, it was listed as a forbidden place by the ironclad battalion.

Later, one or two people disappeared from time to time in the camp, but that was always one or two less in three or five months, and it became numb after a long time, but when it was dark, no one in the ironclad battalion dared to go out alone.