Chapter 79: War is inevitable (seeking follow-up reading)

next day
The sun rose slowly.

The general camp of the town army.

Inside the big tent.

The old slave kneeling on the ground still had his head on the ground, not moving at all.

General Feng Yiyue, with white hair and beard, still kept his eyes on the young corpse lying on the ground.

Until, outside the big tent, a ray of light shone in through the curtain.

There was a hint of fluctuation in the old general's eyes.

After taking a deep look at the face lying on the ground, he raised his head and slowly stood up.

He walked towards the tent, where a crescent-shaped sword with a silver blade was lying horizontally on the weapon rack.

He grabbed the crescent-shaped sword with one hand, his expression slightly out of control, his eyes wide open, and raised the crescent-shaped sword to chop downwards with force.

The weapon rack was instantly split in half from top to bottom.

The crescent-shaped sword hit a marble slab under the weapon rack, and the slab shattered with a "pop".

The broken stones flew everywhere, and the tables and chairs were moved.

Immediately, he strode out of the tent with a crescent-shaped sword in hand.

The old slave who was kneeling on the ground also stood up.

He staggered a little as he followed the general of the Zhenjun army who had already left the tent.

Looking at the figure in front of me, it is still tall and burly.

Tears welled up in his eyes.

Master, you are not old yet!
Just like that year.

Invincible!

It was already bright.

The more than 2,000 soldiers led by Lu Yuan had already reached a flat area.

However, today they only walked less than one-third of the distance they walked yesterday.

Behind them, there were still more than a thousand officers and soldiers who retreated and then turned back.

These officers and soldiers did not engage them in direct combat.

Instead, they pretended to attack from time to time, or harassed with bows and arrows from a distance.

It seemed as if he wanted to stop them from moving forward.

This seems unusual.

These officers and soldiers must be slowing down their marching speed, hoping to wait for support from the main force.

Therefore, the entire brigade traveled all night yesterday.

From here, looking from a distance, you can already see a mountainous area.

After crossing the continuous mountain range, you will reach Yunzhou.

At that time, we can use the terrain of the mountains to avoid the siege of more officers and soldiers who may appear.

These soldiers stationed in Youzhou generally cannot leave Youzhou without orders.

As long as we enter the mountains ahead, we can completely get rid of these officers and soldiers.

"Da da da~!".

There was a sound of intensive iron hooves hitting the ground.

Li Qi turned around and saw nearly a thousand iron-hoofed war horses running towards them in the distance. His face froze!
A thousand war horses, this must be all the war horses of the garrison!
Every one on the war horse must be an elite soldier!
This garrison has made it clear that they must be kept alive at all costs!
When he got closer, he saw clearly the man on the war horse holding the flag with the word "Seal" printed on it, and his heart was even more stirred.

It was him!

Conferred the title of Yue!
The general guarding the border between Youzhou and Yunzhou this time turned out to be him!
While Li Qi was in turmoil, the nine-foot-tall general of Zhenjun, with white hair and beard, had already ridden his warhorse and was leading the way, blocking their way.

"Buzz~!".

The crescent blade whistled as he swung forward, pointing at the dozen or so horsemen from the Tianxing Army and shouting:

"Where is the brigade commander?"

Lu Yuan heard the voice and was about to walk out from among the pawns.

Li Qi, who was closer than him, took a step forward, rode his horse forward, and bowed to the man holding the crescent-shaped sword:
"General Feng."

Li Qi's teacher, the one who is now in Muzhou, had some interactions with Feng Yi Yue when he was an official in the court. He followed his teacher and met the other party several times.

At this moment, Li Qi stepped forward and wanted to negotiate with the other party.

Although the duty of the Zhenjun General was to wipe out the rebellious army and bandits, they were just passing by this time, and the 3,000 soldiers were not without the ability to resist.

With a little maneuvering, a fierce battle might be avoided.

Feng Yiyue, with white hair and beard, looked at the figure in white shirt on the horse opposite him, recognized who it was and said:
"Li Qi? It's indeed Tianxing's rebel army."

Li Qi clasped his hands again:

"General Feng is still in good spirits. The teacher keeps talking about him, saying that he is brave and loyal to the country, and that he is truly a rare military talent."

Feng Yiyue heard about that person from Li Qi and also sighed:
"Your teacher, at a young age, has been blessed by the emperor and has been promoted to the highest rank in the imperial court. His elegance and grace are unmatched.

It’s a pity that I was too young and too stubborn at the time, so I took the wrong path.”

"Old General!" Li Qi was furious when he saw people criticizing his teacher.
"Who doesn't know about the affairs of the court? People with different ideals cannot work together. If the old general feels that the teacher's decision was inappropriate, why not send troops to Muzhou? Why bother with these criticisms?"

"Hahahaha!!". Feng Yiyue laughed loudly:
"Okay, let's not talk about what happened back then today."

He looked towards the horsemen and saw a young man holding a pure black spear in his hand. He raised his crescent-shaped sword and pointed it, shouting:

"My son died on the battlefield. I am here only to avenge my son's death. General Lu, please fight with me!"

"What!!" Li Qi lost his voice and his face changed drastically.

After hearing what Feng Yi Yue said, he remembered that the leader of the officers and soldiers killed by Lu Yuan yesterday was indeed somewhat similar to Feng Yi Yue!
Feng Yiyue had three sons, two of whom had been lost, and he also knew this.

Unexpectedly, the person Lu Yuan killed yesterday was Feng Yi Yue's last son!
No wonder!
No wonder those officers and soldiers have been interfering with their progress since yesterday!

So that's how it is!
It seems that Feng Yi Yue guarded his son all night yesterday, and now he came to take Lu Yuan's life.

Li Qi's face looked very ugly.

He also thought that based on the relationship between the two of them, if they just wanted to pass through, and he had three thousand soldiers on his side, the other party might not necessarily be against him and others if he said a few words.

Now it seems that they have formed an irreconcilable feud with each other.

This battle is inevitable!
Lu Yuan was already impatient when he saw Li Qi reminiscing with others on the battlefield.

When he heard the other party talking about revenge for his son's murder, he guessed the identity of the young man who died under his spear.

He rode out of the line, raised the spear in his hand, and said to Feng Yiyue:
"How about you also die under this spear? Then, maybe I can reunite with you down there."

Since the person who wanted to kill me was so far away, how could I be polite to him?

"Hahahaha!! Good! Good!! As long as you have that ability, I won't mind giving you my life!!"

Feng Yi Yue threw the reins on the horse's back, and the warhorse under him charged towards Lu Yuan.

On the battlefield, verbal disputes are meaningless.

This person took the life of his last son.

Today, I will chop off his head as a memorial to him!
(End of this chapter)