The sound of iron hooves came closer, it was the strong wind blowing from the north.
The Xijue soldiers fled further west.
Qingyunwei stepped onto this messy land at the first ray of dawn.
The black armor spread out in a line in the sky, rushing towards the battlefield like a thick city wall.
A fierce horse galloped towards the entrance of the camp and reined in Xiao Changfeng.
Xie Guangzong took off his helmet, steam rising from his white hair.
"General Xiao."
Xiao Changfeng cupped his hands and said, "King Beilin."
"Eh." Xie Guangzong raised his hand, "The current King Beilin is my son, just call me "Thank you".
How dare Xiao Changfeng offend, "Thank you very much, old prince, for your reinforcements from thousands of miles away."
Xie Guangzong looked back at the battlefield and said, "It seems I'm late. You can win this battle without my reinforcements."
On the battlefield, the remaining soldiers of the Western Jue were fleeing to the west.
Xiao He took the lead and rushed to the gate of the camp and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty, Dad, Xi Jue has retreated. Should we take advantage of the victory and pursue it?"
Xie Guangzong glanced at Xiao He but did not speak.
Xiao Changfeng said: "Don't chase the poor enemy. The further west you go, the more dangerous it becomes. Clean the battlefield first."
"Where is my daughter-in-law?" Xie Guangzong suddenly asked.
Xie Guangzong didn't see Shen Yu. Everywhere he looked was a mess. This was the destructive power brought about by the war.
Xiao Changfeng shouted: "Xiao Chuan——"
Xiao Chuan was running around the battlefield, searching for Shen Yu's figure in the west.
He didn't see Shen Yu, or even her beloved horse Ben Xiao.
He rode around in a circle, then dismounted and began to search for the body, silently saying that he would not let him find it.
With such good skills, she would not lie here.
Xiao Chuan's heart clenched tightly. He heard the soldiers coming to tell him that General Xiao was looking for him, but he didn't raise his head and was still rummaging around.
After a while, the soldier passed the word back to Xiao Changfeng.
"General Xiao is still looking for someone on the battlefield."
"Who are you looking for?" Xie Guangzong's heart sank, and then he heard the soldier's next words.
"General Xiao is looking for the princess, but... she hasn't been found yet."
Xie Guangzong didn't say a word, turned his horse and ran towards the battlefield, while letting Qingyun Guards continue searching.
The sun rose diagonally upward.
Xiao Chuan was forcibly dragged back to the camp.
Many of the tents in the camp were burned, and the soldiers set up new tents.
Xie Guangzong and Xiao Changfeng sat at the top, followed by Xiao Chuan and Xiao He.
No one spoke. The first soldier came to report again, but neither Shen Yu nor Shen Zhao nor Boda were found.
"Bad dish." Xie Guangzong said.
His son left his precious baby at Yanliang Pass. If he didn't get him back, Xie Tingzhou probably wouldn't be able to go back.
Xiao He glanced at the crowd and whispered his suspicion, "Maybe he was captured."
As soon as he finished speaking, Xie Guangzong's sharp gaze swept across Xiao He's face.
The old prince's eyes carried a sense of oppression that was tempered on the battlefield. Xiao He swallowed under his heavy gaze and lowered his eyes.
The word prisoner was an insult, and they didn't dare to think in this direction.
With Shen Yu's temperament, she would not let herself be a prisoner and be humiliated. She would even commit suicide.
Xie Guangzong said: "I have sent out all the scouts to follow the retreat route of Xijue."
Xiao Chuan suddenly stood up and said, "I'll go too."
"Stop!" Xiao Changfeng looked at Xiao Chuan who had already taken two steps and said, "You stay and report the battle situation of the garrison in the past few days."
The battle report has been sent out a long time ago, but they have to bypass Yanliangguan and Chihe, and they are still on the way.
"I'll go out and wash my face before we wake up." Xiao Chuan went out for a while, then came back and sat back on the horse.
"After we captured Charisong camp, we did not station it. The princess said it was too difficult to defend. If Boda came with troops, we would be turtles in the jar. The princess kept the prisoners and asked her and me to act out a drama of internal strife. He deceived the Xijue prisoners and followed them when they came to find Boda."
"In fact, when we were chasing the Xijue people, we were beating and picking up their corpses all the way to try to get a set of Xijue armor. The princess must have thought of a countermeasure a long time ago."
Xiao Chuan was in a bad mood. They had just won the battle, but Shen Yu was missing. He couldn't be happy at all. He talked about the several-day battle very briefly and didn't want to say a word more.
He didn't want to talk anymore. He wanted to go find Shen Yu at this moment.
After the meeting ended, Xiao Chuan was the first to leave the camp without saying a word.
The sound of crunching footsteps followed closely behind.
"Stop!" Xiao Changfeng called him from behind, "What are you doing?"
Xiao Chuan stopped and did not look back, "I'm going to find the princess."
"If you dare to leave the camp, I will break your legs," Xiao Changfeng stepped forward and pointed at Xiao Chuan's face.
"You should put away this expression for me as soon as possible. Who is that? That is Princess Beilin."
"What's wrong with her being the Princess of Beilin?" Xiao Chuan asked.
Xiao Changfeng lowered his voice and said, "You'd better not have any other ideas."
Xiao Chuan was stunned for a moment, then shocked, and then sneered, "Don't look at people with your dirty eyes. Everyone has a dirty heart."
"You..." Xiao Changfeng was speechless for a moment, "Your concern for her has gone beyond the scope of a superior and a subordinate."
Xiao Chuan's voice suddenly became louder, "We are not just superiors and subordinates. She is my master, my boss, and my comrade in the bloody battle. I respect her and worship her. Can't I worry? Whatever you think , I, Xiao Chuan, have a clear conscience."
"What a clear conscience." Xiao Changfeng sneered: "No matter how strong she is, Shen Yu is still a woman."
"What's wrong with women? Do you look down on women?" Xiao Chuan raised his chin and looked at his father, "Can't women also win battles?"
"Who told you this? Shut up."
Xiao Changfeng was completely furious, "You came from Beilin to Yanliang Pass and stayed together for several months. Even if you had nothing, what would others think? What would Xie Tingzhou think?"
Xiao Chuan frowned, "My prince is not as narrow-minded as you think, otherwise he would not have let me follow you."
Xiao Changfeng shook his head, "You don't understand. This world is far less tolerant to women than men. People's words are terrible, and their spittle can drown them. If you are really good for her, put away your cheap care, so as not to let the caring people know. Arrangement.”
Xiao Chuan suddenly stopped talking. He stood facing the wind for a while, then suddenly threw the helmet in his hand to the ground, squatted down and scratched his head hard.
"I have to be grateful. If I didn't find her, I, Xiao Chuan, would be worse than a pig or a dog."
Xiao Changfeng looked at his son in front of him and felt a little soft-hearted. "There are many people looking for her, and you are not missing. You are too excited now. What you can bring her is not help, but trouble."
Xiao Chuan lowered his head and watched a tear drop into the snow.
"Dad, did you look down on me before? My military skills are not as good as my elder brother's, and my kung fu is not as good as his. He is a legitimate son and I am a bastard. Just because I am a bastard and unworthy of inheriting your mantle, you left me in this place. Sheng Jing dug out the manure of those dignitaries looking for dogs."
"It's the princess." Xiao Chuan choked, "She gave me the opportunity. She doesn't mind my clumsiness and teaches me step by step. She is willing to give me the opportunity to hone me."
He raised his face and looked at Xiao Changfeng, and suddenly smiled with tears in his eyes, "She did what you should have done."
