Chapter 435: What to do if you can't win?

Sun Fuling didn't know where to put her hands, she coughed lightly and stood up: "I still have laundry to do, I'll go back first. You get some rest early." He Lingchuan followed her up, looking at her pitifully: "Swords have no eyes, can I ask you for a good omen before I leave?"

"What good omen?"

"The same as last time." He Lingchuan said regretfully, "But it can't be so understated."

"You will be safe." Sun Fuling's face turned even redder, "No need for a good omen."

"How do you know?"

Sun Fuling smiled: "You're going to earn merit, won't you be arrogant enough after you get promoted and rich when you come back?"

Looking at the cunning smile in her eyes, He Lingchuan sighed long, suddenly grabbed her slender waist and pulled her close, kissing her like lightning!

How fast she was last time, he had to be faster this time.

Of all the beauties in the world, only speed is not convinced.

Unfortunately, Sun Fuling flashed, and actually stood by the water vat before he could move his mouth.

He Lingchuan only felt that what he was holding was a big fish, slippery, and his hands were empty.

"You..." He had intended to catch her off guard, but actually failed again, this was outrageous! Fortunately, at this time, footsteps sounded outside, and someone knocked on the door: "Broken Blade Squad, assemble at the Chengnan! Broken Blade Squad, assemble at the Chengnan immediately!"

Ten thousand grass-mud horses ran through He Lingchuan's heart.

This person was particularly persistent, continuing to knock when he didn't hear a response.

"Heard it, heard it." He Lingchuan said weakly, "Going now!"

This person then ran away.

Coming like this suddenly, the good interactive atmosphere just now vanished. He Lingchuan said weakly: "Really not giving me that good omen?"

"Lecher." Sun Fuling jumped over the low wall, leaving only one sentence,

"Take your things and go quickly."

He Lingchuan shrugged, went into the room to get weapons and medicine, changed his equipment, and then went out.

Passing by the neighbor's house, he found the child, Little Fatty, sitting on the threshold, supporting his chin with both hands.

He had fed Little Fatty many snacks, and Little Fatty's family had also sent him flowers and dishes, so the relationship between the two sides was quite harmonious. So he asked one more question: "Hey, what are you doing running out?"

The public security in Panlongcheng was quite good, with doors not closed at night, but letting a six or seven-year-old kid sit on the threshold in the middle of the night, the parents were too careless.

Oh, he forgot that the parents were quite busy now.

"Mom and Dad are so noisy." Little Fatty looked up at him, "Are you going to fight again?"

He Lingchuan shrugged.

The person who came just now only notified the Broken Blade Squad to assemble, not saying that all soldiers were moving, so the current action could not be made public. "I have something to go out for."

Little Fatty pulled a morning glory from the brick crack at home and handed it to him: "Giving it to you. I want to grow up quickly and go to war too!"

"War is not a good thing." He Lingchuan silently calculated his age, finding that this kid might really have a chance to go to the battlefield in the future.

Sigh, this shitty world.

"War is majestic." Little Fatty disagreed, "I don't want to be as ordinary as Mom and Dad, I also want to be respected!"

"What do you know!" He Lingchuan gave the little brat a knock on the head before turning and striding away.

How could a child know that being alive is everything?

There was an assembly point nearby, and a carriage would come to pick people up every quarter of an hour.

By the time he arrived at the Nanmen Square, several teams were assembling.

The designated assembly point for the Broken Blade Squad happened to be by the river, not far from that Juluo tree.

Human voices suddenly arrived in the middle of the night, scaring the sparrows on the tree so much they didn't dare to make a sound.

He Lingchuan and the others from the squad arrived, and someone was already waiting there, whose back looked very familiar.

When she turned around.

Sure enough, it was General Hong.

General Hong had changed into a tight-fitting outfit, but was still wearing that eagle-head mask.

"You have a special mission and must set off immediately." The logistics soldiers had already led the squad's mounts over, two horses per person, with dry rations and food water tied to the horses' backs.

Providing two horses for each person to facilitate changing horses midway was a high-efficiency mobile mission. He Lingchuan was slightly startled: "Please give your instructions, General."

"He Lingchuan, you have seen the terrain sand table of the Xi Ji Nation in the Gan Ge Hall. This country has big mountains in the west and plains in the east. We attack from west to east, which is difficult first and easy later, and the resistance will basically be concentrated in the western mountainous area."

He Lingchuan nodded, both as a response and to explain to his team members: "Xi Ji is Panlongcheng's neighbor to the east. Its western mountainous area is guarded by two armies. If the rugged mountain roads in the mountainous area are compared to a big dragon, these two teams guard the dragon's throat and the dragon's hind legs respectively, with 800 and 1,200 soldiers, totaling exactly 2,000 people."

The squad members were listening carefully, even though they had doubts in their hearts.

"They guard the important roads, occupy favorable terrain, and are all at passes that are easy to defend and hard to attack." General Hong said, "It's not difficult to capture them, the difficulty is that both of these passes are equipped with beacon towers, and once attacked, they will light the beacons. In this way, the capital of Xi Ji Nation, less than 200 miles away, will naturally be on alert, and it will be difficult for us to achieve the effect of a surprise attack."

She paused: "Your teams need to solve this trouble." After saying this, she summoned a person from behind, "The Broken Blade Squad is assigned the harassment and control mission of Longhou Ridge this time. This is your temporary team member, and it will be up to him to exert his strength after entering the mountains. You must protect him throughout the journey."

This was a thin and small man, under forty, but his face looked a bit like a monkey, and he grinned at everyone.

"My surname is Yu, a spellcaster, everyone can just call me Old Yu."

"This mission is extremely important, if you complete it well, many brothers can be saved." General Hong said in a deep voice, "Broken Blade Squad, do not let me down!"

Everyone responded in unison: "Yes."

He Lingchuan looked at General Hong's mask, wanting to speak but stopping.

General Hong saw it: "Speak."

"I would like to ask you a question."

General Hong seemed to know that what he wanted to ask was a private matter: "Come with me."

She took He Lingchuan to the Juluo tree, and two chirps came from the tree, which were sparrows calling.

"Speak."

"If the enemy you face is extremely powerful, almost impossible to defeat, what should you do?" He Lingchuan added, "I'm not talking about this mission."

General Hong said without hesitation: "Avoid it."

"..." He Lingchuan pressed his hand on the hilt of the Floating Life Blade, which was one of the three sets of the Death Group. He remembered the final outcome of the Yuan King, and remembered his own prophecy of fate, "What if you can't avoid it? What if it will find me sooner or later?"

Did the Yuan King avoid it? Did Zhong Shengguang avoid it? Neither of these heroes succeeded, so why did he think he could?

Since leaving the ruins of Thousand Star City, he hadn't gone a day without thinking about it.

"How much does the enemy know about you?"

"Currently, it still treats me as nothing." He Lingchuan touched his nose. To such a behemoth as Beijia, he wasn't even a shrimp, "Well, it should be said that it doesn't even know a person like me exists."

"Is there still plenty of time?"

"I suppose so."

General Hong thought for a while before saying: "Suppose you are trapped in a haunted house, with evil ghosts chasing you from behind, you can't fight them, and you can't get out, what would you do?"

He Lingchuan said without thinking: "Hide."

Only by surviving first can you find a way to deal with it.

"Hide where?" General Hong continued, "If you hide somewhere and don't move, you will definitely be found."

He Lingchuan smiled bitterly: "Then I can only follow behind the ghost, preferably at the same pace as it."

Hopefully, this isn't a two-faced ghost.

"Observe it, study it, and when necessary, even follow it closely, the closer the better!" General Hong said decisively, "How can there be anything 'invincible' in the world? Only by understanding it deeply can you possibly tear through the illusion and touch its vital point."

If you can't beat it, why not dance with the ghost and make it a duet? He Lingchuan was thoughtful.

"Currently, you are still in the dark, which is your greatest advantage."

He Lingchuan said sincerely: "Thank you, General."

For the rest, he had to rely on his own realization.

In short, he had to be more active and more proactive.

"Go, I still have things to do."

General Hong meant don't waste my time.

So the several teams set off from the Nanmen one after another after receiving the mission, heading east.

He Lingchuan looked up at the sky, seeing the crescent moon descending, and there was still light between heaven and earth.

However, the new moon was coming soon.

After leaving the city, the Broken Blade Squad ran for dozens of miles overnight, and didn't stop by the river to water the horses and rest until the sky was bright.

Everyone was experienced in forced marches, using medicinal oil to massage their tense waist, leg, and back muscles.

The horses drank water, the people ate rations, and every quarter of an hour was precious.

Menban simply found a big rock to lean on, exhaling comfortably.

Liutiao seized the time to ask He Lingchuan: "Boss, why are we attacking Xi Ji? Is Commander Zhong not planning to take us back east through the Jin Xi Corridor?"

Hu Min laughed: "Attacking Xi Ji is the best, it's satisfying!"

The people on the side echoed one after another.

Even the newly joined Old Yu nodded: "Xi Ji relies on someone behind it, likes to bark even when there's nothing, and persecutes our fellow countrymen. Being able to beat it down on the way back home is the best."

Liutiao rolled his eyes at him: "I didn't say attacking Xi Ji is bad, this louse-like small country, crushing it early is satisfying! But why pick this time to attack it?"

"The Jin Xi Corridor is the territory of the Baling Nation. Walking from there, we are under the eyes of the Baling people the whole time. How many old, weak, women, and children are there in the cities of the Panlong Wasteland, and countless wealth. Without the protection of high walls and strong fortresses, can you count on the kindness of the Baling people?"

Liutiao said hatefully: "Maybe, it's just waiting to tear meat from us."

He Lingchuan drew his blade and drew a map on the river sand as a sand table.

It wasn't drawn very well, everyone just made do.

"It just so happens that at this juncture, the Emperor of Xi Ji passed away, and the state funeral will be held in a few days. The successor is Huyan Zhao." He still remembered the scene in the Gan Ge Hall: "Announce to the whole city, we are going to fight our way back, immediately, right now!" General Hong pointed her sword at the Xi Ji Nation on the sand table, sonorous and proud, "Do we need the Emperor to issue a relocation order? Do we need the Baling people to open the Jin Xi Corridor for us? We will fight our own way back home, starting from Xi Ji!"

"Seven days!" Zhong Shengguang exhaled, "Within seven days, we must set off to attack Xi Ji, and it must be with the force of a thunderbolt."

Everyone looked at the sand table.

The Panlong Wasteland is vast, and the straight-line distance from Panlongcheng to Xi Ji Nation is hundreds of miles. If you count the terrain obstacles such as hills, stone valleys, and lakes, the army's journey will be even longer.

(End of chapter) ===== CHAPTER 436 =====