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The Xiu'er nodded her head in satisfaction, then smiled at Kong Sheng: ”Lord Kong, continue.”
From this incident onwards, no one in the team dared to cause trouble or complain anymore. Lord Kong said that they would sleep on a field today. Even if this field was an inn, no one would dare to take a peek at it. However, what they were most afraid of was still that harmless looking little girl who obediently and coyly smiled. She had already reached the point where she could acknowledge others as her godmother, but she was afraid that they would despise her for lowering their seniority.
These people were either stupid, confused, unreasonable, or evil, but they weren't stupid. Master Yu, this Lord Kong had orders, and it was wartime, to send a letter asking for a deserter's head, that was as simple as playing. In private, a one on one fight was not enough to beat Kong Sheng, and what he asked for was actually a one-day march, which was only twice as fast as normal. It would not be able to meet the standard of an emergency march at all, and could still be carried on with gritted teeth. Were they really going to shamelessly gang up on him? That little girl stood up, she could beat them all with one hand!
Therefore, he had to admit it when he said it. If they were strong, if they were powerful, but if they were strong, then they had to submit and submit.
Actually, this group of people did not know that Kong Sheng's heart was already on fire. If not for Lady Xiu’er showing his skills, he would have pulled out his blade and killed people to establish his dominance. Speaking from this point of view, the Xiu'er had actually saved this group of ruffians and ruffians. And the fire spark in Kong Sheng's heart was the daily Phoenix City Pass War Report.
According to the rules of war, as long as they were not heavily stationed, Phoenix City Pass would report the battle to the imperial capital every day. They naturally didn't need the Phoenix City Pass to do this. They only needed to deliver the report of the battle to the Pang Lai County station, and the station would naturally arrange for people to deliver the report according to the level of the battle report.
As a precaution, in addition to the classified information that was specifically indicated, there would be a scribe at each relay station who would copy out two separate copies of the war reports. One copy would be kept for the passing army to look up, while the other copy and the original copy would be separately sent to the two couriers to be sent to the imperial capital through two separate routes. Although doing this was slightly cumbersome, the Empire was still afraid of the spy from back then. If any of the lords had the brains to turn this lone copy of the war report into pieces of paper, it would be very lively.
And now, Kong Sheng had received benefits from this system, the copy that the scribes had copied down for a backup copy had become his source of information for this period of time. Every time he arrived at a relay station, he would expose his Token for Transfer of Troops and request to look up the communication battle report for the past three days. Kong Sheng found a very strange piece of news: The Moqiu State soldiers were different this time.
Among them, there were some things that could possibly cause a panic and would not be said out loud. They were all expressed in secret terms or on behalf of the person, and only said out loud in secret information that was specially sent by someone. Kong Sheng couldn't get the top secret military information, but he had read about tiger soldiers, leopard soldiers, bear soldiers, mutant soldiers and other things that could not be seen in the past. Military intelligence writing didn't require any grammar, but one requirement was that it had to be accurate. Even if he was hinting at some top secret event, there was still a special code word for it. There definitely wouldn't be such a metaphorical method of writing. In other words, since it said tiger and leopard soldiers, then these two must have appeared. But what did these two military units mean?
When people were in a hurry, they knew something was wrong, but they didn't know what it was. The more they didn't know, the more anxious they became.
Kong Sheng was in such a state, he could not sleep after eating for the past few days, and every day he would stare with bloodshot eyes at everyone as he hastened their journey. It was just that, as a professional soldier, he was the last bit of rationality, so he really did not have these ruffians running away.
Twenty days. The people from the battalion had walked on the road for twenty whole days, and they had finally arrived at Pang Lai County. Everything that was happening before Kong Sheng's eyes caused him to be a little shocked. The residents of the County City had almost all left. With the County City as the center, there were four huge dragons made up of servants and supplies.
The citizens of the county formed the first huge dragon with their families. They left their homes, which had been living for decades, with faces full of grief and grief. Then, teams of reinforcements from the various provinces formed the second dragon, turning this small county into a huge military camp and warehouse. The third and fourth dragon were next to each other. They were connected to Pang Lai County on one side and led to Phoenix City Pass on the other. One squad carried the wounded soldiers and corpses down from Phoenix City Pass while the other team watched the wounded soldiers and reinforcements walking towards Phoenix City Pass with miserable expressions on their faces.
Kong Sheng had stayed in the Phoenix City Pass for a few years, so even he had not seen such a situation while pressing his limits. Taking a deep breath, he signaled his subordinate people's militia to not enter the Pang Lai County, and went straight to Phoenix City Pass after circling around the county town. No one cared about the troops in this direction. All they had to say was that they were going to throw their lives away. No one tried to dissuade them from rushing to their deaths.
As he walked towards the Phoenix City Pass, he was shocked by what he saw along the way. The wounded soldier that was carried down had either lost his leg or his arm, and had completely lost all combat strength. Kong Sheng had once observed a break, and there were roughly two types. One type of broken bone had a smooth surface, while the other type had extremely rough cuts, some of the bones were sharp, as though they were being broken alive. However, regardless of which situation it was, it required an extremely great amount of strength to be able to do so.
The mental states of these wounded soldiers were also very unstable. The doctors could only keep giving them the Soul-Calming Elixir, so that they could fall into a deep sleep. When the effects of the medicine passed, they would start shouting as soon as they woke up, as if they were in a nightmare. It would take at least three to five people to barely hold him down. Only after that would the doctor come over and forcefully drink a bowl of Soul-Calming Elixir. Only then would he be able to calm down for the time being.
The more Kong Sheng saw, the more shocked he was, and his footsteps became faster and faster. Unknowingly, he had flung all of his people's militia behind him, and the flame in his heart grew stronger and stronger, to the point where it almost engulfed his entire person. It burned him until he had lost all reason, and lost all patience.
At that moment, a cold chill came from his palm, piercing through his anxiety and awakening his rationality. Kong Sheng was shocked, he stopped and looked back, only to see Xiu'er holding his hand. The girl didn't say anything. She just slightly pressed her palm to stop him from walking away. At the same time, she tilted her head slightly to the side so that he could look back.
Kong Sheng followed her line of sight and saw that he had thrown down all of his battalion s by several tens of meters. The people's militia s looked at the injured soldiers beside them and revealed various expressions of fear and helplessness. Cold sweat immediately flowed down Kong Sheng's back. The leader was in a great mess, the soldiers under him would be in an even greater mess, and might even cause an explosion, this was a taboo for the army!
Kong Sheng squeezed back with a little bit of force to express his thanks, then walked back to the group and greeted everyone. The people's militia s that set off once again became a little less flustered, and a little more calm. Kong Sheng did his best to suppress the anxiety in his heart, and deliberately talked loudly about how he had withstood the Moqiu Army when they were in the middle of battle. The ruffians believed their boss, and seeing Kong Sheng's might and bravery, they naturally became more confident, and more or less recovered their morale.
However, the emotions that Kong Sheng tried his best to suppress still exploded after entering his Phoenix City Pass. The scene in front of him caused him to cry out in alarm. Just what had happened here? This was no longer the Phoenix City Pass that he left a few months ago, but more like an Asura Hell!