The little ancestor of the family

Chapter 379: Fire in the Military Camp

He Yu said with some difficulty: "Those agencies... General Qi asked us to shut them all down."

"closed?"

Xiao Huaian's expression changed.

"General Qi, did you tell me why it was closed?"

"The general said that you have tied down a large number of enemies outside, and the barbarians will definitely not attack. The defense wall of the camp has been damaged too much, so we must take advantage of these few days to repair the defense wall.

The traps are all around the defense wall, so they are turned off to avoid accidental injuries."

Xiao Huaian's heart sank.

Although he was unwilling to believe that there was something wrong with Qi Zhonglian, when the facts were laid before him, he had to believe it.

When they left, they had clearly discussed that in order to prevent the barbarians from invading, they should carefully check the traps outside the camp.

To avoid temporary errors.

As a result, Qi Zhonglian immediately ordered everyone to shut down all the mechanisms.

What other explanation is there for this?

Just as Prince Rui said, there must be something wrong with Qi Zhonglian.

But Xiao Huaian couldn't figure out why he did this?

"When you left, did you see General Qi? Did he say anything to you?"

He Yu said embarrassedly: “The barbarians broke into the camp and locked us all up.

They said they would take us back to the Kosi tribe to be their slaves.

At that time, General Qi was not imprisoned with us."

"Yes!" Wu Yi continued, "At that time we were worried that the barbarians would harm the general, but the general rescued us in the end."

"What did he say when he rescued you?"

Xiao Huaian asked.

Several people looked at each other. "The general didn't say anything special. He just told us to come to Xueyue City to find the military advisor."

"correct!"

He Yu shouted excitedly: "Military Advisor, I saw Suglu among that group of people!"

"Really Sugrue?"

Xiao Huaian was a little surprised.

He didn't expect that Sagrul would lead the troops to war personally.

"It's absolutely true!" He Yu said, "Although we have only met once during the battle, I will never mistake Sugrulu's appearance!"

"Sagrlu, Sagrlu." Xiao Huaian murmured to himself, always feeling that something was wrong.

"Let's go back to the camp right now and check the situation over there."

"Okay, let's go back together!"

These people escaped because they were following orders. General Qi threatened to die and asked them to go to Xueyue City to find Military Advisor Xiao.

Now that Military Advisor Xiao has appeared and is going to take them back to the city, they also want to go back and see how General Qi is doing.

The group set off again, Xiao Huaian led the cavalry in front, and He Yu and his men followed behind.

When they were almost at the camp, Xiao Huaian's heart had already sank.

The truth was more serious than he had imagined.

Although the fire had died down, the camp was in a mess and it seemed that no one was alive.

Xiao Huaian rode his horse around the camp and found that many places inside had been bombed into deep pits.

It looks like it's not just a fire. General Qi should have used the saltpeter they had saved up before.

"General Qi, General Qi!"

Xiao Huaian shouted a few times, but there was no response.

The corpses scattered throughout the camp had been burned beyond recognition, and it was impossible to tell which one was General Qi.

"Military Advisor Xiao!"

After Xiao Huaian walked around and came back, everyone looked at him eagerly.

"General Qi. Is he still alive?"

Everyone has his or her own answer in his or her heart.

But they refused to believe that answer and wanted to find some hope from Xiao Huaian.

"Go and shovel all the snow around and put out all the fires in the camp."

Xiao Huaian ordered, "When people can come in, we will go in and search for the body inside. Today, I want to see the person alive or dead!"

"Yes!"

Everyone was very excited.

General Qi must have been prepared to die a long time ago, so he forced them to leave.

Thinking back to the hardships they had gone through together over the years, and then thinking back to the most difficult time, when General Qi took his men to the mountains to hunt, and boiled a rabbit into two pots of soup to fill everyone's stomachs...

We've been through such hard times, and now we've finally recaptured Xueyue City, so why is General Qi gone?

They pushed a lot of snow into the yard.

The snow hit the hot body, making a crackling sound.

Slowly, the temperature in the yard finally dropped, and everyone discovered another problem.

All the bodies were badly burned. The slightest movement would break their arms and legs. Most of them could not even see their faces.

"How to do?"

"Who knows where General Qi appeared at the last moment? If we keep looking like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to find him."

"The situation was so chaotic, no one could guarantee where he would go!"

"That's right. If General Qi is caught by those barbarians, who knows where they will tie him up?"

"Go look in two places first."

Xiao Huaian suddenly had an idea, "A few people go to General Qi's tent, and a few more people go to the lookout tower to take a look."

"Lookout tower? Why is it a lookout tower?"

"If General Qi could still move at the last moment," Xiao Huaian said, "I believe he would have gone to the lookout."

Because only by standing there can you see the farthest.

If Qi Zhonglian could move, he would definitely go to the lookout tower and take a look in the direction of Xueyue City.

That has been a knot in his heart for many years.

"Let's go and see!" The two groups acted separately.

After a while, the people who went to the observation tower really shouted loudly: "Military Advisor Xiao, Military Advisor Xiao, come and see!"

Xiao Huaian walked quickly towards the observation tower, only to see several soldiers surrounding a human-shaped object that had been burned into charcoal in silence.

The man's posture was very strange. Even after being burned like this, he still remained standing.

One of his hands was empty, while the other hand was holding a silver spear.

The tip of the silver spear was stuck in the crevice of the stone, so it could remain standing.

In the military camp, apart from the newly arrived King Rui, only General Qi likes to use the silver spear the most.

The human-shaped charcoal face was facing the direction of Xueyue City.

Even though he couldn't see his face clearly, Xiao Huaian could still see a kind of sadness and hope from his posture.

"General Qi, we have taken over Xueyue City!"

Xiao Huaian said in a low voice, as if afraid of disturbing the sleeping soul.

“The people in the city had hot porridge this morning and they were very happy.

If you can leave the camp, go take a look at Snow Moon City!"

The soldiers present all had red eyes.

Everyone in the Xixiashan camp knew what General Qi’s wish was.

But things didn't go as planned. Why was General Qi gone just after we captured Xueyue City?

"Military Advisor Xiao!"

He Yu said sadly, "General Qi must have known something a long time ago. The saltpeter in the yard was buried in advance, and the tung oil was also prepared long ago. If he hadn't asked us to leave quickly, we would have all been buried in this sea of ​​fire."

"How many barbarians have come?"

Xiao Huaian looked at the corpses in the camp and felt something was wrong.

“Thousands of people came!”

He Yu recalled, "When we fled, there were still many war horses outside. Now it seems that all of them have escaped back."

"But there is one person who should not have escaped."

Xiao Huaian said.

"Who?"

Everyone looked at Xiao Huaian curiously.

"Sagru!"

Xiao Huaian said affirmatively.

He finally understood why General Qi did these things!

Ever since he heard He Yu say that Sagrue came here, he always felt that something was wrong.

It was not until that moment that he suddenly figured it out.

General Qi deliberately lured them here in order to kill Sagrul.

When did General Keqi have private contact with Sagrue?

What was his original purpose?

What price did he pay in the meantime?

I'm afraid General Qi is the only one who knows these things.

But now, General Qi has returned to his hometown, and many things can only be solved when the opportunity arises.

"Leave a thousand men to clean up the battlefield, bury General Qi on the eastern hill, and bury the rest on the spot."

Xiao Huaian ordered.

"The rest of you, follow me back to Xueyue City immediately. I have something to discuss with King Rui."

In this way, Xiao Huaian led his men and horses without stopping and rushed all the way back to Xueyue City.

It was already late at night when they arrived.

The soldiers guarding the city saw them from a distance and exchanged secret signals with torches from a distance.

When Xiao Huaian saw the inquiries from the city, he immediately responded with the code they had agreed upon.

The guards guarding the city finally felt relieved.

When Xiao Huaian and his party arrived at the city gate, they saw King Rui was already standing there waiting.

"Prince Rui, why haven't you rested yet so late?"

Xiao Huaian jumped off the horse and asked immediately.

"I can't sleep!" King Rui replied, "Maybe I'm too excited, or too worried."

"Why are you back so soon?"

Now it was King Rui's turn to ask.

Xiao Huaian paused for a moment and said, "When King Rui saw me, he should have guessed that something happened in the camp."

"What's going on now?"

Although King Rui was mentally prepared, he still felt a little shocked when he heard the result.

"There was a huge fire and it all burned up!"

"What about that person?"

King Rui asked quickly.

The camp can be rebuilt if it is destroyed, but what about so many people?

“Most of the soldiers escaped and were encountered by us on the way. They wanted to seek refuge in Snow Moon City.

Later they came back with me, and now they are staying there to clean up the battlefield!"

"What about General Qi?"

King Rui seemed to have thought of the ending.

"General Qi and several hundred barbarians were all buried in the sea of ​​fire. I suspect that the barbarian leader Sagrul was also among them."

"Sagru?"

King Rui did not expect that Sagrul would appear in the Xixiashan camp.

"Some soldiers saw him and everyone recognized him."

Xiao Huaian said, "Sagrul's death in the Xixiashan camp will definitely have a great impact on the Kesi tribe. I came back in such a hurry because I wanted to discuss with King Rui. We must take this opportunity to go deep into their lair and directly destroy it."

Completely destroying the Kosi tribe was part of King Rui's plan this time.

They had long harbored the intention to conquer Daliang. If they could not take advantage of this opportunity to press on and attack, the Kosi tribe would have a chance to recuperate in the spring.

"Come on, let's go to my place and study the topographic map of the Hexi tribe."

After saying this, King Rui turned and left.

Xiao Huaian did not follow, but stepped back, "My Lord, please forgive me now. I have only drunk two bowls of porridge from this morning until now, and I haven't had a drop of water for seven or eight hours.

You have to let me go home and have a meal first."

"What time is it now? Will you still have food to eat when you go home?" King Rui pointed to the moon in the west sky.

"Besides, those who should have gone to bed have already gone to bed. Wouldn't it be disturbing their sweet dreams if you go back now?"

Xiao Huaian knew what King Rui meant.

He really didn't want to go back to find Ye Xinran.

Just simply want to eat something.

However, since King Rui had said so, he could no longer refuse. He had to hand the horse to his subordinates and went to the temporary office with King Rui.

King Rui was not polite. As soon as he entered the house, he asked someone to bring out the map of the Hexi tribe.

Seventy miles west of Xueyue City is the front camp of the Kosi tribe.

There are a large number of soldiers guarding here.

However, the real base camp of the Kosi tribe is twenty miles further back.

If they want to completely defeat the Kosi tribe, they must penetrate deep into their base camp.

However, the Kosi tribe has built many fortifications over the years, so it is not easy to force your way through.

“I want to send a few people to the base camp of the Hexi tribe first. Now that Sagulu and Saryan are gone, the person in charge should be Sagulu’s youngest son Salang.

If we can catch Salang first, it will save us a lot of effort than just rushing in directly."

"Then I'll take someone there."

Xiao Huaian volunteered.

"I've been here for a long time, so I'm familiar with the climate and terrain here. Most importantly, I have something to ask Saran. If I don't do it myself, I'm afraid I'll miss the opportunity to ask."

"I also think you are a suitable candidate."

When it comes to big things, King Rui always considers ability rather than feelings.

Among these people now, Xiao Huaian is indeed the most suitable one.

"How many people do you need to bring? Whomever you want to bring, you can pick any one of us."

"What to pick?"

Xiao Huaian was thinking when a clear female voice sounded outside.

Xiao Huaian looked up with some surprise, and sure enough, he saw Ye Xinran walking in from outside.

She had a smile on her face and was wearing a light grey cloak. Although it was very low-key, it made her look luxurious and friendly.

"Why are you here? It's so late, why haven't you rested yet?"

Xiao Huaian walked over, took the food box from her hand, touched her cold fingers, and immediately wrapped both of Ye Xinran's hands with his big palms to cover her hands.

"Miss Lu, you haven't slept all night. Did you come here specially to bring food to Huai'an?"

King Rui moved his eyes away and tried to focus on the food box.

"I couldn't sleep the whole time, and then I heard some noise over here, and found out that it was Huai'an who came back, so I ordered two bowls of noodles and brought them over.

It's already this late, King Rui should have a bite to fill his stomach!"

As she spoke, Ye Xinran pulled her hand out of Xiao Huaian's and gently opened the food box.