Behind the military camp is a medium-sized hillside. At this time, more than 1,200 soldiers in the Hulao Pass camp, except for the 300 soldiers on guard, all came to the foot of the mountain.
Looking around, from the top to the foot of the hillside, there are densely packed tombs and tombstones. The tombstones are made of iron needle wood unique to Hulao Pass. They are as wide as a palm and two fingers thick. On them are written that they used to be in Hulao Pass.
The names and place of origin of the soldiers of the military camp who died in the battle.
Xiong Yan was standing at the foot of the mountain at this time. In front of him, there were twenty-one new tombs, and the ink characters on the tombstones had just been written on them.
These twenty-one people are the twenty-one black armored guards who died three days ago because they were on a mission and refused to retreat in the face of the demon cultivator. The oldest among them was no more than forty years old, and the youngest was the same as Su Ping'an.
Big, but now, they can never stand up again.
Xiong Yan glanced at the twenty-one tombstones one by one, and sadness flashed across his eyes.
As the commander-in-chief of Hulao Pass and the commander-in-chief of First Pass, he cannot express his sadness no matter how sad he is, because he is the backbone of First Pass. Others can express sadness, but he cannot.
After being silent in front of the tomb for a long time, Xiong Yan's expression became cold and serious again. Then he turned back and looked at the whole battalion soldiers coldly, and said loudly: "Why are you all crying and sad? Is sadness useful? Don't forget, you are all soldiers.
, from the moment you become soldiers, you should be prepared to sacrifice. Moreover, they are all heroes. They fight for the country and kill evil spirits. When facing powerful enemies, none of them
Even if they run away, no one is a coward. Not only did they protect other compatriots, they also protected what they wanted to protect, so you should be proud of them.
However, they can't just sacrifice in vain. I want each of you to keep this blood debt in your heart. If you meet those bastards again in the future, you must make them pay back double. Only in this way can you be worthy.
Only in this way can their sacrifice be worthy of their protection. Do you understand?"
"I understand!" the whole army shouted.
Xiong Yan's face was stern, he clenched his right hand into a fist, and suddenly punched his right chest hard, "Black-armored guards, swear to guard the border, kill evil spirits, and protect my country!"
"The black-armored guards swear to guard the border, kill evil spirits, and protect our rivers and mountains!"
"The black-armored guards swear to guard the border, kill evil spirits, and protect our rivers and mountains!"
Swish, swish, swish...
Following Xiong Yan's command, all the soldiers in the audience shouted loudly, and the sound shook the surrounding areas; including the students from Wen Palace and Hongye College, they all also gave a military salute to the graves scattered all over the mountains and plains.
The faces of Feng Shaoyang, Wen Liang and other students were even more excited and filled with sadness.
This time when they went out to perform a mission, they thought it was finally their turn to use their fists and punches, but when the danger came, they all fell down, and in the end they needed others to protect them.
Many of the sacrificed soldiers in front of them died to protect them, which made them all feel guilty and extremely self-blame.
"I swear, I will help you get this revenge back, I will!"
Feng Shaoyang swore heavily in his heart, his eyes determined.
Even other Wen Gong students felt that they had grown up a lot through today's scene, and at the same time they also realized the cruelty and danger of the border.
When Su Ping'an was helped by Bai Hao and Luo Feng to the foot of the mountain, the crowd just dispersed. When he came to the twenty-one tombs, he also saw another person, who was covered with blood.
The bandage was tightly wrapped, but there was still a strong smell of herbs, and he was carried over on a stretcher by four people.
That person is Yang Dongqing.
The two met in front of the tombs, and they were silent for a while. Then Su Ping'an stood and gave a military salute to the twenty-one tombs, while Yang Dongqing was supported by others and tried to sit up and gave a military salute.
After the salute was completed, the two of them said in unison: "How is your injury?"
After finishing speaking, the two fell silent again.
Then Su Pingan was the first to break the silence and said: "It doesn't matter to me, it's just that my literary energy was exhausted and I was slightly injured."
Only then did Yang Dongqing speak, with a hoarse and weak voice: "I can't die yet. Besides, thank you!"
Su Pingan: "Thank me for what?"
Yang Dongqing: "Thank you for killing that big jackal monster. I was seriously injured at that time. If you hadn't killed him later, I'm afraid we would have sacrificed many brothers that day."
Su Ping'an lowered his head and said in a low tone: "You don't need to thank me. If you hadn't helped me buy time, we would all have died."
Then there was silence between the two of them.
In fact, Yang Dongqing still has many doubts in his heart that he has not asked. For example, how did Su Ping'an, a literary cultivator at the seventh level of scribe, kill the big jackal demon?
All of this seems to be related to the pen washer, but what is the pen washer and how can it be so powerful?
These questions later flashed through Yang Dongqing's heart, but he wisely chose not to ask, because everyone has their own secrets.
Then Yang Dongqing recalled one thing again, and he reminded Su Ping'an: "You must be particularly careful next, and don't leave the quarantine again if nothing happens."
"Huh? Why?"
Su Ping'an looked at Yang Dongqing in confusion, not understanding why he would explain to him alone.
Yang Dongqing paused and seemed a little hesitant, but finally he replied: "Because I guess that the demon cultivator will set an ambush against us that day, but it is actually for you."
"What, are you coming for me?"
Su Ping'an's face changed slightly when he heard this, and his eyes became more confused, "Why do you have such a guess?"
Yang Dongqing shook his head slightly and explained: "When we were shrouded by the nightmare bats, the Jackal Demon actually showed me something at that time. That thing was the manuscript of your novel 'Journey to the West', and he also asked questions at that time
I asked who wrote it, but I didn’t answer him. Later, from the words of those demon cultivators, I also heard that they wanted to take refuge in a demon king, but the demon king gave them a test, and the test was
The mission seems to be related to catching you."
"A demon king wants to capture me? Do they still have my novel manuscript in their hands?"
After listening to Yang Dongqing's words, Su Pingan was shocked in his heart.
He didn't know how he suddenly got in touch with a demon king, and how his novel manuscript appeared in the hands of a demon cultivator.
Are there any demon cultivators in the border area?!
That's not right. Every black-armored guard team in the border pass has a demon detection bell. If there are demon cultivators sneaking into the border pass, they probably can't hide it from the detection bell. If they dare to come in, they would have been exposed long ago.
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But they do have their own novel manuscripts, so none of this makes sense.
Yang Dongqing saw that Su Ping'an also looked confused, so he advised: "You don't have to worry, I have reported this matter to the commander before, and I believe he will make arrangements. What you have to do now
That is, don’t leave isolation until your injury is completely healed, and try to ensure your own safety first.
In addition, the commander-in-chief also suspects that since those demon cultivators want to arrest you, they will never give up, and maybe they will break through in the near future. So you have to be mentally prepared early!"
After hearing Yang Dongqing's words, Su Ping'an's heart tightened. He didn't expect that the demon cultivator's attack was far from over.
Breakthrough?!
Do those demon cultivators really dare to rush into the prison to catch him?!