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"I can't!" Your Highness the Crown Prince! " The Military Advisor, Sang Huaiyu, hurriedly stood in front of Duan Liushao, "You are the Lord of Southern Wilderness, how can you take the risk yourself?"

Duan Liushao didn't take the matter to heart. "Military Advisor Sang, this crown prince made an absolute guarantee of victory in front of all the officials. If I can't take the Southern Yong Pass, how can I return to the capital?"

"Your Highness, victory or defeat is a common occurrence. Your Highness does not need to care about the outcome of the battle, and you do not need to worry about the small casualties. Taking over the Southern Yong Pass is most important." Sang Huaiyu smiled.

Seeing how Sang Yanyu ignored the lives of her soldiers, Duan Liushao could not help but feel a little disgusted. He frowned and looked at her coldly, "Military Advisor can smile? Could it be that you have the confidence to take down the Southern Yong Pass?"

Sang Huanyu's face was unfathomable.

"The Southern Yong Pass is easy to defend and hard to attack, if you want to forcefully attack and seize the city, naturally you will suffer heavy losses. We have lost three battles in a row, the Southern Ning Army will definitely be overjoyed, and our guard will be relaxed. However, our army will also lose a few brothers and sisters. Furthermore, both sides will need to rest for the upcoming great battle. Only then will they be able to survive. "

Duan Liushao was well aware that this Sang Huaiyu was extremely scheming, but his craftiness was truly too much, and it made him feel quite disgusted.

If it weren't for the old general Yu Shuo recommending Sang Huaiyu as his advisor, Duan Liushao would never have considered him to be a military advisor.

Although Duan Liushao didn't know what Sang Huanyu was up to, the person recommended by that old man, Yu Shuo, couldn't be wrong.

Duan Liushao looked at the city gate tower of the Southern Yong Pass and saw that the valiant and valiant figure had already disappeared.

He had an unspeakable feeling of loss in his heart. He was in no mood to fight again, so he ordered Sang Huaiyu to send the order for the troops of the southern border to return to the south side of the Yong River.

Hearing the copper bell for the withdrawal of troops, the soldiers of the Southern Wilderness retreated in panic. However, the Southern Ning Army pursued them relentlessly, pushing them all the way to the banks of the Yonghe River.

With the floating bridge gone, the soldiers could only swim across the river and jump into the river like dumplings. Behind them were the cold arrows shot by the Southern Ning Army. Many more people died in the river.

From the beginning to the end, the southern territory had lost nearly ten thousand soldiers in a single day, and the number of wounded was beyond measure.

Dawn was approaching and the sky was gradually turning white. Feng Ningyan, Liao Guang Wen, Sima Du and the other high-ranking officers were walking on the battlefield outside the Southern Yong Pass. The soldiers were cleaning up the battlefield, and most of them were wounded soldiers and corpses.

"Young Marshal, how should we deal with these wounded soldiers?" Sima Du asked.

Feng Ning Yan looked at the soldier with two severed legs. His childish face showed that he was at most 14 years old. His life hadn't even begun, and he already knew that life was better than death …

Looking at the corpses littering the ground, she coldly said, "Take them all to the other side and return Duan Liushao to show him what he has done!"

The corpses and wounded soldiers were piled on the other side of the river. The sky gradually brightened, and the river looked like hell for the Shura.

After they were transported back to the camp, Duan Liushao was so angered that he didn't even eat nor drink water. He continued to patrol around the camp and even personally bandage and feed the medicine in case he got anxious.

Seeing the soldiers he had personally trained with only half of their lives left, he didn't dare imagine how tragic the people who had died under the Southern Yong Pass were.

However, a trace of sympathy was quickly replaced by ambition.

He thought back to several hundred years ago, even more than half of the territories in the Southern Prefecture belonged to the Southern Wilderness. At that time, the Southern Wilderness was extremely prosperous.

While the city was in chaos, Big Moon had taken advantage of it and forced the Southern Wilderness to hide in a corner, guarding half of the island as she lived.

If he wanted to be an emperor, he had to become a true emperor. The first step would be to reclaim his homeland and annex the Southern Ning Army. Only then would he have the capital to contend with the Great Su Nation for a long time, and one day, he would even be able to annex the entire Great Su Nation.

Sang Huaiyu stood at the edge of the injured barracks as she coldly looked at the battered Duan Liushao.

Li Yuanxiong angrily said, "Military Advisor Sang, you saw how his Highness the Crown Prince was defeated by the Southern Yong Pass. Not only did he not go up to comfort His Highness, he was even sneering at the side. "Today was the third battle in a row, yet I didn't see Advisor Sang come up with any wise plans. Old General Yu must have gone senile when he recommended you here!"

Sang Huaiyu looked at Li Yuanxiong with a pair of long, thin, fox-like eyes and patted his stomach with a fan. "General Li was also a subordinate of Old General Yu. Can you still not see who was behind today's defeat?"

Li Yuanxiong thought back and forth before saying somewhat impatiently, "It can't be Feng Ningyan!" As soon as he finished his sentence, he seemed to understand a little. "Could it be … Old General Yu? "

"Exactly." Sang Huaiyu sighed, "Our Crown Prince is too young. He has done a great job. He wholeheartedly expanded his territory and took back the fiefdom of his ancestors from 300 years ago. How could he know what war and frustration were. His first lesson is failure. "

Li Yuanxiong was shocked, "That old man is so ruthless. With the crown prince personally leading the court, he will make the crown prince suffer such a huge loss. What if it arouses unfavorable public opinion in the court?"

Sang Huaiyu smiled but did not answer, as if she had already made up her mind.

Soon, the sky was completely bright.

The blinding sunlight caused the fog to quietly dissipate. The ground beneath the city gate tower was blood-red, and the smell of smoke permeated the air.

Feng Ningyan carried a few jugs of wine and jumped onto the roof of a building at the corner of the city wall. She rested her head on the Ridge Beast as she squinted her eyes and poured the strong alcohol down her thirsty throat.

Liao Guangwen stood below, watching Feng Ningyan. He felt that the young marshal's appearance had matured a bit, but his eyes were no longer as pure as they were before. They were filled with an undisputable melancholy.

Very quickly, Feng Ningyan finished her wine. Just as she was about to go get more, she saw Liao Guangwen climb up with a jug of wine in his arms.

"Young Marshal, it's been a long time since we've had a drink together." Liao Guangwen laughed.

When Feng Ningyan saw the wine, she praised, "It's still Brother Liao who knows my feelings." As he spoke, he took the wine bowl from Liao Guangwen and poured two bowls into the jar.

How long was it? From when she'd entered the capital to marry Shen You Huang in her past life until now, she couldn't count how long it had been.

Liao Guangwen saw that Feng Ning Yan's mind was preoccupied with many things, so he found it difficult to smile. He felt that she had changed even more.

Especially this time when she returned to the Southern Ning military camp, so many things had happened that forced her to sever her relationship with Feng Wei and propose to Shen Ling Jue in front of thousands of soldiers and soldiers, how could she not feel upset?

He did not dare to ask her, for fear of exposing her scars again, so he drank with her one bowl after another.

At this time, Sima Du was looking for Feng Ningyan on the tower. Seeing her and Liao Guangwen drinking on the roof from afar, he couldn't help but yell, "Aiya, Young Marshal! Commander Liao, why didn't you call for me when you were drinking! "

Feng Ning Yan looked down and said with a wry smile, "General Sima, this is your Southern Yong Pass' wine. Have you not drunk enough? How can there be such a host that is afraid of letting the customer get away with it? "

Sima Du awkwardly held onto his helmet and laughed, "That's not what I meant. I just wanted to join in the fun. There's no point in just drinking it. I've already ordered people to cook the remaining beef last night. Just you wait, I'll get someone to bring it here! "

Feng Ning Yan let out a long sigh. She had originally wanted to quietly bask in the sunlight, but in the end, someone took the wine and someone cooked the meat. Instead, it became a gathering meal.

She lowered her head, and the wine within the bowl was as clear and cold as a mirror, swaying back and forth, reflecting the image of Shen Ling Jue's back as he left the army camp …

A teardrop fell into the wine bowl with a "Tock Tock" sound …

By now, he should have already reached the vicinity of the Wolf Ivory Mountain. There were still three or four days left to travel to the capital.

Three or four days later, with the decree, she would no longer be his wangfei …