Chapter 122 Haotian Flag! (8th update)
When the news of the withdrawal spread, many soldiers who were sleeping and healing in tents in the military camp walked out in a daze.
When they heard several deputy generals repeatedly and loudly announced, their numb faces gradually showed some life, and then a wailing and sad voice came out.
Many soldiers cried with their heads in their hands, and some ran directly to the grave mound to find their former comrades, crying and laughing, then grabbed a handful of yellow soil in front of the grave, hid it in their clothes and armor, and took it back home.
"Report to the commander!"
"All 100,000 bloody soldiers in the Red Letter Camp, now 9,623 people have returned to the team!"
"Please give instructions!!"
A middle-aged deputy general of the Li family came to Li Hongzhuang and roared in a sonorous and powerful voice.
His eyes were already wet.
Li Hongzhuang's face, as white as snow and moon, trembled slightly. Her eyes swept past the deputy general in front of her and looked at the haggard and pale faces behind him, full of tears and expectation.
Finally, her eyes fell on the grave mound in the distance.
The remaining 90,000 people have all been buried here.
They were all soldiers she trained one by one!
And the vastness of the grave mound is far more than 90,000. There are also camps led by the third brother and the sixth brother, who are also buried here, as far as the eye can see.
Even Li Hongzhuang, who had long been numb, couldn't help but have slightly red eyes at this moment.
She restrained her emotions, took a deep breath, and said loudly: "I declare that the Blood Evil Army is setting off today and going home!!"
The three words "going home" floated in the ears of 9,632 soldiers, and all of them had tears in their eyes.
"All the Blood Evil Army, received!!"
The three deputy generals, including all the soldiers, shouted in unison.
They were talking about the whole group, including the more than 90,000 souls buried there, and they also wanted to bring their souls home.
Finally, they could embark on the journey home...
Amid the voices of excitement and tears, a deputy general stepped forward, bowed to Li Hongzhuang, and then asked: "Commander, where are our reinforcements?"
"Reinforcements..."
Li Hongzhuang looked at Li Hao next to her and said: "He is here to replace your reinforcements."
The deputy general looked at Li Hao and his body shook.
The one who replaced them... turned out to be this child?
"Commander, this..."
"Don't ask, go, go home early, wait until it's late, the road will be difficult to walk!" Li Hongzhuang's face returned to stern and indifferent.
Seeing this, the deputy general dared not say more, nodded, looked at Li Hao again, and remembered the appearance of this young man.
The other soldiers also heard the conversation between the two. After the excitement, they were all shocked. They all retreated, and here was actually handed over to a child?
Seeing this, many soldiers shouted anxiously, asking for the reason, and some said that since this was the case, they would stay too.
But Li Hongzhuang just had a cold face and did not respond. Under the shouting of several deputy generals, everyone was finally driven away to pack up their armor and equipment, and then set off to return home.
Li Hao watched silently as the soldiers passed by him one by one. He could smell the dust and strong smell of blood on these veterans.
The little white fox squatted at his feet, very well-behaved.
Ren Qianqian held a sword and stood quietly behind Li Hao. The girl saw the scars on the soldiers' bodies, the damaged armor, and the curved blades. Her heart was trembling and her eyes were red.
"Commander, are you not leaving?"
Another deputy general looked at Li Hongzhuang and couldn't help asking.
Li Hongzhuang shook her head slightly: "You go first, I will come later, no need to wait for me."
She knew that if she said she would stay here, most of these soldiers would also stay with her, even if they couldn't be driven away.
After all, they have fought together for so many years and lived side by side. How could they easily abandon each other?
Hearing this, the deputy general hesitated, then looked at Li Hao, still unable to understand why a young man who looked like a rich young master would be sent as reinforcement to guard this isolated city.
But Li Hongzhuang didn't explain, and they couldn't guess. Military law was like a mountain, and they could only execute it.
With the departure of more than 9,000 people, the camp suddenly became quiet and empty.
Only Li Hongzhuang, Li Hao and Ren Qianqian were left here, plus a little fox.
Li He was missing. He told Li Hongzhuang privately that he would only act in secret and when Li Hao was in danger of his life, and would not take care of anything else.
Li Hongzhuang didn't say anything about this.
She learned about Li Hao and the seventh brother from Li He, but after all, she didn't really participate and didn't know the specific situation.
Her only thought was to defend this isolated city.
In addition to explaining Li Hao's affairs, Li He also conveyed a message to her.
That is, Dayu is now full of smoke and demons are causing chaos everywhere. Emperor Yu has already intended to temporarily abandon Tianmen Pass.
When Dayu regains his strength in the future, he will take it back.
In this way, even if this place is lost, no one will be blamed. If there is a punishment, it will be borne by Li Tiangang.
And Li Tiangang has made great contributions to Yanbei, at most he will be reprimanded a few times and his salary will be deducted. The so-called punishment is just to show other officials.
In other words, this place is already abandoned.
There will be no more reinforcements!
Li He told Li Hongzhuang that she could leave at any time, so she should not lose her life here.
But leave?
Li Hongzhuang looked at the huge grave mounds. In front of her was the scene where the third and sixth brothers had drunk and fought here, and shed their blood. Every inch of the land here was stained with the blood of their soldiers!
Emperor Yu wanted to give up, and the seventh brother wanted to give up, but... she didn't want to give up! !
Li Hongzhuang took a deep breath, put away her emotions, and came to the camp.
Although these soldiers left, some tents were not completely withdrawn. Staying here can also be used as a cover to make the demons mistakenly believe that they are numerous.
"You can just find a tent. The conditions here are simple. Since the city was broken, there have been no civilians here. They were all moved away more than ten years ago."
Li Hongzhuang said casually to Li Hao, and then walked straight into the camp.
Li Hao nodded, looked around, and then saw the graves of different heights in the distance.
He walked over with Ren Qianqian and the little white fox, and his eyes swept over, and one name or unified title was engraved on the wooden sign.
The cold wind blew, making Li Hao feel a bone-chilling sensation.
"Are these... all the heroes who died here?" Ren Qianqian's pretty face was pale, she covered her mouth slightly, and said in a trembling voice.
Seeing with her own eyes, there are more than 100,000 graves, and this shock is indescribable.
The little white fox who likes to jump around is also motionless at this moment, sitting quietly at Li Hao's feet, watching quietly.
Li Hao is slightly silent.
He came here just to pay back his bones and blood.
When three years are up, it will be paid off.
However, seeing the countless soldiers here at this moment, he suddenly felt that in addition to paying back this body of bones and blood, coming here seems to have some other meaning.
In these three years, it seems that... I should do something more.
It's a pity that his current cultivation is still too weak.
The Tianren Grandmaster Realm is considered to be an existence that can establish a sect in the territory, but in this dangerous border, he may die at any time, and he still has to rely on Feng Lao to protect him secretly.
If he reaches the Three Immortal Realms, he can be considered to have the power to protect himself.
"My cultivation is still too slow..." Li Hao's eyes were deep.
Although entering the Heavenly Man Realm at the age of fourteen was shocking enough, it was not enough for the present.
He had to become stronger and improve faster!
Li Hao took a deep breath, left the cemetery, and came to the camp.
He looked in other tents, but didn't find anything to eat or drink. He walked along and saw Li Hongzhuang sitting on the small mound with "Cangya City" engraved on it, wiping the sword in her hand.
"Senior Hongzhuang."
Li Hao called and walked over.
Li Hongzhuang raised her eyebrows slightly, frowned at the boy who was walking over, and said, "You should call me aunt."
"I'm not a member of the Li family anymore." Li Hao said.
Li Hongzhuang thought of Li He's words, her face darkened slightly, and she said, "Why did it become like this?"
Li Hao shook his head slightly, not wanting to mention it, and asked, "It's almost night, are you hungry? I'll go find something to eat."
"Night is coming, demons are out, you'd better not leave without permission." Li Hongzhuang said, she knew that Li He would protect Li Hao in secret, but she still didn't want Li Hao to take risks easily.
Li Hao looked up and saw that the moon had risen and the stars were gradually revealed.
He smiled slightly, turned around and left the small earthen mound, leading Ren Qianqian and the little white fox to walk around the camp casually, shuttling through tents.
These tents were cleaned up very cleanly, but there were still some broken armor and tattered and smelly clothes left inside. Li Hao found the cooking camp and found some salt jars inside.
He smiled, sacrificed his soul, and patrolled the four directions. Soon he found a demon in the wilderness around the camp.
He bent down to pick up a broken sword blade fragment on the ground and threw it out like a skipping stone.
The fragment flew out, broke through the air in an instant, and appeared thirty miles away. With a sound of "puff", it accurately pierced the monster's head.
The monster's body trembled twice, and then it lost its life.
Li Hao used the power of controlling objects to take its body.
This was a monster weighing about three tons, looking like a pig or a lion, with protruding fangs.
Li Hao picked up Ren Qianqian's sword and used it as a meat cleaver to cut open the monster's body, and then quickly processed the internal organs and cut them into pieces.
"Qianqian, help to light the fire."
"Yes."
In the past few days of travel, Ren Qianqian has been accustomed to helping Li Hao. She nodded and looked for some firewood everywhere. Soon, a bonfire was lit.
Li Hao also handled the monster at this time, picking and choosing, taking its essence, using sharpened wooden sticks or broken gun barrels picked up on the ground to pierce and roast them on the bonfire.
Li Hao cooked simply with salt and seasoning, but as the meat sizzled and the oil dripped, the aroma still wafted out.
While the monster meat was grilling, Li Hao himself came to a tent.
He looked at the tent with black and yellow patterns, put it away, and then cut it with a sword, cutting out several evenly symmetrical pieces of cloth.
Then he used the monster's hair to make a brush, stained it with its blood, and drew on the cloth.
"What are you doing?"
Li Hongzhuang found the fragrance, walked down from the small mound, came to the campfire quietly, and asked Li Hao who was busy.
Li Hao looked up at her, smiled, and said: "Your blood evil army withdrew, and the military flag was also withdrawn. I am making a new battle flag."
"My military flag was not completely taken away, and some were left here." Li Hongzhuang said.
Li Hao smiled slightly: "That's yours, this battle flag is mine."
"Huh?"
Li Hongzhuang looked at it.
At this time, Li Hao had finished writing. He released his power and squeezed the blood off the cloth. Then he waved his hand, and the power of controlling objects extended to the jungle several miles away, cutting down several trees and taking them in.
These trees were quickly cut into sticks.
Li Hao wrapped it with excess cloth, tied it at one end, and stuck the other end into the ground to prop it up.
In this way, a simple battle flag was formed.
The cloth fell down and fluttered in the night wind.
Two large characters written in the blood of monsters shook and appeared:
Haotian!
Li Hongzhuang was stunned, and after a long while, she turned her eyes to Li Hao: "You are actually in the Fifteen Miles Realm?"
Li Hao shook his head slightly.
"I am in the Heavenly Man Realm." He said truthfully.
"?"
Li Hongzhuang's pupils contracted, and she was stunned immediately.
Heavenly Man Realm?
Li He did not tell her about Li Hao's practice, but only told her about some things that happened in the mansion.
However, she has been at the border all year round and is extremely isolated from news from within the country. She has to be on guard against monsters every day, so how can she have the time to care about what is happening within the country?
