Chapter 9 is over

  P.S: Although the update is not powerful, it's not good to ask for rewards, but the reward list is empty and it doesn't look good. So, I'm asking for 100 **** coins as a reward, just to make the door face look beautiful.

  Li Xian was anxious in his heart, especially worried about Xiao Di's safety, and he continuously whipped the black horse to speed up. He grew up with Xiao Di, and their feelings were very good. That lovely little girl, Li Xian had always treated her as if she were his own younger sister.

  He was anxious and flustered, but Da Xi Chang Ru managed to catch up with him and comforted him saying: "Don't worry, the village is fine, after all I still have a hundred or so men under my command. Those weak and incompetent county soldiers, how could they possibly be a match for my brothers?"

  Li Xian's mind was in a mess, where did he have the time to think about the hundred or so men under his command that Da Xi Chang Ru had mentioned? It turned out that after the battle of Hong Hua, only 106 strong soldiers were left from the original 2,000 elite cavalrymen of the Great Sui. With those 106 men around, let alone a few hundred, even if they were surrounded by thousands of people, they could still protect the safety of Red Buddha and Xiao Di.

  As the crowd galloped, a team suddenly came face to face. Zhang Zhongjian's anger surged up, and he picked up the knife from the winning hook on one side of the horse, raised the blade and was about to kill someone. But then he saw that the person in front of the team coming face to face was wearing a red dress, fluttering and dancing, with a slender figure, who was his sworn sister Zhang Wancheng.

  Hong Fo Ben had no surname or name, after being sworn as siblings with Zhang Zhongjian she followed his surname and was named Wan Cheng by him. However, in the Jianghu world she is known for the red duster in her hand and is called Red Buddha Maiden.

  "Big brother!"

  Zhang Wan Cheng recognized the person coming from afar as Zhang Zhong Jian, her originally furrowed eyebrows relaxed. The worry in her heart dissipated, and some color returned to her face. Worried about her sworn brother's safety, her face had been pale and frightening earlier.

  "It's all right! As long as you're fine!"

  Zhang Zhongjian pulled back his horse and laughed loudly, then asked: "How's Xiao Di?"

  Zhang Wan Cheng wiped the sweat from his forehead and smiled: "I was afraid of danger, so I left Xiao Di in the village, with Lv Chen's people protecting him, don't worry."

  Zhang Zhongjian finally felt at ease, looked up to see the cavalry under Da Xi Changru's command, each and every one of them were fierce and brave warriors, six or seven out of ten had scars on their faces. Although this cavalry only had sixty or seventy men, they seemed to carry an aura of a thousand horses and ten thousand soldiers. These soldiers were all trusted followers of Da Xi Changru, when he recovered from his injuries and left Honghua, these cavalrymen chose to leave with him. Da Xi Changru brought this elite cavalry, and for the past few years, they had been roaming the vast grasslands.

  Seeing these cavalrymen, Li Xian stood up with reverence. The scars on the faces of these cavalrymen were all marks left by that great war. It was a mark of supreme honor, a mark that was not only not ugly but also majestic and heroic. These cavalrymen were true warriors. Each one of them deserved Li Xian's heartfelt respect.

  Daxi Changru urged the horse to move forward, his eyes scanning over the cavalry under his command. At this moment, the aura and majesty of being a peerless war general naturally emanated from him.

  "How is the battle going?"

  Daxi Changru asked Dao.

  The cavalrymen clenched their fists on their chest and gave a standard military salute.

  "Report to the General! We have beheaded 188 enemies, captured 47 alive, and wounded three Blood Riders. Not a single one of our men has fallen in battle!"

  Blood Riders!

  This is the name given by Da Xi Chang Ru to his small cavalry. Blood Riders, extraordinary cavalry who survived from the bloody waves. Hearing these two words, one can feel the intense bloody smell on these cavalrymen. Only they deserve this name. Li Xian was stirred up by these two words, and his heart was surging with emotions. Perhaps others' reactions to these two words were lighter, but Li Xian couldn't calm down. In his past life, he had admired the great Sui cavalry, and now that he saw them in person, how could Li Xian not be excited? This excitement was different from when he found out that his adoptive father, Big Beard, was actually the famous Qiu Mao Ke. Knowing that Qiu Mao Ke was his foster father, Li Xian couldn't help but feel excited. But seeing these cavalrymen, Li Xian couldn't help but feel respect.

  Da Xi Changru nodded: "Divide into two teams to cover the rear, return to Baxian Mountain."

  The Blood Riders immediately divided into two groups of cavalry and did not follow until everyone had walked out for hundreds of meters.

  Orders issued like mountains, this is what makes an iron army.

  After everyone arrived at Xiaodao Village, Daxi Zhangru waved his hand and the Blood Riders immediately dispersed their troops to scout around, while the remaining people stood guard at the village entrance.

  Everyone dismounted and walked into the village.

  "Grandpa!"

  A clear and pleasant child's voice came, immediately, a little girl wearing flower-patterned clothes and carved jade-like skin rushed out of a courtyard, running and laughing, so lovely that people couldn't help but want to kiss her face heavily. Zhang Zhongjian picked up the girl and spun around in circles, rubbing his big beard on the girl's delicate small face: "Little Di, miss Grandpa?"

  Xiao Di suddenly flashed a pair of beautiful big eyes that seemed to be talking, and nodded seriously: "Missing Grandpa, missing so much. Also missing Idle Brother, missing so much!"

  Zhang Zhongjian burst out laughing and put Xiao Di down, saying: "Your idle brother has also come to see you."

  Xiao Di's eyes suddenly widened, and he immediately lifted his head to look around for Li Xian's shadow. Just as he was searching, he suddenly saw the handsome and clean boy jump down from that familiar black horse. Under the sunset, the boy was smiling at him. Xiao Di excitedly shouted "Gege Xian" and ran towards Li Xian.

  Li Xian smiled and waited until Xiao Di ran in front of him before calling out: "Little sister Xiao Di."

  Xiao Di, who was only five years old, looked up with her round chin and asked seriously: "Idle brother, why did you just come to see me? I've asked Auntie many times to take me back to see Grandpa and Idle brother. Auntie didn't agree, so I secretly cried every night."

  As she spoke, small tears began to roll in Di's eyes.

  Zhang Wan Cheng pulled up Xiao Di's hand, took out a handkerchief to wipe away Xiao Di's tears: "Look, your grandfather and uncle will see you like this, they'll say that Auntie usually bullies you, this little girl."

  Xiao Di sobbed and said: "Auntie is very good to Xiao Di, just like Grandpa and Idle Gege are good to Xiao Di."

  "Don't cry then, a small flower-like face won't be pretty if it's crying, and how can an ugly face become a bride?"

  Zhang Wan Cheng smiled and said.

  Xiao Di thought for a moment and said seriously: "Xiao Di won't cry, Xiao Di still wants to be the bride of Idle Brother."

  Li Xian smiled awkwardly and was somewhat at a loss for what to do with his hands and feet.

  Zhang Wan Cheng glared at him and said: "What? You're not happy yet? Believe it or not, I'll castrate you right now and send you to Daxing City to become a eunuch?"

  Li Xian sighed in his heart: This era is actually not bad, although there is no broken computer, no endless infantry pieces in the broken computer, no rubbish fast food that can be bought with a few coins, no Apple mobile phone, no Mercedes-Benz or BMW, and no high-rise buildings. But we have arranged marriages, which we used to despise but now have to accept, especially when there are beautiful girls like Xiao Di, even if they fail to grow up, they won't be uglier than Liu Yifei, right?

  But Li Xian, who is already over 28 years old in his mind, somehow feels very awkward.

  But he wouldn't show any expression, in front of Red Buddha, he would only nod his head like a little chicken pecking at rice, as if he had taken some kind of medicine.

  Lao Lizi Zheng Xiaodao was supported by someone and walked out of the yard with a smile, saying: "Quickly go inside to talk, why are you all standing outside."

  Li Xian first saw the legendary good fellow who could drink two catties of rice wine in one breath without hiccuping, and he really didn't expect Chen Xiaodao to have become this big. Being supported by others and still trembling, would a catty of rice be enough to knock him down? Two catties of wine? How did that thin belly of his hold it all? Moreover... that mouth that smiled like a blooming chrysanthemum... was it really that strong?

  Chen Lao Han had the villagers with iron floats take the wounded to bandage their wounds, and led Zhang Zhong Jian and others into the yard.

  Zhang Wan Cheng, who took the initiative to make tea, was seen by Li Xian for the first time as a gentle and elegant lady. With a dignified and beautiful appearance, her movements were soft and smooth. Even if one didn't drink the tea, just watching this jade-like beauty making tea was a rare pleasure. Her slender hands brewing tea and cooking wine... what could be more likely to arouse a man's beastly nature? Ah, a peaceful and serene thing?

  "Lord Lü, how did you arrive here?"

  Zhang Zhongjian asked curiously.

  Daxi Zhangru stared at Zhang Wancheng's tea-making movements, seemingly entranced. After a while, he came to his senses and said: "It was precisely because of Qi Ren's matter that I returned. You also know that the other day I was in Qi Ren's tribe."

  "Then do you know why the Xianbei suddenly changed their nature and frequently sneak over the Great Wall to raid our pastures? The Xianbei have always been the most docile of the grassland nations. Even when Han merchants came to their tribes with large quantities of goods, they would not harbor evil intentions and kill them for their wealth. You happened to be in the Xianbei tribe, shouldn't you know what's going on over there?"

  Li Xian also sat up straight and listened intently with his ear tilted to one side.

  Daxi Changru sighed, "Nothing has happened on the side of the Xi people... They never sent anyone south. The great Ejin A of the Xi people, Xilin, was also frightened and didn't know who was impersonating the Xi people to do evil. He feared that the Great Sui would send troops to avenge his tribe, and before I came south, he specially asked me to help investigate who was framing their tribe. Although the Xi people are cunning and treacherous, they have small guts. They are not gentle, but rather dare not lightly become enemies with the Great Sui. The five tribes of the Xi people combined can at most muster only 30,000 cavalry, how could they dare to oppose the Great Sui?"

  Da Xi Chang Ru sighed and said: "This matter is probably... there's more to it than meets the eye."

  Li Xian said with a strange tone: "The Qi people are good at changing and being cunning, isn't it that Ah Hui or something is deceiving you?"

  Daxi Changru said: "The five tribes of the Xi people, including Ejin, are all discussing countermeasures in Moheduo. They fear that the Great Sui will send troops to punish them and are already considering whether to go north to Hengshui to seize the grasslands of the Rouran."

  Zhang Zhongjian furrowed his brow and said, "It seems... we'll have to make a trip into the county town of Yuyang."

  Li Xian suddenly thought of something, calculating the days, it was exactly the sixth year of Daye, could this matter be related to Emperor Yang of Sui's expedition against Goguryeo? The first expedition against Goguryeo by Emperor Yang of Sui, Yang Guang, started preparing in the sixth year of Daye, but dragged on until the eighth year of Daye before setting out. Could it be that this time, the affair of Youyang Commandery was a deliberate plot set up by the Great Sui to clean up the Xianbei people? But didn't remember reading about Emperor Yang of Sui using troops against the Xianbei in the sixth year of Daye in historical records? Or did he forget? Or... such a small war, wasn't even recorded?

  Li Xian was also somewhat surprised.

  Anyway, Yu Yangjun Wei Yan did it!