Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 256: Even a strong man has to sit on a stretcher

Yang Luo said dissatisfiedly: "It's a good thing for them, but not for us! I guess the ship is loaded with their food and supplies. It seems that these monsters from the Sand Country have been preparing for a long time!"

Chu Xiaomu suddenly said: "What if it's not their ship? What do we have to say?"

Hearing this, Bi Ye frowned even more tightly and said, "If they are not from Chisha Country, this matter will be complicated. Baijun City, Jinyang City, and Anfeng City are all connected to Bicheng by water, and can also reach Huaduqiu. Even Baixue Country and Lanming Country can go back to Kunhe Waterway after crossing the economic sea... We must not jump to conclusions about which country or city they are from."

Yang Luo said: "We have made good friends with the other six cities of the Cangmu Kingdom in Bicheng. They have no reason to help the people of the Chisha Kingdom and make things difficult for us. I think it's either the ship from the Baixue Kingdom or the Lanming Kingdom!"

Bi Ye waved his hand and said, "I've already said that this is a serious matter and we can't jump to conclusions. Unless we have solid evidence, we can't spread this news." He glanced at Yang Luo and Chu Xiaomu, then said, "Do you two understand?"

Yang Luo and Chu Xiaomu both nodded and said they understood.

Bi Ye took out a sheepskin map from the table, spread it on the ground, and said to Chu Xiaomu: "Please show us where the Claw Tribe camped."

This sheepskin map was rather crude, but it still had some larger features, such as cities, mountains, rivers, lakes, roads, place names, etc. Chu Xiaomu had never seen any maps before, but the one that Bi Ye took out was easy to identify, and he could tell at a glance where Bi City was, where Beast Mountain was, and which river was Kun River... He carefully recalled the route he had taken yesterday, and finally pointed out the approximate location of the Claw Tribe camp on the map.

Bi Ye stared at the map for a long time before turning to Yang Luo and said, "Go and invite your third brother over. We need him to help us figure out how to deal with the Claw Tribe."

Yang Luo took the order and turned away.

Bi Ye asked Chu Xiaomu about his military life in Nanding Army, and Chu Xiaomu answered one by one.

Bi Ye suddenly laughed and said, "I heard that you suffered a lot of grievances in Bicheng, but is it true?"

Chu Xiaomu originally wanted to tell the story of how the ten members of his horse herding team were inexplicably locked up in a small dark prison for a period of time, and how they were assigned to the most despised and most difficult horse herding team to learn skills. But then he thought about it and realized that the Nanding Army was under the command of the Central Army Commander Zhou Bo, who controlled everything. He had suffered enough injustice and hardship, and now he was complaining to the general. What kind of words would that mean? I'm afraid the general would laugh at me in his heart for being spineless and a cartilaginous fish in the sea. If the news spreads to the Nanding Army, my future life will be even more difficult and more despised. So he held back and said, "General, it's not true. We...we are all doing well in the Nanding Army."

Bi Ye said, "The ancients said it well, 'If jade is not polished, it will not become a useful tool; if a person is not tempered, it will be difficult to become a talent.' A good pair of stirrups needs to be tempered a thousand times, not to mention a person who wants to achieve something." He fixed his eyes on Chu Xiaomu and continued, "You must remember this carefully."

Chu Xiaomu was confused for a moment, so he could only say, "General, I'll remember it."

Bi Ye walked to the door of the military tent, opened the curtain and looked outside the tent, and suddenly said, "The wind is blowing, it looks like a heavy rain is coming." His voice was quite desolate and helpless. Chu Xiaomu looked outside the tent and saw the dust rolling outside the tent, making the tents and flags rustle.

The two chatted for a while, and Chu Xiaomu thought of Yang Dou. He wondered how he had been doing in the past few months, so he asked, "General, Adou...is he okay?"

Bi Ye said, "His heart disease is hard to cure for the time being. Perhaps he can only be cured by sending him back to Baihua Island. I have ordered people to build a ship that can sail far away, but unfortunately no one knows the exact location of Baihua Island. Now the Claw Tribe is coming to attack, so this matter has to be put aside for now."

Chu Xiaomu thought, Ah Dou originally knew the way back to Baihua Island, but now he has a heart disease, so he can't risk letting him find the way home. Then, apart from the people from the Snow Country, he is the only one who still remembers how to return to Baihua Island. But the general clearly knew that Ah Dou couldn't go back for the time being, so why did he build the boat so early? Judging from his appearance and temperament, he is not an impatient person. It is hard to understand for a while.

Bi Ye added: "Fortunately, he has opened up the Force, and his progress is not bad. I hope he can heal his heart disease little by little by peeking into his own Chaos Realm."

Chu Xiaomu couldn't help but be surprised and happy. He didn't expect that Yang Dou, who was always so noisy, could actually open up the Force in just a few months. He hurriedly knelt down to pay his respects to Yang Dou, and said with a sob: "Thank... Thank you, General. This... This is really great..." He didn't know what to say for a moment.

At this time, the curtain was lifted and Yang Luo walked in first. Behind him, two soldiers carried a stretcher, and sitting on the stretcher was Zhou Bo, the central commander of the Nanding Army.

Chu Xiaomu stood up hurriedly and saw that Zhou Bo's face was pale and haggard, with a lot of bandages wrapped around his right thigh and chest. It was obvious that his injuries had not yet healed.

After the two soldiers put Zhou Bo down, they shook off the dust on him, saluted to Bi Ye and Yang Luo, and then left.

Chu Xiaomu also hurriedly saluted Zhou Bo. In his heart, General Zhou Zhongjun was more awed and feared than General Bi Ye.

Zhou Bo just nodded slightly at Chu Xiaomu, with no expression on his face.

Bi Ye said to Zhou Bo, "The Claw Tribe attacked Humu Pass with assassins twice as many as our city's defenders, and chose the still-cold mid-spring season. No one expected it. The loss of Humu Pass is not your fault alone, so don't worry about it."

Chu Xiaomu had never been to Humu Pass, but he had heard that this pass was the most dangerous pass in Cangmu Country, which was easy to defend but difficult to attack. Only after hearing what Bi Ye said did he realize that the Claw Tribe used a surprise attack strategy, and their number was twice that of the Bicheng defenders.

Chu Xiaomu had witnessed the fierceness and stubbornness of the Claw Tribe. At that time, Yang Luo led nearly 30 riders and encountered two teams of Claw Tribe bird riders. Although the Green City Army had more people than the enemy, it was not easy to win the battle. If it were not for Yang Luo's extremely high force martial arts, he might not have won. The Claw Tribe actually attacked Humu Pass with more troops, and even the most dangerous pass was difficult to defend.

Zhou Bo half-lay on the stretcher and said, "I am incompetent and have failed to live up to the great general's high hopes." While speaking he struggled to sit up, and when he exerted force he pulled at the wound, causing a lot of blood to flow out, but he did not care.