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"I'm not lying to you, Grandpa." Seeing that there was someone defending him, Xiang Yu immediately raised his head proudly and stuck his chest out, hugging his elbows on his chest.

However, Xiang Yan didn't give him a thumbs-up as he had expected. Instead, she ignored him and got down from her horse, asking the fleeing soldier on the ground, "As a subordinate of the Xiang Family, do you not know the rules and regulations of our Xiang Family?" Why do you have to steal from others? "

The man was pinned to the ground, unable to move an inch. He could only beg, "Marshal, please spare my life. The army has been short of food for a long time, so I have to eat some wild vegetables and bark every day. This lowly one can't stand starving.

Xiang Yan's heart couldn't help but tremble when she heard that person's pleas for mercy. She casually asked the officer, "So the army is already so short of food?"

"Positive... The general hadn't been able to tell them the truth. Now that Xiang Yan had asked for it herself, he had no choice but to tell them the truth. "The soldiers haven't eaten a single grain of millet in three days."

Xiang Yan had originally thought that she would be able to hold on for a few more days with her rations. However, she had already reached the brink of despair. She suddenly felt a wave of worry in her heart. Logically speaking, this deserter was also trying to survive, but he was forced to do so due to helplessness. Logically speaking, he should have forgiven him for his crimes, but after hesitating for a moment, his lips still moved as he said, "Brother, although you are trying to survive, our Xiang Army is strict, and we cannot show any mercy because of this, we are sorry." With that, he turned to the officer and said, "Hand him over to the Military Administration Division and let them be dealt with according to military law."

"Okay." Following Xiang Yan's orders, the general waved his hand, signaling everyone to escort the deserter back to the Military Affairs Division.

"Marshal, have mercy, Marshal ?" However, the person still did not want to commit the crime and continued to be dragged away while loudly begging for forgiveness, because he knew that this was his last chance of survival. The Xiang Family's military discipline was strict, and this sort of act of fleeing and stealing was a cripple even if he did not die in the Military Affairs Division.

However, Xiang Yan paid no heed to his cries for mercy. She allowed him to slowly disappear into the distance while the soldiers dragged him, until he could no longer hear anything at all. At this moment, there was a crowd of citizens who had gathered around to watch the show. Seeing how the Xiang Family's Grand Marshal would deal with his soldiers, they all sighed in admiration.

After Xiang Yan and the officer escorted the fleeing soldier into the distance, he felt a pang in his heart. Finally, unable to endure any longer, he unsheathed his sword with a swoosh and fiercely stabbed at his mount.

The mount had accompanied Xiang Yan for many years, and it would never have imagined that its master would actually take its life at this very moment. With a 'chi' sound, the longsword pierced into its throat.

"Shriek ~ ~" The warhorse only let out a sorrowful cry, and before it could even react, it had already died, dying in the Yellow Springs.

This action of Xiang Yan's caused Xiang Chuan to stare in shock, his eyes wide and his mouth trembling. "Father, you ?"

She could not bear to watch her mount fall at her feet, so she said in a pained and helpless tone, "Xiang Tong, order the kitchen to cook it and feed the soldiers."

After she finished speaking, Xiang Yan strode away, heading back to her own gate without looking back, leaving Xiang Chuan standing in the autumn wind in a daze, unable to utter a single word. Only Xiang Yu was chasing after her, incessantly calling out, "Grandpa, wait for me!" before she flew straight towards Xiang Yan.

After Xiang Yan returned to her room, she locked herself in her own room. She silently thought back to everything that had happened in the city today. Although he had not acted selfishly and had dealt with the soldiers under his command in accordance with military law, and had also killed his warhorse to feed the soldiers, he knew that this was only a temporary measure. One had to know that after the Xiang Family had been in command for many generations, the Xiang Family had reached the brink of life and death. If there was no external help, it would only cause chaos within the city, and at that time, not only would the Great Sun City be left unprotected, even the Xiang Family, which had been painstakingly established by their ancestors, would be severely injured.

Since the founding of the Xiang Family, the Xiang Family had galloped across the battlefield, invincible and invincible. They had repeatedly injured countries like Wei, Wu, Yue, and so on, causing the Xiang Family to become famous for a time. But now, if the legend of the invincible Army of God like the Xiang Family fell into Xiang Yan's hands, how could he, Xiang Yan, face the ancestor of the Xiang Family in the underworld? Thinking of this, he couldn't help but feel worried. He frowned and sat there like a puppet, not saying a word.

"Hehe, General Xiang capturing bandits in the city today has raised the confidence of the citizens of the Great Sun Army in one go. He is indeed worthy of being a member of the family of generals." Just as Xiang Yan was feeling depressed, she suddenly heard a hearty voice from behind the screen. She couldn't help but feel her heart tighten as she immediately turned to look at the screen.

"Who is it?!" Xiang Yan's sensitive nerves triggered him to uncontrollably pull out his longsword and exclaimed in a low tone.

After the laughter ended, a burly man with broad shoulders and a broad chest slowly walked out from behind the screen. Faced with Xiang Yan's questioning, he could not help but feel no anger. Instead, he bowed towards Xiang Yan's forehead and said, "My name is Mo Men, Zhu Hai. I am here on orders from my master to pay my respects to General Xiang."

Seeing him dressed in coarse linen clothes, carrying a large bronze hammer on his back and carrying a large green cloth bundle in his hand, dressed like a martial artist, Xiang Yan could not help but ask again, "Who exactly is your master? "Why have you come to my Xiang Residence?"

"Marshal need not be so anxious. My master is a son of the Mo Sect, the chief of the Apocalyptic Sword Alliance, Alliance Head Jing. As for me, this crude person who has come uninvited, is naturally here to help Marshal Xiang." The burly man saw Xiang Yan frown and look nervous, so he started to explain his doubts to her.

"The chief of the Assassin Sword Alliance?" Hearing that person's explanation, Xiang Yan began to ponder. It was as if he had heard of this martial arts organization before, but he had always been indifferent to matters of the martial arts world, so he didn't think too much about it. However, he was more concerned with the latter half of the words, so he asked again: "You are here to help me? I wonder what kind of assistance it is. "

When the burly man heard Xiang Yan's words, he only chuckled before continuing to speak patiently, "I heard that Marshal Chu's Giant Sun City was at the end of the line. In order to ensure the smooth implementation of our plan to reject Qin, our chief had instructed us to go first and inform Marshal Xiang that the allied forces of the six nations have formed an alliance with Chu Ying and have appointed King Chu as our leader. At this moment, Lord Chu had already led the allied forces to the Great Yang without stopping. It should be less than a hundred miles from now. When the army arrives tomorrow, we will lead the army out of the city and work with the Allies, but we will be able to kill Wang Jian before he can even catch him off guard, so that the bones of the Qin soldiers will not be left behind. "

Although the burly man said this, Xiang Yan still had some doubts, because he had already sent out his message, but had not received any news from King Chu that the alliance had been formed. It was only when he heard the man say the three words "defy the Qin" that he remembered what kind of organization the Sword Alliance was. It turned out that in the imperial court, there had been a spy who had reported this to Lord Chu. When Lord Chu had heard of this news, he said that he wanted to recruit the Pill Sword Alliance for his own use. Xiang Yan had always looked down on the martial arts practitioners, so she did not take it to heart. He did not expect Lord Chu to be in such a position. It seemed that Lord Chu had put in a lot of effort into it.

Even though he was able to determine that the Magic Sword Alliance existed to resist Qin Yun and was considered a friendly army to him, at this critical juncture, he could not afford to make the slightest mistake. If he were to easily believe the words of this burly man, then it would be Wang Jian's scheme.

He continued to ask: "Since you claim that you are a pioneer and have come to report to me, do you have any proof?"

Hearing Xiang Yan's question, Zhu Hai burst out in laughter: "As expected, as expected of my Left Envoy, Marshal Xiang is indeed a prudent person. Luckily, I even prepared a generous gift for Marshal Xiang, if that's the case, then I would like to invite Marshal Xiang to open it for me." After Zhu Hai said this, he threw the bag in his hand and heavily fell on the table.

"What is this?" Looking at the heavy package, Wang Jian could not help but be confused.

"These are the credentials requested by the marshal. The marshal will know when he opens them." Zhu Hai pointed at the package on the table and said loudly.

Xiang Yan slowly opened the package, half-believing and half-doubting him. However, just as she opened the first layer, she discovered that there were many traces of blood on the cloth. Xiang Yan felt her scalp go numb, and she had a bad feeling about this. However, she forced herself to continue taking the green cloth out of the bag.

After he completely opened the bag, he was so frightened that he almost collapsed on the table. Fortunately, he had experienced the bloody rain and the bloody wind of the battlefield, so he was able to hold out for a while. However, that bag of flesh and blood mixed together really made people feel terrified.

What was that package? It turned out to be a pile of broken fingers, which he couldn't count. The fingers mixed with the tainted blood had taken up the entire table!

"This... "This ?" Xiang Yan originally wanted to ask something, but she couldn't find a single word to ask.

However, Zhu Hai did not care about Xiang Yan's reaction at all, and just said loudly: "My brother Gao originally wanted me to use some of his Qin soldiers' heads to prove my identity, but I found that thing too big to carry around, so I took this group of thief soldiers' pinky and presented it as a gift to Marshal Xiang. This time, Marshal Xiang should at least believe in my identity, right? "

Xiang Yan was still in a state of shock, but after hearing this boorish man's words, she somewhat recovered her wits. After carefully analyzing the words of that boorish man, it didn't seem like he was lying. However, from the number of broken fingers, he could tell that this brute had killed at least a thousand Qin soldiers. Not only was this Qin soldier extremely valiant, but he was also completely unharmed. This was unbelievable. Besides, the finger was real, but it wasn't Qin Bing's, so he couldn't say for sure. It would be better to stabilize him for now. It wouldn't be too late to decide when the situation was clear.

Thinking up to here, Xiang Yan clasped her fists towards Zhu Hai and said, "A good man has the courage of ten thousand men. Since we are brothers from the Chess Sword Alliance, then you and I are a family. "Now that you have come thousands of miles to report this to my army, you will definitely have to work hard. Why don't you temporarily rest in my army for a night, and when I reorganize my troops tomorrow, we will go out together with good men so that we can reunite with my king's army?"

"You, Yan, calling yourself a general's family was in vain for you to be so obedient. Right now, the alliance of the six empires is already within reach. They should be able to arrive by night, so why wait until tomorrow?" When Zhu Hai heard Xiang Yan's slow and unhurried arrangements, he immediately became extremely unhappy.

"As the saying goes, haste makes waste. A good man is still ?" Faced with Zhu Hai's anxious expression, Xiang Yan had originally wanted to stabilize him. However, at this moment, the sound of hurried footsteps could be heard from outside the door as they rained down on Xiang Yan's room. Furthermore, he did not knock on the door to greet them. Instead, he pushed the door open and entered the room, interrupting Xiang Yan's persuasion.

Hearing that someone had broken into the house, Xiang Yan hastily turned her head to see that the person who had just arrived was none other than her second son, Xiang Chuan. Liu He thought that his father was the only one in the room, so without thinking, he pushed open the door and entered. Unexpectedly, when he opened the door, there were two people inside.

However, when he saw that someone was present, he immediately looked around to see what was inside the room. However, when he saw the bloody mess of broken fingers on the table, he was immediately shocked and his hand involuntarily tightened around the hilt of the saber on his waist.

Xiang Yan saw Xiang Dian's actions, and knew that Xiang Dian might have misunderstood the situation, so she immediately explained, "Oh, this is a brother of the Sword Crafting Alliance. He came to report to me on behalf of the chief, and agreed to work with the other six nations' allies to flank Wang Jian."

Hearing his father's words, Xiang Shu seemed to have understood something. "No wonder." After saying this, he loosened his fingers from the hilt of his blade.

Hearing his words, Xiang Yan immediately asked, "Why have you come to find me so late?"

Xiang Shu had wanted to report just like that after hearing his father's question, but when he saw Zhu Hai's burly face, he was still a little worried. Thus, he went close to Xiang Yan and whispered into her ear.

When Xiang Yan heard these words, her eyes shone with a bright light as she asked in surprise, "Are you serious?!"