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The remaining defeated and disabled soldiers were in an even greater mess. They all held their heads, not even sparing to trample on each other. Seeing that the morale of the troops had been broken and that the situation was chaotic, Wang Jian squeezed onto the horse under the protection of Qiang and the rest and shouted to the Qin soldiers who were fighting behind them to retreat, "Retreat! Retreat to the city! " Wang Jian's order to retreat was the last cry for rescue for the soldiers in the army. If he had not made the decision to retreat into the city, then under the constant obstruction of the enemy and Huai Shui, the army would have been completely annihilated. The only way out would be to retreat to the city from the west. On the path of retreat, more than half of the hundreds of thousands of Qin soldiers covered the entire muddy road. The blood from the corpses could almost converge into a river of blood, staining the muddy road bright red. By the time Wang Jian's remnants had retreated to the city, only 50,000 soldiers had survived. This was the first time the Qin had suffered a crushing defeat in the battle of Liszt Dongjin since the Martingale Transformation, in addition to the serious damage suffered during the battle against Zhao at Mok Manor.

In the battle at Giant Sun City, Wang Jian had ultimately been defeated because he had overestimated the situation. In the battle at Fox Bamboo City, with the help of Heaven, he had won. With this victory, he had eradicated Crimson Reed, the last great threat in the heart of the Nine Barbarians, and had finally made the entire tribe submit to the Nine Barbarian King. From then on, the Jiang clan truly became the overlord of the Nine Barbarians. As a result, the seven warriors of the War Country were fighting against each other in the Central Plains. They didn't know that in the wilderness surrounded by strange rocks and mountains, there was also a powerful Rong family quietly rising up to become the patriarchs of southwest China.

Of course, Jiang Yi, the king of the Nine Barbarians, could successfully unite the entire tribe. As such, the army that was under the command of the king did not go back on his words, and according to their previous agreement, Jiang Yi placed all of the tribes that were under the command of the king into the city to give them a sumptuous feast so that they could recuperate within the city. Although the Nine Barbarians were part of the Rong Family, they were still descendants of the Central Plains culture. Therefore, they didn't hesitate when it came to rewards. On the third day after the upper echelons of the army entered the city, he arranged a banquet to welcome Fan Yicheng and the others, inviting them to toast and celebrate with him.

"General Fan, this prince will keep his word. Since you are able to break the rules and take the head of Crimson Reed, then this prince will naturally follow the agreement and ally with the people of Central Plains to help you." Even though Jiang Yi was an outsider, he spoke fluent Central Plains language and the etiquette of inviting him to toast was extremely similar to that of the Central Plains. He shouted loudly towards Fan Yuzhan and the others, "General Fan, if you don't mind, please drink the wine my Jiang Rong clan made for you and I will be brothers from now on!" After Jiang Yi finished her sentence, she finished the wine in her cup with a 'gulu' sound.

Since the Nine Barbarian King had volunteered to help him, how could he not be happy when he didn't even have the time to do so? Thus, without saying anything further, he bowed towards Jiang Yi and signalled for him to come in. After that, he drank the wine in his hand that was filled to the brim. However, the earth wine was not as sweet as the wine made from the millet in the Central Plains, and instead had a slightly bitter taste. However, the earth wine was not as sweet as the wine made from the millet in the Central Plains, and actually had a slightly bitter taste.

Jiang Yi didn't quite notice Fan Yicheng's uneasiness as he continued to drink his wine while praising, "General Fan is indeed extraordinary, and the good generals under his command are like dragons and tigers. With just a thousand men, he was able to take down the rock-hard Bamboo City. This is truly something this king is ashamed of."

When Fan Yuzhen heard the Nine Barbarian King's praise, he knew that he had made a huge contribution in this battle, so he said politely, "Hey, Nine Barbarian King, you are being too serious. The Nine Barbarian King is so powerful that it can shake every great clan and clan. How can I, a mere fallen general of the Qin Nation, be on par with you, Nine Barbarian King? "Moreover, if it wasn't for my resourceful and resourceful foster brother Tian Gan, not to mention that I was able to break the bamboo, it is still unknown whether I would have been able to escape unscathed."

"Oh? Are you talking about the descendant who kidnapped This King in This King's tent? " Upon hearing that, the Nine Barbarian King immediately asked tentatively.

"It's precisely this person. He was only forced by the circumstances to the point where he inadvertently offended the Nine Barbarian King. I hope that the Nine Barbarian King can forgive me." When Fan Yuzhen heard the Nine Barbarian King's question, he thought that the King would vent its anger on Tian Gan, so he hurriedly expressed his thanks to Jiang Yi on behalf of Tian Gan.

Who knew that Jiang Yi would actually burst out laughing after confirming Tian Gan's identity from Fan Yicheng's mouth, repeatedly praising him. "It's indeed a Flood Dragon amongst tens of thousands of people. It seems like my daughter has good judgement." As he spoke, Jiang Yi cast a sidelong glance at a woman dressed like a Rong family member.

The woman's eyes were like autumn waves, her cheeks were like peach blossoms, and she had a very beautiful appearance, but she was dressed in Rong's clothes, and although there were gold, silver, and jewelry, they were wrapped in the skin of tigers and leopards. However, when she heard what her father had said, her cheeks flushed red. It was as if she was reprimanding her father for not holding back his words. She stood up without a sound and left by herself for the back hall.

Jiang Yi was well aware of his daughter's temperament. If she wasn't happy about something, no one could force herself to do it. If she wanted to do something, no one could stop her. As a result, when he saw his daughter leave without saying goodbye, although he slightly lost the courtesy of being the host, he did not shout at her to stop and only let her go. However, when Jiang Yi saw Fan Yuzhen's somewhat embarrassed appearance, he had no choice but to explain in place of his daughter: "My daughter has been spoiled by this duke since I was young, so I'm lacking in manners. General Fan, please forgive me."

When Fan Yuzhen heard Jiang Yi apologize to his daughter in such a manner, he smiled as well and raised his glass. "It's fine, it's fine. Young people are always a bit young and vigorous. Back then, wasn't it the same for you and me?"

"Hahaha, General Fan truly is a straightforward person. It seems like this king has formed the right alliance with you. Come, let's do it!" Seeing that Fan Yicheng was so carefree, the Nine-Barbarian King liked him a lot. He raised his glass and toasted him again. Just as the word "dry" was spoken, the cup of wine had already been poured into his stomach.

It was only after Jiang Yi and Fan Yicheng drank a few cups of wine that Jiang Yi noticed that there seemed to be one person missing from the banquet today. It was the young man known as Tian Gan, who had always been by his side. Now that he thought about it in private, he realized that his daughter had left without saying goodbye. It was also because this Heaven's Deity Gongzi wasn't here that he opened his mouth and asked, "General Fan, how is it that you didn't see the young man who came with you last time?"

Fan Yuzhen had no choice but to answer carefully since Jiang Yi was asking about Tian Gan. "Brother Tian Gan, I only told you that I have some important matters to attend the banquet on, so I didn't come along with you."

"Oh? "It would be a pity if that were the case." When Jiang Yi heard these words, he couldn't help but click his lips repeatedly as if he felt some regret.

Seeing the look on Jiang Yi's face, Fan Yuzhen couldn't help but ask curiously, "Could it be that the Nine Barbarian King has something to ask of my sworn brother?"

Oh, that's not the case, "Jiang Yi instantly changed his mind after being questioned by Fan Yuyan. He only casually explained," Just now, General Fan said that the meritorious general of Great Broken Fox was originally that young man, so this king is preparing to reward him. Since he has an important matter on his person, then forget it, General Fan. After Jiang Yi finished speaking, he raised his palm and clapped twice. After the two claps had subsided, a group of Rong family servants carried trays in each of their hands and walked in from the inner hall. They formed two rows at the end.

What were those servants holding in their hands? Among them were tiger skin, mink skin, deer antlers, jewelry, gold, agate and other rare items. These waiters each served a plate, so naturally, they were not a small number.

The strange treasures that Fan Yu had expected to see immediately became extremely embarrassed. "What do you mean by that, Nine Barbarian King?" It would be too polite to give them to you as a gift. "

After Jiang Yi heard Fan Yuzhen's words of guilt, he only laughed and said, "General Fan, since you and I have already allied ourselves, we should call each other brothers. We should trust each other with our lives. Brother, what do you say? "

When Fan Yuzhen saw Jiang Yi's boldness, he no longer dared to be naughty. He paid attention to the formalities of the Central Plains and shouted, "Since that's the case, then I, Fan, will listen to my younger brother's words!"

With that, the two of them raised their cups once more. They each drank another three cups, but only said that it wasn't good not to drink and that they wouldn't stop until they were drunk. There were two groups of people. One group was the high-ranking general of the Nine Barbarians, the other was the chief of the Nine Barbarians King, Jiang Rong. When the two groups saw that their lord was enjoying the show to the fullest, they all raised their wine bottles and merged into the atmosphere.

Before this, Tian Gan had not participated in the celebratory feast and told Fan Yicheng that there was an urgent matter. Although Fan Yizhen had not been able to find out the reason why Tian Gan was in such a hurry, from Tian Gan's earnest words, he could tell that this matter was somewhat unusual for him. So Fan Yicheng didn't ask any further questions and readily agreed to speak for him in front of Jiang Yi.

The reason why Tian Gan was so serious about this matter was because the person in question had repeatedly helped him out when he was deep within the wild land of the Nine Barbarians. If it weren't for this person's constant warning from the side, he might not have been able to escape from the sand in the Maze Valley of the Desolate Sea by now, so he had to find out the true identity of this mysterious person before he left the place.

And the place he had rushed to today was the only place he felt he could solve this mystery ? the post-army stables. The reason why he chose to come here was because the mysterious person had reminded him to use the "old horse knows the way" method to leave the desert valley. Furthermore, when he was in the Celestial Fox Bamboo City, the figure that flew straight to the head of the Crimson Reed, had all hinted that this person was hiding within the army as a soldier, and also had a deep understanding of the spiritual nature of horses and animals.

There were actually not many horses in the stables of the rear guard. When the army had entered the Nine Barbarians, they had abandoned almost all of their supplies due to the rugged terrain of the mountain. Jiang Rong lived in the deep valleys and basins all year round. Most of his army fought on wild elephants and tigers, and he rarely used horses. Therefore, there weren't many horses. It was because of the small number of horses that he needed a limited number of horse herders. To a certain extent, this reduced the scope of Tian Gan's search. This might have brought him some comfort.

He walked around the stables. Other than a few soldiers who were feeding the horses with some grass, there didn't seem to be anything special about them. These horses were given to the war horses as fresh grass. These horses had led Fan Yuzhen's army out of the Maze Valley in the Great Broken Fox Bamboo War, and had done a great service. Therefore, Fan Yuwen had specially instructed them to eat something good, which could be considered as a reward.

"Korean, your horses are not bad. I thought the King was going to clean up these old horses out of the stables. I didn't expect that after he gave them to the people of the Central Plains, he had done quite a bit for them, becoming the meritorious general of the people of the Central Plains." At this moment, a person's gossip came from inside the horse stables, as if he was talking about what happened in the Maze Valley in the Desolate Sea.

Tian Gan could tell from the accent that this person was probably a native of the Rong family, but their conversation had attracted Tian Gan's attention.

"Hehehe, it's all thanks to Brother Hei Tu. A few days ago, he said that old horses like me will be heavily valued so I thought he was joking at first. I didn't think that his words would actually hit the mark."

"The black soil you're talking about is the mountain kid that just entered our horse farm, right?"

"That's right. Looking at his dirty face, I thought he was just a foreigner lost in the Nine Ruins. I didn't think he would have this kind of ability."

Those people's words undoubtedly struck the heart of Tian Gan. After hearing the two men's conversation, Tian Gan couldn't help but feel joy in his heart. He thought that this mysterious person that he was familiar with must appear now.

He was about to walk into the house when he suddenly felt a sentence flash through his mind like a sudden clap of thunder. "A thousand faces, it's hard to hide." This was what he had heard from Chong Li when he was searching for the young master in Rao Yang. With the Li family's deep concealment technique, an ordinary person would naturally be able to see her true appearance clearly. Therefore, an ordinary person's appearance could not escape her eyes. Ever since Tian Gan had received some advice from Chong Li, he no longer viewed people like he did on the surface. Instead, he was able to see deep within them.

And at this moment, he suddenly recalled the admonition of Zhong Li. He must have thought of something. Suddenly, the image of the horsekeeper who had been raising horses appeared in his mind. One of them had a face full of dust, but his actions revealed a sense of d?j? vu.