A life of two souls traveling through time

There was silence at the old broken slope, and all around were white and hazy snow-capped mountains. Yan Zong led a team of nearly a thousand people and stood on a high ridge.

"Your Highness, the bandit's lair is in a cave on the hillside of this mountain." Yu Cheng said, pointing to a snow-capped mountain in front of him.

"It's easy to defend and difficult to attack. It's a good place." Yan Zong looked at the steep mountain in front of him with a cold face.

"Report, a large bloodstain was found in the west!" At this time, the scout came to report urgently.

"I'll take some people to check it out." Yu Cheng frowned and clasped his fists for instructions.

"Be careful." Yan Zong nodded.

"Yes."

"Report, bandits were spotted in the east." Just as Yu Cheng left, another scout came back to report.

"Your Highness, let me, Daxixian, go and meet them." Behind Yan Zong, a burly general holding an axe in both hands walked forward with confidence.

"Okay, let's let our brave General Daxi go ahead and take the lead to boost morale!" Yan Zong nodded with satisfaction, turned around and cheered to the team.

"Roar! Roar! Roar!" The soldiers on the snow were suddenly filled with passion and shouted in response.

When Yu Cheng and a hundred soldiers arrived at the large area of ​​snow dyed red by blood, they were shocked to find a number of pale and stiff corpses hanging on the trees on the hillside ahead.

"General, these are the brothers who were attacked last night. Were they all hung up and bled to death... died of blood loss..." The soldier said to Yu Cheng with red eyes.

"Today, I will make them pay for their blood debt with blood!" Looking at the large area of ​​blood under his feet and several corpses hanging on the hillside, Yu Cheng's face showed murderous intent, and his finger joints were crackling.

Everyone was immersed in grief and anger and neglected to be on guard. Suddenly, with a "whoosh", two soldiers beside Yu Cheng fell down with arrows in their chests.

"There's an ambush! Be prepared, retreat!" As soon as Yu Cheng finished speaking, the sword and shield soldiers stepped forward to cover the retreat.

"Ahh..." After a few screams, several soldiers behind the team were shot and fell.

"General, we are attacked from both sides..."

"What are you panicking about! Form a shield shape, archers ready!"

Thanks to Yu Cheng's fearless command, the team's formation changed in an orderly manner.

"Your Highness, General Yu Cheng was ambushed." The scout came to report again from the high ridge.

Yan Zong was shocked and immediately sent a team to help. While he was worried, he caught a glimpse of the captured bandits smiling smugly:

"why are you laughing?"

"Our boss is a master of war. You are indeed elite soldiers and generals on the battlefield, but you may not be a match for us bandits in this snowy mountain."

"So what if you're a military genius? You're just a bandit after all." Yan Zong looked at the kidnapped bandit with disapproval and gave him a sneer of contempt.

In the snowy forest across a mountain from the old broken slope, Si Yao and three other hunters from the Huang residence had been hunting for a long time and had reaped a lot of rewards.

"There are many more animals on this mountain today than on the mountain yesterday."

"Yeah, it seems like everyone has been driven here."

"That's not good. The four of us have made a lot of gains today. The boss will definitely reward us handsomely."

"Yes, yes, it would be great if I could catch so much prey every day, so that I can bring more food home at the end of the year."

"Hush, there's someone coming up ahead."

The four were just about to carry the prey back when they suddenly spotted a large group of people coming from a distance. They were all ordinary big men carrying arrows and knives. The leader had a big beard and seemed to be holding a short and stocky young man hostage, and there was a young man following behind the big bearded man.

After seeing the boy's face clearly, Si Yao was secretly surprised: Arnold, why is he here?

"So many people don't look like they're here to hunt. Could they be the bandits from Lao Duanpo?"

The four people hiding behind the rocks began to talk in low voices.

"It's possible. I heard those bandits are very brutal..."

"I've seen bandits, but they don't look like them." Si Yao couldn't help but worry as he looked at Arnold from afar.

"Si Yao, there are all kinds of bandits, and the ones you have seen may not be these ones."

"Alright, alright, they've gone far away, let's hurry down the mountain."

"Thank you three brothers for your hard work in bringing the prey down the mountain. I...I will go back later." Seeing the other three people getting up to leave, Si Yao hesitated for a moment and then spoke.

"Si Yao, do you want to hunt more? We've caught enough prey today, we should save some for tomorrow."

"No, Si Yao, it's not safe for you to be alone, and you just saw bandits roaming around!"

"Yes, yes, these are enough for us to report back. There is no need to fight for our lives."

"I'll be careful." Si Yao put his bow and arrow on his back, nodded at the three people, and turned to go deep into the forest.

"General...General...the path is just ahead." The team arrived at the foot of a mountain, and the hostage-taking young man pointed tremblingly at a very hidden path up the mountain not far away.

The bearded leader drew his sword and put it on the young man's neck, saying with a smile, "You have two options. Either you take us up the mountain, or you point me to a piece of land and I will be kind enough to leave you an intact body and bury you there."

"Don't kill me, don't kill me... I'm leaving... I'm leaving." When the young man heard this, he was so scared that his legs went weak.

"Arnold, take a few men and ambush nearby to prevent any fish from slipping through the net." The bearded man smiled with satisfaction, then looked at the young man beside him and said.

"General Wei, I want to go up too." Arnold frowned and muttered.

"What did you promise Mr. Fan when you left the camp?"

"Listen to the general." Arnold was immediately deflated. Although he was unwilling, he had to admit what he said.

"Why are you in such a hurry? You will have plenty of opportunities to achieve great things in the future at such a young age." The bearded man patted Arnold's shoulder to comfort him, and then ordered the people behind him, "A few of you stay here too, and the rest of you follow me up the mountain to raid the bandit's lair!"

Si Yao originally followed the footprints left by the team for a long time before she realized that she was lost. However, she didn't know that the team in front deliberately stepped out of another route and cleared the real route to cover up their whereabouts.

"Report, Your Highness, General Daxi has also been ambushed and is trapped in the valley to the east." On the high ridge of Laoduanpo, a scout ran back to Yan Zong.

"Hahahaha...the boss is so mighty!" The prisoner laughed even more proudly when he heard it.

"Someone, cut off his tongue." Yan Zong was completely annoyed by the prisoner.

"Hahahaha..." But just as Yan Zong finished giving the order, accompanied by several provocative laughs in the distance, several cold arrows suddenly came from the side. Although Yan Zong swung his sword to block them in time, the prisoner and two soldiers were all shot to death.

"Protect Prince Zong!" After the other soldiers reacted, they rushed forward to protect Yan Zong in the middle, but the laughter had already disappeared and the surroundings were silent again.

“Your Highness!” At this time, Yu Cheng led the remaining troops out of the ambush and returned to the old broken slope: “I deserve to die. I was careless in my defense and fell into their hands…”

Yan Zong waved his hand to interrupt Yu Cheng's apology and said coldly: "Now is not the time to apologize. Immediately leave for the eastern valley to support Da Xixian."

"What? General Daxi also..." Yu Cheng was shocked. After thinking for a moment, he hurriedly chased forward and said worriedly: "Your Highness, these bandits are obviously prepared to fight a guerrilla war with us. We have no practical experience in guerrilla warfare and are not familiar with the terrain here. This will not be good for us!"

"So our main force can no longer be separated. We must hold them back so that we can buy time for Wei Zhun."

Yan Zong naturally knew about Yu Cheng's worries. He admitted that he underestimated the enemy at the beginning. He did not expect that a few bandits would make him feel so frustrated.