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Chapter 587 Loyalty

"Chief Bruno has ordered that the people of Tang Country can leave now. We will not stop them until tomorrow morning. This is absolutely true!"

The sound of broken Chinese could be heard throughout the entire Songzhou city, and soldiers who knew a little Chinese were sent out to spread the word in every corner.

"Sir, is it credible?"

"Bullshit!"

Hai Sheng just spat and said with disdain: "They just want to trick us out. How can the Tibetans have any credibility?"

"My lord! My lord!"

The deputy general rushed in.

"how?"

"Reinforcements have arrived! We have defeated a Tibetan army of 1,000 men!"

After hearing the first half of the sentence, Hai Sheng stood up from the ground and said, "The reinforcements have arrived? From Chang'an or Yizhou? Which general is leading the troops? How many are there?"

The deputy general opened his mouth and said, "Uh, I don't recognize him."

"Don't recognize it? It doesn't matter if you don't recognize it. What's written on the flag?"

"No, there is no commander's flag."

"No commander's flag?"

The deputy general forcibly held Hai Sheng down and said, "Sir, please listen to me. There was only one person here, a cultivator. I can't tell his level, but it must be very high. He alone destroyed an entire team of a thousand people, and they were cavalry!"

"One person? That must be Neijing without a doubt. His Majesty actually sent Neijing to help us. Songzhou is saved!"

The deputy general wanted to say that it should not be an internal scene, but he couldn't explain how high the cultivation level of a cultivator could be to defeat a cavalry of a thousand people by himself.

"So, sir, I think that old man Bruno is afraid."

"Scared?"

"Yes, he was afraid of this Immortal, so he had to let us go."

"I want to leave, do I need him to let me go?" Hai Sheng sneered, "I want to drag him to death!"

"But, sir, since this immortal has come, Lord Liu should be fine, because I saw that Cai Bang's troops have also returned. Has our mission been completed?"

Hai Sheng was stunned and nodded: "Yes, the mission is accomplished."

"What about us?"

Hai Sheng looked at the hope in the tiredness of his subordinates around him and smiled: "Yes, there is no point in staying here. Let's go to Jianmen Pass and walk faster at night. They can't catch up."

Cheers rang out all around. Even if one had already made the decision to die, staying alive was human instinct, and being able to survive was something to be happy about.

"Gather the brothers who are still alive, let's go to Jianmen Pass!"

Hai Sheng waved his hand and issued the last military order in Songzhou.

Of course, Hai Sheng was not stupid enough to gather everyone together and leave the city. Instead, they divided into teams of 351 and 361 and left the city in batches. After leaving the city, they did not take the official road directly to Jianmen Pass, but went into the mountains and forests and dispersed to prevent the Tibetans from setting an ambush on the road.

In this way, the first and last teams were undoubtedly the most dangerous, so the deputy general volunteered to lead the first team out of the city first to test whether the Tibetans were cheating.

"Grateful for the help from the Immortal."

The deputy general bowed to Zhao Yushu who was standing outside the door and spoke earnestly.

"It's just a small effort. The road ahead is smooth. Let's go to Jianmen Pass quickly."

"Take care, Immortal."

"Take care of yourself."

Zhao Yushu silently watched team after team of soldiers, almost all of whom were injured, walk out of Songzhou. Every soldier would bow to him when passing by, and those who were unable to move also tried to nod. As each team of soldiers passed by, Zhao Yushu would take out a bag of strong liquor and hand it over. There were doctors in the army who knew how to use it. When the team had almost finished leaving, there was very little liquor left in the storage bag.

Hai Sheng was the last one to come out. He was wearing a neat set of armor, but he had taken off his helmet and put on a formal hat that he would only wear during sacrifices or when meeting angels.

Cai Bang felt so angry when he saw the governor of Songzhou who was dressed in a weird way but caused the loss of nearly ten thousand soldiers.

What a pity! If it weren’t for this fake Li, I would have had a chance to catch this rat.

"May I ask where the Immortal came from?"

"Jianmen Pass."

Hai Sheng sighed: "No one from Chang'an came after all?"

Zhao Yushu shook his head: "At least I didn't see it."

Hai Sheng looked back at the city wall with the two big words "Songzhou" written on it. The flag of Tubo was flying on it, and there were Tubo soldiers standing on it.

"As a minister, I have been ordered by the king to guard this place. Now the bandits have broken into the city. I, your minister,

Hai Sheng slowly took off his official hat, walked a few steps slowly to the north, tears streaming down his face.

"this is not your fault."

Hai Sheng ignored him and continued walking forward. After walking a few dozen steps, he stopped and slowly knelt down.

"I, your humble servant, feel ashamed of the previous emperors of the Tang Dynasty."

When Hai Sheng graduated from the academy and became an official, the emperor of the Tang Dynasty was still Li Li's grandfather. When Hai Sheng became the prefect of Songzhou, the Tang Dynasty had already had four emperors.

He only said that he felt ashamed of the previous emperors, but did not say that he felt ashamed of His Majesty, which shows that he had completely given up on Li Huan.

After all, Chang'an did not send anyone.

Even Zhao Yushu and Li Qi couldn't understand why Chang'an didn't send reinforcements. At least, what were the four guards doing now?

Hai Sheng placed his official hat in front of him, kowtowed three times respectfully towards the north, then turned to look at Zhao Yushu.

"My Lord, I have an unwelcome request. No matter what Your Majesty says, I am still a minister of the Tang Dynasty."

Zhao Yushu closed his eyes and nodded: "I will bring your body back to Jianmen Pass."

Hai Sheng smiled, took out a short blade from his sleeve, and stabbed it straight into his heart.

Zhao Yushu could stop him or knock him out and take him back to Jianmen Pass, but his heart had already died. Zhao Yushu's arrival gave him a glimmer of hope, and then he died again.

He was just an ordinary man, and his role in Jianmen Pass was even smaller than that of an ordinary soldier.

His city was captured and his mission was accomplished.

The only thing is death.

The setting sun was as red as blood. Zhao Yushu carried Hai Sheng's body. Suddenly, he didn't feel sad at all. Instead, he wanted to laugh.

Have you been carrying too many corpses recently?

A stupid monk.

A foolishly loyal idiot.

"I almost forgot to ask your name."

Zhao Yushu walked back to the city gate, put Hai Sheng's body on the ground, sat cross-legged for him, propped up his body with a broken gun, and then put the official hat he had taken off back on him.

"But I think your soldiers will remember it. That's good. After all, they won't die in obscurity."

The sun has completely set, and night began to cover this desolate land.

Cai Bang was still standing on the top of the city wall, looking at Zhao Yushu below, his hands pressed tightly on the city wall.

There is only one night left, and Chief Buno is as good as he says. When the sun rises tomorrow morning, there will really be an inner scene to kill him.

Why don’t you run away!

Zhao Yushu sat cross-legged next to Hai Sheng.

"Look, these two words are Songzhou, which are Chinese characters."

"Their leader said that tomorrow morning there will be a Neijing who will come to kill me. Neijing, ah, gods among men, I have only seen a few of them."

"They gave me one night to escape, and they were pretty nice."

"I'll tell you a secret. I'm not actually in the third level. I'm in the seventh level. Isn't that impressive?"

"I tell you, I'm sitting here, and they can't sleep well all night."

"I'm telling you, I will definitely bring you back to Jianmen Pass. I'll keep my word."

"Let me tell you, it's not like I haven't fought in Neijing before, there's a chance."

“This is our land.”