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Chapter 17: Confrontation

Turning his head and looking at Liu Dan with a broken armor and a tired face, Liu Fan actually forgot his younger brother when he was fighting just now.

Seeing him sighing at this moment, he couldn't help but sigh: "War is very cruel. One general succeeds and thousands of bones are broken, not a lie. Today you have experienced this cruelty. Don't give it to others easily in the future."

"Yi!" He bowed his head and nodded. At this time, Liu Dan also discovered how absurd it was that he promised Ma Yu to work together with others just because of a few conversations.

The military path is treacherous, and life and death are of great importance.

No longer caring about Liu Dan, Liu Fan rubbed his shoulder blades while walking around to soothe the injured Langwei. Although he was fighting against Li Meng, he was sore all over. However, he still endured the pain and sootheed the injured Wushu first.

After all, for a long time in the future, these people will be their own confidants.

"General of the Central Army, what should we do with those robes that died in battle?" At that moment, Xu Huang came to Liu Fan and asked softly.

Under normal circumstances, the battlefield was where the robes were killed in battle were carried back to bury when auxiliary soldiers cleaned the battlefield. However, the situation was tense and the Xiliang army in Chang'an City could be chased out at any time, so Xu Huang was not sure whether he would stay here for more time.

After looking at the people on the battlefield, Liu Fan hesitated for a moment and said, "Let the uninjured guards gather the robes of the battle to death. The battlefield is dangerous, so bury them on the spot, so you can rest."

Although Liu Fan ordered that no injured people go to clean up, the battlefield was dangerous, and some of the slightly injured would not just stay aside and watch. So with the cooperation of more than 400 people, the boys who died in battle were buried in a concentrated manner.

Life and death are a big deal, and the ancients emphasized the need to be buried in the soil. Even if they cannot be buried in a grand manner, they do not want to be thrown away at will. After all, they may die in battle at any time on the battlefield, and everyone wants to be guaranteed. Therefore, after burying the corpse, the sense of belonging of everyone under their command has been significantly enhanced.

A light gradually appeared in their eyes when they looked at Liu Fan, perhaps that was faith.

After dealing with the trivial matters, Liu Fan took the lead in turning over the horse, looked around, and said with a solemn expression: "I feel deeply saddened to sleep here today, but since I joined the army, I am destined to be covered with horses and corpses.

A real man sacrificed his life for the country and died. Now that Li Jue and Guo Si are rampant, we are weak, and we will definitely be deceived by Ma Teng when we go to Yizhou. I want to gather a large army first and kill them. Can you please follow us?"

"We are willing to follow you to the death!" As soon as Liu Fan finished speaking, Xu Huang and others shouted without hesitation.

Not to mention that Liu Fan was originally Shangguan, what he wanted to take them was a way out. It was the rigorous training over the past few days and the desperate battle just now that everyone understood that Liu Fan was a general who could make them feel at ease to follow and serve.

"Okay!" Liu Fan shouted loudly, and he didn't say anything. He turned his horse's head and wanted to run towards the west.

However, just as Liu Fan and others were about to set off, a large amount of smoke and dust suddenly rose to the west, followed by a large number of horse hooves. Judging from the formation, there should be no less than a thousand people.

The leader had a white horse under his crotch, holding a sword in his hand, and a sense of courage emanated from a distance.

Seeing them approaching slowly, Liu Fan's eyes gradually became solemn. Ma Teng's reinforcements came.

When the general came to ride a horse and was hundreds of meters away from Liu Fan, he already asked: "The opposite side is the General Left Zhonglang. I am the captain under the command of the General West. I am specially ordered to come to pick up the General General!"

While speaking, the general just raised his hand to ask the cavalry behind him to stop, but he rushed over alone.

Looking at the brave young man, Liu Fan's face was solemn. When the two of them met, they bowed their hands and fists to respond, "I'm the Left General Liu Fan. How dare you ask about your name?"

"Pang De, the captain under the command of the General of the Western Expedition!"

He felt a stern in his heart. It was indeed him. In fact, when he saw the momentum he came just now, Liu Fan guessed that it might be General Pang De of the White Horse. He confirmed it now, but he was not surprised.

He glanced at Xu Huang beside him with slightest inquiry, and Liu Fan looked at Pang De and asked, "I don't know what the matter is that Captain Pang is coming this time?"

After bowing back again, Pang Deli was very careful, "General Zuo Zhonglang had sent someone to ask for help from the General of the West, and I was sent by the General to pick up General Zhonglang."

"Just relying on you, more than a thousand cavalry, we can just defeat the Thousand Cavalry Department of the Xiliang Army." After Pang De finished speaking, Xu Huang, who was standing beside him, inexplicably added. Perhaps as the number one general under Liu Fan's command, he felt that he needed to stand up at this time.

His eyes looked up and down Xu Huang, but Pang De didn't say much, but nodded and said, "I saw that I was late. Since the pursuers have retreated, General Zhonglang will go back with me!"

"Are you coercing me?" Liu Fan looked at Pang De and said coldly.

"I dare not." He quickly bowed his hand and replied quietly, "I am also ordered to act. Please don't make things difficult for the generals of the Central Army."

"Haha, Ma Shou's achievements are really amazing. Is he trying to dominate Guanzhong by relying on his own troops?"

"Please be careful with the general of the Central Army. The general of the Western Expedition just wants to go to Beijing to serve the king and eliminate the rebellion!" Hearing this, Pang De quickly explained for Ma Teng.

"Bastard! Did he treat the envoy of the emperor like this when he came to Beijing to serve the king?" A trembling shout made Pang De discolored again.

He looked at Liu Fan in surprise. It was the first time he met a noble man who came out of the palace. He was so old that he had done a lot of murders in Governor Liang, but he didn't know what etiquette should be used to deal with noble man.

At that moment, Pang De was a little panicked. After rolling his eyes several times, he turned over and dismounted. He stood up at Liu Fan, "A vulgar person does not understand etiquette. Please calm down the anger of the emperor."

"Hmph!" Liu Fan snorted coldly, and ignored it, gently pinched the horse's belly, and slowly moved forward. Seeing this, Xu Huang and Liu Dan looked at each other and hurriedly followed.

Although he was cold and calm on his face, he was quite helpless in his heart. The Lang Guards who had just experienced a big battle were not suitable for conflict with Ma Teng's army at this time. Therefore, he could only pretend to be a tiger's power first, hoping that there would be no smart people in Ma Teng's army.

Behind, Pang De looked shocked and suspicious, but he didn't dare to act rashly, so he followed with trepidation.

In mid-February of the first year of Xingping, General Ma Teng, the Western Expedition, joined forces with General Han Sui, the Zhenxi, to the right general Guo Si under Changpingguan, and later General Fan Chou officially set up troops to confront each other, and a war between the two sides was about to break out.

The general Ma Teng, the Central Army, also welcomed the biggest reliance on this trip, and Liu Fan, the general of the guard in the imperial palace, and his party.

At the entrance of the spacious central army tent, Ma Teng, Han Sui and other Western Liang generals were all inside, and the curtains were lifted.
Chapter completed!
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