The unbearable night finally passed, and a trace of whiteness in the eastern sky was slightly revealed.

That night, Zhao Qinghan, Wu Junyi and the female soldiers of the Qingyiwei had almost not slept all night, and sat down until dawn. First, the cell was as cold as an ice cellar, and I couldn't sleep. Second, they had never suffered such grievances since childhood, and no one was in a mood to sleep.

"Sister Qinghan, that bastard is so hateful." Ng Junyi clenched her pink fists and said angrily, "I really dare to arrest us, and still dare to lock us up in such a place... I must tell Uncle Zhao when I go back and let him deal with this hateful bastard."

Zhao Qinghan's pink face was ashen, and her cherry lips were tightly pursed and she didn't say anything.

The captain of the Fourth Division is indeed a bastard. He is unreasonable and arrogant. He knows that she is the daughter of the governor and dares to arrest people. Does this mean that he doesn't take the authority of the governor seriously? From childhood to adulthood, Zhao Qinghan has seen all kinds of people, but he has never seen such a man.

Suddenly, a mess of footsteps sounded outside the cell. Ng Junyi and two female soldiers hurriedly got up and leaned over to the small window. They saw that the sky outside was almost dawn, and a group of leaders carried dozens of buckets of hot porridge and dozens of baskets of corn flour and steamed buns just by the cell.

As Ng Junyi and the two female soldiers looked forward to the expectant eyes, the team of men walked straight through the cell, carried the porridge steamed buns to the center of the college field, and then put the porridge steamed buns on the ground. The leader of men immediately blew the whistle. In an instant, the sharp whistle pierced the silence of the morning.

Then, Ng Junyi and the others saw the most unforgettable scene in their lives.

Before the sharp whistle stopped, the military camps around the schoolyard suddenly became turbulent. The next moment, countless figures had already surged out of the barracks, swarming towards the schoolyard like mud and sand entering the sea, and rushed towards the dozens of barrels of porridge and dozens of baskets of corn flour in the middle of the schoolyard.

These soldiers all had ferocious faces and fierce eyes, like crazy bulls rushing forward.

A soldier finally squeezed to the edge of the porridge bucket. Before he could have time to feast on the food, the soldiers behind had already flocked to him and tried to squeeze him away. The soldier immediately became angry. He grabbed the gourd ladle and scooped a scoop of hot porridge from the bucket, poured his head on the heads of the most fiercely squeezed soldiers in front. A scream suddenly sounded in the crowd.

The competition for corn flour steamed buns quickly became fierce.

The soldier who first rushed to the center of the school ground picked up a large basket of steamed buns without saying a word, turned around and ran to the side of the school ground. However, he was soon targeted by a group of big soldiers. Dozens of people drove him to a dead corner like chasing rabbits, stepped forward and punched him directly to the ground, and then began to compete for the steamed buns in the basket.

The beaten soldiers lay on the ground and hummed, and did not fight back. They waited for the big-headed soldiers to chase and go away before they sat up slowly, looking at the four steamed buns under them with pride, and a smug smile appeared on the corner of their mouths and began to enjoy them happily.

Zhao Qinghan was also alarmed by this huge movement, and couldn't help but walk to the small window. A female soldier consciously gave her to the side and gave her position to Zhao Qinghan. Seeing this scene on the school ground, Zhao Qinghan couldn't believe her eyes. She had been in a rich and frugal life since she was a child, and she had never seen such a cruel scene?

"Sister Qinghan, who are these?" Ng Junyi exclaimed in a low voice, "Everyone is like a jackal, how can there be such soldiers?"

"It's not surprising. Any kind of commander will have any kind of soldiers!"

Before Zhao Qinghan could finish speaking, a pair of pink fists suddenly clenched and her breathing began to become rapid.

Following the direction where Zhao Qinghan's eyes were staring, Wu Junyi saw the hateful bastard. The bastard walked up to the parade platform surrounded by a group of tiger and wolf-like soldiers. A sharper whistle sounded from the school field, and the soldiers who were snatching porridge buns immediately stopped.

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"Sheep, tell you a piece of unfortunate news!"

Meng Hu's cold voice spread throughout the schoolyard and clearly came into everyone's ears. "The army of the Mingyue Empire is approaching the fortress. If you don't want to die, hurry up and search the guys and gather on the wall!"

Meng Hu turned around and left after saying that, and did not stay for a moment.

The soldiers on the school ground immediately dispersed and rushed back to the barracks and searched the guys. The atmosphere in the entire military camp soon became tense, and the air began to fill the air with cold murderous intent.

Zhao Qinghan, who was locked in the cell, and the female soldiers of the Qingyi Guard, were anxious.

Although Hexi Fortress and Tianlang Fortress are called the two major hurdles in the western border of the empire, there are still essential differences between the two.

The Tianlang Fortress is a real fortress. If one man is the pass, ten thousand men will not open. The Hexi Fortress is not that true.

The Hexi Canyon stretches for more than 300 miles from east to west and nearly 100 miles from north to south. There is also a Tongtian River that is several thousand meters wide across the canyon. If you really want to build a pass that completely cuts off the canyon, the project volume is not ordinary, and the number of troops that need to be stationed is also extremely large, otherwise it will not be enough to defend the entire fortress.

As a last resort, the Glorious Empire had to settle for the second best, and built a solid fortress at the foot of Qingyun Mountain on the north side of the Grand Canyon.

On the strategic level, it is difficult for the Hexi Fortress to become a real barrier now, and it can only be used as early warning at most, because a beacon tower is built every few dozen miles on Qingyun Mountain. Once the Mingyue Empire really invades the army, the news can be quickly transmitted to the Xiling and even the imperial capital by using the method of beacon transmission.

Therefore, once the Mingyue Empire army is approaching, the Hexi Fortress will be surrounded. Zhao Qinghan and the others are worried that the Fifth Regiment in the fortress will not last the moment when reinforcements arrive.

When Zhao Qinghan was so anxious that the commander of the Fourth Division, Lei Ming, arrived in a hurry.

Lei Ming knew about what happened last night. He thought Meng Hu had just detained the private guards of a powerful nearby family, so he didn't care much about it. But when he woke up early in the morning, he found out that Meng Hu had actually captured the daughter of the governor and the Qingyi Guard who was accompanying him. This shock was really extraordinary, so he hurried over and let him go.

He walked quickly to the cell where Zhao Qinghan and the Qingyi Guards were imprisoned, and Lei Ming shouted: "Why don't you open the door quickly!"

The division commander ordered that the soldiers guarding the small black room did not dare to disobey and quickly stepped forward to unlock the lock and released the person.

"Are you the commander of the Fourth Division?" As soon as the iron door of the cell was opened, Ng Junyi was the first to rush out and shouted in a sweet voice, "Do you know that you have caused a big disaster?"

"Misunderstanding, this is a complete misunderstanding."

Lei Ming was so anxious that his forehead was sweating coldly, and he explained repeatedly, "What happened last night was a completely misunderstanding. Meng Hu must not know Miss Qinghan's identity. If he knew, he would definitely not be so reckless..."

"Then you are wrong." Ng Junyi said coldly, "That guy knows Sister Qing Han's identity at all!"

Lei Ming said in a speech: "This..."

"Okay, let's talk about what happened last night."

Zhao Qinghan glared at Wu Junyi in displeasure and asked Lei Ming, "General Lei, has the army of Mingyue Empire really been fought?"

"Yes." Lei Ming's face showed a hint of bitterness and said in a calm voice, "The Mingyue Empire Army has indeed come to fight, and it is the army that is approaching!"

Zhao Qinghan said solemnly: "General Lei, the Qingyiwei is also a soldier of the Western Legion. If possible, we also want to participate in the defense of the Hexi Fortress!"

Lei Ming wanted to refuse, thinking that Zhao Qinghan was the only daughter of Governor Zhao Yue. Who would have to bear this responsibility if she had a few shortcomings? But when she thought about it, if the Hexi Fortress was lost, Zhao Qinghan would definitely be unable to escape, so he nodded and agreed, "Okay, but you better not stay too far away from me."

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Meng Hu stood tall on the wall, staring at the dark moon army under the wall with a cold expression.

The sound of rapid footsteps sounded from behind, and suddenly turned around. Lei Ming had already taken Zhao Qinghan and the female soldiers of the Qingyi Guard to climb up the wall quickly and met Meng Hu's cold eyes. Zhao Qinghan groaned and glared back like a demonstration. A faint sarcasm suddenly appeared on the corner of Meng Hu's mouth.

Soon, Zhao Qinghan was not in the mood to vomit with Meng Hu.

After seeing the dark Mingyue Army under customs clearance, Zhao Qinghan couldn't help but breathe a breath and said, "The Mingyue Empire Army has three and a half registrars! One heavy infantry corps, two light infantry corpses, and at least three brigades of archers, spearheaders and baggage soldiers."

"Oh my God, the difference in strength is too great." Ng Junyi said in a crying voice, "There is only one light infantry corps of the Fourth Division of the Hexi Fortress, and they are all recruits. Sister Qing Han, what should I do? It's all that bastard. If he hadn't caught us here, how could he have encountered this unlucky thing?"

Of course, what Ng Junyi scolded Meng Hu.

Meng Hu turned around and his eyes fell on Ng Junyi's face like a knife.

Ng Junyi was silent and didn't dare to say anything more. Looking at the fierce light in Meng Hu's eyes, she was afraid that Meng Hu would throw it away from the lockdown if she said something more.

Ng Junyi's inappropriate words inevitably caused a very bad negative impact in the minds of the soldiers.

The atmosphere of tension and even despair began to cover the entire fortress, and almost all the recruits were cheering in their hearts. Although they had been conducting military training for more than a month, training and fighting were completely different. The situation in front of them seemed so bad. The enemy not only had archers, heavy infantrymen, but also had several times the strength of their own!

As a veteran, Meng Hu certainly knew the new recruits' mood at the moment. He knew even more that if this tension continued among the new recruits, he was afraid that before Mingyue's army launched an attack, these new recruits would collapse by themselves. Without any hesitation at the moment, Meng Hu turned around and went down to the gate.

After a moment, the closed door slowly opened.

Under the eyes of tens of thousands of pairs of eyes of the soldiers of the two armies, Meng Hu rode alone, winding out of the pass, and fearlessly facing the dark and bright moon army ahead.

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Chapter completed!