Distant Mountain Battle Song

Chapter 326 It's fate, it can't be changed.
Cao Kun had returned a month earlier.

When he left, he was very dissatisfied with his guards, because they had become lethargic, and some guards would fall asleep even while riding on horseback.

In fact, Cao Kun himself felt that something was wrong with his body. Although he did not have a problem with excessive sleepiness, he still experienced palpitations, dizziness, and weakness.

So, upon hearing that both the Mountain Moving Clan and Shen Tingyu had disappeared into the wasteland, he immediately led his large army back.

Before leaving, he told Eji that the Guifang people had gone south.

Yun Ce lay in the pool, stretching out his limbs and closing his eyes slightly, letting E Ji and Zhang Min wash his hair. Meanwhile, two chubby, naked children swam around his legs in the pool.

Sometimes, the fat boy would try to climb on his body and push him into the water to drown him, but he never succeeded.

When the two chubby children discovered that their father's penis was different from their own and wanted to verify it themselves, Yun Ce kicked them both out of the pool and they landed in An Ji's hands outside the curtain.

Eji and Zhang Min had been waiting for this moment for a long time. When they saw that Anji had taken the child away, they took off their wet gauze skirts and slid into the pool like mermaids.

It has been proven that the greatest benefit of the Grandmaster realm lies in matters of love and sex, and every experienced person knows that it is best to keep such matters within a reasonable timeframe; otherwise, it will no longer be pleasure, but pain.

The proudest moment for a man is when, after he's done with it and his wife is asleep, he's still full of energy and feels like he's the best man in the world.

Not to mention, he has two wives.

When Yun Ce woke up the next day, he first picked up Yun Shuo, who was sitting naked on his face, and threw him away. Then he picked up Yun Tui, who was riding on his neck, and threw him away. These two little guys had run out of the inner room to sleep with him before dawn.

Kids, once they wake up, don't want to go back to sleep, so they treat this new dad they just met as a toy.

As a woman who knew her son's problems well, Eji and Zhang Min had already dressed and run away when the child ran over. Fortunately, Yun Ce was a Grandmaster, so even though he became his son's toy, he still slept soundly and could even interact with his son occasionally based on instinct.

Wu Tong arrived early in the morning.

Seeing Yun Ce battling his two sons, whose energy far surpassed that of ordinary children, at the dinner table, he habitually sat to the left. Just as Yun Ce had stuffed a chopstick of egg into his eldest son's mouth and then smoothly poured a sip of soup into his younger son's mouth, he organized his thoughts and said, "You know that the Gui Fang people have gone south, right?"

Yun Ce raised his chopsticks to avoid Hao Da'er's claws, nodded and said, "I went south with the Gui Fang army."

Wu Tong asked, "How many troops do you have?"

Yun Ce popped a bean into his mouth, chewed it a few times, and swallowed it, saying, "The vanguard has no fewer than 500,000 men. This is just one vanguard. I heard that three similar teams have come down from the Qingshui Plateau."

Actually, you don't need to calculate how many Guifang people there were. This time, it was an entire Guifang tribe relocation. First, the tribes closer to the south led the way, followed by the tribes from the north, west, and east. Once the first tribesmen had secured a suitable place to settle, the rest of the Guifang tribes would migrate south in turn.

Wu Tong glanced at the two chubby children sitting on the ground picking food from a large basin and slowly said, "So, we can't escape this fate either?"

Yun Ce tossed two more buns into the basin and continued, “The Guifang people are bad at construction. Their first choice is the fertile land that has been conquered by the Han people. Here, they can safely gather more food and peacefully graze more livestock. In comparison, our place is a barren land, which the Guifang people look down on.”

Wu Tong sighed and said, "Iron Enclosure Pass is in danger. There is no turning back in the war between the Han and the Gui Fang."

Yun Ce curled his lip and said, "The people inside the Iron Enclosure Pass have fallen into a strange mindset. Thousands of years of guarding have left them exhausted. They carry too much glory and have accumulated too much fatigue."

For thousands of years, this city has caused them to bleed too much and witnessed too many deaths. If the Han Dynasty had been strong enough, they might still have had the will to live. Now, the soldiers in the Iron Enclosure Pass have not been rotated for a full sixteen years. Many of them only think about dying a quick and painless death.

Therefore, your claim that Iron Enclosure Pass is in danger is utter nonsense. Thirty years ago, Iron Enclosure Pass already had no chance of winning against a large contingent of Guifang people.

Wu Tong hung her head and didn't speak for a long time. When Yun Shuo finished eating the food in the bowl and patted the bowl with his hand, Wu Tong came to her senses and looked at Yun Ce and said, "Say something that will lift your spirits and give you hope."

Yun Ce sneered, then threw two more dumplings into the basin and said, "Grandmaster Yu Sang of the Ghost Fang died at the hands of me and Cao Kun, Grandmaster Ban Shan of the Ghost Fang died at my hands, Grandmaster Ming Yue of the Ghost Fang died at my hands, and Chief Grandmaster Da Xue Beng of the Ghost Fang was seriously injured by our combined attack."

Are these things considered good things?

Wu Tong stood up, bowed to Yun Ce, and then left.

He knew very well that Yun Ce had done everything he could, even things he shouldn't have done. This time, facing the combined attack of two Grandmasters, Gui Fang and Shen Tingyu, he not only survived but also killed the two Grandmasters, Ban Shan and Ming Yue. He really couldn't ask more of his lord.

The Guifang people's southward journey was not for the sake of coveting the Han people's grain and tools, but for the Han people's land.

Even though he was terrified of the Guifang people, he now knew that there was no room for negotiation between the Han and Guifang people. "I really don't understand. They're already trying to kill you, yet you still think about whether you can resolve the issue through negotiation. I don't know where this mentality comes from. When Huo Qubing was in control of the Han Dynasty, he probably didn't teach them these artes of peace."

Seeing that Wu Tong had left, Yun Ce muttered a few words. When he saw that his two sons had finished eating what was in the bowl and stood up, he took out a handkerchief and wiped the mouths and hands of the two dirty children.

One of them slapped him on the butt, and the two children, knowing they were disliked, ran away.

Yun Ce beckoned, and Huo Wudi immediately ran over, blinking her big eyes as she sat down in front of Yun Ce. When she saw that Yun Ce seemed to be about to touch the top of her head, she deliberately shrank back to make it easier for him to stroke her.

Yun Ce slapped her on the forehead in exasperation.

Yun Ce felt a mix of emotions after that slap. When he left, she was just a six-year-old girl. Two months later, when he returned, the little girl had grown into a thirteen or fourteen-year-old girl.

She still bears a resemblance to her mother, especially her captivating peach blossom eyes, which are even more alluring than those of the infamous fox spirit Heng Ji. Her seductive charm must be an inherited skill, which is why she was able to absorb the inner energy of Cao Kun's guards without being discovered.

Perhaps they've already noticed, but they just haven't shown it.

"How's the integration with the Tiger Legion going these days?"

"They're a bit slow, but thankfully they're very obedient."

"Ultimately, are you a Guifang person or a Han Chinese?"

Huo Wudi said, "My father is the King of Huo, so I am naturally a Han Chinese. This is the custom of the Han people. If the father is of a certain race, the child is a child of that race."

Yun Ce asked in surprise, "Who told you this principle?"

Huo Wudi continued blinking her big eyes and said, "Brother Leiming."

Yun Ce raised his hand and pinched Huo Wudi's nose, saying, "Don't go and cause trouble for Lei Ming anymore. He's still a little chick and can't take your abuse."

Now that you have this understanding, go back and think clearly about whether you are Han Chinese or Guifang people. Because we are about to fight the Guifang people, and when it gets to the point of mountains of corpses and seas of blood, it will be difficult to back out later.

Huo Wudi hugged Yun Ce's arm and said, "Then there's no need to think about it. I am a Han Chinese, a son of the Han people, and Huo Qubing's child."

"Think it through. The Guifang people have come down in huge numbers this time. It looks like we can't kill them all."

Huo Wudi said softly, "If we can't kill them all, then we'll kill them all."

Yun Ce took out a white jade bottle from the Dragon Ball and handed it to Huo Wudi, saying, "Remember to replenish your inner energy when you run out. Don't waste your inner energy on ordinary days. After all, you don't produce your own inner energy, so this thing is less and less as you use it."

Huo Wudi took the jade bottle, opened it, and brought it close to her nose, taking a deep breath. She sucked out all the internal energy that the dog had collected and that Yun Ce had liquefied.

Keep in mind that this represents the entire internal energy contributed by a thousand people.

The idea of ​​becoming powerful is very popular in the Han Dynasty. If you can become powerful, become powerful immediately. There is no time to wait. There is no such thing as a slow and steady approach. Only Yun Ce has this habit. Everyone else, including E Ji, does not.

Yun Ce categorized them as follows: Shehuo had protected them too well, and they had never truly experienced hardship.

Only Yun Ce could afford to raise a child like Huo Wudi. If she were raised by another family, she would become an absolute witch, even more terrifying than a witch.

Lei Ming liked Huo Wudi, but dared not approach her. If he played with her for even a moment, all his efforts for the day would be wasted.

Even a spendthrift wouldn't dare to squander money like this.

Yun Shuo and Yun Tui came running over again, reaching out their paws to hug Huo Wudi's leg. Huo Wudi thought the two children liked Huo Wudi, but unexpectedly, Huo Wudi's expression changed, and she turned around, jumped onto the wall, and ran away like the wind.

As Yun Ce was wondering, Lei Ming came out of the house and said to Yun Ce, "Master, Huo Wudi cannot get close to the two young masters, otherwise he will stand frozen."

Yun Ce bent down, picked up his two sons, and laughed heartily. He didn't intend to delve into the reasons behind it; he only knew that since these two children were lucky, then Huo Wudi must be unlucky.

In this world, there are lucky people and unlucky people, perfectly conforming to the law of conservation.

(End of this chapter)