The mountain fire began to spread from west to east, and it was still far away from the Demon Mountain Pass, standing on the city wall, he could already smell something wrong, Shen Leng raised his clairvoyance to look into the distance, and vaguely saw that the sky in the distance had turned gray, and there was a faint black gas rising.

"What's wrong?"

Chen Ran twitched: "Why do you smell a strange smell, like ......"

"Fire."

Before he finished his words, Shen Leng pointed to the distance: "The fire set by the resting people." ”

"What to do!"

Chen Ran's eyes widened suddenly, the magic mountain is locked in the canyon, if there are mountain fires on both sides, the wooden buildings in the city pass will not escape, the canyon behind the city wall is the company camp of tens of thousands of troops, once the fire burns, the camp will turn into a sea of fire, the area is narrow, the soldiers have nowhere to escape, even if they can't burn to death, they will be smoked to death.

"Order the withdrawal of troops."

Shen Leng commanded four words.

"Withdrawal?"

Luo Kedi, the general of the Wuzi battalion, was shocked: "Once the army is withdrawn, the rest of the people will take the opportunity to seize the city pass, and it will be difficult for us to take it back." ”

"You take the people out."

Shen Leng looked at Chen Ran: "My pro-soldier camp stays." ”

Luo Kedi's eyes also widened suddenly: "No! ”

He stepped in front of Shen Leng in one step: "You are a general!" ”

"I'm a general, so I know what I should do, I can't give a military order to let you stay and I withdraw myself, if you were me, I believe you can't give such a military order, the reason why the soldiers of Daning do not retreat in battle is because they know that the generals will not retreat, if I order the soldiers to stay here at this time and I take people to escape, how will I lead the troops in the future?"

Chen Ran looked at Shen Leng: "You go, I'll take the pro-barracks to stay." ”

"Do you know what a military order is?"

Shen Leng's face turned cold: "Within an hour, except for my pro-military camp, everyone must withdraw from the Demon Mountain Pass." ”

"I'll stay too."

Luo Kedi said loudly: "Order the soldiers to withdraw, and I will take my pro-soldier camp to stay." ”

"You have to protect the second prince."

Shen Leng stretched out his hand and patted Luo Kedi on the shoulder: "The Wuzi battalion is your soldier, now your most important task is to take the second prince out safely, if you delay it any longer, the mountain fire will burn over, don't let me say anything more, hurry up and withdraw with the soldiers." ”

"General!"

Luo Kedi wanted to say something more, Shen Leng turned to look outside the city wall, and waved his hand: "Go immediately." ”

Luo Kedi stomped his foot, turned around and shouted to blow the horn to withdraw, and then ran towards the place where the second prince lived.

"What about my people?"

Shen Leng asked.

Chen Ran and more than 300 personal soldiers stood beside Shen Leng.

"I'm sorry brothers."

Shen Leng looked back at those pro-soldiers, his face was full of guilt: "You have suffered with me, everyone can withdraw, but Shen Leng can't withdraw, so you can't withdraw, I'm sorry." ”

He bowed.

"General!"

All the pro-soldiers fell to one knee in one piece, neatly in one piece.

"Don't mention how cool it is to follow the general, I am satisfied in this life."

Song Xiao, one of the members of the pro-soldier team, knelt down on one knee and hugged his fists and said: "If the general says what is really outside, the general treats us as brothers, why don't we treat the general as brothers, and it is worth it to be in the army to follow the general in this life." ”

"General, don't you know how many people envy it, someone asked where you were a soldier, I said it was for General Shen Leng to be a personal soldier, they were envious and couldn't speak, in the entire Daning, who doesn't know that you are the most proud and refreshing to follow the general as a personal soldier."

"We are the general's personal soldiers, and we have memorized six words since the day we followed the general."

Song Xiaodao: "Sheng, Tongsheng!" Die, die together! ”

"Get up, brothers."

Shen Leng stretched out his hand to pull Song Xiao up and pointed outside the city, because the mountain fire broke out, so that the Lou Ran people outside the city were about to go crazy.

"The torches that the rest people set out before they retreated Lou Ran people are also trapped here, they will run desperately outside the canyon at first, and when they find that the canyon can't get out, they will rush crazy to this side, rushing into the city pass is their chance to save their lives, the city pass is the widest place in the canyon and there is a water source, if the Lou Ran people are put in, the army will really not be able to enter when they come back."

"Stay here with me and defend the Demon Mountain Pass."

"Defend the Demon Mountain Pass!"

"Go ahead, bring as many supplies as you need, the more the better, if you stay in the camp, you will be burned by fire."

Shen Leng shouted: "Let the enemy see clearly, the mountain fires are burning all over, and there are still the flags of the Daning soldiers on the city pass." ”

The soldiers immediately ran out, from the armory behind the city pass to carry bundles of feather arrows up, one trip after another, Shen Leng carried a large bundle of heavy crossbows to the city wall, suddenly saw that there was something wrong with the person carrying the feather arrows in front of him, he strode over, grabbed the soldier's clothes, the soldier subconsciously turned around, and hurriedly wanted to turn around after seeing Shen Leng.

"Go back!"

Shen Leng snorted.

The second prince, who was wearing a soldier's uniform, looked at Shen Leng pleadingly: "I don't want to go back." ”

"Do you want me to die, then?"

Shen Leng glared at the second prince: "You should know, in case you have an accident here, I can't explain to Your Majesty, what else can I do except apologize for my sins with death?" If you stay, I'll die. ”

"If you don't die, I won't die."

The second prince looked at Shen Leng: "Dear master, let me stay, I ......"

He opened his mouth, as if he wanted to say something, but he couldn't.

"Tie up the second prince!"

Shen Leng commanded loudly, and the second prince immediately fled backwards, and he ran to the city wall and stood on the edge of the city wall in one breath: "If you force me again, I will jump down...... I'm not willful, I'm not fooling around, I know what I'm doing. ”

Shen Leng glared at the second prince: "You're not willful, you're not messing around, what are you doing?!" ”

At this time, Han Zhaozhi, who ran back because he couldn't find the second prince, saw this scene, and his face became ugly: "Your Highness, let's go quickly." ”

"I can't go."

The second prince stood on the city wall and said loudly: "If my father is here, he will definitely not leave, Shen Leng said, he is a general, he is gone, what will the soldiers think in the future?" I'm the prince, what will the soldiers think if I escape? My father once told me that if I want to be a person that others feel trusted, then I must first do something that others feel trusted, I am the prince of Daning, I am here, the soldiers are watching, they will come back after the wildfire, because they know that I am here. ”

"Your Highness."

Han Zhaozhi walked over to the second prince step by step: "You are still young, you should also know that Your Majesty has high hopes for you. ”

"I know."

The second prince turned to look at the Lou Ran people outside the city who rushed to the outside of the canyon like a tide, and he stretched out his finger and pointed: "Why are those Lou Ran people not as good as us Ning people?" It is because their king will be the first to flee when he encounters danger, and none of the royal children of my Daning will run in front of the soldiers. ”

The second prince looked at Shen Leng: "Dear Master, please." ”

Shen Leng let out a long breath: "You really want to kill me." ”

"I won't."

The second prince said: "I know how to protect myself, and I haven't forgotten what you taught me." ”

Shen Leng looked at Han Zhaozhi, Han Zhaozhi was also looking at him, there seemed to be something in the eyes of the two of them, Han Zhaozhi nodded and lowered his voice beside Shen Leng and said: "With more troops, it shouldn't be a problem for me to take the Tingwei Mansion and the people of the Ouchi guards to protect the second prince, as long as I win this bet, the reputation of the second prince will spread all over Daning." ”

Shen Leng snorted: "Your Highness knows it himself." ”

Han Zhaozhi snorted: "You go to Luo Kedi, let him keep some more people, and I'll go and talk to the second prince." ”

Shen Leng said: "Once the mountain fire burns up, the city wall is the safest place, at most it can accommodate a thousand people, I have more than 300 soldiers, except for the place where the weapons and armor are stored, at most 300 people will be left, your people are already a lot, there is no need to go to Luo Kedi to stay behind, I have seen our military camp behind, once the weeds on the hillsides on both sides are burned, the camp will inevitably be implicated, even if it is useless to shovel the grass and shovel out a separation zone now, so the number of people is enough now." ”

Han Zhaozhi pondered for a moment: "You are a little sure that the second prince will be fine if he stays here." ”

"One is fire, but tens of thousands of Lou Ran people, I don't count."

Shen Leng shook his head: "So I'm not sure." ”

Han Zhaozhi looked at Shen Leng: "So this is a gamble with your life." ”

"I didn't bet."

Shen Leng looked at the second prince: "Your Highness is gambling." ”

Half an hour later, on the city wall, the second prince sat there looking at the hot tea on the table in front of him: "Dear Master." ”

He waved his hand and motioned for everyone else to leave, leaving him and Shen Leng alone.

"Your Highness."

Shen Leng leaned over slightly: "What's the matter?" ”

"Do you think that I am also very scheming, and I actually want to gamble my life for the position of the prince, I guess, you and Lord Han will think so."

He was only thirteen years old, and Shen Leng felt a little unbelievable when he said these words.

"Yes."

But Shen Leng didn't lie to him, and answered very simply.

"I knew it."

The second prince smiled bitterly: "But...... Whether I stay or not, the position of the crown prince should be mine, right? Big brother he ...... The eldest brother can't keep his crown prince, so it can only be mine, so, dear master, I'm not betting on the position of the prince. ”

A thirteen-year-old child, the bitterness in his smile is distressing.

"That's my eldest brother, the eldest brother who treats me very well, I just think that if I behave better to satisfy my father, when I go back, my eldest brother is still there, I can beg my father to spare my eldest brother's life, I can do without these credits, I can do without anything, he can live as long as he can live...... I don't want to lose him, and I ...... I don't want to lose you either. ”

The second prince looked at Shen Leng: "I already have the ability to stand by your side, so I have to stand by your side." ”

Shen Leng was stunned: "But His Royal Highness has a noble status......

Before he could finish his words, he was interrupted by the second prince.

"Enough, I don't want to hear anything like whether my identity is noble or not, I don't have a choice, I can't choose whether my identity is noble or not, I can't control it by myself when I am born in the royal family, I just want to use my own ability to protect the people I care about, I want my eldest brother to live, I can't let you face danger alone, I already have the strength to fight the enemy, when there is danger, I can't just let you stand in front of me and block, I want to stand side by side with you in this ......"

He looked at Shen Leng's eyes, and his lips trembled slightly: "Brother." ”

Shen Leng's heart jumped violently, and his face turned pale instantly.