Yuan Fang ignored Ren Fei and Yuqing's bickering, and kept deducing his plan in his mind to find out the possible variables as much as possible to deal with them, which was an extremely complicated and cumbersome process, especially for Yuan Fang, a novice with no experience, it was even more difficult, so that Yuan Fang basically spent the next few days in this kind of muddy nightmare.

On this day, Yuan Fang had already repeatedly scrutinized his plan for an unknown number of times, and it had almost taken shape, at this time, Xia Yi and Ye Qingru, who were wearing face towels to cover the dust like other soldiers, urged the horse over and interrupted Yuan Fang's train of thought.

Yuan Fang looked at the two girls who lost their smiles and became mournful, looked up at the front and asked, "Arrived?" ”

Xia Yi pursed her lips and nodded, "It's here, the fork in the road in front of you is the Dark Xiangling Tomb five miles to the north, brother-in-law, you." ”

Yuan Fang waved his hand and said, "Let's go and have a look." As he spoke, he stretched out his hand and shook the sword at his waist, urging his horse to break away from the group and gallop along the road to the north.

Yuqing took a deep breath, waved her hand and ordered: "Stop advancing, repair on the spot, the first and second guards follow me." After speaking, he urged the horse to chase after Yuan Fang and the others who had already walked out of a distance.

The Dark Fragrance Mausoleum is of great significance to all female soldiers, for them it is sacrosanct, where the remains of their ancestors are buried, and it is also the final destination of these female soldiers, and for Yuan Fang, here is the buried memories of him and her, and this is the resting place of his deceased wife and comrades-in-arms.

The five-mile journey is not far, but Yuan Fang seems to have walked for a long time, and his mind keeps recalling the pictures with Xia Liang at the beginning, the woman who is rigid on the outside and soft on the inside, strong on the surface and miserable on the inside, his wife, is in front of him, right there.

The defenders of the Dark Xiangling had already received the news of Yuan Fang's arrival, and lined up early to greet them, most of them were female soldiers who survived the war, many of them had such and such disabilities, and it was precisely because of this that they came here to guard and take care of the resting place of their former comrades-in-arms, this is not punishment, nor discrimination, this is their own choice, as the choice of soldiers, they want to use their mutilated bodies to continue to defend the glory of soldiers.

At this time, the dark incense mausoleum is completely different from before, Yang Xing, the crown prince, spoke, now this place has been renovated, outside the cemetery, is a circle of low bluestone walls, in the cemetery, planted with a large number of green pines and cypresses, among which there are many altars to worship the souls and visit the spiritual building.

In front of the cemetery, Yuan Fang turned over and dismounted, looking at the resolute and uncomplaining faces in the greeting procession, Yuan Fang was grateful, and in the face of their standard and solemn military salute, Yuan Fang bent down and bowed deeply.

Coming here, Yuqing's mood is also heavy, many of her former comrades-in-arms and sisters are resting here, especially Xia Liang, the general who gave her a second life, and the sister who carries everything on her thin shoulders and takes care of everyone like a mother is also here, but Yuqing doesn't know how to face this sister, general, and commander who is closer than her relatives.

Yuan Fang saluted gratefully, and Yuqing shouted loudly: "Queue, stand upright, salute." The female soldiers who followed lined up neatly, facing the hundred or so female soldiers stationed in front of the cemetery to express their respect with the most standard military posture.

Yuan Fang straightened up, and a female soldier in the defenders who had lost her right leg walked up a few steps forward with a cane to Yuan Fang, saluted again and said loudly: "Gu Yanqiu, the captain of the Dark Xiangling Garrison, reported to my brother-in-law with one hundred and three soldiers under his command. ”

Gu Yanqiu, Yuan Fang has seen and is also very familiar, when she was a forward lieutenant under Xia Liang, Gu Yanqiu was seriously injured in the breakout battle when Xia Liang died, and finally had to amputate her right leg, since then she has volunteered to stay here to take care of the cemetery where her comrades and sisters are resting, until now.

Yuan Fang said gratefully, "Thank you for your hard work, Captain Gu. ”

Gu Yanqiu has been in the Dark Xiangling for a while, so naturally she will not be as sad as Yuan Fang and them, and said with a faint smile: "There is nothing hard or hard, we sisters who can no longer go to the battlefield are just doing what we can here." ”

Yuan Fang looked at Gu Yanqiu's stump and sighed slightly in his heart, it was not difficult to hear the trace of unwillingness and helplessness hidden in his heart from her words.

Not in a hurry to pay homage to his deceased wife, Yuan Fang first followed Gu Yanqiu to see their residence, which was a few small buildings that looked quite good, several small buildings were very close to each other, surrounded by a square, and the hollow floor of one of the small buildings was also the entrance to the overall building, where more than 100 female soldiers usually lived.

The main body of several small buildings is made of bluestone, and the whole building is completed with the best wood, which is both sturdy, beautiful, and comfortable, and each room has all the furniture you need.

There are two buildings of considerable scale in the southeast and southwest of the small building, Yuan Fang noticed it when he came in, it looks a little like a military camp, but it is a little different, and what is even more strange is that there is no figure in the two buildings.

Gu Yanqiu said that there is a military camp, but the army originally stationed there has been transferred to guard more important places, as for the Dark Xiangling, it is actually not a military location, it itself is under the protection of various fortresses on the border, as long as the border is still in the hands of the empire, no one will come to disturb here, so the security is still guaranteed.

And Gu Yanqiu and the others are in the Dark Xiangling Mausoleum, in addition to taking care of the cemetery, they will also regularly go to the military camp to help clean and maintain some fixed facilities, which is all their life here.

As for why the military camp will be built here, the reason is very simple, although it is not a military place, but for Yang Xing and Yuan Fang, or for the Eastern Saint Empire, it is of great significance, and there is no room for loss, if the border is lost, it will become a gathering place, and there will be special troops to garrison, and it has also become a logistics supply transfer station, hoarding a large amount of war-ready grain and grass, enough for 20,000 people for half a year, of course, in addition to the necessary replacement of the old and the new every year, the reserves here will generally not be used. After a cursory turn, Yuan Fang waved away Xia Yi, Yuqing and others who were following him, and came to the cemetery alone, standing in front of Xia Liang's tombstone and looking at the inscription on the tombstone that he had written by himself, he was silent for a long time.

This is the time that only belongs to Yuan Fang and Xia Liang, this is the world of only him and her, this world is full of warm and sad memories, there are deep thoughts of the living for their deceased relatives, and there are also deep blessings of the deceased to their relatives.

I don't know how long it took, Yuan Fang sighed, leaned on the tombstone and looked up at the sky, not knowing what he was thinking.