After the wrong flirtation, I became the villain's favorite

"General! Be careful!"

The general who had been following him stood in front of Xie Tan after saying this, and then there was the sound of the tip of the knife piercing into flesh.

Xie Tan watched helplessly as the subordinate who had been following him fell in front of him.

The fire was still raging in the tent behind him.

The firelight illuminated his handsome face, and Xie Tan's white hair fluttered in the wind against his black silhouette. He looked at the last assassin in front of him, with a violent murderous aura surrounding him. He stabbed the knife in his hand into the other's heart without hesitation.

Go deep, stir.

The intense pain made the remaining assassin's face become hideous and distorted. He collapsed to the ground without even making a sound.

He leaned over, and his dying confidant died in his arms.

The soldiers who heard the news quickly lined up, pinned down the assassins who were not yet dead on the ground, and waited quietly for the general's orders.

Xie Tan looked coldly at the still burning fire in the cold wind.

This happened more than once. They burned food and grass, exchanged military equipment, and even lost the map of the Nuzhen tribe that they had worked so hard to obtain... And this time, it was the most powerful assassination attempt that Xie Tan had ever encountered. The opponent's methods were ruthless. The people who came were all martial artists, and they specifically chose to attack at midnight when people were asleep.

How did they enter the military camp quietly?

How did you know where he was?

The young man's eyes were dark in the firelight, his hand holding the knife tightened, and blood was dripping from the tip of the knife.

The series of accidents and pervasive assassinations proved that major changes were about to take place in Yunjing.

He is Xiao Xuan's man. If anything happens to the Northern Border Army, Xiao Xuan cannot be separated from the responsibility.

After Xiao Huang's death, the emperor was in great grief. It was said that the Sixth Prince Xiao Shen often went to the imperial court, even more often than when he was a child. And what about the First Prince Xiao Xuan, what on earth was he doing!

Did he really have no intention of taking the throne? Didn't he know that with his military achievements and accomplishments in the North, even if he didn't fight for it, others might not let him go.

If not, how could he have been attacked one after another even in the northern border!

"General? These people..."

"Don't leave any one behind." Xie Tan said.

The screams and the sound of a knife cutting into flesh were short and quick, and by the time he reached the dungeon entrance, the sound had subsided.

The entrance to the dungeon was very small, and smoke could get in but was difficult to get out. At this time, the prisoners in the dungeon were tied up and brought to the ground to breathe. Some were coughing violently, and some had red eyes and tears streaming down their faces.

Among them was a woman, with soft moonlight shining on her face, making the gem on her forehead ring sparkle. She was wearing a dress made of animal skin in the middle of winter, with colorful bird feathers hanging around her waist, and the skin on her waist was exposed and red from the cold.

When she saw the general approaching, her gaze was so sharp that it made people's breath stop.

Xie Tan was obviously looking for her, and he was relieved to see that the woman was safe and sound.

The Saint of the Privet Department was captured with great difficulty. She is of great use and must not be harmed.

Although the Northern Army has been invincible in the North over the years and has eliminated a number of tribes that have disturbed peace on the border, these eliminated tribes seem to have some kind of strange power. They are not afraid of the suffering of war, and can always gather together and merge into one quietly.

They seemed to have an almost cordial unity.

The Northern Army was powerful, and they couldn't defeat them, so they quietly huddled together for warmth. For example, they stockpiled goods in strange places, causing food shortages throughout the North. Another example was changing the route of the grassland, making the map Xie Tan got completely useless.

He could solve the problem of the map being useless by having someone conduct an on-site survey and then draw a new one. However, the impact of the food shortage was huge, and a large number of hungry refugees flocked to other city-states to seek refuge.

The court had no choice but to order the Northern Frontier Protectorate to open its granaries to provide relief to the victims and stabilize the people's hearts. However, the granaries in the northern border were not the kind of reserve granaries for dealing with disasters, but war reserve granaries, which were used to store grain in case of siege or military supplies in case of war.

It cannot be opened easily.

The winter in the north is extremely cold, and the journey is difficult and bumpy. If food is to be transported from Yunjing, the manpower, material resources and time consumed will be enormous.

As a result, the imperial court had to order the opening of war warehouses to deal with this deliberately created famine.

This time, when the cannon was opened, almost all the food was used up. When the people in the surrounding city-states learned about this, they were filled with anxiety and fear, and they began to complain about the inaction of the northern army.

When the grain from the granary was distributed, it still had to go through layers of exploitation. The amount of grain that actually reached the victims was very limited, and some was even old grain that was inferior. This situation made the victims extremely disappointed and angry, and their dissatisfaction with the Northern Border Army led by Xie Tan became more and more obvious. The Northern Border Army quelled the war, but brought disaster.

As time went by, the situation in the North became more and more tense. People are short-sighted, and some people were bewitched by those with ulterior motives and began to organize to protest against the North Army, and wrote to the court to ask them to go back to Yunjing.

Others took the opportunity to rob merchants and wealthy households in an attempt to obtain more food and resources.

The entire northern territory fell into chaos and the public security situation deteriorated sharply.

This winter has been a tough time for the North.

After many days of incognito visits, Xie Tan finally found some clues. It turned out that a mysterious tribe had been hiding in the northern region - the Privet Tribe.

This tribe has existed for a long time. The tribes that were dispersed by Xie Tan regarded him as a high priest-like existence, with the supreme power to summon and lead the tribes. He could be said to be the spiritual leader of the entire northern tribe outside the Central Plains.

In the previous decades, many generals had wiped out the various tribes in the northern border, but these people all revived a few years later.

No matter how other tribes rise and fall, the Privet tribe always maintains a stable inheritance. The reverence for the Privet tribe has been deeply engraved in the blood of every northern man, making them willing to obey the orders of the saint unconditionally, even at the cost of their lives.

Xie Tan finally understood that as long as he could not wipe out all the tribes, as long as there was still one person alive from the Nuzhen tribe, they would use the power of their lives to protect the tribe, and the scattered forces would continue to gather again to fight him to the end.

This is one of the reasons why, although Dazhao had long since recovered the northern border countries, there were always wars and chaos that were difficult to quell, because they had never truly submitted to the Dazhao Dynasty.

The emperor of the Central Plains was just a cover for them to rest and recuperate temporarily. But the Nuzhen tribe in the north was different. They were the most powerful force in this land, and the saints of the Nuzhen tribe were regarded as gods.

As for the Northland Pegasus that Xie Tan had always wanted, the horse training technology, breeding and breeding methods were all firmly controlled by the Nuzhen tribe. Therefore, even if Xie Tan captured countless Pegasus during the war, he still could not control them due to the lack of relevant technology.

Xie Tan captured Nuzhen's tribesmen, tortured them severely, and used all kinds of means to treat them, but they still refused to reveal a single word.

Only then did he realize that the power of faith was so strong!

These people are so persistent in protecting and worshipping the so-called "saint".

It is said that this saint is a "pure-blooded child" with the blood of the god they worship flowing in her veins.

If he can be captured, the North will truly surrender and this land will be able to gain lasting peace.

There will be major changes in the court. People over there are already getting impatient. He must keep things stable in the north.

The white-haired general quietly stared at the woman in the smoke, raised his eyebrows slightly and sneered, "What saint? She is just some weird and superstitious talk to confuse those barbaric people. Wouldn't it be cold without clothes in winter?"