Xu Xie sat alone in the corner gnawing some dry and hard bread.

He had no intention of sitting around and chatting with regular soldiers like other militias.

He only buried his head and kept gnawing on the bread in his hand.

He didn't count how many enemy soldiers he killed today.

All he knew was--he was tired now.

I just want to finish the bread in my hand as soon as possible, then sleep and rest, restore my energy, and prepare for tomorrow's battle.

......

......

"Ah, coach!"

"Why is the coach here..."

......

At this moment, Xu Xie suddenly found that there seemed to be a little noise around him.

Before I could look up and see what was happening, I suddenly felt the light in front of me dim.

He raised his head with confusion, and in front of him was an old man who was looking at him with a smile.

This old man, Xu Xie met him.

After seeing the old man's face clearly, the confusion on Xu Xie's face changed to a look of surprise.

"Dney de DuPont..." Xu Xie turned his stiff tongue and spit out the name of the old man standing in front of him.

The old man standing in front of Xu Xie was the commander-in-chief of their Orleans defenders, Deni de DuPont.

Before Xu Xie could ask Deni why he was here, Deni turned his head and shouted to the soldiers around him who recognized him:

"Don't care about me! Keep eating and drinking and chatting!"

"I'm just here to have a meal!"

After letting the soldiers around him look at him with confusion, Deni turned his head back again.

He continued to smile and looked at the Xuyou in front of him, and raised the bread and water in his hand.

"Can I sit next to you?"

"...you can do whatever you want. Anyway, you are the general manager, and I don't have the courage to refuse you."

"Don't think too high of me..."

After saying this with a wry smile, Deni sat next to Xu Xie casually regardless of the dust on the ground, then unscrewed the plug of the water bag, poured water into his mouth, and then tore the bread into small pieces and put it into his mouth.

Xu Xie ignored Deni, who was sitting next to him, and continued to chew on the bread in his hand.

After Xu Xie finished gnawing the bread in his hand, Deni suddenly spoke:

"I didn't expect you to join the militia team and assist our regular army in defending the city. I was worried that you would not come to assist in the battle because you still didn't believe in our army."

"You can kill the Britannians and get money. Why don't I come?" Xu Xie said lightly, "And you have proved the credibility of your army, so I will trust your army again."

"Haha. Xu Xie, your performance today is quite heroic. I have seen your heroic posture."

"...thank you for your compliment." Xu Xie continued to respond coldly in a neither salty nor light tone.

Deni didn't care about Xu Xie's cold response and continued to say with a smile:

"Your swordsmanship is very skilled. Have you ever learned swordsmanship from?"

“…I learned swordsmanship with my father.”

"Then your father's swordsmanship must be very superb."

“That’s natural.”

Since the beginning, he has been responding to Deni's Xu Xie coldly, and his tone has changed for the first time.

There is a bit more pride and proud.

"My father is a famous swordsman. Even if he fights one hundred people at the same time, my father will not be at a disadvantage."

"Will you not be at a disadvantage when fighting with one hundred people at the same time... He must be a master of swordsmanship with very superb skills."

Deni continued in a reverent tone.

"If you have the chance, I really want to meet your father and see your father's sword skills with your own eyes."

"...You didn't have the chance to meet my father."

"Hmm? Why?"

"Because my father died in the Scarlet Plain 8 years ago."

Xu Xie's words instantly made Deni speechless.

8 years ago, the Fierce Sea Plain - when these information are connected, you can instantly think of which battle it was.

It was the last battle of the "Summer Wind" offensive against the Britannian Empire 8 years ago - the Battle of the Fierce Sea Plain.

In that battle, even if Su Cheng arrived, Luo Lin's military was defeated and countless casualties were injured.

Deni also participated in that battle.

Deni, whose eyes became a little darker, whispered:

"That's it...that's to say...your father is a soldier..."

"Well, the market is in a downturn. My father can't keep opening a swordsman's museum, so he can only join the army and earn military pay to support our family."

"I thought I had no problem becoming an officer in the army by relying on my father's swordsmanship."

"But who knows..."

Xu Xie's fists slowly clenched.

"My father died in the Fierce Sea Plain before he could make any great contributions..."

"And the corpse is still gone... Until now, my father's body has not been retrieved..."

The great defeat in the Battle of Fierce Sea Plain caused countless casualties and injuries in the Luolin army and no bodies were found - this situation is really too common.

Xu Xie's words made Deni's shame look stronger and his head couldn't help but bury it lower...

Xu Xielian took a few deep breaths to calm down his emotions.

Then he said in a deep voice:

“That’s why I’m involved in defending the city.”

"Not for any reward."

"It's not about protecting this city."

"Just just to kill more Britannians."

"I'm going to keep killing."

"Kill until I die..."

After saying that, maybe because of his dry mouth, Xu Xie waved his hand to Deni.

"Dney de DuPont, borrow a few sips of your water from me."

As soon as Xu Xie finished speaking, Deni did not hesitate to hand the cowhide water bag in his hand towards Xu Xie.

After taking the water bag, he "gudong" into his mouth, and after taking a few mouthfuls, he asked Deni:

"So - as the general commander of the entire army, what are you here to do? Is it just to commend my heroic performance today?"

"You told me right." Deni said without hesitation, "The reason I came to you is really just to commend your heroic performance, because your heroic posture is so dazzling today."

"...I can't tell that as the general commander of the entire army, you have a lot of time."

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......

The two of them had nothing to say.

Whether it was Xu Xie or Deni, both of them stopped talking.

Although the two were still sitting shoulder to shoulder, no one spoke again.

Although the atmosphere between the two was so silent and silent, it was strangely not uncomfortable or embarrassing at all.

After a while, Xu Xie, who lowered his head slightly, finally broke the quiet atmosphere of the two:

"Hey...Master General, I ask you... With our current virtue, do we really have a way to defend this city..."

"I can see clearly on the city wall today."

"The Britannian army outside the city is densely packed, like an ant colony."

"And the Britannian army that attacked was very strong, I almost died several times today."
Chapter completed!