Huo Gang does have no feelings for Huo Ling, but a general who is willing to be killed for the sake of thousands of people is worthy of respect for anyone!

Perhaps from the perspective of later generations and from the perspective of bystanders, most people may not have much affection for the Sui Dynasty. The Tang Dynasty has a good impression of it. After all, the prosperous era of the Han and Tang Dynasties! But is Huo Ling wrong?

Huo Gang had no way to find the answer.

"General!" Dozens of veterans from Huo Ling saw the corpse carried away by An Xinggui's soldiers in the distance. When they saw that An Xinggui forced their general to death, but did not keep their promise, their emotions immediately collapsed and they wanted to rush up and snatch Huo Ling's body back.

"Come back!" Huo Gang shouted loudly!

More than a dozen veterans who rushed out a few steps subconsciously stopped their steps. Huo Gang walked forward a few steps, then turned around and stood in front of the veterans, and spoke in a cold tone: "Are you rushing over to die? I know your thoughts, I am the same as you! But don't forget, what is the general's real wish, it is to let these more than a thousand people survive!"

"Now An Xinggui broke his promise, but they are still waiting for us to lead them to survive! It is better to begging for yourself than asking others. Let's go!" Huo Gang said firmly.

"But... Major General, where can we go?" A veteran with a vicissitudes of expression on his face standing opposite Huo Gang showed a bitter smile on his face.

"Do you know who my ancestors are?" Huo Gang asked directly.

"I don't know." The veterans were stunned for a moment. Although they followed Huo Ling for nearly twenty years, they didn't know about this.

"It's Huo Qubing, the general of the cavalry of the Han Dynasty! Since my ancestors were able to make a fortune in the Western Regions, why can't we? Let's go! An Xinggui has broken his promise now, and there must be a reason to break his promise. I don't know the tricks between him and my father, but he dares to break his promise at the risk of losing his reputation, which means that he is very likely to attack us." Huo Gang said coldly.

"Now we'll leave immediately!"

Dozens of veterans were stunned for a moment. They looked at the tender but firm face of the major general's face, and finally they all bent down and bowed: "Yes!"

...

Behind them, An Xinggui had already rode back to Yumen Pass. After entering Guancheng, An Xinggui paused for a moment, then waved to a person beside him and whispered: "Go, contact some Turks. I don't care what they do about these people outside, but none of them can survive! But remember, our people must not participate!"

"Yes!" The man immediately bent down and then turned around and left quickly.

After watching his deputy general leave, An Xinggui murmured to himself: "Huoling, Huoling, you are a man with iron bones. What a pity, I can't let anyone know about the things that happened back then. Don't worry, I will send your son to reunite with you."

...

The crowd outside the city finally began to squirm slowly. The faces of these pale and thin and malnourished people were already full of numbness and despair, because they didn't know where they were in the future. They had been following Huo Ling for several years, but they were just struggling to survive in the Western Regions.

Now they abandoned their original gathering place and took more than ten days to get here, but now they are leaving again and don’t even know where to go.

But besides that... do they have any choice?!

Huo Gang frowned at the speed of these people. There were more than a thousand people here, but their horses were only more than a hundred and less than 100 cavalrymen, all of them were old soldiers. The remaining dozens of horses were old horses and could no longer act as war horses, but they could pull carriages.

But most people can only walk at this moment. You can expect these people who are no different from refugees to walk at a fast speed. At this speed, even if it is dark today, they will probably not be able to walk thirty miles.

"Wang Shan!" Huo Gang shouted loudly.

Wang Shan is the deputy general before his father, a veteran.

"General." Hearing Huo Gang's voice, Wang Shan immediately rushed over.

"Let a few cavalry go out for reconnaissance. Except for the scouts, everyone dismounts, gives the horses to supplies, the elderly, weak, sick and disabled, and all the others walk. We must speed up our own speed." Huo Gang took a deep breath and spoke decisively.

"But... where are we going, Major General? Go back to our original camp?" Wang Shan was stunned for a moment, and then asked in confusion.

But for some reason, Wang Shan felt that his young general had changed. The serious expression on his face was completely different from the ignorant major general before. Was it because of the death of the old general that he grew up?!

"No, I won't go back, let's go to Yumen Pass." Huo Gang took a deep breath.

The one he activated called Yumen Spirit must have something to do with Yumen Pass. Whether it is related or not, Huo Gang must lead the team to leave here.

"Major General, the entire Liangzhou is An Xinggui's territory. What he said just now is clear that we will not allow us to enter the pass. Even if we go from other places, we will definitely not be able to get back." Wang Shan was stunned for a moment and said quickly.

"I'm talking about Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty." Huo Gang said coldly.

The Yumen Pass in history has undergone several changes, while the earliest Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty was located about 80 kilometers west of Dunhuang County. However, the Yumen Pass in the Tang Dynasty is located north of Suoyang City, Guazhou and about 230 kilometers northeast of Yumen Pass in the Han Dynasty.

The current Dunhuang County, or now called Xisha Prefecture, except for Dunhuang County, other places belonged to the Tang Dynasty and actually belonged to the territory of the Western Turks. However, no matter what, Huo Gang had to go.

The reason for saying this is that Dunhuang County has undergone several rebellions during the Wude period, but most of it was solved by the insiders themselves. The official power of the Tang Dynasty had no ability to control the Western Regions because the country had just been first established. Therefore, the army that truly belonged to the Tang Dynasty contracted to the defense line of each city, using the Great Wall and the city to defend.

Because of the will blessings mentioned by the spirit of the Yumen, he chose his ancestor Huo Qubing, and Yumen Pass was related to Huo Qubing. If Huo Qubing had not conquered the Western Regions, the Han Dynasty would not have established Yumen Pass and Yang Pass in Dunhuang County.

But now, it has been completely abandoned.

"But, there are more than 400 miles here according to ours!" Wang Shan was immediately shocked.

"Let's go, we must go. An Xinggui has turned against us today. The closer we are to these cities, the more dangerous we are." Huo Gang said firmly.

"But the old general has no conflict with him. Although they must have secrets, maybe he just doesn't want to take risks so he won't let us pass. Now the old general's body An Xinggui has taken it away. We are not threatening to him." Wang Shan had some doubts, mainly because it was more than 400 miles away for them.

Even if you hurry up, it will take ten days to arrive, and these people are all weak and not healthy.

"Take all the dry food out and let everyone have enough food. It is important to rush to the road. As for the food, I will find a way when I get there." Huo Gang took a deep breath and spoke decisively.
Chapter completed!