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Chapter 642 Hong'er's Tears

Under the city of Luoyang, a huge army gathered, with huge crowds of people and loud drums and gongs.

Upon learning that Marquis of Guanjun, General Su Yao was leaving for battle today, the people in the city who had benefited from his kindness spontaneously came out of the city to see him off.

At Su Yao's command, an elite cavalry team wearing armor of various colors set off one after another like arrows from a bow, with the sound of horses' hooves rumbling, dust flying, and momentum as high as a rainbow.

They went straight west along the official road and headed straight for Hangu Pass.

This time, Su Yao's team was no longer composed of a few hundred or a thousand cavalrymen, but a full five thousand cavalrymen!

First of all, after several days of repair, the Scarlet Cloud Knights, who were less than 700 in number after the battle losses, were fully replenished.

After selecting the best from the best, Su Yao brought in a number of people from the Nanyang, Liaodong, Bingzhou and Xiliang teams to join the team, expanding it to one thousand people.

Immediately afterwards, Su Yao took the Xiliang cavalry led by Li Lei, a surrendered general from Xiliang, as the core, and supplemented them with the cavalry of Jia Xu and Zhang Ji, and reorganized the Xiliang Iron Cavalry with a full strength of 2,000 people.

The last ones, of course, were the two thousand Guandong knights brought by Yuan Shao.

At this point, a cavalry team of 5,000 people was organized.

After the troops were organized, the next step was naturally to select generals.

Luoyang City and its affiliated passes cannot be left unguarded.

As the nominal leader of the alliance, it was natural for Lu Zhi to stay in Luoyang.

At the same time, Su Yao also left behind a number of civil and military officials to assist him.

Among them, Guan Yu, who had been proven to be capable of acting on his own, was naturally stationed in the capital, while Xun Yu, Zhong Yao and others were left behind as civil officials to ensure the logistical supply and the safety of Luoyang's city defense.

At the same time, arrangements had already been made to station Zhao Silang at Mengjin Pass in the north of Luoyang and Wen Pin at Hulao Pass and other passes in the east.

As for Yique Pass in the south, since it faces Nanyang County where a conflict might break out next, Su Yao deliberately left behind the brave general Dian Wei to monitor the situation nearby to ensure that the situation would not get out of control and the war would not spread to Guanzhong.

In this way, Luoyang City and its surrounding passes were properly defended, ensuring the safety of the rear area.

After all, Luoyang City is not only his supply base, but also houses the families and wealth of Su Yao and his direct troops in the army.

Once Luoyang was stolen, his army on the front line would explode at any minute.

Even Guan Yu, who was feared throughout China during his heyday, was not immune to this kind of thing. Naturally, Su Yao did not dare to take the risk to give it a try.

"Your servant Hong'er wishes you a successful start and immediate success."

In the people's farewell procession, there was a small figure in red clothes, with his eyes closed, praying quietly.

She didn't want to disturb Su Yao's important affairs, so she just hid here quietly and saw him off silently.

However, she did not expect that there would suddenly be a commotion around her, and then a familiar voice sounded in front of her:
"Why, what's the point of saying this if you don't say it to my face?"

Hong'er suddenly opened her eyes and saw Su Yao, who was supposed to go with the army, now appeared in front of her.

Suddenly, Hong'er was like a child who was caught doing something wrong, she was at a loss as to what to do:

"Sir, Sir, why are you here?"

"If I wasn't here, how could I hear your whispers?"

Amid the astonished gazes of the surrounding people, Su Yao rubbed Hong'er's head.

Naturally, Su Yao noticed Hong'er at the first moment.

But he didn't understand why Hong'er sneaked out again after they had already seen each other off at home once.

However, Su Yao waited and waited, and even when the army had already set out in batches, Xiao Hong'er still didn't come to talk to him, which meant that the mission had been triggered.

So, Su Yao took the initiative to come over.

At this moment, listening to Hong'er's address, Su Yao suddenly felt a subtle sense of disobedience:
"Come to think of it, didn't you always call me benefactor before?" "Why are you calling me your Excellency now like everyone else?"

"besides."

As he spoke, Su Yao reached out and tugged at the cloth on Hong'er's shoulders:

"This dress is the one I gave you before."

"Is this the first time you've worn it since you came back?"

"Why, are you alienated from me?"

Hong'er's cheeks flushed instantly when she heard this. She lowered her head and whispered:

"My Lord, Hong'er doesn't dare. But now you are already the General of Chariots and Cavalry and the Marquis of Champion."

"Hong'er is afraid that calling you by your name would be disrespectful, and people would say that the servants in our Guanjun Marquis's mansion are uneducated and don't know the rules."

Before she finished speaking, tears began to fall from the corners of Hong'er's eyes.

Hong'er's words were naturally sincere.

As the first maid sent to Su Yao by the head of the Wang family, she witnessed Su Yao's rise from Bingzhou to his current glory.

Hong'er's heart was filled with admiration and gratitude for Su Yao.

She couldn't imagine what her life would be like now if she hadn't met Su Yao.

Therefore, when Hong'er learned that the head of the Wang family initially wanted to use her relationship with the benefactor to make her serve the benefactor in order to effect a marriage alliance and bind this promising young talent, Hong'er was extremely surprised.

She could finally stop caring about her identity as a maid of the Wang family and come to Su Yao with a legitimate reason.

Hong'er, who got what she wanted, indeed ushered in a very happy time.

Although the benefactor's behavior was subtle and sometimes inappropriate, he would tease her until she blushed and felt hot, and then throw her aside, doing other things that made her laugh and cry.

But, there is no doubt that Hong'er knows that she is happy.

During that time, I felt unprecedented love and warmth.

Every little gesture and every caring word of her benefactor made her feel touched.

When her benefactor was not fighting, she could always stay by his side. She just wiped his face with a towel every night. She felt very happy and satisfied when she saw his peaceful sleeping face.

At that time, Hong'er wished that time could stay at that moment forever.

However, God did not fulfill his wishes.

That's all there is to it.

As her benefactor's status skyrocketed, Hong'er knew that the gap between them was becoming more and more obvious.

There was an insurmountable gap between the two of them.

Today, Lord Su can destroy a country with just one word and decide the life and death of millions of people at will.

Not to mention that she was just a small maid from the Wang family, even the head of the Wang family had to be cautious when standing in front of Lord Su.

In particular, now Lord Su not only has a principal wife, but also a concubine and a princess who has not yet married into the family.

However, she was still just a humble maid, not even qualified to be with Lord Su. This made Hong'er's heart full of contradictions and struggles.

Yes, not eligible.

Although Su Yao felt almost nothing, Hong'er, who was in the deep courtyard and surrounded by women, knew it very well.

(End of this chapter)