Xuanwu's expression froze, and he immediately frowned.
"What do you mean? Fled back? What have you two been doing these past two years?"
Yuan Gang sighed, sat down, and lit a cigarette. "This matter is very complicated. We never expected the battles on the eastern frontier to have so many variables."
Xuanwu: "Then keep it short."
Xuan Niao smacked the back of his head unceremoniously.
Yuan Gang: "..."
"It's like this..."
Back then, Ye Longlin led the troops on an expedition, and both Yuan Gang and Xuan Niao went, leading the left and right flank teams respectively.
When they arrived, the opposing elite army had already broken through sixteen cities in the east and eighteen cities in the southeast, northeast, and northwest. These eighteen cities were their last line of defense. Once the eighteen cities were breached, the enemy could advance directly into the city, causing irreversible casualties.
Ye Longlin and the other two each led a team to resist. After seven days of fighting, they finally drove them out of the eighteen cities. Adhering to the principle of not pursuing a defeated enemy, they began their rest.
That night, Ye Longlin ordered Yuan Gang to lead a hundred thousand soldiers to sneak attack their main camp. Ultimately, they beheaded thirty thousand enemies.
After all, they were also resting after their defeat, and nighttime was when alertness was at its lowest. Yuan Gang led a weary army, and the effect was naturally very good. However, the opponent still had a backup plan: an reinforcement of two hundred thousand appeared, forcing Yuan Gang to request reinforcements.
The decisive battle broke out so abruptly. Ye Longlin's Saint Realm cultivation erupted completely, killing one hundred and twenty thousand enemies single-handedly. The enemy retreated entirely. At that time, their morale soared, and they began their pursuit.
They chased for over a hundred kilometers, reaching the coast. However, upon reaching the coast, they discovered the enemy had a fleet. The fleet's modern weaponry inflicted heavy losses on them. Ye Longlin was furious, and with three sword strikes, he sliced three warships in half. But the enemy also fired missiles.
The coast fell silent. The three of them were also stunned and drifted on the water, only to be rescued by a passing merchant ship. However, this merchant ship belonged to the Dark Hall, and the Dark Hall subsequently began hunting them.
After a year and a half of pursuit, the personnel of the Dark Hall grew in number. The three of them finally reunited. Thinking of the humiliation of the past year, they changed their names and targeted the Dark Hall.
In half a year, they destroyed thirteen important military bases of the Dark Hall. It was at that time they learned that the headquarters of the Dark Hall was not abroad, but within Great Xia itself!
Because of the discovery of this secret, all eight gods of the Dark Hall took action. Eight Saint Realm powerhouses pursued them. It was also their good fortune, otherwise, they would not have survived until now.
"A week ago, we encountered each other on the sea, and a great battle broke out. The three of us were knocked into the sea. We took this opportunity to run back."
After listening, Xuanwu's jaw dropped, and he couldn't believe it. Shock appeared in his eyes.
There was so much information that he hadn't recovered yet.
But with it came questions, one after another, surfacing in his mind.
"How could the other side still have two hundred thousand reinforcements? That's impossible. When you went out, you took fifty thousand trained warriors. No matter how strong they are, under the boss, it shouldn't have turned out like this, right?"
Yuan Gang's expression immediately turned grim as he nodded. "Indeed, we hadn't thought about this before. But at the sixth military base, we discovered that someone in the country was colluding with people from the Dark Hall. The exact troop numbers we took with us were all available to the Dark Hall.
In other words, the Dark Hall knew exactly how many people we had. No matter how deeply we hid, the other side was clear about it. From the information war alone, we had already lost.
It was only after that that we found out, but what could we do? All fifty thousand soldiers were lost, but the Dark Hall also paid the price of thirteen military bases. Calculated, it was worth it. Their economic losses reached at least hundreds of billions."
Xuanwu continued to ask, "Then why didn't you contact the country?"
Xuan Niao said helplessly, "From the moment we woke up, the Dark Hall had been hunting us. Let alone contacting the country, we basically hadn't seen any electronic equipment. Moreover, the other side had signal jammers, capable of shielding all signals from us, and we were constantly on the run, unable to make contact."
Afterward, Xuanwu raised one critical question after another, and after a series of explanations, Xuanwu finally recognized reality.
They truly had no way to contact the country, nor any way to contact the country.
If they could contact them, they would have done so long ago. The most crucial point was that they were unable to make contact!
"Where is the boss?"
Yuan Gang said helplessly, "I don't know. We got separated. But the boss should be in Jiangnan now. The sister-in-law and children are there. Given the boss's temperament, he would definitely go back to see them first. I'll contact the boss in a bit."
Xuanwu also nodded and said nothing more.
"Then... who revealed your information to the other side?"
Upon mentioning this, extreme killing intent flashed in Xuanwu's eyes. This was already treason. The deaths of all fifty thousand soldiers should be attributed to them!
"The Ye family!"
They had found relevant materials in the Dark Hall's military base and had placed these materials on a USB drive in a Swiss bank.
Swiss banks, the world's top banks, were not afraid of disappearing.
There were also Swiss banks in the country, but only two, one in the capital and one in Shanghai.
"We'll go get the evidence after the boss returns. The Ye family's countdown to death has begun!"
"By the way, what has happened in the capital these past two years?"
In a small town in Jiangnan, Ye Longlin's safe return to the town excited those who knew him. They even spontaneously organized a parade. Ye Longlin and Mu Hanqi had no choice but to take their children to attend the banquet before returning.
Upon their return, Ye Longlin felt the scenery of the small town and sighed at his experiences of the past two years.
It was truly poignant.
"What are you thinking about?"
After coaxing Ye Churan to sleep, Mu Hanqi leaned on Ye Longlin's shoulder and asked softly.
Ye Longlin stroked his stubbled chin and chuckled. "I was thinking, after being away from home for two years, have you missed me? After all, there's a saying: 'a brief separation is better than a new marriage.'"
This night was destined for the bed to bear the brunt of the shaking.
The exchange that delved into their souls, the love etched into their souls, the murmurs sinking into the mire, all could not be spoken of this night...
"Come back to the capital with me tomorrow. Some debts need to be settled."