From Folly to Fortune：I Rewrite My Life After Rebirth!

”Old man, did that girl just leave like that?” Wang Yan was dumbfounded.

”Isn’t she going to die?”

”Who said Shuang went to court death? I think this girl has a long life ahead, she can live at least to ninety. Stop talking nonsense!” Cheng Dagang remarked.

Wang Yan nodded vigorously.

”Old man, Beichen asked me to find you and come up with a plan. Did you really just let that girl go?” Wang Yan swallowed hard, almost disbelieving his own words.

”Yes! She’s my trump card!” Cheng Dagang replied.

”And you...”

”I’m preparing to return to the South; the Northwest is no longer my domain!” Cheng Dagang said.

Back then, Cheng Dagang came here to bring Xing Ningtian’s old troops to Xing City to find Xing Beichen and Lu Yuanfeng.

Now that the task is complete, it’s time for an old man like him to enjoy his twilight years.

As for defending the nation, that’s for the young men to take care of.

”Wang Yan, are you coming with me or heading back to Xing City?” Cheng Dagang asked.

”I’m going back to Xing City! Xing City is General Xing’s territory; I, Wang Yan, will absolutely not allow anyone to turn it into a hell!” Wang Yan said.

Cheng Dagang nodded in understanding.

This time, those who came to Xing City were all prepared to face life and death indifferently.

What does life mean?

What does death mean?

As long as one is happy, what difference does it make between life and death?

Cheng Dagang and Wang Yan walked back together and quickly reached the direction where the escort master’s main troop was located.

As for Mu Shuangshuang, she was riding a horse alone toward Xing City.

She had been out for almost three days, and it would take a day of continuous travel to return.

Mu Shuangshuang was not sure how many changes Fengzi would encounter in that one day.

The only thing she could do was keep on traveling; the faster she reached the Feeding Horse Slope, the greater the hope of seeing Fengzi.

A day later, Mu Shuangshuang finally arrived at Xing City.

Perhaps due to the imminent war, Xing City’s gates were wide open, with many people carrying their bags and luggage, bringing their entire families along, seemingly to avoid the chaos of war.

Mu Shuangshuang was unsure of the situation inside the city.

Nor did she have time to find out; she nudged the horse’s belly, swung the whip, and the already exhausted horse started galloping again!

...

Feeding Horse Slope was covered with endless sand; not a single shadow of a plant could be found.

The weather was cold, and under a windswept hill, a group of shivering remnants huddled together.

Lu Yuanfeng stood not far from the soldiers, gazing into the distance.

Not a single person could be seen. Even the Wei Army that had been pursuing them was nowhere in sight.

Seeing this, a soldier began to cry, ”What are we going to do? This is the Feeding Horse Slope, I heard that no matter if it’s people or horses that come here, they get eaten until there’s nothing left!”

”I don’t want to die, my old mother at home is still waiting for me to take care of her! I haven’t even married or have a son to continue the family line!”

Once one person started complaining, more and more joined in.

Additionally, the soldiers’ morale was declining.

On one side, Lu Yuanfeng listened to the soldiers’ cries of despair.

Suddenly, he remembered a psychological tactic from the warfare strategems Shuang had taught him.

If the soldiers have low morale, it’s inevitable that they’ll lose the battle.

Although he hadn’t officially been on the battlefield yet, he had engaged with the Wei Army. Even as they were defeated step by step, and even entered the Feeding Horse Slope, he knew that the army’s morale must not fail!

”Listen everyone, we will definitely make it out of Feeding Horse Slope! The Wei Army didn’t manage to kill us, which means we are blessed and have great luck.

After surviving a major catastrophe, good fortune surely follows! As long as everyone persists, as long as we make it out, we will achieve great things in the military in the future!”

Lu Yuanfeng’s words had an effect.

Most of these soldiers were new recruits.

They were still excited about the prospect of joining the army and fighting battles.

And each of them was eager to build a career and become a general, or at least gain some wealth in the military, so they could return to their hometown, marry a wife, and have children.

Using the prospect of glory to motivate them was the best option.

”Lu Xianfeng, you’re the highest rank here; we all listen to you! However, the reputation of Feeding Horse Slope is not unfounded.

You saw it just now as well; the Wei Army chasing us vanished all of a sudden. Where they went, none of us knows! Perhaps... they were eaten by this Feeding Horse Slope!”

The speaker was a fat man named Pang Hu, the only other veteran soldier besides Lu Yuanfeng in this team.

After Pang Hu spoke, Lu Yuanfeng also fell into contemplation.

He couldn’t see through what was in Feeding Horse Slope.

Although it seemed peaceful, just looking at it gave an ominous feeling.

Lu Yuanfeng thought long and hard, deciding they must leave this place.

”Brothers, this is not a place to linger! At night, the desert can freeze people to death.

We don’t have firewood for warmth here, if we just wait idly, I’m afraid we’ll lose our lives even before making it out!” he said to the group.

The huddled soldiers didn’t want to move.

”It’s... too cold. If everyone splits up, we’ll freeze to death!”

”But waiting idly is not an option either, we’re already struggling now, what will we do once night falls?” Lu Yuanfeng asked.

Those soldiers reluctantly stood up.

”Everyone, pair up and support each other. The wounded walk at the back, those with strength take the lead to open the way and cover the rear!”

Even though they couldn’t see the soldiers of Da Wei, it didn’t prove that this place was safe!

Constant vigilance was required.

The group moved forward into the unknown.

Initially, the soldiers had some morale, but gradually some refused to walk further.

They threw their luggage on the ground in frustration and said, ”I’m not going, if you want to go, you go!”

”You’re crazy!” Pang Hu, who was covering the rear, cursed.

”I am crazy, for coming to the military camp, it’s crazy to join this damn vanguard squad to scout military intelligence, I want to go home, I want to go home...”

The soldier yelled madly.

Shouting as he was, he continued to retreat.

As Lu Yuanfeng was about to command him to calm down.

The incident happened at this moment.

The originally flat sand suddenly began to flow as if alive.

The soldier suddenly sank into it, realizing something was wrong, he started screaming and thrashing loudly: ”Help, help...”

The other soldiers were terrified upon seeing this and began shouting in panic: ”It’s eating people... Feeding Horse Slope is eating people!”

The soldier sank rapidly; Lu Yuanfeng reached out to grab him, barely touching his fingers, and before he could exert force, the soldier had disappeared beneath the sand surface.

Lu Yuanfeng rushed forward fiercely, but the sand had already returned to calm.

”Brother... where are you!” Lu Yuanfeng shouted while frantically digging the sand.

But even as his hands bled, there was only sand underneath.

No person, not a single shadow!