Upstairs in Dongxing City, Zhang Su is looking into the distance.

In the distance, the contrast between the blue sky and the turbid gray earth at the end of the horizon is like a boundary between life and death.

At the foot of the city, the black and swarthy city clearly separates the two completely different worlds from the vibrant outside the city and the dead and silent city.

Outside the city, the camp of the Northern Wei Army, one after another neat camp tents, are neat and tidy, exuding an indestructible momentum; inside the city, there are collapsed broken walls and ruins everywhere, lifeless, from time to time you can see a ragged figure, turning something in the ruins, and the air is filled with a strong fishy smell.

Zhang Su sighed.

Just after the flood and the war, Dongxing City has undergone tremendous changes. Although there was no war, the city was no longer prosperous, and the streets that were usually lively were now sparsely populated, and only the occasional wafting green smoke in the silent courtyard showed the vitality of the city.

There was a miserable scene in the city, but there was a solemn atmosphere on the city wall. Sergeant figures, holding swords and spears, stood like clay statues, sharp spear tips like forests, sparkling with cold light, piercing the sky;

Under the command of Zhang Su, the defense system of Dongxing City was established very well, like a complete mechanical system, without any flaws.

Looking at the expressionless sergeant figures, Zhang Su was full of confidence. The big gun in his hand was held tighter, and the cold wind blew across the spear in his hand, making a thin whistling sound.

With the tall city wall as cold as iron under his feet, and the soldiers standing beside him who were cold and immobile like mountains, Zhang Su suddenly felt a cold sense of relaxation in his heart: the glory, wealth, fame and fortune of life in the world are so far away, and only the boiling flesh and blood are so real.

"Kill!" Zhang Su roared in his heart, his face hideous.

Zhang Su's heart was agitated, and his pride burst out: Lao Tzu wanted to use Dongxing City to fight and prove himself.

"General Zhang, the little one has seen General Zhang. A humble voice sounded from behind Zhang Su.

Zhang Su came back to his senses and turned around, a middle-aged man with a fair face who looked like a master was smiling and saluting him.

"The little housekeeper Gao Yi of the He Mansion has come to send an invitation to General Zhang. Gao Yi smiled.

Gao Yi was just about to take a step closer, when a cold light suddenly flashed, and a personal guard blocked Gao Yi with a horizontal knife, and said coldly: "Don't get close to the general!"

Gao Yi suddenly felt tight, and instantly embarrassed his face and ears red, as the housekeeper of the He Mansion, Gao Yi had never encountered such an embarrassing situation.

Seeing this, Zhang Su said with a straight face: "Eh, Mr. Gao is the person next to the prefect He Lord, so he must not be rude!"

In the past, the people of He Mansion were high, and when they saw everyone with their nostrils facing the sky, Zhang Su had long been unaccustomed to it.

"It's okay, it's okay to be careful. General Zhang shouldered the safety of Dongxing City, and he couldn't be too careful. Gao Yi took a half step back and said in a calm tone.

Zhang Su waved his hand to let the guards retreat, and said casually: "I don't know what kind of invitation Mr. Gao sent?"

Gao Yi took a step forward and said loudly: "Why is it your birthday today, I specially prepared a birthday banquet and invited General Zhang to the banquet." ”

Zhang Su frowned when he heard this, and a look of dissatisfaction appeared on his face.

At the moment of the great enemy, there is a shortage of food, as the prefect, He Ji still has the heart to set up a banquet for his birthday, his tone is cold, and he sneered: "After the flood, the people have no food and clothing, and their morale is sluggish.

Gao Yi's face was full of embarrassment, and he said with a smile: "Lord He cares about the people and shares the joys and sorrows with the people, how can he hold a banquet." There was only one table at the birthday banquet, and only one bowl of shou noodles was prepared at the banquet. ”

Zhang Su was greatly surprised, ate a bowl of longevity noodles, and wrote an invitation so solemnly? Not to mention that he and He Ji had always been at odds, and no matter what banquets He Ji held in the past, he never participated in them.

"I don't know where Lord He is holding a banquet?" Zhang Su said with a slight smile.

"He Mansion Garden, Spring Rain Building. ”

Zhang Su raised his eyebrows and said with emotion: "Lord He is so interested, really elegant! Even if you only eat a bowl of Shou Noodles, you have to put it on the Chunyu Building to eat." ”

Chunyu Tower is a famous garden scene in the house, and He Ji often holds a gathering of literati and scholars on the Chunyu Tower to show elegance.

Gao Yi was embarrassed, slightly annoyed in his heart, Zhang Su really didn't take He Ji in his eyes, even if He Ji kindly invited him to the banquet, Zhang Su didn't seem to appreciate it at all, and his sentences were prickly.

Gao Yi said respectfully: "It's not that Lord He has Yaxing, he has to go to the Spring Rain Tower to eat noodles." But Lord He knew that he had neglected Lord Zhang in the past, and now that the enemy is present, Dongxing City needs to unite as one, so he wants to invite Lord Zhang to the banquet on the occasion of the birthday banquet, and Lord He really wants to make friends with Lord Zhang. Therefore, even if it is just to eat a bowl of noodles, it must be placed in the Chunyu Building to show respect for Lord Zhang. ”

Zhang Su's heart moved, and he said lightly: "I have a heart! However, I have never been to Lord He's banquet, so I have no choice but to understand it this time; if you go back to report to Lord He, you will say that the enemy is at present, and military affairs come first, and I really can't get out." Mr. Gao, please come back. ”

After hesitating for a moment, Gao Yi arched his hand and said: "Lord He invited General Zhang to this banquet to discuss the military affairs of defending the city with General Zhang. Lord He said, although the general has always looked down on Lord He, but I hope that the general will put the safety of Dongxing City first, and not look down on Lord He and resent, delaying the military affairs of defending the city. ”

Gao Yi paused and said, "Lord He has already expected that the general may not come to the banquet. Therefore, I instructed the little one to inform General Zhang that if General Zhang did not come to the banquet, let the little one ask the general if there was anything else that needed the cooperation of Lord He in the matter of defending the city, and ask the general to make a list, and Lord He would personally go to the general's camp tomorrow to discuss the matter. ”

When Zhang Su heard this, his face sank, and he was a little unhappy in his heart.

Gao Yi's words seemed to Zhang Su as if he was ignoring official affairs because of personal grudges. Military affairs need to be listed and informed by a list, could it be that the most important civil and military officials in Dongxing City do not meet and talk, and need to communicate with each other?

Gao Yi didn't seem to notice, and then said: "Besides, may I ask where General Zhang will handle military affairs in an hour?"

General Zhang frowned and was puzzled: "Ask me where and what are you doing?"

"General Zhang is very hard to defend the city, and after the longevity noodles are cooked, Lord He personally sent the hot noodles. Gao Yi said.

"Lord He is too polite!" Zhang Su said.

Zhang Su was taken aback and became a little uneasy. He Ji's posture was so low that it was almost a bit of a pleading.

There was a commotion in the field.

Zhang Su was either a guard or a cronie, in the past, Zhang Su was squeezed by He Jipai, and the people around him were naturally very dissatisfied, and they had been suppressed for a long time, and they couldn't help but feel very relieved at this moment.

"Lord Ho will have a birthday banquet with only one bowl of noodles?

"Hmph, either the sun rises in the west, or even a bowl of noodles is a delicacies of the mountains and seas, plus a ...... made of dragon liver and phoenix pith."

"Knowing that the general is needed to defend the city, why did he go earlier? I also know that General Zhang looks down on himself, and Lord He is not confused. ”

"What are you talking about discussing military affairs, but I just want our general to go to the banquet and give him face. Hmph, but you just want the general to defend the city with all his strength to protect their lives? ”

“......”

There are sarcastics, sarcasm, ridicule, and anger...... There was a lot of discussion for a while.

Gao Yi's face was red and red, and he was extremely embarrassed.

Seeing this, Zhang Su felt a little uneasy in his heart, for himself and for Dongxing City.

One is that although He Ji is at odds with himself, after all, as the head of a state, his posture is so low, and he sends a housekeeper, but he is so humiliated by his own subordinates in front of him, which seems to have lost his identity;

Second, defending the city requires the strength of the whole city, and there is hope for sincere unity. He Ji put down his body to make friends with himself, but he was rejected because of past grievances, isn't it because he forgets his public affairs? ;

In case there is really an important military matter, but he does not participate in the banquet, he seems to be arrogant.

Zhang Su knows that the more important the matter, the more he will discuss it in private first. There is a great possibility that there will be a big event to discuss at the banquet in front of you, otherwise what kind of invitation will you send when you eat a bowl of noodles?

In any case, at the moment of the great enemy, everything is urgent.

After pondering for a moment, Zhang Su said quietly: "Since it is to discuss military affairs, who have you invited to the banquet?"

Gao Yi's heart moved, and he said in a low voice: "If you go back to the general, I don't know who you invited." The upstairs of Chunyu is small, and only one table can be set, and there must not be a few people invited. Xiao dared to guess that since Lord He said that it was an important matter of military affairs, in Dongxing City, there were only a few people who were qualified to participate in important military affairs. ”

Zhang Su couldn't hold back any longer, his tone changed, and said: "It's rare that Lord He is so gracious, if I don't go, it will seem unkind." You go back first, and I'll go to the banquet on time. ”

Gao Yi was overjoyed and said, "Thank you, General!" turned around and hurried away.

Looking at Gao Yi's distant figure, Zhang Su's eyes flashed, as if he was talking to himself in the air: "Is it wrong to go to the banquet this time?"

A middle-aged man suddenly flashed beside Zhang Su, and said softly: "It's too stingy for the general not to go." However, this matter is quite strange, Gao Yi's words are extremely unnatural, and the taste of agitation is very strong. Saying that he would send a bowl of noodles to the general was a bit too much, and what he said about military affairs and discussing affairs was like an excuse made up for the general to go to the banquet. ”

This person is wearing a full set of personal guard clothes and armor, hidden in the personal guard, and looks inconspicuous, it is Jia Fang, a staff member.

Jia Fang said: "He Ji held a banquet, his intentions are unclear, and he must be guarded against. ”

Zhang Su nodded and asked, "Is it dangerous?"

Jia Fang chuckled and said, "The fact that the Northern Wei Army did not accept the surrender of local officials has spread throughout the city. If the local officials in Lianzhou want to save their lives, they can only rely on the general to defend the city, and no one dares to harm the general. ”

Jia Fang said meaningfully: "However, the first time the general went to the prefect's banquet, he couldn't lose face. All the guards had to follow, and they were fully armed and full of honor guards to open the way, and went to the birthday banquet of Chunyulou vigorously. ”

Zhang Su laughed and said: "Grandma, you are full of knowledge, but you use the wrong words, such a tragic word as 'vigorous' is used at a banquet, not like going to drink, but like a hero going to death, bad luck!"

"The general is sensitive!" Jia Fang said embarrassedly.

At the beginning of the night, Dongxing City was shrouded in night.

At this moment, a heavily armed team gathered under the city. All of them were in good health, holding sabers in one hand and spears in the other, and their eyes were coldly staring ahead.

The tip of the spear like a forest emitted a cold light.

Zhang Su's eyes swept over the team, nodded with satisfaction, his heart was full of pride, and shouted: "Let's go!"

The neat team, walking through Dongxing City at night, walked through the night like a seamless machine, silent, but invincible and unstoppable.