Sun Shouxun is a seven-rank general in this Jinzhou city, a man in his forties, because of the long-term war outside, his face is full of the brand carved by the wind knife and frost sword, the eyebrows and eyes are slender, the nose is high, and there is a scar of about five centimeters under the earlobe, which was cut alive in an encounter, if he didn't react in time, maybe it was the left ear that fell. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

Although Fang is middle-aged, he already has a lot of luxury, and it looks like he is not old and decrepit, indeed, for many soldiers, the battlefield is the place with the most overdrawn vitality, and even if there are those who survive the amnesty and allow them to go back to retire, there are few people who live long.

Sun Shouxun has followed the army to the north and south over the years, and his brothers have died one after another, and he has almost died many times, and he has long seen many false names. As a seven-rank general in a borderland, at his age, he doesn't want to be promoted and make a fortune, so he takes the group of little rabbits in the city every day to patrol the Quartet, and sometimes he feels extremely satisfied after drinking a few taels of wine.

And that's probably life.

If you want to talk about dreams, he often squints and thinks that maybe in his lifetime, if he can watch the Xichuan Empire break the city, it will not be a loss to come to this world.

The autumn afternoon sun lazily sprinkled on the city of Jinju, and because there was no wartime urgency, it seemed extraordinarily quiet and peaceful at the moment. Sun Shouxun walked on the avenue with a team of guards, and there were no rows of shops and taverns around him, which were only in the big city, and here, there were just all kinds of hurried walking merchants. Some carry baskets on their backs, some ride high horses in the Western Regions, some gather together in a bunch of people, which is the style of the Great Chamber of Commerce, and some are just one person, but they can walk through the southern desert.

War money is the most profitable at any given time. And in the face of a decaying and sluggish empire, their arrival is often welcomed by the generals. They will bring delicious food and many necessities of life, as well as delicious salt and wine unique to the Western Regions, although it is very expensive, but it is very powerful, not to mention the generals, even those from the imperial capital also like it.

Sun Shouxun once tasted the credit of winning the enemy's head once. The bright red and bewitching purple, and the smoothness that is said to be the innocence of a young girl stepping barefoot in a wine barrel, once fascinated him. It's a very delicious thing, and although it doesn't have the strength of Imperial Water Wine, it has a unique taste.

"Damn, it looks like the cellars in the city are going to be robbed again!" Looking at the passage of a bunch of merchants, Sun Shouxun scolded in a low voice, he was very dissatisfied with the behavior of those old men who used military funds to buy wine, but the reality is that the more angry you are, the more helpless you are.

Sun Shouxun smiled bitterly, but shook his head and continued to walk forward.

Life goes on.

"Boom!"

Suddenly, in the silence, a thunderous noise came from a distance, Sun Shouxun was startled, and hurriedly looked up, shocked for a while.

He saw a scene that destroyed the world.

At the western gate, at this moment, the ironwood gate that was dozens of feet high was slowly falling backwards, as if it had been pushed by countless people, and it was pressed down so straight, dusty, and accompanied by countless screams and shouts.

"My lord, this ......," a guard asked in a low voice beside him.

"Quick, fuck, you birdmen, go and save people, quick, light a beacon fire, send a flare!" He was already screaming excitedly.

Is it the Xichuan Empire that is attacking in a big way?

The gate, made of deep-sea ironwood, was the first line of defense in the entire Jinju City, and its defensive ability was second only to the imperial capital Chang'an, and the workers at that time confidently claimed that no siege weapon in the world could break through this gate, and several subsequent wars did confirm this.

In history, Jinju City has fallen several times, but it was all broken by various tricks, and never once it was breached head-on, this city gate is like a god in the world, bless the front line of this empire, as long as it is there, the empire will not be lost. Only today, the gods seemed to fall, as if the world had been turned upside down, and let out a roar of pain.

Sun Shouxun has already run over like crazy, he has lived in this city for several years, and he is already planning to use it for retirement, he will not watch it be ravaged by the enemy no matter what, come on, little bastard of Xichuan! Picking up the gun and getting on the horse, at this moment, his heart is extremely calm.

It's just that...... Stepping on the city gate that fell to the ground, he looked from afar, but he didn't see any trace of the Xichuan Empire, at the city gate, it was empty, and the cold wind from the west was constantly blowing in, even at noon, it made him shiver.

What's going on?

He looked intently, and finally found something unusual not far away, a group of soldiers from the Tang Dynasty were surrounding in the corner next to the city gate. The soldiers were waiting with their weapons, and in the middle of them was a very beautiful maiden who did not look like a mortal.

The girl was wearing a purple dress, with a slender figure and graceful figure, and a blue ribbon around her waist was fluttering in the wind, as if it was touching people's hearts. The dress was very short, revealing a large white calf, she stood barefoot, and her beautiful and small jade feet stepped on the dusty ground but were not stained with dust, still tender and smooth.

Her eyebrows and eyes looked very cold, even if there was a pile of wolf-like men next to her, she did not show any emotion, she quietly stepped forward, so the group of soldiers were so frightened that they took three steps back, and their feet and stomachs kept spinning.

Sun Shouxun was stunned for a moment, he didn't understand the situation just now, what were the soldiers he trained doing, they were afraid of a little girl? Although he didn't want to see the soldiers molesting the women of good families, he didn't want to see that his good sons would be afraid of a weak little woman, could it be that they spent their strength on the woman's belly yesterday? He scolded and patted the horse, planning to go up and teach this group of little rabbits a good lesson!

Suddenly, there was a neighing sound of horses, Sun Shouxun hurriedly looked back, from far and near, the dust was flying, and a team of people and horses arrived in a blink of an eye. The general in black armor took the lead, and his sharp gaze instantly locked on Sun Shouxun, who was waiting beside him.

"General Sun, what's going on here?"

Sun Shouxun was excited, hurriedly turned over and dismounted, knelt down on one knee and said respectfully: "General Qiyu, the lower official has just arrived, so I don't know." Wait until the lower official goes to inquire about it. ”

I can't help but Sun Shouxun is disrespectful, but this is the deputy city lord of Jinzhou City, and Wang Slow, the general of Zhenxi from the second grade. Of course, in such a place, the military rank actually doesn't mean anything, what makes Sun Shouxun respect from the bottom of his heart is the prestige and achievements of General Wang.

Wang Slow's face was already full of wrinkles, like furrows on his rotten cheeks, his cloudy eyes shot out from time to time, and his gray hair fluttered in the wind, but he had a power of his own.

He was born a civilian, is the only one in the Tang Dynasty army group without a background and no shortcuts, along the way, can be described as a distinguished military achievement, the enemies cut down by his subordinates are not only thousands, attacking cities and plundering land, even in the Xichuan Empire, which hates it to the bone, it is also frankly said that this is an unborn general, if he is a general, the difficulty of their attack on the Tang Dynasty will be several times.

This is the highest evaluation for a general, and it is also a killing. Since he was promoted to the rank of second rank ten years ago, he has never been able to move forward, no matter how outstanding his achievements have come to the hands of the group of literati in the court, in the end it has only become "Yes, reward ten thousand taels of gold!" "They don't spare money, as long as it's not power, what they worry about is that the birth of a military god will affect their status and prestige, so they don't hesitate to hurt the loyalty of a veteran!

Three years ago, a holy decree traveled thousands of miles, and Wang Slow was directly sent to this Jinzhou City, so that an old man who was close to the age of a sixtieth birthday was stationed at the forefront of this empire.

For such a result, Wang Slow was silent and came here without the slightest complaint, and the soldiers in Jinzhou City also respected this old man with great achievements from the bottom of their hearts, and it was precisely because of his existence that in the past three years of countless battles, Sheng Tang has never retreated, and Xichuan has sent countless assassins to try to assassinate Wang Slow, but all of them have failed under the protection of the guards who regard death as home.

This is a glorious period written with blood and tears, and this is also war, a war intertwined with life and death! It is something that those literati who are far away in the court will never be able to experience.

Sun Shouxun thought about all this, and unconsciously walked over. The girl seemed to sense that someone was approaching, her eyes glanced faintly, Sun Shouxun suddenly felt a chill coming from head to toe, and shivered fiercely, as if she was being targeted by a giant beast, and the slightest rash move would kill her.

He shuddered and gave an ugly smile, and then said fiercely to the soldiers, "Hey, what are you little bunnies doing?" Shocked the old general Wang! ”

As an experienced and outstanding seven-rank general, the soldiers naturally knew him and had a certain degree of respect, but soon, this respect was immediately frightened back by Sun Shouxun's last words, Wang Slow Wang, this kind of big man in the city were all alarmed?

The soldiers stopped the commotion at once, looked at each other, and one of the soldiers came out with a sad face: "My lord, General Qiqi Sun, this matter is the fault of the villain!" ”

"What did you do?"

"I ...... I saw that this girl was beautiful, so I ......"

Sun Shouxun suddenly sighed, listening to the trembling tone, he didn't need to listen to the rest of the matter, he knew what was going on, it was nothing more than he couldn't control the things that his mouth and hands provoked, seeing that the girl was beautiful, so he wanted to take advantage of it, but as a result, he was in trouble.

Looking at Wang Slow, who was sitting on a horse not far away, he knew that this soldier would have to lie on the bed for several months even if he didn't die, General Wang's strictness in governing the army was famous throughout the country, and once someone violated military discipline, it was useless for anyone to plead.

But, it's a soldier trained by himself, not to mention that he didn't do anything, he talked to the girl's family, let the little rabbit cub apologize, maybe he could hide it.

Sun Shouxun thought like this, and unintentionally caught a glimpse of the city gate that fell to the ground, and asked casually: "That, which of you has seen it, how did this city gate fall?" ”

It was still the same soldier, and he said with a sad face and a hint of fear, "I ...... I...... This girl, as a result, she was angry and knocked down the city gates! ”

Sun Shouxun was stunned, and his first feeling was naturally unbelievable, thinking that this little rabbit cub was telling a joke, but soon he remembered the feeling of fear before, and cold sweat flowed down. He suddenly understood that this matter was probably far from being solved by an apology.