"Kill—"

In Ningwu Pass, the huge gap in the city wall is like a scar forcibly chopped by a god on the earth.

More than 10,000 elite cavalry as the vanguard of the Northern Qi Dynasty, fearless of death rushed into the gap, the gate has been opened, tens of thousands of soldiers on both sides rushed together, the originally silent snowfield mountains, in just half an hour dyed blood red, corpses everywhere, fire and smoke cover the sky.

Outside Ningwu Pass, the endless black clouds are still advancing, Jiang Heng, the right prince of Northern Qi, personally led a cavalry army of 300,000, with countless barbarian enslavements as the vanguard, desperately, pressed from the north, which is almost all the family wealth saved by the Northern Qi for 60 years of rest.

Haidongqing hovered in the air, let out a loud eagle cry, looking down from the sky, the tide of soldiers swooped on the wall of Ningwu Pass like a tsunami. The indestructible Ningwu Pass in the past, after a gap appeared, it was like a chain reaction like a broken embankment, the black water flow wrapped in the blade, penetrated into the gate from everywhere, and then spread outward after passing the pass, spreading to Taiyuan City a hundred miles away, as well as the surrounding countryside towns and counties, leaving no grass behind.

The two countries are at war, it has never been a child's play, and after a big victory, it may appease the people and strictly prohibit disturbing the people, but at this time, they are fighting against the water, and if they don't succeed, they will become benevolent, where can they take care of so much? Stepping into the territory of Taiyuan that has never been touched, looking around, except for comrades-in-arms, they are all enemies, and only by killing the people who are in the way can they not let their heads become the other party's military exploits.

The beacon fire has been lit, and the Dayue soldiers, officials, merchants, squires, tenants, women and ......children, all of whom are unprepared, are all in a daze, after being at a loss, they fell into panic and chaos, and the people who were still walking around in the countryside frantically fled to the city and the mountains, and the officials who ate and drank did not have time to put on their shoes, so they ran frantically to the city.

Knock Knock Knock –

The drums of war were like thunder, panic and chaos spread outward at an alarming speed, and the black waves that rushed through the pass followed, pressing down on the border town that was unconscious......

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In the alleys of Qingxu County, the sound of firecrackers sounded from time to time.

The old woman was busy in the kitchen and fried bacon, the pungent aroma was mouth-watering, and many children ran to the door to look at it, and were lifted back by the adults.

Zhu Manzhi is naturally warm-hearted, and together with Song Yufu, who is knowledgeable, he helps the old woman prepare meals in the kitchen.

Zhongli Jiujiu grew up in the south since he was a child, and he had never sat on the kang in the north, and he sat on the kang with Ning Qingye at night, warm under his buttocks, feeling very weird, and whispering together:

"Early night, how hot is it to sleep this night?"

Ning Qingye sat straight as always, thought about it when he heard the words, and leaned closer:

"Your master must like it."

Zhongli Chuchu's green eyes were slightly puzzled: "Why? ”

Ning Qingye's expression was flat, and he said very directly:

"She and Xu Buling together, stripped naked and drugged, so they are not afraid of the cold."

Pounding medicine?

Zhongli Chuchu's expression froze, and after thinking about it carefully, he realized what 'pounding medicine' meant, his face turned red, and he raised his hand and pinched Ning Qingye's leg, and wanted to reply: Aren't you also allowed to be pounded, and you are embarrassed to mock my master? It's just a raccoon dog......

But this is obviously not easy to say, she can only frown and say, "Who did you learn from you?" ”

"Follow your master."

Ning Qingye has always been breezy and calm, and when she chats with women about other people's private conversations, she is naturally not intimidated. She thought for a moment and said:

"Chu Chu, you don't have to be so entangled. My master said, you and your master are accompanied by Xu Buling, but it's actually nothing......"

？？！

When Zhongli Chuchu heard this, he almost lost his breath, glanced at Ning Qingye a few times in disbelief, and said secretly: Your master is not ashamed to tell you this, even if you don't understand, you still want to pull me and my master into the water?

For this 'warm invitation', Zhongli Chuchu naturally did not appreciate it, and said coldly:

"Ning Qingye, you pay attention to your words, one day as a teacher and one life as a father, I can't do any kind of thing."

"Cut~ Whatever you want, it's not me who is in a hurry anyway."

Ning Qingye saw that he was persuaded by good words and was not appreciated by the other party, so he naturally stopped talking about it, and turned his head to look elsewhere.

Zhongli Chuchu also snorted, turned his head to look at the other side, and said secretly: You just snort, wait until you know that your master is also sleeping with Xu Buling, see if you are in a hurry......

In the guest house outside the small door, there was a stove, an iron kettle was on the stove, it was steaming, and two pots of wine were warmed next to it.

Xu Buling and Kou Meng sat at the small table, and the nightingale helped pour wine in front of them, chatting about the small details of the border army's battle. Nightingale grew up in King Su's Mansion since he was a child, and he knows much more about the military formation than the rivers and lakes.

However, Kou Meng didn't even finish his private school, he only recognized common words when he walked the rivers and lakes, and he was naturally a layman for these things, just like listening to the book of heaven, he kept nodding his head, but he still listened very seriously, after all, this is something that will save his life in the future.

Soon, the tables were set up in the room, and several people sat around the table, tasting authentic Northland food. Zhu Manzhi grew up in Qingxu County, and he was about to cry, but he had to put on a Sven appearance, chew slowly and pretend to be a well-behaved girl, and explain the wonders and origins of these delicacies to his sisters.

While laughing, halfway through the wine, there was a sudden sound of running in the alley.

Xu Buling just said that it was a child chasing and fighting, and he didn't care. But after that, there was a drum sound of 'knock-knock-knock-knock' in the distance.

Xu Buling and Nightingale frowned at the same time, looked to the north, and the girls on the table who were talking also stopped, slightly puzzled.

Kou Meng had just joined the army, and he was a little curious when he heard the sound: "Whose family is holding a happy event for the New Year, the drum beat is quite strange, it sounds like a ...... It's like ......"

"War drums, there is an enemy attack!"

Xu Buling's ears are almost out of the cocoon for the war drums, the war drums and drums of the Dayue army are all common, and after listening carefully, you will understand that it is the meaning of the attack of a strong enemy and the curfew of the city.

Although Qingxu County is a border town, it is a hundred miles away from Ningwu Pass, and fifty miles away from Taiyuan City. Not only did the people outside not panic, but many people ran out of the door and asked at the door of Kou Meng's house:

"Master Kou, what's going on?"

Kou Meng heard that it was a war drum, put down his wine glass, and said inexplicably: "I'll just say something familiar...... The birds here are idle, where are the enemy attacks, and the bandits have come to fight......" he said, standing up and walking out of the room, looking up to the north.

Thinking of this, Kou Meng was shocked, and he ran out in a hurry, ran a few steps and stopped, turned around and said urgently:

"Xu Gongzi, the beacon tower is burning, if you can't find me, you have to kill your head, I'll leave first, you ...... Alas~ You eat first! Offended ......"

Eat a fart!

When Xu Buling heard that the beacon was burning, his face changed suddenly, and he quickly got up, ran out of the door with the nightingale, and raised his eyes to look at the sky.

The clear sky on the plain is cloudless, the sun is hanging in the sky, and above the mountains at the end of the snowfield, columns of smoke rise into the sky, stretching from the boundless north to the nearby hills, and then to the southwest to the end of Chang'an City.

The beacon tower will only be lit in the event of an emergency, and the consequences of random lighting can be seen from the example of King Zhou You's 'Beacon Opera Princes'. The beacon fire communication also has a grade, which is divided into six classes, and the enemy has less than 1,000 prisoners, and only burns a pile of fire, smoke; More than 1,000 people burned two piles; More than 1,000 people attacked the city and burned three piles.

The last time King Su went out of Qinzhou, he only lit two fires, and the smoke pillars in front of him were five separate piles. The six piles of fire are in danger in Chang'an, and the princes from all walks of life can only be lit by urgently summoning the princes of all walks of life, and the five piles of fire indicate that the enemy army has broken through the border and entered the pass, and even Taiyuan may not be able to block it, so it urgently asks for help from all over northern Xinjiang.

The nightingale looked at the direction from which the beacon fire came, and her eyes were slightly frightened: "It's one of the three levels of Ningwu Pass, how can Ningwu Pass be broken?" Will the guards go home for the New Year? ”

Xu Buling has no eyes, so he doesn't know how Ning Wuguan was broken, but what will happen next, he knows it clearly:

"Quickly retreat, Ningwu Pass is more than 100 miles away, the vanguard army is probably already on the way, and then surround Taiyuan to clear the suburbs and towns, and if we don't leave, none of us will be able to escape."

The nightingale recalled the map, turned his head and said: "As soon as Taiyuan is broken, the Northern Qi army will go south, and there will be no danger to defend Kaifeng Mansion, Chang'an City will definitely not be able to transfer soldiers and horses in a short time, and the Liaoxi Protectorate will directly become an enclave......"

Xu Buling didn't have the heart to talk about this, so he hurriedly turned around and beckoned: "Get out of the city quickly, the city gate is closed, and the horse can't go out, don't delay." ”

Ning Qingye ran out early in the morning, and did not hesitate to fetch the horses tied outside.

The old woman saw that the guests were in a hurry, and looked out from the kitchen with a little confusion:

"Master Xu, what's the matter? Why did the fierce son run away? ”

When Xu Buling heard this, he hurriedly jumped onto the courtyard wall again, and said to Kou Meng, who had already run to the mouth of the alley:

"Kou Meng, come back and take your mother out of the city."

Kou Meng paused, turned his head, and there was obvious hesitation in his eyes: "Young Master Xu, if you run away without a fight, how can I kill my brother?" ”

Xu Buling landed beside Kou Meng in a few big strides: "Ningwu Pass has been broken, Qingxu County is located on the only way to the south, and the vanguard army will soon arrive here." Most of the soldiers and horses on the west side were transferred to the western front to defend the king, and when the reinforcements arrived, the Northern Qi had already hit Xiangzhou, and the two hundred soldiers in Qingxu County had no high walls, and people didn't have to attack the city, they could walk in and couldn't stop it. ”

Kou Meng had never fought before, and when he heard Xu Buling say that it was so serious, his face was also pale, and he said anxiously:

"If you can't stop it, you have to block it, the above didn't let you retreat, and they all began to close the city, obviously they had to defend to the death, and they escaped and even sat ......"

Xu Buling knows the iron law in the army, but the Northern Qi has already entered the customs, and I am afraid that there is still an internal response in the border army, and Taiyuan City is waiting for reinforcements, a stumbling block in Qingxu County, two hundred people watched the hundreds of thousands of troops of the Northern Qi Dynasty pressing over, and if they didn't run, they wouldn't be sick.

Xu Buling thought for a while, and turned his head to look at the small courtyard of the farmhouse: "Nightingale, take Kou Meng and his mother out of the city quickly, wait for me outside, I will take the border army of Qingxu County and rush over immediately." ”

The nightingale did not hesitate at all, raised his hand and threw the gold medal of the Su Wangfu, turned over and took the girls away.

Xu Buling took the gold medal of King Su, and together with Kou Meng, he quickly rushed to the garrison barracks in the county seat.

Kou Meng strode forward, still a little hesitant:

"Xu Gongzi, he has the responsibility of defending the city, leaving the people and running away, I'm afraid it's ......"

"Northern Qi is here to regain lost territory, have you ever seen your home occupied by robbers, and when you fight back, you will smash your own house first?"

"Uh...... Got it......"

"If you don't defend it, it will be impossible for the Northern Qi soldiers and horses to slaughter the city and provoke the anger of the people, and more people will die if the militia is mobilized to defend the city, so you can rest assured that you can go with me......"

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