A rare quiet day.

There are no deafening war drums, desolate and melodious horns, no terrifying shouts of killing, and no heart-to-heart wailing.

With a loud whew, a huge stone projectile flew over the city and bombarded the already dilapidated city tower, and after a loud bang, half of the city gate tower collapsed.

The soldier who was curled up and sat against the battlements was surprised, rolled his eyes for a moment, and then half-narrowed his eyes again. Even if there is no attack, this bombardment will not stop.

Even in the middle of the night, there will be such a shot from time to time outside the city, and everyone is used to it. A large soldier ran over with great interest, and came back with a pile of broken wood residue in the ruins, and added firewood to the fire, which was very flammable, and the fire suddenly burst into flames.

By now, everyone is a little numb.

Why fight? Fight with whom? None of this matters, anyway, the drums of war are beating together, and they will carry a knife and a gun on the top, if you don't kill someone, people will kill you, there is nothing to think about.

"Team Zheng, today is a small year!" A soldier in his early twenties held a spear and leaned tightly against a large man with a strip of cloth wrapped around his head. The blood stains on the cloth strips had turned black and covered with dirt, and the big man's face was also black, and he couldn't see the original color.

He was resting with his eyes closed, but when he heard this, he opened his eyes, and his eyes were a little confused: "What day is it?" ”

"Twenty-three!" The creep looked slightly excited. "Xiao Nian! From today onwards, it will be the New Year. The home should now be dusting, sacrificing stoves, and pasting Spring Festival couplets! ”

"Where is your home?"

"My home is in Hayang!" Xiao Bing licked his lips, "At this time of year, the family will make dumplings, cook noodles, and get up and dumplings will fall on the noodles!" My mother's dumplings are the most delicious, but unfortunately, I haven't eaten them for two years, and although I ate a few in the barracks last year, they were not delicious at all. ”

"What year did you enter the Forbidden Army?" Team Zheng asked.

"Last year. Originally, I was in the Heyang Army, but at the time of the election, I was conscripted into the forbidden army because of my martial bravery. "Little Soldier Road." I didn't expect to be so unlucky, and I ran into this this year. If you are still in Heyang, you can still eat dumplings made by the old lady. ”

The big man glanced at the other party in amazement, this kid still has a person who is still missing, and he still has a home in Heyang, which is much stronger than him, and he has become a lonely person. However, Heyang is not very peaceful now, I heard the sentry chief say that now Daliang is centered on Heyang, Bianzhou, and Xuzhou, and has built a defense line against the Tang army. Once the fight starts, I don't know if this kid's home can be saved.

The team that has experienced more things knows very well that in the big war, the lives of the small people are really like candles in the wind, and the slightest wind and grass will be wiped out.

In the sound of footsteps, a group of leading soldiers carried baskets of steamed buns and large buckets one by one to the city, knocked on the barrel wall vigorously and shouted: "Brothers, it's time to eat!" ”

"Do you have dumplings?" The little soldier jumped up and asked loudly, "How about the New Year today!" ”

"If you want to be beautiful, you can also return dumplings, and you will have fun if you have black flour buns!" The man sneered: "I don't know how many people in the city, and there is only one bun a day." ”

Xiao Bing was suddenly deflated and said in a low voice: "It's a New Year today!" ”

"Today is a small year, so Your Majesty also has a reward, and there is a broth today!" The man banged on the bucket and laughed.

This sentence made the soldiers in this area excited, and they all surrounded him.

After a while, Xiao Bing held a black bun in one hand and a bowl of clear water and oligo-soup in the other, and sighed: "What kind of broth is this?" ”

The team is laughing and said: "You, be content, there is still a little oil in the bowl, Chang'an has been besieged for so long, where can you find meat, even if there is, it is not something that we people can enjoy." These so-called broths, I'm afraid they used a sheep rack to boil countless pots of soup! Eat quickly, if you eat fast enough, you can also go get a bowl of soup to drink, eat slowly, there is nothing. ”

The little soldier stopped making a sound, drank the soup in the bowl in a hurry, and then ran to the head soldier, there is only one black flour bun, but the soup, as long as you drink fast enough, you can still hold another bowl, even if there are only a few oily flowers? It's better than nothing!

I don't have enough meat and I always feel hungry.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with the idea of the team.

At all times, there is always inequality between people.

It has been said that only death is equal for everyone. In fact, this is not the case, even if it is death, the difference between people is still very large.

Some people can die peacefully, contentedly, and with dignity, while some people can only die in worry, anger, and unwillingness.

Power, money, and status make some people high in life, and after death, they will still be given privileges and honors for the last time.

No one can come back from the underworld alive, so if you become a ghost, there will be no inequality, and no one knows.

When the soldiers were drinking a little more oil, in front of Zhu Youyu and others, there was still a table full of delicacies from the mountains and seas.

"The enemy soldiers are tired!" Zhu Youyu looked at Dai Chao and Sheng Zhonghuai opposite with some excitement, and raised his wine glass: "Wang Shu is back, this time the third child's tone is not so hard, the first few times he has been clamoring for my life, but this time he proposed that as long as I open the city and surrender, I can spare me from dying, hehe!" Spare me not to die! ”

"I'm afraid he still won't give up." Dai Chao said: "If my expectations are good, I'm afraid he will have to fight a few more times before he really dies." ”

Sheng Zhonghuai nodded and said, "It must be fought again." The calm of these two days was nothing more than a move made by him to boost the morale of the army and recuperate his soldiers. But if we are to defeat the siege of the Third Highness again, he will have to seriously consider our proposal. ”

"Exactly." Dai Chao nodded and said: "He has to consider the situation of the whole world, and if it continues like this, it will be a loss for all of us in the end." ”

Whether it is Dai Chao or Sheng Zhonghuai, the reason why they fell in Luoyang and Chang'an became an isolated city is that they are still full of confidence is the situation in the world.

If there is no Li Ze, a fisherman, watching from the sidelines, the current Chang'an will not be able to hold it no matter what. Not to mention attacking, Zhu Youzhen only needs to trap Chang'an for three or five months, Chang'an will collapse without a fight, Chang'an City, where hundreds of thousands of people gather, rely on external input for basic production and living materials, once besieged, there is no possibility of being able to defend it.

What's more, the relationship between the two sides is complicated and complicated, and officials and soldiers are familiar with each other, and even have friendships, and it is not uncommon for them to be relatives and friends.

"Today's Xiao Nian, Your Majesty should reward the three armies!" Sheng Zhonghuai said: "Gold, silver and jewelry, you can't eat enough to keep it out, you can't wear it to keep it out, if you give it to the sergeant, in order to stimulate the heart of the soldier, you can win the next key battle, then you can force the Third Highness to negotiate with us." Even if His Royal Highness is unwilling, he will force him to agree. Now these people are under tremendous pressure from the Tang Army, and we are under Chang'an City, but we have gathered more than 100,000 elites from Daliang to kill each other. ”

"This is natural." Zhu Youyu nodded again and again: "After this battle, these 100,000 forbidden troops can really be considered to be in my hands." Let's take it for a while. Zhong Huai, you are in charge of political affairs, and my father-in-law and I will inevitably command the whole army and defeat the third child again. Come, drink to win! ”

Zhu Youyu raised his wine glass high.

In Chang'an City, in Hao Ren's house, Xu Chong sat cross-legged in the house, and in front of him, there was a picture of the entire Chang'an. At this moment, almost all the charcoal salaries in Chang'an City have been collected and distributed uniformly, and I don't know how many high-ranking officials and dignitaries are trembling in their quilts, but in Hao Ren's study, the earth dragon is still burning warm like spring.

"General Xu, my people are all concentrated in Xuanzhimen, and here is also the place where we will launch at that time. In these places, I also arranged manpower in advance, and when it was launched, the brothers in these places would also set fire to create chaos at the same time. Hao Ren pointed to some small black dots on the map and said.

"What are these places?"

"These places are where food, medicine, and armament are stored." Hao Ren said: "Of course, our brothers can't enter these places, just create chaos in their vicinity, but just need chaos to be enough." As soon as there is a police in these places, the enemy has to be saved. ”

"I have also contacted many hidden brothers, and when the time comes, they will also move at the same time, set fires, assassinate, and do not hesitate to do anything that can cause chaos in the city." Another person in the room said in a deep voice. This person is Shi Hong's confidant, and this time he sneaked into the city in order to contact Fan Sheng's old department in the city. "At the same time, we also contacted some forbidden army officers according to the list left by Master Fan before his death, and when Xuanzhimen is launched, I will take some brothers to encourage them to start up immediately."

"Not bad!" Xu nodded meaningfully.

"The most important thing now is that after we control Xuanzhimen, we can only hold out for half an hour at most, General Xu, you see, here, and here, there are elite troops of the forbidden army stationed, and there is also a military camp here in the City Patrol Division, if the soldiers and horses outside the city can't arrive in time, then it will be difficult to withstand the opponent's counterattack with the thousand men and horses in my hands and the five hundred people you brought." Hao Ren looked at the other party with some uneasiness.

"Don't worry about this." Xu Chong said affirmatively: "The Third Highness has gathered 5,000 cavalry, and when the time comes, it will go straight to Xuanzhi Gate, as long as we hold on for half an hour, the big thing will be decided." ”

What Xu Chong didn't say was that the one who commanded the five thousand cavalry was his son Xu Fu.