Xiang Tian was carried back.

The thousand-man cavalry set out to ambush the enemy, and when they returned, there were less than five hundred men left, all alive wounded, and each of them had blood on their bodies, weapons, and horses, whether they were the enemy's, their own, or the robes of the brothers.

Xiang Tian was lying on a simple bed made of cloth strips, the injuries on his body were very serious, there were knife marks on his shoulders, thighs, and back, and the most serious was a knife wound on his chest, which was nearly two inches into the flesh, and the force was very great, and even pierced the armor and heart guards on his chest to the point, according to medical terms, this knife happened to pierce the arteries and blood vessels next to the heart, so although the chest was temporarily wrapped with many strips of cloth to stop the bleeding, the blood still couldn't stop flowing out.

Xiang Tian's face was very pale, as white as if he had just been fished out of the water and drowned, and the blood from the wound was flowing more and more slowly, not that the bleeding had stopped, but that there was no blood to flow.

In front of the city gate, the remaining five hundred soldiers all hung their heads, looking at Xiang Tian who was dying with red eyes, Jiang Quan's eyes were also red, and he couldn't bear to twist his head to the side.

They are all veterans of the battlefield who have gone through a hundred battles, and it is clear at a glance whether people are saved or not, Xiang Tian is obviously not alive with such a serious injury, and it is just a sigh of relief when he is carried back from dozens of miles away.

Li Su took a deep breath, tried to suppress the inexplicable uneasiness and guilt in his heart, stared at a sergeant and said, "What's the matter?" You went to ambush the enemy, why do you look like you have been ambushed by the enemy? ”

The sergeant clenched his fists and choked up: "Last night, General Xiang ordered his troops out of the city, and there was a sand dune fifty miles west of the city, which could hide the soldiers and horses, and General Xiang decided to ambush the enemy there, but after arriving at the dune, he found that there was already an enemy army in ambush, with about 3,000 people. They cut off the flanks one on the left and the other on the right, and then launched a thousand-man charge from the front, and we were not prepared...... Ambushed! ”

Li Su sighed and said: "The enemy army is attacking with great fanfare this time, so naturally they dare to come only when they are ten percent sure, and this ten percent of the certainty includes the calculation of the right time, place and people. How could they not have counted in that sand dune so prominently? Xiang Tian...... It's so reckless! ”

In the crowd of 500 soldiers, sad sobs came and went, and some even began to cry.

The sergeant choked up and continued, "...... The enemy cut off our retreat, and then surrounded us on three sides, with the intention of annihilating us all, General Xiang opened the way with a strong bow and halberd, and was wounded in dozens of places. Only then did I barely fight my way back, and General Xiang fell from his horse halfway through, and I waited until I went up to check before I realized that the general was seriously wounded......"

After finishing speaking, the sergeant couldn't stop crying, Li Su lowered his head and looked at Xiang Tian again, and found that his face was a little grayer than just now, and his heart couldn't help sinking.

At this time, Xiang Tian, who was in a coma, let out a painful moan, and Li Su and Jiang Quan hurriedly stepped forward and squatted in front of him.

Xiang Tian opened his eyes. His eyes were a little sloppy, and he gradually focused on it for a long time. I saw Li Su's gentle smiling face in front of him.

"Li don't drive ......" Xiang Tian's voice was weak and hoarse, and as soon as he spoke, tears couldn't stop flowing: "One general is incompetent, killing the three armies,...... The last general did not notice and fell into an ambush by the enemy. The last sin deserves death! ”

Li Suqiang laughed and comforted softly: "Don't blame yourself, general, you can take the initiative to go out of the city to find fighters, you are already a good general, why are you incompetent?" As for being ambushed. This is a crime that man is not as good as heaven, and it is not a crime of war. ”

"A thousand horsemen went out of the city, and when they came back, only five hundred remained...... Half of the folded mansion is all lost outside, and the end will ...... Sinners through the ages! I can't help but ...... brothers who died in battle," Xiang Tian's emotions became more and more excited, and the blood on his chest, which had gradually dried up, gushed out again.

Li Su only felt a burst of pain in his heart.

His impression of Xiang Tian is actually very bad, when he went to Xizhou, it was Xiang Tian who led him into the city, he was polite on the surface, but in fact he was slow, and Cao Yu conspired to force him to leave, until later Li Su and Cao Yu released their grievances, but there was still a layer of separation between him and Xiang Tian, just like the day he entered the city, everyone only maintained a superficial harmony, it can be said that Li Su has never regarded Xiang Tian as his own person, everyone has their own way of life, and they have their own way of living.

Until today, when Xiang Tian, who had only one breath left, was crying and blaming himself with tears, Li Su's heart seemed to be pierced by the tip of a needle.

They are all courtiers of the Tang Dynasty, and they are all using their own ways to open up territory for the Tang Dynasty, and when Li Su decided to leave after weighing the pros and cons very calmly, this rough man who was not pleasing to him in his heart stayed in Xizhou and risked his life.

At this moment, Li Su suddenly felt that Xiang Tian was taller than himself, living purely, and it was impossible for a person in his thirties to not see the pros and cons in his eyes, but he still chose to pay the price of his life. In this world, who is smarter than whom, and who is stupider than whom?

Looking at Xiang Tian, who had lost his strength to even cry, lying on his back on the ground, his mouth wide open and gasping for breath, his pupils were dilated again, Li Su felt a pain in his heart, and stepped forward to hold his hand.

"The general will go back to the city to recuperate in peace, and after the injury is healed, after the injury is healed, ......" Li Su couldn't go on, in fact, everyone saw it clearly, and Xiang Tian no longer had the day of "after the injury".

Standing up, Li Su waved his hand to the soldiers gloomily, and said, "Carry General Xiang into the city and find a doctor to treat his injuries......"

Xiang Tian was lifted up, and when he passed by Li Su's side, Xiang Tian suddenly grabbed Li Su's sleeve fiercely, and his strength was so great that he seemed to be still the same vigorous man.

"Don't drive Li...... The last general is a rough man, there have been places that have offended you in the past, I don't ask for your forgiveness, Xiang Mou's life will be confessed immediately, forgive me, you and I will never see each other again in this life, it's just ...... Xizhou is the Xizhou of Datang! Xiang is incompetent, and he can't keep it even if he risks his life, Li don't drive you differently......" Xiang Tian gasped violently a few times, lifted his last breath, and said: "In the past year, I have seen that you have all kinds of extraordinary,...... In the past few months, you have reorganized your armaments, attracted merchants, and opened shops in the city, I and Cao Thorn Shi have admired, if it takes a year or two, Xizhou will be able to change its face, Li Beijia, you are a person with natural ability, Xizhou, Xizhou no one can hold it, but you can! I beg thee...... Please......"

Li Su sighed and shook his head gloomily: "General Xiang, I won't hide it from you, Xizhou, I really can't hold it, and there are few major generals." The city defense is fictitious, and under the crushing of the army, Xizhou will have no luck, it ...... It's a dead city without any hope. ”

The look of hope in Xiang Tian's eyes gradually dimmed, tears silently slid down his cheeks, and he muttered distractedly: "We have been guarding for three years. I've been isolated and helpless for three years, dead dead, wounded, how hard it has been, Your Majesty...... Why don't you look at it more? Has Your Majesty forgotten us soldiers who fought for the country? Your Majesty...... Your Majesty......"

Xiang Tian said, a large stream of blood suddenly appeared in his mouth, he tried to open his mouth wide, and tried his best to breathe, after all, he breathed a lot. There was little air intake, and finally he fell softly, and he died of exhaustion, until he died, his eyes were wide open, and he couldn't blink to death.

At the moment of despair, all the 500 soldiers alive behind him pushed the golden mountain and poured the jade pillar and knelt down to the dust. A neat sword unsheathed, and the tip of the blade that shimmered with cold light pointed straight at the sky.

"The general's heroic spirit is not far away. Let's go! ”

Li Su's tears flowed down, and he stepped forward to slowly close Xiang Tianyuan's eyes, and knelt down on one knee at him: "General Xiang, let's go!" ”

Five hundred soldiers surrounded Xiang Tian's body and slowly entered the city, silent all the way.

Li Su looked up to the sky and sighed. muttered: "Why should Qiang Di complain about the willows, the spring breeze does not pass the jade gate...... Your Majesty, have you really forgotten that in the far Western Regions, there is still a group of men who sacrifice their lives and forget their lives to defend the lonely city for you? ”

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Li Su was still on the road, and Jiang Quan sent him five miles outside the city. When he returned to the city, he stared at Li Su's face, stopped talking a few times, and finally let out a long sigh, saluted and turned to leave.

Li Su had a gloomy face, and the three of them rode camels on the road with Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou, and went east along the Silk Road.

The three of them walked silently for more than ten miles, Li Su's mood became more and more painful, the desert hot breeze blew in his face, and there was a faint smell of blood in his chest when he breathed into his chest, and he seemed to have hallucinations in his mind, and he kept hearing the sound of shouting and killing, the sound of swords colliding during the siege, and the wailing and moaning before death, and vaguely saw Cao Yu, Jiang Quan, and Qian Fuzi...... Familiar faces fell in pools of blood, and in various tragic and tragic postures, their eyes were closed forever......

The camel's back swayed, Li Su's body rose and fell with the camel's pace, but his mood was a mess.

"A bunch of fools!" Li Su gritted his teeth and scolded heavily.

Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou in the back shook their heads, and then shut up playfully and didn't answer.

Li Su turned his head and glared at them angrily, his eyes were bloodshot, and he said in an aggravated tone: "You say, are their people stupid?" ”

"Knowing that the city that can't be defended, you have to defend it, it's a meaningless and unworthy sacrifice at all, you have to pull the word 'integrity', is the integrity so worthless?"

"How difficult it is for me to live in this life, an unprecedented opportunity for me to meet, God will give me a new life again, my life is worth more than anyone else, how can I accompany those fools to do stupid things?"

Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou Muran, although they couldn't understand what Li Su was saying at the moment, they knew that it was best not to answer at the moment, because Li Su had already turned on the madman mode.

Li Su's expression seemed to be even more crazy, and he suddenly raised his hand to the sky and said loudly: "I have a lady in my family who is like a flower, a hundred acres of fertile land, a gentle and lovely princess living in my heart, a lot of Qingfu in the family is waiting for me to enjoy, and there is a father waiting for me to send off my filial piety, I am carrying so many things, how can I accompany them to do such stupid things?" Stupid! Very foolish! ”

Li Su scolded and scolded all the way, Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou remained silent, allowing him to vent his emotions hysterically.

Walking and walking, the camel ridden by the three of them walked more and more slowly, and walked slower and slower with a very tacit understanding...... Finally, it stopped in the middle of the vast desert in front and back.

The breeze, still hot and dry, swept by the fine sand.

Li Su closed his eyes, let out a long sigh of turbidity, and then ...... Turn the reins and turn around.

Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou glanced at each other, and then smiled.

They knew that Li Su had made the most difficult decision in his life.

"I ...... Decided to go back to the city, what about you? Li Su's face was gloomy and reluctant.

Wang Zhu grinned and said, "You go back to the city, of course we will follow you back to the city." ”

"It's going to die."

"Then I won't die."

Zheng Xiaolou also looked at him with a smile: "Why did you suddenly change your mind?" ”

Li Su sighed: "People live for a lifetime, it's not good to live too smart, you will be punished by God, you always have to do one or two stupid things, it seems ordinary, and the genius will not look at you unpleasantly." ”

"Can you hold the West State?" Zheng Xiaolou then asked.

"Perhaps...... You can hold it, but it also comes at a huge cost. ”

Zheng Xiaolou was silent for a long time, and asked the most profound question in his life: "They defend the city for integrity and courtiers, what are you for?" ”

This question is very profound, Li Su lowered his head, pondered for a long time, and said slowly: "I...... I want General Xiang to die blindly, the things he paid for with his life to maintain are still there, and what he can't do, I'll try! (To be continued......)