Na Yan left, led his caravan to meet the morning sun, and left Xizhou step by step.

Li Su personally sent him out of the city gate, watching his figure being dragged long and lonely by the fiery morning glow, and couldn't help but sigh.

Wang Zhu stood behind him and kept scratching his head, every time he scratched his head, it meant that he had encountered something that his IQ could not understand, and the action of scratching his head was probably to stimulate the activity of the cerebral cortex to achieve the purpose of increasing IQ in a short time......

"I can't figure it out...... Why did you let this Guizi merchant go? After all, Wang Zhu still couldn't understand Li Su's behavior.

Li Su still stared at the back of Na Yan who was gradually moving away, and smiled without looking back: "Na Yan has been good to me this year, although his cousin is mobilizing an army to attack us, but it has nothing to do with him, seeing that the army of the Western Regions is about to attack the city, since I can't be willing to tie him to the city tower as a meat ticket, just let him go, everyone who is a person and does things, should leave a line, do things absolutely well, and the way of heaven will also cut off your own way, Wang Zhu, you must also remember in the future." ”

Wang Zhu nodded as if he didn't understand, and then said: "I cried the moment I saw that Yan leaving the city just now......"

Li Su smiled: "I saw it too, but I pretended not to see ......"

Wang Zhu suddenly grinned and said: "I was locked up in the city by you for a whole year, and I was squeezed by you for a year and there was not a drop of oil left, if it was me, I would cry the moment I left the city, hehe......"

Li Su: "............"

I really can't figure it out, I've lowered my IQ by more than half, and I'm trying to keep it at the same level as Wang Zhuan, but why can't everyone chat happily and harmoniously?

Na Yan's back was farther away, and at the end of his sight, Li Su suddenly found that Na Yan had stopped, turned around and faced the head of Xizhou City, and stood still for a long time. Suddenly, he fell to the ground and didn't get up for a long time.

Li Su smiled, didn't care if he could see it or not, and waved his hand at him.

Turning his head to stare at Wang Zhuan, Li Su said angrily: "See? That's moving! I was so moved that I cried! ”

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The entire city was being reorganized for battle, under Li Su's tough orders. Both the army and the common people have entered the period of martial law control, two Zhichong Prefecture, a cavalry battalion and a township battalion with a total of about 5,000 people, every day before dawn they were woken up by their respective fire commanders, and then drilled, non-stop drills, the people were also unified control, men were people's husbands, women were military rations. Everything in the city is about preparing for war.

The atmosphere in the city fell into tension and depression because of this, and after the Assassin's Mansion was ruthlessly rectified by Li Su once, the officials suddenly became active, and they cooperated with Li Su to maintain stability in the city, and according to Li Su's instructions, they drove the people of different races in the city out of the city, which was a choice that had no choice, and Li Su was too worried about the foreign race. Keeping them in the city is a hidden danger after all. Who knows if there are any enemy spies waiting to join the coming army?

The aliens were driven away from Xizhou City in a miserable and miserable manner, but Li Su still stood on the city tower and watched them leave with a hard heart.

War is always the most cruel, and there is no room for connivance or soft-heartedness, although he knows that most of these foreign people are honest and dutiful, but Li Su can't afford to take this risk. At the moment, it is just to expel the alien race, which is already the most gentle way for Li Su.

Every day, the scouts in front of the city gate are constantly coming and going, and the big war is imminent, and the scouts have been released by Li Su three hundred miles away, constantly reporting the military situation back and forth. Inquire into the actions of most of the enemy's troops.

At this time, the characteristics of the Han people in the Central Plains are revealed, they are kind, hardworking, and have a sense of belonging to the dynasty community, especially the people of the Tang Dynasty, who have a loud voice on weekdays, scolding and scolding without a proper shape, no one is convinced, once they encounter danger, they are very cooperative with the government's dispatch, let them do what they do, as long as they are not treated slowly by the government, they can even give their lives to help.

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"Jiang Quan, starting tomorrow, organize the people to evacuate Xizhou, all the way to the east towards Yumen Pass, remember, not a single person in the city should stay, Xizhou is about to become a dangerous place, leaving the people in the city is tantamount to asking for their ......lives" In the tent, Li Su gave a very serious order.

Jiang Quan nodded heavily, and then said, "What about Cao Yu and those officials?" ”

Li Su sighed: "Those people, go and stay at will, if you go out of the city with the people, they will be responsible for leading the people along the way, and we can't send troops to take care of them, so they will take care of themselves." ”

"Don't be kind-hearted, the end will be admired."

Li Su smiled: "I am a very homely, and I have a very homely heart, but benevolence is not enough, in the final analysis, it is also for us to excuse ourselves, Xizhou is lost, but the people are all His Majesty's people, they cannot afford to lose, otherwise Your Majesty will really blame me." ”

"Li Beijia, everything in the city is ready, according to Beijia's orders, the military rations have been prepared, and the surplus can last for about two months, and there is also a lot of ...... in the rocks, rolling wood, fire, oil, etc." Jiang Quan said and suddenly became excited, rubbed his hands and smiled: "As for the earth-shaking thunder made by Don't drive, it is really a good thing, and the last general has ordered someone to try to release one, ha, no matter people and animals within a radius of two zhang, there is no luck, and the end is very tight." We've made about 5,000 of these things, so it's not a big problem to defend the city......"

Li Su shook his head and smiled bitterly, but did not speak.

Firearms may be the help of defending the city, but it is only a help, it cannot be regarded as a hope, the root of the war is still in people, of course, Li Su did not explain these truths to Jiang Quan, because ...... He didn't bother to explain, it would cost a lot of saliva.

"Li Beijia, everything that should be arranged is arranged, the last general doesn't understand, why don't you have any arrangements for the soldiers guarding the city? At this time, it is time to set up defenses, which battalion and which fire will guard which part of the city wall......"

Li Su said slowly: "This is not in a hurry, there is time to make temporary arrangements when the big enemy is coming, if there are too many enemy troops coming, Xizhou is destined to be unable to hold it, why should I arrange it?" When the time comes, just lead everyone to flee for their lives. ”

Jiang Quan was dumbfounded and speechless.

He didn't expect that Li Su had been preparing for so long, and the entire city was busy preparing for war, but Li Su still had the idea of abandoning the city and fleeing.

Li Su seemed to see what Jiang Quan was thinking, stared at him and said, "Knowing that you can't do it, is it loyalty or stupidity?" ”

"Temperament!" Jiang Quan replied, then lowered his head and thought about it, puffed up his chest and said: "It's integrity, the city is the city of the Tang Dynasty, and you have to keep it even if you know that you can't keep it, this is the duty and integrity of a courtier." ”

Li Su shook his head and sighed: "At this point, we can't talk together, let's change the topic, what to eat tonight?" ”

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In three days, the people of Xizhou were gathered by the officials, carrying their own fines and families, out of Dongcheng, leaving Xizhou City, and staggering and slowly heading towards the east.

Except for the 5,000 defenders in the city, there was not a single common person in sight, and the entire city instantly became empty, returning to the original appearance of the dead city.

On the fourth day of the second month of the thirteenth year of Zhenguan, a good day with clear and cloudless clouds.

The scout army three hundred miles away has reported into the city, and the armies of the Western Regions have sent troops!

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PS: There is one more ...... Mmmm, ask for a monthly pass...... (To be continued......)