"I'll try!"

This sentence sounds heroic, but I don't know how much pain and helplessness there is in Li Su's heart.

Li Su did not have the idea of serving Li Shimin, he was separated from the people of this era by more than a thousand generations, and Li Su disagreed with this kind of practice of valuing loyalty and ignoring life.

It's not that he doesn't have a patriotic heart, Li Su likes this era very much, and is sincerely grateful that his second life can live in this vigorous era, because of gratitude, he cherishes his life more and more, and never risks his life.

As for the so-called heart of loyalty, the so-called idea of defending the land, Li Su is not nothing, he was also an angry young man in his last life, and he often bombarded Japan with nozzles on the Internet, I donate a life or something, in this life, he still has it, but a person who has lived for two lifetimes is still a lot more rational after all, and some senseless battles and fights can be completely avoided, such as the gains and losses in Xizhou. If you lose it, you can recapture it again, and it will be recaptured soon, the actual situation is actually clear to everyone, the northern front, the Tang army is advancing step by step, Xue Yantuo is only destroying the country in the morning and night, Li Shimin will soon be able to free his hand, at that time, under the crushing of the army, how many soldiers and horses in the Western Regions are not enough for the Tang army to clean up.

At this time, sticking to Xizhou, knowing that it is impossible to do it, but still holding on, in Li Su's opinion, is really a very meaningless and doomed failure.

However, at this moment today, Li Su, who was walking in the desert far away from Xizhou, finally turned around and walked towards Xizhou City.

In terms of motives, in fact, it really has nothing to do with the so-called loyalty, and even Li Su himself can't figure out why he wants to go back at this moment, as if there is a pair of eyes staring at him in the dark, using an invisible ruler to measure his conscience and good and evil.

Li Su finally turned around, not for his family, not for his country. Not even for Li Shimin, but purely for the self-righteous and calm thought in his heart, but in fact, there is still a trace of goodness.

Xiang Tian died in front of him, Cao Yu did not retreat for half a step, and even Jiang Quan, who was responsible for protecting him, stayed in that lonely city without hesitation, ready to sacrifice his life for it. However, Li Su took Wang Zhu and Zheng Xiaolou and chose to flee at the most critical moment in Xizhou, and no one accused Li Su of doing anything wrong, but no matter how far he escaped, he couldn't escape the blame of his conscience.

The three camels carried three people, and the pace of returning to the city seemed to be much faster, and the faces of the three people were obviously more relaxed and relieved than just now.

Li Su wanted to laugh, it was very strange, knowing that going back would be death. He still wanted to laugh, really happy to laugh, because he suddenly felt that his decision was correct, even if it was to die, it was also right, and every step he took was so generous and calm.

In fact, if you think about it the other way, you have already lived one more life than others. It's already enough, and it's a pity to be so cowardly and cowardly. Even if you live to be 100 years old, is it interesting?

Silent all the way, but cheerful, Wang Zhu's grinning mouth has never been closed, even the silent Zheng Xiaolou has a little smile in his eyes, and the expressions of the three of them reveal a generous crazy freedom and comfort before dying.

Step by step, the camel walked towards Xizhou. The three of them swayed on the camel's back, the breeze blew the hair on the sideburns, and the fine grains of sand scraped their faces, and it hurt a little.

"I'm going to West. Nine deaths, you really don't regret it? Zheng Xiaolou stared at his face and said slowly.

Li Su smiled and sighed: "Of course I regret it, in fact, I regretted it when I turned around just now...... It's just that this step has been taken, how can you be embarrassed to take it back? ”

After Li Su finished speaking, the three of them were silent again, Li Su hung his head and looked at the camel hoof prints on the ground in front of him, which were left when they left the city just now.

After walking silently for a long time, Li Su kept hanging his head, and suddenly said, "Actually...... I just feel that if I leave Xizhou today, I will really fall into endless regrets for the rest of my life......"

Raising his head, Li Su smiled at the two, and continued: "Just imagine, this time I escaped the catastrophe of life and death, and I have celebrated since I played the crown, only fifty years, sixty years later?" When I was seventy or eighty years old, too old to walk, my teeth were gone, my face was full of goosebumps, and I was old, maybe I still have many children and grandchildren, and my children and grandchildren surrounded my knees and asked me to tell them stories, and I told them how I was when I was a teenager, and naturally I inevitably talked about Xizhou, and when I said Xizhou, what should I say? ”

“…… The army of the Western Regions was assembled, only dozens of miles away from Xizhou, at a critical juncture, I decisively turned to the city to avoid the evil, and threw down thousands of robes and soldiers, I was lucky, I avoided this catastrophe, and then my descendants asked me again, how is Xizhou? I said that Xizhou is still lost, the army is crushed, and the loss is inevitable, and then the descendants ask me again, what about your brother Paoze? I said, they all died in battle, only I escaped, and the children and grandchildren finally asked, why don't you accompany the Paoze brothers to defend it? ”

Li Su sighed and said, "Fifty or sixty years later, when my children and grandchildren ask this question, you say, how should I answer them?" They are young, and I explained to them the current situation in Xizhou, and how senseless and stupid it is to stick to Xizhou, do they understand? They only know that my Paoze brothers died fighting to defend the city, and I, their grandfather and even great-grandfather, left thousands of Paozawa brothers all over the city and ran away, and then I saw the disappointed expressions on the faces of my children and grandchildren, and saw them bow their heads one by one, blushing, and ashamed of themselves for having such a cowardly surname, and for having such a shameless elder, guess what kind of expression I would have when I saw the faces of my children and grandchildren? ”

Raising his head, Li Su looked at the outline of Xizhou City in the distance, a smile hooked up at the corner of his mouth, and sighed: "I also admit it to nine deaths, because I am afraid that if I really live to that day, until the day when my children and grandchildren despise me as an elder and are deeply ashamed that I am my descendant, I will be better off than dead, just because I took this step outside the city in order to survive, so I want to come back and die with Paoze!" ”

"People will take a lot of wrong roads in this life, make a lot of mistakes, some of the wrong way will never be recovered, and some can be remedied, fortunately, I took this wrong step can also be remedied, you see, the wind and sand have completely buried the footprints of my departure from the city to avoid disaster. It's as if I had never been cowardly. ”

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When the three returned to Xizhou, it caused quite a stir.

In the city, at this time, thousands of soldiers gathered in front of the Assassin's Mansion in the center of the city, Xiang Tian's body was covered with a white cloth, and the soldiers knelt on one knee and quietly sent the discredited general on his last journey.

Cao Yu has taken over the command. After tearfully bidding farewell to Xiang Tian's corpse with all the soldiers, he began to urgently dispatch troops and horses in a loud voice, and deployed the strategy of defending the city.

Cao Yu, who was sweating profusely, inadvertently turned around, and suddenly found Li Su and the three not far away, and Li Su was smiling at him. Smiled sweetly.

In an instant, the surroundings seemed to be quiet, and the busy soldiers seemed to have been immobilized by the unreliable immortals passing by, and everyone looked at him dumbfounded, looking at Li Beijia, who had just left the city to ensure his own safety.

Cao Yu was stunned for a moment, a hint of complexity flashed in his eyes, and then he stepped forward and asked curiously: "Aren't you out of the city?" ”

"yes, out of town." Li Su replied very happily.

"Why did you come back again?"

Li Su looked at him strangely: "I'm Xizhou, don't drive." Where can I go if I don't come back? ”

Cao Yu glanced at him deeply, shook his head and sighed: "Heavy troops are pressing the realm. I have already escaped, why should I come back to die......"

Li Su still smiled sweetly, sweet and cute, so innocent that he didn't want to: "Because I'm sick, and I'm not lightly ill, I don't see two words written on my face." 'I'm sick'......"

"Three Words ......"

"Don't care about those details, I just went out of the city for a walk, I had enough of it, and I came back, Cao Tingshi was very happy to give orders just now. I've had enough, shouldn't the power be handed back to me? ”

Cao Yuleng was stunned for a long time before shaking his head and saying with a wry smile: "I suspect that you are really sick, and you can't think about it at such a young age...... But as soon as you open your mouth, you don't look like you're sick, and you grab power when you open your mouth, I really can't see through you......"

Li Su smiled: "I'm not a big girl, see through what I'm doing?" ”

The smile gradually converged, and Li Su's expression became a little serious: "The enemy is now, don't say nonsense, needless to say, I will command and defend the city, it is better than you to command, I dare not say that I will definitely be able to hold Xizhou, but the probability of holding may be a little higher than yours......"

Cao Yu looked at him deeply, for a long time, nodded and said, "Okay, the power will be handed over to you!" Starting today, there is only Li Beijia in Xizhou, and there is no Cao Thorn History, what can I do, just give orders. ”

Li Su groaned, in fact, before leaving the city, the arrangements that should be made are almost the same, the ordnance is complete, the stones and trees to defend the city are also ready, and the grain and grass raised are enough for thousands of people for three months.

So Li Su had no choice but to cast an apologetic glance at him, and then said: "Cao Tingshi, you are responsible for living well, while keeping your breath constant, try not to mess with me......"

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The sun is shining, the desert is especially hot, after the city is in a hurry, it suddenly falls silent, the soldiers are holding their spears, waiting for the battle, and the depressing atmosphere is getting stronger and stronger in the silence.

The scouts rode fast horses, still going in and out of the city gates one after another, and at last the scouts did not even enter the city, but rode to the city gates, and let go of their voices and roared with a trilled neigh.

"The enemy's forward is thirty miles away from the city!"

"The enemy's forward is twenty miles away from the city!"

"The advance of the enemy's headquarters is ten miles from the city! The 10,000 forwards are coming to cover up with the formation of wild goose wings! ”

In the end, the scouts no longer communicated the military information, because at the end of the desert to the west of Xizhou City, a black and oppressive figure gradually appeared, like a dark cloud covering the sky and the sun, pressing heavily on the head of Xizhou City.

At the head of the city, Li Su squinted and looked at it for a moment, then turned his head to look at Cao Yu, and found that each other's faces were the same gloomy.

It's finally here, and the time to fight to the death has finally arrived.

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PS: I'm back, and I'm not verbose tonight! (To be continued.) )