The horizon in the distance is depicted as a bright red band in the slowly setting sunset,

The endless plains lead to the half-round red in the distance,

The sun is falling in the west, the mountains and rivers are shining, and the residents in Xiangcheng have lit the stoves, and the smoke drifts leisurely into the air, going west with the wind, to catch up with the sunset that is about to sink into the earth, to catch up with their own past.

What a beautiful idyllic scene, if there were no broken corpses outside the city, no wreckage that burned to the point of only a little spark, I believe that many people would be immersed in the beauty of dusk and unable to extricate themselves.

But the reality is cruel, the reality is ruthless, and no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it only highlights and clarifies the bloodshed of the war.

Although Lan Ziyi's battle time was short, he had clearly realized this, so he tried his best to restrain himself from looking at the passing sunset, lest he be poisoned by that unrealistic scenery and sink into the gentle countryside and unable to extricate himself.

Lan Ziyi stood at the door of the mansion, closed his eyes and raised his chin slightly, took a deep breath, the smell of firewood filled his lungs and calmed his heart, he let the breeze blow his face, this long-lost comfort made him intoxicated, but this comfort is also a kind of poison that is incompatible with the present, win the war, and after winning the thief, he must enjoy the pleasure of the breeze on the field.

Lan Ziyi thought so, but a sergeant's voice came from behind him:

"Wei Hou, the meal is ready, all the adults are waiting for you to come over."

Lan Ziyi was pulled back to reality by the sergeant's words, and after saying "um", he turned around and walked with the sergeant to the back office.

Without the moisture of the breeze and sunset, Lan Ziyi felt the soreness coming from all over his body again.

Although it was only a day of fighting today, Lan Ziyi felt that after a year, he and Tao Zhutu led their troops to rush out of the west gate to fight, and then led people to rush out of the south gate to support Wei Qionglou.

After the thieves besieged Xiangcheng's three-sided dirt mountain was blown up, they moved everyone to the south, but after a day of fighting, the thieves were already at the end of the crossbow, Lan Ziyi and the defenders of the city wall cooperated with each other, and the cavalry also rushed into the thieves' formation, and the morale of the thieves had fallen by half, and the feat of the peach chasing rabbit in the Ximen Yifu was also spread throughout the whole army of the thieves, and the thieves were not lightly frightened, so today's final battle was quite easy, and Wei Qionglou also successfully blew up the earth mountain with the support of the defenders who came from all over the city.

When the Tushan in the south of the city was bombed, the thieves completely stopped the offensive and retreated, and Lan Ziyi and they also retreated into the city.

By the time the wooden fence burned on the city wall was cleaned up, the bodies were buried, and the wounded were recovered, it was already dusk, and the defenders, who had been busy all day, remembered that they had only eaten one meal a day today, and their stomachs immediately screamed, so they were busy cooking all over the city, and Lan Ziyi also took advantage of the cooking in the government to come out to relax, and look at the beautiful scenery to relax.

Now that the meal has been prepared, it is time for Lan Ziyi to have a good chat with these generals under him.

As soon as Lan Ziyi and the sergeant walked to the door of the Houyake Hall, they heard the hearty laughter of Tao Zhuhu from inside

"Third brother, you are really in the limelight today!"

Then I heard the peach chase rabbit say:

"I see that the civil officials of Gao County Ling are braver than us when they cut people, and I am really unwilling in my heart, if I don't show my hands again, the limelight will be taken away by Gao County Ling."

After saying this, everyone burst into laughter, and then they heard Gao Yanzong say:

"Does Saburo think you can rob me of my credit today?

Joke, I'm a lot braver than you. “

After Gao Yanzong said this, the voice of the peach chasing the rabbit came again:

"Master Gao is not convinced, we will compete again tomorrow to see who of us is more brave and good at fighting."

Lan Ziyi heard that the people in the house were elated, and he was also infected, so after letting the sergeant who led the way retreat, he pushed open the door of the house and said:

"Why should the rabbit general wait until tomorrow, the husband will do what he says, it is better than today, what to do after waiting so long."

When everyone saw Lan Ziyi enter the house, they all hugged their fists and saluted,

Lan Ziyi closed the door after entering the house, and then returned the salute to everyone.

The generals of the unified army in Xiangcheng are already in the house, plus Gao Yanzong, a total of nine people,

But so many people gathered around the table, but there were not many dishes on the table, only a fish, a chicken, a duck and a pork knuckle, and the rest was the dry food steamed buns in front of everyone.

Lan Ziyi looked at the fish on the table and frowned slightly, and asked:

"What are the soldiers going to eat tonight? Is there meat? Why are we on so much? ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, and they don't know how to answer, but Gao Yanzong laughed and said first:

"Wei Hou really loves soldiers like a son, and he has to think about his soldiers first for such shabby meals."

兰子义 says:

"The brethren have to listen to my orders every day to die, and in the end they can't even eat, so what kind of face can I have to eat the wine and meat in front of me?

Even if I eat it cheekily, what qualifications do I have in the future to command the soldiers to live and die?

I just want to know if the soldiers will eat meat tonight? “

At this time, Qiu Wenruo replied:

"Back to Weihou, the supplies in the city are still enough to eat for a few days, and today we have won the battle, and the soldiers have bacon to eat."

After hearing this, Lan Ziyi said:

"Only bacon? That's no meat? “

Then Lan Ziyi shouted loudly outside the door:

"Someone! I sent the wine and meat on this table to the camp and brought it to the brothers who were wounded in front of the charge today, and said that this is my Lan Ziyi's heart for the brothers.

Give us the bacon and pickles, and we will eat whatever the brothers in the camp eat. ”

After hearing the order, the official outside the door opened the door and came in, looked at Lan Ziyi in embarrassment, and then looked at Gao Yanzong.

Gao Yanzong smiled and said:

"Wei Hou ordered him to do it quickly."

Then Gao Yanzong said to Lan Ziyi:

"It's a pity that I wanted to celebrate with Wei Hou today, but the wine and meat are gone."

Lan Ziyi said to Gao Yanzong:

"I understand Lord Gao's kindness, but the military emergency is never a time for us to enjoy, and when the war is over, I will be the east, please have a good meal for Lord Gao, and then celebrate the great achievement.

I have refuted Mr. Gao's face today, and I have offended a lot, so I ask Mr. Gao to forgive me. “

Gao Yanzong smiled:

"Where is it, Wei Hou's dedication to the army makes Yanzong admire."

After the two saluted, Lan Ziyi finally came to the main seat reserved for him and sat down, and when the officials had put the dishes on and filled them with water, Lan Ziyi raised his glass and said:

"Just now I ruined everyone's interest, and now I will compensate everyone, so let me replace wine with water and punish myself with three glasses."

Lan Ziyi said that he was about to drink water, and Tao Zhutu pulled him by the side, and Tao Zhutu said:

"Less...... Wei Hou drinking water is also called punishment? There is no sincerity at all.

Since the celebration can wait until the battle is over, then the punishment for wine can also wait, Wei Hou, don't be in a hurry to drink water now, and wait until the time to punish you in the future. “

As soon as these words came out, everyone present burst out laughing, and the atmosphere suddenly returned to the same level of enthusiasm as before.

Lan Ziyi himself was also shaken by the peach rabbit and laughed, but he found that Wei Qionglou had been sitting on the side, and his laughter was melancholy, probably because the defense of the city was not going well today.

This is not to blame Wei Qionglou, during the day, it was Lan Ziyi who rushed into the southern thief formation to attract the attention of the thieves, Lan Ziyi would not use this matter to punish Wei Qionglou, but as a soldier, it would be a loss of face to fight a war, and Lan Ziyi couldn't think of any way to comfort him for a while, so let's wait and talk about it.

After some laughter, everyone unceremoniously picked up the steamed buns on the table and devoured them, and they were really hungry after a day of fighting.

Lan Ziyi himself was stuffed with his mouth, and while eating, he asked Qiu Wenruo next to him:

"Mr. Wen Ruo just said that the grain and grass in the city are enough to eat for a few days, but is it enough to eat for a few days? Before the start of the war, I kept saying that there was not enough food and grass, how long can I hold out now? ”

Qiu Wenruo swallowed what was in his mouth and said:

"Grain and grass support at most for ten years,

Now we are using the grain and grass accumulated by the Gao County Order, which was only prepared according to the quota of 30,000 militia recruited by the people in the city, and the grain and grass were enough to eat for two months.

But later there were more than 30,000 officers and soldiers who entered the city, and there were 7,000 war horses in the middle, Xiangcheng did not store forage at all before, and the thieves could still go out of the city to cut the grass before the siege of the city, and the horses were fed with bran mixed with grain after the siege of the city, and the horses had more appetite than people, and they could not be hungry, and this way of eating would not be long before Xiangcheng was emptied. “

Lan Ziyi listened and slowed down the action of eating, nodded thoughtfully and said:

"So we're going to defeat the thieves as soon as possible."

Peach Rabbit listened and said:

"Does Wei Hou have any good ideas? When Wei Hou entered the door just now, he asked me not to wait for tomorrow, and to compete with Master Gao today, could it be that Wei Hou plans to fight tonight? ”

兰子义 says:

"Exactly, I'm going to go out and rob the camp tonight."

When everyone heard this, they all stopped their chopsticks and stared at Lan Ziyi, and after a while, they said:

"The young master's idea is good, but the number of thieves is dozens of times more than ours, even if we go out to rob the camp at night, we will ask for some money at most, and it is impossible to defeat the thieves."

兰子义 says:

"If we want to defeat all the thieves by killing the thieves, then we won't be able to win.

But what if it's a decapitation? If we go out at night and kill the thief king, then the thief will collapse without a fight, which is a good opportunity to transfer thousands of pounds. “

Hearing this, Gao Yanzong said:

"Of course, it's good to be able to behead, but how do we know where the Thief King is? Outside the city, the thieves are camped for more than ten miles, which is not easy to find. ”

兰子义 says:

"It's up to General Zhulu to say this."

Hearing this, everyone turned their eyes to the peach and the deer,

Tao Zhulu was not in a hurry, slowly swallowed the steamed bun and said:

"As far as I know, the Thief Heavenly King changes his station every night, and his behavior is erratic, and it is difficult to catch him."

When everyone heard this, they all sighed with a little pity,

Seeing that everyone was hung by him, Tao Zhulu changed his words and said:

"But I know where the king is tonight."

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