It was dark inside the city, and no one knew why. Maybe it's just because of the earth-shattering shouts coming from the north city wall, or maybe it's because the sun sets earlier than usual today.

The time of the day is about to pass, from the early morning, there are no pedestrians on the street, as soon as I heard that Chengdu is about to face a big war, even the residents of Shu who have not experienced much war have begun to be afraid, and began to notify the neighbors as soon as they learned the news, and some of the more enthusiastic people also made a special trip to inform their relatives to close the door quickly, so as not to be affected.

It was not long before the north city wall made a loud noise, followed by a slight tremor on the ground where everyone had the courage to open the door and walk on the street to point out the direction of the north city and whisper to each other, the north city wall made a loud noise, followed by a slight tremor on the ground under their feet, and everyone was like a frightened bird, and they scattered and hid back in their homes again, and locked the closed door of the courtyard with a few latches.

Later, some people with more affluent families were worried that their "fat" would be remembered, and they also used some broken and dilapidated furniture to add a layer of insurance. What's more, the lords of some large families ordered domestic servants and slaves to wait behind the courtyard gate with sticks and other weapons, regardless of whether it was useful or not, anyway, doing so would lighten the burden in their hearts a little. The average flat-headed people are much simpler in comparison, nothing more than hiding the only small soft in the house in the dark compartment of the wall, and at the same time will try to hide some of the surplus food in the house. After all, a few days ago, Chen Jingxuan's Hongfeng Mountain grain and grass were burned, and it had already spread throughout Chengdu Prefecture and even Jiannan Province, and this major news was still spreading to the entire territory of Datang at a very fast speed!

However, it was clear that these people's worries were completely unnecessary, and until the sun set and the sky gradually darkened, they did not hear any movement from outside their doors or from the surrounding alleys, and only from the northern city there was an intensifying and unabated sound.

Near the palace in Dongcheng, outside the palace gate in the north, at the gate of a barracks where the forbidden army was stationed, there were twenty or thirty generals who looked like officers, and the highest position was Zhong Lihao, the general of the Shence Left Army stationed here.

The Shence Army is divided into two armies, the left and right, each with a general, four generals under his command, dozens of generals such as Lang generals, and the supreme commander is the lieutenant of the escort army. Originally, tens of thousands of troops should have been commanded, but after a few years of fighting with Huangchao in Kyoto, there were countless casualties, and most of the survivors surrendered to protect themselves. Although it was later recruited and expanded again in Chengdu Prefecture, the total number of Shence troops at this time was only more than 30,000. Zhong Lihao, as the general of the Shence Left Army, naturally commanded half of the army, but the original old subordinates were only in their early 200s, and most of them came because they fled, and they only ate and waited for death on weekdays, and their real combat effectiveness was also extremely weak. Therefore, in this battle, their task was still to stay and camp near the palace, nominally to protect the "powerful people in the court".

Not long ago, Zhong Lihao received an uninvited guest in the big tent of the Chinese army, his immediate boss, the supreme commander of the Shence Army, the lieutenant of the Guardian Army. When he learned that the Shence Right Army had sent troops on a large scale to support the battle in Beicheng, he actually made a move that surprised the lieutenant of the Guardian Army, who was usually high-ranking on the ground, and threw the cup.

Then Zhong Lihao had already arranged a group of henchmen and guards outside the tent to rush up, take down all the guards of the lieutenant of the escort army, and then drag them to the school field that can accommodate 10,000 people like a dead dog, and behead them in public. At that time, the scene was extremely sensational, but it was quickly controlled by more than 2,000 old subordinates arranged by Zhong Lihao a long time ago, and the more than 10,000 so-called "newcomers" who had been recruited into the Shence Army were all controlled in the school field.

At this time, Zhong Lihao was sitting at the gate of the barracks with black circles under his eyes, looking up slightly at the sunset that had fallen into the city. All the generals under his command also surrounded him, and the scene was extremely quiet, and the silence was terrifying.

"General Zhongli! Can we do that? For a long time, a general who was closest to Zhong Lihao and couldn't stand this dead silence asked in a low voice.

"We've already lost once. Ay! Zhong Lihao took a deep breath and replied lightly. Then he was silent for a moment, opened his eyes that were pressed by the heavy bags under his eyes because of staying up late, stared at the sunset that was still crawling at the head of the city and refused to leave, and slowly added: "I don't know if it's right to do this!" But I know we've already been defeated once, and the Divine Army has already been defeated! And it's a mess! Today, we are uprooted from our homeland and sent under the fence! I also know that the culprit of all this is ourselves! And the Captain of the Guardian is just a leader! ”

"We've been defeated! Nothing is left of defeat! We have abandoned even our hometown, our relatives, and we have even abandoned our own country! Zhong Lihao's face was depressed, and everyone knew that his words were referring to the battle when Huangchao entered Chang'an a few years ago.

Zhong Lihao was right, the Shence army was defeated, and they were also defeated, and they were completely defeated. The so-called elite Shence army of the Tang Dynasty on weekdays, when facing the tens of thousands of peasant troops that they couldn't look down on at all, they not only lost, but also lost too quickly! In just one battle, more than 100,000 people died, wounded, ran, and fell. That's the real loss of armor and a thousand miles of collapse. He was defeated directly from Chang'an, Kyoto to Chengdu Mansion, Jiannan Province, thousands of miles away. Behind these, as Zhong Lihao said, they were not only defeated, but also abandoned their hometown, relatives and even the country behind them!

"If we go on like this, we're going to abandon ourselves! We have even abandoned ourselves as generals and soldiers! Even we've forgotten that we're men! When everyone lowered their heads and pondered, Zhong Lihao spoke heavily again. This is not the first time Zhong Lihao has said this, since the middle of the night last night, Zhong Lihao has said the same thing at least five times until now. Although it is difficult to hear, everyone has to be convinced, after all, the facts are in front of them, and it is impossible for anyone to deny them!

"! What are you talking about? The other general under Zhongli Hao's command couldn't stand this dejecting atmosphere, and suddenly stood up and patted his strong chest and roared: "Anyway, I have already slaughtered the eggless gelding of the lieutenant of the escort army!" Even if you want to regret it at this time, it's too late! What are you doing so much! Don't even think about it! Dry it directly! The big deal is death! At least you can be as serious as a man! Otherwise, how can you be worthy of this general's armor! ”

"Yes! People are dead! Dry! Big deal, die! ”

"That's right! There are a lot of brothers! At least it can cause some big turmoil, even if you can't take down a city gate, at least it can create some convenience for the Feng family army outside the city! ”

"Damn! Lao Tzu has been on the run for three years! If you finish this immortal, you will go to the front line to fight the pseudo-Qi! ”

"That's right! Lao Tzu can't run away or hide! If you can't die, I'll go with you! ”

With the first person getting up and speaking, the people who had been suppressed for a long time were like lit firecrackers, crackling up and gossiping, so that Zhong Lihao, who was watching from the side with the eyes of a national treasure, was also rendered, listening to everyone's arrogant oaths in his ears, Zhong Lihao turned his head and raised his arms, even if he couldn't see any traces when he turned his head again, but soon, in the next second, his eyes facing the sunset were shining with tears again.

This should be the Shence Army in the dream back then, this should be the real Shence Army, and these people around me should be the life and death brothers who fought together on the battlefield back then.