Xichuan's Tianqian City, in addition to Baizhou, another place that is easy to defend and difficult to attack is the small Peicheng built by the water south of the Yongjiang River.

There is a small character in the name of this small pei city, but the city is not small, looking at the entire Xichuan, except for the capital Xinliang, it is the largest small pei city. In the word Xiaopei, although the small characters are a little unrealistic, the word "Pei" is still deserved.

Xiaopei City is surrounded by mountains on one side and water on three sides, the climate is a little milder than Baizhou, in winter, Baizhou City may still have a few snowflakes in the rain, and Xiaopei, there is no longer the shadow of snowflakes, but after the flood season, the rain will become less.

When the army approached the city, it was obvious that Xiaopei City had been fully prepared, Da Kui Li Liang led the men and horses to fight with the soldiers who defended the city in Xiao Pei City for more than ten days, but they never had the upper hand, and even once if it was not for Da Kui to rescue, Li Liang was almost beheaded by one of the brave generals of Xiao Pei.

The land in the rear has been occupied, the two armies are fighting, if there is a stalemate, the fight is who consumes energy, and "consumption" is to see who runs out of food first.

Obviously, this problem, the people in Xiaopei City should be more worried, because at this moment, there is already a team on the mountain road halfway, if you want to transport grain from the tripartite waterway, you need to have the internal approval of Xichuan, and the official who controls the waterway circulation in Xichuan is the champion who mentioned his name on a gold list that year, and then followed Yan Zhe Shizi to kill the eunuch Liang Hong.

In the court of Xichuan, Dian Zhao's official position may not be as great as Yan Xuan and Qi Xuan, but in this situation, the role played by Dian Zhao is more important than anyone else.

Everything was as Su Yu expected, the soldiers and people in Xiaopei City, the relief grain and grass that they were looking forward to in the morning and twilight were never transported from the waterway, and the attack and shouts under the city gate were getting stronger and stronger day by day.

Gradually, both the soldiers in the army and the people in the city began to be a little confused.

At this time, some people began to secretly rumor in the city, saying that the people of the city who had surrendered or been defeated before had not been affected in the slightest, and even some poor places had been exempted from paying some taxes, and their lives were even better than when Yan Zhe Shizi was in power. As a result, the hearts of the people in the city began to turn around, who didn't want to live, instead of trembling here and waiting to consume the city, it was better to open the city gate and surrender, maybe there was still a way to live.

When one person thinks like this, two people think like this, three people, four people, hundreds of thousands of people think like this, people's hearts begin to be completely shaken.

The common people take a step back, maybe there is still a way to live, but the generals who defend the city are different, and now the father and son are stationed in this Xiaopei City, among which the father has been blessed by the virtuous king Yanli, so he teaches the child all the time, and also convinces himself that in order to repay the favor in this life, he must also defend Xiaopei City for the son of Yan Zhe, even if it is consumed to the end, the blood of the father and son is splashed on the wall of Xiaopei City, turning into a ghost, and he must protect Xiaopei.

This loyalty and courage should have moved the heavens and the earth to sing and cry, but the father and son who guarded the city were not afraid of life and death, but the people in the city wanted to live.

After a month or two in a row, some of the people in the city died, some were injured, some were sick, and some were dying of hunger, and their demands were not excessive, they just wanted to live, and they wanted their relatives and children to live.

So, there began to be bold people, more than a dozen people together, wanting to quietly, open the city gate to let the outside army in, but without exception, they were all killed by those soldiers who were determined to defend the city, so another miserable cry and unwilling cry sounded in the sky above Xiao Pei.

Those soldiers who swore to prove their loyalty and courage, after killing groups of people who wanted to rebel, thought that the deterrent power of blood could achieve a certain effect of calming people's hearts, but when the panic and despair in the hearts of the people reached a certain limit, it was followed by a torrent-like outbreak.

Thousands of people in the city ran out of their homes and rushed towards the city gates, and the sound of their cries shook the sky, and they only shouted, "Open the city gates!" ”

"Open the gates!"

They want the city gates to be opened, they want to live, but the soldiers who defend the city want to use their own blood or the blood of others to express the so-called loyalty.

The butcher's knife in his hand slashed not only at the enemy, but also at the people in his own city, and in an instant, the screams and cries resounded through the sky like Shura hell.

Su Yu was blocked outside the city gate, listening to the wailing in the city, his palms were clenched for a while, and when he finally couldn't bear it anymore, he could only hear the other side of the city wall, and suddenly turned from the chaotic fighting noise to silence.

Something rolled down from the wall, and a long trail of blood cut on the blue brick wall.

Su Yu's gaze fell to the ground with the wheel, it was a human head, the broken neck was still dripping with uncoagulated blood, the scattered hair hanging down to cover half of the face, and the other half of the face, one eye was staring at a protruding bloodshot, which was full of horror and disbelief.

Looking up at the top of the city tower, Da Niu, who was originally the deputy general of Xiao Pei, held a big knife in his hand, and responded to the people in the city.

The son of the general who defended the city who had his legs cut off by a big bull before, he was not dead when he fell to the city, but he was trampled into a puddle of mud by the people who swarmed in.

Su Yu rode on the horse, looked at the head of the person who had never looked at him, looked at the wide open city gate, and followed the team, but he couldn't bear to enter the city.

"What's the matter, I can't bear it?"

Zeng Cong rode a horse, slowly came from behind, glanced at the man, and asked Su Yu.

Su Yu knew that Zeng Cong didn't mean to laugh at her, so he took a long breath, shook his head and said, "I just don't know what I did, right or wrong." ”

Zeng Cong was silent for a moment, seemed to sink in his memory, and said helplessly: "In this world, what you think is right may not be right, just like if you don't calm Xichuan, the world is strife, I don't know how many years it will last, without this strategy, Xiao Pei will inevitably be consumed in the hands of the father and son, and there are more people who die than now." ”

Su Yu nodded, she didn't know this truth, but she couldn't help but sigh: "There are many things in this world, and you must not have both!" ”

"It's just what the people want." Zeng Cong looked ahead, "If we burn, kill and loot like the invading Beidi barbarians, the people in Xiaopei City will not want to let us into the city when the grain and grass run out." And the father and son who guarded Xiaopei wanted to use the blood of the people in the city and their own blood to prove their loyalty, and use the so-called loyalty to repay the kindness they owed, but they forgot that the most important thing in the word loyalty is the desire of the people. ”

Su Yu looked at Zeng Cong and felt that every time he looked at him, between his eyebrows and eyes, he could always give birth to a little bit of unparalleled amazement, and the more he came into contact, his kung fu knowledge, his planning and calculation, all of which made Su Yu amazed.

"I found that Brother Zeng Cong can always see things far."

Zeng Cong's eyes smiled slightly, because every time Su Yu called him a younger brother, the next words would definitely be a little funny.

Sure enough, Su Yu said with a smile: "When you robbed your carriage in Qingyunling, you were not stingy with money to give me this bandit, but you were stingy and did not give a penny to the refugees who passed by, I think you have already calculated, if you give it at that time, it is just a bit of thirst quenching, and you can't save the roots, but you will be surrounded by passing refugees on the road, and you can't get out, it is said that later, a rich man donated a lot of things to the people in that area, that person is you!" ”

Zeng Cong smiled, did not admit it, did not deny it, only kicked the horse's belly, took a few steps forward and said to Su Yu: "Ah Yu, if you look at me like this again, I'm afraid that someone will have a heartache again." ”

Su Yu was stunned when she heard this, and reacted, only to feel that her face was going to be red, and when she turned her head, she saw that Xiao Yi's face was gloomy, as if she had arranged the matter at hand, and was looking over to her, and when she saw Zeng Cong's back, she seemed to really cover her chest, and Li Liang on the side should have received some order again, and once again a little cheerful, ran towards her.

Qiao Qi, who was full of beard, looked at the general beside him, although he had seen this kind of thing a lot, but every time he couldn't help but be shocked, he finally couldn't help pouting, and he had the courage to quip: "I didn't expect the general to be a hero for many years, and finally became a soft eater." ”

Xiao Yi's ears are clear, and this is naturally true, if it was placed in the past, Qiao Qi would be "loved" by force, but thinking about his "sick" appearance now, he hooked the corners of his lips, and said to Qiao Qi with some sympathy: "If you look like this, you are not even qualified to eat soft rice." ”

Qiao Qi opened his mouth to argue, "I...... I......! "I've been with me for a long time, Qiao Qi feels that he is really speechless.

Seeing Su Yu coming, Qiao Qi's eyes rolled, and he seemed to think of something to fight back, so he lowered his voice and muttered, "I don't know if you are afraid that Madame's soul will be hooked by the Prime Minister, but I see that even if the Prime Minister has a heart, he is also a righteous country, unlike some people, who can't tolerate an ant with a small heart, and the heroism is in front of Madame, and only the love of children is left." ”

Seeing his beloved approaching, Xiao Yi listened to Qiao Qi's muttering, and did not react, only squinted his eyes and glanced coldly, making Qiao Qi's hairs stand on end immediately, realizing that he was so quick to speak for a while, he would definitely be tortured in the future, so he quickly grabbed his shoulders and ran away tremblingly.