It's been five days, and the Tatar cavalry outside Tianchengwei has not retreated. Lin Fei tried his best to scrape the people, but the entire Tianchengwei only had a population of about 10,000, including the defenders. If it weren't for Chen Baishui to help suppress it, the people in the Acropolis would have made a fuss.

Liang Lie didn't know anything, but he couldn't know at all at this time.

In the past five days, Xu Baoshen couldn't deceive Yao Fangyu, and finally went to the city wall, and when he saw the black Tatar army outside the city, the only thought he had was to leave. With his ability, it is not difficult to leave, and there is no need to stay and defend the city like Nangong Jin. Besides, the Nangong family has a business in the north, but Xu Baoshen doesn't.

When there was no one, Xu Baoshen walked into the watchtower where Liang Lie was, "Find a chance to let me and Yu'er go." ”

Liang Lie looked up at him, "I didn't want you to stay, you had to stay." Putting down the military intelligence in his hand, he sneered, "Now you have to go, just go, it is impossible to open the city gate for you." ”

"I'm not alone, and Yao Fangyu."

"I hear you. The head of the South China Sea faction can't even leave a small acropolis? Liang Lie's tone was full of mockery.

Xu Baoshen didn't seem to hear it, and said with a smile: "Okay." Since you are so faceless. Okay, of course it's okay for me to leave, but whether Yao Fangwei has a problem depends on whether she is good at learning art or not. ”

Liang Lie laughed, "Don't forget, Fang Wei hasn't divorced yet, not only your apprentice, but also the daughter-in-law of the Nangong family." Didn't you ask for thirty thousand taels? Hahaha, think it out for yourself, is Yu'er good at learning art? ”

Xu Baoshen was told through, but he was not embarrassed, and said with a smile: "I wish you a happy cooperation with the Nangong family, and we will meet indefinitely." ”

Liang Lie looked at his back as he left, full of disgust.

In the past few days, Nangong Jin has become familiar with the twenty soldiers given to him, and these soldiers also know that this second prince is very protective of everyone, and it is clear that several other teams have suffered casualties, but only a few of them have been slightly injured, especially this one who has not taken the battle merits.

When Yao Fangyu came to him, Nangong Jin was teaching everyone the tricks of killing enemies and protecting themselves. Seeing Yao Fangyu, the group of soldiers made a commotion, and Nangong Jin had no choice but to smile and quickly take her away.

In the past few days, they have long known that each other is there, and occasionally they only nod. Nangong Jin didn't expect Yao Fangyu to take the initiative to find him.

"There have been a lot of casualties recently, and I heard that there is a shortage of food and grass, and the Tartars have no intention of retreating at all. You'd better find a chance to leave as soon as possible. Nangong Jin said directly.

Yao Fangyu nodded, "Understood." Master said to leave tonight, he was afraid that if he broke the city, he would hurt my ....... As he spoke, he smiled helplessly.

"Good. With your master here, it should be fine. ”

"You're not leaving?"

Nangong Jin shook his head.

"Why? They say you don't want military merit. ”

Nangong Jin smiled, "Do I want military merit?" They depend on this to support their families. ”

"You think, you can hold it?" Yao Fangyu hesitated.

Nangong Jin sighed slightly, "Do your best and obey the destiny of heaven." ”

Yao Fangyu asked worriedly: "Since you are not optimistic, why don't you leave?" ”

Nangong Jin seemed to think about it seriously, and suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly: "Maybe it's because I love to kill." ”

This sentence made Yao Fangyu a little sad, "Is it for the family's business?" ”

Nangong Jin didn't seem to want to continue, turned around with a smile, and looked back at her again, "I won't send you anymore." ”

"Ah Jin." Yao Fangyu took a step forward, "Let's go together, okay?" ”

Nangong Jin shook his head, smiled, and left.

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In the evening, the Tartar offensive slowed again. But the Ming army in the city is getting smaller and smaller, and the enemy army seems to know, but they don't seem to be in a hurry, and they are preserving their strength while grinding down the strength of the Ming army.

The main city watchtower, the regular meeting.

"Boss, it's not a way to stick to it like this." Chen Baishui looked distressed, "General Xiaoding, what did you say, how happened to the spies sent out?" ”

Ding Xionghui didn't want to speak, but when he asked, he had to say: "Recently, no spies have broken through the siege and entered the city. ”

Chen Baishui said to Han Hongzhou again: "General Han, you have guarded the three guards of Xuanfu, you say, which guard will be rescued when it receives a call for help?" ”

Han Hongzhou knew what Chen Baishui meant, he had already contacted everyone privately before, and he made it very clear that Tianchengwei's grain and rice were arranged according to the siege of the city for one month, but because there had been no war for several years, before the siege, Lin Fei was changing the old grain. As a result, the old grain was processed, but the new grain had not yet arrived, so the grain and rice in the warehouse were less than half a month. This reason made many people agree with Kaesong, but Han Hongzhou did not express his position.

"It depends, after all, the Tartars rarely besiege cities." Han Hongzhou tried to be as impartial as possible.

"yes, I really didn't expect this siege." Huang Huanbiao nodded, "It's been ten days before and after, right?" This is around, and they are not in a hurry? What's the matter? It stands to reason that the tartars don't bring grain and grass, what do they eat for ten days? ”

"Lao Huang." Zhang Maocai said: "People grabbed it all the way, and they didn't want to bring it back when they had grain and grass, so they came to surround it." It's almost time to grab it from us. ”

Feng Yue looked at these people without saying a word, and Lu Ao couldn't help but sneer: "Then, what does General Chen mean to open the city?" ”

Chen Baishui didn't care, and asked with a smile: "General Xiao Lu, if you don't open the city, what can you do?" You know, if you really wait until the mountains and rivers are exhausted, and the Tartars capture our Tianchengwei, then they will slaughter the city. ”

Lu Ao's eyes widened, "The grain and grass can last for half a month!" Then play for at least half a month! ”

Chen Baishui sighed, "General Xiao Lu really doesn't care about the people in the city. ”

"If you open the city, the people will be able to live?!" Lu Ao asked loudly.

Chen Baishui ignored Lu Ao and suggested to Liang Lie: "Boss, let's send someone to negotiate peace, listen to what the Tartar wants, and give it if you can." Skimming his eyes at Feng Yue, "Last time I said that I would send something to the plague god, but as a result, I had to mix poison in it, this time it's a good ......, this time, we will send a sensible person." Chen Baishui looked at Lin Fei, who was shrinking to the side, and saw that he didn't mean to cooperate at all, so he said angrily: "General Lin is okay, anyway, if you didn't do a good job before, you will be guilty." ”

Lin Fei was startled, "Me? I, I make peace? No, I don't know how to speak Tatar! Manager....... ”

"Alright." Liang Lie understood what Chen Baishui meant, he never wanted to defend the city, he didn't even go to the city wall to fight, and took the initiative to take charge of the four city gates. He put forward Kaejo's proposal no less than five times, but this time, judging from his attitude, there were more supporters. It seems that only Lu Ao is obviously opposed, Feng Yue has always had no big opinion on anything, after all, he is a civil official, and it is okay to do paperwork and record military exploits, and anyone here who kills with a knife is stronger than him; Han Hongzhou, Ding Xionghui, and Jin Jianchang, who was silent, should be neutral, and it is difficult to say after that; As for the rest of the ......, it would be difficult to hold on to the city.

Liang Lie sighed secretly, and his attitude was softer than before, "It's not impossible to open the city and negotiate peace...... ”

"No!" Lu Ao and Nangong Jin spoke out against it almost in unison.

"Boss, why don't you insist on it for half a month!" Lu Ao emphasized again.

"Boss, if the city is opened at this time, how can you explain to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives to defend the city before?" Nangong Jin said loudly: "General Ding, General Han, General Jin, and General Lu here, they took the lead and were born and died several times, for what?" General Huang's sword is not old, and General Zhang is also a general in the middle, fighting against the Tatars again and again, isn't it because we are Ming people? We, the people of Daming, have always had backbone! To open a city is to surrender, and what right does a surrendered army have to keep the enemy's word? Protecting the people and protecting Tianchengwei is definitely not something that can be saved by surrendering! ”

Chen Bai snorted coldly, "Say it lightly." May I ask the second son, can the backbone be eaten? ”

"Backbone can't be eaten as food, but is it still a bright person without backbone? Is it still a Ming soldier?! Nangong Jin asked loudly.

"Boss." Chen Baishui no longer looked at Nangong Jin. "No peace talks will be proposed. The peace talks are not surrenders, even the imperial court has made peace talks with Altan Khan, although we are small Tianchengwei, from the overall situation, we should find out the reason for this Tartar siege. ”

"Boss." Nangong Jin also said to Liang Lie: "If you want to negotiate peace, you will go down." In the next meeting Tatar dialect, not only that, but also had business contacts with the nobles of Tumochuan, maybe they will give a thin face. ”

"Then I can't let you go." Chen Baishui simply said: "Who knows what the second son will say to others." ”

Nangong Jin also sneered, "Even if you let someone else go, what if it's negotiated?" We have been fighting Altan Khan for so many years, when did he keep his word? What's more, what leverage do we have to talk to others? ”

Liang Lie looked around, and when he saw those few neutral people, his expression was not so hesitant, I don't know if he was moved by Nangong Jin, or if he felt that Chen Baishui was more reasonable. "Ladies and gentlemen, the Kaesong peace talks are not ......." Seeing that Lu Ao was about to interrupt again, he waved his hand and said, "Listen to me." But we are the defenders, and it is not our duty to negotiate peace, for the sake of the people, we can consider it, and it is by no means the first choice, especially before we have thought about how to talk, please stick to your duties. ”

Lin Fei was anxious. Do you want to hold on? Where can it hold on! But Liang Lie had already waved his hand to let everyone disperse first. He glanced at Chen Baishui, and saw that Chen Baishui had no intention of leaving, so he was a little relieved, and retreated with everyone.

However, this confrontation with Chen Baishui made Lu Ao look at Nangong Jin for the first time, smiled and nodded.

Ding Xionghui patted him on the shoulder, gave him a thumbs up, and said three words, "I can really say it!" ”

didn't take a few steps, but was stopped by Jin Jianchang again, "The second son is the way to kill the enemy and save his life under the sect?" When will you be free to teach my people too? ”

"Okay, I teach you a few tricks every day before eating. General Kim was interested and brought someone along. Nangong Jin said with a smile.

"Okay, that's a deal."

Nangong Jin didn't expect that those few words would bring him popularity, after all, the identity of a rich son is really unpleasant.