On the thirteenth day of the lunar month, Hai time, the capital of Xunzhou.

Chu Chen cried for a while and fell asleep, An Ruoshang was worried about his body, so he asked the doctor from the state capital to come and take a look, and the doctor said that it was no big deal, but he still prescribed some medicine to protect his mind, and An Ruoshang reluctantly put his mind at ease.

Xunzhou is second only to Kyoto in Yuanzhao, the state government is much better than the mansions of some princes and nobles, the room is elegantly furnished, the bed is also very soft, Chu Chen lies on it and sleeps soundly, and he can hear his small snoring when he gets closer.

An Ruoshang sat on the edge of the couch, looking at Chu Chen almost greedily, her fingertips gently tracing his much thinner little face and fleshy little hands, and her heart was peaceful and calm.

After staying in Hudi for more than two years and being separated from the child for several months, there is no need to say how many difficulties and pains I have experienced during this time, and the child is fine.

It's okay......

An Ruoshang silently recited these four words in her heart, but her eyes were a little hot.

She had actually prepared for the child to leave her, but she was still reluctant to do so at this moment.

The first queen is dead, this is a matter of telling the world, even if Chu Lingzhao believes in her identity, but there are still inextricable links between her and the Hu people, she can't go back for a long time, besides, ...... She didn't have much time left.

Chu Chen has Chu Lingzhao's blood flowing on his body, Chu Lingzhao will definitely not let him be left out, but with a biological mother like her, will he really love this child?

After going through so many things, An Ruoshang doesn't care whether Chu Chen can succeed to the throne at all, she only hopes that Chu Chen can grow up safely, healthily, and grow up in the future, marry a girl she likes, and live a life with Hemeimei.

Thinking of those scenes that she might not be able to see at all in the future, her eyes became hotter and hotter, her vision blurred, An Ruoshang blinked, and a drop of hot tears silently smashed on the quilt.

"Your Majesty!"

The person guarding the door let out a low voice, and An Ruoshang hurriedly wiped her tears and got up: "See Your Majesty." ”

She lowered her head to keep him from seeing the corners of her red eyes, and at the same time took the opportunity to calm her emotions.

Chu Lingzhao just looked at her like that, she had been married to him for nearly three years, and she was the crown princess he married in a sedan chair, and she was also his wife.

From the crown princess to the queen, he has not poured any feelings into her, even the child, it is only under the coercion and temptation of the queen mother.

With her, he always seems to be there to complete the task.

Rough, silent, savage, but she always gritted her teeth and endured it silently.

Now that I think about it, what impressed him the most was that she was bullied in the dark, and she hummed with low restraint and forbearance.

Like a kitten, you have to cry or not, and tickle people's hearts.

He didn't think that she would dare to cheat to death, and dare to take the child to cheat to death together, not only that, but in the blink of an eye, she appeared in front of him with a different identity.

After a long time, he commanded in a low voice, "Raise your head." ”

The voice fell, and he clearly saw her body stiffen for a moment, as if nervous and scared, just like the first time he saw her.

Unable to wait, he stepped forward and grabbed her jaw with his hand, forcing her to look up.

This is a beautiful face without any blemish, enough to confuse the mind of any man, but it does not bear the slightest resemblance to her three years ago.

Except for those sparkling eyes.

She had just cried, her eyes were red, her eyes were moist, her eyes were flashing helplessly, she didn't dare to look at him, and inexplicably reminded him of the wedding day, when he took off the hijab of a hundred birds and a phoenix, she was also so flustered.

But at that time, he didn't pity to stay, only coldly dropped a sentence: In the future, the palace will rest in the concubine's bedroom, and you don't have to wait for me!

Later, he learned that even though he said he didn't have to wait for him on the wedding night, she was waiting for him every day with hot tea, pastries, incense burners, and beds.

She has an excellent temperament, she has been the crown princess for three years, and she has been robbed of her favor and limelight by the side concubine, but she has never complained about it.

One day, the Queen Mother talked to Chu Lingzhao and hinted that he should not favor the side concubine too much, he thought it was her complaint, and ran to the princess's bedroom to scold her, at that time she was also like now, red-eyed, and looked at him in a panic, but there were two more grievances in her eyes.

"Are you really my queen?"

Chu Lingzhao asked, the skin under his fingertips was so tender that it was almost weird, such a close distance made him clearly see An Ruosheng's eyelashes trembling, she wanted to turn her head to avoid his gaze, but he tightened his hand, and his fingertips pressed a small piece of blue and white on her chin.

"Please forgive your majesty!" She confessed her mistake dumbly, as if she was very afraid of him, and added: "The concubine knows that the crime of deceiving the king is unforgivable, but the child is innocent, please don't implicate the child because of the concubine!" ”

She mentioned the child, and Chu Lingzhao turned her eyes to the bed.

Chu Chen was still asleep, and he didn't know what kind of treacherous things were happening in the house at this moment.

Chu Lingzhao finally let go of An Ruoshang and walked to the edge of the bed and sat down.

Chu Chen was born good-looking, and after falling asleep, his big flickering eyes did not open, and he was missing a feature that was very similar to Hu Wanyan, almost a copy of Chu Lingzhao's childhood.

The Queen Mother liked Chu Lingzhao very much, and asked a court painter to paint a lot of portraits for him, and she used to like to show it to Chu Lingzhao, so Chu Lingzhao remembered his appearance when he was a child very clearly.

It felt very strange, he didn't like An Ruoshang before, and he didn't expect this child to be born, but when he didn't know it, this child was born, and it looked so much like him. And he used to like Su Bangyue so much, but between them gave birth to a child like a monster.

Chu Lingzhao raised his hand and touched Chu Chen's face, the child's face was very tender, and it was full of flesh, which was very good to the touch.

He was a little curious, the first time he had touched a child like this, and amazingly, it was his child.

Xu is father and child really have telepathy because of their blood relationship, and when he was about to withdraw his hand, Chu Chen suddenly opened his eyes.

Chu Lingzhao and he were both stunned, looking at each other, and after a while, Chu Chen giggled, hugged Chu Lingzhao's with his small hand, and then grabbed Chu Lingzhao's index finger.

"Chen'er!"

An Ruoshang couldn't help but exclaim, even if Chu Chen was still young, but Chu Lingzhao was a golden body after all, how could he be so presumptuous?

An Ruoshang didn't dare to step forward, she only shook her head at Chu Chen, hoping that he could understand what he meant, but Chu Chen thought that his mother was playing games with him, and he became more and more happy.

Chu Lingzhao remembered his doubts when he was in the Incense Making Pavilion again, and turned his head to look at An Ruosheng: "You call him Chen'er, which Chen?" Who gave him the name? ”

An Ruoshang was stunned by his question, and then lowered her head and replied: "Back to Your Majesty, it refers to the Polaris Chen, the original civil and military officials on the book of Hajj, Your Majesty approved this word." ”

said that it was a confession, but in fact, it was just a word he picked out at random from a pile of folds, and he didn't use any thoughts, but she cherished it until now.

"Chu Chen." Chu Lingzhao read these two words, this is the name of his eldest son, which is only recorded in the history books, because the child was never born back then, and there is not even a tombstone in the imperial tomb.

"Woo ......"

The first time he heard his father call his name, Chu Chen snorted twice in response, Chu Lingzhao looked surprised, and his fingers hooked Chu Chen's little tongue to play: "Can he understand me?" ”

There was a hint of excitement in Chu Lingzhao's tone, An Ruoshang looked at it for a long time, but finally couldn't hold back, and asked in a low voice: "Your Majesty, the child is still young, the spleen and stomach are weak, did you wash your hands before you came?" ”

“……”

Chu Lingzhao silently withdrew his hand, a little embarrassed, An Ruoshang hurriedly poured a cup of hot water for Chu Chen to feed.

Because Chu Lingzhao was sitting on the edge of the bed, she knelt on the floor of her shoes with a cup, looking at her little baby with her heart full of eyes.

"Queen, do you hate me?"

Chu Lingzhao asked, An Ruoshang paused, then returned to normal, rolled up her sleeves to help Chu Chen wipe the corners of her lips: "I hated, but now I just hope that Chen'er will grow up safely." ”

She only talked about Chu Chen, but didn't say what kind of feelings she had for him now.

Chu Lingzhao didn't ask, thinking of what happened before, he opened his mouth to verify: "Is the soft soul incense in the middle of the heart from you?" ”

"Yes."

"On the day of the life and death situation, you also deliberately caused the poison in Jinzhi's body to attack early?"

"Yes."

"You're doing this to sabotage Kutar's plan and give me a warning so that you can have a chance to save the child?"

"Yes." An Ruoshang was sure, thought about it and said: "Compared with Hu Ren, I believe that Your Majesty will treat Chen'er well and protect him for a lifetime." ”

She explained in disguise that she was not helping Chu Lingzhao, but helping Chu Chen pave the way, although the road was full of difficulties and obstacles.

"You set the fire in Zhao'an Tower?"

"Yes."

An Ruoshang nodded, everything she did after returning to Beijing was very clear and clear, Chu Lingzhao pursed his lips and was silent, and after a while, he took out two small and delicate silver bells from his arms, which were originally on her ankles.

As soon as she saw the bell, An Ruoshang subconsciously shrank back, her feet hurt.

Chu Lingzhao's gaze also fell, she was wearing a pair of thin embroidered shoes, the skirt just covered her ankles, and she could only vaguely see that there seemed to be gauze wrapped around them.

"Come here!"

Chu Lingzhao ordered, An Ruoshang was cramped and at a loss, and said: "Your Majesty, the silver bell is indeed mine, I ......"

Before he finished speaking, Chu Lingzhao directly took her hand and dragged her into his arms.

An Ruoshang exclaimed, Chu Lingzhao had already lifted the hem of her skirt, most of her originally slender and fair calves were swollen due to wound infection, and the gauze had already been stained with dirty blood.

An Ruosheng's face was so hot that she was so embarrassed that she had nowhere to hide: "Your Majesty, I'm ...... I'll go to the doctor to get some medicine later. ”

Her voice was a little choked, and she didn't know if she was hurt or wronged.

"How did it hurt?"

Chu Lingzhao asked softly, ignoring An Ruosheng's prevention and uncovering the gauze, revealing a truly hideous and terrifying wound.

"As soon as I arrived in Hudi, I tried to escape, but they got annoyed, so they put a bell on me with a silver wire through my ankle as a reminder."

An Ruoshang hid that they wanted her to dance for fun, which was very unbearable for her, and she didn't want others to know about it.

"Does it hurt?"

Chu Lingzhao asked, he remembered that she was very afraid of pain, otherwise she wouldn't have cried like that when he first went back to her dormitory to stay overnight.

"It's fine."

An Ruoshang said lightly, she has carried too much in the past two years, and she seems to have become numb.

As long as Chu Chen is good, she can do anything.

Her indifferent tone made Chu Lingzhao's heart hurt sharply, and unconsciously, Chu Lingzhao took her into his arms and hugged her tightly.

She was thin and petite, and she didn't carry much weight in her arms, which was unpredictable.

Chu Lingzhao's movements were very urgent, not gentle, An Ruosheng's nose slammed into his hard chest, and the tears that he had just tried his best to suppress welled up again.

"Your Majesty, I'm fine......"

An Ruoshang whispered, but after speaking, tears welled up, she raised her hand and wiped it a few times, but she didn't expect to wipe it more and more.

Reason told her that this was the embrace of the Ninety-Five Supreme, he didn't love her, this was not a place where she should vent her grievances, but for too long, no one had hugged her like this and let her rely on it.

The fears, despairs, sorrows, and sorrows that had been pent up for too long roared and drowned her, tearing her reason and the strong pretense to shreds.

was held by a person like this, which made her feel aggrieved like a child.

At first she was silent in tears, but gradually she began to cry.

Your Majesty, do you know that I have been waiting for you?

Your Majesty, do you know that I worked so hard to give birth to our child, his name is Chu Chen, he is your emperor's eldest son, and he is very cute.

Your Majesty, do you know how much I have loved you with all my heart......

Crying to the end, An Ruosheng's voice was hoarse, she fell asleep dizzily, Chu Lingzhao hugged her and went to the doctor, the doctor first bandaged her legs, and then carefully examined her face, and confirmed that it was a face-changing technique, and there was less than a year left to live.

In less than a year, that is, only a few months, maybe he can't wait for this war to subside, before he can purge the Qing Dynasty and find a suitable name to take her and the child back and canonize her, she is already gone.

Chu Lingzhao couldn't tell what he was feeling in his heart.

When he looked at her again, she was a good woman who could afford the title of a country, she was the one who stood by his side and could match him, but she was not the one who could accompany him all the way.

After sitting for a while, Chu Lingzhao got up and went to find Chu Lingzhao and Zhao Hanzhuo, on the first day of today, the snow was removed, and he said that he wanted to pack rice, Chu Huai'an set up a place to eat in the mansion, the place was not big enough, and it took a total of three rounds for everyone to finish eating.

Chu Huai'an and Zhao Hanzhuo quietly took out the people from the Fang Pavilion and threw them into the state capital cell.

As soon as Chu Lingzhao walked into the cell, he heard the screams of these people being tortured to extract confessions, and there was a faint smell of blood, he frowned, collected a little tenderness, and walked in with a cold face.

"Recruited?"

Chu Huai'an was too busy to eat, and he didn't know where to find a white-faced steamed bun, and said while gnawing: "These few people estimated that they didn't listen well in class, and they talked nonsense, not at all like the old immortal studious who was so studious, and spoke our Yuanzhao Chinese so slippery!" ”

“……”

Chu Lingzhao twitched his brows, and glanced at the torture room, several people inside had been beaten into blood, and they could hardly see their human appearances, not like an interrogation, but more like venting punishment.

Chu Lingzhao pursed his lips and walked inside, separated by two cells, there was a woman locked up in the third cell, Zhao Hanzhuo was standing inside, listening to the screams outside, the woman's face was already pale with fright.

Seeing Chu Lingzhao, Zhao Hanzhuo immediately walked out: "Your Majesty! ”

"Who is this woman?"

"The perfumer of the Fang Pavilion is also the boss behind the scenes."

"Did she say anything?"

"She doesn't know much, she used to be the maid of the An family, and later she was sent by An Wufu to learn how to make incense, so she changed her name and surname to Xunzhou to open the Fang Pavilion, she is only responsible for taking care of the little prince on weekdays." Zhao Hanzhuo and Chu Lingzhao were talking, and the woman suddenly rushed to the door and looked at Chu Lingzhao viciously and shouted: "Faint Jun! You don't have to die well! You don't have to die well! ”

Her voice was poignant, with a strong hatred, and after she finished shouting these words, she bit her tongue and committed suicide.

Zhao Hanzhuo immediately rushed in, but she had already lost her breath.

"Your Majesty, she's dead!"

Zhao Hanzhuo said, Chu Lingzhao didn't react, he looked at the woman fixedly, and couldn't figure out when he had formed a blood feud with her.

The interrogation here was meaningless, and Chu Huaian led Chu Lingzhao and Zhao Hanzhuo to see the half-dead state capital.

Originally, Chu Huai'an wanted to cut it first and then play, but now that Chu Lingzhao is here, he will know him.

The state capital was tortured to the point that it was impossible to do anything, and it took him half a day to recognize Chu Lingzhao after lying on the grass, and he hurriedly turned over and knelt down tremblingly: "Wei ...... Wechen greets Your Majesty! ”

"Are you dissatisfied with me or with the first emperor?"

Chu Lingzhao asked bluntly, he still cared about this matter very much, did he bury the great rivers and mountains of Yuanzhao, or did he take over a mess in the first place.

"Your Majesty is virtuous, the first emperor cannot be compared with Your Majesty!"

The state capital knelt on the ground and said that although he was suspected of being a sycophant, he had already made his position clear.

It's not that he thinks Chu Lingzhao is bad, but he has a complaint about the first emperor.

"The first emperor is dead, you colluded with the Hu people, provoked wars, and poisoned the innocent Li people, even if the country changes hands, how can you retaliate against the first emperor?"

Chu Lingzhao asked in a deep voice, not understanding the thinking of these people, the state capital was stunned for a moment when asked, confusion flashed in his eyes, and then he said: "But I have a grudge in my heart, and if I don't do something, I can't calm it down......"

The anger in his heart can't be calmed, so he has to drag so many people to accompany the funeral, how should this be counted?

Chu Lingzhao didn't know what else he could say, he suddenly felt ridiculous, it seemed that he was not a person in prison, but a cold-blooded and tyrannical monster, and this monster was created by the first emperor or him.

These monsters were domesticated by the Hu people, introduced the Hu people into Yuanzhao, and at the most critical time, they also roared and roared to help the Hu people build momentum.

This is his country, this is his subjects, but he only wants to put him to death!

The mood in the cell was dull and solemn, and Chu Huai'an suddenly spoke: "If you can't calm down, you can die by yourself, and if you die, you will turn into a ghost, and if you go to Huangquan to fight with the first emperor, you will vent your anger, and now you will kill so many people, and you will only be able to go to eighteen layers of hell in the future, and be fried to golden brown by the oil pan over and over again!" ”

“……”

The sorrow that surged up in Chu Lingzhao's heart was instantly covered by the golden picture, his brows couldn't help twitching, and the expression of the state capital was also a little tense.

Chu Huai'an had already asked what he should have asked, and he didn't want to stay here for a long time, so he was about to beckon Chu Lingzhao and Zhao Hanzhuo to leave, when the state capital suddenly spoke: "Your Majesty, Hou Ye, slow down!" ”

Chu Huai'an had already heard him tell him about the tragic events of the eighteenth generation of his ancestors, not only did he not stop, but he also pushed Chu Lingzhao and Zhao Hanzhuo out: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I will go out early tomorrow morning and cut things!" ”

Seeing that they were going to go away, the state government couldn't help but rush to the prison door and shouted: "Your Majesty, if the Hu people break through the border pass, someone will transport grain and grass to them later. ”

It is said that people are dying, and their words are good, and this state government somehow twitched his brain, and even said two good words.

Chu Huai'an was the first to turn around, returned to the outside of the prison door and grabbed him by the collar: "You also know that the Hu people are going to attack the city?" Who told you that? How many of them are there? ”

"Anjia grain shop branch all over the whole Yuanzhao, in the past two years, seventy percent of the grain in Xunzhou has been collected by the Anjia grain store, only the grain of the Anjia grain shop is enough for Hu people 100,000 soldiers and horses to set foot in Yuanzhao!"

Step on the flat Yuanzhao, think beautifully!

Chu Huai'an's chest swelled with monstrous anger, he looked at the state capital with a cruel smile, gritted his teeth and said word by word: "I want to set foot in Yuanzhao with only 100,000, Lao Tzu wants him to have no return!" ”

On the thirteenth day of the lunar month, when the child is in the middle of the month, the border passes.

Once again, the gates were struck by a huge chariot with a dull sound, like a heavy hammer, that fell on every soldier and the people, and they could hear the crack of the heavy wood of the gates clearly.

The last time the Hu organized a siege of the city, the wine in the city ran out, and they used a few barrels of oil to resist that attack.

Oil is much more lethal than wine, but at the same time, it also sends a message to the Hu people that they have no wine.

The border pass is not like the imperial city, it is bitter and barren, and many families can't even use oil lamps, let alone pour barrels of oil down like this.

They won't last long.

This is the only thought in everyone's mind, and it is also the motivation for the Hu people to desperately attack the city.

A few days ago, it snowed, turning the border pass into a white expanse, blocking the border pass from the outside world, but also adding obstacles to the Hu people's attack.

An army of 100,000 was stationed outside the city, and when the snow fell, the Hu people became extremely brave because they were frozen.

The snow here is almost half a man's high, and under such conditions, if they don't take the city soon, maybe the advantage will immediately turn into a disadvantage.

100,000 people have to eat, but also to burn a fire for heating, this is a very large number, the Hu people are not rich, their grain and grass are all behind this border city, only by capturing it, can the back soar!

"Kill!"

This time, Kucodo himself rode up on horseback, with an unstoppable arrogance.

"General!"

A soldier ran over, Lu Xiao slowly stood up, since the Hu people attacked the city, he had never closed his eyes, his eyes were full of bloodshots, and the whole person looked vicissitudes and haggard.

As soon as he stood up, his body shook, but only for a moment, and then he clenched the long knife to stabilize his body.

"Did you bring everything up?"

Lu Xiao asked, the soldier nodded, his eyes were full of trust in the old general, but there was still a bit of hesitation on his face: "General, do you really want to do this?" ”

"Do as I say!"

Lu Xiao said in a deep voice, his incomparably firm tone, like a sharp sword, easily crushing the momentum created by Ku Keduo!

The soldier was shocked by Lu Xiao's tone, turned his head and ran to the side, and everyone pushed the haystack that was tied together and was one person high to the city wall, and then lit it with a torch, and when the outside of the haystack was burned, Lu Xiao walked over, easily picked it up with a long knife, and picked the haystack down the city tower.

The haystacks were only tied together with hemp rope twisted from dry grass, and they exploded after they fell, and the people below were startled, the offensive slowed down, Lu Xiao picked a few haystacks in a row, and the chariot caught fire in some places, and for a while he couldn't tell what it was, so he heard Hu Keduo shouting in nonsense: "Withdraw!" ”

The chariot slowly retreated.

After a few days of siege, their chariots were greatly damaged, and now there are only two left, after all, it took a lot of manpower, material and financial resources to build, although it can not be burned such a fatal weakness, but as long as the things that can be burned in the city are consumed, this chariot will be invincible, and then this city gate will not be able to stop the iron hooves of the Hu people.

Therefore, for the sake of long-term consideration, Kukodor did not rashly risk these two remaining chariots.

The chariot retreated very slowly, and the fire was extinguished halfway through, so Ku Keduo rushed over to check the chariot as soon as possible, and asked the people on the chariot what had just been burned, and those people thought for a while and replied with some confidence: It was horse material.

The expression on Kukeduo's face was a little complicated for a while, a kind of annoyance at being teased, and at the same time a little excited.

He was very sure that Lu Xiao would no longer be able to play any tricks, and there was nothing else in the city for Lu Xiao to stop the attack of the chariot, after all, Lu Xiao had even burned the horse material.

Moreover, Ku Keduo can also be sure that in the military camp in the city, there is not even enough food.

Last year's natural disaster, he knew that Lu Ji took military rations for disaster relief, the Yuanzhao Dynasty had long been decayed, no matter how loyal and patriotic the father and son were, they couldn't turn the tide!

Thinking of this, Ku Keduo's whole person became happy, and he squinted his eyes slightly at the figure standing on the city tower.

The figure guarded the flag with an indesecrated statue, and although the flag had long since faded and was stained with the flames of war and gunpowder, the figure seemed to be unaffected in the slightest.

Is it really not affected?

Suddenly, he thought about it a lot, and suddenly drew an arrow and aimed his bow at the figure.

At this distance, you can't actually shoot that person.

But Hu Keduo didn't think about it so much, he let go immediately after aiming, the arrow shot over, and when he was very close to Lu Xiao, he lost his stamina, deviating from the previous arc, Lu Xiao didn't move, and the arrow grazed his helmet and shot over.

The soldiers on the tower even heard the small cracking sound of arrows grazing their helmets.

"General!"

Everyone shouted in a low voice, but saw that Ku Keduo and the people retreated again.

This is a sign that there will be no more siege tonight, everyone breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly ducked under the city wall and ran towards Lu Xiao.

"General, are you alright?"

The two soldiers raised their heads and asked, Lu Xiao's eyes drooped slightly: "It's okay." ”

After saying that, he walked to the side and sat down casually, and in the process, both of them heard the sound of his bones clattering.

"It's okay, it's an old problem."

Lu Xiao said calmly, the word 'it's okay' is what he has said the most in the past few days, no matter how fierce the Hu people's offensive is, no matter how scarce the grain and grass in the city are, as long as he says these two words, everyone can rest assured.

The two soldiers stood straight in front of him with spears, and not far outside the city were densely stationed the camp tent of the Hu army, which was lit with lights, like stars falling to the ground, forming a wide galaxy.

It's beautiful, it's deadly beautiful.

"General, half of the horse material has been burned, what should I do if the Hu people attack the city again tomorrow? And the rest of the horse feed is only enough for our horses to eat for a few days. ”

One of the soldiers couldn't help but ask, Lu Xiao relaxed and leaned against the city wall, the armor on his body was cold and hard, extremely uncomfortable, from his angle, he could just see the young faces of these two soldiers, like the soldier who was killed by Ku Keduo with the first arrow, like the soldiers who fell in front of him one after another these days, and like an old friend who fought side by side with him many years ago but failed to return home.

Lu Xiao coughed lightly, and then raised his spirit to speak: "Sit down, there will be no one attacking the city at this time." ”

After he finished speaking, the two soldiers did not move, but straightened their backs more straight: "General, you can rest for a while, we will guard for you, and we will definitely not let the Hu people step here!" ”

Their voices were not loud, but the surroundings were extremely quiet, and everyone on the city wall could hear their voices, and then Lu Xiao heard everyone's unanimous promise: "Never let the Hu people step here!" ”

Young, hot-blooded, brave and tenacious.

Lu Xiao thought that he should be proud of these young people, and not only that, he should also make them proud of themselves.

Thinking of this, he stood up again.

When he got up, his bones were sore, and he had to admit that he was old, not only old, but also sick, not as much as Kuke.

The arrow just now, he didn't feel calmly and confidently that he didn't need to dodge, but his body was so stiff at that moment that he couldn't dodge.

"Ahem......"

He coughed, his throat welling up with fishy sweetness, but he swallowed it again.

"Do you know how many soldiers and horses the Hu people led to attack the city?"

Lu Xiao asked, these people have no experience and can't estimate it, and after a while, someone in the northwest corner replied: "A lot!" ”

Everyone laughed, and Lu Xiao also laughed, and after everyone laughed for a while, he affirmed: "That's right, there are a lot, in my experience, at least 100,000 people!" ”

The laughter came to an abrupt end, the number was too clear and too large.

The smile on Lu Xiao's face did not decrease: "Our border guards have a total of only 30,000, from the first attack of the Hu people on the eighth day of the lunar month to the thirteenth day of the lunar month today, the Hu people attacked the city twelve times, our army killed 2,000 people, wounded 3,000 people, and burned eight Hu chariots, and the casualties were twice as many as ours. ”

Judging from the casualty rate alone, it was they who won, but in fact, they lost from 30,000 to 25,000, and the Hu people still had as many as 90,000.

"30,000 against 100,000, you can hold on to this day, you are all good, this war with fewer enemies is destined to be recorded in history and praised by future generations, and your names are destined to go down in history!"

Lu Xiao praised sincerely, and his gaze slowly swept over the faces of every soldier on the city wall.

The snow has not melted for days, and the moonlight is reflected and reflected, and you can see these green faces clearly without candle flames.

Lu Xiao's breathing stagnated, and his eyes that had gone through vicissitudes of life were amazingly bright, and finally he said: "But I must tell you one thing, tomorrow, it is a battle to the death!" ”

Dead, and then the city was broken......