The remnant sun is dying, and the afterglow that lays down reflects the vertical and horizontal valleys on the Loess Plateau, the interweaving friction of light and darkness, as if it is a military formation that is fighting, in the end because of the arrival of night, the darkness prevails, and in less than half an hour, this day should completely sink.

The wind swept the yellow sand, coming from all directions, this is a small pass in the depths of Luliang, a small group of soldiers who were originally guarding here have been cut down, and about 100 horsemen stepped on the corpses and walked over.

There is a small town about five miles away from the pass, which is on the trade road, and it is also a resting place for the north and south in the past, but it also makes it more prosperous here than the surrounding area, the imperial court intended to build a city here, and the pass five miles away is actually there some traces now, and the adobe wall of less than two meters has surrounded the town.

When they heard the sound of horses' hooves, the first to react was the people who were repairing the wall, and in the rumbling sound, they stopped what they were doing and looked north. Soon, the soldier who was supervising the work next to him saw the lazy minfu, took the whip over, and scolded loudly, but the whip did not really fall on the minfu. It is true that at this time, he should have already worked, but in order to catch up with the schedule, he could only work until midnight, so the people were already angry in their hearts, and if they really wanted to whip again, I was afraid that the people would change.

The soldier who wielded the whip soon heard the movement over there, and the whip in his hand did not fall, and the discussion of the people quietly sounded, followed by a shout from someone else, and the panic spread from the city wall, and after a while, the town of more than a thousand people was completely chaotic.

Because the 500 officers and soldiers who were temporarily stationed here in Xiucheng quickly got the news, on the square in front of the cantonment, everyone's faces were related, but they also had a resolute look. General Fang Dawei was in his forties, standing in front of everyone with a sword on his face, and there was no expression on his face.

Listening to the panicked running sound of the town, Fang Dawei opened his mouth: "Everyone, the Rong people are here."

After saying this, Fang Dawei glanced at everyone, perhaps wanting to ease the atmosphere, and laughed: "I didn't expect that I could still bump into those Rong dogs in this kind of place, and I won't hide it from you, now that the whole north has been fighting, even if I want to retreat, there is nowhere to retreat, therefore, I am determined to fight with Rong Dog, you and I should be soldiers and eat food, it should be so......"

At this point, everyone made a decision, and when they thought of their colleagues at that pass five miles away, everyone thought about what happened there, and their hearts became more and more sad.

Since a month ago, the fragmentary Rong cavalry has come here, covering up and killing, the court and the Rong people have had several encounters, this is in a relatively remote territory, the battle situation is not as fierce as elsewhere, but everyone understands people, knows the current situation, otherwise they would not be in such a hurry to repair the city.

The pass was actually repaired, but it couldn't stop the Rong people.

The townspeople had already begun to flee, occasionally hurrying across the square, and had probably met them, and some had come to inquire about them. Then some young people took all kinds of "weapons" and planned to join them.

Seeing this, Fang Dawei stopped these righteous men in the end, and persuaded: "If you can go south, it is a good thing, you still need to be informed over there, you are not like us, there is no need to leave yourself here......" Fang Dawei saw the grief and indignation on the faces of these people, and he smiled in the end, "The fathers and villagers in this town also need someone to protect them......

Having said that, someone glanced at the rear, hugged his fists and left, and followed the people to the south, but some stayed, Fang Dawei has been stationed here for a few months, knowing that the people left behind are all lonely people, and he didn't say anything more.

However, in a town of less than 1,000 people, no matter how well it is organized, there will not be many people, and in the end less than 600 people are left to defend.

Everyone understood that there was no possibility of survival this time, so Fang Dawei still followed the practice in the army to "drive away" those soldiers who were alone at home, although he knew in his heart that there was no point in doing so, but at least he could live for a few more days.

In such a situation, it is good to be able to live an extra hour.

The torch was lit, Fang Dawei looked at the face that had turned sallow in the light of the fire, nodded, arranged the task at the moment, and went down to prepare.

Fang Dawei turned around and looked at the south, and the shadowy mountain beams under the starlight were projected over, blocking the thoughts of going south, the old garden, farewell.

The town has a very common name, called the big locust tree, because there is a hundred-year-old big locust tree in front of the south gate of the town, and at this time, under the bright torches, the dry branches are dangling in the wind, and it is indescribably desolate.

Locust tree, the tree of ghost dwelling. Fang Dawei's gaze was taken back from that side, and he didn't have to worry about having nowhere to go after death......

Outside the big locust tree town, there is an ancient river remnant at a distance of 500 meters to the north, thanks to this, a ravine about five meters deep and ten meters wide is formed here, at this time Fang Dawei has ordered people to come here and cut the wooden bridge erected on it.

Of course, it is obviously impossible to stop the other party by this means, but due to the special geographical nature of the Loess Plateau, it will take at least half an hour to get around this ten-meter-wide distance, which is enough for the people in the town to walk a distance south.

Fang Dawei stood on the mound at the head of the bridge, the fire in the rear had disappeared, and his heart fell a little, beside him, Yang Ke smiled and asked: "General, why don't we also retreat south, it's useless to stay here!"

Of course, Fang Dawei is not a general, but he always lets others call him that way on weekdays, and over time, even if everyone is "not angry", they have not changed their words because of their funny and calling habits.

Hearing Yang Ke's words, Fang Dawei was stunned, noticed the gaze cast from the surroundings, and smiled: "Where to retreat?"

Yang Ke thought for a while: "There are also a few of our military villages to the south."

Fang Dawei said: "It's easy to say, at this juncture, those big people don't know where to run, we went over, maybe we were beheaded by someone else, General Ben doesn't want to die so aggrieved."

Yang Ke smiled, didn't answer, and moved on to other things: "General, have you heard of that gang of horse thieves?"

"I heard, what? Are you related to them? ”

Yang Ke said: "It's a thief, I'm an official ......" quipped, Yang Ke had a straight face, a little embarrassed, "I just heard that their leader is a woman, and it seems that he still came from the south."

Fang Dawei didn't speak again, within his line of sight, the sound of the horse's hooves on the opposite side had become clearer and clearer, and a moment later, outside the firing range, there was already a military array.

In Dahuashu Town, the torches on the city wall have been lit, and it looks like tens of thousands of soldiers are stationed, but everyone on the hill understands that the other party chooses to break through from here, and obviously has a very clear understanding of this side, and it is the hands of them to do this, more to reassure their own hearts......

At a certain moment, with the cold wind coming, there was still a cold killing intent.

The big locust tree is less than a hundred miles away, and it is the Guide Mansion.

A long-lost watch, thank you for your support!

Well, myopia seems to have a bit of a problem recently, I feel blurry when I wear glasses, and it hurts inexplicably not long ago, I'm really worried that I'll be blind now!

And stable updates, how can it be so hard!

It's too much of a drag.

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