"I see・・・・・・

Lin Fan sighed with emotion, glanced at Niu Zhongren, who was still angry, and scolded: "What are you so angry, you make yourself like the deputy manager." ”

Niu Zhongren puffed up his chest unconvinced, and said, "One day I will sit in that position." ”

"Dream on."

The city gate was wide open, three thousand soldiers and horses entered the city one after another, the snow outside the city was white, the snow inside the city was not touched, it was as clean as if it had not snowed, and the people of Mayi and some soldiers were sweeping the snow.

Looking at those busy figures, Lin Fan suddenly felt that a scene described in the ancient poem was not applicable, what to take care of the frost on the tiles of others, everyone swept the snow in front of the door, and now the people here are helping each other.

Although this poem is a metaphor for not being nosy, this kind of scene must have appeared, otherwise the author would not have such feelings... But soon, Lin Fan found out that he was wrong, the scene here was not as beautiful as he imagined.

The streets are clean, but the city doesn't look good, to be exact, the atmosphere is not good, it's lifeless, and although the city is inhabited, it's no different from a dead city.

Those people who help each other clear the snow seem to be helping others clear the snow on the surface, but if you look closely, you will find that these people seem to have been forced to clear the snow, without much enthusiasm, everyone will only bury their heads in the snow, and do not have any language communication with the people around them, as if they are strangers who do not know each other at all.

There seems to be an insurmountable gap between people, no communication, no feelings, just like the walking dead in some movies in later generations, only the body has no soul...

After communicating with Niu Zhongren and some soldiers who knew the inside story, Lin Fan knew the reason, it turned out that Ma Yi still had such a past・・・・・・

Today's Ma Yi is the difference between heaven and hell in the past, when Ma Yi was controlled by Jieli in the past, the people spent all day in anxiety, they were most afraid of going out, they could not go out if they could, for fear that they would be captured by the Turkic thieves as a test for demonstration to the Tang Dynasty.

Many people walk on the road and don't know how they were caught, sometimes they are still chatting with their companions, and suddenly a few thieves come out of an alley and tie you up, and then this becomes his last shopping, his family members are either in the wilderness or in the streets and alleys to see the remains, their deaths are ugly, they are innocent, they are also pitiful, because they have become Jieli's test subjects, Jieli wants to demonstrate to Boss Li, recklessly, deliberately kill his people to let him see, Jieli wants to kill Boss Li angrily.

Jieli didn't get angry with Boss Li, but he hurt others, and only took pity on the families of the deceased who were used as experiments, they could only watch their relatives die in pain and tragedy in front of their eyes, and wanted to take revenge? can only go to death again, the only thing they do is to close the door of the house and not go out, wait until the rice tank bottoms out, and then secretly run to the rice shop or vegetable field in the dead of night to get a lot of grain back, and then continue to close the door, if there is any emergency, it is also a man to go out, once the woman goes out and is caught, it is inevitable that she will be ravaged by a few or a dozen Turkic thieves in the wilderness or alley, although they did not kill them in the end, but these ravaged women have no face to live in the world, Most people chose to commit suicide, and there are many souls of women in the Yin River of Mayi.

They specifically arrest the Han people, and never move the Turkic people who are also of Turkic blood, because only when they attack the Han people will Boss Li be shocked and angry, and make Boss Li angry, which is the goal that Jieli wants to achieve.

His goal was achieved, but he did not wait for the news that Boss Li was going to destroy him, and he became even more crazy when he got the news, and the number of killings gradually increased, from once every seven or eight days to once every two or three days, and sometimes he forcibly broke into people's homes to snatch men and rape women when they couldn't find Han people on the street, and tossed them at will as long as they liked them, whether they were young or old, they were just trying to relieve their inner fears and worries by killing people, and he was a little ****** The leader is also apprehensive about the panic of the emperor.

Under the massacre of Jieli, Mayi once became a dead city, a large city, with a population of nearly one million, but there were only a handful of pedestrians on the street, most of them were Turkic, and the Han people were hiding under the windowsill and shivering to pay attention to the surrounding situation.

At night, Ma Yi was even quieter, and the only few brothels that stayed all night were not opened for the Tang people, but only for the Turkic thieves, and most of the women who served them were robbed by the Tang people.

Fortunately, the heavens finally opened their eyes, and the dead city gradually gained vitality under the occupation of Chai Shao, and in the second year of Zhenguan, Chai Shao and Xue Wanche killed Liang Shi and occupied Shuofang, and at the same time saved Mayi, which was not very far from Shuofang.

In fact, the reason why Chai Shao and Xue Wanche captured Shuofang was because of the tragic situation of Ma Yi, and Shuo Fang also had a tragic situation but it was not as serious as Ma Yi, because Ma Yi was directly controlled by Jieli's cronies, and although Liang Shidu was attached to Jieli, he did not really belong to ****** after all, he just relied on Jieli's force to support his own territory.

History did not say the reason, nor did it go down in history, because this is a shame that I can't open my mouth, only say that Chai Shao and Xue Wanche occupied Shuofang, ostensibly in addition to the separatist force Liang Shidu, but in fact they were forced by Jieli, otherwise Liang Shidu had already occupied Shuofang for so many years, and he would not have cleared it earlier, but at this time to clear it, the excuse of destroying Liang Shidu is very appropriate, and there is no need to say the truth again.

In the history books, it is often said that Jieli invaded the north in partial generalizations, which is relatively vague, and the specific intrusion is not explained, and people who have not personally experienced this dynasty do not know that this kind of thing is forever buried in the dust of history・・・・・・

Now, after more than a year of rest, the appearance of Mayi has recovered, but the overall is far less than when it was at its most prosperous.

The further I walked into the city, the more chaotic the place was, a little dilapidated, a little chaotic, and seemed to be an uncontrolled area.

Seeing this area, Lin Fan was very disappointed, he thought that Mayi City was just a lifeless dead city, at least what he saw all the way into the city just now, this city did look lifeless, but what he saw in front of him was not only very energetic, but also gave people a sense of coercion.

The surrounding scene exudes an air of decadence, but these people seem to be very energetic, not the vitality of spring, but a vitality that makes people feel dangerous.

If it weren't for the fact that they all held a spear in their hands or a sword pinned to their waists, Lin Fan would have felt that they were just civilians, if this was not the Mayi controlled by the Tang Army, Lin Fan would easily have the illusion of entering a thief's den of a violent organization, just like the no-man's land in European and American movies in later generations, chaotic and full of violence, walking in it feels cold on the back, if someone shoots you in the back, you don't know, I don't know how you died here, the danger is...

Although these people were armed with spears and swords, they were very lazy, one by one like turtles, sloppy in dirty rags, loosely draped in unseemly coats, which made his insecurity even stronger.

Worthy of being a brother, Niu Zhongren saw the worry on Lin Fan's face, patted him on the shoulder and said: "These guards are just government soldiers, usually not used in combat, and the elite of combat will not appear here, just like our soldiers are used for combat, so you should rest assured, Ma Yi has us in absolute safety, you can put ten thousand hearts on this." ”

Walking through two streets, Lin Fan sighed, the city in the north is not comparable to the big city in the south, although there are various facilities around, but the grade is much worse, some of the signs of the brothel are hanging crookedly next to them, and they are lonely and swaying over there under the north wind, and there is a danger of falling down if they are not careful, and a few naughty children under the signboard do not feel that this place is dangerous, and a few people get together and don't know what they are playing.

Indeed, as Niu Zhongren said, Ma Yi has changed its appearance under the violent rule of Jieli, and after a duel between the Turks and the Tang army, it has become even more depressed, which has created today's situation, even after a year of rest, it is difficult to return to the prosperous appearance of the past.

War is not only harmful to the environment, but also more harmful to people, pedestrians on the street come and go, but there are not many smiles on their faces, even if they meet acquaintances, they are only smiling and smiling, which was not the case in the past. The war has left a wound in their hearts, these people who are alive are more or less hurt, even if they don't, they will be horrified to see Jieli's brutal behavior, they have developed a fear in their hearts, everyone maintains a high degree of vigilance, for fear that if they are not careful, they will be arrested again - Chai Shao and Xue Wanche's Anmin lobbying did not make these people change their mentality, because their hearts were really hurt.

Looking at these listless people, Lin Fan felt pity from the bottom of his heart, and the resentment towards Jieli in his heart gradually developed hatred from the initial indifference, all of them were yellow-skinned, black-eyed and black-haired, why are they so cruel, Lin Fan wanted to grab Jieli's collar and ask him, if your family suffered such tyranny, would you accept it?

Jieli will not come again, Niu Zhongren said that there is General Li Jing's army stationed here, Jieli wants to recapture this city is delusional, the city is maintained layer by layer, Jieli does not die 80,000, the army of 100,000 will not arrive here. This is the most important thing, safety is the first place, under the dangerous city, Lin Fan does not feel that he can sleep peacefully・・・・・・

Lin Fan can finally eat a good meal and sleep well, now he no longer lives in a tent in the wild, and he doesn't need to sleep in the open, eat well, sleep well, and finally get through the hard days.

Although I have heard a lot about the tragic side of Ma Yi, although Ma Yi does not have much vitality now, this does not affect Lin Fan's mood, compared to the hardships on the march, eating well and sleeping well is his greatest pursuit, so after eating and drinking enough, he hid in his room and slept soundly, as for how to fight the war, it was not his consideration.

It was late at night, and in a courtyard room, the lights were still on, and the two generals, Li Jing and Zhang Gongjin, sat around a wooden table, discussing the military situation with each other, and there was a map on the table.

Both of them were silent, both of them were staring at the map, Li Jing stroked his long beard and frowned deeply, for a long time, before he exhaled a breath, shook his head and said: "Our 20,000 soldiers and horses can't all send troops, you look at here to Dingxiang, although the distance is not very far, but the road is difficult to walk, so many teams have difficulty moving forward." ”

Zhang Gongjin thought for a while and asked, "Then how many people does Li Gong think he should send over?" ”

Li Jing was silent for a long time, and said: "I'll take the three thousand soldiers and horses I brought first, and you will take some people to follow up slowly and be responsible for the transportation of grain and grass." ”

"No one needs to be on duty here?"

Li Jing chuckled and said, "This time we are encircling Jieli in the form of a roll, can he still run back?" Impossible, all the way out to the north has been intercepted by us, how can he escape? Just leave a few soldiers and horses here, and all the rest go to the battlefield. ”

Zhang Gongjin nodded slightly, stared at the map and muttered: "According to our original strategy, we will attack in six ways, which can be regarded as blocking all the places where Jieli escapes, unless he escapes to Mongolia and defects to other countries." ”

"Impossible."

Li Jing pointed to the hinterland of ****** and said: "Xu Shiji went straight to the hinterland of ******, he will guard the north to prevent Jieli from escaping, and the direction of the Yellow River has been blocked by us, and he has nowhere to escape・・・・・・

"I'm afraid of ・・・・・・"

Li Jing sighed lightly: "Xu Shiji had an accident halfway and couldn't rush to the hinterland first, Rao is like this, Jieli fled to the north, and this white-eyed wolf will definitely come back to take revenge in the future." ”

"General Xu is experienced in a hundred battles and has a lot of experience, so there shouldn't be any problems." Zhang Gongjin said with some uncertainty.

Li Jing glanced out the window and shook his head and said, "Who knows, there are unforeseen circumstances in the sky, and what I am afraid of is that this kind of weather will affect the march." ”

"Let's hope the weather won't be so bad then."

Li Jing stood in front of the window with his hands in his hands, looked at the snow outside, and muttered: "At this moment, except for Youzhou Governor Wei Xiaojie who is still guarding Youzhou, the rest of the four-way soldiers and horses should still be on the road, Chai Shao got the news that the special forces led by Niu Jinda have made peace with them, presumably the other road armies should also make peace, and now... ”

Zhang Gongjin asked, "Then when will we go on the expedition?" ”

Li Jing thought for a while and said: "In more than half a month, it will be the Yuan Day, and we will attack Dingxiang during the Yuan Day, Jieli will definitely not think that we will go to war at that time... ”

"The general is a good plan!" (To be continued.) )