"Just watching them mess around?"

"No, I can't. You can bear it, but I can't bear it. Lu Xuanhuo stood up, filled with righteous indignation.

He can still watch how the officers and soldiers in the southwest died, and he can see that so many innocent women and children are sent to death, his blood is surging, and he just wants to rush over and kill this barbarian, Lu Xuan is also a farmer, and he really empathizes with this cruelty.

A hand pressed on Lu Xuan's shoulder, which was very light, but it was very heavy in Lu Xuan's heart. Lu Xuan looked at Liu Fan's hand and said in a trembling voice: "General......"

"If you can't help it, you have to endure it." Jiang Baiyan finally spoke, turned his head, and took a long breath, "Lu Xuan, now Lou Cang has already made the people hateful, and those who follow him are outlaws. Cao Kangsu claims to be benevolent and righteous, but after this battle, he killed a lot of people, but I am afraid that the people's hearts will be lost. When General Liu becomes king, these people will obey. ”

"Don't keep telling me these big things, I won't listen. Just for the sake of this prestige, should these innocent people be sent to death? Lu Xuan said in a sullen voice: "If it is such prestige, I would rather not want it." ”

"So you'll never be king." Jiang Baiyan said lightly: "Do you want it, these are opportunities, just see who can seize them." What can you do if you are dissatisfied now, can you still kill Lou Cang, don't say that you can't, even the boss may not be able to. But even if you assassinate Lou Cang alone, what can you do, kill Lou Cang, as well as Li Cang, Zhou Cang, kill one person but save one person, and win the world to save the world! ”

Lu Xuan frowned and said, "But you still have soldiers in your hands, and you are still holding the soldiers, how can you bear it?" ”

Jiang Baiyan said in a deep voice: "These people are fate, aren't our soldiers fate?" I was immediately trusted by the general, appointed the commander of this march, and asked for a successful blow, to minimize the damage of the soldiers, and to shoot blindly, it was definitely not Jiang Baiyan's doing, if the general did not like it, he could let others lead the army, I would never object. ”

Liu Fa gently patted Jiang Baiyan's shoulder, "Baiyan, I trust you, I just hope to kill Zhu Cang as soon as possible." ”

Jiang Baiyan felt the weight on his shoulders, and said in a deep voice: "Baiyan will definitely live up to the general's trust!" ”

In the early morning, the sun had not risen, and the sky was dark for a moment.

The fire on the ground was still raging, and the piles were burning everywhere almost to the end.

Lou Cang still did not capture Xiangyin City, although he prepared a lot of siege equipment, but Xiangyin City was too strong after all, and it was definitely not that he led the bandits to conquer it, although the bandits were greedy for money and profit, they could not attack it for a long time, and they were inevitably tired. Except for a few sentry men, they were all asleep, waiting for the next day to attack the city.

The defenders were also exhausted, and after days of fighting, everyone did not dare to leave their armor, and more of them were squatting in the corner with spears and napping.

Although a few of them were staring at the movements of the thieves in the city, their eyes were red, and it was obvious that they hadn't slept well for a long time. But the responsibility of protecting the people of the city falls on them, and they dare not have a trace of fatigue.

The relatives of these soldiers are either in Xiangyin City, or in the surrounding counties and townships, and countless people have been driven over in the past few days, some have died under the city, and even if some are not dead, they are still slaughtered by Lou Cang and others at this moment, and most of them are worse than dead.

Some of the eyes of the defenders were red and swollen, but it was because they were sad and cried.

Suddenly, the sound of soft footsteps sounded, and some soldiers woke up, either holding guns or holding knives, but when they saw the people coming, they all put down their blades and shouted, "Lord Cao." ”

Cao Kang's eyes were also bloodshot, his face was gloomy, and when he saw that a soldier was going to greet the soldier who had not woken up, he waved his hand to stop and sighed softly, "Let them sleep for a while, they have been fighting continuously for these days, and it is really hard." ”

The soldiers stood solemnly, I don't know if the county guard was not asleep or just got up at this time, but in any case, the county guard and everyone shared weal and woe, which always moved the soldiers, and the scene of beheading the soldiers a few days ago faded.

All the soldiers knew that Cao Kang was forced to kill the soldiers, and the soldiers did not necessarily open the city gate. But it disturbed the morale of the army, and it was impossible to say who would go to Kaejo, and when the thieves swarmed in, it was really out of control. Sometimes, killing people is also saving people. Cao Kang and the soldiers shared weal and woe, and had a reputation for benevolence and righteousness in Xiangyin, but when this catastrophe came, benevolence and righteousness could not save lives. Although Cao Kang was wearing armor, he was a weak scholar, and there was another person standing beside him, who was also thin and a little frightened.

"Brothers guarding the city, I, Cao Kang, feel ashamed." When Cao Kang said this, two lines of tears flowed down.

The soldiers were amazed. All said: "Why did Lord Cao say this, Lord Cao led us to stick to Xiangyang and defend the country, how can we be ashamed." ”

Cao Kang sighed, "Although the old man has soldiers in hand, he has no ability to lead the troops, so I can't lead you to drive out the thieves." I am ashamed of the local fathers who trusted me. ”

The thin-skinned man next to him persuaded: "Lord Cao, since the rescue letter has been sent to Yangzhou, and the counties along the way have also conveyed it, presumably the reinforcements will come soon." The barbarians are violent again, and the siege will be gone for some time. ”

All the soldiers said: "What Master Kong said is very true, adults should not be discouraged, the thieves will not last long after all, there is Lord Dou, for the people of Xiangyin, we should try our best to resist." ”

Cao Kang turned sadness into joy. Xiang Xiangtou soldier commander said: "If Xiangyin City is defended, it is really the merit of all the soldiers, and Dou Yi thanked the people of Xiangyin on behalf of him." ”

All the soldiers were invigorated, Cao Kang went to the city gate tower to encourage the morale of the people, but he didn't expect that all the soldiers were well aware of the righteousness, although their faces were happy, but they sighed secretly.

He took Master Kong down the city gate, and was not in a hurry to turn back to the county guard's mansion, and when he saw that there was no one around, he asked in a low voice: "Brother Shao Anxian." Do you think this Xiangyin City can be defended? ”

For the sake of the people of Xiangyin in the city gate tower, of course he couldn't be discouraged in front of all the soldiers, but he could not say his bitterness when he faced Lord Kong alone.

Kong Shaoan frowned and said, "My lord, the rescue letter has been sent." I think the Holy One will send troops soon. If General Zhang arrives, how can Lou Cang withstand it? Xiangyin City has a lot of grain and grass. It won't be a problem to hold out for a few months, and I think reinforcements will come. Besides, this place is not far from Yiyang, and the younger brother of the adult is the county guard there, so he must be able to come to help. Thinking about it this way, Xiangyin City will definitely be able to break the siege. ”

Cao Kang frowned slightly, his heart is useless and he is a scholar, what Kong Shao'an said is all relieved, but it is all nonsense. He and Kong Shaoan are both scholars, so they can see the uselessness at this time.

The world is in turmoil, beacons are everywhere, Rao is he has three heads, six arms and ten legs, how can he deal with it? The bandits in the Mu family are too busy to come, and when they think of Xiangyin City, it is estimated that the city has already been broken. If it was in the past, Xiangyin was originally an important road between the north and the south, and Daxia has always attached great importance to it, and it is also close to the eastern capital. But now the saint has gone to Yangzhou, it is thousands of miles away, and I don't know if the messenger can get there alive, as for the counties along the way, most of them are doing their own thing, they are all guarding their own cities, how to come to help. As for his younger brother, he had a headache when he thought about it, and said in his heart that his younger brother had always been greedy for life and afraid of death, and his brother was not considered harmonious, let alone rescued.

"The Holy One has forsaken the people of the world." Cao Kang suddenly sighed and burst into tears.

Kong Shaoan was inexplicable, and he didn't know how to comfort him for a while.

What Cao Kang said was already a big rebellion, but now that Xiangyin City is in danger, no one will pursue it.

When the two of them were silent, they suddenly smelled a commotion in the city gate tower, their hearts shook wildly, and they whispered: "Could it be that they are attacking the city again?" ”

The thieves' orders are not strict, and they generally attack the city during the day and truce at night, and it is rare to attack the city this morning. A city soldier walked down quickly, saw Cao Kang and said, "Lord Cao......"

"Are the thieves coming?" Cao Kang asked urgently.

The city soldier showed a look of ecstasy on his face, "It seems that reinforcements are coming, and there has been a commotion in the thief camp." ”

Cao was more surprised than overjoyed, he couldn't count which reinforcements arrived, and when he climbed the city gate to look, he only saw that the sky was bright and blue, and the remnants of the ground were mixed with fiery red, full of desolation. It's just that in the desolation, there is a faint commotion, and in the firelight jumping, people shuttle, but it is by no means a sign of siege.

Xiangyin City is surrounded by Han water, it is not easy to attack the garrison troops on both sides, a mountain is not easy to attack the city, but the south is an open plain, which is the key place for the enemy to attack. He suggested: "My lord, do you want to send a team of elite soldiers to attack?" ”

"My lord, I am willing to lead the troops into battle." Several captains who defended the city came out to fight,

Cao Kang hesitated a little and muttered, "How do you know that it's not a thief's trick to lure the enemy? This is the nearby county. As far as I know, no one has the strength to compete with the barbarians......"

Everyone was silent, knowing that what Cao Kang said was not unreasonable, Kong Shaoan suddenly pointed into the distance and said in surprise: "Look, my lord! ”

Cao Kang and the generals turned their heads to look at it, and their faces suddenly showed joy, just because they saw the yellow dust rolling in the distance, the sound of hooves, and the yellow dust turned into a yellow dragon, walking between the blue sky and the remnants of fire before dawn. It's like flying in the clouds.

Everyone had already seen and understood that a troop of cavalry suddenly appeared from behind the thieves, and there were nearly a thousand of them, but they were only urging their horses, and they had already inserted themselves into the rear camp of the enemy, and the bandit camp suddenly exploded like a lake thrown into a boulder. Turmoil and panic.

"What's going on, who is it?"

"Who in the vicinity has such strength?"

"Reinforcements?"

"Which reinforcement is it?"

Everyone asked, Kong Shaoan was also at a loss, I don't know why, this can't be a thief soldier, how can a thief soldier have so many war horses, this is not like how there is such a fierce man among the officers and soldiers?

The cavalry had no flags, but could move in unison and vigorously, as if all the men and horses were being led in a line. The cavalry charged into the camp with shields and spears. The horse stepped on the joint venture, and in an instant, two defenses had been broken, and it was not far from the main camp of Lou Cang.

Soldiers and horses passed, flags fell, bandits screamed, and cavalry blades split the waves like waves to separate the thieves, invincible!

In the camp of the thieves, the drums beat loudly, the trumpets sounded, and the two teams of thieves wore red cloaks. They swarmed out, their left and right wings scattered, and the blood spread all over the camp, turning into a long snake to entangle the Yellow Dragon, and everyone watching in the city was shocked. said in unison: "The reinforcements are worried." ”

The Red Snake and the Yellow Dragon are already tangled together!

Lou Cang was in the camp, and he had received a report before the enemy rushed that reinforcements had been found on the other side of the Han River in the north. Keep driving away the thieves, because there is a river cut off, the troops deployed are just for show, and the reinforcements of Xiangyin County are attacking there, obviously preparing to find a weak link.

He was taken aback, not knowing where the reinforcements were coming from.

According to his judgment, the troops of the nearby counties were originally the strongest in Xiangyin, but now they are trapped in Xiangyin City, and other counties are not attacked or burn high incense, how can they have the strength to break the siege?

But the news of the arrival of Xiangyin reinforcements has already caused a commotion among the bandits, as long as it is not Mu Qingchen, it can be a battle. Thinking of this, Lou Cang had already ordered his subordinates to beat the drum and blow the horn and gather the thieves.