By the early spring, when all the defensive devices that could be prepared had been completed, and most of the merchants and people in the city who were afraid of the way back had left, there were still about 100,000 people in the city, and there were 40,000 or 50,000 people who could carry weapons.

Sima Dan asked the city lord of Dayue to convene a general meeting of the city's citizens.

The conference was held in the square outside the palace, and the buildings around the square were also full of people, and everyone was waiting for them, not knowing what the prince sent by the Great Jin had to say.

Every word Sima Dan said was transmitted into the distance by a hundred-person voice team, but most of the people in the center of the square could directly hear his voice: "Inheriting the order of the city lord of Dayue, I take over the task of city defense as the prince of Dajin, and I am deeply honored to receive your support during this time." ”

"However, Rouran will not slow down their pace because we are united, they have already caused tens of thousands of deaths in the two states of the Great Jin Dynasty, and many more have become slaves!"

"Why doesn't Dajin resist? Instead send the prince here? You must have this question in your mind. ”

"If the Great Jin can't resist, are we going to die here? These questions have become the biggest questions in our minds when we resist. ”

"Alright! As the crown prince of the Great Jin Dynasty, I completely confess to you"

"The Great Jin have lost the will to resist, and they think that they will be safe by handing over some unfortunate people to Rouran as slaves."

"The population of Dajin is a hundred times that of Dayue City...... And even more, so she can do this, but can it be safe? No! Next year, or maybe a few years from now, Rouran will still loot like a hungry wolf. ”

"Giving some of the sheep to the wolves will get the wolves to retreat? No, but they will come back, and they will bring more hungry wolves. ”

"Everyone here has a choice, and you can all choose to leave."

"But even if you leave, you may run into Rouran in the future. Of course, if you go far, they may not be able to catch up. ”

"To the west there are other countries that need slaves to deal with Rouran, or you can go to the desert, where there are hungry wolves and horse thieves."

"But you can still choose to go, because there is about to take place here in a big battle rarely seen in history, and blood will stain this square."

"But we don't necessarily lose!"

"We have good walls, there are many people who are capable of fighting, and women can also help carry them."

"We have enough food, weapons, and a qiē material."

"We also have the leadership of the Lord of Otsuki City and the ministers."

"We need one more thing - courage!"

"How hard we worked to build Otsuki City, we could have given up for safety, but there will be no safety there."

"We won't be safe out of here."

"Therefore, if Rouran really forces us hard, we will show our greatest courage, even if we all die in battle, they will not be able to return to the grassland!"

Sima Dan's speech stopped, and cheers slowly came from the audience.

Suddenly, a noble young man from Otsuki City stood up: "If we all die in the end, what's the value of resistance?" ”

The voices around him gradually sank, and all eyes were focused on the brown-haired boy.

Sima Dan slowly walked up to the young man: "Child! I'd rather die standing than live on my knees! ”

The dragon ear shook his arms, and the cheers around him poured in, and everyone at the scene felt that their hearts were full of courage.

Sima Dan said loudly again: "The City Lord of Dayue has promised me that after this battle, you will be allowed to become a "citizen".

The voices of the crowd sank again, and the few people who understood what it meant to be a "citizen" explained to the people around them.

"Citizens, even if you rule this city with you, all of them have common power, and the Great Moon Queen will share her power with you, so that you can also become the masters of this city."

"Why? Because you protect this city with your blood, you are the masters of this city. ”

"Citizens, there are many in Western cities like Athens and Rome, and you will share all the power with the king like them!"

Long Er raised his arms and cheered again, and those who did not understand what it meant to be a "citizen" entered a kind of selfless excitement.

******

"Do you want everyone in this city to die for the Great Jin?" Mira said angrily to Sima Dan.

This is Sima Dan's military tent in the city, and there are only Mira and him.

In the middle of the night, the city's assembly had recently ended, and there had been unprecedented unity.

The unprecedented success became the fuse between the two.

"If Rouran can't uproot Dayue City, he won't dare to recklessly advance westward, we will shed blood and sacrifice here, and consume Rouran's strength, and Dajin will be able to avoid being violated by them, right? In this way, you, the prince, have made a great contribution, and you can go back to be the prince of the Great Jin Dynasty safely. ”

"If it doesn't boost their morale, what will happen to them after the city is broken? Either you don't defend the city, or you do everything you can! What the hell do you think of me? Do you want to surrender? ”

"I'd rather surrender than become a substitute for the Great Jin Dynasty!"

"Mira, this place was originally within the territory of the Han Dynasty in the Han Dynasty, and now let you be the king, we did not send troops to threaten each other, if you don't want to defend the city, you can also move out, if surrender can be exchanged for peace, I don't object, but if the Xiongnu will accept it, they will not drag the men and women to come, you should know that this time is different from any previous blackmail!"

“…… I just knew that we were going to die a lot of people, and I always thought that Jin would send troops to help us ......, and now I know I was wrong! It was Da Yue who broke the city for Jin and died. Mira turned away in a daze, leaving Sima Dan a little dazed.

Yuli and the others outside the tent were stationed outside the tent, and when they saw Mira leaving, they hurriedly returned to the tent to keep warm: "Fortunately, you didn't hehe, otherwise I don't know how long you will have to sit, this spring night is colder than winter!" Fuck it! ”

Sura stood near the tent door, and when she heard the dispute between Sima Dan and Mila, she couldn't help but pat Sima Dan on the shoulder: "It's nothing! As long as you are worthy of your conscience, she will understand sooner or later. ”

Sima Dan sighed and remained silent.

Yuli and the others listened to Sulla's explanation: "Princess Dayue thought that the crown prince was letting Dayue's subjects be bait and consume Rouran's war power to save Dajin, so they didn't go to bed, what a waste." ”

Yuli laughed: "Fuck the people of the Great Jin Dynasty have to sacrifice for them to be laid?" The prince is right to do this! ”

Sima Dan scratched his head: "No! She may be right, not only is it selfish, but it is ...... It's not a gentleman's doing. ”

Xiao Min also opened the tent at this time: "The two countries intersect and only focus on interests, do you want to be Song Xianggong?" And as you said, they can flee or even surrender, and we didn't force them. ”

Seeing that Xiao Min also agreed with this, Sima Dan had to shake his head and smile bitterly.

Sima Dan took advantage of Youli being talking nonsense with Xiao Min, and walked outside the military tent, when a cool breeze blew, and he immediately felt a lot refreshed.

From the position of the Great Jin, it was originally a very normal strategy to move the trouble of Eastern Wu, but Sima Dan became more and more uneasy in his heart.

It was the second half of the night, and Sima Dan didn't want to sleep anymore, so he walked briskly to the main road in the city, wanting to see how the guards were being deployed here at night.

In order to prevent enemy spies from entering the city, armor protection and curfews have been imposed in the city, so there are only sentries and no one on the streets.

Sima Dan walked for a while, but it attracted a lot of barking dogs.

At that moment, the lights of one of the houses came on, a window opened, and a little boy looked out with a small dog that was still growling.

Sima Dan happened to be standing outside the little boy's window.

The little boy was comforting the puppy when he was suddenly stunned: "It's too ...... Prince? ”

Sima Dan made a silent gesture and whispered: "It's okay!" Why not sleep? ”

"Prince! Ali, he keeps screaming, I can't sleep! ”

"Hmmm! That's right! The dogs in our hometown are kept outside the house, so that they can watch the door better and they will not be noisy. ”

"No, you can't! Ali is our best friend and family, how can we let our family sleep outside the house? Yes, Abba said that people in your hometown raise the most cows, and cows are your best friends, so you build a house for him to sleep, don't you? It's the same thing! ”

Sima Dan smiled bitterly, he thought of those cowsheds, he wanted to stop talking, and suddenly remembered the scene of those peasants slaughtering the cattle after they could no longer go down to the field, and some of those old cattle would kneel down and cry, pleading with their masters to .......

His heart was sour, his eyes were hazy when he looked at the little dog in the boy's arms, and he only smiled bitterly and left, leaving the little boy who didn't know why.

At this time, Maori and others hurriedly chased after us and complained: "Miss Min scolded us to death, you can't come out alone, since we have collected the money, we can't be derelict in our duties, I can't collect money if you are missing a finger, you don't think I can't marry a wife if I die poor!" ”

Suddenly, Sima Dan was surrounded by the sound of breaking wind.

Fortunately, Sima Dan was wearing divine armor, and he fell down in time, and the most dangerous thing was that he didn't have a helmet on his head.

When Yuli and the others saw this, they were startled, and they rushed to the scene with all their might.

Sula covered Sima Dan with her body, and the other three roared and charged towards the assassins around them.

The sentinels had sounded the gong vigorously, and in the blink of an eye, the whole city was in chaos.

Yuli and the others captured only one Assassin alive, and the Assassin was pushed into Sima Dan's military tent.

An iron arrow pierced through the armor and plunged into Sima Dan's calf.

Another iron arrow grazed his forehead, making his face covered in blood, and Xiao Min was in a hurry to check for arrows elsewhere, and he didn't have time to treat his wounds.

It's a Divine Arm Repeater, otherwise the Divine Armor won't be shot through.

This kind of equipment can only be produced by the Great Jin, which shows that the assassin should be in the mouth of the dragon's ear, from the assassin battalion of Zhao Hou of Zhaozhou Road.

Seeing that there were no other wounds, Xiao Min sighed, and saw the arrows on Sima Dan's armor, and couldn't help but be furious: "I said early in the morning that this Zhao Hou's assassin is the most dangerous, you see, the arrow in the calf just happened to be straight into the face, and the distance was too close, this iron arrow passed straight through, what if it was the chest?" He's dead now! How do you do the guards? ”

Sima Dan: "From time to time on the chest, I turned to one side, and the arrow slid away?" ”

"I didn't ask you! You still don't repent! I told you to stay here and not run around, but you just won't listen! ”

Sima Dan hurriedly interrogated the assassin: "Who are you?" Why assassinate Prince Ben! ”

The assassin was only a young man in his twenties, but his face was extremely stubborn: "If you want to kill, you have to kill you, I will not say anything!" ”

"Humph! If you don't say it, I also know that this prince has no grievances with Zhao Hou, and now he is still working hard here for the safety of the Great Jin border, can he be the emperor if I die? What a fucking idiot! If the prince doesn't kill you, the Huns will drop you outside the city when they come, and see if those Huns will let you go back. ”

The Assassin shouted: "Good! I'll kill one and give me a knife then. ”

"Pull it down!"

"Don't ask where his comrades are? The dragon ear was puzzled.

"Let me ask a fart, now the city will be closed, and when the Huns will besiege this place, these assassins will become our common interests, and the Huns will attack and slaughter the city, can't they die?"

"They can redeem themselves with money to the Xiongnu, as long as they identify themselves to the Xiongnu, Zhao Hou originally had a trading relationship with the Xiongnu."

"Zhao Hou will ransom them with money? Does he dare to betray his name of sending someone to assassinate me? Dare and will not waste money, unload the mill and kill donkeys, and even these people should be executed if they can't complete the task. In a word...... Will they themselves figure it out, don't the Dajin people still understand the style of the Dajin people? Sima Dan said viciously.