Sima Dan and Niu Tian Er rode non-stop, but Sima Dan also used the time on the horse to deliberate the current situation: "Niu Tian, although Shelun has my handwriting, Xiao Min will definitely not be hit, but if Shelun attacks strongly, Dayue City may not be able to defend it, and the only way to do this is to go to Qiuzi to move rescue troops." ”

"Prince! Do you have amnesia? The turtle has already returned to Shun Rouran! ”

"They are obedient to the Wa, Shelun did not get any tribute from them, before the Rouran Khan position is not decided, it is an opportunity to take advantage of!"

"What if Guizi simply sacrifices you to Shelun?"

"It's possible, but it's also a big ** for Qiuzi to hit Shelun from behind!"

The two turned north, and after only a day's walk, they saw a group of infantry rolling in the distance ahead.

It turned out to be the hoplites of Qiuzi, a thousand in all.

The person who led the army, named Bai Ti, had seen Sima Dan in Qiuci, Sima Dan and the two greeted each other on the road, Bai Ti was one of the few Qiuzi people riding on a horse, he patted the horse forward, saw that it was Sima Dan, and couldn't help but wonder: "Prince Sima Dan?" Didn't you say that you were in the Rouran army and wanted to help Rouran take the Great Moon City? ”

"I just escaped, and it's impossible for me to betray Big Moon City."

Niu Tian whispered to Sima Dan: "They didn't bring siege equipment, but they had a lot of horses to resist the cavalry. ”

"Then what is the prince doing here? Don't you wait for us, right? ”

"Truth be told, I'm on my way to Qiuzi!"

"The two princes, it's ...... to go to the turtle"

"Qiuzi is not only the protector of the Western Regions, but also takes my adopted son as a hostage, Dayue City is threatened, and Qiuzi should help."

"Haha, the Western Regions are protected, it is softly sealed."

"But not Shelun, he has not been recognized by all the tribes of the Khan Court."

Bai Ti nodded, "The crown prince is really wise, maybe he will never be recognized, if he can't capture Dayue City this time." ”

******

"Long Ear is gone?" Chen Yun bathes in a pool of water filled with flowers.

Gan Dare reported to Chen Yun outside: "I left, and I sold it for a good price, three times the usual price." ”

"The big war is coming, and the price can't be considered very high."

"Disappointed? You might be even more disappointed if you know that they just bought it with an IOU. ”

"Lao Gan, aren't you?"

"Yanhou, it's your decision to enter the city. Business isn't like your primary concern. ”

“…… I understand, even if we collect the gold, Shelun will not return it to us so generously when the city is broken, and now that the siege of the city is imminent, it is even more impossible for the dragon ear to return all the weapons to us, so it doesn't matter whether the IOU is or not. All the profits and losses naturally fell on me. ”

"It was you who tied our fate to the car of Otsuki City."

"Lao Gan, don't look into the crack of the window, aren't you afraid of brain bleeding at such an age?"

"Haha, how did you see that? Yanhou, if Dayue City is broken, won't you become a woman of Shelun? ”

"Disrespectful to the old! Whose woman am I to do to you? Our armor soldiers still have their equipment, and Xiao Min still gave me a little face, and I think there is no problem in escaping. ”

"Of course, if we give you this face, so many of our weapons will not fall into their hands, she is not stupid at all, and so many of our strong men will probably be drawn to the city wall at that time."

"I don't want people to know how powerful the Chen family's private soldiers are."

"But we can't help it, the other merchants in the city who don't agree to it are all imprisoned, and at the last moment, they still have to be on an errand."

Chen Yun sighed, "Sima Dan, that dead man, will he rush back?" ”

******

Inside a small chamber in the Senate. Zhuge Xiaomin read the letter in his hand carefully.

Long Er and Lucky Star were sitting on their laps, and several more prestigious elders, such as Lao Kuli, Wen Qiang, Yu Wenda, etc., were also sitting on the side.

Jia Bao hurried over, "Is it the prince's letter?" Show me! ”

Xiao Min handed the letter to Jiabao.

Jiabao hurriedly looked at it carefully: "It's him, God, it's his handwriting." What the? Do you want you to betray Big Moon City and fly with him? …… He...... It wasn't he who wrote it...... Don't lie to me! Zhuge Xiaomin! This letter must have been fabricated by you! So despicable! ”

Xiao Min was nameless, his forehead jumped suddenly, and Long Er hurriedly said: "City Lord, the military advisor also said that this letter was fake, why did she fabricate it?" And why did he take the initiative to hand it over to the Senate? ”

Jiabao was stunned, "This ...... This is indeed his handwriting, why didn't he write to me? ”

Old Kuli couldn't help it, "Because you are insignificant in the defense of Dayue City, I agree with General Long's statement, they want to be disadvantageous to the military division and hit the morale of the city." ”

Jiabao's face turned red, and then he shouted loudly: "Then the prince fell into their hands? What is his safety, it's all you, why did you let him go to that slut in the first place? She turned her anger on Min again.

Long Er hurriedly followed Curry's words: "The city lord sits down first, aren't we discussing countermeasures?" ”

At this time, another lord general Zu Chong hurriedly entered, and when he heard that Jia Bao was disrespectful to Xiao Min, he couldn't help but be angry, "Today's meeting is all about people who are going to the battlefield to discuss major matters, why don't you go back first if the city lord has nothing to do?" ”

Jiabao was furious, but heard Xiao Min angrily scolded: "Enough! Let's have a meeting, General Long, why would Rouran use such an easy-to-see strategy? Do they really think I'm going to go out of the city and die? ”

"Strategist, a single letter is naturally useless, but if Strategist is worried about the prince's safety and really goes out of the city, they will have an opportunity."

Old Kuli nodded, "Yes, it is the true work of the prince, which proves that the prince has fallen into their hands, and if they can't do anything, they will survive, until they threaten the military division to go out of the city and take risks." ”

"The most important thing is to cause mutual suspicion in the city, after all, there are many people who are very concerned about the life and death of the prince, and Dayue City is ...... Rather, it is secondary. Zu Chong muttered.

Xiao Min sneered, "Who thinks that the importance of Big Moon City is under the crown prince? ”

Everyone was stunned.

Jia Bao shouted: "The crown prince is my husband, of course he is more important than Otsuki City. After speaking, he looked at everyone smugly.

Everyone was silent for a while, and Long Er spread his hands, "Okay! The crown prince is the prince of the Great Jin Dynasty, of course, it is more important than a city and a pool. ”

The rest of the people were silent.

Xiao Min clapped his hands, "The fate of Big Moon City is something that no one can betray, anyone in the world will think that someone is more important than Big Moon City, but this city is not anyone's, how can the prince allow anyone to betray Big Moon City?" I don't think they had a plan this time, it was purely to lure me out of town. ”

"Why?" Everyone couldn't help but ask.

"Because Shelun doesn't know the situation in the city, the planner ...... It should be worry-free, worry-free, this person, self-righteous, thinking that all men in the world will be used by her, when she can't support the prince to take the big moon city for her, she thinks that the prince is fascinated by me, so ...... She was bent on killing me first...... and it was even more important to her than taking Otsuki City. ”

Jiabao was the first to nod, killing the rival in love must be much more important than seizing the city, but the others couldn't believe it, but the words came from the military advisor they admired, and they couldn't believe it.

At this time, Zuo Yong also hurried to the scene and said a few words in Xiao Min's ear.

"Ladies and gentlemen, Shelun's vanguard has arrived a hundred miles away, driving tens of thousands of slaves who have been captured like Yue, but the people of the Rouran Khan Court are watching, and it seems that ...... Shelun is desperate. ”

"What is the Strategist going to do with this letter?"

"In the Western Regions, the Xiongnu and Jin are the biggest obstacles, the Jin is weak, the civil strife has been overwhelming, only Rouran, although it is now divided, but the population of all ethnic groups is large, and they are brave and good at fighting, sooner or later there will be a war."

"When the battle with Helian has proved that Dayue has the power of self-preservation, if he can retire from Shelun in one fell swoop, then no one will be able to stop Dayue from rising in this world in the future."

"Since we can decide our future luck in a battle this time, we should do our best and sacrifice at any cost."

"She Lun thought that Zhuge Xiaomin died in Dayue City, so he couldn't resist him, so I did what he wanted, and made him turn around here, and he didn't dare to look south from now on." Xiao Min narrated her analysis.

Everyone was shocked, "The military advisor must not!" ”

"It's okay, the city defense plan has been entrusted to the consuls and generals, and the affairs in the city are also carried out by the executive officers and the elders, my city defense plan, Long Er and Zao Yong have all known, and there is no difference between me or not."

"Strategist, we have hope of victory this time, why use Strategist to get into danger?" Dragon's Ear disagreed.

"General Long doesn't know that if we come up with a plan, we will put tens of millions of people at risk of losing their families, how can those who plot can be at peace with themselves? The sacrifice must be shared, and the prince can also be at ease when he returns. ”

Zu Chong hissed and said, "You put yourself to death just to make him feel at ease? "I couldn't help but cry my eyes.

"Definitely! He can be at ease, I can also be at ease, I have made up my mind, don't say much, otherwise all the work will be wasted! She bowed down to the crowd suddenly.

Jia Bao didn't know, "What are you talking about?" What the hell are you going to do? ”

Xiao Min had already stood up and walked out of the conference hall proudly.

******

Xiao Min rode out of the city alone, and according to the place indicated in Sima Dan's letter, he came to a black and oppressive forest.

Yikes! Yikes! …… Some nameless birds were frightened by the sound of horses' hooves and flew away, which also startled Min.

Xiao Min is in the same army of all people, and has his own courage, but what he is afraid of is some ethereal ghosts, it seems that the girls in the world are all the same, and there can be no exception.

"Ahh Xiao Min saw a dark shadow and exclaimed in fright.

"It's me! Don't let go of the throwing knives! "It turned out to be the four of them.

"So it's you, do you want to scare your aunt to death?"

"We are ordered to protect you, how can you leave without saying goodbye?" Adam's Jin language has improved greatly.

"I expected you to follow, give! Take it, this is your gratuity and contract, and it will be cleared from now on! ”

The four of them didn't expect Xiao Min to suddenly propose to terminate the contract at this time, and when they saw the gold coins and contracts thrown by Xiao Min, their hearts were empty for a while, and they didn't know what to say, so they couldn't speak.

"You are free men, and Otsuki is not your war, if you can see the prince again...... You can show him this contract to prove that you have done your duty, and tell him that the road ahead must be strong, and do not let all the blood be shed in vain, whether it is ours or the enemy's, and history will prove whether this path is right or not. ”

******

Yuli and the others watched Xiao Min ride away alone blankly.

"We don't have to worry about food or women, and we finally found something interesting." It was not clear which dark shadow was muttering in the dark forest.

"Yes, compared to the cheers of the spectators in the gladiatorial arena, the people here like us more." Yuri and the four began to discuss.

"They don't care if we win or lose, and I think he'll always have our back."

"Hah! They need someone to protect them! The military advisor said. ”

"Isn't that bad? I've been a free man for so long, I think...... True freedom at once. ”

"Yuri, are you drunk? What is true freedom? We're free...... It's just a little too free, if you really want to leave Otsuki City. ”

"True freedom is not for gold coins...... Don't stay for the gold coins, live the life we love to live, and continue to enjoy the love of people. ”

"Really? yes, how did the military advisor know? We...... When you are a gladiator, you ...... It's free. ”

The four of them were silent for a while, looking at the direction in which Xiao Min left, and finally made a decision to return to Dayue City.

******

Old Kuli and Lucky Star went to the compound of Kuli's house and saw Kuli's family piling up boxes of treasures in the courtyard.

Ji Xiangxing's face changed, "Old Kuli, what are you doing?" Can't you think of touching us? ”

Old Curry smiled, "What do you think we're doing?" I just want you to come and see, but it's a pity that Elder Zuo Yong doesn't have time, so he pulls you to come. ”

Lucky Star said in a deep voice: "Didn't you ask me to remove the family's belongings with you?" Where do you want to retreat? Turtles? ”

"Withdraw?" Old Kuli patted the auspicious star on the shoulder, "If it is, you will definitely not see it." ”

"That'...... Do you take it out to bask in the sun? Is your treasure moldy? ”

"I will wait outside the palace for a high platform, put firewood and wood, and put up all the treasures of our family for all to see."

"Ahh …… I see, you're afraid that people will say you're divesting, aren't you? ”

"Also, I want everyone in the family, from top to bottom, to understand that we live and die with Otsuki City, so that those children will be cut off from the back, so they will fight hard, I admit that in the past, when the city was besieged, we would have scattered our property, but this time...... We'll go all-in on ......"

"This ...... This...... Did you want the nobles to do the same when you called me? ”

"No, no...... What do you do, how can I judge randomly? You are more desperate than I am, and you don't need to say that, what do you say? ”

"Humph! Old fox, no matter what, after your wooden platform is built, we can only be on par with you, and I will bring it up in the Senate, in short, it is time to unite everyone......"

******

Xiao Min rode alone to the small hill indicated in Sima Dan's letter, and at this time the sky was the darkest moment before dawn, and there was nothing to be seen on this barren hill.

Suddenly, there was a slight sound in the grass not far behind Xiao Min, Xiao Min turned around and raised his hand, and three flying knives came out of his hand.

Sima Dan regarded the flying knife as a token of love and was reluctant to use it, but Xiao Min regarded the family heirloom as a murderous weapon.

"Ahh A scream pierced the night sky, and a black shadow fell in response, but more black-clothed people came out from all directions, and no matter how many Xiaomin's flying knives were, they couldn't greet so many people.

The war horse that Xiao Min sat on roared and threw Xiao Min down, and more and more black-clothed people held short blades in their hands and sacrificed a huge net to subdue Xiao Min.

Finally, Xiao Min was tied back to Shelun's big tent.