In Hao Zhao's bedroom, the elegant smell of sandalwood wafts through, and in the two incense burners in front of the couch, the clouds of green smoke are rising, reflecting a gloomy atmosphere in the room.

"Ahem~~~ Ahem!"

Hao Zhao was sick on the bed, his face was pale, half-conscious, and his demeanor was sluggish, beside him, a doctor was taking his pulse to diagnose the disease, and Hao Zhao's wife, the deputy general Du Ji, Ma Yunlu, Cai Yan and other dignitaries in the city were all on the side, they looked at Hao Zhao on the bed nervously, wanting to voice concern, but they were afraid of disturbing the doctor, so they could only stand aside with a sad expression, silently waiting for the news.

"Ahem——!

After another weak cough, Hao Zhao spurted out a mouthful of blood, staining the bed bedding bright red, which was extremely terrifying, and then closed his eyes and fell into a semi-comatose state again.

The people in the room were startled and hurriedly wanted to come forward to save the patient, but they saw that the doctor waved his hand gently, signaling that it was okay and asked them not to move lightly, so as not to affect the patient.

After a few hours, when the pulse was finished, the doctor got up and motioned for a few people to go outside the room to talk to him.

Out of Hao Zhao's room, Du Ji hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Sir, how is General Hao's illness?" ”

The medical officer touched his beard and sighed, "General Du rest assured...... Although General Hao was infected with lung disease and was seriously ill, he had no worries about his life for the time being, but he was afraid that he would not be able to get out of bed for a month or two...... It is also thanks to his strong body, which is beyond the reach of ordinary people, and if someone else has this disease, let alone dragging the sick body to lead the army to fight, I am afraid that I will go down to Jiuquan to see my ancestors in three or five days. ”

Du Yi breathed a sigh of relief when he heard this, and hurriedly asked, "Then I don't know, why did General Hao cough up blood?" ”

"This is a sign of a stop after drinking the medicine, there is no need to worry, a few people can rest assured...... Also, the incense in that house is a taboo for people with lung disease! Don't keep it, and quickly withdraw from it, so as not to get sick and sick! ”

Everyone heard that Hao Zhao's life was fine. Fang Cai breathed a sigh of relief together, Du Ji didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly asked people to withdraw the incense burner, but Hao Zhao's wife Pear Blossom cried with rain: "Sir, although my husband is not worried about his life, why is he so sick this time that he can't even get out of bed, so he has to recuperate for more than a month or two?" ”

The doctor sighed and said, "If you had done maintenance earlier, you wouldn't have progressed your condition to this point." However, General Hao did not take care of himself after he was ill, and his repeated expeditions led to an increasingly serious illness...... If you have a good rest and recuperation, why not? ”

When several people heard this, they glanced at each other with worried eyes, and after asking some specific information about recuperation, Du Yi led the doctor out of the clinic and prescribed medicine.

As soon as Du Ji and the healer's figures disappeared, he saw Mrs. Hao's tears flow down in an instant, and she said while sobbing: "When he had the beginning of the disease. I advised him to rest and take care of his body, but he didn't listen and still went into battle sick, but now it's fine. Make your body so weak...... Now that the rebels are attacking the city urgently, but he can't control it, how can it be? On the day the city is broken, others will still be able to escape. He is lying on the bed half unconscious, and my husband and wife are not allowed to be slaughtered? ”

Mrs. Hao burst into tears and spoke of grief.

Cai Yan couldn't bear it. took out a handkerchief to wipe the tears on her face, and comforted her while wiping it: "General Hao is loyal to the country, not afraid of hardships, sacrificing himself for the public, he should be called a model for all generations, such a loyal person, the heavens will have mercy, and he will definitely be able to recover as soon as possible, Mrs. Hao, don't be too sad...... As for the city, there are still Gao Rou and others stationed there, so there must be no major incidents. ”

Mrs. Hao looked at Cai Yan in a daze when she heard this, tears fell like rain, choked and couldn't speak, but after a while, she couldn't bear it anymore, and finally leaned on Cai Yan's shoulder and cried.

Cai Yan looked pained, stepped forward to hug Mrs. Hao, patted her back gently, and whispered words of relief.

After stabilizing Mrs. Hao's mood, she carefully instructed Cai Yan and Ma Yunlu before they left Hao Zhao's mansion, and the two daughters had deep expressions and left in the same car, silently and relatively silent all the way.

In the car, Ma Yunlu's expression was very pale, and her mental state was not very good.

Zhao Yun was captured by Yan Xingsheng, and the person who was hit the hardest was undoubtedly her wife, Mrs. Hao's sadness, and the person who could understand her best was Ma Yunlu, but as a tiger girl, she had been on the battlefield since she was a child, and she was used to seeing life and death parting, so she would not show such complete weakness as Mrs. Hao, she could only cry silently when she was alone, but she was not weak in front of outsiders.

The pain that cannot be vented is the deepest depression, and the pain in Ma Yunlu's heart is far from being comparable to Mrs. Hao's current experience.

Cai Yan has lived in Chang'an for the past two years, and has a close relationship with Ma Yunlu, seeing that she was pale, and lowered her head and did not speak, she knew that she touched the scene, remembered her husband, and wanted to comfort her a few words, but when the words came to her mouth, she couldn't say anything, so she had to sigh and let herself go.

After a while, I saw Ma Yunlu suddenly get up and shouted to the driver outside: "Stop!" Stop it! ”

As soon as the coachman heard Ma Yunlu's order, he didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly grabbed the horse's reins with a "huh, huh", and then turned his head and looked at Ma Yunlu in surprise, not knowing what the hostess was going to do when she suddenly gave the order.

Ma Yunlu didn't care about the coachman's surprised eyes, lifted the hem of his skirt, jumped out of the car first, and then turned around and respectfully bowed his hand to the surprised Cai Yan: "Sister Zhaoji, take care, my sister has taken a step in advance!" ”

Cai Yanhua's face changed slightly, she slowly stood up, and said to Ma Yunlu: "Sister...... What are you going to do here? ”

Ma Yunlu looked absolutely uneasy, and swore solemnly: "Chang'an City is the foundation of my husband Zhao Zilong, although he is now in the hands of the enemy, but his ambition must not be extinguished, his husband is not there, Hao Zhao is seriously ill and cannot be a director, as a wife, how can he not worry about it!" For the sake of my husband's festival, and for my husband and wife to be able to join the group again in the future, I must participate in the battle to defend the city! ”

Looking at Ma Yunlu's resolute but resolute face, Cai Yan just felt a tightness in his heart, and an indescribable pain gradually surged into his heart.

In a trance, the chaotic battle scene of his youth gradually reappeared in front of him unconsciously, the war-torn Luoyang, the roaring Hu Qi, the white bones of the four fields, and the wailing everywhere......

Now, all the disasters that have happened in Luoyang, the eastern capital, are all under Yan Xing's resolute rebellion. Will it be repeated in this Western Capital?

A gust of wind blew on his face, making Cai Yan's consciousness clear, and he touched the mustache that he was carrying with him on his waist, and his heart was stirring.

It is not a commemoration of his own miserable days, but a kind of sustenance, a kind of ambition, and a great artifact that proves that he has escaped from the naïve and outstanding growth!

"Sister ......"

Ma Yunlu's expression was still resolute: "Sister, don't persuade me." Dai Fujun guards Chang'an City, and the little sister is duty-bound! ”

Cai Yan shook his head and chuckled: "Sister, you misunderstood, sister didn't persuade you to protect Chang'an, sister, I will accompany you." ”

She, Cai Yan, Cai Zhaoji, has already experienced a trick of fate. Learn about the ruthlessness of the world!

In front of Bing Ge, everyone is as cheap as a pig and a dog, why is she Cai Yan an exception?

However, today, she is no longer the one who was captured alive by the Huns and taken away from her hometown. She wants to be like Ma Yunlu, holding her destiny with her own hands!

Destiny is up to you, no longer by others!

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"Beat the drums, siege the city!"

Outside Chang'an City at this time. The Xiliang army led by Yan Xing and the Qiang soldiers launched a fierce offensive again, and in the overwhelming shouts of killing, the barbarian warriors of the Qiang tribe carried the cloud ladder. Xiliang elite drove the rushing car, shouting loudly in his mouth, surging towards the tall city of Chang'an City.

This time it was Zhao Ang who commanded the siege battle, and after he made a bet on the marriage contract with Wang Yi, he had rushed back from Jingyang, and this siege was a battle for his invitation, which was intended to be famous and cool, so that Wang Yi was impressed by him.

Among the rebel generals who followed Yan Xing, Zhao Ang's skills were among the best, he was both civil and military, familiar with military books, and commanded soldiers to be very good at soldiers.

This time with his personal command, the siege combat power of the Xiliang rebels and the Qiang people has been greatly improved, while on the other hand, Hao Zhao, the commander of Chang'an City, is bedridden and temporarily commanded by Gao Rou.

Zhao Ang's tactics are different from Yan Xing's, Yan Xing's barbarian practice of using ten to surround one and relying on superior military strength to fight the city does not belong to his tactical category! Zhao Ang's method of attacking the city is quite exquisite: well railing, rushing cars, ladders, and daring army, there is no reason to rush up, but is divided into six teams, there are moving and resting, some are urgent and some are slow, and the intention is to attack the city for a long time and maximize the results of the battle.

Just like at this time, Zhao Ang's rushing convoy and cloud ladder were stacked in turn, not to mention attacking each other layer by layer, and next to the rushing car and the cloud ladder, an auxiliary army was deployed, and mud buckets, hemp ties, and muddy dehydration bags were prepared to respond at any time.

It is only because the rushing cart and the ladder are very easy to be attacked by fire in the process of transporting them to the enemy's city wall, and the biggest role of this auxiliary team is that they can extinguish the fire at any time, which greatly increases the rate of siege.

In the face of Zhao Ang's well-arranged tactics, the pressure of Chang'an City's defense suddenly increased, dozens of ladders with a very low damage rate were almost not damaged under the rocket bombardment of Yuan Jun's rockets, and the long-range blocking battle became a city defense battle in the shortest possible time.

In just one round of attacks, the walls of Chang'an Xicheng were almost lost!

In the rebel formation, Zhao Ang's lieutenant Wang Ling couldn't help but laugh happily, and he gave Zhao Ang a thumbs up, sighing and praising him.

"General Zhao has good means and good arrangement, just this round of attack and killing, Chang'an is like a dangerous city! Although Gao Rou is also one of the ten carved arrows, how can he compare to Hao Zhao? I'm afraid that if we don't have another round, the outer city of Chang'an will be ours! ”

Zhao Ang's face was cold, and when he heard this, he couldn't help but snort coldly, and said, "Ten carved arrows? …… Bah! It's just a false name, don't say it's them, even if Zhao Yun is here, I, Zhao Ang, am not afraid...... Hmph, it's a pity that the opponent is not Hao Zhao, and he can't be completely famous, but after defeating Chang'an this time, the general still said that he had to marry his sister to the mansion and include it in the house, so as to show his merit and show his heroism! Haha......ha

The rebel general Wang Ling couldn't help but be stunned when he heard this, and said inexplicably: "General Zhao...... What do you say? Why can't the last general understand? ”

Zhao Ang's smile retracted, and he said coldly: "I don't need you to understand!" You don't need to understand, just respect my commands...... Go, arrange the next round of offensive, and after attacking again, say that you will also defeat Chang'an! ”

"No!"

After a short break, Zhao Ang's second stormtrooper was ready to attack again.

On the tower of the city gate, Gao Rou squinted her eyes and watched the enemy's movements in the distance, but when she saw that the new siege equipment had been transferred from the back city to the front, the soldiers and horses were redeployed, and the new army was full of vigor......

Seeing this, Gao Rou couldn't help but be surprised. This is the prelude to the second great war!

Zhao Ang is good at attacking cities, but Hao Zhao is seriously ill, and the same soldiers are under his hands, and he can't even use one-third of Hao Zhao's defense power when he defends the city!

I'm afraid that after a while, the other party will attack the city again, and another wave, I'm afraid that with the current morale, it will be difficult to resist.

Just when Gao Rou was sweating profusely and thinking about how to deal with the enemy, he suddenly heard a rush of footsteps, and the herald hurriedly ran to Gao Rou's side and whispered to him: "General Gao, something happened under the city!" ”

"Something happened in Urn City?" Gao Rou was suddenly shocked when she heard this, could it be that a wave of unsettled waves has risen again?

Gao Rou hurriedly turned his head and said, "Isn't there someone in the city who rebelled?" ”

The soldier shook his head when he heard this, and said: "No, it is Mrs. Zhao and Cai who are here, they are still leading a large group of men and women, old and young, I don't know what to do, and I ask the general to go and see it quickly, so as to deal with it!" ”

“…………”

Gao Rou's expression froze, she thought for a moment, and waved her hand to beckon the soldier to go down the city tower with her.

When he turned to the inner wall of the urn city, he saw the city beneath it, but as the soldier said, a large number of people in the black oppression, including men and women, old and young, were filled with righteous indignation, and they wanted to climb up to the top of the city immediately.

Gao Rou was shocked when she saw this, hurriedly stepped forward, and said to Cai Yan and Ma Yunlu: "Mrs. Zhao, Cai, you are ......"

Cai Yan saluted and said to Gao Rou: "The general is shocked, we are not here to rebel, but to help the general defend the city." ”

"Defending the city?" Gao Rou was suddenly stupid when she heard this: "Everyone Cai, you ...... You...... You're going to help me defend the city? ”

Cai Yan nodded: "Not bad." ”

Gao Rou's tone suddenly wilted: "But you...... How can you ...... a weak woman?"

Cai Yan smiled slightly, turned his finger and pointed to the black pressed person behind him, and said: "General Gao, although Cai Yan is a mentally handicapped woman who doesn't understand military strategy, but these people who stand in the Shilin literary world have managed to save some contacts, and these people behind Yan are the sons of the Chang'an family, some are literary heroes, some are disciples of the academy, and some are sons of the Hanmen, plus their families, retinues, attendants, guards, and tenants, all of whom obey the etiquette and religion, and are unwilling to be persecuted by the rebellion of Yan Xing and the Qiang border barbarians, we are here, There is no other meaning, just to protect their homeland! Please also ask General Gao to fulfill it. ”

"............" (To be continued......)