Jiang Zhu'er told Jiang Xuan about the situation of Fengling City that she had collected, and when she finished speaking, the atmosphere between the two quieted down.

In the silence, Biyun brought food with someone.

Although Jiang Zhu'er has experienced and maintained elegant etiquette dining, she still can't restrain the frequency of her movements, and her appearance when eating is similar to that of an ordinary woman, a little embarrassed.

Jiang Xuan wanted to tell her to slow down, but according to Jiang Zhu'er's temperament, she didn't need such words, so she sat on the side and watched quietly, adding some water to her or something.

After Jiang Zhu'er gobbled up gracefully, the children who were taken down by Bi Wan to eat also came up, and Jiang Zhu'er surrounded them one after another.

"Sister, are you okay? Did the bad woman ever bully you? ”

Those children quietly leaned on Jiang Zhu'er's ear and asked softly, only their small eyes kept skimming Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan was made a little crying and laughing by these children.

Jiang Zhu'er explained to those children in a low voice, this is not a bad woman, but also a sister or something.

However, although those children did not follow Jiang Zhu'er for a long time to escape, they were about a female bird mentality, no matter how Jiang Zhu'er explained, they didn't give Jiang Xuan a good look.

Jiang Xuan raised her eyebrows, she didn't bother with these little things, but the older child had been silently guarding Jiang Zhu'er's side, and she also consciously helped Jiang Zhu'er take her younger siblings together.

"Go down and freshen up, it's okay to stay here, but there is no food here, you all have something to do tomorrow."

To revitalize Anjiakou, it naturally needs a lot of manpower, and the imperial court has also allocated funds to help the people rebuild their homes.

During this time, many people who had fled had returned to their homes.

It is better to teach people to fish than to teach them to fish, Jiang Xuan handed over the matter to Qin Wenhe, and asked him to arrange the manpower well, so as to strive for no one who is lazy and eats idle meals.

After Jiang Zhu'er took people down, Biyun said to Jiang Xuan with emotion,

"I really didn't expect that Miss Zhu'er has changed so much, and it was impossible for her to talk to Young Master Ju'er in a pleasant way before.

Now I have such a good attitude towards a few children. ”

Jiang Xuan didn't speak, Jiang Zhu'er's experience, although she only talked about it in a few words, Jiang Yu could understand how difficult it was for her to come this way.

Since she broke her addiction to Hibiscus cream in three months, you can find that she is also a person who can be cruel to herself.

She used to follow the Xu family, she was born beautiful, and her family background was also very good, but she never knew the suffering of the world.

It was only after witnessing the death of his own mother that he changed.

In fact, in the past, when she and Xu's were in the inner house, they thought that their reputation was greater than the sky, that saying a few more words behind their backs was a quota, and that destroying a family affair could harm a woman's life.

They don't know that in troubled times, once war comes, human life is like a mustard, and the little malice in their back house is too insignificant compared to this world.

Jiang Xuan sighed, stood up, and went downstairs, she went to the front to take a look, and by the way, she talked to Qin Wenhe to arrange the work of Jiang Zhu'er and a few people.

When I went downstairs and walked to the door, I heard the sound of crying coming from the wing room on the left.

She stopped, it was Jiang Zhu'er's cry, she stood in place and listened, did not push the door in, but turned to go upstairs.

Escaped all the way, let's let her slow down.

She went upstairs, picked up her pen and hurriedly wrote a letter, and after a while, Lin Yi left her guard Bai Yingji before leaving,

"Niangniang, you suddenly called me, but did you have an order?"

Jiang Xuan handed the letter to him, "Quickly send someone to send the letter to the marshal, and you can't delay for a moment!" ”

On the other side, Lin Yi was studying the battle plan with the generals, Chang Yuan came in and said respectfully,

"Marshal, I have a guest to meet you."

Lin Yi and the generals raised their heads one after another, but saw a person coming in behind Chang Yuan.

The other party was wearing a black cloak, and after seeing Lin Yi, he raised his head.

Lin Yi frowned, "You study first, and I'll entertain this guest first." "The word 'hospitality' is particularly tonal.

After he searched for the visitors, the two of them went out of the tent and went to a small tent on the side.

As soon as the curtain was lowered, the person who came gritted his teeth and lowered his voice, "I heard that you left Ah Xuan in Anjiakou?" ”

Lin Yi straightened the clothes on his body and sat down on the main seat, "Murong Han, you are not in Nanyan Kingdom......

"Isn't it?"

Murong Han lifted the hood off his head, as if he couldn't restrain his emotions at all, raised his voice and asked,

"Was she left behind at Anjiakou?"

His tone made Lin Yi unhappy, but because the matter might be related to Jiang Xuan, he endured it and nodded,

"Yes, she and the wounded soldiers behind her will come to Fengling City later."

When Murong Han heard this, his body shook uncontrollably,

Chang Yuan, who had just finished serving tea on the side, saw this and hurriedly stepped forward to support him.

Murong Han waved his hand away, and said in a trembling voice, "Immediately, immediately let your people take at least 50,000 people to Anjiakou, the sooner the better, otherwise it will be too late." ”

Lin Yi's face was gloomy, "What the hell is going on?" To make it clear, Anjiakou has been recaptured by us, and now it is being rebuilt......"

Murong Han stepped forward and grabbed Lin Yi, his voice was high-pitched, "What's the matter?" What's going on? Do you know that the army of the Northern Barbarians is encircling Anjiakou! ”

"Reconstruction? Are you dreaming? ”

Lin Yi pushed Murong Han away, his eyes widened, his hand was unsteady, and he waved the tea cup on the side to the ground, and the tea cup was broken and obviously panicked and anxious.

"How did you know that the Northern Barbarians were going over there?" Lin Yi ignored the fact that his hands were burned by the tea and asked Murong Han.

Murong Han originally fought against the Murong Society in China, and the Murong Society had been dormant for so long, and because of his good popularity, he also attracted some people.

Although he has been a traitor for a few years, because he only occupies a small part of the place, Murong Han has also met head-on over the years, and the two have occasionally won and lost.

This time, I knew that the Northern Barbarians had the military strength to be assigned to Dongli, and I still happened to know it.

He arrested a staff member from Murong Hui's side, and only then did he know that Murong Hui, the Khan King of the Northern Barbarians, and Old Uncle Xu had united.

The Northern Barbarians sent a small force from Murong Hui's territory to harass the Slippery Country, and then the Slippery Kingdom would inevitably turn east to ask for help.

At the same time, Old Uncle Xu took advantage of the good time to launch a rebellion, while Murong Hui sent troops to harass Dongli Border.

Although the east is far from the ground and has a large number of personnel, there are wars everywhere, and the troops must be thin.

When the time comes, the three parties will unite again, wipe out the counterinsurgency army, and march towards the capital.

And this time, they will march towards Anjiakou, wanting to take Anjiakou back, and then surround Lin Yi's team with the Xu family army in Fengling City and trap them to death.

Murong Han lost his sense of proportion, his speech was trembling, and when he saw Lin Yi frowning and silent, he immediately shouted, "She is your wife, you don't care about her?" Why did you take her out of the capital? Do you really love her? ”

Lin Yi raised his eyes to look at Murong Han, word by word, sonorous and powerful, "I don't need you to question my feelings for her, I will care about her ......"

Murong Han breathed a sigh of relief, his legs weakened, and he sat down on the chair, only to hear Lin Yi continue,

"I'll go to Anjiakou, but you're going to do something else for me now."

Murong Han frowned and looked over, Lin Yi's face was calm, his heart was beating fast, and the palms under his sleeves were all sweaty.

"You hurry back now, no matter what method you use, drag Murong Hui and don't let him and Xu Ye get together."

"I'm sure you can do it, right? This is actually not to help me, but to help yourself, you don't want to completely control Nanyan Kingdom? ”

Murong Han was stunned, he read the confession of the staff member, and received the news that Jiang Xuan was staying in Anjiakou, and his heart was about to jump out.

Immediately threw everything away, rode a horse, crossed the border from Nanyan Kingdom, and arrived at Fengling, day and night, I was afraid that it would be too late to redeem all this.

"Okay." Murong Han stood up, raised his feet and left, and when he reached the door, he stopped and turned his head to look at Lin Yi,

"Lin Yi, let me tell you, I will destroy Murong Hui, not only for the sake of Nanyan Kingdom, but also to avenge Ah Xuan.

But you here, if Ah Xuan has three longs and two shorts because of you, I swear, in my lifetime, I will do my best to set foot on this land. ”

Hearing this, Lin Yi raised his eyes to look at him.

"If she's dead." Lin Yi said slowly, "Do you think that in this world, you are still needed to step on it?" ”

Murong Han watched Lin Yi support himself and slowly stood up, his movements were very slow, very slow, and seemed to carry the power of a thousand jun.

His hands were propped up on the table, he gasped for breath a few times, and called Chang Yuan in,

"Order people, prepare horses, and you can set off ......"

Before he could finish his words, he heard a sharp whistle sound, "Enemy attack, there is enemy attack......

"Report, Anjiakou sent an urgent letter......

……

After settling in Jiakou, Jiang Xuan walked around outside, then returned to the small building, closed his eyes and lay down to rest.

However, not long after she closed her eyes, she heard the war drums at the city gate, there was the sound of soldiers and horses, Xiaolou trembled slightly, she suddenly woke up, jumped up from the bed, and saw Biyun rushing in, and said loudly, "Niangniang, the enemy is attacking." ”

Jiang Xuan only had time to grab the armor and weapons, and rushed out with Biyun.

Not far from the city gate, she could hear the shaking of the horses' feet on the ground, and the sound of the night roaring into the sky.

Qin Wenhe also rushed out a little disheveled.

When Lin Yi left, he left 5,000 soldiers to escort the wounded soldiers and baggage, plus during this time, some young and middle-aged people returned to the city to enlist in the army, and the total number of troops added up to less than 7,000.

"My lord, Anjiakou has been surrounded by the army of the Northern Barbarians, and they did not immediately attack the city, but only encircled it......"

A soldier came to report the battle.

Northern barbarian soldiers, Jiang Zhu'er is right, there are indeed Northern barbarian people, but aren't they going to stop Lin Yi's team, but to besiege Anjiakou?

Jiang Xuan's expression was solemn.

"Send the message for help immediately, don't just send it to one place in Fengling City, which garrison near here is closest to us? Send one there too. Jiang Xuan said.

There was a garrison three days away from Anjiakou, and Qin Wenhe sent someone to send a letter asking for help, and Fengling City also sent one.

Now that the city gate is closed, the people of Anjiakou are also very panicked, and many people regret that they should not come back, and they should wait for the war to completely subside before coming back, so that it is safer.

The people in the city were panicked, and the army outside the city was overwhelming.

"I'm not leaving!" Bai Ying told Jiang Xuan to pack up his things and retreat to a safe place first.

Jiang Xuan immediately refused.

"Niangniang, there are soldiers here, it's useless for you to stay here, it's just to distract the people below to take care of you, it's better for us to leave first, so that everyone can fight the enemy with peace of mind."

Bai Ying comforted Jiang Xuan.

Jiang Xuan glanced at him, if she left at this time, some of the soldiers who were already small would be taken away by her.

The Northern Barbarian Army outside has tens of thousands, not to mention tens of thousands, and it is already a small number of enemies, no matter how few people there are, how can they resist the enemy.

What's more, the exits outside have been surrounded by the Northern Barbarian army, where else can they flee to?

Not only did she reject Bai Ying's proposal, but she also said to Qin Wenhe, "After the Northern Barbarians are ready, they will definitely start the first wave of siege soon, Lord Qin, I know that you are a civil official, but now is a very moment, the five thousand soldiers and horses here, as well as the two thousand newly recruited soldiers, will be handed over to you." Please prepare. ”

She said to Bai Ying again, "You go and call the general of the five thousand soldiers and horses who remained, and ask him to discuss the next matter with Lord Qin." ”

"Also, now the population in the city, the food count, and the horses in the army must be done, if the letter for help can be transmitted, then we only need to keep it for two days, but if we can't send it, we must be prepared to defend it."

Maybe not for a while, but for a long time.

"Also, where does the water come from in this city?"

Now that the city is besieged, I am afraid that the northern barbarians outside will make a black hand, and when the time comes, there is no need to defend it, and it will be impossible to carry it.

Once again, a local official said on the side, "Niangniang, rest assured, Anjiakou is full of natural water and underground water." ”

Anjiakou was just an ordinary small city, and it was so easy to be taken away and so easy to take back at that time.

The defense inside was naturally not complete, Jiang Xuan took Bi Wan, Bai Ying and others to do some defensive measures overnight.

She didn't know why the people from the Northern Barbarians didn't go to Wai Lin Yi's side, but instead diverted to Anjiakou, or did Anjiakou have some secrets they didn't know about?

The Beiban side didn't give Jiang Xuan in the city much time to prepare, and began to attack.

The sound of the horn remembered, the war drums beat, Qin Wenhe stood on the city tower to watch the whole situation, and the general led the soldiers and the people who were going to come up below to fight.

People came up one after another, Jiang Xuan could still stand at the beginning, but later, she carried a sword and killed Bi Wan and others and the people of the Northern Barbarians.

The goal of the Northern Barbarians was probably to take Anjiakou in one battle.

When one wave goes down, another wave comes up.

I don't know how long it took to kill, from night to day, when the first rays of sunlight fell in the morning, the siege battle never stopped.

Arrows rained down, stone cannons flew, under the city walls, the corpses were piled up higher and higher, the whistling sound of the Northern Barbarians was like in the ears, the sky was getting brighter, and the blood-stained excited faces could also be seen clearly.

Jiang Xuan was numb to killing, a soldier fell at her feet, she passed through the Northern Barbarian army who wanted to go to the wall with a sword, dragged the soldier who fell to the ground to the back, and took it with a pair of plain hands.

Jiang Xuan looked up, it was Jiang Zhu'er wearing soldier armor, her face was covered with blood, and the scabbed wound reflected was becoming more and more hideous, only she looked resolute.

He just nodded at her slightly, and carried the wounded soldier down the city tower with the people next to him.

Jiang Xuan was just stunned, so he quickly turned around and went to the city wall to kill the enemy.

Between life and death, don't ask about the past.

On the field, regardless of gains and losses.

Only by driving the enemy away is the most important thing.

Jiang Xuan personally went into battle and fought the enemy with the soldiers, at this time, she was like the backbone of everyone, inspiring everyone's morale.

After fighting for a day and a night, although the Beiban side was full of people and strong soldiers, high-spirited, and invincible, Jiang Xuan's side also resisted desperately, and for a while, it was impossible for the Beiban to take down Anjiakou.

As a result, the morale of the Northern Barbarians was greatly reduced, and by the evening, the siege had finally stopped.

The original sword in Jiang Xuan's hand had been curled, and he didn't know where he picked it up, and now only half of it was left.

The Northern Barbarian army outside the city retreated, and she leaned against the city wall, looking at the camp of the Northern Barbarians in the distance, the armor on her body hit the evening sun, and it was cool.

Qin Wenhe walked over, squatted beside her, and said, "Niangniang, how long will it take for the reinforcements to arrive, although it has only been a day and a night, but if it continues like this, the soldiers will not be able to hold on." ”

The disparity in numbers is too great.

Jiang Xuan licked her chapped lips, "I know." ”

How did she not know? Now the only way is to boil! Just wait!

Get through it, wait for it, and you'll win.

"Qin Wenhe, on the southeast city gate, the Northern Barbarians have not sent many troops, you take people tonight, send the old people, children, and women out."

It was impossible for them to surrender to the northern barbarians, and only by sending these people out could they die with the northern barbarians.

Jiang Xuan went down the city tower, and there were some wounded soldiers on the road who didn't have time to carry them into the house, as well as scared children and thin old people.

She saw Jiang Zhu'er helping a soldier to bandage his wounds, and the older boy she brought next to her was helping.

Seeing Jiang Xuan, both of them stood up, Jiang Xuan smiled at them and walked over.

When he turned around, the boy looked at her back with a complicated face, and lowered his head to help Jiang Zhu'er.

Day and night, non-stop fighting, everyone is tired, even the will seems to be wavering.

In the evening, the northern barbarians outside the city did not attack, and during the meal, Jiang Xuan personally carried the box of food and appeared in front of everyone with the man who delivered the food.

The soldiers sat or lay down, their eyes closed, and everyone was tired.

Seeing Jiang Xuan come out, they all stood up one after another.

They know that this is the Queen Mother, and they are different from the Queen Mother they have heard of, who can take the lead and kill the enemy, and now, regardless of fatigue, they bring food to everyone.

Jiang Xuan took the pancakes in his hand, personally handed them out to the soldiers, and when he was finished, he said,

"These two days, I have worked hard for you, I thank you on behalf of the people in the city, you can rest assured, we only need to hold on for a few days, and then the help from the marshal's side will come.

You are all His people, and He will not leave them alone. ”

The soldiers held the cake in their hands and looked at Jiang Xuan fixedly, and their originally tired and languishing expressions gradually lifted up a little.

Seeing this, Qin Wenhe, who was on the side, shouted loudly, "You all heard it, the cake in your hand was also made for you by Niangniang herself."

She also went up with you to kill the enemy, but she still cooked for you, hurry, eat while it was hot, and when she had finished eating, she cheered up and drove the barbarians out of our land. ”

The soldiers took a big bite of the bread, and the word of mouth passed on and encouraged each other.

Qin Wenhe walked in front of Jiang Xuan and said respectfully, "Niangniang, go and rest for a while, you are also tired for a day and a night, leave it to us here, you can rest assured, you will explain, the lower officials will do a good job." ”

Jiang Xuan didn't dare to close his eyes, a day and a night had passed, although the Beiban side had not launched an attack for the time being, but the next attack didn't know when it would be, maybe it would be in the next breath.

And the reinforcements, it is not known when they will arrive.

According to the normal one, it should arrive tomorrow, but how to hear about this night and half a day is still a problem.

Sure enough, in the middle of the night, the horn sounded again, and the northern barbarians rested for a while, and launched a new wave of attacks.

The soldiers went up to the city wall to meet the enemy, and at this time, the war drum on the wall beat loudly.

This time, the beating sound was different from before, the drums rumbled, like thunder, like clouds rolling, resounding in everyone's ears.

In the midst of the thunder of fire that seemed to fall from the sky, the soldiers saw a woman in armor standing in front of the high standing drum.

Her judgment is a new banner, hunting in the firelight, in the night wind.

"Sons of Dongli, the Northern Barbarians have been harassing the people on the border, and after being slaughtered by your Son of Heaven for 100,000 prisoners of war, they are now making a comeback, wanting to set foot on our land and defile our land.

Can you say yes?

Reinforcements will soon arrive, and your Son of Heaven and your Emperor will not give up on you.

Until they come, they need you to persevere.

As the Lin family, I have made an alliance with you, and I will be with you, and together with you, drive the Northern Barbarians out! ”

Her voice, along with the war drums, faintly drowned out the whistling of the northern barbarians under the city walls.

All the soldiers shouted, "Get out of the house!" ”

Inside the city walls, the wounded soldiers, the women who came to take care of them, and the old people shouted together, "Get out." ”

Everyone, united as one, women, the elderly, they did their best to take care of Shangyuan and deliver hot soup and hot meals to the soldiers who fought bloodily.

The men took off their armor from the bodies of the dead in battle, took up blood-stained swords and spears, and joined the battle to defend Anjiakou and drive away the barbarians.

The army and the people are united and share the same hatred for the enemy.

Everyone has only one thought, that is, to persevere, and never let Hu Lu take a step forward.

The night has passed, and the battle that was thought to be a simple battle that ended quickly with more victories and fewer is still not over.

The northern barbarians were anxious, and at the moment of dawn, they poured out of their nests, wanting to attack the small city opposite again.

This time, they had a more aggressive goal.

Kill one and there is a bounty.

Kill ten people, there are beauties.

The higher you go, the more rewards you get.

The fierce fighting continued from morning to evening.

The drums of war are constantly beating, and on the battlefield, the drums are constantly beating, and there is no stop fighting.

No refund, no refund.

Jiang Xuan's hand was numb, and she didn't stop.

"Sister...... I got it! Jiang Zhu'er bit her lip and took the war drum hammer in Jiang Xuan's hand.

The hammers of the war drums are very heavy, which is completely different from the piano that Jiang Zhu'er has played.

She struck the drum face, and the drum beat was high and high-pitched, just like before, and it shook people's hearts and blood rolling.

Jiang Xuan leaned to the side and looked at Jiang Zhu'er, she breathed a sigh of relief, the arrogant and brutal girl was gone.