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The battle to defend Anjiakou has lasted for two days and two nights, and everyone is desperate to defend it.
The sound of fighting resounded in the sky, and there were more and more corpses.
Outside the city, the northern barbarians stepped on the dense corpses of their compatriots, built ladders, and dug city walls.
On the city wall, one of the sergeants fell, and immediately someone took his place.
There are more and more people sending people down from the tower, and there are fewer and fewer substitutes. Medicines are already running low in the city.
Jiang Zhu'er went back and forth above the city tower, and together with the other women, carried people down.
I don't know how long it took, Jiang Xuan's whole body was almost stained in blood, and the Northern Barbarian Army, which couldn't get a little cheap, finally accepted the troops, and it seemed to be repairing.
The Northern Barbarians couldn't get any bargains.
The generals of the Northern Barbarians also began to feel uneasy.
Their encouragement to the soldiers has risen to the point that as long as they can conquer Anjiakou and catch the generals of the defending army in the east, they will be able to make kings and marquises.
But no one rushed up and opened the gate of Anjiakou.
Originally, after the battle in which Xiao Yue slaughtered 100,000 prisoners of war, Beiban was almost defeated.
All these years of recuperation and recuperation have only regained a little vitality.
But on the contrary, Huo De, the king of the right day, died in the capital of Dongli, and there were still no bones left in the bombing.
After the humiliation of 100,000 prisoners of war being killed in a pit, the death of the king of the right day made the old Khan's desire to set foot in the east and leave the country more and more vigorous.
Over the years, they have been recuperating in a low-key manner, and the Murong Society of Nanyan and the Xu family of Dongli have asked to unite and capture Dongli in one fell swoop, and the old Khan King has been waiting for this day for a long time.
Although he pretended not to agree, he relented and agreed to the alliance to send troops after the Xu family promised that once the capital of Dongli was captured, the Xu family would take power and give several cities connected to Dongli and Beiban to Beiban.
He not only wanted to avenge the 100,000 prisoners of war who were killed in the pit, but also avenged the death of the right king of the sun, Hod.
No one knows, in fact, Huo De is the son of the old Khan King, or the son who gave high hopes, and he died like this, and he didn't even bring a piece of bone back to the Northern Barbarians.
The leader of the siege of Anjiakou was the eldest son of the old Khan, Nada, and from the day of departure, he received an order from the old Khan that he must go to the capital first, so as to seek greater benefits and even occupy Dongli.
When the time comes, what will the Xu family be? Murong Hui had already made another alliance with the Old Khan King in private!
Murong will only want the Jiang family's family to avenge their woman.
Nada thought that at this time, he should have captured Anjiakou and marched towards the capital to the east.
Not only was it a shame of many years ago, but more importantly, now that the old Khan was about to return to the west, and the battle between the princes had reached the end of the day, he needed this victory too much.
Let the old Khan, let those princes, and even more so let those nobles who question themselves, and the clansmen see his ability and support him to ascend to the throne.
But he didn't expect that the battle situation would be so stalemate and stagnant.
He failed to seize the opportunity to take Anjiakou in one fell swoop, allowing them to block their way and miss out on the best fighter.
Now, if time drags on any longer, it will be very unfavorable for him when the reinforcements from the east feel it.
When the time comes, he can't imagine what the situation will become.
It's just that now the motivation for the warriors has reached the peak, which makes him unable to think of a better way for a while, so he can only keep the warriors moving forward!
"Niangniang, this can't be done, there are less than 3,000 people left who can fight now, and the reinforcements are not yet available at this time, and I don't know what the situation is."
Qin Wenhe stood on the city wall and looked at the camp tent of the Northern Barbarians in the distance.
Jiang Xuan sat on the city wall on his knees, his plain clothes stained with blood and turned dark red, as if he had been fished out of blood.
She pursed her chapped lips and didn't speak.
If reinforcements can't arrive, something must have happened.
She turned her head away, looked at the camp tent in the distance, and some smoke rose, and said,
"Lord Qin, the Northern Barbarians have traveled so far to the east, how can the baggage be solved? You say, if they have no food and grass, will they continue to persevere? ”
Qin Wenhe glanced at Jiang Xuan in surprise, and then his expression froze, "Niangniang, what you said is good, but what if those Northern Barbarian troops have no food and grass, and they attack even more frantically?" ”
Jiang Xuan tilted his head and looked at the somewhat dark sky.
"Are you ready to send the old man, the woman, and the child away?" She asked softly.
Qin Wenhe nodded, "Just wait until this side really can't hold on, let people send it out." ”
"Send it early." Jiang Xuan seemed to sigh.
At this time, how nice would it be if there was a pot of wine? Jiang Xuan suddenly thought.
"Sister, what are you looking at?"
Jiang Xuan turned his head, it was Jiang Zhu'er, "Why are you here?" ”
Jiang Zhu'er smiled, the scar on her face had not healed, her head was red and black, like a centipede covering her face, and when she smiled, her facial muscles moved, looking particularly terrifying.
But her eyes were clear, and in Jiang Xuan's eyes, she had a clear complexion.
"I heard that you are on the castle tower, and I brought you something to eat." Jiang Zhu'er spoke in a gentle tone, handed the food in her hand to Jiang Xuan, and gave some to Qin Wenhe.
Jiang Xuan took it, stuffed it into his mouth, moved it to the side, patted the dust, and asked, "Do you dare to sit?" ”
Jiang Zhu'er stiffened, but still sat down cautiously, and said, "What don't you dare." ”
It's just that she sat up and climbed with her hands and feet, which made Jiang Xuan smile.
She said that Jiang Zhuer has grown up, but in fact, she has grown up too.
When she was able to look at Jiang Zhu with peace and even appreciation, she knew that growth came quietly.
The sisters sat side by side, the wind gently blowing on their faces.
"Thank you, sister. And sorry. After a long time, Jiang Zhu'er said.
Jiang Xuan was not surprised by what she said, and took a bite of the dry food in her hand, "No, I didn't do anything, tonight, you and those women can withdraw together." ”
Jiang Zhu'er shook her head and looked at Jiang Xuan seriously,
"I won't say anything about making amends for your sins or something, just if you understand. Sorry and thank you for putting me here, let's start again in the future.
As for leaving, if you don't leave, I won't leave.
The moment I escaped from Fengling City, I thought a lot, maybe I was caught by Old Thief Xu, I would die, I would be disabled, or I would be found back by the so-called father Murong Hui.
He may continue to be kind to me with that thin paternal love, and he will not hesitate to sell me when he needs me.
None of that was what I wanted.
In the past, I thought that cutting Xu Lao Thief was my life's goal.
But now, I have a better purpose. ”
Her hand pointed to the tent looming in the distance, "That is to die, and to drive these people out." ”
"In the past, I was so small, but now I can be a person who is heavier than Tarzan."
"So, sister." She looked at Jiang Xuan sincerely, "Don't drive me away." ”
Her face flushed, and Jiang Xuan looked at her quietly.
This is Jiang Zhu'er, who is different from beating the war drums.
Maybe this person is the sister she has been looking forward to and wants to have.
She put her hand on Jiang Zhu'er's shoulder and said with a smile, "Okay, if we can all survive, we will be sisters again." ”
"If you can't live......"
"Then the next life!"
"Okay." Jiang Zhu'er responded without hesitation, "In the next life, I will be your sister, let me take care of you!" ”
Qin Wenhe leaned on the pillar and looked at the two slender backs, although they were women, they were not weaker than men.
He took a bite of dry food, looked at the back on Jiang Xuan's side, was stunned for a moment, and quickly retracted his gaze.
"Sister, just now you said that you were sneaking up on the enemy's grain and grass, and Xiao Yi knows where there is a shortcut to the enemy's rear. Do you want him to take you there? ”
"Little one?" Jiang Xuan asked.
"The eldest child, his family is Anjiakou, and he is very familiar with the terrain in this area."
"His father used to be a merchant, so he knew the streets and alleys and the alleys everywhere, and he had followed his father through ......"
Jiang Zhu'er explained.
Jiang Xuan looked at Qin Wenhe behind him, "Lord Qin, what do you think?" ”
"If you really want to go, then you have to calculate it in detail, you have to pick good players, go after dark, and in addition, the defense here has to be readjusted."
Qin Wenhe thought about it and replied seriously.
Jiang Xuan bowed his head, jumped off the city wall, and helped Jiang Zhu'er down, "Then go and call Xiao Yi to ask, at the same time, we don't know anything about the layout of the camp tent on the Beiban side, so it may take more time, and it is more likely that the whole army will be wiped out." ”
Her expression was a little solemn.
There are fewer and fewer people, and it is no longer possible to defend it, so we can only find a way to make trouble for the Beiban side.
I hope that I can burn their grain and grass in one fell swoop, and that side will not fight back desperately, but withdraw.
Soon, the people were summoned, Jiang Xuan asked Xiao Yi to explain the road map in detail, and looked at the map, and at the same time, Qin Wen and Xiao Ke, the general left by Lin Yi, selected a hundred good players, followed Xiao Yi, and went to the Beiban camp.
The road that Xiaoyi said happened to be in the rear of the Beiban station, and the general grain and grass were not placed in the middle, then it was the back, and he only hoped that the Beiban would put the grain and grass at the back of the camp.
The personnel quickly settled down and waited until it was dark before setting off.
The Beiban side was about to be repaired, and by the way, the attack method was adjusted, and it was not launched until the third watch at night.
In front of the Anjiakou Mansion, all the team members were there.
Jiang Xuan stood on the porch, looking at the soldiers whose helmets and armor were already broken, the hundred soldiers who were about to set off were wearing the best armor and carrying the best steel guns, with a resolute expression on their faces.
Even if they know that they may never come back.
But in order to allow the Northern Barbarian army to withdraw from the country, he did not hesitate.
"Go with confidence." Jiang Xuan said, "If you can't come back, your parents are my Lin Jiang Xuan's parents, and your children are also my children, as long as I live, I will take care of their birth, old age, sickness and death, if I die......"
"And us!" The soldiers on the side, the voice of the people replied on behalf of Jiang Xuan, making the heaviest promise.
In the silent night, no one answered loudly, but everyone's heart was boiling.
"Let's go." General Xiao Ke gave an order.
Jiang Zhu'er touched Xiao Yi's head, "You take care of yourself, my sister is here waiting for you to come back." ”
Xiaoyi nodded firmly, "I'll definitely be back, sister." ”
The group disappeared into the night.
"Niangniang, you've been tired for a long time, go and rest."
Biyun and the others left, softly comforting Jiang Xuan.
It was quiet outside, but Jiang Xuan knew that once the Northern Barbarians attacked again, then it would be the final battle, and they would win if they carried it over.
All of them had to maintain their best physical strength, she turned into the room and fell straight down, and after a while, her breathing was calm.
When I woke up again, I was woken up by the sound of a sharp horn, and the sky was already slightly white, and it was a good time for Beiban to pick.
The deepest time for a person to sleep is the period before the dawn of the third watch.
Beiban wanted to kill one by surprise.
Another round of fighting began.
I don't know where the people who went to the back of the Beiban camp have gone, is it possible to succeed?
Soon, there will be no time to think about these questions.
The Northern Barbarian Army rushed up densely, different from the previous two days, it came more violently and violently, as if a group of soldiers had been changed, and they climbed up the city from the ladder to the city.
On the side of the southeast corner of the city gate, there was a sudden loud 'boom', accompanied by the excited shouts of the Northern Barbarians.
Arrows swished overhead, and an arrow stuck in the back of the soldier who died in battle, right on Jiang Xuan's side.
The white shadow below ran towards her with blood streaming down his face,
"Mother, come with me!"
He yelled.
Biyun, who was in a guard posture beside her, pulled Jiang Xuan and went down.
"The city is going to break?" Jiang Xuan went down the city tower and spoke in a calm tone.
Her face was covered with blood, her eyes were dry, and when the wind blew, she would leave tears behind, but she was not tired.
"The southeast city wall has been broken, Lord Qin is leading people to plug the gap, all the people are ready for street fighting, and they will defend Anjiakou to the death, and never let out half a step.
Lord Qin also asked me to send you away quickly, and the remaining women also withdrew from the northwest gate. ”
Yesterday night, the elderly, children, and some frail women were sent out.
There were some women left who had sworn to stay.
"You push out of the northwest gate at once, and you can't help here."
In the battle to defend the city, if it comes to the point of street fighting, these women stay, in case they are caught by the Northern Barbarian Army, they will die, and the most feared thing is unbearable death.
Those women put down the work in their hands, with tears in their eyes, bowed to Jiang Xuan, got up and left one after another.
In the face of 100,000 Northern Barbarian soldiers attacking the city, everyone was able to hold on to this moment, and everyone here did their best.
She felt a sudden feeling of dizziness, she closed her eyes, rested her hands on the wall, and rested her head on it.
"Niangniang...... Biyun and Bai Ying exclaimed.
Jiang Xuan raised his head, calmed down, opened his eyes, and shook his head, "I'm fine, I'm just a little tired." ”
"Prepare for street fighting." She said.
Bai Ying's eyes were red, "Niangniang, you quickly leave here with your subordinates...... It's too dangerous here. ”
"Bai Ying, you know that I will not leave, I will now use my identity to order you to prepare for street fighting......" Jiang Xuan pursed her lips and looked at Bai Ying.
"Niangniang, my subordinates only obey the emperor's orders, and he asked me to guarantee your safety, so my subordinates must let you leave here." Bai Ying's hand was raised, wanting to use force on Jiang Xuan, and at the same time he glanced at Biyun.
"Niangniang, you still listen to Lord Bai, get out of here, the slaves and maids stay, and never leave." Biyun cautiously persuaded.
"White Shadow, the imperial power in this world, but without the people, how can there be imperial power? I was raised by my father, and my father ate the court money, and the court money came from the people's taxes, so I was raised by the people all over the world.
At this time, I can't go! ”
She raised the sword in her hand, the blood on it still dry, and the blood on the blade was snaking down.
"So, let's go and fight well, as for what your emperor said, you have already made an exception, so why not break it once at this time."
After speaking, she walked towards the Northern Barbarian soldiers who had already climbed up.
The soldiers beating the drums had been killed by the arrows, and they fell to the side of the drums, and there was no sound of war drums, but no one retreated, whether it was the soldiers who left the east or the soldiers of the northern barbarians.
Everyone was red-eyed.
In the distance, puffs of smoke rose up into the sky, and some soldiers from the Northern Barbarians looked back and shouted.
Everyone felt the anomaly.
It's okay for the east to be off this side, but the soldiers on the Beiban side saw the thick smoke, and their will to fight was like a deflated skin, and they suddenly withered.
"Niangniang, it was the hundred-person squad that succeeded in the sneak attack...... Qin Wenhe ran over from the side excitedly, and while running, he didn't forget to cut down the Northern Barbarian soldiers around him.
As Qin Wenhe's excited voice came, there seemed to be a faint sound of thousands of horses galloping in the distance.
The sound began to seem like nothing, and gradually, the sound became louder and louder, like a muffled thunder coming down from the clouds, exploding in people's ears.
The sound grew louder and louder, and even the ground beneath their feet, and the towers, trembled slightly with the rhythmic sound.
The Northern Barbarian soldiers who were climbing the wall stopped climbing, and the sergeants at the head of the city stopped fighting and looked in the direction where the sound came.
Jiang Xuan killed the last Beiban soldier who got off the city tower and rushed to the city tower.
She jumped up the tower in one breath and looked ahead.
The early winter sun was not fierce, and at the end of the first moon in the distance, she saw the black army like a wave rushing in this direction.
It's reinforcements, or it's enemy troops!
Jiang Xuan's heart seemed to stop beating.
Her hand holding the sword trembled slightly.
At this moment, she prayed to the gods and Buddhas of the heavens to bless Anjiakou and bless the arrival of reinforcements.
At this moment, the horn of the Beiban suddenly sounded, she held her sword tightly, and saw the soldiers of the Beiban retreat like a tide.
"Retired troops......" Qin Wenhe's voice trembled a little.
Jiang Xuan nodded vigorously.
The black army like a wave was getting closer and closer, and in the blink of an eye, it collided with the retreating Northern Barbarian soldiers.
The soldiers of the Northern Barbarians did not retreat, but went to intercept reinforcements.
Jiang Xuan set his eyes on the person at the head.
He was getting closer and closer, and across the tens of millions of people, Jiang Xuan could even see him raise his head, his gaze fell on her, and then a warm smile rose.
"Lord Qin, Lord Xiao...... Assemble the army, ready to respond! Jiang Xuan said.
"Yes!"
Although Lin Yi brought not many people, it was an elite division, and it didn't take long for the morale of the Northern Barbarian army to be weakened, and the soldiers and horses began to flee.
As soon as people start to run away, it will not be a climate, and more and more people will run away.
The camp of the Northern Barbarians is not far away, the grain and grass have been destroyed by the hundred-man team, and now that the reinforcements have arrived again, they will not retreat, but also have to retreat.
Lin Yi instructed the generals around him to lead people to pursue the fleeing Northern Barbarian soldiers.
Over there, the city gate had already opened, and Jiang Xuan rushed ahead first.
Lin Yi sat on the horse, did not move, his eyes looked at the woman who was coming towards him, motionless.
Even though her face was stained with blood and her hair was messy, she was like a pearl, like the moonlight in the night, like the sun after the rain.
She broke the army and ran towards him, and at that moment, Lin Yi felt that the heavens and the earth seemed to have lost their color, and she became the only color.
The sound of the horse's hooves seemed to step on his heart, and again, and again.
He had always known that his little girl was very beautiful, and it was only on this battlefield that he realized that the beauty of the back house could no longer compare to this moment, her beauty was unparalleled.
The two soon met, looked at each other quietly for a moment, and then looked at each other and smiled.
After getting off the horse, Lin Yi stretched out his hands to her.
Jiang Xuan threw down the long sword in his hand, like a milk swallow throwing into the forest, and threw it into his arms.
After only a while, she struggled to come out, and she suddenly realized that she hadn't taken a bath for many days, and the smell of blood and sweat on her body made her a little embarrassed.
In fact, Lin Yi is not much better, his body is also dust, blood, and his hair is slightly messy.
The first time he met Lin Yi in such an embarrassment, Jiang Xuan coughed and pushed him, "Let's go in first, sit down and talk." ”
"Hmm."
Lin Yi watched her get on the horse, and then instead of riding her own horse, she turned over behind Jiang Xuan and rode into the city with her.
Behind him, the sound of killing shook the sky, but no one cared.
In the Battle of Anjiakou, with Lin Yi bringing reinforcements over, this battle, which lasted for three days and two nights, ended without any suspense.
The Northern Barbarians lost their military superiority, the project was frustrated for several days, the grain and grass were burned, and the low morale fell to the bottom in an instant.
It was just a hasty resistance, and the army was defeated like a mountain, all the way to Fengling City.
Lin Yi sent a small number of soldiers and horses to pursue the fleeing Northern Barbarians.
In this one, 100,000 people came from the Beiban, and less than 10,000 escaped.
Many times, I clearly felt that as long as I rushed again, the east of Anjiakou would not be able to hold it, and the city would be close at hand.
But the opportunity passed again and again, the city was there, and the silence of the wall could not be breached.
Nada finally escaped to Fengling City, and his anxious heart settled down, and when he heard that there were only a few thousand soldiers in it, and a woman resisted, he couldn't believe it.
He must avenge this hatred, blood this hatred!
The siege of Anjiakou was finally lifted, and there was laughter and laughter everywhere.
Lin Yi took Jiang Xuan into the city, and when he arrived at the place where the government was stationed, he dismounted first, and then stretched out his hand to Jiang Xuan and asked her to come down.
Jiang Xuan smiled, to the people around the door, as well as the soldiers, she smiled one by one, her tense heart was relaxed at this moment, and the strings that had been tense in her body finally broke, she just got off the horse, and before she could stand firmly, she felt that she couldn't support it.
"Ah Xuan!"
"Mother's ......"
"Madame......"
She heard someone shouting to her, but she didn't have the slightest strength, and her body went limp, and she collapsed into a hard embrace.
Jiang Xuan slept for a long, long night.
In the dream, she felt that the whole person was hollowed out, but it was very relaxed.
She seems to have returned to that busy era, she is alone, free, free, she is her.
She seemed to have returned to the former Guangyang Mansion, and there was a young man standing beside her, tilting his head sideways, looking at her with a smile, as if she was his heaven and his everything.
In an instant, she seemed to see a man, tall, green cloth cotton robe, warm as jade, but as if he could shield himself from all the wind and rain, he stretched out his hand to herself, that hand, warm, generous.
He said to himself, "Come ......"
She held it, she didn't want to let go, she didn't want to wake up, she just wanted to stay in the dream, the dream was too pleasant.
"Ah Xuan, wake up......"
She heard a gentle voice, oh, it's that Mr. Lin.
She rubbed the palm of her hand and whispered, "Mr. Lin......"
Lin Yi, who was sitting on the edge of the couch and watching Jiang Xuan, heard her voice, and her body stiffened.
Mr. Lin! I haven't heard that in a long time. The little girl was tired and confused.
Jiang Xuan had been sleeping all night, and one day, when he opened his eyes in a daze, he saw a face in front of him, "Mr. Lin...... Where is Lin Yi ......"
Lin Yi was very happy to see her wake up, but she didn't expect that this girl hadn't fully woken up, and her consciousness would remain in her dream for a while.
He suddenly teased her and said, "Mr. Lin...... What do you ask him for? What's the matter with him? ”
Jiang Xuan's eyes were half-open, a little dazed, a little serious, "Lin Yi is a villain......"
The corners of Lin Yi's mouth hooked, grabbed her hand, and put it on his face, "Yes, Lin Yi is a villain." ”
It was indeed a bad guy who made his little girl suffer so much.
When she was asleep, White Shadow came to plead guilty and told him about the situation she was desperate for, and he felt that he was really the biggest villain in the world.
"Mr. Lin, you can marry me away......" Jiang Xuan said suddenly.
"You're already married to me, fool." He kissed her hand.
Jiang Xuan let out an 'oh' and said quickly, "I like you, I can marry you." ”
Lin Yi's heart was both delicious and painful, sighed, didn't speak again, and waited for Jiang Xuan to come to his senses.
She must have been too tired, her spirit was highly tense, and she relaxed for a while, refusing to think about those things.
Jiang Xuan really woke up at the end of the day, and Lin Yi was reading a military newspaper on the side, and when he saw her wake up, although he was a little confused, he looked better than before.
He put down the military newspaper in his hand and said with a smile, "Are you awake?" ”
Jiang Xuan picked up the messy grass on his head, nodded, and wanted to get out of bed.
Lin Yi walked over, squatted down, picked up her shoes, and helped her put them on.
"You ......" Jiang Xuan was a little incoherent, although it was the first time to help her put on her shoes, but this action was extremely skillful.
"Ah Xuan, these days, it's all thanks to you, you've worked hard! Being able to marry you is the greatest blessing of my life. Lin Yi said solemnly.