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In Song Guantu's sprinkling words, there was no words such as "spare life" and "forgiveness", but Zuo Ying knew that every sentence was clearly a clever confession. He said that the reason why he relaxed his vigilance against these Six Dust cults, and did not even regard them as cults, was entirely because they preached "upholding orthodoxy and cutting off national thieves," which was consistent with the emperor's main demands and shared the emperor's hatred and hatred. And he, Song Guantu, is naturally on the same front as the emperor, so he will have this natural good impression of them. He made this foolish mistake not because of anything else, but precisely because he was a loyal servant—a loyal servant who regarded the Emperor's enemies as his enemies, and the Emperor's friends as his friends.

But how could Zuo Ying eat him like this?

"Oh?" Zuo Ying sneered in her heart, "That's to blame me?" ”

"Wechen don't dare! Wechen don't dare! Song Guantu was frightened, busy and kowtowed.

Zuo Ying stood up and said, "How much benefit do you get from the sesame oil and tribute of the Lingquan Temple every year, do you think I don't know?" Her tone was steady, without a trace of anger, but it was enough to scare Song Guantu into a cold sweat. Even Su Bo's eyes couldn't help but widen.

"Your Majesty! Damn it! Damn it! ......" Song Guantu fell to the ground, trembling all over.

"Hmph." Zuo Ying suddenly realized that she had learned something from Ashina Wuji, "You really deserve to die!" However, killing the commander before the battle will inevitably disturb the morale of the army. For the sake of your mentor Subo's face, I will let you live a few more days. If you commit any more dereliction of duty, or if you see that the city will run out of food in half a month, and wait for the thieves to retreat. Count the crimes and punish them together! ”

Although these words said that they were to be punished, they actually gave Song Guantu a way to live, implying that if he made meritorious contributions in the fight against thieves, he could still be exempted from the death penalty.

There are smart people here. If you think about it on your knees, you can know the meaning of the subtleties.

Song Guantu hurriedly took a breath and stammered, "Thank you, Your Majesty for your grace!" Thank you, Your Majesty! Wechen went to donate his family property and at the same time called on the wealthy in the city. Raise food for the army! Wechen will definitely serve his life with all his heart, and he will die! ”

"Your Majesty," Su Bo also knelt on the ground and said, "The minister is not talented, and he is willing to take on the supervision of grain and grass." ”

"Exactly." After Zuo Ying finished speaking, she strode out of the outer hall of the Taishou Mansion.

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At this time, it was already late autumn in August, and by the time we arrived, the sky had already become dark. Looking out from the head of Ziyang City. The countryside and farmland outside have all turned into a gray patch, extending to the farthest distance, connecting with the gray and blue sky, making people feel indescribably bleak and bleak. The only color in my eyes was the sunset that had been fixed on the horizon. The orange light, which is not very penetrating, is like an autumn leaf falling on a branch, ready to fall at any time.

Ashina took a team with a team to make the last patrol on the city before nightfall today.

He remembered that he used to be young and vigorous, and he once led an army to harass the cities of the Han people. But because the strong city wall is in front of them, they can only steal some grain and grass outside the city, rob some people and animals, and run to the prairie before the large army goes out of the city to meet them, then no one can help them. And now and now. He completely changed his identity and perspective, from being denied out of the city to standing on top of the strong city walls, ready to meet the enemy outside the city. This wall was no longer an obstacle for him, but a source of support for him against foreign enemies. He couldn't help but feel a strange feeling in his heart.

A few months ago, an ordinary person or even a shaman said to him, "Your Highness Infinity. Three months later, you will stand on the head of a Great Zhou city and protect the city for the Empress of the Great Zhou. Then he will definitely feel that it is difficult to even scold him, and directly beat this person fat. But now, he really did it by mistake, and when he accepted the task of the little empress appointing the general envoy of attack and defense of Ziyang City, he actually took it for granted, and he didn't even think about refusing.

At the beginning, the reason why he "married" for his brother was obviously just to kidnap the little empress back to the desert and humiliate this group of invincible Great Zhou thieves; After the defeat, it was because she thought that she had to bring her head back to see the Turkic warriors, so she kept forbearing. I didn't expect this little empress to be so ruthless, I wasn't afraid that he would take her head and dangle in front of him every day, and she was so arrogant that she even sharpened and gave him a knife, for fear that he would really not be able to do it! This person is really, ruthless to others, and even more ruthless to himself!

And the irony is that today, his thoughts seem to be really different from the original, even if he has many opportunities to be alone with her, and there are many opportunities to take the jade knife to her hand, but he has not once had the urge to do so.

This little empress with a weak appearance and a "fierce and vicious" heart really made him curious. With her, it was as if he had embarked on a bizarre journey, or heard the beginning of an intriguing story, and he wanted to know what scenery and plot would happen later, rather than let the journey end now, leaving the story in suspense that could never be solved.

At this moment, the voices of the guards kneeling down to see His Majesty were heard behind him.

He was startled, thinking that this man really didn't talk about it. He turned around, and sure enough, he saw Zuo Ying walking from not far away with Scarlet Feather and a group of guards. The strong wind of the hunting in the city blew in her face, blowing her dress and long hair dancing wildly, so that her eyes could hardly be opened, and her slender body seemed to be pushed backwards by the wind at any moment. She watched her from afar, although her eyes were already covered with tears from the wind and sand, she still looked at him persistently, looking pitiful and expectant.

Seeing such a scene, Ashina couldn't help but feel a little funny and a little relieved, only when he was fighting for physical strength, he felt that he had an advantage in front of this person.

Out of a manly demeanor, he stepped forward to meet her quickly, and when he saw the smile on her face because of his greeting, he forgot for a moment to wonder whether her smile was poisonous, but felt an indescribable comfort welling up from the bottom of his heart.

"Imperial husband, it's hard work."

Ashina pursed his lips indefinitely, and said a little insincerely: "Hmph, it's really suffocating to lock me up in this place, without good wine, and I can't ride a horse." ”

"The Imperial Husband." Zuo Ying walked over, grabbed Ashina's indefinite arm and walked forward briskly for a distance, deliberately throwing the entourage away.

"What are you going to do?" Ashina frowned in distrust.

Zuo Ying beckoned and motioned for him to bend down.

The wind at the head of the city is too strong, and the height difference between the two is huge, and if you say a little longer, you will be eaten by the wind in half. Zuo Ying had to ask him to do this, and then whispered in his ear with his hand: "Imperial Husband, didn't you dream of fighting the 'Great Zhou Thief'?" It won't be long before the Six Dust Cult will come to the city, and when the time comes, you will be able to lead a group of 'Great Zhou Thieves' to fight another group of 'Great Zhou Thieves'." Think about it, how enjoyable it was. ”

After listening to it indefinitely, Ashina turned his face and stared straight at Zuo Ying, but what he saw was a slightly weird smile on her face at close range.

"Hmph, you can really say this kind of thing." Ashina sneered indefinitely, and said angrily: "Just such a sentence, you want me to take a thousand people to fight against 30,000 thieves?" ”

Zuo Ying smiled and shook her head, reached out and patted the female wall behind her, and nodded her nose again, "Not only a thousand people, but also a city, and me." ”

"If the city is used properly and commanded properly, it can withstand thousands of troops. And I am here, at least one person can show the martial arts of two people. Zuo Ying raised her long eyebrows and said: "You used to fight against the people in the city under the city, and you are very familiar with the thinking of attacking the city and fighting in the field; Now if you stand at the head of the city and fight against the thieves under the city, you know yourself and your opponent, can you not win a hundred battles? ”

Ashina's heart moved, and after Zuo Ying said this, this originally dangerous thing seemed to have become a bit challenging, and people felt happy - but it was just "like". Even if he doesn't know much about the affairs of the Great Zhou, when it comes to fighting, he can't be blinded by Ashina. The comparison between friend and foe, the supply situation, and the reinforcement situation, he has long understood it clearly. The conditions that Zuo Ying said did affect the battle situation to a large extent, but the disparity in military strength between the two sides was already an ironclad fact.

"Hey," Ashina bent over and looked at Zuo Ying indefinitely, "You little girl, are you really not afraid of death?" In case reinforcements are blocked on the way, this small ruined city, which was not built according to the standards of a border city at all, can last for a few days? When the time comes, the city will be breached, and you will be killed or captured by the thieves, so it is better to go back to Black Sand City with me in the first place! ”

Zuo Ying listened to Ashina's wise and decisive and childish words, and couldn't help laughing, "I'm not afraid." This rabble, if they want to catch me and kill me, they have to fight to win the first warrior of the Turks. What am I afraid of? ”

Ashina knew that this sentence was provoking him, but when he heard it, he felt that it was quite useful.

At this moment, a person walked up to Zuo Ying and knelt down and said, "The criminal minister Xu Hong knocks to see Your Majesty." ”

I saw that the person was Xu Hong, who was wearing civilian clothes and was slightly tired.

"Flat." Zuo Ying turned her face and said, "Are the injuries on your body better?" Didn't the doctor tell you to rest and not walk around? ”

Xu Hong stood up, bowed and said, "Thank you, Your Majesty, for your great kindness." However, the criminal minister led the troops ineffectively, not only let a hundred soldiers fold in the hands of the ambush thieves, but also was impersonated as a criminal minister, broke the gate of Pingzhou, seized the city, and killed the officers and soldiers in the city...... But the sinner has survived alone to this day...... The sinner is ashamed to be ......"

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