Late summer, hot summer.

Dingzhou City.

The scorching sun scorched the earth, the land gradually began to dry up, the city of Dingzhou was blocked for more than half a month, and there was a shortage of water and food in the city, and it was already a sign of failure.

Yuan Changxin has Bianliang City as the backing, and he is becoming more and more frustrated, Lu Guitang and others faintly guessed a possibility: it turns out that Yuan Changxin is not in a hurry and Lu Guitang is working inside and outside the city gate, and the industry has such a mind to wait for them to run out of food.

On the city wall, Lu Guitang stood in armor, wearing a golden armor and giving birth to iron bones under the scorching sun, his lazy eyes narrowed slightly, but there was no laziness in his eyes, only deep.

Hui Jinghe leaned against the city wall and wiped the sweat from his forehead, and frowned as he looked at the dilapidated scene under the city wall. Since he gained Lu Guitang's trust, he spared no effort to throw this body into the flames of war, and he did not sleep for many days, and his body was slightly gone.

Chen Wei hurriedly went up to the city wall, crossed the soldiers beside him, and went directly to Lu Guitang.

His tone was not very good: "Your Highness, the food and grass in the army are in an emergency!" The people in the city are now short of water and food, and some people want to flee from Dingzhou Mountain to Shuobei, but they are stopped by Huang Dangjia and Huang Dangjia, and Chai Thorn Shi has also brought people over to appease, but the people in the city are panicked, and I am afraid that they will not be able to support it for much time. ”

Lu Guitang twisted his eyebrows, he also noticed this situation a few days ago.

But now Yuan Changxin is leading an army of 50,000 people to wait in the city gate tower, and if the people in the city are in chaos, they are panicking and giving him a chance. Can't move forward, can't retreat, behind them is still the war-torn northern Xinjiang city, but it really responds to the sentence that there are wolves in front and tigers in the back, and the people and soldiers in the city are confined in this city wall and can't escape.

Before Lu Guitang could make a sound, Hui Jinghe had already come closer.

"Your Highness, the humble duty knows that you are worried about the soldiers and the people, and you don't want to open the city gate and Yuan Changxin to make a big fight, but it is not a way to continue to consume like this, open the city gate, Your Highness, let the humble duty go to the battle! The humble duty must not fail in the mission! ”

Lu Guitang looked at him deeply, and saw that Erlang's face in front of him was very anxious, and he pulled the scar that was no longer inconspicuous, and he was covered with a layer of wind and frost. He has really changed, he is no longer the boy who hangs his son in Bianliang City, but a general who can already pretend to be a common man in his heart.

It seems that there is a certain reason for being forgiving and forgiving.

Lu Guitang stretched out his hand and patted Hui Jinghe on the shoulder, and said with a smile: "Come back alive." ”

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Suddenly, the gate of Dingzhou was opened, Hui Jinghe led the troops out of the city, Wang Yancai, Chen Hu, Huang Hao and others also rode out, and surprised Yuan Changxin 50,000 troops under the city gate.

If you want to fight, you will be caught off guard by the other party.

Yuan Changxin hurriedly ordered troops to greet him, and the war was about to break out.

The road outside the city of Dingzhou is wide and wide, and it can accommodate 100,000 troops to fight desperately, and the scene, only the sound of swords, guns, swords, and halberds colliding is really spectacular!

Lu Guitang and Shang Guyuan stood on the city wall for a while, and a layer of unease gradually surged in their hearts.

After this half-month-long dry consumption, the morale of the soldiers in the Dingzhou military camp was not as good as before, and they ran out of ammunition and food, and they were ashamed of themselves when they stood in front of Yuan Changxin.

This is a big taboo for marching and fighting.

Seeing that his soldiers were defeated, Lu Guitang couldn't bear it anymore.

This is a battle between fish and nets, and today the power of the entire city is poured into protecting the safety of the people of a city, they can't lose, they can only win.

The soldiers of Dingzhou can't fall, even if they let Yuan Changxin step on the corpse, behind the corpse, there are people all over the city.

He instructed lightly, only to feel that the clouds were light and light: "A-Yuan, I'll go down and take a look." ”

Lu Guitang turned around and wanted to leave, but was held down by Shang Guyuan's arm.

The face that was as warm as jade showed anxiety, "Your Highness! ”

He knew what Lu Guitang wanted to do, he had known Lu Guitang for many years, and Lu Guitang's emotions might be hidden from others, but he couldn't hide it from him.

In the lazy and deep eyes of the man, there was a determination to die alone.

"Your Highness doesn't care about the unification, the Holy Lord and Niangniang, and Miss Gu?"

Lu Guitang's footsteps paused, as if his thoughts were stirred by Gu Jin.

He lifted his eyes and saw the sun blazing like fire.

"A-Yuan, Lu Chengxiu is different from Helian Qi after all, what he wants is my life, not the lives of these tens of thousands of soldiers and people in the city, but I can't protect them. I don't even know if I want to protect the people or protect me with the safety of these soldiers and the people. ”

Shang Guyuan was stunned, knowing that he was incomprehensible.

He understood Lu Guitang's words, understood how great the responsibility was on his shoulders in today's war, and he could even understand how difficult it was for Lu Guitang to be born in a royal family.

But in life, there is always infinite hope.

Shang Guyuan didn't know how to persuade Lu Guitang, but he smiled and stretched out his hand and patted his shoulder.

The man's voice enveloped the endless awe of the land.

"A-Yuan, the war has subsided here, you can go to the northern frontier."

Shang Guyuan nodded subconsciously, he understood that even if Lu Guitang didn't say it, he understood that now the things he was thinking about were only Jinsheng and Gu Jin, if he died in the city, Lu Chengxiu would not kill his relatives again, but the matter in Shuobei was not settled, and he still couldn't let go of Gu Jin.

Suddenly, under the city gate, there was almost a gallop -

I saw Lu Guitang wearing golden armor, wearing a red robe, riding a horse, he resolutely broke into the thousands of troops and horses, and there was silence around him for a while, and those who saw it couldn't help but stop.

This is exactly what it is: Jin Ge Iron Horse, swallowing thousands of miles like a tiger.

At the same time, Hui Jing and Ge opened Yuan Changxin's sword, and the two were inseparable brothers in the past. Now it's a reversal, and thinking about it makes people feel in a trance.

"Jinghe, now that His Royal Highness King Xian is at the end of his rope, why do you follow him to find a way to die? Before he collected his troops, he returned to Bianliang with me. ”

Hui Jinghe sneered, and looked at Yuan Changxin's eyes with watery eyes.

"Back to Bianliang? Then do I still have a way to live, when I was tied up by Huang Hao on Dingzhou Mountain, why didn't I see Brother Yuan stand up and say a word for me? ”

Yuan Changxin put away the sword, and looked at him with a sneer on the corner of his mouth.

"It seems that you are determined to follow King Xian against the imperial court?"

Hui Jinghe didn't put away his sword, and the long sword stabbed at Yuan Changxin with a shake, "Coerce the Son of Heaven to order the princes, what kind of court are you!" ”

The two clashed again, but Wang Yancai on the side laughed heartily, and while taking care of his own suicide enemy, he muttered in his mouth: "General Huixiao, I just say where there are so many things to talk to them, just fight." ”

Yuan Changxin is better than Hui Jinghe and shrewd, although the martial arts of the two are comparable, they can't resist Yuan Chang's messenger's tricks.

Just as the long sword in his hand was about to stab at Hui Jinghe's face, another long sword knocked it to the ground.