The sky was faintly bright, and the first round of assault had begun. The heavy sound of slamming doors, the rain of flaming arrows from falling arrows, the muffled sound of stones falling on the ground in the city, and the noise of soldiers climbing ladders...... For a while, Yue Tang was in a trance, and he couldn't tell whether this was a battle in the past or the present.

It seems that since she followed her eldest brother to the battlefield, this scene has been repeated again and again, just like the large and small wounds on her body, when it hurts on a rainy day, she herself can't remember what was left in the battle, and sometimes she can't even remember the critical condition when she was injured.

For the rest of my life, I can only remember this feeling clearly.

"General." A soldier came to report, "The soldiers who entered the city from the first step of the ladder have sent back a message, and the people of the city are standing densely in the open space not far from the city gate, and the thunder forces them to stand in front of the soldiers as meat shields, and most of the arrows and stones we send out have hit the people. ”

Yue Tang's face did not change: "Got it." ”

The soldier paused and asked, "So, General?" ”

When encountering the common people as a meat shield, the attack should be stopped immediately, this is the truth that ordinary soldiers know.

However, his general asked, "Are there any relatives or friends in the city?" ”

The soldier was stunned for a moment, and replied, "No." ”

Yue Tang's tone was cold: "Then what are you hesitating about." ”

The soldier was silent for a moment and said, "Lord Hong is trapped in the city. ”

Yue Tang didn't blink: "We are trapped here." ”

The soldier didn't understand this sentence very well, and Yue Tang evoked her usual cold smile again, and said, "Have you forgotten that I have a name that I don't recognize by my six relatives?" ”

The soldier lowered his head, quickly raised it again, and clenched his fists and said: "Subordinates understand, continue to attack the city!" He took two steps back and was about to leave, but said to Yue Tang again, "But my subordinates also remember that the general once saved Lord Hong at the risk of having his arms cut off in the midst of thousands of troops!" ”

Yue Tang's eyes shrank slightly, and he smiled coldly again, but did not answer. The soldier saluted again and hurried away.

Xue Huai, who was standing five steps away and witnessed all this, sighed softly. Yue Tang keenly sensed that there was someone behind him, but he didn't look back and said, "Master, come forward." ”

Xue Huai stepped forward, stood beside her, stared at her face, and asked, "Is there any discomfort?" ”

Yue Tang shook his head slightly: "Before the rebel army is defeated, I won't have any discomfort." ”

Xue Huai's eyes sighed lightly again, and he raised his eyes to look at the city that was still frequently attacked by stray rockets and boulders, and asked, "What's wrong with sneaking up on your people?" ”

Yue Tang also looked at the city that was attacked by the fire rain and stone flow, and replied, "Kill it." ”

Xue Huai tilted his head slightly: "Are you sad?" ”

Yue Tang looked at him in surprise: "Shouldn't you speak for innocent people?" ”

The corners of Xue Huai's lips moistened with a softness that was too faint to see: "They are not innocent." But you, are you sad? ”

Yue Tang looked at the fire in the sky again, and sneered at himself: "It seems that it has been, I don't feel sad." ”

"There are many ignorant people in the world, and there are many rabble." Xue Huai said lightly, "The general is quite young, has he been injured many times?" ”

Yue Tang smiled: "Is the Dharma so profound? The master is young, and he seems to have seen through the red dust. After speaking, he laughed a little deeper, "Are all monks like this?" After entering Buddhism, don't talk about anything else, you must first learn to see through everything. How do you say that? 'Everything has a way, like a dream bubble; If dew is like electricity, it should be viewed as such. 'Huh? ”

Xue Huai smiled: "General Minhui." ”

"Minhui?" Yue Tang's chin was raised, signaling Xue Huai to listen to the screams faintly coming from the city, "I still can't see through it, I'm still fighting for power." She glanced at him with a smile, "Shouldn't monks stay away from people like me?" ”

Isn't it the one who should look down on people like me the most?

Why can you stand so calmly side by side with me?

She thought he would say something comforting, but she heard him say, "All beings are equal." Generals are no different from others, there is no 'this kind of person' or 'that kind of person'. ”

Her expression immediately froze, but she was silent.

It's no different.

Yes, it's no different.

She had always longed for a difference between her sisters, in her father's heart, in the empress's heart, and now she was judged to be no different.

He may have said it unintentionally, but she was like a cone stabbing at her.

Secretly took a deep breath, and laughed at himself in his heart that he had become so sensitive because of his injury, and that he would care about the words of an irrelevant monk.