On the day of the twenty-eighth year of Yongchang, Shen Qiutan took advantage of the twilight to step into the gate of Jiyang City.

There are still some ruins at the city gate that have not yet been repaired, but after entering the city, it can be seen that although the shops on both sides are not in operation, they have not been damaged too much.

Wang Chengzhu leaned on the side of the carriage and explained: "This Liu Hongfeng is also a character, after he occupied Jiyang City, he took all the houses and storefronts in the city for himself, and then distributed them according to the distance and merit of relatives, most of those who were driven out for no reason had nowhere to go, and he recruited these men into the army, and drove the useless women and children into another place." That's the worst part of Jiyang City. ”

Shen Qiutan was worried: "You send someone to send some food over first." ”

The people are suffering, the people are suffering, and the old women and children in the war are even more miserable. Although Shen Qiutan hasn't seen it yet, he can think of most of it.

Wang Chengzhu should be, and said: "The front is the City Lord's Mansion, which was built on the basis of the original Thorn History Mansion. ”

Shen Qiutan in the carriage patted his son on the shoulder and woke him up, and sure enough, after a while, the carriage stopped.

Shen Qiutan got out of the carriage and hugged his dazed son down, and Shen Changzhen had been standing at the door for a long time, as if he hoped to get a glimpse of what his father and mother looked like when he was still there through the gate in front of him and the exposed eaves.

However, the original Thorn History Mansion was burned down by Shen Qiutan, and now this mansion is also rebuilt, and it has been repaired and transformed by Liu Hongfeng, and it is almost impossible to see the original appearance.

"Ahem, ahem...... Is this the Jiyang City where the princess once lived? ”

If you say who Shen Qiutan admires the most in this life, Gonggong Cao is afraid that he can rank first. At the beginning, he secretly caught up with his husband and wife to the north, and then followed him to the south, and now even Jiyang City has come, although he coughs twice from time to time, and the decoction is even more inseparable, but he will always appear in time when the time comes.

Shen Changzhen personally helped Gonggong Cao, Shen Qiutan nodded with him, and the group entered the City Lord's Mansion.

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On the same day, Liangzhou.

The remnants of Oghuz grew stronger and stronger, and joined forces with the six major tribes such as Turgish and Kipchak, regardless of the harsh winter, and entangled 200,000 iron horsemen, and finally fought with Xiao Yang, the governor of Liangzhou, under the city of Liangzhou.

Xiao Yangtun had no more than 100,000 soldiers, and more than half of them were infantry, so he had to ask for help from Beijing.

However, the eldest princess of Changshou in Beijing was waiting for the king of Qi and various anti-kings to come at any time, and there was no reinforcement to Liangzhou.

On the second day of the first month of the first month, the head of Liangzhou City is like a mountain, after a day and night of perseverance, although Liangzhou City is defended, but the losses are heavy, and the Xidi troops are strong and strong, and the people are overwhelming, and the next battle can be predictably more difficult.

Xiao Yang was helpless, and sent a letter of help to the heroes of the world, anti-kings, envoys from all walks of life, and assassins, almost all of whom could be counted.

However, one is a long way, the other is narrow-minded, selfish desires are obvious, everyone is eager to take advantage of the chaos to fight for more territory, where would anyone really care about the survival of a city on the northwest border?

Even if Liangzhou City is not guaranteed, and Xidi Tie comes on horseback, isn't there still people in the capital guarding it?

Cui Lang looked at Xiao Yang, who was standing still at the head of the city, and shook his head: "Ji Qing, the next battle may be about to start, no matter what, you go and squint for a while and rest your eyes." ”

Xiao Yang turned his head, revealing his bloodshot eyes, he wiped a handful of snow from his face, stretched it out and asked, "Is there any wine?" ”

Cui Lang hurriedly untied the wine bag on his waist and handed it over: "You come down first, and if you want to drink, you will also pad your stomach first." ”

Endless wars, endless days and nights of the enemy, these people have long been no one and no ghost, but the most emaciated and vicissitudes of life among them are Xiao Yang.

Cui Lang put his hand on Xiao Yang's shoulder: "Although you were sent to the barracks at the age of ten, you and I barely grew up together, I really can't bear to look at you like this, Ji Qing, listen to me, we have done what we can do, and the rest depends on the will of God." ”

Seeing that Xiao Yang was indifferent, and only opened the wine bag to drink, Cui Lang said again: "If you can't fight, you will die, I will accompany you." The rest...... Whether it's your mother or those anti-kings, I'm afraid you can't count on it. ”

In Cui Lang's eyes, in fact, there are no good people in this world.

Heroes in troubled times are just the praise of the superior in later generations, which just meets the needs of the superiors, so that "heroes" can be born, and the real troubled times will reveal the most despicable, selfish, and darkest human nature.

"Seeing profit is ahead, and there is no shame in defeat, this is Emperor Taizu's evaluation of the Xidi people; But we are the people of Daning, and although we are greedy for profit, there are always great rights and wrongs. Xiao Yang, who had not spoken, spoke, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he spoke in a tone that did not allow argumentation.

"Hey, hey! You're right! "Where would Cui Lang care about these things with him, and Xiao Jiqing, whom he knew, was such a person.

Mount Tai collapsed in front of him and remained unchanged, no matter when, he had his own persistence and belief in his heart.

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However, almost a month passed, and Liangzhou City was almost out of ammunition and food, and more than half of its troops were lost.

And the enemy got reinforcements from 50,000 troops, they all know that Daning is rotten inside, the world is already in chaos, it is the best time for their iron cavalry to go south, as long as they take Liangzhou, they can then drive straight into the capital, what food, women, wealth, how to burn and loot, is not all arbitrary?

The army of Xidi became more and more rampant, and it became more and more difficult for the soldiers of Liangzhou to resist the enemy.

On the first day of the first month of February, it was the day when the yang energy rose and the earth thawed, and it was also a neutralization festival of great significance to the people of Daning.

More and more people are dying, and the remnants of the city gate have to be repaired while facing the enemy.

Xiao Yang ordered the people near Liangzhou to move out early, and the city had already arranged organs, if the city gate was corpsed, they would die with the enemy.

And the enemy really "lived up to expectations".

With a "creaking" sound, the blood-stained siege vehicle smashed the city gate open, like a flood gate was opened, and the enemy's iron cavalry Hula rushed in at once.

They were not afraid of death, the people behind pushed the people in front of them to keep moving forward, and then the people behind stepped on the corpses of the people in front of them, and they made rhythmic and passionate screams from their mouths, and excitedly launched a massacre and harvest against Liangzhou City.

As the besieging party, their food will also be gone, but as nomads, wherever they go, their food will be there.

Xiao Yang was already red-eyed, and he ordered the adjutant to "close the door" with a little gap.

The adjutant continued to give orders, and on the highest lookout in the city, the flags were waved three times, and the flags fell to the ground, and it was the commandant who waved the flags who were pierced through the chest and lungs by the enemy's spears.

However, another trumpet sounded.

The four gates of Liangzhou City were all closed, and the archers pulled their longbows on their backs and aimed them at the throats of the enemy.

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