On the cold winter night, the wind that began to blow from somewhere, rolled up the snowflakes in the sky, swept over the land of thousands of mountains in the dark night, and let out bursts of mournful whistling, as if announcing to the people of the world that it had completely ruled this land, and no one could shake its position.

The soldiers defending the city of Jiangyang couldn't bear the cold wind and snow, and they all threw their weapons aside, while the people curled up at the foot of the battlements, huddled together in groups of three or five, and warmed each other's bodies, but even so, they were still shivering from the cold.

The snowflakes fell on the long poles of the weapon, gradually forming a thin layer of ice, turning it into long popsicles.

The torches burning at the head of the city were crumbling in the wind and snow, constantly making a whirring sound, and with the pull of the flames, the faint light of the fire reflected the faces of the sad people in the light and dark, and I don't know how many vicissitudes of life were silent.

"It's so cold......!" In the darkness, someone shuddered.

"This dead thief, God, you have to take us in, the ghosts will freeze to death."

"Why is it that every day we keep vigil, although it is cold during the day, it is better than at night."

The crowd sighed, but no one answered the question.

After a while, one of them suddenly said again: "It's all cold like this, if this Yi soldier really fights, can we hold it?" ”

"the fart! The emperor himself has run away, how can we keep it? One said indignantly.

"Who said they ran away?" The voice of the questioner was a little immature, thinking that this person was not very old.

"Is the emperor still in the palace now?"

"I'm all hunting, and I'm definitely not in the palace."

"Hey, that's why a stunned boy like you will believe it. It's all on this juncture, and it's still hunting, and it's also taking Wenwu Bai out of the city overnight, and even those concubines have been taken away, this is the hunting of the door?! The last sentence was almost snarled.

The people in the darkness fell silent for a moment, except for the whining of the wind and snow blowing over the walls.

After a while, a voice with a bit of condensation broke the silence: "I really can't understand how the emperor would believe that General Meng had won so many battles and recovered so many lost territories. Moreover, all the soldiers of our army jointly signed a letter to prove his innocence, but the emperor just didn't believe it and killed him. As he spoke, he sighed and continued, "If General Meng hadn't died, there would still be thieves rampant there, and we would have to suffer such a crime there." ”

"When I talk about it, I'm angry." The roaring man just now took over the words indignantly: "Especially Zuo Rong's guy, he is simply a villain. If it weren't for General Meng's hand, he would be where he is today? But after General Meng was imprisoned, even we, the little fish and shrimp, were willing to join forces to prove General Meng's innocence, but he was like a turtle, shrinking his head and not letting out a fart. ”

"It's useless for so many of us to join forces, so it's not worth having one more of them." A relatively calm voice said.

The indignant voice immediately retorted: "It's one thing to be useful or not, this is the basic principle of being a human being, if you don't repay your kindness, it's simply better than a pig and a dog!" ”

"Who's talking there!" A deep voice suddenly came from not far away, and everyone was taken aback, and no one dared to say another word.

With the sound of "creaking" snow treading, a general wearing armor and a sword at his waist walked over with a group of guards in the flickering firelight, and the soldiers who had just spoken stood up from under the wall, their eyes obviously flashing with fear, but they still straightened their chests and stood silently by the battlement.

The general looked like he was about thirty-eight or nineteen years old, and through the faint light of the fire, he could vaguely see that his face was also full of exhaustion, his eyes swept over the surrounding soldiers coldly, and repeated what he had just said: "Who was talking here just now?" ”

The soldiers who were swept by their eyes were suddenly shocked, and their bodies trembled even more, and I don't know if it was because they couldn't stand the cold when they just stood up, or because they were nervous.

One of the soldiers' lips moved, as if he was about to say something, but the general spoke first: "And if anyone dares to talk nonsense in the future, it will disturb the hearts of the army, be careful of your heads!" ”

"Yes! General Zo! All the soldiers responded in unison.

The general stopped looking at them and continued to patrol with a few guards.

After he walked away, these soldiers all breathed a sigh of relief at the same time, and one of them spat hatefully: "The turtle with a shrunken head dares to be majestic in front of us." The sound was not loud, and it quickly drifted away in the wind.

The cold wind and snowflakes still keep raging the night, the whole Jiangyang City seems to have fallen asleep, if the big capital city in the thick night can no longer see its majesty and prosperity, in those courtyard attic lights occasionally lit up, distributed in the night, like a lonely eye, as if watching something in the dark.

A group of night patrol soldiers walked through the empty street, and the sound of footsteps spread with the wind and snow, showing the emptiness and silence of the street even more.

Shortly after the group of soldiers walked through a main street in the west of the city, dozens of figures suddenly flashed in a courtyard near the city gate.

Through the faint light of the snow, it can be vaguely seen that these dozens of people are dressed as porters, all of them are strong and strong.

Each of them carried a burden, came out of the courtyard gate, and soon dispersed into several alleys and alleys and disappeared, and after a while, a spicy smell of fire oil spread in the wind and snow.

As if they had made an appointment, just after these porters appeared and disappeared, countless torches suddenly lit up in the wilderness outside the West City Gate, and they were connected in the night with snowflakes flying, and there was a feeling that they could not see the edge at a glance.

Suddenly, someone on the city wall shouted: "The soldiers are coming!" The soldiers are coming......" The sound of the bang on the sentry tower immediately sounded, and it spread throughout Jiangyang City in the wind and snow!

Suddenly, the soldiers came to the city, so that the defenders of Jiangyang City, whose morale was already very low, suddenly fell into a panic, and for a while they could not verify how many soldiers and horses from Beiyi came, only to see that the torches they lit were connected in the wilderness, illuminating half of the sky, and the snowflakes in the sky looked at the past in the firelight.

The rumbling drums suddenly sounded from the side of the Beiyi soldiers and horses, followed by a shout that soared into the sky: "Kill ......!" Then the sound of the surging horses' hooves was like a giant constantly knocking on the earth, only to shake the entire Jiangyang City.

A general in charge of guarding the west gate of Jiangyang City drew his sword and shouted loudly at the head of the city: "Prepare to defend against the enemy——! As soon as he finished speaking, an arrow burst through the air, piercing his neck with a pop, and the general's body stiffened and fell.

The soldiers defending the city panicked and picked up the weapons that had been frozen into ice bars, but suddenly saw the generals fall to the ground with arrows, and at the same time, more strong horses broke through the air, and the soldiers who were shot kept screaming, and in the blink of an eye, they rolled down, making the wall even more panicked and chaotic.

However, at this moment, suddenly, only to hear a loud bang behind him, the soldiers in the panic looked back, and couldn't help but be taken aback again, everyone's eyes widened, only to see that several streets in the city had been lit up with skyrocketing fires, and someone inside was tearing out their voices and shouting: "Oh no, the city is broken, the soldiers have entered the city, everyone flee for their lives!" ”