Li Tiantu smiled indifferently, secretly feeling that the providence of heaven made people, the young Tubo who was saved by the Kunlun Temple with a thought at the beginning, in less than two years, he actually grew into a generation of war gods who could threaten the rule of the Celestial Empire, if the people of the Celestial Empire knew, maybe they would have to point to their backbone and scold a sinner through the ages. Li Tiantu thought so in his heart, but he didn't care about it: "Why do you regret it? If it weren't for you, I'm afraid I would have died in the Tibetan court a year ago. In the things of this world, there is no escape from the word cause and effect. ”

Lingyou recalled the scene of the Tubo royal court at that time, only to feel that Li Tiantu still had no strength to come out, all of which should be the modest words of the eldest brother, but he did not break it, and sighed: "It's a pity that the eldest brother was so kind back then, but now I want to fight against each other." ”

Li Tiantu said lightly: "Today's situation is no longer under your control, and the eldest brother only asks you for one thing." ”

Lingyou nodded heavily, and listened respectfully.

"The only thing I remember now is the Ling'er girl next to me, the battlefield situation is changing rapidly, if I die, Ling'er, you have to save it no matter what." Li Tiantu's voice was blank at this time, with a different charm that seemed to see through life and death.

The air around him was heavy and abnormal, and Ling You forcibly exhaled a breath of turbid air under the tightness of his chest, and said slowly, word by word: "Ling You wrote it down." ”

Lingyou, who exhaled all the turbid breath in his chest, suddenly felt a lot more relaxed, and said worriedly: "Big brother, how do I feel that you are bent on death." Although I am far away in the Western Regions, I also know a rough idea about you and Miss Yun. Big brother, your words, Lingyou wrote it down. Lingyou finally had a sentence, please cherish yourself, you still have brothers, and the hundreds of thousands of people under the jurisdiction of the Western Regions. ”

Li Tiantu was pleased, patted Lingyou on the shoulder, and said with a light smile: "Don't worry, brother!" I'm very afraid of death, after all, as long as I don't die, there will always be a thought. Tomorrow is the siege of the city, and you can't release any more water. ”

Ling You laughed heartily and said, "Big brother, I will do my best, you have to be careful." ”

Watching Lingyou return to the camp, Li Tiantu jumped on the city, and saw Su Ling'er leaning on the low and dilapidated wall stacks with his sword and waiting for him, wearing a white one-piece gauze skirt hunting and fluttering in the cold wind, showing a graceful demeanor, and couldn't help laughing: "Silly girl, I'm panicking for you?" ”

Su Ling'er smiled back and said slowly: "The divine skills of the temple have the effect of keeping out the cold, doesn't the son know?" Did Childe gain anything from this trip? ”

Li Tiantu played with the taste: "You have to leave a way back for yourself, in case you can't do anything, you have to explain to Xia Lingyou in advance to leave a way to live, so that I can run away with you in the end." ”

Su Ling'er smiled even more, not because she believed in Li Tiantu, but because she was glad that her son-in-law was still in such a mood under this situation.

The siege will finally begin.

As Ling You said to Li Tiantu before the war, he did not reserve, and hundreds of thousands of Tubo iron cavalry who were not good at attacking the city were transformed into siege infantry, and they attacked the two major gates in the southeast of Xizhou City day and night with a thousand people as a unit.

Li Tiantu gathered 20,000 Anxi soldiers between the two gates, and met with the Tubo soldiers in two narrow city gate passages.

After several days of continuous siege battles, the Tibetans lost thousands of men and horses but did not capture a corner of the city gate. The casualties of the soldiers in Xizhou City are almost negligible, but the people are sleepy and the horses are lacking, and the equipment for defending the city is seriously consumed, and the situation is not optimistic.

Li Tiantu is chaotic and stable in the atrium. In Qin Lan's opinion, the new Anxi Daduhu either slept with his head covered, or drank tea and played chess with that beautiful fair-skinned personal girl, and there was no trembling at all that the city might be broken at any time under the siege of the alien army. There were even two times when he came to the Metropolitan Protectorate to ask for instructions on the change of guards, but the palace figure who guarded the door took the tiger talisman for him to make his own discretion, and even Li Tiantu had not seen him.

In this regard, Qin Lan, who was reused because of Li Bu's explanation when he was leaving, couldn't show a little gratitude to Li Tiantu, the new capital, and secretly had nowhere to vent his anger in his heart.

Under the frantic onslaught of the Tubo army, Xizhou, which is a dangerous city, has passed seven days unharmed, and is as stable as Mount Tai as always.

Qin Lan, whose eyes were red, pinched the tiger talisman in his hand that could mobilize 20,000 Anxi elite soldiers at will, pacing back and forth in the front yard of the Metropolitan Protectorate in the center of the city. Li Tiantu delegated military power, but Qin Lan, who was already in power, was never happy. As the leader, Li Tiantu's actions are already in his position, and if he continues like this, he will definitely go up and down, and Xizhou City will not be attacked. This time, Qin Lan was determined to wait until he saw Li Tiantu before leaving.

Gong Tu under the gate sat on a stone pier with Erlang's legs crossed, squinted and said, "General Qin, Gongzi has already explained." Tubo won't be able to attack for a while, so you can decide the defensive dispatch at the city gate directly, and you don't need to ask for instructions. ”

Qin Lan couldn't look at the palace map of the free and loose rivers and lakes, but it was inconvenient to offend this close person who was extremely respected by Lord Duhu, so he was unmoved and said: "I still have something important to tell Lord Duhu." ”

Gong Tu smiled secretly and said softly: "What else is more important than defending the city of General Qin?" You might as well tell me about it, and I'll tell my son-in-law. ”

Qin Lan stared at the bull's eye but was helpless, so he had to prevaricate: "Military secrets." ”

Gong Tu didn't think so, and was about to refute, but found that the wooden door of the hall creaked open most of the time, and Su Ling'er stretched out half of his head and said loudly: "General Qin, Gongzi wants to see you." ”

Seeing this, Gong Tu was silent.

Qin Lan frowned, took three steps and made two steps into the conference hall.

Li Tiantu, who was writing and drawing on the desk, did not raise his head, and freed up a hand to signal Qin Ran to sit down first.

Su Ling'er brewed a cup of tea, and then stood beside Li Tiantu and concentrated on grinding ink.

After a full quarter of an hour, Li Tiantu still continued to work hard, and there was no sign of stopping.

Qin Lan, who was obviously a little anxious, drank the water in the tea in one go, and was about to get up, Li Tiantu raised his head and said lightly: "General Qin, the more the big war is coming, the more you can't be disturbed." Master Li said that you are more than enough to be general, but not enough to be handsome, let me transform you well. You don't want to accept it, you don't have ambitions to be old, at least I'm sitting in this position now, right? ”

Li Tiantu pointed to his nose, looking condescending.

Qin Lan's old face flushed, and he felt that what Li Tiantu said was good, but he really couldn't find a reason to refute it, and said helplessly: "My lord, having said that, I, Qin Lan, have followed the old capital to protect the north and south for more than ten years, and I have never been afraid of burying my neck in the yellow sand several times, and this time I will only die." But in the end, people's words are terrifying, you are now the capital protector of the Anxi soldiers, and the veterans under your words and deeds are watching. Adults are born in the rivers and lakes, uninhibited, and their subordinates can understand, and they don't ask adults to take the lead at this time, but they should also be pretty, and the province chills the hearts of the children below, especially at this critical moment of life and death. Once the morale of the army is weakened, it will not be far from the city break. ”

Qin Lan stiffened his neck, finished his words in one breath, and then knelt down under the stage with a puff, and said in a loud voice: "The subordinates are presumptuous, please punish the adults." ”

(End of chapter)