"Hou Ye, Hou Ye, he..."

Without saying a word, the sentry had already stammered.

Looking at the appearance of the sentry rider, the empress felt that something was wrong, looked left and right, and glanced at the narcissus.

Narcissus understood, so he drove away all the civil and military ministers except Liu Maolin.

When everyone was far away, the empress asked the sentry rider again: "Say, where is Lu Gong now, what is going on!" ”

The sentry was also helpless, so he could only lower his head and tell him what had happened, and the empress frowned after hearing this: "In other words, Lu Gong is still two days away from Daxing City?" ”

The sentry snorted, buried his head low, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Your Majesty forgives you." ”

The empress sighed: "What are you guilty of, get up." ”

When the sentry heard this, he still didn't dare to get up, but the empress still shouted: "What does kneeling look like, you are my meritorious person in Sui Yang, if you kneel, let the people see it, what do you think, get up quickly." ”

When the empress said this, the sentry rider stood up in fear.

Then, the empress faced Liu Maolin and sighed: "In the end, it is Duke Lu, thinking about me everywhere, even if he is outside Beijing, he is still thinking about how to stabilize the dynasty, with such a loyal and righteous assistance, if I lose to that Zhao Sui, it is really not a good person." ”

Liu Maolin said: "Your Majesty, it's cold outside, otherwise, you can go back to the palace to rest, and the old minister will wait for Lu Gong here for two days." ”

The empress waved her hand: "No, I was just acting for the people of Daxing City, but my singing horn is gone, how can the people believe it?" Isn't it just two days, big deal, I'll be in this gate building to handle official business, Narcissus. ”

Narcissus, who thought that her father-in-law was about to come back, heard the empress calling her in a trance, and hurriedly agreed: "Your Majesty." ”

The empress turned around and ordered: "Spread my will, Daxing City will open all four city gates, lift the curfew, and welcome Duke Lu to return to the court." ”

Narcissus was stunned: "But Your Majesty, isn't he coming back today?" ”

The empress said: "If this is not the case, how can the people believe it, go." ”

Narcissus had no choice but to go.

When the empress's order was conveyed, the people in the city were even more convinced that Lu Gongyou was about to return to the court, so that many people spontaneously formed a support group for Lu Gongyou to come to the city gate to greet them. Although it is said that among these people, most of them are the daughters of officials, but this can also be seen from the side, what kind of voice Lu Gongyou has.

Now that it's the end of the road, who doesn't want a hero like Lu Gongyou to save the world? It would be better if this much-anticipated hero could be his husband.

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The sky is finally dark, the city of Tongguan is already full of blood, people step on it, as if it is a mess of mud under the soles of the feet, every time you take a step, you are stained with shoes and don't want you to go.

Ning Shiguang was wearing armor obliquely, and his lower abdomen was covered with a knife wound left by a rebel general during the day. Of course, the rebel general who dared to slash Ning Shiguang also paid the price, and at this time, his head was hung above the Suiyang Dragon Banner of the city tower.

The adjutant general walked over, looked at Ning Shiguang's appearance, and said, "General, the results of the battle damage are out." ”

Ning Shiguang turned around: "How?" ”

"Today, the rebels attacked six times and rushed to the city four times, all of which were repulsed by our army, but our army suffered 3,400 casualties and no less than 5,000 minor wounds."

Ning Shiguang sighed when he heard this: "Alas, it's only the eighth day, and the casualties are like this, I really don't know how to defend Tongguan next, general, how many soldiers are there in the pass who can stand up?" ”

The adjutant general clenched his fists: "Back to the general, there are still more than 11,000 soldiers who can be conscripted." ”

Ning Shiguang pondered carefully: "It is equivalent to saying that in eight days, there is Tongguan natural danger, and our losses are still more than half?" ”

The adjutant general was also a little embarrassed: "General, that's not what I said, the rebels have complete siege weapons, and the logistics are endless, and their morale is far beyond our army, it is not easy to hold Tongguan for eight days under such an offensive, and still retain so much combat power, general, you don't have to blame yourself." ”

Ning Shiguang waved his hand, more like a scholar, he sat on the steps full of blood with his sword, and said: "I think that at the beginning, when I was under the tent of Wuhou, I fought more severe battles than this, and there were countless battles with fewer victories. ”

The deputy general smiled: "Marquis Lu is unparalleled in the world, don't look for a character like him, don't complain too much, my lord, don't you have to complain too much, do you fight, how can there be immortals, brothers have already done this when they joined the army." ”

Ning Shiguang sighed: "Yes, how can there be immortals in war, this sentence was put four years ago, I didn't think there was anything, but when I went to the prison and came back, I realized what life and death represented, maybe the person who is still drinking and talking with you today will lose his head tomorrow." ”

The adjutant hesitated, not knowing what to say.

Ning Shiguang forgot to glance at the bright moon in the sky, pursed his lips, and did not continue to speak.

"Enemy attack! Enemy Attack!! ”

At this time, in Tongguan City, there were suddenly several shouts, and Ning Shiguang stood up when he heard this: "What's the situation." ”

The adjutant general was also stunned, and hurriedly called someone to come over and ask.

This question became clear, it turned out that the rebels dug a tunnel outside the city and came in and attacked Tongguan.

Ning Shiguang didn't say a word, and drew his sword with a whoosh: "Pass my general order, Zuotun assembles, and strangles the thief army that enters the city." ”

The adjutant general stopped Ning Shiguang and said, "General, you are injured, I should take someone with you." ”

Ning Shiguang just wanted to speak, outside Tongguan, the war drums were like thunder, and the bluffing Ning Shiguang hurriedly looked back, and saw that under the night, the rebels lined up in a neat phalanx and launched a new round of attack.

For a while, Ning Shiguang was stunned, now the city is full of tired troops, how can the rebels stop it if they choose to attack at this time?

"There can be no more reservations, order the reserves to go to the city, stop the rebels, and no matter what, the rebels cannot be allowed to go to the city." Ning Shiguang gritted his teeth and shouted, seeing that the deputy general was not moving, he roared: "Why are you still stunned, go and plug the gap in the city, there is me on the city wall." ”

In the past eight days, the deputy general has rarely seen the personable Ning Shiguang do such a hideous face, and he didn't dare to hesitate at the moment, so he nodded hurriedly.

Immediately after, Ning Shiguang ripped off his cloak, tightly wrapped around the upper part of his waist and lower abdomen, held a sword in one hand and a gun in the other, stood on the city wall, looked out at the rebel phalanx along the female wall, gritted his teeth and said: "Originally, it was a fresh force to be used on the day of the decisive battle, it seems that today I have to use the supplementary class, come on Zhao Sui, with my Ning Shiguang in one breath, this Tongguan will never give up." ”

In the rebel barracks, Zhao Sui and Li Tianxing stood on a high slope to look at the brightly lit Tongguan City, the former hissed and said: "Lord Lihou, you gave this king three strategies at the beginning, and this king chose this best policy, but now it is blocked in Tongguan for eight days before the entrance, why do you still send troops to attack Tongguan at night, don't you know, night battles have never been the strength of our army." ”

Li Tianxing said: "Don't be impatient, don't be impatient, night fighting is not the strength of our army, is it difficult, is it the strength of the defenders?" We fought Tongguan for eight days, and the defenders in the city have reached the end of the strong crossbow, at this time, if they don't beat their last strength, in the future, what will break the city? Look, Lord Wang, at the latest, tomorrow morning, I will let you stand on top of Tongguan. ”

Zhao Sui was stunned: "Really? ”

Li Tianxing nodded: "Seriously." ”

Zhao Sui smiled: "It's so best, speaking of which, it's all about that Nurhari who can't do anything, otherwise, we wouldn't be in such a hurry to fight Tongguan." ”

Li Tianxing said calmly: "It has nothing to do with Nurhari, in the world, when anyone faces Lu Gongyou, they are not opponents, they are as powerful as Helian, not the same as losing to Lu Gongyou's 30,000 infantry with 70,000 cavalry?" ”

Zhao Sui smiled bitterly: "If you can, this king really doesn't want to have a face-to-face battle with Lu Gongyou, this person is a soldier, it's really terrifying." ”

Li Tianxing only pursed his lips when he heard this, and remained silent.

After all, he has nothing to say, Lu Gongyou's ability to lead troops is recognized as the first in the world.

If the world is compared to a vast ocean, then Lu Gongyou is the dragon in this sea, the dragon on land.

"Therefore, before Lu Gongyou rushes back, take Tongguan, so that you will have a chance to decide the country." Li Tianxing said the final bottom line.