In December, the prince's elder brother led an army of 30,000 to attack Fengcheng.

In that year, the 10,000 elite soldiers stationed in Fengcheng of Wu State not only did not surrender in the face of the encirclement and suppression of the prince's brother, but the emperor of Wu transferred another 100,000 troops to echo it inside and outside, losing most of the 30,000 troops of the prince's brother, and besieged Fengcheng heavily to cut off all food and grass supplies.

Coupled with a sudden heavy snowfall, this was undoubtedly worse for the already hungry Zhongli soldiers.

Moreover, judging from the disparity in the combat strength of the two sides, the situation at this time is really not optimistic.

Obviously, Wu had been planning for this war for a long time, and when the prince's brother arrived with a large army, he fell into the hands of them to attack Zhongli.

The 100,000 troops that Emperor Wu transferred to Fengcheng at this time are probably not drunk, he doesn't want to drink, he doesn't just want this small Fengcheng, but... The whole Zhongli.

Therefore, on this snowy night, the soldiers had just closed their eyes in the torture of hunger and cold, and the sentry soldiers blew the horn.

Then, when people were sleepy and tired, the news suddenly came that Wu Guobing was attacking in a big way.

I, disguised as a gangster, was sitting in front of the campfire, unaware of what was ahead.

It's just the math that today is the fifth day of the food shortage.

Thinking of the past five days, watching the soldiers have to deal with Wu Guobing during the day, and have to rely on grabbing rats and gnawing bark to barely maintain their physical strength after a slight stop, my heart feels very uncomfortable.

I lowered my eyes and looked at the black weeds that were boiled in the bowl in my hand, and suddenly realized that I was so stupid and ignorant in retrospect...

"Come with me!"

Just as I was in a daze, a voice suddenly appeared behind me and startled me.

Looking back, I found that under the dim darkness of the bonfire, it was Shen Xiao with a calm face who came out of nowhere.

I smiled, and as soon as I was about to speak, he pulled me up from the ground, and without saying a word, I walked towards the city gate.

He took my hand tightly, and walked in a hurry, as if he was running away from something.

To be honest, the war in Fengcheng for several days also made me not very surprised by this sudden situation, but judging from Shen Xiao's serious expression, it seems that today is a little different.

"What's wrong with you? What happened? Is Wu Guobing here again? ”

After listening to what I said, Shen Xiao suddenly stopped.

I didn't notice it and hit him in the back, shattering the bowl in my hand.

Stunned, he turned around...

A much haggard face with a deep sorrow that could not be dissolved, looked at me for a long time... Between his eyebrows, he suddenly smiled, solemnly held my shoulder, and then opened his mouth to say something.

It's just that I haven't had time to hear it yet... Outside the city gate, there was a sudden sound of throwing stones across the air, drowning Shen Xiao's words in a deafening explosion.

Seeing this, Shen Xiao hurriedly protected me in his arms and hid behind a haystack.

At this time, from the city gate came the heart-rending screams of the soldiers, which caused a wave of mourning in my heart, and I was almost about to rush out.

Fortunately, Shen Xiao held me down in time.

Then he took off his white armor and put it on top of me, and said in a deep voice, "Listen, don't be impulsive... You just hide here, don't come out no matter what happens, my horse is in the second haystack behind you, and when all the soldiers of Wu Guo have entered the city, you will immediately ride away, don't look back, understand? ”

After that, without waiting for me to answer, he took a matching knife from his waist and handed it to me, and a smile appeared in his warm eyes, "This knife is much better than the one you used to take from me, take it... When you go out, if anyone wants to hurt you, take this knife and hurt him first, and don't be soft-hearted. You know? ”

I stared blankly at his pretended relaxed appearance, and the armor on my body and the saber in my hand, what was this? Respectively? Didn't he let me go beyond three paces of him? Didn't you say it would protect me? Could it be that ...

"Are you going to leave me?"

Shen Xiao was stunned, his eyes fell on me, and he smiled bitterly for a moment, "Princess, have you forgotten?" I'm also an Iron Knight. ”

My grip on the saber froze.

Yes, Iron Rider, how can I forget, he once told me... His dream is to go on the battlefield... Bloody battle...

But even so, as soon as I thought that he might die, I still grabbed his hand in fear, shook my head, and said, "No, don't go!" ”

"Trust me!"

Shen Xiao smiled softly at me, raised his hand to rub the hair on my forehead, and finally put his slender fingers on the side of my face, and a trace of greed gradually rose in his eyes.

I looked at him stupidly, my fingers unconsciously clenched the iron of his shirt, and shook his arm almost pleadingly, "Don't go... Don't go! ”

"Princess," he said with a thin lip, took my hand away, smiled faintly, and then stretched out his long arms to take me into his arms, and whispered softly in my ear, "Trust me, you go first, I will definitely come back to you." ”

"No, I'm not leaving!"

"Obedient!"

Feeling the faint smell of sweat on his body and the strength of his palm holding my hand, my eyes were inexplicably sore, and my heart ached sharply.

Say what you will definitely come back to me, who doesn't know that Wu Bing is brutal... He gave me all the armor, the sword, and the horse, and he obviously didn't plan to come back alive!

And it's all because of me, if it weren't for my willfulness... If I hadn't pestered him, let him bring me here...

I ended up being a burden to him, a drag on him.

It's all my fault...

After a short hug, Shen Xiao let go of me, looked at me deeply with his eyes and smiled gently.

But I didn't want him to take the risk, but I couldn't do anything, but I felt very heartbroken when he looked worried about me, and tears fell like beads with broken threads.

"Don't cry," Shen Xiao raised his hand and gently wiped away my tears, "Promise me that you must leave alive." ”

My heart moved, and I hurriedly grabbed his hand, "You also promise me to come back alive." ”

Then, a bright smile rose at the corner of his lips, and he suddenly left a kiss on the back of my hand, "Okay, that's it." ”

With that, he hurriedly turned around...

I just looked at the gap in the haystack, looking at the back that was gradually moving away, and my heart was very complicated.

It didn't take long for Wu Guobing's throwing stone to suddenly explode at the height of the city wall, and I covered my head and watched the sparks flowing in the sky illuminate most of Fengcheng, but I never saw the direction of Shen Xiao's departure again.

I only heard the golden drums in the city filled with gunsmoke, screams and corpses everywhere, Wu Guobing and Zhongli soldiers fought together, and the scene was very chaotic.

Then, from the city gate, came a group of men on horseback, all armed with halberds and guns, and looked mighty.

However, the strange thing is that although most of the people in that team were Wu Guomen dressed in Wu Guobing's clothes, a man in his thirties led by him was dressed as a Tubo person.

I saw that the man was wearing long sleeves with purple and gold patterns, a colorful ribbon tied around his waist, a pair of deerskin boots on his feet, and a lake-blue turban on the top of his head.

I was about ten meters away from the group, but the man at the head was like an eagle with sharp intuition, probably sensing something strange on my side, and ordered someone to come and check it.

Then the group of people with halberds in their hands stabbed the halberd into the haystack...

Caught off guard, in order to avoid being discovered, I had to cover my mouth desperately and lay on the ground.

After a while, I heard the group of people go back and say, "Back to Lord Alhatu, I didn't find Zhongli. ”

Alhattu! It was the man's name.

At this point, I broke out in a cold sweat, and I didn't dare to move a little before the man spoke.

Because my gut told me that man was never an easy character to deal with.

There is only one voice in my head at the moment, and that is praying for this man named Alhatu to leave quickly.

But when the group had returned to Alkhatu, he did not immediately give the order to enter the city.

Instead, he looked at the haystack on my side, squinted his eyes for a while, and said slowly, "In that case, come with me, go into the city to catch Zhongli Yu, and whoever takes down Ying Shi's head first will be rewarded with ten thousand taels." ”

Alhatu's voice was extremely uninhibited, and the group of people on horseback shouted and jumped for joy.

Causing Alhatu to look up to the sky and laugh twice, he finally led the group of people on his horse and entered the city with a shout.

When they left, I got up trembling... Remembering what Alhatu had just said, it dawned on me.

It turned out that their target was the prince's brother!

No, I can't stay here anymore, I'm going to the city, I'm going to save him!