The army of the imperial capital went out, and more than 100,000 soldiers left the city, and the dust was flying, and the rumbling sound continued.

Hundreds of officials climbed the city tower, and the people spontaneously gathered to see the emperor go away.

No one knows what the outcome of this battle will be, whether it will be successful or lost...... Does it still matter?

Guo Sikong stood on the city tower and sighed, his eyes were complicated, no matter whether he succeeded or failed, the emperor had won today.

His means, courage, and the hearts of the people in the imperial capital, these various details show that the emperor has grasped the most important thing in the whole situation!

The soul of Great Xia has been held in the hands of the emperor.

The king is going on an expedition, and he will be expected by everyone!

......

The army of the imperial capital went out to fight, and the situation in the east, west, and north could be eased slightly, but Linshan City in the south could not be delayed, which was the frontline where Si Yu was the first to withdraw his troops.

Now, half a month has passed, and Linshan City doesn't know if it can be saved.

"Drive!"

Zhao Yun galloped on his horse, his brows furrowed, and he was full of worries.

"Boom!"

Behind Zhao Yun was an endless army of town guard cavalry, which was currently the most powerful force under Su Chen's command, extremely powerful in combat power and mobility, far superior to the Great Xia Iron Army.

The Great Xia Town Guard Cavalry is the same as the Great Xia Iron Army, the 100,000 cavalry of the Great Xia Town Guard Cavalry are all wearing black armor, like a jet-black steel torrent, which can defeat all obstacles in front of them!

A few flags fluttering fiercely in the wind, the flags are black and gold-edged, with big red characters, which are written by the emperor himself: "Town guard ride, Zhao!"

Zhao Yun thought about it for a long time, and finally he paid attention, turned to Li Ji and said: "Mao Gong, you lead 50,000 heavy cavalry to protect the grain and grass, and march slowly, I should lead 50,000 light cavalry to rush day and night to help Linshan City." ”

"The soldiers are fast, and now Linshan City is in danger, and there can be no more delay. ”

Li Ji was stunned for a moment, but quickly reacted, nodded and said in a deep voice: "Okay, you go first, I will protect the grain and grass and then arrive." ”

"Hmm. ”

Zhao Yun nodded, turned around and shouted angrily to the heralds: "Order, the army of the light cavalry battalion cannot rest, within seven days, follow the general to Linshan City!"

"When the army arrives, there will be a bloody battle with the rebels!"

"At that time, it will be the day to raise the prestige of my town guard!"

Zhao Yun's voice was full of flying confidence, as long as he rode on a war horse, he had absolute control of the battlefield!

"Whoa!"

The personal guard and herald nodded, rode his horse and ran before and after the town guard cavalry army, and kept shouting with the aura in his body: "The general has an order! The light cavalry battalion marches first with the general! Gallops to the aid of Linshan City! Makes meritorious contributions, just seven days later!"

"Roar!

"Roar!

"Roar!

Fifty thousand light cavalry roared angrily, and in the long torrent of steel, there were constantly light cavalry clamping the belly of the horse, breaking away from the team, and converging behind Zhao Yun.

"Drive!"

Zhao Yun drank heavily, rode his horse and galloped, and hurried frantically towards the south.

If Linshan City is broken in advance, then the entire southern battlefield will definitely fall into a stalemate, and the cavalry is not good at attacking the city, which is an ironclad fact!

Linshan City, you must hold on!

......

Three days later, Linshan City.

Linshan City is surrounded by mountains on three sides, and only the hinterland counties of the Great Xia Dynasty are facing in the south.

Linshan City was originally built, it is the existence of military significance to defend the imperial capital of Great Xia, Linshan City is not large, the population is very small, there are only 800,000 people in the city, and the army stationed all year round is only about a few thousand.

More than half a month ago, Si Yu suddenly withdrew his troops and took away all the defenders in Linshan City.

Nowadays, the soldiers standing on the city wall are unevenly tall, ranging from immature recruits who have only reached the age of sixteen to veterans of fifty or sixty years old with bloody faces.

A month ago, they were all just people in the city, but after the crisis of breaking the city came, Lord Taishou urgently gathered the people in the city and spontaneously formed a militia of 8,000 people.

Now, after more than half a month of bloody battles.

Of the 8,000-strong militia, almost all of them are dead, and only 2,000 survive.

Every surviving militia has experience and ability that surpasses that of regular army soldiers, after all, the battlefield where people are constantly fighting day and night is the most suitable place for training.

They had to watch the people who helped defend the city, their comrades-in-arms, and the captains around them die in front of them one by one..... In the face of the fear of death, everyone will burst out to their highest potential.

Stay alive!

Win the battle!

Although the scale of Linshan City is not large, the upper and lower soldiers and civilians are extremely loyal to the imperial capital and the people on the throne of Great Xia.

Everyone in the world can rebel, but only the four cities in the Great Xia Imperial Capital will not rebel.

This has a great deal to do with Su Chen's previous life layout and some indoctrination policies, no matter how stupid each generation of Great Xia Emperors is, they will not ignore the loyalty of the soldiers and civilians in the city around their imperial capital.

Under the accumulation of faith for generations, although Linshan City has reached the point where the mountains and rivers are exhausted, it is still gritting its teeth and persevering.

Linshan City, South City Tower.

Lord Taishou was also among the soldiers, his face was full of exhaustion, his left arm had been broken, and the steel knife in his right hand had been wrapped around the palm and hilt of the knife with a strap in order to hold it tighter.

In the past half a month, he has always been fighting on the front line, fighting the enemy with the people in the city, and resting on the city wall when he is tired.

The clothes are not untied, and the knife is not left in the hand.

A generation of civil ministers, in this battlefield of defending the homeland and defending the country, fought even more crazy than military ministers.

It's not a question of faithfulness or disloyalty, it's faith!

Linshan City is the place where he was born and raised, and this land must not be occupied by rebels!

Rebels...... In order to promote the prestige of the army, three cities have been slaughtered in a row!

Linshan City, absolutely not lost!

"Lord Taishou, go and rest, just keep it in the end. ”

A lieutenant approached, wiped the blood on his face, and whispered to the Taishou: "You go to rest, the rebels have already fought once in the morning, and I don't think they will be able to attack the city in the afternoon." ”

"Captain Li, thank you for your hard work. ”

Taishou Liu Fan smiled reluctantly and looked at the captain in front of him.

Li Jingyang, who was originally a captain in Si Yu's army, secretly stayed when Si Yu withdrew his troops and became a deserter who disrespected military orders.

You don't have to think about it to know that if the war is over, even if Linshan City can be defended, on the side of the imperial capital, Li Jingyang will at most offset the merits and demerits.

But Si Yu's revenge and Si Jiajun's hostility, Li Jingyang could not escape.

The Si family army is not afraid of death, has strict discipline, and has never deserted, Li Jingyang is their shame!

"It's not hard, this is what I should do, Linshan City is my hometown, my mother is still in the city, I have to guard Linshan City. ”

Li Jingyang smiled, his smile full of bitterness.

There are not many things that a person can choose after all.

Loyalty and filial piety cannot be both.

Liu Taishou nodded, he had been commanding the battle in the city tower all night, and now he was so tired that he didn't even want to say a word of comfort.

Liu Taishou sat on the edge of the city wall and ordered the soldiers beside him: "Go, get me something to eat." ”

"Yes, Taishou. ”

The pawn nodded, and hurriedly ran down the tower, and after a while, he trotted up to the tower again, still holding a handful of weeds in his hand.

It is an edible weed that grows quite a bit on the mountains on three sides of the Rinyama Castle.

Linshan City has long run out of food, all of them have been taken away by Si Yu, and the militia team in Linshan City can last for more than half a month, which is nothing more than relying on the people in the city to climb the mountains without fear of life and death, and collect weeds, wild fruits, and tree roots day and night to feed the soldiers.

Liu Fan lost his left hand and tied a steel knife to his right hand, he could only rely on the soldiers to feed, swallow the weeds in a big gulp, and drink a sip of rain when he was thirsty.

At this point, he no longer cares about his appearance, nor does he care about any fine clothes and food.

Staying alive is the most important thing.

"It hasn't rained for three days, and there isn't enough rain in the city, and the well water is too deep to collect water. ”

A fifty-year-old veteran sighed beside him while feeding Liu Fan.

Linshan City, how long can it last?

"Bastard, you dare to disturb the morale of the army!"

Captain Li glared at the veteran angrily, and the bloody killing intent on his body made the veteran afraid and didn't dare to complain anymore.

Hearing the veteran's words, Liu Fan trembled and smiled miserably: "Captain Li, how long can the materials in the city last us?"

Li Jingyang groaned slightly, his expression was very ugly, and his tone was hesitant: "This ......"

"Let's say, everyone is a brother who was killed from the battlefield, and now there is nothing to hide. ”

Liu Taishou said softly, but his tone was unquestionable.

The food is good to say, although the weeds and wild fruits are unpalatable, they can barely carry it, but the water is really helpless!

There are so many mouths in the city that there is nothing to be done with the well water alone.

Originally, Linshan City was a city backed by the mountain, and the usual water in the city was to send people to a place dozens of miles outside the city to get water, and the place outside the city to get water was still a water diversion channel specially opened by the imperial capital for them.

But now, the rebels are besieging the city, who dares to go out of the city to get water?

Originally, under the heavy rain a few days ago, Liu Taishou encouraged the whole city to get water and saved a lot of rain, but now it has not rained for several days.

There are still a few wells in the city, although there is still water, but it is no longer available, and the level of the well water has dropped to too deep and too deep!

"There are still 400,000 people in the city, many of whom have not drunk water for three or five days, and many have passed out. The people in the city have long been unable to hold on, and the defenders still have some water left, but at most they will run out of water until tomorrow morning......"

Li Jingyang's voice was very low, full of anger and helplessness.

Damn Si Yu, they took away too many things that belonged to Linshan City, otherwise they wouldn't have fallen into such a miserable state.

There were 800,000 people in the city!

Now there are only more than 400,000, and almost half of them are dead!

Helping the people defending the city, only tens of thousands of people died at most, but countless died of thirst!

When Liu Taishou heard this, he trembled, and most of the soldiers on the city tower who heard these words were silent.

Morale is already inevitably low.

"Has it come to this point?"

Liu Taishou smiled miserably, his voice was full of bitterness: "The mountains and rivers are exhausted, and there is nothing more than this." ”

"Taishou, we can win, as long as we hold on to the imperial capital reinforcements!"

Li Jingyang took a deep breath and looked at Liu Taishou with burning eyes, he knew the importance of military morale, and the low morale of ordinary soldiers was not in the way.

But as the head of the first army, Liu Taishou can't despair!

"You say, will there really be reinforcements?"

Liu Taishou raised his head, his tone was indifferent, and he looked at Li Jingyang with a confused expression, his eyes were full of despair, which made people's hearts tremble.

"Thirty-eight rides are our last hope......"

Liu Taishou's voice was extremely indifferent, as if his heart was completely dead, his expression was crying and laughing, and tears kept spilling: "But I watched that night, they disturbed the rebels! All of them died! Died outside the city!"

"The rebels have pulled their horses and corpses to the gates! Thirty-eight corpses! You saw them!"

"The cavalry we sent out are all dead! The emperor won't know about Si Yu's withdrawal!"

"We're done, we're done!"

Liu Taishou's voice was extremely hoarse, echoing throughout the city tower: "What bullshit reinforcements, they won't come! The emperor doesn't know our efforts, he can't see it!"

"He, he can't see us, he's so high, he doesn't know how difficult Linshan City is now!"

Liu Taishou's voice changed from crazy to choked, and the high-spirited and dignified Lord Taishou in the past was curled up in the corner of the city wall at this time, bursting into tears.

Blood and tears were mixed and dripping, and he really couldn't hold it anymore.

Emperor, did you see that?

Your courtiers, you can't hold it anymore!

If there is really providence, if there is really faith, if there is really a dragon vein to protect the country!

Whoever it is, come and save Linshan City! Save the last 400,000 people!