The city has been besieged for a month, although the enemy army did not launch a fierce siege, but such a siege has also made the defenders tired, everything in the city has reached the limit, including the grain and grass, the grain and grass that has just been counted may be able to hold on for seven or eight days, at most only half a month, for this small city within a radius of only a few miles, in the face of the siege of 100,000 enemy troops, I am afraid that even an ant can not climb out, and the hope of holding on to help is getting slimmer and slimmer. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

Qin Ying stood straight at the head of the city, turned around and looked at the city, only to see that the city was in a mess, the flammable grass houses had all been demolished, and the residents were concentrated in the martingale brick houses in the city, due to the shortage of grain and grass, the people in the city could only receive less poor firewood and rice per capita every day, and a few days ago there had begun to appear hungry people who grabbed grain, and if this continued, I am afraid that this lonely city would be self-defeating, looking at all this, his eyes showed a trace of helplessness, and he secretly blessed in his heart, hoping that the soldiers who were sent to ask for help could send the news out, maybe this is the only hope at present, although this hope is getting slimmer and slimmerBut this is the hope that supports these people to hold on now, and once this hope is dashed,,,,, he will not dare to think about it anymore.

He looked back at the outside of the city again, only to see the dense camps along the foot of the mountain several miles apart, forming an irregular circle, besieging his lonely city, no matter which direction he could not see the edge, "This is the 100,000 army!" This is the most camp he has seen in his life, but unfortunately it belongs to the enemy army, the lonely city he guards is like a dead leaf in this sea of soldiers, it will be overturned in an instant, he also once dreamed that he would one day be able to lead an army of 100,000 to sweep the world, but now it seems that 、、、、 He couldn't help but smile bitterly and shook his head.

At this moment, he suddenly heard a soldier shouting, "Someone is coming", could it be that the enemy army is attacking the city? Qin Ying's heart couldn't help but tighten, but he heard someone shouting again, "Don't move, it's our people." This sound immediately caused a commotion, "Could it be that the reinforcements have arrived? Why is there no sound of fighting? Or is it that the enemy army is swindling the city?" Qin Ying hurriedly arranged his subordinates to tighten their guard, and he hurriedly walked there.

Looking at the battlement, I saw a soldier not far from the city staggering towards this side, looking at his steps as if every step was with all his strength, even then his little remaining strength seemed to be unable to support the body forward, several times as if to fall to the ground, but the man still persistently walked towards the city gate.

It's absolutely impossible, but it's not like his own people, the tattered and dirty clothes can't be seen in style and color, so he can't tell the origin from the clothes, but with his current situation, even a three-year-old child can push him to, how can he pass through the camp of a hundred thousand troops?

At this time, it was just past noon, and the earth seemed to be spitting fire under the baking of the autumn sun, and the people who came had already walked to the moat, and saw that the river seemed to wake up from the nightmare, and even rushed a few steps into the river, and plunged their heads into the river to drink a cow.

Qin Ying motioned to an old soldier, and the veteran immediately walked up to the battlement and shouted to his subordinates, "Alas! Who is the person under the city? The soldiers in the city saw that the other party did not react, and they also shouted, it took a long time for the man to seem to wake up from a dream, wiped his face with water, and then raised his head to look at the city wall, after drinking water, the person's spirit was obviously better, he slowly stood up and got up, and shouted in a hoarse voice, "Let me enter the city, I want to see General Qin, there is an urgent military report." ”

"Who the hell are you? I can't let you enter the city without explaining your origin!" "I'm the flag officer of Yecheng, and I have an important military report. "Hearing that it was really my own people, the soldiers in the city were all encouraged, and if someone came in, it means that the reinforcements are not far away, maybe now the reinforcements have fought with the enemy army besieging the city.

"Can you enter the city?" The veteran looked at Qin Ying, Qin Ying knew in his heart that now that the four cities had been sealed, even if the city was not sealed, he would not dare to open the city gate rashly, in case the enemy cavalry rushed to the city, the distance of a few miles would only be a blink of an eye.

"Put a hanging basket down" Hearing Qin Ying's order, a soldier hurriedly brought a basket and tied it to the rope, and then several people threw it to the city, and the basket with the rope drew an arc and fell into the water not far from the other side of the moat.

The soldiers in the city struggled to pull him up the city wall, and as soon as he landed, the man hurriedly got out of the basket and looked anxiously in the crowd, and kept shouting, "I want to see General Qin,、、、、、"

Qin Ying took a step forward and stood in front of him, the man obviously didn't know Qin Ying, but there would be no second general in such a small city, as soon as he saw what he was wearing, he had already confirmed the target, and stepped forward to give a salute, but he didn't expect his body to be too weak to fall to his knees, the man knelt on the ground with his hands on the ground and suddenly cried loudly, choked up and said, "General Qin, the national capital 、、、、 the national capital has 、、、 fallen." ”

"What?" This sentence was like a thunderbolt, Qin Ying only felt a buzz in his brain, if it weren't for the support of a soldier around him, he was afraid that he would fall to the ground as soon as he was relieved, and he breathed a sigh of relief, "What did you say? The country has fallen? Why is there no news?" The man was just about to speak, Qin Ying hurriedly waved his hand and signaled, "Don't worry, follow me to the back to rest for a while, and then slowly explain clearly." ”

Once such a major news spreads, how big a blow will it have to the morale of the army? Qin Ying was also shocked by this news just now, and when he came over, he hurriedly arranged for someone to block the news, and then took a few close soldiers to take the people to a quiet room and let them guard the surroundings before asking them carefully.

"What is the situation in the capital now?" The messenger hurriedly knelt down and replied, Qin Ying pulled him up, pulled a chair over his hand, and asked him to sit down and talk slowly, not that Qin Ying was not in a hurry, but that the person's body was afraid that it would not last long, and the messenger sat down and cried and said" A few days ago, I received an urgent report from you, I was ordered by my general to go to the capital for help, but when I got there, the capital has fallen, there are enemy soldiers everywhere, we have gone through several chaotic battles, and finally found a Praetorian Guard, only to know that the king has abandoned the city and fled north, most of the defenders of the capital have been killed, and the reinforcements are 、、、 gone、、、、、、 hmm"

Before he finished speaking, he couldn't cry anymore, Qin Ying's heart was cold when he heard this, "How can this be, how can this be?" He raised his eyes to look around, and then looked down at himself, he really didn't want to believe the news, and suddenly remembered something, "You said that the king has moved north? What about General Qin 17? Where are all our patriotic troops、、、、、?"

Qin Ying let go when he heard the scream, and suddenly felt that there was something suspicious in this, and hurriedly asked, "Why are you here to report alone? What about the people I sent out? Where are they all gone? You can't pass the siege of the 100,000-strong army alone, right?" The man looked at Qin Ying in horror and said nervously, "General Qin, how should I answer you if you ask so many questions at once?" Seeing the messenger trembling, Qin Ying forced his anxious mood and slowly exhaled a breath, and shouted to the outside world, "Come on, get him something to eat." With that, he turned and left the room.

Walking outside the door, Qin Ying raised his head and took a deep breath, he knew that he was too anxious, but this news couldn't help but make him anxious, since the king had fled, it seemed that the country was really going to end, and what he was most concerned about now was how Qin Qiqi was, because that was his master, and even more so his adoptive father, without Qin Qiqi, where would he still be now? Is this news true or false? He was not sure, although there was a faint sense of foreboding in his heart, but he would rather believe that the messenger was a spy sent by the enemy, and the purpose was to disturb the morale of the army.

After a cup of tea, the soldiers came out to report that they had already drunk two large bowls of porridge to the messenger, and it was obvious that this person was already hungry, and before the porridge was cold, he had already grabbed the bowl and drank it in a big gulp, and even the hot porridge had blistered on his mouth.

Qin Ying walked into the house again, carefully looked at the messenger, and saw that his clothes had been tattered and barely covered his body, and the lines on it were almost covered with scars, some of which should be traces left by the battle, but more of them seemed to be torture wounds, "Could it be that this person is a prisoner of our army, and he can't withstand the punishment so he came to the city to cheat?"

Qin Ying stared at him tightly, his eyes became more and more solemn, like two sharp knives, this gaze was enough to put aside the flesh and blood to see the heart, under such a gaze, the person was also a little nervous, but it was only a flash and calmed down, "General Qin, you must have seen the scars on my body, I was indeed captured by the enemy, but what I said is true, and I brought a letter from Gao Jian, please take a look at it." As he spoke, he took out a piece of bamboo slip from his bosom.

Looking at his determined gaze, Qin Ying felt uncomfortable, and after hesitation, he still took the bamboo slip.

I saw the bamboo slip written on the "General Qin personally saw: in the lower Gao Jian, long admired the prestige of the general, although he has not fought today, but has seen the general of the strict management of the army, facing the enemy and not chaos, is really a hero of the world, helpless your country has many disadvantages, the king order is unknown, my king sent 500,000 troops, save your Li people in fire and water, now several armies have captured the capital, your king abandoned the people and fled, it is really despised, now the general trend of the times, the city of the country is all owned by me, I hope the general will read the brothers in the city, come to vote as soon as possible, so as not to burn the jade. 、、、、”

There seem to be some words of praise written below, which is nothing more than a compliment to Qin Ying's heroism, but he is no longer in the mood to watch it, sneered with his hands, and immediately shattered the bamboo slip, and then looked at the person coldly, "Come on, push this person out for me and cut it down." ”

The messenger stepped forward and suddenly shouted, "Slow, General Qin, slow." "Oh, what else do you have to say?" rushed in and was about to push him out, but when they saw Qin Ying waving his hand and retreating, the man smiled bitterly. Since I came, I didn't plan to live, I am indeed a patriotic sergeant, originally under the command of General Li of Yecheng, I received an emergency from you a few days ago, when the messenger was dying, General Li sent me to bring people to send the news to the capital, but I didn't expect that as soon as we left, Yecheng was surrounded by enemy regiments, the road was full of enemy troops, we had to divide people into several roads, so as not to be bumped into by the enemy and delay the military aircraft, I myself took a dozen people along the mountain road to the capital in a secluded place, but I didn't expect that when we arrived, the capital had fallen, there were enemy troops everywhere to drive out the displaced people, there were a few small battles in the city, but it was useless, we searched hard in the chaos to find a capital guard, from them learned that the capital had fallen, the king had fled, and the Qin 17th general 、、、、 killed. ”

Hearing this, Qin Ying couldn't help screaming, and with a force on his hand, he suddenly threw him against the wall with a bang, and then fell down with a pop, and the messenger was so broken that his eyes rolled up, and he covered his chest with both hands, and it took a while to recover his breath.

Qin Ying's eyes were already blood-red, he quickly stepped forward and stepped on his chest, gritted his teeth and asked, "You said that the capital has fallen, there must be enemy troops everywhere, how can you come back alive to report the news?"

The messenger was trampled out of breath, opened his mouth and retched, the guards outside the door heard the movement in the house and rushed in to take a look, and were immediately frightened and stood still, it was the first time they saw Qin Ying have such a big temper, and it took a long time for him to react with a spirit, and hurriedly rushed up and hugged Qin Ying, "The general is angry, you will kill him like this." ”

Qin Ying let go of his hands and feet, and at present, he can't get any news from the surrounding area, and now he suddenly comes to write a book, of course, it will make people suspicious, but if he thinks about it carefully, there seems to be no flaw, "I can't believe what you said, unless you can come up with evidence." ”

As soon as the pressure on the messenger's chest decreased, he immediately shrank back and leaned against the corner, and then gasped for breath, and said with difficulty for a long time. I have no evidence to make the general believe, but what I said is true, that day we saw that the capital was broken, the enemy general ordered the army to loot for seven days, the enemy army is simply like a group of robbers, in the chaos we were able to take advantage of the chaos to escape, we all the way to the remote mountain road, I wanted to go back to Yecheng first, but Yecheng has fallen, we turned here, I wanted to take advantage of the dark to quietly touch the enemy camp, but just close to the enemy camp we were discovered, we had to break in, I wanted to die to report to the general, but unfortunately I brought all the brothers killed, and finally I was captured as much as possible, was handed over to Gao Jian, he knew that I wanted to enter the city to report the news, so I came to persuade the general, at first I refused to dieAfter three days and three nights, I really couldn't stand it, and I thought it would be good to tell the general the news as soon as possible, so I brought Gao Jian's letter. After saying this, the messenger suddenly showed a smile on his face, as if he felt relieved, got up with difficulty and tidied up his military uniform, and then straightened his hat, "I know that the general will not believe what I say, and now I have brought the news, and I hope that the general will make a decision as soon as possible after that, and my mission will be completed." After speaking, he arched his hand to those guards and said, "Thank you for the grace of a porridge and life,、、、、、、

I saw him fly straight to the corner of the table and crash into it, and when everyone reacted, his head had been shattered and died on the spot.

In the short moment he flew in the air, his mouth seemed to be still saying, "I'll report later." ”

Qin Ying's heart tightened, he didn't expect that this messenger would actually win the letter with death, it seems that he is really suspicious, but he has wronged a good person, he can't help but feel guilty, he sighed lightly, "Alas, a strong man, find a better coffin to bury him." ”

He is no longer in the mood to think about these things, there is no food and grass inside, there are no rescuers outside, and even if the country is broken and the army dies, what can a lonely city do?

Since childhood, Qin XVII has taught himself to be faithful, and now Qin XVII has sacrificed his life for the country and died at the hands of the enemy, and his surrender to the enemy is equivalent to admitting a thief as his father. If the enemy's army of 100,000 is strong, what use can it be even if he fights to the death? The defeat is already irretrievable, so why implicate these innocent lives? What should I do now? The news of Qin XVII's death hit him too hard, and he faintly felt that maybe only one death could be worthy of him.

He walked around the city as if he were a soulless shell, he didn't know what to do, he just wanted to find a quiet place, stay quietly for a while, or sleep, maybe wake up and everything would be over.

Suddenly, he heard a childish voice say, "Mother, I'm so afraid, when will the battle be over?" This sentence pierced Qin Ying's heart like a needle.

He stood there stunned and turned his head to look at the mother and daughter, his cold eyes made the woman feel cold, and he hurriedly hugged his daughter and turned around.

Looking at the poor and helpless mother and daughter, he suddenly made up his mind, turned to face the mother and daughter and bowed deeply, and then walked quickly towards the city tower.