Chapter Forty-Seven: Life Is Like Chess, and I am a pawn
(This chapter is written above the level, so cheekily ask for a collection, uh, thank you again for the red ticket, clench your fists, give your hands, and see you tomorrow.) )
"This war is simply a disgrace! The picturesque country that the ancestors laid down with their blood and tears was given away by the selfish people, and the reason is so absurd that it is unbelievable, what kind of bullshit to cut the city and form an alliance just to ask for eternal life -- to benefit the common people in the future? Look at my mouth...... An emperor doesn't care about the lives of the people of Li, can such a scumbag live forever? He really thinks that his lower body can live forever like those concubines he loves! It's just a pity that those men who defend the city in Qingyun City have every inch of mountains and rivers and every inch of blood...... 100,000 young men and 100,000 troops! Sorry! Sorry! Pity my big country...... Where is the way of heaven!"
-- In the year 3746 of the Yan calendar, Gongsun mistakenly made a speech after getting drunk, which was excerpted into "History is a Piece of", Volume 3 - Return My Rivers and Mountains, page 47, last line.
Qi Tianlie didn't know what was going on in the outside world, looking at the soldiers and tribesmen of Mangguo who were repelled by the soldiers defending the city again, the corners of his mouth raised unconsciously, from yesterday dusk to now, is this the eighth or ninth time to repel the attack of Mangguo and the tribe? Qi Tianlie can't remember clearly, he only feels that the hand holding the spear is a little numb at this moment.
Putting the spear diagonally on the city wall, Qi Tianlie stretched out his hand to hold the cold and bloodstained city wall, leaned out to observe the direction of the Mang ** battalion, and after making sure that the Mang ** team would not attack soon, he gave the order to rest on the spot - after fighting all night, the Qi family army was already exhausted.
"This time, Mangguo recklessly attacked the city, and suffered heavy losses, and there were not many troops left except for that cavalry. Qi Tiande's face also showed a relaxed expression, he then glanced at the direction of the tribe, turned his head to Qi Tianlie and continued, "Although there are still more than 20,000 people on the tribe's side, I don't think they will organize a large-scale attack anymore. ”
"There aren't many people in the tribe, and they shouldn't be stupid enough to spend all their last money on siege. Qi Tianlie nodded, "What about the casualties of the Qi family's army?"
"In addition to the soldiers guarding the three gates in the east, west and south, the Qi family army can now use less than 10,000 soldiers. Speaking of this, Qi Tiande smiled bitterly, and then said with certainty that there was no problem in guarding the reinforcements.
Hmm, Qi Tianlie showed a relieved look on his face, he knows better than anyone else how the combat effectiveness of the Qi family army is, after all, the Qi family army is the army he brought out single-handedly, looking at the movement on the side of Mangguo, Qi Tianlie frowned, "Do you say that Hulunte knows the news that our reinforcements are coming?"
"You should know, otherwise why did they attack so frantically last night?" but now except for the cavalry, ......" Qi Tiande looked at the direction of the Mang ** team, his tone was stunned, and he stopped the words - the Mang cavalry actually got on the horse and assembled?
"I don't think Hulunt is not unclear about the fact that the cavalry is not good at attacking the city, but the question is that since they know that they can't capture Qingyun City, why do they continue to assemble? When our reinforcements arrive, they won't have any chance. Qi Tianlie looked at the cavalry lined up in a phalanx, and couldn't understand what the reason was.
"If Hulunt dared to let the cavalry attack the city, he would be completely defeated. Qi Tiande smiled and said, "We occupy a favorable position, and the cavalry siege is weak, and when the reinforcements from the city lord of Meng arrive, this war can basically end." ”
"Hulunt shouldn't be so stupid, let alone ...... There is also a person from Lingxiu Mountain over there. Qi Tianlie bowed his head and was silent for a moment, then looked at the snowflakes in the sky, "I don't know why, I always feel a little uneasy. ”
"Daddy, you're so tired. Qi Luoge, who had been standing beside Qi Tianlie, took a cowhide bag from Qi Luan Fei at this time - it was warm goat's milk, as if he knew what Qi Luoge would do next, Qi Tianlie shook his head and said to Qi Luoge My body bones are not so pampered, you drink.
Qi Luoge's mouth opened, looking at Qi Tianlie's side face, and finally put the cowhide bag back without saying anything, and then took two steps forward, ignoring Qi Luanfei's soft shout, and handed the warm milk to a soldier who was slightly injured.
Removing his hand from the city wall, Qi Tianlie grabbed a small handful of snowflakes and held them in the palm of his hand, and with a little effort, the snowflakes melted into water in his hands, and the touch was slightly cool.
"You're paying attention to what's going on over there. Qi Tianlie looked at Qi Tiande and said, then turned his head to look at Qi Jiajun, who had been fighting all night and was lying on the snow because of fatigue, "Let them rest for a while."
The light rain after dusk yesterday extinguished the wall of fire under the city wall, and then the Mangguo soldiers began to attack the city, and after dark, the night sky floated snowflakes until now, the bow and arrow were of little use to the Mangguo soldiers besieging the city at night, so this night down the two armies were basically hand-to-hand combat on the city wall, although the battle had been fought for a long time, and the blood had been replaced by reason, but when Qi Tianlie walked by these sides, looking at the respect in their eyes and the immaturity on their faces, Qi Tianlie was still proud and proud.
"Luan Fei, let people send ten jars of good wine to the city wall!" Qi Tianlie looked at the injuries of several soldiers, and when he saw that they insisted on refusing to go down the city wall, he turned to Qi Luan Fei and shouted.
"City Lord ......" Qi Luan Fei looked at Qi Tianlie, with a puzzled expression, just now he had already sent a lot of food, and now he wants to send wine - maybe there will be a battle soon.
"Go ahead. Qi Luo Ge looked at Qi Tianlie facing the soldiers, and seemed to know Qi Tianlie's mood at this moment, and Qi Tiande on the side also said to Qi Luan Fei, this ghost weather, drink some spicy wine to warm your body.
Seeing that Qi Tiande and Qi Luo Ge were all in favor of taking wine, Qi Luan Fei nodded and walked under the city wall with two guards.
"Last night, Prince Su's archery technique was really eye-opening to the old man, and I would like to say thank you to Prince Su on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of people in Qingyun City. Qi Tianlie walked all the way along the city wall, and saw Su Qin, who was sitting on the city wall fighting for an egg pancake, said with a smile.
"Pray that the city lord, you can just call me Su Qin. Su Qin saw that it was praying for heavenly spirits, and while standing up, he patted Mu Ye who was only looking down and eating glutinous cakes.
"Don't be so formal, you eat yours. Looking at Muye, Qi Tianlie smiled gently, without the appearance of the city lord being superior, "Are you still used to eating glutinous cakes?"
"Nothing wrong other than a little cold, it would have been nice to have a bowl of broth. "Makino is a rectum character, when he and Su Qin were eating cakes just now, Su Qin commented on the glutinous cakes in his hand, and when he saw Qi Tianlie asking, he said it casually, and after finishing speaking, he felt a pain under his feet - secretly stomped on Makino, Su Qin's face was full of smiles, "Pray that the city lord, don't listen to this nonsense, his biggest ability is to eat, and I eat it very delicious." Su Qin said that the perfect beauty shook his mouthful.
Su Qin stomped Mu Ye's kick and was in full view of Qi Tianlie, but he just smiled and pretended not to see it, "Mu Ye is right, when this battle is over, I will invite the two of you to dinner, which can be regarded as a plan to repay the wall of fire last night." ”
"Then thank you first, Lord Qicheng. Su Qin smiled, put the curved bow in his hand aside, and gave a salute to Qi Tianlie's fist.
"Can I take a look at your curved bow?" Last night, when Su Qin shot the tiger man with the curved bow, Qi Tianlie saw it clearly, and the three arrows were fired at the same time, all of which were aimed at one part of the tiger man, and two tiger men were injured, and the rest of the tiger men saw that the situation was not good, and they did not carry the ladder to attack the city.
"It's not a valuable thing, the city lord looks at it casually. Su Qin said and handed over the bow.
Looking up and down at the curved bow in his hand a few times, Qi Tianlie couldn't help but nod and say a good bow, first gently plucked the bowstring, and then didn't see how he acted, his right foot took a half step back, his left hand held the bow, and his right hand suddenly pulled the bowstring.
In Makino's surprised eyes, Su Qin saw that the Split Sun was curving in the hands of Qi Tianlie and the arc was getting bigger and bigger.
"The body is still old after all. Gently echoing the strings, Qi Tianlie looked at him and smiled when he handed the bow to Su Qin.
Shaking his head, Su Qin took the bow and said to Qi Tianlie I finally know what the treasure sword means.
Hearing Su Qin say this, Qi Tianlie laughed out loud, "Su Qin, I'll just rely on the old man and call you Brother Su, I used to think that you had a bit of brute strength, but after pulling this bow, I realized that I was wrong, don't say anything superfluous, and when the war is over, I will invite you to drink." ”
"Thanks to the city lord, when the war is over, let alone drinking, as long as the city lord lets me stay in Qingyun City, it is no problem for me to go to Mangguo to kill their dog emperor. ”
"Young hero!" Qi Tianlie looked at Su Qin and nodded uncontrollably, and was about to say something, when he heard a soft shout not far away, Qi Tianlie turned his head, and saw Qi Luoge coming over with two bowls of wine, and Qi Luan Fei followed behind, holding a stack of white porcelain bowls in his arms and distributing them to the soldiers.
"It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, I don't know how much Brother Su drinks?" Qi Tianlie smiled at Su Qin, took the white porcelain bowl from the Qiluo singer, and handed it to Su Qin.
In the white porcelain bowl is a spicy soju with a spicy throat, which is seven minutes full and has a unique mellow taste.
"I'm okay with my drinks. Glancing at Qi Luo Ge on the side, Su Qin said to Qi Tianlie, pray to the city lord, I will do it first as a respect.
Qi Tianlie nodded, shook his head at Qi Luoge, who wanted to stop him, and then raised his head and drank the wine in the bowl.
Qi Luoge looked at Qi Tianlie's appearance, and silently bowed her head, if she remembered correctly, this was the first time Qi Tianlie had drunk in the past twenty years.
Qi Tianlie, who practiced swords at the age of seven, rode a horse at the age of ten, and went out of the city to chase and kill robbers at the age of fifteen, has an unattainable glory and wealth in the eyes of outsiders, and in fact his life is very boring, in addition to going to Lihuo City to congratulate the emperor on his birthday after the beginning of spring every year, he has spent most of his time in Qingyun City, especially in recent years, after praying Tiande to congratulate the emperor on his birthday, the opportunity to pray for Tianlie to go far away is much less than before- He was pulled out of the pile of dead people, his head was broken and bleeding was broken by someone who pointed his finger at his nose, and he was framed by traitors and said that he had the ambition of supporting the army and respecting the wolf, and he was ...... There are too many things that have happened to Qi Tianlie in his life, but there is only one thing that can make him linger or regret it.
That is the death of Qiluo Ge's mother.
Because of the wine.
"City Lord!" At this time, Qi Tiande shouted in surprise, and pointed in the direction of Mang** camp with his hand.
Looking in the direction of Qi Tiande's finger, Qi Tianlie's originally happy expression slowly turned gloomy.
"Why did so many Mangguo soldiers suddenly appear?" Looking at the suddenly appeared brigade of soldiers behind the Mangguo cavalry, Su Qin muttered.
"Prepare for war!" Bowing his head and being silent for a moment, Qi Tianlie looked back at the south of Qingyun City, then turned his head to look at Qi Luoge, and slowly spit out two words.