Chapter Forty-Eight: Life Is Like Chess, and I am a Pawn

(I'm a little tight today, I've been busy with p, tomorrow, I'll write the first lyrics, "Jiangchengzi Battle Song".) )

"This is a war that is destined not to leave any description of the battle situation in the "Legend of Yan", because the emperor of the Yan Kingdom played a reviled and despicable role in this battle. ”

However, it is undeniable that the deeds of the Qi family army in Qingyun City will not be wiped out because of someone's will, on the contrary, the spirit of the Qi family army has spread to every corner of the Sky Continent, which is also the reason why Qi Luoge ordered ten thousand people to follow a year later.

"From the moment when all the Qi family army was killed, in the Yan country, there was no army with its own beliefs, let alone the Qilin army, even if the Qilin army's equipment was a hundred times better than the Qi family's army - the Qilin army was just a killing machine after all, and the army without humanity may be indestructible, but it will not be invincible"

"Qingyun City was broken, Mangguo entered the plains, and the most powerful country on the continent raised tigers, heralding the beginning of troubled times. ”

"The spirit of Qi Jiajun...... Immortal. ”

-- A passage written by Qiao Ao, a well-known historian in Yanguo, before he died.

After Qi Tianlie said to Qi Luoge that she gave the order to prepare for war, he turned around and whispered a few words to Qi Tiande, Qi Tiande frowned after hearing this, and when he saw that Qi Tianlie said resolutely, he nodded lightly and walked under the city wall without saying a word.

Qi Tianlie asked Qi Tiande to evacuate the people in the city, and at the same time mobilize all the defenders of the other three gates to the north gate.

Looking at the soldiers of Mangguo who suddenly appeared, Qi Tianlie had a bad intuition, this time Mangguo had a back hand, and the number was ...... Judging from the formation of the Mangguo soldiers who suddenly appeared, there were at least 150,000 Mangguo soldiers - Qi Tianlie didn't know why Mangguo suddenly had so many more soldiers, Mangguo and the tribe attacked the city with four times the strength of the Qi family's army, and Qi Tianlie knew what kind of situation Qingyun City would face.

The next battle was very difficult to fight, and the reinforcements were ...... There is no exact arrival time yet, and Qi Tianlie wants to let the civilians in the city walk from the south gate as much as they can in the case of reinforcements not coming, and they will not be too passive in case of the worst.

Qi Tiande first went to the east gate and asked a thousand gatekeepers to ride horses in the city to inform the civilians, saying that Mangguo suddenly overwhelmed the border, and just in case, the civilians of Qingyun City could pack up their things and leave by themselves from the south gate.

However, these civilians of Qingyun City did not sell it when they heard the news - they were shocked by the news at first, and at first showed a trace of panic, but soon calmed down, and then gathered in groups of three or five, came to the street and asked the soldiers how many more people had come to Mangguo, and when they learned that nearly 200,000 Mangguo enemies had appeared, they looked at each other, and they all saw the despair in each other's eyes, but none of them left.

If Qingyun City is breached, the cavalry of Mangguo will soon drive their horses south, how can they outrun those healthy horses on the grassland on foot?

"Swear to live and die with Qingyun City!" I don't know who shouted the oath of the Qi family army first, and then hundreds of thousands of civilians in Qingyun City, except for the elderly, children and women, the rest of the men in Qingyun City all rushed to the north gate with weapons in their hands.

Although the weapons in the hands of the civilians were only the usual things such as iron forks and wooden roots, the expressions on their faces did not show the slightest hint of timidity because they were about to go to battle.

The civilians of Qingyun City wanted to use their actions to tell Qi Tianlie that they would kill people, especially those who violated their homeland.

Looking at these civilians of Qingyun City with all kinds of weapons in their hands, and looking at the anger on the faces of these people, Qi Tianlie saw their determination to move forward bravely, but as the city lord of Qingyun City, his answer was the same as what he said to these civilians at the beginning of the war, "Everyone, please go back, the Qi family army has not been defeated." ”

After speaking, Qi Tianlie stood on the city wall and saluted all the civilians of Qingyun City.

However, this time was different from the past, the civilians of Qingyun City still stood under the city wall after listening to the words of the heavenly martyrs, and no one moved their feet, praying for the heavenly martyrs with the silent protesters.

"Please go back, folks. Qi Tianlie said in a deep voice again, "The Qi family army has the pride of the Qi family army, and the purpose of our existence is to protect Qingyun City, not to let you stand with us. ”

Su Qin, who was on the side, heard Qi Tianlie say this, took two steps back, muttered in a low voice, and Mu Ye on the side nodded in agreement with Su Qin's opinion.

Qi Luoge, who was standing a few steps away, heard Su Qin's words, frowned, and then walked over to Su Qin's side, Su Qin just said that Qi Tianlie was pedantic and naturally weak-hearted, and looked at Qi Luoge coming over, thinking that she would split her head and cover her face and say that she was not, so she lowered her head and didn't dare to look at Qi Luoge, Qi Luoge stood still in front of Su Qin, "These civilians have gone up to the city wall, it seems that there are many people, but the war is not dominated by a large number of people, it is not an exaggeration to say that they injured the enemy by 3,000 and lost 10,000, so ......" So what Qi Luo Ge didn't say, but Su Qin understood, looked up, Su Qin looked at Qi Luo Ge, Qi Luo Ge didn't avoid his eyes, the two looked at each other for a few seconds, Su Qin smiled, and said that you are right.

Qi Luoge also smiled and asked Su Qin if he regretted being involved in this war.

"People live in the world and there are wars everywhere, just like I fought with wild beasts in the mountains, and now I come out to fight with people, and maybe I will fight with God and fate in the future, so there is nothing to regret or regret. ”

"Good. Qi Luoge only said this one word, glanced at Su Qin up and down, and then walked towards Qi Tianlie's side.

After listening to the words of the Heavenly Lie, those civilians in Qingyun City were silent at first, and the storyteller who told the story and told Xi Ri to Lan to cry stood in the crowd and saw that no one spoke, so he opened his mouth and shouted that history will remember us, pray that the city lord, you will let us participate in the war.

In a word, it has a very encouraging effect, and the words of praying for the city lord to let us participate in the war continue to spread among the crowd.

"History is bullshit, and living well is the right thing. Looking at the civilians below, Qi Tianlie replied loudly, then bowed his head and was silent for a moment, and then raised his hand, the civilians of Qingyun City under the city wall thought that he had something to say, and they all shut up, not wanting to pray for Tianlie but turned their heads to look at the last ten thousand or so Qi family army soldiers gathered on the city wall, "When you joined the Qi family army, it was these villagers under the city wall who beat gongs and drums to send you to the barracks, and now, they are watching you behind you, we can die, we can be defeated, but we can't retreat." ”

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Snow dances, wind howls, iron drums vibrate.

Lonely city, sunset, hot blood is getting cooler.

Qi Tianlie's eyes looked at a corpse on the city wall with a slightly dull gaze, just now this dead soldier used his body to block a dark arrow shot from behind for Qi Tianlie.

The soldier's goal was achieved - he saved Qi Tianlie, but he fell forever.

Taking two steps forward, Qi Tianlie reached out and touched the soldier's wrist, revealing a thumb-sized mahogany sign with the soldier's name written on it: Li Shang.

Every soldier of the Qi family army will have a sign like this on the wrist of his left hand, with their name and official position written on it, and this soldier named Li Shang only has his name and the four characters of the north gate guard on it, indicating that he is just an ordinary soldier in the Qi family army.

After reciting the name silently in his heart, Qi Tianlie turned his head to look at the city wall, the cold city wall was full of corpses, and it was an exaggeration to say that there were mountains of corpses, but it was true that there was no place to put foot on the one-foot city wall.

"Daddy. A soft shout came from not far away.

Qi Tianlie turned his head to look, Qi Luo Ge was stabbed in the arm of his left hand, and the blood was still dripping down.

Qi Tianlie, who shook his head, did not immediately pray for Luo Ge to go, but came to the city wall - the 100,000 Mangguo soldiers who suddenly appeared are now 70,000 left, standing neatly in front of the cavalry, and they may rush up again at any time.

Looking at the figures standing in front of the team, Qi Tianlie showed a wry smile on his face, and then Hulunte is going to persuade him to surrender, right?

At this moment, the Qi family army in Qingyun City had no troops to defend.

Coming to Qi Luo Ge's side, Qi Tianlie tore off a piece of brocade cloth from his body to do a simple bandage for Qi Luo Ge, looking at Qi Tianlie whose hairstyle was a little messy and his sideburns were already a little white, Qi Luo Ge bit his lip tightly, his eyes were a little red, and he slowly raised his right hand and gently patted the blood of Qi Tianlie's armor.

"If it hurts, cry out. After bandaging the wound, Qi Tianlie looked at Qi Luoge and patted her head with some affection.

In a blink of an eye, twenty spring and autumn seasons, the little girl who cried in her arms was already able to stand by her side and kill the enemy.

"City Lord!"

"Daifuku!"

"Erkui!"

Some shouts slowly remembered on the city wall, and some soldiers picked up the corpses that were pressed on them and slowly stood up, one, two...... The people who stood up kept patting their partners around them, and finally gathered on Qi Tianlie's side.

Qi Tianlie stood up and looked at these only remaining Qi family military men.

"Girl, bring the flag. Qi Tianlie turned his head and said to Qi Luoge.

"The flag is here. Su Qin, who had just gotten up from the crowd, heard Qi Tianlie say this, and looked at a Qi family army flag beside him that had been stained red with blood, so he took it over.

The banner of the Qi family army is triangular and blue, with the claws of a goshawk painted on it, a long knife is held under the claws, and the other side of the flag is a big Qi character.

Taking the flag from Su Qin's hand, Qi Tianlie stared at the big Qi character on the flag for a moment, and then raised the flagpole with both hands, and the flag fluttered in the wind.

"Count!" Qi Luoge shouted.

"One, two, three......"

Until now, the Qi family army that can stand on the city wall, including those generals, only one hundred and seventy-nine people remain.

"Swear to live and die with Qingyun City. Looking at these wounded soldiers, Qi Tianlie said softly, without joy or sorrow.

Su Qin and Mu Ye stood aside, quietly watching this scene.

"Pray to the city lord, open the city gate, the big marshal said, as long as you open the city gate, you will be prosperous and rich for a lifetime!"

"Su Qin. Hearing the shouts under the city walls, he turned around.

"Pray for the city lord, you say. Su Qin answered.

"Let me use your bow. Qi Tianlie looked at Su Qin and said, then handed the flag in his hand to the Qi Luo Singer, took the curved bow from Su Qin's hand, and then picked up a feather arrow from the ground.

The arrow was aimed at the man who was shouting.

Suddenly, there were shouts from Qingyun City, with joy, "The reinforcements from Seven Crystal City have arrived......"