Under the slanting sun, the city is full of remnants, mourning horses, jackdaws, and wisps of smoke drifting from time to time, gently locking this lonely city.

All around was a patch of red, red armor, red city, red sky, and red blood. Corpses and discarded weapons and armor were scattered all over the battlefield. In the distance, the remnant sun veins, the withered grass and the distant mountains are also desolate and speechless.

Wu Qian sat on the earthen wall, his helmet casually thrown at his side, the armor on his body was scarred, and he looked at the battlefield to the east with a broken knife in his hand.

The setting sun on his back made his figure look a little more rickety, like a statue in the wasteland of Starfall Plain, looking melancholy at the dead robe.

A few wisps of evening wind blew through the tattered earthen walls, whining and weeping, as if someone was blowing a heart-wrenching pottery.

There was a sound of soft footsteps behind him, and before the person arrived, the rouge incense had arrived.

Wu Gen didn't raise his head, still looking at the east stupidly.

Ji Yan slowly sat beside him, looking into the distance with her cheeks crossed, looking at the ugly battlefield.

"Wu Gan, how long are we going to fight here?" After a while, Ji Yan finally spoke softly.

"It's not how long you fight, it's how many people you have to kill." Wu Yan sighed and reached out to touch his waist, only to find that he was not carrying a wine jug.

"Give." Ji Yan handed over a delicate silver kettle, "Is it that we have few people and need to consume the other party's people here." ”

"Exactly." Wu Yan turned his head to look at the smart woman, reached out to take the wine jug, and took a sip but coughed heavily. There was a faint streak of blood in the wine that was spit out.

"Thank you, Wu Gan." Ji Yan looked into the distance, as if talking to herself.

Wu Yan was stunned for a moment, and smiled self-deprecatingly, "No need to thank you, I just hope that after this battle, I and the Dreadnought Army can have a good end." By the way, after the battle, we are leaving. ”

Ji Yan turned her head and pursed her lips, "If you don't go, can't you, my brother and I will try our best to protect you." ”

"You can't protect it, and neither can Ji Ye. The high place is unbearable, and when you go to the high position, you can not protect it if you want to, and the people behind you will also push you to destroy the dreadnought. Wu Gen smiled self-deprecatingly, "Thin affection is always the emperor's family, and when the time comes, people's hearts will change, and they will become hard, cold, and ruthless." ”

Ji Yan was gloomy for a while, she had also read a lot of history books of the human race, among which brothers attacked and killed, fathers and sons turned against each other, and cannibalism abounded, could it be that her own family could be spared.

After a long time, Ji Yanfang spoke, "Is he going to leave too?" ”

"We are brothers, if I go, he will stay. Ji Yan. Wu Yan turned his head, "No, let it go, you can't tie his heart." ”

Ji Yan's face was painful, and she grabbed the shirt on her chest, "I...... I can't let go of it, every day, there is him in the mirror of dressing, he is in the clear teacup, there is him in the bright moon in the sky, and there is him in the world of dreams, you say, how can I cut off this fetters.

I knew that his temperament was cold, I knew that he was just perfunctory to me, I knew that people and pastors were different, and I thought about forgetting, but I couldn't forget it. ”

Wu Yan was speechless for a while, the water would not stay from the moon, and he was not good at comforting women, so he didn't know how to speak for a while.

After thinking about it, Wu Yan said solemnly: "Ji Yan, I'll send you away, although I repelled the thieves today, but you also watched it, if it continues like this, we can't hold it, it's really not safe here." You are the third young master of the Ji family, if you fall into the hands of thieves, it will be quite unfavorable to the overall situation. ”

Ji Yan raised her head and said with a firm expression: "I'm not leaving, you are all working hard for the Ji family, how can I go." Don't worry, I won't let the thieves catch me. Even if something goes wrong, I'll blow myself up, and they'll only get my body. As he spoke, he revealed a strange artifact hanging around his neck.

Wu Yan knew that if this magic weapon was urged, it would definitely be powerful, and it seemed that Ji Yan had already made the final preparations.

With a slight movement in his heart, Wu Geng said in a terrible way, "Don't do this, even if he and I leave last, you can also follow." ”

"Really." Ji Yan's eyes widened, and the joy in her eyes flowed out.

Wu Yan suddenly reacted, and he couldn't wait to slap himself in the mouth. If you let Shui Congyue know that it was her own suggestion, she might swallow herself alive.

"I guess so." Wu Yan said weakly, and suddenly changed the topic, "There will be a military discussion in the evening, re-repair the fortifications, adjust the defense, let's go back first." ”

As he spoke, he hurriedly got up without waiting for Ji Yan to answer, and limped towards the city.

At night, in the watchtower at the south gate of the city, the main generals of the Northern Army gathered here and began to discuss the next day's battle.

At the beginning of the military discussion, it was naturally Hu Jia who led everyone to review today's gains and losses, and in the end, Hu Jia summed up with a solemn expression: "In today's battle, our army suffered more than 3,700 casualties and killed nearly 8,000 enemies, because most of the dead bodies in the trenches outside the city have been burned, and it is difficult to count. ”

There was a sudden noise in the house, today's battle can be described as tragic, but in the final analysis, it was the Northern Army that won, not only defending the city, but also killing and wounding opponents far more than their own losses.

Wu Gen heard such a result, but his brows were furrowed and he was silent.

The noise gradually faded away, and seeing Wu Gen like this, many people's hearts slowly dawned. Yes, although it looks like there are more enemies killed and wounded, but when you think that the Northern Army is already small, with nearly 4,000 people dead, it is already a situation of breaking your muscles and bones, but the other party is not in any big trouble.

"Owner of the village, affected by the collapse of the trench, the foundation of the first earthen wall has been loosened, should we retreat to the second earthen wall." After a moment of silence in the room, Zhang Wuyang finally had the courage to speak.

"Repair, the first wall still has to be repaired, overnight." Wu Yan said a little tiredly, in today's battle, he actually suffered a lot of injuries, "But whatever can stop the thieves, now we have to use it." After this battle, the thieves will definitely be a lot more careful, and the next big war will not be even more tragic. ”

Zhang Wuyang agreed, and first went outside the house to issue a military order to repair the wall, and then returned to the house, and the matter could not be delayed.

"Zhenfu, may I ask how long we are going to guard, do you ask the soldiers and horses of the South Army to move here, otherwise I am afraid that it will be difficult to defend later. Once the city defense is lost, we are surrounded by groups, and it will be difficult to leave. In addition, my troops have suffered a lot of losses today, and I don't know what arrangements are made for the pacification. "It's Ji Dai who speaks out this time.

For a long time, Ai Kai, Ji Dai and Ji Huahe rarely took the initiative to speak out, and today they took the lead in speaking, which made everyone's eyes focus on Ji Dai.

Wu Yan sighed slightly in his heart and glanced at Ji Yan. The reason why Ji Dai jumped out so impatiently was that his men had lost the most today. He accounted for nearly half of the dead and wounded.

Moreover, today's coalition forces are mainly attacking the earthen wall and the military village, and most of the guards in these two places are Ai Kai's subordinates, which will inevitably make the other party dissatisfied, thinking that Wu Gen handed over the most dangerous task to them, and his own descendants were thrown on the high hills of the fortified city, which was suspected of being unfair, so Ji Dai couldn't wait to stand up. If it weren't for Ji Yan sitting here, she wouldn't have said some ugly things.

Seeing that Hu Jia wanted to speak, Wu Jian raised his hand to stop him, and some words could only be said by himself. If Hu Jia opens his mouth, he may attract cross-examination from the other party, and if he gets stiff, it will not end well.

"It's just so that everyone is here, so I'll tell you the truth." As soon as Wu Yan spoke, the room suddenly fell silent, and everyone looked at this calmer who was covered in injuries. It is the nominal supreme commander in this house who is rushing to the front line today.

"The purpose of this battle is not to defend the city for a long time, but to see how many thieves we have consumed." Wu Yan sat precariously and glanced at the hall, the voice was not loud, but everyone could hear it clearly. "Our army is defending the city of Yuanli, it is not to fight to defend the city, everyone has also watched this city, the city is small, hanging in the wilderness, it is really difficult to defend, and it is really difficult to defend. m.

The reason why they still have to defend is to take advantage of the city to kill and wound the enemy as much as possible and reduce the gap between the number of enemies and friends. According to my agreement with the second young master, at least 20,000 enemy troops must be reduced here, so that our northern and southern armies can have a decisive battle with them. ”

There was a discussion in the house, and Wu Yan smiled slightly, he didn't want to defend this city in the first place. It can't be said that the young master of your family forced me to defend it, and wasted the men and horses that I had saved so hard here, while the men and horses of the southern army were watching from a distance, which made the stingy Wu Gan's heart ache. But at this point, I really can't think too much about it.

To tell the truth, if it weren't for the fact that the coalition forces sent troops too hastily today, there was no preparation for the siege of the city, and they all relied on human lives to pile up, and more people would have died themselves. Even so, they narrowly broke through their own defenses.

"Ladies and gentlemen, next, our army will fight hard here to create an opportunity for the final decisive battle of the Southern Army. As for the decisive battle here or move to Catcher Ridge, we have to wait for the results of the battle in the future. Wu Yan pressed down with both hands to stop everyone from continuing to discuss.

Seeing that Ji Dai still wanted to speak, Wu Gen waved his hand slightly, "As for what Ji Qianhu said about the war damage, this is a fact. Today, the thieves did not put too much pressure on the city, and I intend that Xue Xin will send a thousand men and horses out of the city to guard the military wall. And Ji Qianhu can lead his subordinates into the city to rest and be responsible for the defense of the city. ”

Speaking of this, Wu Gen stood up and slowly paced in the room with his hands in his hands, "I know what a few people think in their hearts, we are all people who lick blood from the knife edge, so we don't have to hide it." Now everyone has seen that the thieves are powerful, whether it is the Dreadnought Army or other parts of the Northern Army, they may die under the sword of the other party.

In the face of such a great enemy, all the departments of our Northern Army are one family, if you and I have the heart, it is purely a way to die. Today's arrangement, I don't have a close relationship, but I just arrange the defense position according to the director of each department.

Although the earthen wall is the focus of the enemy's attack during the day, it is not good to say that the thieves will see that the earthen wall is difficult, and next time they will go all out to capture Linqiu and Yuanli City, and it is only a matter of time before the enemy attacks each part. And. ”

Wu Yan stood up suddenly, and his voice suddenly raised, "I expect that the next time thieves attack the city, one city and one hill will be the focus." Today they also watched, the earthen wall looks easy to attack, but in the situation of being flanked on both sides, in fact, there will be more casualties.

However, Linqiu and Huli City are located at both ends of the defense line, so they can only defend to the death, but it is difficult to get support. Therefore, today we all work harder, not only to repair the fortifications, but also to prepare for the enemy's key attack. ”

After everyone heard this, they all talked about it, Ai Kai, Ji Dai and Chi Huahe also looked a little embarrassed, and they opened their mouths several times, but they swallowed it again.

Ji Yan stood up, walked in front of Ai Kai, Ji Dai and Chi Huahe, and suddenly saluted, so frightened that the three of them quickly stood up, and they didn't even dare to say that they wanted to help, but they didn't dare to help, but their faces were flushed.

"Three thousand households, you are all loyal and brave people of my Ji family, at this time of distress, the three of them are desperate and regard death as home, which really makes Ji Yan grateful.

Today's gift is nothing else, just to implore the three of them to try their best to help the Ji family, if they win the battle in the future, the Ji family will not forget the three meritorious deeds.

Please rest assured that from tomorrow Ji Yan will be in the outermost military village, if she dies, Ji Yan will die first. As for the three, whether they go or fight, they can be self-determined, and they have tried their best, how can the Ji family force the three to stay. ”

Ji Dai's face was flushed, his expression was excited, and he knelt down on one knee in front of Ji Yan, "Young master, I was wrong, and I shouldn't have a grudge against Zhenfu." Please rest assured, if I don't enter the city, I will die and be nailed to the military village, as long as I have a breath, I will not let the enemy touch the young master's cold hair. ”

Seeing this, Ai Kai and Chi Huahe also quickly knelt down and swore loudly that they would fight to the death. Seeing this, Ji Yan hurriedly helped the three of them up.

When Wu Jian saw this scene, he finally breathed a sigh of relief in his heart. Ji Yan's move killed the most unstable link in the Northern Army.

Looking at the stars in the sky outside the house, it suddenly occurred to me what the coalition forces were doing.

Some people died, but not completely......