In late March, spring flowers bloom, which should be the best season of the year, is a good time for people to sow seeds and enjoy the bright spring light.

But at this time, even though the Jinguan City was as full of flowers as before, the people no longer had the heart to thrive, and even the large fields in the city were deserted.

Because war is imminent, the army is already under the city.

Moreover, the imperial army has given an ultimatum to the whole city, asking the people of the whole city to open the city and surrender within this month, otherwise once the city is broken, it will be the end of the chickens and dogs and the jade will be burned.

The hundreds of human heads that had been sent into the city two days earlier were the best illustration of this threat, and convinced everyone that the imperial army would definitely do what they said.

Now, according to the meaning of the ordinary people in the city, it is natural to open the city and surrender immediately, they don't want to wait until the day the city is broken to become a corpse under the butcher's knife, and the army outside the city is the imperial army, they are the people of Dayue, how can they have the heart to resist?

However, although they are numerous, they can't be the lord of this Jinguan City, only the people of Tangjiabao can really call the shots here, and Tangjiabao is the target of this crusade of the imperial army, whether they surrender or not, they will inevitably fall.

The dying and struggling Tang family has already been fully mobilized in the past few days, not only sending a large number of people to inspect the whole city, and almost locking the people in the city at home, but those who dare to go out at will are killed on the spot on the charge of plotting misdeeds.

Moreover, he also let a large number of children go deep into the defenders of the city, keeping an eye on these tens of thousands of military horses, and preventing them from making any moves that would threaten the safety of the city.

Especially for the defense of the city gate, the Tang Gate even sent many masters from the four halls to sit in the town, always keeping an eye on those soldiers and horses, urging them not to relax in the slightest, let alone let them take advantage of the chaos to open the city gate.

But everyone knows that such a strict defense can only be delayed for a while, and when March is over and into April, the more than 100,000 or 200,000 troops outside the city really launch an attack, and it is really difficult to say how many soldiers and horses can do their best.

The destruction of Jinguan City is close at hand......

This is not only known to the people, but also to the generals, and even more so to the people of the Tang Sect.

So they were desperate, and after seeing the heads of the people who had been sent, their own families were at the end of the road.

Now, I am just making a final struggle, hoping that a miracle will appear in a few days, and the barbarian armies in southern Yunnan, Qianzhou and other places will suddenly fall from the sky and kill behind the army outside the city.

But this was obviously unrealistic, and every time they climbed the city and looked at the murderous military camp ten miles away, the fear and despair in their hearts would increase by a point.

And what is even more desperate is that they can't even take the initiative to fight, not only because the enemy is strong and I am weak, but also because they are worried that this move will allow the soldiers and horses in the city to find an opportunity, either surrender on the spot, or turn against the city, and at that time, it will really be a catastrophe.

So it can only be dragged on, and dragging it out for a day is a day.

It's just that such days are finally about to drag on as March comes to an end.

Tang Duo stood on the tower of Xicheng City, looking at the indifferent faces around him, and he was very suspicious that these defenders in the city who should be standing with him would suddenly draw their swords at him.

Because the time limit is near, the army outside the city will attack the city, and they will be the first to die.

Since both horizontal and vertical can be a death, it is better to fight and die with the people of the Tang family!

Tang Duo, who felt that he had seen through the hearts of these soldiers, couldn't help but shudder at this time, there had never been a moment that could make him feel so powerless and afraid.

He was not afraid of the ordinary soldiers around him, but of the poison of the minds of those who conveyed this ultimatum to enter the city. There is no better way to attack the heart......

"The old lady is here—"

Just as Tang Duo was immersed in his thoughts, a shout sounded from below, which made his spirit suddenly lift, and he hurriedly turned around to greet him.

Sure enough, I saw the current head of the Tang family, the ancestor of all the children, and the old lady Tang Tiande, surrounded by several inner cousins, walked up slowly.

"Taigong, it's windy and dangerous here, why are you here?" Seeing this, Tang Duo hurriedly saluted and said.

Tang Tiande stepped forward with some emotion and patted one of the few remaining stewards of Xijintang, and then said in a deep voice: "Now that my Jinguan City is in deep danger, how can the old man not come and explain everything to everyone?" ”

As he spoke, he had already taken a few steps to the highest place, and his gaze swept over the faces of the dozens of Tang Sect disciples who leaned around, and then fell on those ordinary soldiers who were obviously dazed: "Everyone, the old man knows what you are thinking, you feel that it is my Tang Sect that has burdened you, and I am forcing you to defend this city, which is to send you to death."

But what the old man wants to say is, are those threatening words really credible? Is the army outside really the army you imagined the court to quell the chaos?

"No, can't you see that most of the hundreds of thousands of troops outside are barbarians, although they are ostensibly here at the behest of the imperial court, but in fact they are coveting the wealth of Yizhou and the money and grain of Jinguancheng.

"The so-called emperor is just a puppet in their hands.

"Think about it, what have the barbarians done to us Han people in the land of Sichuan and Shu over the years? How many state capitals and cities under the rule of the imperial court were taken away by them, and how many Han people who used to live a good life ended up being their souls and slaves?

"If it weren't for the protection of my Tangjiabao in Yizhou, I'm afraid the Han people here would have been the same as other places.

"And now, just because of a few words of nonsense, they scared you like this? I still want to surrender in Kaesong!

"If you really do this, then it will be the biggest sinner of the 200,000 Han people in the entire Jinguan City, and then the real disaster will come, and everyone will not escape death!

"Now, only if we are united and do not retreat, can we have a chance to live and save the lives of the people of this city, your family and parents!

"So the old man still hopes that you can think clearly about the truth and make a decision that you will not regret!"

In the end, the old man bowed down deeply, and bowed down to those ordinary soldiers who couldn't even see him.

What he said was really sincere, which moved all the soldiers, and they also fell into contemplation and entanglement, in the end, is Mrs. Tang's words credible?

The army outside the city, is it really a bandit barbarian who came under the banner of the imperial court?

Tang Duo was also shocked, but his shock was different from others, he really didn't expect that Taigong would use such words that reversed the facts to boost the morale of the army, what is the situation outside, as a core disciple of the Tang family, he knows too well......