The snow on the grassland came earlier than in the north, the barren grass was covered with snow, the cold wind howled and carried away the bloody breath of the tribe, and behind the broken fence, the sun Tichi quietly looked at the circle of human heads placed on the ground.

The tribe was destroyed, and the captive women and children were to be brought back, their hands raised above their heads, tied to a log, and they could only stagger forward in such a humiliating position, the children snuggled up to them, not yet understanding what was happening, and they looked back at their burning tribe, and the wails resounded throughout the grassland.

He retracted his eyes: "It's all here?" ”

"Seventeen chiefs, none of them have run away," the faithful warrior knelt down on one knee with his hand over his chest, "and the silk and cotton department is gone." ”

"What about the herders?"

"Those who don't want to surrender are killed, and the rest are arrested."

"Remember to give them a piece of clothing, it's too cold, it will take a few days to walk back to Haramangbu, don't die too much on the way."

With a faint command, he stepped on his horse.

It went so well... This grassland in the north of Datong really belongs to the Hara Mang Department?

In just half a year... I was so low-voiced before, so cautious, the Hara Mang Department who was still breathing was still getting more and more depressed, the herdsmen and livestock were getting fewer and fewer, the messengers of the Great Khan no longer came, and even those Ming businessmen were talking about business more and more at a low price, but in just half a year, without hiding the ambition and killing intent in their old bodies, the herdsmen of the Hara Mang Department were living better and better.

Now that I think about it, the plague that affected the entire southern grassland was the best opportunity I had ever encountered in my life, even more than fleeing north with His Majesty the Great Yuan Emperor back then.

He took a breath of cold air: "After I go back, tell the messenger of the Great Khan that my loyalty to the Great Khan has never changed, and I don't want to provoke a fight between the steppe brothers, and everything I do is to be able to offer better things to the Great Khan!" ”

"And what I want is simple! It's not a reward in name, it's not a reception from the Great Khan, I just want him to face up to my offer, the one that will make us stand up again! ”

"My son, Balth, I know that he is climbing higher and higher under the hands of the Great Khan, he is even leading his troops to the west, he can be a knife in the hands of the Great Khan, but he must come back and pay the price of his betrayal!"

He licked his lips and looked at the south sharply: "I have been a family dog for the Akito for half a year... And now, I already know that their Emperor and His Majesty are fighting for their family property with all their might, and the Han towns in the south of the grassland are not the same as they used to be, they have to lose two teeth, they are our best pastures! ”

"The southern steppes are already mine, and that pasture, I am willing to dedicate to the Great Khan."

His white hair fluttered in the cold wind: "Just look at the sweat... Do you dare to ask for it. ”

……

On the seventeenth day of the winter month, the first snow also fell in Beiping.

Although after hundreds of years, the name of this place has changed many times from Beiping to Beijing, but except for the increasingly frequent sandstorms, the weather has not changed much, there are snow-turning vehicles to sweep the roads on the streets in the future, and pedestrians wear cotton clothes and non-slip shoes to go to work have to be careful, and today's Beiping, the southern soldiers and soldiers have to do is to attack the city in the ice and snow.

The war is tight, this siege from yesterday evening to dawn, the opposite side did not Mingjin to collect troops, the whole Beiping naturally no one can sleep, after dawn heavy snow, the whole Beiping is covered with snow, as a last resort, Daoyan had to gather the people to start clearing the snow along the streets, at least let the soldiers in the city come and go faster.

The four women of the perfume shop naturally also carried a broom to clear the snow on the street, and silently swept the snow to the side of the road in the distant rumbling sound, clearing the area where they could walk, Li Ziqing and Fu Yun had not returned to Xiaolou for several days, or Xiaohuan asked them to stay, after all, the perfume shop was guarded by the spies of the secret spy department, and it was safer than other places.

In case the city is broken...

Tsundere Lori has reduced a lot these days, since the last time Gu Huai returned to Beiping to bring the news of Xu Zengshou's death, she has become more and more silent, her chin is getting sharper and sharper, her eyes appear bigger, like a delicate doll, Xiaohuan, who has almost become a good friend who talks about everything, wants to make her happy, but she can't make her laugh.

The street that swept away the snow was a little muddy, Li Ziqing sighed lightly at the frozen red hand, and found that Fu Yun beside him had been looking at the direction of the city gate, her husband Er Niu was now over there to help defend the city, and it was not a dangerous job, after all, he was a blacksmith apprentice, so he did the work of helping to build some equipment to defend the city, but there were too many dead people in the city these days, so much that it would be a normal thing for anyone to die, and it was understandable that Fu Yun was so worried.

There seemed to be a line of sight swept over in the distance, Li Ziqing looked over, it was the owner of the fence next to her, a soft and weak woman, who seemed to be called Yanmo girl, who was usually not easy to see in a simple house, but today she also went to the street to help clear the snow, she nodded slightly at Liu Yanmo and said hello, but Liu Yanmo's eyes were so empty that she didn't seem to look at this side at all.

He's a weirdo, too...

Sweeping and sweeping, she suddenly thought of the scholar in the green shirt who had not come back for several days, Li Ziqing pulled her hair, she couldn't say whether she missed more or worried more, she knew that Xiaohuan invited the statue of Guanyin back, and she had to pray for peace to Gu Huai in the back hall every day, she also went to Yingshou Temple a few times to ask for a sign for Gu Huai, it is not good or bad, but the monks of Yingshou Temple seem to be very busy these days, obviously it is this kind of troubled times, there will be many pilgrims in the temple, but there is not even a monk who unsigns, so she can only ponder the obscure signature by herself, Think towards the bright side.

The rumbling sound at the city gate seems to be a muffled thunder in the dry and cold weather, this kind of sound has become more and more in the past two days, I heard that it seems to be a new type of city defense weapon, the kind that will kill many people if thrown out with a trebuchet, Li Ziqing has no subjective bias for this war, who wins seems to live like this, King Yan can be regarded as loving the people, and the court will not harm the people, there is no tension of attacking the city by foreign races - but when I think that person is now in the army of King Yan, I always hope that the Yan army will win more.

I wish he was just an ordinary shopkeeper and didn't have to do such dangerous things... In this way, I can see him every day, and I don't have to worry about it all the time.

Li Ziqing pursed his lips and sighed silently.

……

"No more hot oil? Boil hot water! Pour hot water down! Let them carry more throwing stones, the grenades are not enough, they must be spared! ”

On the city wall of Beiping, Zhu Gaochi, whose face was covered with sweat, picked up a stone and smashed it down the city wall, listening to the report of the soldiers, he wiped a handful of sweat and adjusted the strategy of defending the city.

No matter how much preparation is really not enough, the day when the defense equipment will run out, the southern army will fill it with human lives like crazy, and the speed of consumption far exceeds Zhu Gaochi's expectations at the beginning.

Even he didn't plan to use the grenade at the beginning, only prepared to use it for sneak attack, the grenade to the southern army is of course great, but it also has an impact on the city wall, in case any soldier is careless, the grenade explodes on the city wall, then it really gives the southern army a chance, so if it is not really to the line of life and death, Zhu Gaochi really did not plan to use the grenade to defend the city.

But it's useless to say anything at the moment, even if more people are used, the construction of siege equipment can't keep up with the speed of consumption, plus the siege doesn't stop for a moment, the soldiers at the head of the city are even frozen and hungry, and the attrition of troops is also a headache for Zhu Gaochi.

It's not over yet, although the young and strong people boiled hot water, but the hot water is not as good as hot oil and gold juice after all, and it's good to be scalded and the flesh is opened, but it is just spilled on the clothes, and the lethality is greatly reduced.

Zhangye's door is broken.

Last time Qu Neng attacked Zhangye Gate, it was only a little close, this time to attack the city, the southern army used more than a dozen rushing cars to beat the wood, at the cost of human life to rush the city gate, the city gate was already scarred, this time it was directly smashed into pieces, even if the Yan army recaptured the city gate, there was no way to close it like last time, and at this time the southern army had also poured in, and was fighting hard with the Yan army under the city gate.

"Zhangye Gate is broken, is this Beiping finally unable to hold it? After all, I didn't wait for the prince to come back..."

Princess Yan's armor was also full of blood, and she couldn't see the original bright color, she was carrying a knife, and while running, she looked at the old and weak soldiers on the left and right, and couldn't help but have a sour nose, tears moistened her eyes, and the snow was already vast, and it looked even hazy at this time, but Zhu Gaochi, who was opposite her, had not given up lightly, and heard that Zhangye had broken the door, and he wanted to lead the soldiers to save him in a hurry, but unexpectedly, the hot water had spilled on the ground and had formed thin ice.

"Blazing!"

This fall was really dizzy, sliding more than two feet away, the two soldiers helped Zhu Gaochi who was full of gold stars, he patted his big hand that was red from the cold and shouted: "Mother don't worry about me, it's important to recapture Zhangyemen!" ”

Princess Yan gritted her teeth, waved her hand and ran down the city tower with people and horses, Zhu Gaochi found that he didn't know where the knife fell, but there was thick snow on the ground, but there was no trace of the knife, and he was about to look for it, but he stared at the place where he slipped just now, and his eyes gradually flashed with a strange light.

Hot water... Icing?