The fireworks bloomed at the head of Ningzhou City, and Su Yutong came out of the curtain, holding a white porcelain bowl in his hand, which was full of dumplings with thin skin and large filling.

"Call your brother back!" Su Yutong beckoned, "Don't stop for a moment, let him hurry back for Chinese New Year's Eve dinner!" ”

"Great!" Bai Zeqing, who was dressed in a juvenile suit, climbed over the railing of the corridor, took a few steps to Su Yutong's side, and ran with a dumpling in his bare hands. The dumplings were so hot that she exhaled, and shouted indistinctly: "Doumu, the dumplings are so good!" ”

When I went out, I saw Batur Chitrika sitting on the steps and drawing the golden line of thangka hook for more than half a year, I couldn't help but take a closer look, my feet were still running, but my steps did not move forward, and I said with a look of adoration: "Uncle, this statue of Green Tara is about to open its eyes, right?" ”。

Badur made a "hmm" in his nose, hooked the line in his hand, glanced at Bai Zeqing, and said with a smile: "Silly girl, how much are dumplings worth?" Look at your rarity! Tell your brother to come back, let's go to Furong House for a good meal. ”

Bai Zeqing was about to answer, but saw his aunt coming over quickly, and hurriedly ran to the door. When I turned around, I saw that my aunt had already picked up my uncle's ear, and said mockingly: "Don't look down on dumplings? You can do it, you, so much spare money? Take your silly boy with you! What's wrong with the girl who loves to eat the dumplings I make? Yes? ”

Bai Zeqing finally swallowed a large mouthful of dumplings and laughed. She jumped down the steps, waved at her uncle and aunt, and ran out of the alley to find her brother Suki.

"Bang, bang......"

Dazzling fireworks bloomed in the starry night sky of the border city of Ningzhou, and the Lantern Festival Lantern Festival in Ningzhou City was specially expanded to meet the inspection of the capital, and hundreds of people poured into the streets to watch the lanterns, but all this came to an abrupt end at the peak of the boiling.

"Enemy attack! Enemy...... Ahh

The short screams were drowned out by the sound of fireworks exploding, and the drunken and panicked sentry was killed by an arrow before it could release a warning arrow.

The black-pressed canal soldiers poured through the fortifications of the castle, and countless improvised ladders were erected on the walls.

The warning whistle was obscured by the celebratory fireworks in the city, and went unnoticed.

The incident happened in a hurry, and the officer guarding the gate hesitated slightly, and a large group of Qusu soldiers were wrapped in the defeated guards of the Ningzhou fortress and rushed into the Ningzhou city gate.

"It's not good, the enemy is attacking, close the city gates, close the city gates quickly!"

The little colonel on duty at the city gate tonight realized that the big thing was not good, and while shouting, he put on his armor in a panic, ignoring that there were still hundreds of defeated soldiers who had not entered the city, and shouted for the city defenders to push the winch to close the door, but it was too late.

"Erlang, follow me in!"

The leading general Qu Su swung a huge axe with both arms, and cut the bowl of thick city gate slings in a few strokes, and the city gate fell to the ground with a loud bang, and could no longer be closed.

Thousands of Qusu soldiers excitedly shouted:

"The city is broken! The city is broken! ”

The frenzy of Qusu soldiers rushed into the city almost without damage.

"Commander-in-law, Lord Commander, enemy attack! The Qusu army has entered the city! ”

It wasn't until the gate of the county guard mansion was smashed open by the bloody Ningzhou guards, and the adults who were pushing the cups and changing the lamps in the singing and dancing did not know that something was wrong.

The county guard Bai Yan and his eldest son Bai Zeming gathered more than 3,000 people in a panic to go to the city to rescue, but on the way, they encountered Qusu's vanguard troops. Seeing that the Qusu army had entered the city, these temporarily assembled soldiers were suddenly in chaos, and they collapsed before they could fight.

"Father, get out!"

Bai Zeming snatched the enemy's long knife, cut off the handle of an arrow pierced into the chest with his backhand, brandished the spear, and fought with wounds.

"Ze Ming!"

Seeing that his eldest son had fallen into the chaos in order to save himself, Bai Yan gritted his teeth and fled back to the county guard under the cover of his own guards.

"Kill—"

The Qusu army rushed to kill, and the garrison camp in the city was also broken.

The Qusu army and the stubborn Ningzhou stragglers engaged in fierce street battles in the city, and fires were burning all over the city, and the flames engulfed the houses in the darkness.

"Fire, it's on fire—"

"The Qusu Tartars have come in—ah!"

"Quick, run—"

The fleeing civilians crowded the streets and alleys, but whenever they encountered the Qusu army, whether they were men, women, or children, they were either swept by random knives or were hit by arrows, and for a while, the screams were endless.

"I am Su Qi, and those in the Ningzhou army who are not afraid of the dead will rush to kill with me! Protect the people and retreat! The shouts of the youth not only gathered the scattered soldiers, but also allowed the chaotic people to find a backbone to rely on.

Su Qi, who had just been promoted to the rank of red-coated lieutenant a month ago, ran around in the midst of the war, and finally at dawn, he recruited reservists and private soldiers from various provinces to organize a death squad, fighting all the way to save many civilians.

"Brother Qi, 163 people were injured and 39 were killed, it's not a way to go on like this."

As soon as he covered the people all the way and retreated into the alley, Liu Daniu, the deputy captain of the improvised death squad, counted the casualties of each squad, and came to Su Qi to report with a sad face.

"That's it, keep retreating, and fight aggrieved!" Xu Hu, the leader of the second squad, simply bandaged the arrow wound on his leg.

"Why don't we rush out and fight with them!" Zhang Ying, the leader of the sixth squad, tightened his grip on the hilt.

"Leave all the bows and arrows for the wounded, let them stay to protect the people, and the rest," Su Qi pointed to the map of the enemy's army that scout Li Tian had drawn on the white cloth with charcoal just now, and said, "Follow me and Da Niu, the soldiers will be divided into two routes, from here and here, to attack most of the Qusu army, we can make a hole in the city guard camp, and it will be considered a meritorious service!" ”

"Yes!" The crowd agreed.

More than 2,000 people, under the leadership of Su Qi and Liu Daniu, risked their lives to attack most of the Qusu army, hoping to find a breakthrough and join the city guard battalion to drive the Qusu army out of the city, but the disparity in strength was too great-

Bai Zeqing was running in the snow and war, it was too chaotic, she couldn't find anyone. The enemy broke through the city for only a few moments, and the streets and alleys were flooded with fire and screams.

"Brother—"

Bai Zeqing shouted around, and his voice was already crying.

"Brother! Where are you? Brother ......"

The sound of horses' hooves gradually enveloped, the heavy snow blocked the view, Bai Zeqing was deeply immersed in the sound of horses' hooves, but he couldn't see anyone left and right. The fight was in his ears, and the blood was splashing on his face.

Bai Zeqing's legs ached, and he was pressed to the ground by an irresistible force.

Her mind was in turmoil, remembering only the broadsword that came as she turned around, and Suqi who jumped off her horse and knocked her down.

She clutched the edge of Suki's armor tightly, only to feel that the shouts of killing around her were less terrifying.

But before they could get up, another person was cut down.

Bai Zeqing came face to face with the unrecognizable dead man, and a shield pierced by an arrow fell down and smashed into her waist.

The rain of arrows whistled in the wind, and another person was hit by an arrow, which hit Su Qi's back hard, and then rolled to the ground, spitting blood, his eyes closed, and he didn't know whether he was alive or dead.