"Bang bang bang!"

On the south bank of the Tiebuga River, it was busy, and a Tang soldier quickly dug a trench a stone's throw away from the city wall of Fuqicheng.

The right guards seemed to be unusually skilled in doing these things, and soon a shallow ditch had been dug up.

One side is next to the Tibuga River, but with a one-meter-long spacing, which is not dug directly, but only one step away.

Li Xuan wore a red dress and gold armor, pressed his hand on the hilt of the eight-sided Han sword, and rode a horse to stand on the side of the trench.

Behind him, a group of Qianniu Guards, who were also dressed in red and gold armor, were unusually conspicuous.

In the barracks of the army further behind, next to a cyan dragon flag, there was also a black flag.

The black flag was embroidered with a large plum character.

What is Li Xuan's identity, no matter how stupid Tuyuhun people are, they can figure it out.

Countless Tuyuhun soldiers stood on the wall of the West City, looking at Li Xuan below, their eyes were complicated.

There were even attempts to open the bow and pull the strings, but no one dared to actually release the arrows.

Their eyes fell on the Tang sergeant below, but their faces couldn't help but look puzzled,

Shouldn't the Tang army immediately reorganize and then prepare to attack the city, why did they dig a ditch by themselves, and in doing so, isn't it just beneficial for them to defend the city?

The Tuyuhun people on the city wall looked confused, what was going on?

Su Hegui, who had just arrived at the head of the city, saw this scene, his face turned pale, and his fists were clenched tightly in an instant.

His gaze fell on Li Xuan's body, and far away, the two of them looked at each other.

One person is extremely dignified, even with a hint of fear, and the other is cold and terrible.

……

Su Hegui retracted his gaze and looked at his side, and asked in a hurried low voice, "How many days is there enough food in the city now?" ”

"Back to the capital, the rations of the people in the city are enough for three days, and if you save money, there will be ten days." The garrison of Fu Qi City, Gui Runuo, looked at his father-in-law with a serious expression, with a hint of caution in his eyes.

After Gui Runuo finished speaking, the other nobles on the city wall couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief, there were still ten days left, and they still had room for it.

At this time, Su Hegui opened his mouth and said: "Tell the whole city, in three days, the major families in the city will open positions to help the people, and there must be no mistake." ”

"Dugo, why is that?" A middle-aged Tibetan nobleman stood up, his face full of reluctance and puzzlement.

His name is Ren Enci, and he is the third largest family in the city after the Su family and the noble family.

Su Hegui's gaze swept over Ren Enci's face, and then fell on the other people, and asked coldly, "Do you think so too?" ”

A sixty-year-old man walked out with a bitter face, bowed to Su Hegui and said: "Su Gong, it's not that I want to think so, but there is not much grain storage in each family.

It was not easy for everyone to hide a little, and if they took it all out and used it now, it would not be long before there would be no food in every house. ”

"Brother Chi, do you think we can survive until the day when the food at home runs out?" Su Hegui suddenly sighed lightly and couldn't help but shake his head.

"Do you want Su Gong to clear up your doubts?" Crimson stood up straight, looking at Su Hegui with a puzzled face.

Su Hegui pointed to the ditch under the city and said softly: "What do you think the king of Nanchang below is doing now?" ”

"They dug the trench and didn't want us to leave?" Gui Ruyan suddenly spoke, his face didn't know when, and it had become extremely terrifying.

Su Hegui nodded seriously and said: "You still remember Xue Rengui back then, when the Tang Dynasty occupied Fuqi City, because of the lack of grain in the city, the Tang Dynasty mobilized a large amount of grain and grass to the city, which led to the lack of grain and grass in Xue Rengui's department, and finally had to attack Wuhai, but at this time, Tubo found us again, and finally ...... Now, the Tang soldiers are coming to the city, and they know that there is a shortage of food in our city, and now, he is forcing me to wait for the food to run out. ”

Speaking of this, Su Hegui took a deep breath and said: "I know that you still have surplus food in your family, but don't forget, the most common people in the city now have very little food at home, and the families of tens of thousands of soldiers inside and outside the city are all in the city, once they know that there is not enough food at home, and you can't save them......

Everyone at the head of the city looked at all the soldiers on the city wall for a moment, and confirmed that all the soldiers were the private soldiers of each family, and then they breathed a sigh of relief.

But then, their faces became serious, if it was just a chaotic army, it would be nothing, but don't forget, there is still the king of Nanchang under the city.

"Open a warehouse and release grain, even if it is a meal a day, even if it is so thin that only water remains, as long as we can survive, then we will have a chance of life." Su Hegui took a deep breath, and his eyes subconsciously looked south, looking in the direction of Wuhai further south.

"Du Hu, should we rush now, they are so close, we can take the opportunity to rush." A hint of ruthlessness flashed on Gui Runuo's face.

"If it were someone else, I might agree with you, but you see." Su Hegui pointed to the forefront of the trench under the city ten meters away, a stone's throw away, many people's eyes are no longer sharp, but this does not include Su Hegui, he said with concern: "There are all thistles there." ”

"Just get rid of it." Ren Enci couldn't help but add.

Su Hegui pointed to the Tang army camp in the rear, and said softly: "Who will be sacrificed, I don't think that the king of Nanchang who can see through the strategy of the great water attack will not think that we may go out of the city to attack, and it is even very possible, he is now fully prepared." ”

Everyone turned their heads and looked at Li Xuan under the city.

Li Xuan, dressed in red clothes and gold armor, was still standing in place on horseback, but his cold eyes were staring at the people in the city.

Everyone's hearts suddenly sank, although they were trapped in Fuqi City, but the communication with the outside world was not completely severed.

The fierce battle between the Tang army and the Tubo people on the north bank of the Shazhuyu River finally evolved into a full-scale war between the Tang Dynasty and the Tubo in a very short period of time.

The role played by Li Xuan in this is very important.

Seeing through Qinling's strategy is just one of them, what makes Li Xuan really nervous is that he has thousands of cavalry.

At this moment, a group of right guard cavalry suddenly rushed from the rear, bowed a few words to Li Xuan, and turned to leave.

At this time, Su Hegui turned his head to look at Gui Runuo and asked directly: "How is the war in the west and north now?" ”

"The offensive of Murong Nuo's bowl in the north is crazy, our people are very difficult, and the road to Qingxi in the west has been completely cut off, but the cavalry under the command of the king of Nanchang did not cross the Buha River immediately, they were just looking for a place to cross the river on the south bank, and they didn't seem to be in a hurry." Guirunuo's brow furrowed.

"It's not that they are not in a hurry to cross the river, but they have no intention of crossing the river at all, they want to force us to use more troops in the north, and at the same time consume the troops of us and Murong Nuo, and kill people with knives, which the Tang people have always done the most easily." A sneer appeared on Su Hegui's face.

"Murong Nuo's bowl must not come back." Crimson Tibet's voice was extremely firm, and there was a trace of oppression in his eyes when he looked at Su Hegui.

"Don't worry, he won't come back." Su Hegui nodded seriously, but he was slightly relieved in his heart.

Now many families in Fu Qi City not only stabbed the Murong family in the back back then, but even the families can still enjoy the glory and wealth now, because they have sucked enough flesh and blood from the Murong family.

Even on the body of each family, there is a blood debt of the Murong family.

Once Murong Nuo's bowl is allowed to return to Fuqi City, each of their families will inevitably be baptized in blood.

"Mobilize troops, since the king of Nanchang has no intention of attacking the city for the time being, then transfer this part of the troops to the north, and by the way, it can also reduce the pressure on food in the city." There was a hint of viciousness in Chi Hongzang's voice, just like back then.

"Good!" Su Hegui nodded seriously and finally agreed.

……

Thousands of war horses came out of the north gate of Fuqi City, and then crossed the bridge and quickly killed to Qinghai and Hubei.

Even in the night, such a big movement was difficult to deceive Li Xuan's eyes.

Standing in front of the camp, Li Xuan looked at the city full of fire, and his eyes were calm and terrifying.

It's not in a hurry now, it's far from the time to be in a hurry.

As long as it's time to burn the eyebrows, all kinds of messy things will come out.

Three days later, the night was quiet.

"Whoosh" A burst of rockets suddenly rose on the west bank of the ditch, and in an instant, two figures clearly appeared under the firelight.

The fire was extinguished, and the heavens and the earth fell into peace again.

But everyone knows that there is no peace, and some people in the city have left the city.

"Use rockets to get people back." Li Xuan's cold voice sounded on the west bank, and then the rocket suddenly rose and shot at the feet of the two figures again.

Immediately, more rockets shot towards the two of them, and the two of them were frightened and hurriedly retreated.

It wasn't until they retreated to the city that the two of them said to the generals at the head of the city: "Family master, the Tang people don't want to talk about it at all. ”

Gui Runuo came out of the darkness, waved his hand, and said, "This is a secret order from the capital protector, and today's matter must not be mentioned to anyone." ”

"Yes!" The two of them immediately looked stunned, and then retreated.

When there was no one in the city, a figure walked out from behind Ren Runuo, dressed in black, but with an old complexion, and it was Crimson.

Crimson looked at Li Xuan below, and said softly: "We were almost deceived by that old bastard of Su Hegui, the Tang people only need his head, but he wants to engulf all of us, it's too ruthless." ”

Nowadays, there is less and less food in the city, and even the people have little surplus food in their hands, and even yesterday, there were several riots in the city.

Today, there are even more people who directly attack the manor of the Chi family and the Gui family, and the chaos in the entire city has become more and more obvious.

But now, the road to Qingxi in the west has been completely blocked, and Murong Nuo's bowl in the north is someone that everyone does not want to see.

Today, there is only one way for their major families, and that is to surrender to Datang.

However, everyone can surrender to the Tang Dynasty, but Su He Gui cannot, because the Tang Emperor personally opened the elements and Gui's head.

This matter is very hidden, but after all, someone still knows.

"The meaning of the king of Nanchang is very clear." Gui Runuo looked up at Chi Hongzang, with a trace of unbearability in his eyes, but he was extremely ruthless in an instant, looked back at the entire Fu Qi City, and then said softly: "My father-in-law, if he knew that he could exchange his head for the vitality of the people of the whole city, he would not refuse." ”

Crimson Zang suddenly fell silent.

……

Amid the sound of the wheel, Crimson sat in the carriage and returned to his family, when suddenly, a crossbow bolt was inserted from the window and nailed directly to the inside of the carriage.

"Master!" Eager voices rang out outside.

"Nothing." Crimson waved his hand, then picked up the note inserted in the crossbow arrow, and glanced at it, his face changed suddenly.

When the note hung down, I saw that it was clearly written: Exchange the life of your family for the life of your family.

Writing: Li Xuan, King of Nanchang.

(End of chapter)