On the tower of Ding'an City, the old man on duty looked out of the city with a torch, his eyes flickered, and after the rain, the entire wilderness outside the city was filled with a thin layer of mist, although it did not affect the eyesight of his eyes, but somehow, he was always a little uneasy.

These fogs ...... It was as if the smoke and dust from the horse's hooves were moving in this direction.

"Captain, what's wrong?" Beside him, a spear-wielding sergeant approached, arranging his armor as he went.

Lao Zhangtou looked at him, smiled, and said, "Maybe it's an old problem, and I feel that there is a surprise attack by a large army when there is a little trouble." ”

"How come, this is Ding'an City, where did the army come from to raid? Even if it was Gao Changgong's eight thousand Qingzhou ghost horsemen in Jing Wu back then, they couldn't hit here, could it be a heavenly soldier and a heavenly general?" The sergeant with the spear laughed with him, he knew that this captain had been a veteran of the army for more than 30 years, although he had only become a captain today, but there were a lot of stories in his stomach, and everyone liked to hear him say something about the war back then.

In fact, it is not surprising that he behaved like this tonight.

They were not the soldiers guarding this city gate, but the subordinates of General Li Qi, since they wanted to admonish the soldiers, while controlling the hundred officials, they naturally had to control the entire Ding'an City, and the city gate was the most important of them.

Tonight's turmoil was not only unexpected by the officials in the palace, but also by their own pawns.

The 10,000 Ding'an Army, originally under the control of Li Qi, was the most important force to defend the royal city, but tonight, it suddenly became a rebel, not only controlled the Ding'an City, but even broke into the palace to do the thing of forcing the palace......

Soldiers?

That has to be the rhetoric that the victor is qualified to use, if they are defeated, they will all be accused of forcing the palace to rebel, although the crime of being a pawn will not lead to death, but I am afraid that the future will not be easy.

But it's useless to think too much, the big guys above are fighting, and only those big guys can compete for success or failure, they're just doing what they order.

But now it seems that 10,000 troops have pressed into the palace, and I heard that most of the forbidden army has also rebelled...... It shouldn't be defeated, right?

"Come on. I guess it's old and a little unbearable, you help me stand for a while, I'll go in to avoid the wind and squint for a while. Lao Zhangtou glanced out of the city again, shook his head and walked towards the city.

He has been a soldier for more than 30 years and eats military rations, and now he is only an insignificant captain, he is not an iron army that charges into battle, but more manual work such as escorting food, grass and ordnance, and it is difficult to earn some military merits.

Even so, he has been conquest all his life, but many things have been deeply engraved in their bones, such as ...... Vigilance.

The lieutenant who once took him said: "To be a grain transporter, you must first be able to listen and second, you must be able to see, your ears are bright, your eyes are clear, and you have to know faster than anyone else." ”

At that time, he was still a new melon, and he asked stupidly: "What's the use of knowing quickly, and the troops transporting grain don't have a large army to protect them, can't it be that they can cut the enemy off their horses by drawing their swords earlier?"

However, the lieutenant looked at him with the eyes of a fool: "Bastard, who said that you should be allowed to fight? If you can't escape, you will play dead! The first thing you need to do when you are a soldier eats food is how to live, not how to die!"

At that time, he was still young, and from that day on, he despised the lieutenant very much in his heart, thinking that you are a person who has become an officer, and if you open and close your mouth, you will run for your life.

It's just that as he grew older, he finally realized how important what the captain had taught him back then.

In troubled times, human life is like a mustard, even if you can make meritorious service to kill the enemy, what can you do? It's just three meals a day, and when your longevity is about to end, won't those who eat steamed buns and those who eat delicacies from the mountains and seas inevitably die......

Being alive is the blessing of these ordinary people.

How many hot-blooded young men carried the shroud of horse leather away from him, at first he was still counting, and he would cry, and then he didn't even bother to look at it again, and he lived like this year after year, until now.

Even, more than ten years ago, I married an ugly aunt who lost her husband, although I can't see each other every day, I can be regarded as having a family.

Maybe one day, when those little rabbit cubs understand what they have taught them, they should quit the army and go home to live a good life with the ugly aunt.

When he got to the castle tower, he thought for a moment, and did not rush to rest, but took out his pipe and stuffed it into his mouth while taking a jug of wine from the side.

He walked into the room, and inside were two dozen sergeants bound with straw ropes, their mouths stuffed with strips of cloth and their voices whimpering because of the previous noise.

"I'm sorry brethren. Lao Zhangtou bit his pipe and said: "We are also acting according to orders, rest assured, my old Zhang Tou has never killed a few people in his life, and the order he got this time is just to look at the city gate, and when the matter is over, the general will definitely let you go." ”

"This jar of wine, just when I am old and make amends to you, just such a jar, one person takes a sip, don't be too little. As he spoke, Lao Zhangtou reached out and pulled out the strip of cloth from the sergeant's mouth, and before the man's scolding could be spoken, he had already stuffed the wine jar into the mouth.

At first, the sergeant tried to scold, but soon relented, gulping down the fiery liquor.

It's been tied up for more than an hour, and the mouth is stuffed with strips of cloth, and the mouth is dry, and it's always good to have a sip of wine to drink.

It's just that before he could drink a good drink, Lao Zhangtou's wine jar was far away, and he stuffed the cloth back with his hand, which made him so depressed.

Old Zhang Tou walked up to the second man, looked at his expectant gaze under his helmet, smiled, first put the wine jar on the ground, lit the tobacco in the pipe with a fire fold, and then reached out to pull the strip of cloth.

At this moment, his eyes did change, and he couldn't even bite the pipe that had just been lit on his mouth, and fell to the ground.

The wooden pipe jumped on the ground a few times, and the tobacco was scattered all over the ground, but this was not the jade cigarette stick that those officials were holding, and it was not damaged because of this fall, but at this time, the old man had already taken care of it so much, and ran upstairs with a rolling belt.

It was the shock! He heard him right!

As soon as he ran to the mouth of the stairs, he bumped into a man in front of him, and when he looked closely, it was the sergeant with the spear just now, and before anyone could speak, he was full of anger and scolded his face: "Bastard! What are you running around? I don't know how to put away the spearhead, aren't you afraid of hurting your own people!"

The sergeant with the spear was stunned by his scolding, and then he noticed that because he was too flustered, the spear was facing forward, almost injuring Lao Zhang's head.

And Lao Zhangtou's face was pale, and he hurriedly walked up the stairs: "Don't say it, I heard it, how many people are there?"

"Also...... It's not clear, but it's countless......"

The sound of the tremor was like an incessant thunderstorm, and if it weren't for a huge cavalry army coming in this direction, something was wrong with his ears.

But did he have a problem with his ears?

It seems like this life...... Not once.

When he went up to the city, although he had been prepared, he saw the billowing smoke and dust and the cavalry that were connected like giant beasts, and his legs were weak, and he almost fell from the city.

The sergeant beside him hurriedly supported him, and he shook off the supporting hand vigorously, and said in a trembling voice, "What are you waiting for?

"Ignite the fire!" In his roar, the hurried sergeants finally lit the flames on the castle tower, and then the nearby castle towers quickly reacted, and the same flames lit up, and countless huge flames rose into the air, and even the night sky took on some red.

Ding'an City is located in the hinterland of the Tang Kingdom, and for many years the previous monarchs of the Tang Kingdom have been operating for many years, so that it has been connected with several surrounding cities into a complete set of defensive measures, and even Gao Changgong's eight thousand Qingzhou ghost horses have not been able to break through.

Although there is a certain reason because he still has too few cavalry in his hands, to a certain extent, it also shows that the location of Ding'an City is safe.

However, the peace of the Tang Kingdom, which is known as "peace and stability", has been destroyed by the spirit of war for many years.

This rushing ...... It turned out to be Tang State's own cavalry!