The Nanqiao border army retreated to Xuzhou City, and four of the five elites under his command were lost, leaving only the purple-clothed army of Baiyang Mansion to protect the seriously injured and comatose General Chen to retreat quickly.

When time passed, the three rates of the northern land that remained behind the break, the camp, the Pingzhen army, the Chang'an army and the five grandmasters did not return, everyone knew that they could not return, and the voice of pain echoed throughout Xuzhou City.

At this time, there was a sound of breaking the sky in the sky, and Fan Wuyi, the prefect of Xuzhou, was standing on the city wall and looking up at the sky.

When Fan Wujian died defending Xuzhou City, his younger brother Fan Wuji was sent back to Chang'an City to temper, and was reassigned to Xuzhou City last year, but he avoided the dilemma of being trapped in it by the queen and others.

At present, all the defense of Xuzhou City is concentrated on him, including the entire Xuzhou Fangyuan's defenders, a total of more than four million are all here, if he did not have the ability to dispatch so many troops in the past, but now in extraordinary times, extraordinary methods should be implemented, coupled with the support of Cui Yasi and the academy, the current more than four million Tang troops are all in charge of Fan Wuyi alone.

Two days ago, he took over the retreating Nanqiao border army, and he originally wanted to hand over his command to General Chen, but he didn't think that General Chen was seriously injured and unconscious, and if it weren't for the doctors who came at the foot of Sansheng Mountain to stabilize his injuries, I am afraid they would have died.

At the moment, Fan Wuji has a headache, he has no bottom in his heart, his family knows his own affairs, he is not his brother Fan Wuji, he is not capable of commanding such a huge army, one general is incompetent and exhausted to death of the three armies, he doesn't want Xuzhou City, which was obviously able to hold it, because of his own incompetence, he can't hold it.

Originally, the best choice was Ye Xiao, Sun Sheng or Li Si.

But all three of them died on the battlefield, if General Chen couldn't wake up, unless Cui Yasi personally came here to transfer troops, no one would have the ability to fight such a huge defensive battle.

But he couldn't say these words, he could only hold them in his heart and know them by himself, and even stood on the wall and put on a confident appearance.

When you look up at the sky, you can always see something, sometimes it is clouds, sometimes it is the sun.

But what Fan Wuji saw was a bear, he knew this bear, and after a short period of consternation, what was revealed was ecstasy, ecstasy that could not be concealed.

The appearance of the giant bear from the sky attracted the attention of countless people, and some of the Five Realms Grandmasters were already ready to get up and make a move, but they were stopped by the person next to them, it was the bear of His Royal Highness the Prince of the World.

Hearing this, everyone looked up, and the soldiers on the Nanqiao Border who were still crying bitterly also raised their heads.

For the Tang people, the name Li Xiu is very familiar to them, especially in recent years.

They respect and trust His Royal Highness.

The raccoon fell from the sky, and Li Xiu, Liang Xiaodao, and Cong Xiaoxiao stood on the city wall and watched the Tang soldiers around them all silent.

There was civil strife in Chang'an City, and the prince and the national teacher were trapped in it by the queen, and now these Tang soldiers guarding Xuzhou City inevitably had panic in their hearts.

Although no one showed it, Li Xiu could see it from the eyes of those people just standing here.

They need a backbone, a person who can convince the public and bring confidence to everyone, this person is not a few people in the entire Tang Dynasty, and Cui Yasi is not good.

This is also the reason why Cui Yasi can only be shocked but unable to dispatch freely.

But Li Xiu could, because he was the nephew of the Tang Emperor and the son of Li Laizhi.

The people trusted him, and the officers and soldiers of the Tang Army also trusted him.

"The prefect of Xuzhou, Fan Wuyi, has seen His Royal Highness the Prince of the World, and asked His Highness to dispatch the city defense of Xuzhou, defend Xuzhou City, and defeat the invading enemy army. ”

Fan Wuyi knelt on one knee and made a big salute to Li Xiu.

All the soldiers around them were half-kneeling on the ground, especially the soldiers on the border of Nanqiao, whose eyes were even more scarlet, and there were hot tears flowing down their tiger eyes.

Li Xiu was silent for a while, and then slowly spoke: "Now there is a small disturbance in the capital, which has caused internal strife in our Tang Dynasty, and foreign thieves have taken advantage of the situation to kill my Tang people and seize my city, but my Tang Dynasty has suffered countless crises since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and every time we can go to the end unharmed, I believe that this time is the same." ”

"The army of the desolate people claims to have tens of millions, but in my opinion, it is just a group of rabble, with the national strength of my Datang to break the enemy is just a snap of a finger, but it is only subject to the internal strife in the capital and cannot be dispatched, so the outside must first be settled. ”

"I will leave for Kyoto to relieve the danger of Chang'an on the same day, and then ask the Son of Heaven to dispatch troops from all over the country to support here, and then I will definitely defeat the invading enemy and return my Datang to a quiet place. ”

"But before that, I still need you to hold Xuzhou City for me for forty days, and after forty days, I, Li Xiu, will guarantee with my life that my Tang people will wash the enemy in blood. ”

"The dead soldiers will be collected by our own hands, I will not let any Tang people expose their corpses to the wilderness, and Datang will not let any soldiers be homeless. ”

Li Xiu stood on the city wall, standing in front of everyone's eyes, holding a jade talisman in his hand, which was the jade talisman worn by Li Laizhi before his death, and the Tang army in the world knew it: "Those who offend me in the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away." ”

Fan Wuyi knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the jade talisman, and shouted loudly: "We will fight Xuzhou City to the death, and we will never take half a step back." ”

Millions of soldiers fell to their knees in unison: "We will fight Xuzhou City to the death." ”

"We fight to the death. ”

"Fight to the death!"

The shouts converged into a wave that overturned the clouds in the sky, and the military heart that was still a little shaky instantly stabilized, they believed in Li Xiu, and even more believed in Li Xiu who held Li Lai's jade order.

Forty days later, this young man will definitely hold the order of the Son of Heaven and mobilize the Tang army to rush to the aid of Xuzhou City and destroy the invading enemy.

The Tang Dynasty is the upper state of the Celestial Empire, and anyone who dares to have a different heart will have to pay the price for it, just as His Royal Highness the Prince said, those who dare to offend the Tang Dynasty will be punished even if they are far away.

Li Xiu's arrival reversed the originally somewhat sinking morale in an instant, and his appearance allowed every Tang soldier to regain his faith and confidence.

Li Xiu walked down the city wall and helped Fan Wuyi to ask about what had happened in the past few days, and the leader of the Purple Clothes Army was also making additions on the side.

Two traces of heaven were launched from Pu, General Chen was seriously injured and unconscious again, Zifei stopped the second one, and his own condition must not be optimistic.

And the thing that made Li Xiu in a trance for a moment was the destruction of the three rates of the Northland, Bai Luoti, Ying Song, Feng and the three of them died in battle.

Sun Sheng was killed in battle, and Ye Xiao of Pingzhenjun was killed in battle.

Li Si, a pro-army in Chang'an, was killed in battle.

One familiar name after another appeared in his ears, making Li Xiu's face a little pale, war is merciless, you can understand the death of all the people you once knew one after another, but you can't do not care.

Li Xiu instructed: "Give Liang Xiaodao all the power for the defense of Xuzhou City, and he will have the final say on everything in Xuzhou City after I leave." ”

Fan Wuji didn't have any objections, Liang Xiaodao was good at guarding, and now this situation was the most suitable for him.