Qingzao City is stronger than expected.

Zhu Gang admires Li Yao, in addition to his innate style of being a famous general, as well as his tenacious and unyielding spirit.

Li Yao had not slept for more than three hours at night for three consecutive days, but he was very full of energy. Because behind him is his homeland and the people he loves. Throughout the ages, no real general will give up defending the city because of the disparity in power between the enemy and us, and the city they are stationed in is their love.

Zhu Gang's Tibetan soldiers continued to pour in, and in recent days the city has suffered heavy losses, and Li Yao has done his best.

Zhu Gang gave the order for the last charge, and the crumbling Qingzao City was no longer what it used to be, and most of the soldiers defending the city were tired. Although there was plenty of food and grass, it still couldn't withstand the disparity in troops.

When the city was broken, Li Yao jumped down from the stairs of the city tower with his personal guards, as if the killing god had descended.

Li Yao's long knife looks majestic and powerful from a distance, and there is no lack of exquisite carvings up close, and the tattooed sparrows on both sides of the blade have been stained with blood, just like two lifelike live sparrows, always to spread their wings and fly high.

At this moment, Li Yao's eyes have already been killed, if he stands in front of anyone at this time, then this person will no longer be fascinated by his talent and handsome appearance, but will be afraid of his eyes and the murderous aura around him.

Li wanted to go against the current and kill out of the city gate, and some soldiers were going to besiege him, but he was stopped by Zhu Gang. Li Yao sneered and stuck the long knife full of blood on the left side of the gate of Qingzao City, and sat down on the spot.

The afterglow of the setting sun fell on his face, and he quietly enjoyed the comfort at the moment.

Beside him, the Tibetan soldiers shouted and killed, and kept pouring into the small city he had been defending for nearly ten days, Li Yao looked at Zhu Gang not far away with mocking eyes, Zhu Gang also frowned and looked at Li Yao, the two just looked at each other, quietly waiting for the result they knew ten days ago.

In the eyes of ordinary people, it was Zhu Gang who won, and he successfully won Qingzao City, but in the hearts of Li Yao and Zhu Gang, it was Li who won, and Li Yao estimated the number of days he would defend the city, a whole day more, and Zhu Gang, the loss in these days was a thousand more than he predicted.

Such is the unpredictability of war.

Soon, Qingzao City, which was actually already fragile, was occupied by Tibetan soldiers, and Zhu Gang had ordered that all defenders should be executed. It's not how ruthless Zhu Gang is, but Zhu Gang agrees with the spirit of these people and fulfills their ambition to die in the city.

When a soldier came out of the city to tell Zhu Gang about the situation in the city, Zhu Gang also gave Li Yao a mocking face, but then, the resentment in his heart made Li Yao see it clearly, and Li wanted to give him a silent response, and Zhu Gang's face immediately became ugly again.

Li was going to stand up, raised the long knife, his eyes were red, and walked towards Zhu Gang, this time Zhu Gang did not stop the guard, but subconsciously took a step back, and the double axe was tightly held in his hand.

Li was about to be attacked by a group, and he was quickly defeated after exhaustion, with five blood holes on his body clearly visible, and his armor was dyed red.

But Li had to hold on tightly to the blade of the long knife and did not fall.

Zhu Gang stepped forward two steps away from Li Yao and asked, "Is it worth it?"

Li Yao sneered and replied in a weak voice: "It's a pity that I didn't fulfill my promise, and you didn't dare to compete with me again from beginning to end." ”

Zhu Gang laughed loudly, laughing to hide his awe of Li Yao: "The way of using soldiers is different, as a general, you should focus on the overall situation." ”

Li Yao also suddenly laughed wildly, which made the people present frightened. The moment his long knife was drawn out of the ground again, Zhu Gang was ready to retreat behind the guards.

Li Yao saw this scene, he was even more proud, turned around, no one dared to come up, Li Yao threw the long knife into the air, and shouted loudly: "Li Yao has a lifetime, worthy of his ancestors!"

The long knife fell, piercing Li Yao's chest, and Li Yao held back the blood in his throat and fell straight to the ground.

The surrounding Tibetan soldiers were stupid, and for a long time, Zhu just ordered the body to be collected and Li Yao buried in the hill on the edge of this Qingzao City.

Zhu Gang sighed, turned on his horse, and entered the city with a heavy heart.

The city is full of devastation, although the soldiers have begun to clean up the corpses on the streets, but the blood stains on the streets have seeped into the soil, and it is estimated that it will be difficult to clean for a while. In the air, there is still a residual smell of blood, although Zhu Gang is used to seeing these in the frontier, but the current scene is all his former compatriots, and it really has a different taste.

Zhu Gang was in no mood to go any further, so he decided to go back to the camp to rest and report to Liao Qian by the way.

The night before the Qingzao City was broken, the North Gardenia City was also broken by Ma Biao's army. It's just that Ma Biao wanted the two tigers to fight, and he was afraid of Qingzhou's troops, so he forcibly suppressed the news of the capture of Bei Yucheng, but he didn't send it until today, and the news didn't spread until today.

Ma Biao has great ambitions, he doesn't want to be the emperor, but he wants to be a person who is above 10,000 people under one person, just like Xiao Tiantu.

In Qingzhou City today, Xiao Limin did not wait for the soldiers of the White Elephant Clan.

After last night's battle, Daqi learned from the pain and decided to use one day to reorganize the military camp and make detailed arrangements for future combat operations, so as to minimize the casualties of the White Elephant Clan, after all, whether they are allies or not, they are always foreigners, and they are also treated as foreigners, and now they are only interested in the relationship.

Dashan was also recruited by Hekun today, and his grain and grass matters have been arranged and delivered.

Right now, in the tent of Hekun, there are four brothers sitting and discussing countermeasures.

Hezi is still relatively optimistic and simple: "Big brother, it's okay if I rest for a day, let me directly lead the troops to kill, and the third brother will finally clean up the mess with the elite soldiers!"

"The fifth brother is a little restless. He Kun comforted Hezi and asked Daqi: "Third brother, what do you think." ”

Da Qiyu hesitated, and lost his previous resoluteness. Dashan said: "Hey, you can say whatever the eldest brother wants you to say, now that you are the commander-in-chief, how can you lead the troops if you dare not speak?"

He Kun also smiled and nodded: "Yes, third brother, you are fighting now, you are the commander-in-chief of the army, there is no brotherly dignity in this tent, now here except for me, you are the biggest one, and militarily, you are bigger than me, you have the right to decide what you want to say and what you want to do!"

He Kun has always been like this, and he can distinguish the situation.

Da Qi said reassuringly: "Big brother, don't blame me for growing their ambition to destroy their prestige. At present, Xiao Limin has made up his mind to defend the city to the death, and it is impossible for them to retreat by themselves, and it is impossible to surrender the soldiers without a fight. ”

"But it doesn't hurt to say that. "Kazu-kun likes simple and straightforward things.

Daqi nodded and analyzed: "Now, Qingzhou is besieged on three sides, the imperial court reinforcements have been delayed, and the troops of the nearby state capital have not seen a single person, it seems that this is the imperial court's intention to abandon Qingzhou." The fall of Qingzhou is a matter of time, the problem is that we have to preserve our own strength, it doesn't matter whether Qingzhou occupies it or not, as long as the army is in hand, the eldest brother will have bargaining chips with others. ”

He Kun nodded and said, "Just what I want." ”