Qi Zhuji slowly raised his head in the dark night.

His heart was extremely heavy.

Even with the ability of the Qi family, the military information obtained from all fronts at this time is not complete, but judging from the military information that has been transmitted to him over time, the situation is becoming more and more unfavorable for the Southern Dynasty.

With a slight strain of his hands, he crumpled the letter in his hand.

For the Xiao family and the Chen family, the Qi family is not the victor at the beginning of the new dynasty, strictly speaking, compared to many prominent gate valves of the previous dynasty, the Qi family just failed not so tragically and completely, or for the entire Southern Dynasty, there is still great value and the role of appeasing the door valves in various places.

But whether it is victory or defeat, it is a matter within his own family, if the entire Southern Dynasty collapses and disappears from the world, and those people in the Northern Wei Dynasty who are not even the same in customs and habits rule the entire Southern Dynasty, this is something that he cannot accept.

In the darkness that swallows everything, in this way, where there is no city in sight, when a person stands and looks ahead, he feels more and more small and weak.

When thinking about many things in the past, Qi Zhuji would also unconsciously give priority to the interests of the family.

After all, there is a loss, a loss, a person like him is pushed out, and if there is a major mistake in the decision he makes, the entire family will be implicated. Many people will die because of him.

However, in the face of great rights and wrongs, the interests of individuals and families seem to be as small as he is in the dark.

Without the existence of a country, many of the battles in ordinary times are meaningless.

Qi Zhuji felt that his thoughts were invisibly changing because of the current situation, and he was becoming the kind of person he usually felt stupid and ignorant, but now he hoped that many powerful people in the Southern Dynasty would also change like him in such a situation.

Scattering the crumbs in his hand into the fire that had not yet completely cooled, he slowly walked outside the tent of the marching camp where Xiao Suxin was resting.

When his footsteps stopped and before he could speak, Xiao Suxin's voice inside had already sounded softly: "Something?"

"Still not asleep?" Qi Zhuji asked rhetorically after a breath of silence.

"Nope. ”

"Then come with me and say something?"

"Good. ”

When Xiao Suxin left the camp, Qi Zhuji had already turned around and walked towards a field far away from the camp.

She just happened to see his back.

It's just the back, but it makes her feel very different from usual.

In her eyes before, Lin Yi and Qi Zhuji naturally had the heart of a young man, and they were naturally immature enough, but looking at Qi Zhuji's back tonight, she felt extraordinarily killed, as if Qi Zhuji was suddenly a few years older.

"What happened?" she asked softly as Qi Zhuji walked far out of the camp and finally stopped, taking a deep breath and facing the clear light of the stars and moon.

"Sicheng has also been broken, Lan Huaigong is dead, and his army has been scattered. Qi Zhuji narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

Xiao Suxin's mind banged, her face quickly turned pale, and she subconsciously said, "How can it be so fast?"

Her suspicion at this time is not unreasonable, according to the military information transmitted before, Zhongshan Wang Yuanying's army has also been exhausted under the continuous lightning attack, and even the military rations are no longer available, and the nearest grain and grass are all taken from the Southern Dynasty fortress that was previously breached, and then forcibly transported over.

Moreover, Zhongshan Wang Yuanying did not seem to be in a hurry to break through Sicheng, and according to the movements of the last few days, the Southern Korean military had also realized that he seemed to be more keen to defeat the reinforcements rushing one by one first, which was the tactic of besieging the city and sending reinforcements.

Lan Huaigong's main force is more than 70,000 soldiers, plus the strong men in the city and some local reinforcements rushed before, there are at least more than 90,000 capable soldiers in Sicheng, even if the besieging Northern Wei army has more than 100,000, but relying on the city wall and the ordnance in the city, and there is no shortage of food and grass in the city, it is impossible to lose it so quickly.

"Although it is not accurate, it has not been confirmed at this time, but according to the secret document in my home, it seems that Lan Huaigong himself was afraid of death first, and he divided 10,000 elite soldiers and secretly went out of the city to break through and flee first. As a result, the soldiers in the city found that the main generals had fled, and they were immediately defeated. As a result, Lan Huaigong himself did not run away, and was beheaded first. ”

Qi Zhuji took a deep breath again and again, but his breathing still couldn't help but become short, and there was anger in his tone: "When I saw the behavior of this person's subordinates before, I felt that these people were greedy for life and afraid of death, but I didn't expect the Lord to be so useless and seek death by himself!"

Xiao Suxin was stunned for a moment.

There was no anger in her heart, because she didn't know Lan Huaigong at all before, she didn't have time to think about this person at this time, her mind was full of thoughts about Tie Cejun, Lin Yi and the next battle situation.

Even for her, the battle situation here is very clear, Sicheng and Zhonglicheng have been horns of each other after the fall of some of the surrounding fortresses and heavy cities, Sicheng has heavy troops of the Southern Dynasty, dragging most of the Zhongshan Wang Yuanying of the Northern Wei Dynasty, Zhonglicheng holds the waterway throat, the Northern Wei Dynasty is short of water army, the waterway throat is not lost, and the border army of the Southern Dynasty and the north can still come to the aid through the waterway.

Moreover, according to the previous military situation, there were indeed border troops arriving by water.

Before, everyone was worried that Zhongli City would be lost first, after all, Zhongli City's defenders were insufficient, and as soon as Zhongli was lost, Sicheng would be a real lonely city, but who would have thought that they hadn't even arrived at Zhongli yet, and Sicheng would have been lost?

"The letterhead at home made it very clear that I was going to go directly. Qi Zhuji turned to look at her and said, "I also agree with what the family said, once Sicheng is lost, the vanguard army of Zhongshan Wang Yuanying will reach Zhongli within a few days, and in a few days, as soon as most of him arrives, Zhongli will not be able to hold it at all." ”

"You think that's the truth, but you don't have any other ideas in your heart, otherwise you wouldn't have come to me... Want to hear from me. Xiao Suxin slowly quieted down, she looked at Qi Zhuji's eyes, and said indifferently: "As for the battle situation, I don't want to make any inferences, I just know that Lin Yi and Bai Yuelu, if they can leave alive from Daoren City, they should go to Zhongli." Because Tie Cejun will also go to Zhongli, you have a choice, but he doesn't have a choice. ”

"So you've given the answer, and you're still going to Zhongli. Qi Zhuji nodded, his nodding motion was as slow as a broken slow motion, but he suddenly laughed and said, "I will also go to Zhongli." ”

Xiao Suxin still looked at him, for some reason, she listened to Qi Zhuji's words, but she didn't have much surprise.

"A person always has to do crazy things in his life, and in retrospect, I really didn't have many friends in the past, especially no friends like you for Lin Yi. Qi Zhuji's smile became relaxed, and he said softly and seriously: "If you can survive, then you and I should be such friends in the future." ”