About a hundred miles away from the city of Liangzhou, there were many camps by the stream, and there were constantly soldiers in full armor walking around them, which seemed to be very well guarded.

On the hillside not far away, there were a few figures lying quietly, staring at the movements of these people below the mountain for a long time. I don't know how long later, a big man in the center made a gesture, and several people quietly slipped down the hillside, and then led out a few horses from behind the trees, and the four hooves of the horses were wrapped in thick linen, and they walked silently, and several people jumped on the horses and galloped away.

At this time, the city of Liangzhou has been in chaos, the street is full of people running and crying, everyone pushes canoes, carries burdens, drags children and daughters to the east city gate, as soon as they arrive at the city gate, they keep beating and hitting the city gate, until the heavy city gate clangs.

Although the city gate has always been guarded, most of the soldiers sent to guard the city gate are locals, and even if they are not locals, most of them have their homes here. Everywhere you can see are familiar folks, even relatives and friends, and where can they hold up the spear in their hands.

Soon, the gates of the city were crowded with panicked crowds, and there were dense crowds of human heads as far as the eye could see. The bitter soldiers were pressed to the gate like bread by the crowd, and they were allowed to shout hoarsely, but a few people paid attention.

On the high city tower, a figure standing with his hands in his hands silently looked at the chaotic east city gate, and there was no expression on his masked face, but there was a slight chill in the cold eyes behind the mask.

Seeing this chaotic scene, the middle-aged man standing beside him hurriedly stepped forward half a step, bowed uneasily, and said, "Master Su, do you want your subordinates to order someone to arrest these trespassers?"

This young man called Master Su is Su Jing, and at this moment he has changed into a crimson official uniform, which looks very majestic. Hearing the middle-aged man's words, he glanced back at him and said lightly: "Can you catch the people all over the city?"

The middle-aged man was suddenly a little flustered, he couldn't figure out the temper of this Master Su, and he didn't know what he meant by this, so he had to reply casually: "Transfer the troops from the north gate and the south gate, it should be reluctant!"

Su Jing looked at the faces at the gate of the city full of desire to survive, shook his head slightly, and said, "The people will abandon the city and flee, the reason is ours and not them. Lord Du, you should think carefully about why they have so little confidence in the imperial army. ”

"The subordinates are guilty!" Du Zhongqian's face turned red when he heard this, and he didn't mention the words of arresting those people back.

There were more and more people pouring at the city gates, and when there were too many people, it was easy to have accidents, so it didn't take long for several screams to come from the noisy city gates, mixed with the shrill cries of children.

Immediately after the sound of hurried footsteps came from the city tower, Su Jing and the two turned their eyes to the entrance at the same time.

"My lord is not good. A few civilians were trampled to death at the gate of the city, and everyone rushed out like crazy, and the soldiers couldn't stop them at all. ”

Sure enough, a burly young general hurried up the city wall, shouting loudly as he ran.

"Presumptuous!" Du Zhongqian heard a cold snort from the person beside him, his heart couldn't help but tighten, and he scolded the reckless young general, "Who let you come up without permission, what kind of body is in a panic, go and get twenty military sticks to speak again." ”

When the young general heard this, his body froze, and a trace of remorse flashed on his rugged face, but he didn't say much, but turned his head and left.

"Wait!" Just as he turned to leave, Su Jing suddenly spoke, only to hear him say lightly: "Open the city gate and let them go!"

The young general turned his head in surprise when he heard this, looked at the senior official with some disbelief, and said excitedly: "Is this true?"

This seemingly reckless young general is named Xin Yi, nineteen years old, and he was an ordinary team leader, because the guard general disappeared for no reason, and the deputy general Yang Yi was seriously injured, so he was ordered to temporarily replace the guard general. He seems to be reckless and unreasonable, but in fact he is coarse and detailed, and he cannot be described as imprudent on such a critical issue. You must know that once the city gates are opened and these people are released, it means that the city has been abandoned. Without the help of the people, with their soldiers alone, they don't want to stop the wolf-like Xiliang army. According to the military situation reported not long ago, the Xiliang army is already a hundred miles away, and the arrival of soldiers in the city is only a matter of time. As the west gate of Great Qin, the importance of Liangzhou City can be imagined. Therefore, this crime of abandoning the city and fleeing is not something that anyone can afford to bear, even the dignified prefect does not have this ability.

Du Zhongqian was taken aback when he heard this, this Lord Su's temper is not very good, although he has been with him for many years, but his uncertain temper still makes him a little frightened from time to time, and now a small general actually dares to question his decision, if he is angry, the unlucky one is not the young general who does not know whether he is alive or dead. He managed to escape, but he didn't want to capsize in the gutter. So he hurriedly scolded: "Bastard! This is a dignified Lord Tutong, who has won the favor of the Holy Lord, how can you speculate on it." Why don't you get down and lead the stick?"

He said this very beautifully, not only naming Su Jing's identity, but also showing that this abandonment of the city was the idea of the other party, and it had nothing to do with him Du Zhongqian.

Su Jing glanced at Du Zhongqian with some surprise when he heard this, and sneered in his heart and did not speak.

The young general also tightened his body when he heard this, but he didn't have the slightest intention of retreating, and raised his head and said: "Don't say it's twenty military sticks, even if you want your subordinates to take this life?" The subordinates just want to know if what this adult just said can be counted. ”

At this time, Du Zhongqian wanted to kill this young general, although Su Jing's temper was elusive, but he was able to continue to sit in the position of the prefect this time, but it was all thanks to the other party's action. The previous backer is no longer reliable, and the days of stepping on a few boats are gone, and the only way out for him Du Zhongqian at present is to hug Su Jing's thick thighs, otherwise it is not as simple as escorting him into Beijing, and it is possible to punish the nine clans. The evidence of the so-called collusion with Xiliang that the little catcher named Xu Chenjiao collected before is now all in the hands of the Lord Su in front of him.

Thinking of this, Du Zhongqian glanced at Su Jing with some fear, wanting to speak but not daring to speak. After this catastrophe, Lord Du, who was originally decisive in killing, also became a little timid, for fear of taking another wrong step.

However, Su Jing didn't get angry, just glanced at the young general coldly, and said with a bow: "For the sake of your love for the people, this official will spare you the death penalty! After saying that, he flicked his long sleeves, turned around and walked to the city wall, looking at the rolling mountains in the distance, and wondering what he was thinking.

When the young general heard this, he took a step forward and needed to be confirmed, Du Zhongqian hurriedly glanced at him, he gritted his teeth and said, "Subordinates listen to orders!" Then he turned around and hurriedly went down the city tower.

Not long after, his thick voice came from afar: "Your Excellency has an order! Open the city gate!"

"Yes!"

With a dull creaking, the heavy city gate was slowly pushed open, and the people blocking the city gate suddenly rushed out of the city gate like crazy.

The burly young general looked at the figure standing in the wind on the city wall, and his heart was full of gratitude. Regardless of whether this big man with a mysterious background can resist this responsibility, at least at this moment, his responsibility still impresses this unruly young general.

For these low-level soldiers who are charging into battle, how important it is to have a responsible general!

Although the imperial court has paid a lot of military salaries to Liangzhou City over the years, the lives of these ordinary soldiers have become more and more miserable. He didn't know what the problem was, but he knew that there were people who kept coming to Liangzhou and leaving Liangzhou. There are still so many people, but there are fewer and fewer people doing things. This is also one of the reasons why he is nineteen years old and can sit in the position of a young general.

The current Liangzhou City can be said to be precarious, most of the soldiers in the city have lost most of the soldiers in the battle of wits and courage between Du Zhifu and Master Jia, and more are addicted to pleasure and wealth have long lost their combat effectiveness, and there are less than 5,000 people left in the city who can fight. And this time, the Xiliang Kingdom sent an army of 50,000 troops, and it is really not a matter that can be solved by courage alone if you want to defend the city. It is said that Liangzhou is a major city in the southwest, but who knows that this heavy city, which is known as an iron barrel, is just a virtual shell with no appearance.

Xin Yi looked at the people fleeing in panic, and his heart was mixed, even the common people knew that Liangzhou City was in danger this time, did those high-ranking officials and nobles above know it? He had nothing else to ask for at the moment, but hoped that those big officials in the imperial court could quickly come up with a countermeasure to help Liangzhou survive the crisis of breaking the city