The older officer looked at Yu Sheng's appearance, swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and gently pushed away the cold blade stuck in his throat a little, and saw that Yu Sheng and the sergeant with the knife didn't say anything, so he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

At this moment, he couldn't help but admire himself a little, if he hadn't let go of everything at the moment of death, regardless of the words he had just said, at this moment, I am afraid that he would also be dragged down and thrown into the wilderness, becoming the rations of the beast.

"General, you may not know something. After swallowing a mouthful of saliva, the elderly officer said softly: "In the enclave, it has not been unified for a long time, it has just experienced war, the people are struggling to make a living, and then it is facing the expanded Qitian Empire, that is, the power of the East Wangfu, which makes everyone in the enclave feel at risk. Therefore, this time, the Dongwangfu sent troops into the enclave to recruit and surrender, and within the enclave, it was divided into two factions. ”

"The main battle naturally means that the enclave cannot be desecrated by others, the dignity of the military cannot be trampled on, and the theory that the enclaves that do not agree with the unity cannot be handed over to others. When the older sergeant said this, he sighed lightly and continued: "If it can really be equal to the strength of Qitian, the war will be fought, but these people, for their own interests, do not hesitate to push the entire enclave onto the battlefield, how can such a poor place as the enclave be the opponent of the Qitian Empire, the war, is simply a fool's dream!"

Speaking of this, the older sergeant was a little agitated and moved a little bigger, and the black-armored sergeant behind him immediately grabbed his shoulders and kept him from moving. The older sergeant recovered from his emotions and immediately knelt on the ground respectfully, and said no more.

When Yu Sheng heard this, he groaned slightly, he really didn't know what was happening inside the enclave, and after a while, he raised his head again and asked the old sergeant, "What do you think? Why don't you fight the main battle?"

"Hey......" When the older sergeant heard this, he immediately sighed and said, "I'm not afraid of the general's jokes, I'm afraid, I'm really afraid." As he spoke, his eyes were blurred, and his tone became more like muttering: "I joined the army at the age of seventeen, and I am already fifty-three this year, and I have been fighting on the battlefield for so many years, and I have seen life and death. Before, when the enclave was not unified, all the cities were divided into camps, and in order to grab territory and seize cities with each other, they were constantly attacking. Later, the lord of Wufeng City was born, and there was a posture to dominate the entire enclave, and our leader had a flexible mind, and he surrendered to Wufeng City after only one battle, and after that, I only had a few years of peace. ”

"Since the expansion of Qitian and the vicinity of the Black Stone Bridge, the enclave has begun to panic, if it weren't for the Wufeng City Lord's overstepping, at that time, the enclave might be split again. Later, when confronting each other with the East Palace, the enclave began to fight openly and secretly. ”

"At that time, I was appointed as the defense officer of Changxiang City, and there were more than a dozen people under my command, all of whom were brothers who had been together before, and I became a family in Changxiang City, and I had children, thinking that I could finally live an ordinary life, although I was poor, but I didn't have to worry about losing my life. ”

"But these main battle factions, in order to strengthen the leader's main battle idea, from time to time to create panic in the enclave, saying that the Dongwangfu did it, in order to stimulate the leader, make him hate the Dongwangfu, hate the heavens, and give up the idea of surrender. ”

"I don't remember how many times someone familiar was called by the upper echelons and never came back. I don't know how many times I saw blood-drenched people desperately calling the door and dying under the city gate. ”

"In order to prepare for the war, the taxes levied are higher, and the grain grown every year, in addition to paying taxes, is simply not enough for the family to eat. I had to go up the mountain to hunt game, I don't know how many times, and I almost died in the mouth of the beast. ”

"Recently, the leader seems to have figured it out all of a sudden, saying that he wants to surrender the Dongwang Mansion, probably because the enclave capacity is really limited, and such a high tax can only feed more than 100,000 troops. When I first heard the news, I was extremely glad that if the Dongwang Mansion really took over the enclave, our life would be much better. But then, that was not the case. ”

"The subsequent order, let us all assemble and wait for the opportunity to move, but the order I received was to defend Changxiang City, and not to surrender when I saw the enemy. ”

"In order to ensure that our sergeants on the front line did not surrender and fought hard to kill the enemy, the general who was in charge of assembling the sergeants forcibly took my wife and children, and now I don't know where they are......"

"General, why don't I fight...... How do we fight, what do we fight? We enclave, what do we use to fight against the tiger and wolf army in Dongwangfu, we can't even eat, how can we fight? I don't want to surrender, I just want to live, I just want my family to live, I just want to live......

"If you don't start a war with the East Palace, even if you rely on the natural danger of the Black Rock Bridge, the enclave can hold on for a long time, if the leader orders to appease the sentient beings, recuperate, and let the war-torn enclave breathe a sigh of relief, then there will be more fundamental dialogue with the heavens. ”

"But ......"

Saying this, the older officer raised his head, his eyes were hazy with tears, looked at the rest of his life, and said in a trembling voice: "General, can you still live until now?"

He didn't speak for the rest of his life, he quietly listened to the officer who was over half a hundred years old, telling his story. Let him feel a little emotional.

Before that, he had only one attitude towards the enclave, and that was the enemy. Dealing with the enemy, the rest of his life is never merciless, and he does not think about what the enemy thinks and what he has experienced.

But now the person in front of him is different, from the very beginning, this person doesn't seem to have the slightest will to fight, he kneels on the ground and cries, just like an old man who has lost his relatives, lonely and helpless.

After a while, Yu Sheng sighed softly, he did not answer the officer's order, but said in a low voice: "After doing what you should do, I will not kill you." ”

When the older officer heard this, he paused slightly, then reacted, reached into his arms, took out a sky-high firework in his arms, looked at Yu Sheng, and said in a trembling voice: "General, this firework is to inform the troops in ambush in the rear, the sergeant of Dongwangfu has entered Changxiang City, and when they see this firework, they will immediately rush over." ”

Yu Sheng nodded and said, "I know." ”

"There are two of them, and if they are activated at the same time, they will believe that if only one is activated, they will think that the plan has been discovered, and they will all retreat to the city behind. They knew that the general's purpose was Wufeng City, and the cities along the way were full of sergeants. ”

Hearing this, Yu Sheng looked at the sergeant beside him, and the sergeant stretched forward with one hand, and a sky-high firework was grabbing his hand.

"Inspire them, let them come. Yu Sheng's eyes suddenly changed, his eyes showed a cold glow, and he said: "Don't let me go to them one by one, let them think that I am a turtle in the urn, all of them come over, and it will save me trouble!"

Hearing this, the sergeant behind him responded softly, picked up the fireworks, and nodded at the black-armored cavalry who was escorting the older sergeant. The horseman's hand loosened, and he took advantage of the situation and pulled the old sergeant up from the ground.

The older officer and the sergeant with the fireworks in their hands glanced at each other, nodded slightly, and burst into the sky, pulling the lead sharply.

"Huh...... Bang!"

Two loud sounds, deafening, burst into the sky, and the white firelight suddenly appeared, forming two white rings in the air, illuminating everything around.

In an instant, the light brought by the fireworks disappeared.

Yu Sheng glanced at the elderly officer and instructed the sergeant next to him: "Go to the city lord's mansion, find a house, lock him up first, and then let him go after the battle." ”

"Thank you, General!" the older officer immediately knelt on his knees and kowtowed heavily to Yu Sheng. Immediately, he was escorted by two sergeants and entered the city lord's mansion in front of him.

Earlier, two brigades of sergeants had searched the entire city, and there was nothing of value in the city except for two hundred innocent people and these dilapidated houses. Thinking about it, it is also certain that the enemy will not leave them with anything when they are lured into the city.

At this moment, Yu Sheng has a new view of the situation in the entire enclave, but the most important thing at this time is to defend this thin Changxiang City.

He didn't know exactly how many people the enemy had ambushed in the vicinity. After exploration, except for the back of the city, there were no traces of the enemy hiding in the other three directions, and if the enemy attacked, it would definitely be at the back gate.

At this moment, the figure around him moved slightly, and a light red light flashed, falling on Yu Sheng's side, Yu Sheng fixed his eyes, but found that it was one of the guards he had sent out to protect Huang Yuchen before.

Before the attack, Huang Yuchen had sent a guard back to report the news he had discovered, and his news was consistent with the scouts he had sent, and he ordered the attack for the rest of his life.

At this moment, another person came over, Yu Sheng frowned, and asked, "What, is there any news?"

"Back to the city lord, Fang Cai's subordinates went to the front to investigate, and found the camp where the enemy army was stationed, and in the mountain stream thirty miles ahead, all the enemy troops were there, about 10,000 people. The guard fell to his knees and quickly told the news of his investigation.

When Yu Sheng attacked Changxiang City, Huang Yuchen had already sent this guard out to investigate, and after waiting for a long time, he finally returned and brought this news, Huang Yuchen asked him to tell Yu Sheng for the first time that the straight-line distance between the mountain and the city was not too far, and this guard only took a very short time to reach Changxiang City.

"Okay!" Hearing this, Yu Sheng's eyes froze, he looked at the guard again, and asked, "How is Deputy General Ma there, are all the preparations he has prepared?"

"Vice Admiral Ma asked his subordinates to inform the city lord that everything is ready and foolproof!"

"Okay! That's very good!" Yu Sheng laughed when he heard this, and said, "You go back again, protect Deputy General Ma, his life is very important, don't be sloppy!"

"Subordinates obey!" the deputy general agreed, and his whole body turned into a faint red light, and he disappeared without a trace.

Yu Sheng's face was cold, his tone was low, and he shouted softly: "All soldiers, prepare to fight!"

"Honorable Order!"