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The ancestor worship activity on New Year's Day is finally over, seeing the tired look on the face of the city lord Li Chengliang, the gentry and village elders are grateful and distressed in their hearts, and a feast was arranged in the later link, but seeing that the city lord is so hard, no one is willing to open his mouth to force the city lord to stay, so he has to thank the city lord in unison for his tireless work for the well-being of the people of Dunhuang.

The governor of Dunhuang Prefecture, Shi, Sima and Lushi also refused the banquet, and they wanted to personally escort the city lord back to the city lord's mansion, and by the way, report the recent situation in the city to the city lord.

Changshi spoke first: "My lord, after you fell ill, the barbarian alliance outside the city has received two batches of reinforcements in a row, and now the barbarian army outside the city has more than 600,000 people, if it wasn't for General Fan's proper response, the city would have been broken a long time ago, but the reinforcements on the side of the imperial court have not moved."

Although the wind and snow blocked the way, it was difficult to send reinforcements, but if the reinforcements of the barbarian army could arrive, why couldn't our reinforcements arrive?

The city lord leaned in the carriage and said, "Liu Changshi, you don't know, it's not that the imperial court doesn't want to save it, but it can't save it." Immortals are different, when Huaxia was divided into three parts, the countries of Dongshengzhou were also in chaos, in order to avoid triggering a war in the cultivation realm, the top immortal masters of the cultivation realm, including these foreign races, once made a joint oath that the immortal masters must not interfere in the worldly war, otherwise they will be severely punished.

As for what the punishment is, I am not a cultivator, so naturally I don't know the details, but in so many years of war, and even some wars of extermination, no immortal master of any country dares to blatantly violate his oath to participate in the war.

But it's okay not to save it, the destructive power of the immortal master is too great. If the imperial court sends immortal masters, then the immortal masters of Mengyuan, the Western Regions and the Western Fan will also go out of the mountains to participate in the battle, and the killing caused by this will probably be a hundred times more tragic than the battle between mortals, and the number of dead people will be countless. ”

Changshi sighed and arched his hand: "Thank you for your advice, if this kind of secret is not for the guidance of the adult himself, I will not understand the truth in my life, and I will never dare to accuse the immortals behind my back in the future." ”

Sima also spoke: "City Lord, the two provinces of Zhongshu and Shangshu have been summoned many times, criticizing us for implementing military management in Dunhuang Mansion, violating the principle of governing affairs by literati in this dynasty, and greatly increasing the morale of the military attachés in Beijing, and asking you to put things right in time."

You supported General Fan's military management this time, and you have endured so much pressure from the imperial court for him, does General Fan know that?"

City Lord Li said faintly: "How can Yi Yunchao's intelligence not know, but he must pretend not to know, the last time he openly turned against me, he was actually helping me.

Yun Chao did this, so that those Zhongshu and Pingzhang adults in Beijing thought that he was unruly and arrogant, and naturally sympathized with me, and it was not good to be too harsh; on the other hand, Yun Chao's toughness would also be trusted and supported by the military bosses, which was the best of both worlds. ”

Sima also sighed and said: "Thank you for interpreting it in detail for us, if we rely on ourselves to comprehend the mysteries of officialdom, I am afraid we will not be able to see through it in our lifetime." It's hard to be General Fan, as a military general, not only has the ability to protect his family and defend the country, but also has such high political wisdom. ”

City Lord Li said: "You don't have to sigh, as long as you use your heart to understand, you will understand sooner or later." If I can successfully repel the barbarian coalition this time, I am ready to resign from the imperial court as the city lord and recommend Yun Chao as the city lord of Dunhuang.

Yun Chao has been practicing martial arts for many years, and he is six years younger than me, and he can work in Dunhuang Mansion for at least ten years, which is enough for him to show his ambitions and train the next generation of successors for Dunhuang City. ”

Liu Changshi hurriedly said: "Adults, you are now in the prime of life, why do you have the idea of being a scholar?"

Lord Li shook his head in the car and said: "I became the prefect of Dunhuang at the age of twenty-nine, and it took 19 years to build Dunhuang at the state capital level into a companion level, and the official system has also changed from four products to three products.

Recently, the imperial court has revealed that it wants to transfer me back to Beijing to serve as a high-ranking official in the ministry, but I am used to being lazy and do not want to compete with them for those limited powers, so I just took advantage of this serious illness to ask the court to resign. ”

Changshi, Sima and Lushi hurriedly dissuaded the army, saying some words such as "Dunhuang City can't be without adults" and "How can adults have the heart of retreat in their prime", hoping to dispel the obsession of adults.

City Lord Li did not respond to their words, but asked: "Ma joined the army, why did General Fan leave the sacrificial ceremony early today, but there is an urgent military situation?"

The reporter hurriedly said: "If you go back to your lordship, yes, there is an emergency military situation in the north of the city, but the soldiers who reported the news are very secretive, and their subordinates do not know the specific situation. ”

City Lord Li immediately sat up and asked, "What was General Fan's reaction at that time?"

After a serious reflection, General Fan was very anxious and in a very atmospheric manner, and he also scolded the Mongolian army as a 'brute'. ”

City Lord Li twisted his chin and muttered: "Brute, brute! Oh no, something big is going to happen! Turn around, let's rush to the north of the city!"

The secretary hurriedly said: "My lord, what are you doing in the north of the city? Your body has not recovered, General Fan specially instructed us to send you back to rest earlier, you must take care of your body!"

Changshi and Sima also stepped forward to persuade each other, and City Lord Li opened the curtain of the carriage and said, "Quick, Chengbei! If my guess is right, the situation there is very critical now, and if you are not careful, Yun Chao's career may end!"

......

Under the city of Dunhuang, on the side of the ice field, next to the snow cliff.

The man in white and white horse shouted loudly in very authentic Chinese: "Listen to the Tang army upstairs, I am Zhou Shibin, a strategist under General Batu, the marshal of the Mengyuan Empire's expedition to the west, and I have a few words to say to the border army brothers in Dunhuang City on the orders of the general." ”

This sudden appearance made the defenders in Dunhuang City stunned, and Zhou Shibin even had a pure Guanzhong accent.

I only heard Zhou Shibin continue: "Ladies and gentlemen of the Tang Kingdom, the Mengyuan Empire is a peace-loving country, where there are the most industrious and simple herdsmen in the world, they have raised generations of people with pastures and cattle and sheep given by the heavens, they are optimistic and dedicated, do not bully the weak, and never think of invading other countries.

However, this year, the unfortunate people of Mengyuan suffered a white disaster that had not been encountered in a thousand years, and the whole people fell into a situation of lack of food and clothing.

The great Golden Horde took pity on his people, and once asked for help from the Tang and Ming states, and was even willing to exchange some disaster relief materials for the two countries on the condition of being vassals to the two countries, but the Tang and Ming ruthlessly refused.

The Mongolian people can't help but ask themselves, they are all human races living in Dongshengzhou, why can't they help each other and benefit each other? Could it be that the Chinese people, who pride themselves on being civilized and fraternal, are so narrow-minded that they can't help their fellow Terrans who are suffering?

We don't want the warriors of Mengyuan to sacrifice and let the women and children starve and freeze, and the people of Mengyuan must have the same right to survive as the Tang people. ”

As soon as these words were finished, they immediately resonated with the Mengyuan sergeants, and they made a tsunami-like sound, roaring "Long live" in Mengyuan together!

The man in white waited for the roar of the Meng Yuan army to subside, and then continued: "Now that the battle has been fought for a month, and there have been countless casualties on both sides, General Batu has mercy on the soldiers on both sides, and specially asked me to be a messenger for peace talks, and ask the responsible general in the city to come out and reply. ”

Fan Yunchao appeared from the city, protected by four school officials with shields, Fan Yunchao squinted his eyes and asked: "I am Fan Yunchao, the garrison general of Dunhuang City, what can you tell me?"

Zhou Shibin immediately arched his hand and said: "Hello General Fan, General Batu asked me to speak, there is no point in being killed or injured like this." If Dunhuang City is willing to hand over half of the grain and grass, our coalition army will immediately withdraw and return the more than 5,000 people in the city to you, and exchange the lives of the 5,000 Tang people and half of the grain in the city for the lives of the whole city, wouldn't it be very cost-effective?"

Fan Yunchao asked: "Oh, there is some truth in what you said, you are from the Huaxia clan, right?"

Zhou Shibin's face flushed and said: "I was originally a citizen of the Tang Kingdom, and my family has been cultivating and studying for generations, but because of many injustices in the Tang Kingdom, I was forced to go away, and I was appreciated by General Batu with my personal talent, and I have changed my nationality to Mongolian, and now I am the Sima Counselor of the Chinese Army." ”

Fan Yunchao said: "It's really brazen! Today's serial poison plan was designed by you, right?"

Zhou Shibin stiffened slightly and said, "What kind of serial poison scheme?" ”

Fan Yunchao laughed angrily: "Zhou Shibin, you traitor and national thief, you are really calculating! Pour the leech eggs of ice sewage on these captives that are forbidden by shamanism, and want to kidnap us with morality, let us put these captives in the city to cause a plague, and then take the opportunity to seize the city!"

Zhou Shibin immediately denied it: "You are talking nonsense! As a second-class military general of the Tang Kingdom, you can't be untrustworthy and insulting to the country! How could I use such a vicious method as ice sewage leech eggs."

You must not want to save the people under the city, and you must not be sympathetic to the suffering of the border army and the people in the city, so you will talk such nonsense! You are too despicable, I don't want to talk too much about a villain like you!"

Zhou Shibin knew that the matter was exposed, and while quibbling, he turned the horse's head and was about to flee back.

I saw Fan Yunchao wave his hand, and with a buzz, a crossbow arrow more than a zhang long and as thick as an adult's arm flew out of the city wall.

Just as it hit Zhou Shibin's back, the huge crossbow bolt tore through his chest, and then pierced into the head of the mount under him, nailing the man firmly to the ground.

Suddenly, someone in the Tang army shouted: "God bless the Tang Dynasty, the national fortune will be long, subdue the foreign countries, and defend Dunhuang!"

Then all the Tang troops shouted! This momentum is more majestic than the previous Mengyuan army shouting "Long live"!

Seeing that the matter was revealed and Zhou Shibin was shot, Batu immediately became angry and was about to order all the Tang captives in the city to be shot to relieve his hatred, when another Huaxia strategist stepped forward to dissuade him, and said a few words in his ear, and Batu agreed hatefully.

The second traitor walked beyond the range of the crossbow bolts and shouted: "General Fan, my general Batu is merciful and ready to withdraw his troops, you can rest assured that you can help the Tang prisoners under the city, and we will not attack." ”

Fan Yunchao slapped his palm on the city wall and roared angrily: "Despicable villain, you are the descendants of the Tang Kingdom in vain, and you are actually helping to abuse, I will break you into thousands of pieces if I have the chance!"

The second traitor laughed: "I'm not a Tang person anymore, a person like me can mix in the Tang Kingdom for a lifetime, and at most I can mix a teacher." But in Mengyuan, I am already a native of Mongolia, and I still have the title of nobility, which is not comparable to you and other untouchables.

If you don't save them, we'll shoot them with arrows so that they won't suffer, haha!"

The Tang army in the city was already angry, some people said that they wanted to go down to the city to save people, some people said that they could not save the infected Tang prisoners, and there were quick disagreements among the border troops, and some fiery soldiers began to push and shove.

Fan Yunchao roared angrily: "That's enough, stop it for Ben General! Shut up! These are all poisonous plans of the Meng Yuan people to divide us, we can't be fooled! Give Ben Jiang a little time to think about it." ”

A famous school Wei shouted: "General Fan, you can't think about it anymore, there are people falling in the city every breath." ”

In the short time since Zhou Shibin was shot, more than 100 Tang prisoners could not stand the cold and hunger and fell on the ice field.

But knowing that these 5,000 people were carrying leech eggs from ice sewage, rashly putting them into the city was irresponsible to the more than 700,000 soldiers and civilians in Dunhuang City, and Fan Yunchao couldn't make a decision.

The second traitor continued to shout arrogantly under the city: "General Fan hasn't thought about it yet? I'll help you count dozens of them." ”

"One"

"Two"

“......”

When he counted to "six", Fan Yunchao didn't look over, couldn't bear to look at the city anymore, raised his right hand with difficulty, and was about to give an order.

Suddenly, his wrist was grabbed, and a warm and deep voice said: "Yun Chao, you are a soldier, you can't bear the stigma of killing your compatriots, I still have to bear this responsibility!"

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