When the young man passed by, the atmosphere in the main tent was solemn.
Seeing that he was late and only wearing arm guards, shoulder armor and skirt armor, the sworn brother couldn't help but said in a strange way: "Normally, you refuse to do anything when asked to do it, and you leave military affairs to others. You are also a general after all, so this How can I set an example for the people below me?"
The upward arc of the young man disappeared.
Just as he was about to answer, the old general sitting at the top had already sternly scolded his eccentric biological son. He scolded the sworn brother until his face turned green and pale. He forced himself to apologize to the young man in public. The matter is over. On his face, the young man said he didn't mind, but in his heart he couldn't help laughing - laughing at the fact that this step-brother only cared about food and not fighting.
Even though he knows he can't take advantage, he is still provocative.
Why bother?
He took his seat.
Asked: "Father, who is coming?"
When talking about business, the old general showed some worry and sighed and replied: "They are just a group of small thieves, and the scale is not something to be afraid of."
Young people will know the subtext as soon as they hear it.
The group of thieves is not large, but it can alarm him. The person who leads this group must be a somewhat troublesome and courageous warrior. He clasped his fists and said, "Since it's just a group of thieves, let's leave it to my son to deal with it. Order more than a thousand soldiers and horses, and pick off his head to calm his adoptive father's shock."
Hearing the young man's murderous words, the old general couldn't help but smile with relief. He stroked his beard with satisfaction and cursed with a smile: "What the hell are you talking about? You pick off people's heads all the time. It's not enough to scare you, and you're not afraid of what others say about you."
The young man was confident and confident, with an attitude of "It's normal for me to say this": "When you go into battle to kill the enemy, you are talking about 'life or death.' If you don't talk about picking off the head, do you still have to ask people if they are willing to give their heads to their son? If my son is willing to ask, he will And he refused to give it."
What he said amused the old general.
The old general laughed heartily, and other generals also laughed.
One person flattered him and said, "The young general is indeed very brave. As long as he takes action, the little thief can only be captured without any help."
The young man looked around, not knowing why.
So he also laughed and catered to everyone.
But he secretly rolled his eyes.
Got another news——
The strength of the leader who commands the little thieves is probably above everyone else, but below him, otherwise, this kind of credit will not go to him. As he was thinking this, he heard the old general say: "My son is willing to do it, but that kind of little thief doesn't need you to act."
The young man was slightly stunned.
Asked in a low voice: "Then the adoptive father called his son over..."
The old general glanced at the staff messenger.
The staff messenger came forward and said: "Major General, please be patient."
The young man felt a little uneasy.
At this time, the old general had already begun to order generals. The young man listened quietly, but found that the soldiers and horses dispatched by the old general were marching in three different directions, opposite to Xiaocheng. Even the sworn brother who specialized in "yin and yang strange energy" was assigned to lead a thousand troops to respond.
The more the young man watched, the more he felt a little confused and couldn't clearly see the situation of the battle.
Why divide the troops in so many ways?
Or--
A bold and absurd guess emerged in the young man's heart.
Are these divisions of troops to fight against different forces?
The young man twitched his lips inwardly.
If that's the case, it's really fast.
How many days have passed since the strange movement in the middle of the night that day?
After the generals left, only the young man, a few close confidants of the old general, and the messenger of King Pig were left. His brows were beating wildly.
The old general said in a deep voice: "Gong Xiqiu, obey the order!"
The young man stood up and at the same time transformed into a complete armor.
The clang of metal colliding was clear and powerful.
He said: "The end is here!"
The old general said: "I order you to lead 12,000 men and capture Xiaocheng before the third watch today. The envoy will assist you."
This order completely exceeded the young man's expectations.
Xiaocheng's current defense allowed him to lead 12,000 people to attack. Is there still enough time to limit it to before the third watch? ? ?
Intuition tells the young man that there is no such good thing.
The old general knew his details very well.
This military order is too "easy".
The young man endured it, his Adam's apple rolled, and finally he swallowed back what he wanted to ask, and said decisively: "I will obey the order!"
The old general added: "After the city is captured..."
He said and looked at the staff messenger.
He continued: "You just listen to the envoy's arrangements."
The young Gong Xiqiu nodded to show that he understood, even though he was already cursing in his heart - towards this staff messenger, Gong Xiqiu said that this person was really annoying. The latter is also targeting him intentionally or unintentionally. I don’t know what kind of evil this guy is going to do this time.
Seeing this situation, the old general changed his previous seriousness and repeatedly warned: "A Nian, after the city is broken, you are not allowed to disobey the envoy."
The young man said: "Yes, my son knows."
The old general was very relieved.
"Okay, okay, father is here waiting for my son's triumphant return."
The young man's eyes lit up and he asked, "Do you have any drinks?"
The old general pretended to be serious: "Alcohol is prohibited in the army, but if you really want to, my father can take you out for a drink."
For a while, the atmosphere between father and son was harmonious.
It didn't feel like I was in a military camp at all, but more like I was at home.
There was a sly smile on the lips of the staff envoy.
Although it disappeared in a flash, it was still captured by Gong Xiqiu, and he felt very uncomfortable in his heart. After receiving the military order from the main tent, preparations for the siege began. The staff envoy who was traveling with him suddenly asked him: "Why is the Major General not curious at all?"
Gong Xiqiu asked back: "What are you curious about?"
Staff messenger: "Of course I'm curious about the sudden attack on the city?"
Gongxi Qiu smiled and said: "Isn't the purpose of marching and fighting just to attack the city and seize the territory? It's a waste of time and food to besiege the city and not attack like before. The last general only knows to obey the military orders, and the rest don't want to know or be curious, envoy What do you think?"
The staff messenger didn't talk to him.
He changed the subject and asked a very strange question.
"Major General's family name is 'Gong'? This surname is rare."
But Gong Xiqiu didn't even bother to give charity with a look of disdain. How could he still serve as King Pig's confidant at this level? It really makes people laugh out loud.
He said coldly: "My surname is 'Gongxi'."
Not named "Gong"!
Of course, if the staff member's surname is "Mother", he won't mind being teased with the surname "Gong". Gong Xiqiu stepped up his legs and took longer steps, eager to throw away the staff envoy. However, the staff envoy asked again: "My father's family name is 'Gongxi'? This surname is also rare."
Gong Xiqiu said: "Our family only takes our mother's surname."
The aide envoy seemed to suddenly remember something.
"This custom and this surname, could it be the 'Gongxi tribe' who lived in seclusion hundreds of years ago? I have heard about it occasionally, but I just heard that this tribe was not -" Before he could finish his words, the tip of a knife reflected The dagger with faint purple light was pressed against his throat. The staff member raised his eyes and looked at Gong Xiqiu, sneered and pushed the dagger away, "The young general is very concerned about this matter."
Gong Xiqiu shouted in a low voice: "Who are you?"
Staff messenger: "I'm just a subordinate. I just happened to know some secrets. I guess it hurts the Major General?"
Gong Xiqiu: "..."
Seeing that he was silent, the envoy on the staff opened his lips and smiled, revealing two rows of white teeth, and asked maliciously: "Young General, does he know what to do after the city is broken?" Seeing Gong Xiqiu, he still did not speak. He smiled and said: "filial piety" There is not a single living dog left in the city!"
Gong Xiqiu: "..."
"Major General, do you think these words sound familiar?"
Gong Xiqiu said lightly: "I don't think so."
The staff messenger asked: "What do you think of this move, Major General?"
Gong Xiqiu said: "We will obey orders."
The implication is that he will do whatever is ordered.
The staff envoy heard this: "Haha, very good, very good..."
Gong Xiqiu: "..."
Lin Feng heard Gong Xiqiu kicking open the tent and cursing words such as "sick". Tu Rong, who was applying medicine to himself with a grin on his face, also looked over and secretly muttered to himself who was being insulted by him.
Gong Xiqiu said: "Speak loudly."
Tu Rong obeyed and said loudly: "Are you offended by others?"
Gong Xiqiu: "..."
Tu Rong is definitely one of the toughest young men he has ever seen. He can speak loudly and dare to say anything. Although he would do the same thing, he was a fake tiger, while Tu Rong was a real tiger. He snorted heavily and said, "No one!"
Tu Rong muttered: "It doesn't look like..."
Gong Xiqiu: "..."
Lin Feng and Tu Rong watched Gong Xiqiu take the weapon and hang it on his waist. He came in a hurry and left in a hurry. Coupled with the constant sound of footsteps outside the tent and the sound of weapons clashing from time to time, they all smelled that a war was imminent. Dangerous atmosphere.
Lin Feng asked: "Is there going to be a war?"
"Do you still remember where your feet are?" Gong Xiqiu sneered, and asked two trusted confidants to escort Lin Feng and the two of them away. Lin Feng and Tu Rong looked at each other, and neither of them moved. Gong Xiqiu Asked, "Could it be that you two are depending on me?"
Lin Feng said: "No, I just don't understand..."
There had been no warning before, but now with this sudden arrangement, Lin Feng always felt that something was going to happen, and it was something bad.
Gong Xiqiu said: "Either go or stay."
He dropped a poisoned dagger.
Lin Feng asked no more questions.
The two and a half-year-old children put on the shabby clothes brought by Gong Xiqiu's henchmen, their clean cheeks were smeared with mud, and set out on the road carrying a small package of food and clothing. Tu Rong wanted to bring more things, and Urns containing the ashes of loved ones.
Lin Feng did not dare to cry, but when he turned around, he saw from a distance a series of flags that looked like auspicious clouds fluttering in the wind.
She opened her mouth, as if she guessed something.
Tu Rong said: "Junior sister, don't look."
The two confidants had previously been favored by Gong Xiqiu, and they admired the Major General's invincible majesty on the battlefield, and fell in love with him with all their hearts. After receiving the escort mission personally entrusted by Gong Xiqiu, the two of them were extremely excited and patted their chests to ensure that they would complete it.
One of them asked: "Where are you two young brothers going?"
For convenience, Lin Feng was also dressed up as a boy.
Lin Feng thought for a moment and said, "Yes."
She didn't know where her husband was at this time, but she knew where to try her luck, but - the enemy and we were unknown, so she couldn't lead the two of them to the village, for fear of bringing the war with them. Halfway up the mountain, they were left to walk on their own.
Thinking about going home soon, I felt a lot more at ease.
The man smiled and said, "That's good."
The Xiaocheng garrison couldn't laugh at all at this time.
The soldiers on the guard tower detected the approach of tens of thousands of rebels from a long way away and immediately spread the news. The soldiers on the city gate could not see that far, and could only vaguely see the dust rising in the distance. He raised his head and glanced at the sky: "Isn't it the time yet?"
The rebels regularly threw civilian corpses into the city every day.
The people were panic-stricken. In the past two days, hundreds of people had developed the same symptoms one after another. Some of them had more acute symptoms, with only three days from the onset of symptoms to sudden death. In Xiaocheng, the people were panic-stricken. If the county government had not stepped in to rectify and appease the situation, the situation would have been even more serious.
Come again today.
The soldiers guarding the city thought they were here to dump corpses again.
But when the rebels approached and saw that they were heavily armed, they knew something was wrong and immediately sounded the warning horn. But what they never expected was that the rebels' style today was very different from the past. In the past, things were slow and procrastinating, but today they are like sharp swords being drawn out of their sheaths.
As soon as they formed the formation, a hail of arrows fell from the sky.
Some soldiers failed to react in time, fell to the ground after being hit by arrows, and fell off the city wall.
After three breaths, the second wave of arrow rain is about to strike again.
The soldiers despaired.
"How dare you, thief!"
At this moment, I heard a loud shout!
When it fell on the ears of the garrison soldiers, their depressed spirits suddenly lifted!
"Gentlemen, don't panic, come with me to defend against the enemy!" It turned out that he was a brave warrior who temporarily took over the duties of Captain Yang and commanded the garrison. He was tall and burly. Although his strength and cultivation were only that of a seventh-level official, he had rich experience. He acts calmly and is best at defense, and likes to use defense as offense. As soon as he came forward, the soldiers in the garrison had a backbone and their morale soared.
The morale condensed into a whirlpool and gathered together. Under this blessing, the aura of the brave warriors increased steadily. At the same time, the martial energy in the warrior's body was also divided into three or four hundred channels, which were absorbed into the soldiers' bodies respectively. These three to four hundred people had a unified momentum.
"This is Xiaocheng, no thieves are allowed!"
As the loud shout spread, the city wall under the feet suddenly rose by more than ten feet - no, it was not that the city wall was raised, but another martial wall that was more than ten feet thick rose outside the city wall. The rain of arrows tinkled on the wall, causing dense ripples.
When this wave of arrows rained down, there were no cracks at all.
However, no one showed joy for this.
Everyone knows that this is just a wave of temptation from the enemy.
Depending on the size of the enemy, there may be as few as ten thousand.
Although he has the convenience of a city, Xiaocheng has been damaged several times before and can only be used with repairs. If he encounters a ruthless character again, he is afraid that it will be completely scrapped. When the courageous warrior saw the rebels coming from the city, his face turned livid.
At this time, the rebels all stopped.
The two rows of people separated neatly, and a young general came out clapped his horse.
He is Gong Xiqiu.
He said concisely and concisely: "If you surrender now, you can save your life!"
His voice was not loud at all.
Relying on the warrior's secret method, it can be clearly transmitted to the ears of everyone on the city wall.
When the garrison who defended the city heard this, they became furious.
The brave warrior who led the troops was also angered.
When you come up, ask someone to surrender to save your life.
This guy is really arrogant!
He said: "Presumptuous!"
No need to talk much, just fight!
On the city walls and under the city walls, rhythmic high-pitched war drums sounded.
The news alarmed several people.
"The enemy is attacking the city!"
The messenger soldiers carried the news to the governor's house in the city.
Wu Yuan's expression suddenly changed.
Gu Chi said: "Don't panic, go and have a look."
