"Tian Meng, what are you hesitating about? If you don't get out of the way, are you going to harm the governor's flesh and blood?"
Tian Meng seemed to be a little shaken, and finally stepped aside, and then said coldly: "Madam, since you have the flesh and blood of the governor, it is natural to return to the tribe for refuge first! However, the people in front are being evacuated, and there are many people. If there are some bad guys, I will protect my wife, so I can only ask her to be patient for a while, and after the people have evacuated, I will personally select a hundred elite soldiers to escort my wife out of the city!"
Such delaying tactics obviously could not escape Wu Xiangling's mind. The woman was about to act out again, and suddenly a clear child's cry came from the carriage, which made Wu Xiangling's face turn pale immediately, and he quickly retracted his head into the carriage.
Where did the children in the carriage come from? Wu Xiangling's face was so flustered that it was obviously strange. Tian Meng thought for a moment, and suddenly he reacted with clear eyes. He pointed to the barbarian soldiers behind him with keen eyes. When the crowd surrounded the car, Tian Meng began to pluck up the courage to shout: "Madam! But are there children in the car?"
The response that came was a moment of silence.
"Madam! Why don't you answer? Madam?" Tian Meng asked patiently several times before being polite, and finally couldn't hold himself back anymore, so he stretched out his hand to lift the car curtain.
"A Tao?! It's really you!"
Tian Meng was shocked. At this time, Wu Xiangling hugged the child tightly and covered his mouth. Isn't this familiar little face none other than Peng Shiyu's son Peng Yuntao?
Who is Peng Yuntao? In the past, as the eldest grandson of the Peng family, he was born with a silver spoon in Xizhou City. Even though the Peng family was later overthrown and his father Peng Shiyu fled, after all, his mother was Tian Siyang, and she was the new owner of Xizhou. Tian Hongyou's favorite grandson.
This boy, who is only five years old, naturally attracts the attention of all tribes in Dongxi. This is the benefit of having the blood of both tribes flowing through him at the same time. No matter which side is more powerful, his father's tribe or his mother's tribe, it is just a matter of left hand for him. Things on the right hand will naturally not affect your life, and may even lead a more nourishing life than before.
Until Tian Hongyou died and Tian Hongbin came to power, Tian Siyang and Peng Yuntao still lived in the Governor's Mansion, and everything was as before. At this time, the five-year-old Peng Yuntao left his mother's care and actually appeared in Wu Xiangling's car trying to escape from the city. This was obviously too weird.
Seeing the confused Peng Yuntao, his delicate neck was tightly squeezed by Wu Xiangling, his face was already flushed, and tears were falling at the same time. Tian Meng couldn't bear it, and he quickly raised his hands and lowered his head and said: "Mrs. , please let go of A Tao quickly! Don’t hurt him!"
Wu Xiangling was uneasy. When he heard this, he lowered his head and saw that Peng Yuntao in his arms was indeed red-faced and his lips were cyanotic. He seemed to be out of breath. In the end, he let go of his arms. The boy immediately cried "Wow" in fear. He came out and cried loudly to find his mother Tian Siyang. But his thin shoulders were still pressed tightly by Wu Xiangling behind him, and he was too weak to move.
"Madam, if you want to leave the city, you can go on your own. Why do you take A Tao with you? It's extremely dangerous outside. If something happens to A Tao, how should you explain it to Mrs. Peng! By the way, where is Mrs. Peng? She is A Tao's mother. , why aren’t you around—”
"Mrs. Peng?" Wu Xiangling's face suddenly darkened and she smiled coldly: "You always call her Mrs. Peng, Mrs. Peng, but you have killed more than thirty members of her husband's Peng family. It is really shameless! This child knows that he How did my grandpa die? Do you know how his grandpa was forced to leave?"
Tian Meng raised his face and responded directly with sharp eyes: "Madam, don't speak carelessly! A Tao is still young and his mother will take care of him. You don't have to worry about it! In this way, you can hand A Tao over to the general. ..."
"Leave it to you? Let this child die in the chaos of war? Let me tell you, it was Tian Siyang who asked me to take him out, otherwise I would not be willing to take care of other people's children! If you don't believe me, go to the Governor's Mansion and ask her yourself! You Don’t forget, this Peng Yuntao’s surname is not only Peng, but also the great-nephew of Tian Hongbin. He also has the blood of your Tian family. Now that I want to return to the tribe, why not take him with me?”
"This..." While hesitating, he turned his head and saw that many people inside the city gate had dispersed. Tian Meng closed his eyes, cupped his hands and said, "That's it! Then the general will select soldiers now and escort his wife and wife as soon as possible. A Tao leaves the city!"
Wu Xiangling stopped retorting, just glared fiercely, put down the car curtain, and replied coldly: "Well, I'll help you!"
...
At the south gate of Xizhou, when the last round of "Sky Fire" from Wu Ping's army flew a very long distance and fell into the city, Tian Hongbin, who was hiding in the Wengcheng City, had already lost his previous fighting spirit and watched the enemy from beginning to end. How to turn Xizhou Nancheng into a sea of fire, the despair in my heart is indescribable.
Gong Langzhi, who was also clenching his fists and trembling slightly, could not pretend to be as calm as before. He never expected that the power of the Tang Army's trebuchets was actually different from what Peng Shichou, the great master of the Peng family, had described. So far!
What's even more embarrassing is that it was himself who openly spoke contemptuously against the trebuchet on the top of the city, which indirectly caused the barbarian soldiers to be caught off guard and suffer such losses. Although Captain Tian Hongbin did not express any blame at this time, the barbarian soldiers who were facing a disaster still cast resentful glances at the Gong leader.
The endless bombardment of skyfire in their ears seemed to have gradually stopped. After waiting for a moment to ensure safety, Tian Hongbin and Gong Langzhi tentatively walked out of the Wengcheng, asking a group of barbarians to clear the way and hurried back to the city wall. , followed the stone steps mixed with blood, water and fire, and carefully climbed up to the messy southern city head again.
Looking at the Wuping army formation from a distance, the soldiers were tinkering with something beside the trebuchet. They seemed to be putting ropes on their horses, and one end was connected to the trebuchet. There were also many shirtless warriors gearing up. Tian Hongbin was dumb. Swallowing his saliva, he said with luck, "What on earth is the Tang army going to do? Is it possible that the boulders have been exhausted and they are about to retreat?"
Gong Langzhi was watching with his eyes wide open at this time, and then he spat towards the city: "No! Look, Commander, the heads of those war horses are clearly facing the direction of our city. This time the Tang army is going to push the trebuchet again without knowing it." How many steps! Commander, please don’t let them launch boulders anymore! Now the southern city has been completely destroyed. If we get closer than a hundred steps, the barbican city will not be saved! If the barbican city is destroyed again, the men and women will have nowhere to hide!"
When Tian Hongbin heard this, his face was full of grief and anger. When he was extremely panicked, he slapped his palm on a broken crenel in front of him, causing blood to flow from his palm. He shouted angrily: "Fuck you Tang Dog! No!" Dare to fight head-on, but instead resort to such despicable tricks! It's really annoying! It's a shame that our crossbows don't have enough range, otherwise the governor will kill those Tang soldiers next to the trebuchet!
well! The governor had advised Peng Shichou a few years ago to try to get some Han Chinese crossbows to defend the city, but he thought that the Han people could not defeat Xizhou City because it would cost too much money and goods! If he had listened to me at that time, how could we have been beaten here in vain and suffered this suffocation! Mother Peng Shichou..."
After scolding Tian Hongyou for a long time before, Tian Hongbin inexplicably cursed the dead Peng Shichou again.
Seeing that the governor had no good plans and was only blaming others, Gong Langzhi saw that the Tang army under the city began to make moves. He made up his mind, gritted his teeth and raised his hands and said loudly: "Captain, scolding Mr. Peng's family is useless! The Tang army's trebuchet is about to start. We are getting close, we can't wait like this any longer! Please make a quick decision, Commander-in-Chief!
Governor, since the crossbows are of no use and we can't destroy the Tang army's trebuchets, we might as well make a desperate move and send the entire army out of the city to kill them and fight the Tang army to the death with real swords and real spears! The worst possible outcome is death, and you should die happily! It's better than standing here and watching the city being destroyed, it's really humiliating..."
