At this time, Li Jiangyao was standing at the small doorway on the east side of the city, directing the soldiers to carry arrows and kerosene to the city.
Among the busy crowd, Shi Shiran walked over to a scholar in Tsing Yi, smiled and said softly: "Sir, are you busy?"
Li Jiangyao turned around when he heard the sound and said in surprise: "Huh? Why are you here?"
The person who came was none other than Situ Wushou, a government official in Hetian City.
At this time, he was dressed in casual clothes and still had his signature smile: "I meet you again, sir. It's really a fate."
Li Jiangyao had a good impression of Situ Wushou before and said with a smile: "Master Situ, we haven't seen each other for a long time. What are you..."
Situ Wushou: "Sir, don't call the villain that way anymore. I'm no longer an official, haha."
Li Jiangyao was stunned for a moment, temporarily put aside what he was busy with, and curiously asked the other party why. Situ Wushou smiled faintly and said: "Last time you annihilated the Turkic bandits, which made our Shengtang Merchant Travel take a breath of ill breath. I originally wanted to do my best to catch Manihan out, but Unexpectedly, it backfired."
It turned out that after Li Jiangyao and the others strangled the Turkic robbers last time, Situ Wushou reported the whole case, especially Manihan's affair with the Turks, to the government office.
However, it was a pity that since the robbers were not caught alive at that time and a key witness was missing, Shengtang could not really take action against the governor of Broken Leaf Kingdom. The old king of Suiye Kingdom was very protective of his shortcomings and came forward to vouch for his cousin Manihan, so that the matter had to be left alone in the end.
Situ Wushou was quick-witted and guessed that Manihan would find out later that the problem was with him and the dancer Tilian, so he gave his many years of savings to Tilian and asked her to return to her hometown of Kucha to avoid trouble, while he He quit his job in Hetian and hid far away from Manihan to avoid retaliation.
"The villain grew up in Metasequoia City since he was a child. He still has some relatives and friends here, so after leaving Hetian, he returned here," Situ Wushou explained: "I didn't expect that I would meet the adults again. It's really a surprise."
Li Jiangyao saw that he was open-minded and free-spirited. He was neither angry about Manihan nor cared much about his position in the government. He couldn't help but feel good about him and said with a smile: "What do you do for a living here? It's still your old job. ?"
Situ Wushou: "The Turks attacked Metasequoia City a while ago, and many traders were unable to do their jobs, so the villain did not go back to his old business of running a restaurant. He just taught a few neighbor children to read and read at home to earn some money. "
Li Jiangyao nodded lightly: "It's not peaceful these days. It's really hard to do anything. Well, there's going to be a war again."
Situ Wushou smiled and shook his head, then looked at the nervous and busy crowd and asked, "This city wall is only three or four feet high. Can it stop the horse bandits?"
Li Jiangyao: "Don't worry. Most of the horse bandits are stragglers. They can't carry powerful siege weapons with them, so they mainly attack the city gates on all sides. As long as they guard the city gates and the city head, there shouldn't be a big problem."
"What if they just besiege but not attack?" Situ Wushou asked intentionally or unintentionally.
"There is no need to be nervous about this." Li Jiangyao was afraid that he would worry, so he comforted him: "The food stored in the city is enough to feed the people of the city for a year. If it takes a long time, the reinforcements from the Protectorate Palace can come to relieve the siege at any time."
"That's it. Then will the horse bandits climb up to the top of the city in the middle of the night when it's dark?"
Li Jiangyao smiled: "That can only be done by a master. If you want to climb the city quietly, there must not be too many people. Lao Du alone is enough to deal with it."
"Then what if..." Situ Wushou hesitated and did not continue.
"What if?" Li Jiangyao was a little curious: "Don't be restrained and speak boldly. There is no need to be hesitant about our friendship."
Situ Wushou nodded gratefully: "Sir, don't blame me for talking too much. I just have a lot of thoughts in my mind, so I'm a bit verbose..."
"Come on, what did you think of?"
"Do you think this is possible?" Situ Wushou pondered: "The horse bandits have already had internal agents in the city?"
Although the other party's words were not loud, to Li Jiangyao's ears, it was as if a thunder exploded in his ears, and the hair on his back stood up in shock.
He suddenly discovered that he had overlooked an extremely important issue before.
In Li Jiangyao's subconscious, there was always a vague wrong impression, that is, the Ghost League horse bandits chased behind the scout camp and chased them all the way from Tuofengbo to Metasequoia City.
Although Ma Mu had explained to him that this was not the actual situation, he did not have time to think carefully because he was too eager to meet the enemy.
If the ghost alliance horse bandits were chasing them, they would certainly feel helpless when facing a city like Metasequoia; but if Geerhan had already made plans to rob Metasequoia City, and even issued an ultimatum openly , then the whole situation will be completely different.
The ghost alliance horse bandits must have made sufficient preparations to attack the city in advance, and it was very likely that they also sent spies to sneak into the city as Situ Wushou guessed.
The defensive preparations Li Jiangyao and the others are making now are all based on inertial thinking and the former situation.
In his mind, the ambush of two hundred ghost alliance horse bandits took place first, followed by the retreat to Metasequoia City. Therefore, the scouts and soldiers only began to prepare for the battle in a hurry when they arrived here. Accordingly, he took it for granted that the ghost alliance horse bandits also acted hastily.
Now it seems that this is a blind spot in thinking and a huge mistake.
If it is true as Situ Wushou said, when the horse bandits suddenly took out the city rush vehicles and ladders that had been prepared and appeared under the city wall that was only three feet high, at the same time, spies were everywhere in the city setting fire to destroy it. As Metasequoia City As the highest military officer, he could only panic.
Li Jiangyao wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, looked at Situ Wushou and said in his heart: Thanks to this brother, his words are equivalent to saving a whole city.
Situ Wushou saw that Lieutenant Li was stunned after hearing what he said, and couldn't help but feel a little curious: "Sir, what's wrong with you?"
Li Jiangyao woke up, raised his hand and patted Situ Wushou on the shoulder: "It's nothing, I'm fine. Thank you very much, brother!"
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Flame Maple Forest City, Yunhe Manor.
A young man with a handsome face and a tall figure was standing by the pool, staring at the blue waves in the pool, slightly in a trance.
Kunzhe, the third disciple of the Turkic Martial Saint Biro and known as the "Magic Bow", walked to the young man's side and sighed softly: "Brother, what are you thinking about?"
"nothing."
Yun Qianxue withdrew her gaze: "Master... has set off?"
Kunzhe nodded: "Well, let's go."
He hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Senior brother, since the master personally takes action, there must be no problem. Both the junior sister and the princess will be able to come back safely."
"I hope..." Yun Qianxue responded softly, looking towards the sky: "The war is inevitable after all. Before that, they don't have much time."
Kunzhe: "I still don't understand why we have to start a war with Shengtang. Didn't we just suffer a defeat a while ago?"
Yun Qianxue didn't look at him. After a moment of silence, she asked quietly: "Junior brother, do you know how the strong can stay strong?"
"Master once taught me," Kunzhe responded: "Only by constantly climbing to the top can the strong stay strong. And once you stop moving forward, you will gradually become lonely without others surpassing you."
Yun Qianxue turned to look at Kunzhe: "This is the principle of martial arts cultivation, and this is the principle of the survival of the empire. Do you understand?"
Kunzhe nodded thoughtfully: "Probably. Our Turkic people across the continent rely on the spirit of martial arts. Whether internally or externally, the strong must constantly establish more powerful enemies in order to maintain strong vitality forever. This principle , we little kids of the Condor Clan all understand. But..."
Yun Qianxue smiled faintly: "You want to say why it has to be Shengtang, right?"
"Yes! Persia, Dashi, Tianzhu, and the barbarians in the Northern Wilderness have many targets."
"The reason is simple, because only Shengtang is the same as us."
Kunzhe was stunned for a moment: "You mean, if we don't fight him, he will come to mess with us?"
Yun Qianxue shook her head: "That's not necessarily true. But one thing is certain. Only Shengtang's army is qualified to mobilize and unite the entire Turks. Only Shengtang's world can satisfy the Turks' appetite."
Kunzhe nodded silently, waited for a long time, and suddenly said: "Have you heard? There are several tribal leaders who were killed by the Great Khan because they opposed an all-out war with Shengtang now..."
Yun Qianxue smiled: "Not to mention sweating profusely, even if the mountain is cold, I'm afraid I can't agree easily. The Blood Wolf Clan has already lost money in the Ghost Desert of Western Xinjiang. If he doesn't start a war to take revenge, how will he explain to his own people? "
Kunzhe sighed helplessly: "In this case, let's fight. We are not necessarily afraid of Shengtang, but... I hope everything goes well for the master and that the princess and Inas can be rescued in time."
Yun Qianxue did not answer, but still stared at the pool calmly, but a fire-like light was already flashing in her eyes.
If Ashina hadn't dissuaded him, he wished he had gone to the East in person to rescue his beloved.
However, Yun Qianxue, who is still in the military, has a more important task at the moment, which requires his full preparation.
"By the way, where is brother Shu Xuan?" Yun Qianxue suddenly asked: "Did he go with Master?"
Kunzhe shook his head: "Second senior brother has not left. Firstly, the master likes to be alone and does not want to be troubled by others around him. Secondly, his vicious technique has not yet fully achieved the results, so it is not good to be here." Leave easily at this time.”
Yun Qianxue frowned and said in a deep voice, "What? Brother Shu Xuan is still doing that evil thing? Didn't I warn him last time?"
Kunzhe: "What's the use of your warning? Master and the old man didn't even say anything. Of course the second senior brother has nothing to worry about."
"Asshole!" Yun Qianxue cursed fiercely: "It is detrimental to heaven's morality. Isn't he afraid of retribution?"
Kunzhe then sighed: "Oh, who says it's not the case? But the second senior brother said that his method is derived from the sacred scriptures of Zoroastrianism, and even the high priest agrees, so why not? Senior brother, he means what he said. Really? In the classics we teach, is there really such a thing as a poisonous person?"
Yun Qianxue said angrily: "What a fart! Using all kinds of poisons to poison and refine living people, turning them into monsters that are neither human nor ghosts. Is there any serious sect in the world that can do such evil things?!"
"Then why didn't the master and the high priest stop him?" Kunzhe was a little confused.
Yun Qianxue did not answer this question, but the unfathomable, unruffled man emerged in her heart.
If they didn't get his approval, how could the master and the high priest leave Ge Shuxuan alone?
After a while, Yun Qianxue suddenly asked another question: "Do you know where the people that Brother Shu Xuan uses are from?"
Kunzhe nodded: "Second Senior Brother mentioned it briefly a while ago. Originally, he specially selected prisoners from some small tribes to refine poison, but after being scolded by you, he never touched the Turkic people again, but picked up He started with Persian prisoners of war and slaves. In addition, he proudly told me that the Poison Man was almost done, and by then, he might be able to form an army of Poison Soldiers and sweep across the world."
Yun Qianxue snorted disdainfully: "Bullshit! To conquer the world, you should challenge powerful enemies in an upright and upright manner. Even if you lose, it will be an honor even if you lose. Create some monsters and ghosts to make the world feel ashamed!"
"Hey, I think he can't help it," Kunzhe said with a helpless smile: "The Gui Dou tribe has always been evil among the eight pillars of the Turks. They are also poor and cannot afford so many black jade crystals. If you want to practice kung fu, We can only find another way."
Yun Qianxue glared at him: "Is this a reason? I made it clear to my brother Shu Xuan last time that as long as he is willing to give up refining Poison Man, I will give him as many crystals as he wants, but what? No? Or is it that a dog can't change its habit of eating shit?! If it weren't for the master's dignity and the fight between the forbidden people, I would have demolished his shackles and abolished his martial arts right now!"
Seeing that his elder brother was really angry, Kunzhe quickly advised: "Don't, don't, don't be impulsive. The Eastern Expedition is about to begin, and this is when the Turkic Eight Pillars need to unite. The Yunhe Clan's At this time, the young master got into a fight with the young master of the Ghost Dou Clan, what should the Great Khan do?"
Hearing him mention Ashi's weight, Yun Qianxue couldn't help but feel heavy in her heart. He thought for a moment and waved his sleeves: "Let's go, follow me to see the Great Khan!"
