It's dawn and the whole world is still sleeping soundly. A muffled sound of horns instantly tore everyone's dreams into pieces.
"Feng Qiu, you take eight hundred people to guard the west side! Each person picks up four arrow pots!"
"Mr. Chen, I will leave the deployment of supplies to defend the city to you."
"Chen Sheng, bring fifty people and two catapults. You will be in charge."
Xu Mu took a breath and looked forward. Faintly, he seemed to have seen a large group of dark figures in front of his eyes.
It won't be long before the Beidi people's army will approach the city.
"Zhou Zun, are you ready for the horse?"
"Master, you're ready." Zhou Zun nodded solemnly.
Xu Mu rubbed his head, thinking about what he had missed.
Throughout the ages, city-defending battles have been the most brutal battlefields. The attackers take the city, and the defenders defend the city. Under these two conditions, they are destined to fight to the death.
The faces of the last two thousand people on the ancient city wall were full of coldness and perseverance. The new mud after the rain, along with the roar of dust and sand in the distance, brings not only the earthy smell, but also the unknown smell of blood and rot.
"Master, there are still twenty miles!"
Scout Zhou Luo clapped his horse back and stood under the city gate with his head held high, his face full of sorrow and solemnity.
"Zhou Luo, enter the city."
Several figures on horseback quickly ran into the city as the city gate opened.
Xu Mu raised his head again and looked through the layers of clouds, wanting to take another look at the direction of Horseshoe Lake.
…
Bang.
"What kind of bad wine is this!"
A fat restaurant manager stood in front of a restaurant in Mati Lake, and in front of more than a dozen shopkeepers, he smashed seven or eight wine jars on the carriage.
The filthy smell suddenly filled the surrounding area.
Jiang Caiwei sat on the chair and did not speak. She wore a bun and her temples were ruffled by the morning breeze, adding a bit of coldness to her whole person.
"Let me ask you, what kind of wine was given to me! It smells like shit!"
"Guan family, I want to go to court with this bitch who is cheating on business!"
The dozen or so officials who followed him walked over on the wet dirt road with angry faces on their faces.
Lu Feng frowned and stood in front of Jiang Caiwei.
"Country man! Get out of the way!"
"Lu Feng, let the officials come." Jiang Caiwei said calmly.
Before Xu Mu left, she said that she would take care of the family property for Xu Mu. Therefore, while waiting, she will not admit defeat.
"Drunk Heaven Immortal? Xujiazhuang's wine." An official smiled grimly and pointed at the bad smell on the ground.
"Madam, please come with us to the official office."
"He said there was something wrong with the wine, so you believed him." Jiang Caiwei raised her head, her voice slightly unyielding.
"If you drink this wine, you will die."
"There are a lot of bad wines in the four major households in Tangjiang City. Two days ago, I heard that an old scholar was blinded by drinking. In that case, I don't see you going to check. Otherwise, it was the young master from the Lu family who was so mean. It clears the sky.”
"Madam, don't talk nonsense." The official's face turned slightly, and his voice became cold.
"When my man was here, I didn't see you coming to make trouble." Jiang Caiwei raised her head, "It's a coincidence that my man left home and suddenly became addicted to alcohol and drugs."
"Zuitianxian is sold to Changyang, Weicheng, and Border Pass, but I have never seen any spoiled ones. Besides, the alcohol is mellow, and the older it gets, the more fragrant it becomes."
"If you have been wronged by me in Xujiazhuang, you must go to the chief director in Changyang the next day and submit a complaint file to prove your innocence."
A dozen shopkeepers who came to get the wine gathered in front of the shop and nodded frequently.
The official frowned, a little at a loss.
Only the troublesome fat shopkeeper pointed at the smell of bad wine on the ground and kept talking.
"It must be bad wine!"
"Lu Feng, bring three jars of wine."
Lu Feng hurriedly ran back, and after a while, he came over with three jars of wine.
Jiang Caiwei took a breath of air and slapped one of the jars away. In an instant, the mellow smell of alcohol filled the surrounding area.
Without saying a word, Jiang Caiwei picked up the jar of wine and started drinking it.
The delicate oval face was suddenly splashed with wine, the hairpin rolled down, and the black hair spread out like a waterfall, floating in the wind.
Bang.
After drinking from one jar, he picked up another jar.
Lu Feng and many villagers nearby were so shocked that they tried to stop them, but Jiang Caiwei pushed them away.
The tears rolled into the wine and rolled down the throat together.
"Who else said it was bad wine!"
Lu Feng's eyes turned red. Behind him, a dozen young men gathered around him angrily.
The official stood coldly, frowning more and more.
The fat shopkeeper wanted to say a few more words, but unexpectedly, a man and horse in black just passed by, and the head of the fat shopkeeper immediately fell to the ground.
Only the corpse still kept shouting.
All the officials present were shocked. They raised their heads, drew their knives, and looked at the figure of the murderer.
Gu Ying got off his horse coldly and kicked the headless corpse down.
"How dare you kill someone!"
"This man is a rebel. If you don't believe me, go to the Marquis's Mansion and ask."
More than a dozen officials were stunned, put away their swords dejectedly, said goodbye with a flattering smile, and immediately took their horses and fled.
Gu Ying raised his head.
Looking at the drunk Mrs. Xujiazhuang, I felt a sense of astringency in my heart.
The little boss is at the border and is preparing to engage in a deadly battle. Horseshoe Lake, two thousand miles away, is a longing that has no return date.
…
"Fight to the death!" Xu Mu stood at the top of Wangzhou City and raised his arms angrily.
Behind him, more than two thousand faces were angry and angry.
There is less than ten miles before Wangzhou City.
The sound of fierce horses neighing is getting closer and closer. There are thousands of goshawks flying in the air. From time to time, they lower their wings and fly over the city head.
More than a dozen giant catapults towered into the clouds, shrouded in mist. The dense march formation broke the dead silence at the border.
A thick tiger-armored figure, riding on a golden-armored war horse, raised his head slightly and looked at Wangzhou City, which was just around the corner.
Then he narrowed his eyes and smiled coldly.
It has to be said that a big factor in this war was the group of people in Wangzhou City who disrupted it.
Cut off the grain road and occupy Wangzhou.
The hundreds of thousands of Beidi troops had no choice but to abandon Hezhou, return to capture Wangzhou, and then make plans.
Huyange raised his hand, and a guard hurriedly came over and brought a bowl of hot horse head blood.
Holding the bowl, Huyange raised his head and drank it all. Then he suddenly pulled out the golden scimitar and pointed it in the direction of Wangzhou City.
"Tenggri! Gray wolf and white deer! The empire of the grassland people!"
"Roar!"
The endless Beidi army roared to the sky in an instant, the scimitars clanked, and the horse bows were unstrung, intertwining into a terrifying scene.
…
Xu Mu stood firmly at the top of the city, his eyes becoming more and more calm.
The beacon tower at the top of the city has lit up the smoke for the ninth time. The reinforcements from Hezhou City were nowhere to be seen.
"Master, didn't you say that Di Gou was short of food and grass? How come it's not the same at all?" Feng Qiu, who was on the right side of the city, suddenly said in a solemn tone.
"Have you seen that King Li of Beidi Valley?" Xu Mu pointed angrily at him.
King Guli of Beidi will definitely boost morale, and Wangzhou, which is only defended by 2,000 people, will be captured quickly. Then, there was a lot of food and baggage in Wangzhou City.
Therefore, the longer the war drags on, the problems caused by the Beidi army's lack of food will gradually be exposed.
"My boss, I saw it. I heard that King Guli... is the prince of Beidi."
Clang!
Xu Mu drew out his long sword coldly, and the sound was like thunder, which shook the ears of every city defender.
"The army has a military soul, and King Guli is the military soul of Beidi's army of hundreds of thousands."
"If he dies, the Beidi army will naturally be in chaos."
