When Lu Anran and others were trapped in a farm outside Yi County, the night in Ping County was not peaceful.
Qi Shang's plan to sow discord had some effect. He counted the number of people and prepared to break out overnight. However, just after nightfall, Qian Xiaowei hurried over with his people.
"Qi Shen led the rebels and captured several villagers from the farms outside the city and hung them outside the city wall. They said that they would not send anyone into the city to negotiate and would let us leave the city if they wanted to negotiate."
Su Ji tapped the table with his index finger, shook his head and sighed: "Although the strategy is good, it seems that it may not work."
Everyone knew that if the plan of alienation did not work, they would be defeated by the army.
Yun Qi propped his head and asked in confusion: "Are the IQs of today's anti-thieves so high?"
Su Ji: "How can he be an ordinary person if he can lie dormant quietly for more than ten years without moving any troops."
"That's right." Yun Qi raised his eyebrows, "Why don't you do what I said, pretend to surrender first, and then take the opportunity to escape."
Lieutenant Qian almost wanted to yell, you are a rebel, and your brain was blocked by the door.
Su Ji looked at Qi Shang: "What are Qi Shen leaders going to do now?"
Qi Shang's face with profound features became colder and harder under the firelight, and his dark eyes were firm and powerful, "Break through as usual."
After thinking for a moment, Su Ji understood and said: "They thought we would need time to discuss or simply compromise, but Leader Qi Shen wanted to do the opposite."
"Since I have a rebellious attitude, I will never give up easily."
The so-called negotiation is just that the two sides are trying to pull each other off before they know the other side's power, and then carry out precise strikes after they have the information.
"Isn't Leader Qi Shen afraid that innocent people will be harmed?"
Qi Shang's thick brows furrowed, a flash of struggle flashed across his expression, and he finally let out a heavy breath, "If I let go, it will save a few lives, but if I let them do what they want, maybe the people in the city will not be spared."
Human life cannot be measured by anything, but when trade-offs are inevitable, they can only depend on maximizing interests.
Su Ji nodded: "I have also heard that after the fall of Ye and You counties, they were robbed by rebels, and no household was spared."
This was undoubtedly a heavy topic. Even Captain Qian, who had a hot temper, remained silent. Only Yun Qi shook his jade bone fan and looked out the window, as if everything had nothing to do with him.
After the deployment, Qi Shang quickly integrated his troops, broke through the encirclement at night, sought support from the southwest garrison, and defended Ping County.
"Qi Shen, are you serious about doing this?" Lieutenant Qian scratched his hair hard, "There is still hope of breaking out to find reinforcements, but how can we defend Ping County with a thousand people."
The night was dark, summer dew mixed with mist fell from the sky, the warm air felt like a storm was about to come, and there was a faint hint of something about to move in the silence.
"If you can't defend it, defend the city with your own body." Qi Shang turned around, his back was magnified, like an iron tower standing at the door of the county office, resolute and great, "We, the soldiers, should sacrifice ourselves for the country, the people, and the family. , Respect the mountains and rivers with passion."
"I promise that where I stand must be the last line of defense in Ping County."
He didn't shout loudly, but with a sonorous and powerful force. Hearing this, Colonel Qian was also infected by the blood, and he was instantly filled with fighting spirit, "Okay! Qi Shen, you are a hero, and I am not a coward either. I will accompany you to fuck him." If you win, get drunk, if you lose..." Qian Xiaowei wiped his face and said, "You can die happily!"
With such a plan, Qi Shang no longer wasted time, and he and Qian Xiaowei took some troops and set off from the county office in batches.
That night, a thick smoke suddenly rose from the rebel camp stationed outside Ping County, causing a commotion. Before the fire was completely extinguished, a group of men suddenly killed them and caught them off guard.
Yun Qi stood on a tall building in the city, watching the smoke of war rising from a distance, the sound of fighting coming from outside the city, and even the air was filled with the smell of blood.
There was no movement in the residents' houses in the city, but Yunqi knew that no one would sleep tonight.
Su Ji asked: "Your Majesty, how long do you think Qi Shang can hold on? Can he wait until the southwest garrison arrives?"
Yun Qi did not answer, but asked: "We lost three counties in a row, why is there no movement from the imperial court?"
Su Ji slightly lowered his head and pinched his eyebrows with two fingers, "Either the news has been completely blocked, or..." He suddenly raised his head and looked at the sky, his eyes were sharp and sharp, "The imperial court is prepared to kill all the rebels at the cost of three counties."
When Su Ji said it, there was a hint of disbelief in his tone.
Yunqi's eyes fell on a place, which was also darkened by the night, but if you look carefully, you can see several concentrated black shadows——
That was when the rebels captured the villagers hanging on the wall.
"As for the fact that the imperial court is still standing still, it is waiting for a signal." Su Ji said it all.
Yun Qi raised the corners of his lips with a cold smile, "I saw Qian leading someone to break out. I will definitely bring reinforcements this time."
The imperial court wants to sacrifice you and pretend not to know, but also has to fix the steps for itself in advance. It cannot really let the rebels go all the way south and knock off the face of the Daning Dynasty.
Qi Shang's breakout to ask for help gave the court a legitimate step to regain the rivers and mountains and eliminate the rebels.
"Qi Shenling didn't know anything about it."
Yun Qi raised his eyebrows, "He really has the intention to die for his country."
Su Ji expressed his feelings: "Qi Shang is brave and resourceful, but he is too upright and easily suffers losses."
As he said this, he glanced at Yun Qi, not like someone who was more thoughtful than briquettes.
Before he could finish his emotion, he saw Yun Qi coming downstairs and asked, "Your Majesty, where are you going?"
"Without delaying your appreciation of the reckless man, your evil-hearted prince can take a walk by himself."
"You're overthinking it, aren't you?"
Yun Qi saw through it at a glance, "Come on, I see you have a wicked smile on your face, you don't know how to do it."
As soon as they walked to the base of the city wall, Yun Qi climbed up the stairs step by step. Su Ji said from the side: "A fierce battle is going on on both sides. Why don't you go up now to join in the fun?"
Originally, Qi Shang planned to lead 900 men to break out of the siege, leaving more than 100 people to protect Yunqi and leave Pingxian County. However, due to changes in circumstances, he finally decided that he would lead the men to drag the rebels to defend the city, and Qian Xiaowei would lead 50 light cavalry. Break out and ask for help.
As for Yun Qi, who had always been afraid of death, he had no objections this time. Qi Shang and Qian Xiaowei were a little confused but had no time to delve deeper.
The early summer night wind was getting warmer, but when it was poured into the throat, Su Ji still choked and coughed.
Yun Qi said with disgust: "You deliberately exposed me."
Su Ji covered his mouth with a handkerchief, "My prince, what on earth are you going to do?"
Yunqi stopped and stood in a sheltered place. Looking down from a high place, the screams, fighting, blood and death were all displayed in front of his eyes. The young life was cut off by sharp weapons, and the blood sprayed on the ground, blooming. Gorgeous and voluptuous red flowers.
There were flashes of swords and shadows, and broken limbs were all over the ground.
A war horse screamed toward the sky, and in the next moment, flesh and blood flew everywhere.
Yunqi glanced around and said, "This is the battlefield."
"The hundreds of people Qi Shen leads are all well-trained soldiers from the Langshan Camp. They are not like those motley crews who scrape together numbers. However, although there is an advantage in the short term, I am afraid that over time it will consume too much energy and it will be difficult to persist. ." Su Ji analyzed.
Yun Qi's eyes stayed in one place, and Su Ji couldn't help but frown, "Your Majesty, you don't want to..."
"Su Ji, how long do you think Qi Shang can last?"
"Four hours at most." By then the human body's physical strength has reached its upper limit, and even if one has the intention, he or she may not have the strength to swing the sword.
Yun Qi tilted his head, with a chuckle at the corner of his mouth. Under the light of the cloud shadow, his peach blossom eyes sparkled with boundless romance, "It takes two hours to get to the southwest garrison from here, even if there is no money. Even if they are prepared, they still have to show off. It would be the fastest to send out the army if we delay for half an hour, but what about returning?"
Qian Butong refers to Qian Xiaowei. His original name was Qian Botong, but Yun Qi and he couldn't deal with it and had to give him a nickname. Su Ji didn't even have the time to correct it at the moment.
"The large army marches no faster than Qian Xiaowei. When Ping County is fast, it will be Mao hour, and if it is slow, it will be Chen hour."
"A whole night." Yun Qi put up his jade bone fan, "Can Qi Shang and his hundreds of people hold on?"
Su Ji shook his head, "What does the prince want to do?"
Yun Qi raised his chin towards somewhere below, "I, too, will be a savior hero for once. What do you think?"
Su Ji looked over, understood instantly, and was stunned, "Why?"
"Perhaps..." Yun Qi smiled with unknown meaning, "After staying with some people for a long time, you are as easy to be soft-hearted as her?"
Mo Yan & Guan Yue: "..." The prince is definitely not talking about Miss Lu, who has a cold face and is ruthless in ripping out people's hearts, lungs, livers, spleens and kidneys.
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Hundreds of arrows were inserted into the yellow mud wall, and the farm instantly fell into a sea of flames.
Lu Anran and the others moved to a room at the back, where there were also several large boxes. Thick smoke billowed out in layers, sucking out the air in the circle little by little, and there was a danger of being enveloped at any time.
"What else can you do?" Lu Anran asked Lu Taotao, the only one who knew kung fu.
Lu Taotao used Sichuan paper as a fan, "I can fly, but they can't catch me anyway."
Lu Anran understood Lu Taotao's ability. The officers and soldiers could trap her and Li Erniang, but for a person who could easily get in and out of the prison of the Criminal Division, the officers and soldiers of Yi County were nothing at all.
But she also knew that no matter how talented Lu Taotao was, he couldn't take her and Li'er Niang to escape from heaven to earth.
"Don't worry." Lu Taotao waved his hand nonchalantly, "If you die, I will burn some paper money for you."
Lu Anran lowered his eyes and thought for a moment, then suddenly pulled out the hairpin on his head, and pulled out a piece of Sichuan paper from the big box. He poked the original wound hard with the tip of the hairpin, and blood immediately flowed out.
She dipped it in blood and wrote a few words on the Sichuan paper, then handed it to Lu Taotao with an unchanged expression, "Take this paper to the southwest and give it to Yun Qi."
Lu Taotao pursed his lips and asked curiously: "Aren't you afraid of death?"
"Afraid." Lu Anran was still calm when she said this, so that others thought she was joking, but there was no joke in her eyes, "But fear can't solve any problem."
"Hey." Lu Taotao pouted, "I don't do such things as love letters." He still folded the paper and stuffed it into his cuffs.
Lu Anran watched her put away the papers and looked up at the smoke-covered sky outside the window. She knew that there was no moon today and the sky was full of haze, just like the predicament they were facing.
Li'er Niang hesitated and said, "Miss Lu, since these are evidence of crime, let's burn them."
Lu Taotao snorted coldly: "A woman's kindness."
Lu Anran glanced at Lu Taotao, who was suddenly unhappy for some reason, and said: "She is right, they are not here to arrest you and bring you to justice, but to kill you to silence you."
Li'er's mother smiled bitterly: "I'm not thinking about myself..." Her tears gurgled uncontrollably again, "Li'er is only five years old."
The beams were broken, the earth walls collapsed, and there was no room for them to scream. The farm was engulfed in flames.
