After rebirth, I joined forces with my mortal enemy to seek revenge.

The fighting only rested for one day. The Tubo rear army rushed to the foot of Guazhou City to join the forward battalion, but the city-destroying vehicles they brought destroyed Guazhou City. In order to prevent the Tubo from attacking the city at night, Li Xiujing ordered all the sergeants in the city to lie down in their clothes and carry strong bows.

So that when they hear the sound of trumpets and drums, they can immediately fight back against Tibet.

In order to resist the Tibetans, the county soldiers, led by Pei Jiaoran, reinforced the city wall day and night.

The Tibetans were also racking their brains to think of ways to attack the city, filling in earth and building walls under the city so that their people could climb up. Or simply follow the example of the sages and dig secret passages to sneak into the city. But as soon as they dug into the city, they were intercepted and killed by Pei Jiaoran and more than a dozen people who dug tunnels across the city.

When the Tibetan elite finally climbed up the city wall, they were preparing to seize the military trumpet and disrupt the morale of the Wei army. The county magistrate in green appeared out of nowhere with dozens of people, smiling and holding swords. The words he spoke were cold and heartless. She ordered all the Tibetan soldiers who had been killed to be hung on the tower.

Tubo made surprise attacks and siege the city for several days in vain. The Tubo camp was also attacked at night several times by Li Xiujing's men. As a result, they also imitated the Wei army, sleeping in their clothes and not daring to leave their swords. He was afraid that when he closed his eyes, he would be killed by the Wei army.

The city could not be captured, and all the spies sent to the city lost news. The Tubo generals hated everyone in the city so much that they simply sent people to the city to call for formation or threaten them.

If you take the city and surrender, everyone in the city can be granted the title of marquis and the prime minister. If he is stubborn, he will massacre the city after it is defeated to serve as a warning to others.

Pei Jiaoran sat on the stone steps, chewing the tasteless dry food in his hand and listening to the curses of the Tibetan people below the city. He put down the dry food and took a sip of water. He stood up, holding a long bow, and walked to the top of the city.

The Tubo fangs below saw her come out, and their curses turned into contempt. Her words were full of contempt and humiliation for her identity as a woman.

With a slight smack of his lips, Pei Jiaoran drew his bow and nocked an arrow. He looked up at the tooth general and loosened his slightly bent fingers. The three arrows carried the strong wind and hit the door directly in front of the tooth general.

The tooth general saw that the situation was not good and hurriedly lowered his head to hide. Brandish the spear to deflect three arrows.

"Little lady, your archery skills are not accurate at all. You just shoot wooden targets on weekdays. How about if Tubo surrenders to us, how about I teach you archery?" The tooth general said sarcastically.

Hearing this, Pei Jiaoran raised her crimson lips and drew her bow again. She only fired one arrow this time.

In the disdainful eyes of Ya Jiang, Pei Jiaoran suddenly used his strength to break the arrow. Then he drew his bow and nocked an arrow, and fired three arrows in succession.

One arrow hit the horse's head, and another arrow hit the tooth general's helmet. The other will fall in front of the horse.

The horse that was shot became violent under the pain and shook off its fangs.

Pei Jiaoran glanced at Yajiang who was being supported by his men with an indifferent expression. Put away your strong bow and turn around to leave.

Bend your knees and sit back down. Looking at the dry and hard pancake in his hand, Pei Jiaoran's eyes flashed with thought. The Tibetans had been attacking the city for half a month and had consumed most of the food in the city.

In order to maintain food rations for everyone in the city, the subordinates led by Li Xiujing who came to the county did not eat extravagantly, and the food was the same as that of the sergeants in the city. Even if there is a difference, it is only one or two spoons more than an ordinary sergeant, so it does not matter. But Tubo continued to attack the city. No matter how much it is reduced, the food stored in the city cannot withstand the consumption.

Pei Jiaoran frowned irritably after taking a bite of the pancake. The situation in the city is not optimistic at the moment. The only good news is that due to the unfavorable attack on the city in the past few days, Tubo was attacked by Li Xiujing at night and has now retreated three miles away.

"Must you sit on the wind?"

Pei Jiaoran didn't even look up when he heard Li Xiujing's voice, "The governor is back. Is Chang Le okay?"

Putting the bloody helmet aside. Li Xiujing gathered her clothes and sat next to her, picked up the water bag and drank from it.

"Tubo sent 4,000 men to sneak attack Chang Le this morning with the intention of persuading Jia Shishun to surrender. But he refused on the grounds that he had received favor from the court and could fight to the death to resist the invaders, but he could not betray the favor and surrender to the thieves." Li Xiujing's voice was muffled, "Reckless" Bu Zhi became angry and ordered an attack on the city. Although they were unsuccessful, we suffered a lot of losses."

He glanced at Li Xiujing, who was dressed in blood and dusty. Pei Jiaoran looked a little disgusted and moved to the side, "Don't you plan to go back and take a shower, the governor?"

Hearing this, Li Xiujing grinned and tugged on her sleeve, "You're not much better than me. You're almost rotten, aren't you?"

After hearing his words, Pei Jiaoran frowned. The originally fair face was also gray. Only a pair of peach blossom eyes are still as bright as autumn water.

After glancing at Pei Jiaoran, Li Xiujing pulled him up without saying a word. She also summoned a general to take her place and continue to guard the city wall.

Li Xiujing held her helmet in one hand and held Pei Jiaoran's arm in the other. After helping her onto the horse, he sat behind, wrapped his arms around her waist, and galloped towards the governor's mansion.

Taking Pei Jiaoran away from the patrolling guards, Li Xiujing pushed her into his room. He also called his maidservant to prepare water for bathing.

Standing by the screen and taking off his armor, Li Xiujing washed his face with water and saw that Pei Jiaoran was still staring at him. Turning around and going out, "I'm going to wash up in Feng Yuanxian's room. The maid will bring water later." When he reached the door, he stopped again, "Dugu Chen seems to be making moves, you should be more careful."

"Oh, okay." Pei Jiaoran replied intentionally or unintentionally.

Pei Jiaoran was not surprised that Dugu Chen would take action. Zhao Heng is already a useless chess piece. If he doesn't make other arrangements as soon as possible, it won't be so easy in the future. Likewise, she still felt that Dugu Chen would only attack Li Xiujing and then bring trouble to her.

Before the maid came, Pei Jiaoran simply took off his armor and put it aside. He untied his bun again, walked out slowly, stood under the verandah, and looked up at the sky.

The armor is not light, she has been wearing it for the past few days. My waist and back were aching from being pressed for a long time. Now that my armor is removed, my body feels much lighter.

"Mingfu." A scribe in white came from the corridor in the distance and stood a few steps away from her and bowed.

"Why are you here?" Pei Jiaoran frowned, with surprise in his eyes, "Shouldn't you be with him all the time?"

The white-clothed scribe looked respectful, "Master Lang doesn't trust you. I visited Duke Changli in Chang'an, and after learning about the situation here, I sent him down to Guazhou to have a look at the situation."

After hearing this, Pei Jiaoran looked slightly relaxed. Looking at the scribe in white, she smiled and said, "I'm fine. Sir, go back and tell him something. I've been involved in the situation since I traveled far away, and everything from now on is my business alone. Please don't worry about me. But If there is a chance in the future, I will go back to Jiangnan to have a look."

The scribe in white nodded, "I'll tell you. Is there anything else the Ming Palace has to explain?"

"No." Pei Jiaoran looked around, "Please ask him to find a house for me in Chang'an. It doesn't have to be too big."

Next year's exam results will come out, if there are no problems. Like her previous life, she would return to Chang'an, enter Taiwan Province, and then rise to great heights. But this time, she decided to buy a house in advance so that she would not have to worry about safety issues when she returned. She just wanted to use the blade in her hand to reach Jia Gonglu and the others.

The white-clothed scribe smiled and said, "Don't worry Mingfu, I will choose a good residence for you. In addition, Duke Changli Mingfu behaves in a somewhat flamboyant manner, which will not be beneficial to your career."

Pei Jiaoran frowned upon hearing this. Wuchang Li reminded her that some of the things she did in Guazhou had aroused the vigilance and dissatisfaction of some people. But now the center can no longer take care of her, and she needs to be careful. And one must prepare for the worst-case scenario.

In the eyes of some people in the center, her behavior was tantamount to rebellion and betrayal. But she doesn't plan to follow the same path for the rest of her life in this life.

There are so many roads, and there is no need for her to walk all the way to the end.

"Understood. I have my own sense of discretion. Duke Changli doesn't have to worry about me." After Pei Jiaoran finished speaking, he folded his sleeves and left.

Li Xiujing, who was not far away, looked at the scribe in white who was walking away, his eyes showing contemplation.

Are those members of Pei Jiaoran's family? Why have I never heard her mention it?