Lord of the House

(6,000-character chapter for a red ticket)

As early as the end of August and the beginning of September, the Yan generals Meng Anchan and Su Tingzhan led 30,000 cavalry, first along the east bank of the Han River, and entered Shicheng. There were more than 40,000 soldiers and horses gathered in Shicheng.

The She family abandoned Jiangzhou to cross the river and fled north. Although they got Hanjin, Hanjin was facing the river, and it confronted Jingnan Xiongcheng Jiangxia across the river. It was not a place to build a foundation. Except for leaving Yangxiong to guard Hanjin and Huangpi, Shewenzhuang had a long history. Before the fall, nearly 100,000 family craftsmen who crossed the river were moved north along the Han River to Shicheng.

Shicheng is located on the east bank of the Han River, at the western foot of Dahong Mountain, 200 miles away from Suizhou City in the northeast, 200 miles away from Xiangfan in the north, and 300 miles away from Hanjin and Huangpi in the south. Because the navy that Shejia had withdrawn from Jiangzhou controlled the entire Han River, while crossing the Han River from Shicheng, they plundered Changlin, Jingmen, Zhongyi and other places on the west bank to supplement the shortage of food and grass for Shejia crossing the river.

In July, Shewenzhuang also led Tianchang and Su Tingzhan from Shicheng to attack Xinye.

Shicheng is located in the center of Jingxiang area. It can be retreated from the Han River and Dahong Mountain. If you go south, you can help eastern Hubei, and if you cross the Han River in the west, you can attack Jingmen. After Ye Jiluorong took Nanyang, he also saw Shicheng. The location is wonderful. He wants to go south to support the Eastern Hubei defense line or flank the relay point of Jingmen. The location of Shicheng is much better than that of Suizhou.

It's just that Luo Xiancheng has no ambition, retreats to Suizhou, but has no enterprising spirit. For a long time, he regarded Dahongshan as the outer barrier of Suizhou, and the stone city outside Dahongshan has long been looted and burned, turning it into a remnant.

Shewenzhuang led more than 100,000 soldiers and civilians into Shicheng. The resources on hand were limited, and they only cleaned up Shicheng. The broken city wall was filled with wood fences. In August, two places collapsed due to heavy rain. Other places are better.

After Meng Anchan and Su Tingzhan arrived at Shicheng, they increased the number of soldiers and horses in Shicheng to 40,000. In addition to transferring 10,000 soldiers and horses to Hanjin to increase the defense of Hanjin and Huangpi, the other soldiers and horses did not rush to replenish them. Edong.

The line of defense is about the depths and depths.

If all the troops and horses are gathered in eastern Hubei, it will only make the food and forage of the defense line in eastern Hubei more tense, and further increase the pressure on the logistics.

Correspondingly, as long as there are elite soldiers and strong generals stationed in Shicheng, they can rush to support Huangpi and Hanjin in three or two days. As far as the defenders are concerned, as long as there are reinforcements behind them, they will have the confidence to defend the city.

By gathering more troops and horses in Shicheng, it is possible to cross the Han River and attack Jingmen in the west.

Before Tian Chang led his troops to attack Shiheyi in the north of Jingmen on September 12, Su Tingzhan was in Shicheng, and ordered his general Han Li to lead 5,000 elite troops to cross the Han River from Shicheng to attack Pengwanling on the west bank of the Han River, and cooperate with Tian Changbei attacked Jingmen.

Pengwanling is the remnant of Jingshan Mountain in Jingmen. The intermittent mountains reach the west bank of the Han River, so that the Han River flows through the north of Jingmen and has to change with the changes of the mountain. Although Pengwanling is not high, the ups and downs of hills and mountains are only 30 to 50 feet tall, but it forces the Han River to form a large bay with the character "Ji". It is also from Xiangyang to the south to Hanjin, and there are a few uplifts along the Han River for nearly a thousand miles. piece.

As early as when Luo Xiancheng and other rogues raided Jingxiang, the people on the front line of Pengwanling who were deeply affected by the dangers of the mountain topography, established a village to protect themselves, and the folk customs were also fierce and brave.

When the luxury family settled in Shicheng, Hu Wenmu also saw the topographical advantages of Pengwanling, and built more fortifications along Pengwanling, forming a joint village nearly 30 miles long from Chenjiajian in the north and Cuigongya in the south. The barrier of the east wing of the city.

Although Pengwanling and Shicheng stand across the river, the terrain is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Although the number of officers and soldiers stationed directly in Jingzhou is limited, the village soldiers spontaneously scattered among the villages, as many as 3,000 people. After the luxury family took possession of Shicheng and plundered the west bank of the Han River, they would bypass Pengwanling Lianzhai and plunder those villages in the north and south that were safe to defend.

At this time, it is necessary to attack Jingmen and open up the channel to directly attack Jingzhou from Xiangyang. Tian Chang leads his troops to attack the Shiheyi and other defenses on the northern periphery of Jingmen from the north. Shicheng can only and cannot be stingy with its troops. Bay Ridge!

In order for the army and horses to advance quickly, Ye Jiluorong issued a luxury city order in Xiangyang to spread to all parts of Jingxiang, saying: As pointed out by the soldiers, the city will not be surrendered for one day, and it will be trapped for one day after it is trapped, and it will not be surrendered for three days. If the above are killed, they will not come down for seven days, and will not be left alive.

She Feixiong, She Feihu, Zheng Mingjing and other generals were killed in battle one after another. Han Li was already one of the few remaining brave generals from the Eight Fujian Provinces. After he led his troops across the Han River, he first attacked Chen Jiajian.

Chenjiajian is located in the north of the Pengwan Mountains. It was originally a mountain top more than 30 feet high. The cottage was built in a mountain near the water. It was easy to defend and difficult to attack. Time took Chen Jiajian, but more than 300 casualties were paid.

In the Pengwanling Lianzhai, there are seven fortifications along the Hanshui River, and Chenjiajian is not the most dangerous one. If they are to be conquered one by one, most of the five thousand elites who follow Han Li to the west will be destroyed.

Although Ye Jiluorong said that one day would not be slaughtered, it took Han Li half a day to capture Chen Jiajian, but he still took the nearly 2,000 people in Chenjiajian Village, regardless of soldiers and people, men, women and children. They were all bound to the Xiawan river beach, which could be seen from the villages, and they were all slaughtered, and the water of the Han River was dyed red with blood.

In the face of **** slaughter, especially when the enemy soldiers are strong and difficult to resist, there are always very few who can bite their teeth and not yield.

On September 13th, Pengwanling and Lianzhai were all killed, and the flanking barrier of crossing the Han River from Shicheng to attack Jingzhou was easily cut. After Han Li fell into Pengwanling, he did not rush westward, and joined with Tian Chang to encircle Jingmen City. Instead, Li was instructed to go south along the Han River day and night, and with the cooperation of general Yao Lin, he surrendered at Pengwanling, and seized the long city more than 80 miles south of Shicheng. Forest.

Changlin belongs to Jingzhou, although it is not exactly on the way from Jingmen to Jingzhou, but it deviates by more than twenty miles. Occupying Changlin will be able to restrict the Jingmen defenders from retreating to the south, and it will also restrict the Jingzhou defenders from assisting Jingmen in the north.

In addition, the Han River flows south from Xiangyang, passing through Shicheng to Changlin, and the section of the river for hundreds of miles flows from north to south. Until Hanjin joins the Yangtze River. If Hanjin couldn't hold it, Changlin would go down to block the Hanshui except Hanjin, and resist the Huaidong water camp warships entering the best place to enter the Hanshui.

From Hanjin to Changlin, the Hanshui twists and turns for about 300 li. After receiving the news of the fall of Hanjin, it would take at least three days for the Huaidong Water Camp to go upstream, which was enough time for Changlin Shoubing to scuttle the boat and block the Han River.

And attacking Changlin can prevent Changlin defenders from destroying the city to burn food and avoid entering Jingzhou——

Han Li seized Changlin, and Tian Chang led his troops to cut off the fortresses outside Jingmen with **** means. On the 19th, they pushed the troops and horses to the foot of Jingmen City; at this time, Zhou Fan also led the main force of the newly attached army of 50,000 cavalry to pass by. He came to Jingmen from Shihe Station, and went south with Zhou Fan's troops. There were also 8,000 cavalry troops led by Yan general Pujiishi, who were also the first elite cavalry troops of Ye Jiluorong's headquarters to cross the Han River.

The outer fortifications of Jingmen were completely removed, and the guards were trapped in the lonely city. Zhou Fan deployed his troops and horses to besiege the city, while Pujiishi led his cavalry to bypass Jingmen and go straight to Jingzhou, attacking the two cities of Dangyang and Herong in the southwest of Jingmen.

In the northeast corner, Changlin City was occupied by the rebel general Han Li, and five thousand elites entered the north; in the northwest, there were eight thousand iron cavalrymen who drove straight in. Although Hu Wenmu had 30,000 water infantry troops in Jingzhou, he did not dare to go out of the city to help Jingmen.

Guard Chen Di had 5,000 guards in Jingmen, and moved the official family and small capital to Jingzhou; Hu Wenmu Ming said that he wanted the generals and soldiers to guard the city with peace of mind, but nothing more than to take the small family as a pledge to prevent the defenders from not fighting. and drop.

As the Huaidong Army nearly 100,000 troops and horses have been assembled near Huangzhou, the forward has entered the territory of Hanjin and Huangpi, and competes for control over the peripheral areas of Hanjin and Huangpi. The main force will come to the city at any time. Zhou Fan and Tian Chang are in Jingmen. There is no time to go to the step-by-step siege.

Borrowing soil to build a tunnel, forming a sloping passage, it is beneficial for the soldiers to enter the city head directly to fight with the guards, but the landfilling of the tunnel is a huge project. It was not an easy task to force Ding Zhuang, the min-fu, to fill the roots of the city wall with bags of soil in cloth bags, despite the arrow stones pouring down from the city. It took a lot of time and manpower.

There was no time to play the water mill, so Zhou Fan led his troops to the city of Jingmen. First, he sent people into the city to persuade them to surrender. Second, he drove the people captured from the four villages and eight miles to the city, filled the trenches and leveled the fortresses, and prepared for the attack on Jingmen. The third is to ask the Jiang generals from Nanzhang, Zhong Yi and other places to lead the soldiers to climb the cloud ladder to attack the city first. Let them see blood and kill people first, and then they will follow Beiyan to fight for wealth and honor, and it can also reduce the number of troops of the headquarters. The consumption of horses in **** siege battles...

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Although Lin Fu had already ordered Hu Wenmu to clear the area north of Jingzhou, Hu Wenmu has been hesitant. After Nanyang City was besieged, Liang Chengchong couldn't defend Nanyang, and there was no turning point. Hu Wenmu still failed to make up his mind. It was not until Nanyang fell that he made up his mind to clear the northern area of ​​Jingzhou.

Jingzhou has a very wide area, from Nanzhang and Zhongyi to the south to Jingmen, and then includes the southeastern triangle area of ​​Jingzhou to the west of the Yangtze River and the west of the Han River, and the Yiling Prefecture to the west of Jingzhou. The entire area has thirteen counties under its jurisdiction.

After the main force of Yanhu soldiers and horses crossed the Han River, the Jinghu Army was not strong enough. , to move the people of the thirteen counties to Jingzhou or the southern bank of the Yangtze River, and not leave Yanhu alone or a grain of food, one is that it cannot be done in time, and the other is that Hu Wenmu himself may not have such a great determination.

Completely fortifying the walls and clearing the wilderness requires sufficient determination in itself. Especially when the autumn season is entering, the fleeing people will become starving people. Even if they know that the Hu people are brutal and cruel, they still hope to harvest the grain into bags before fleeing.

For Hu Wenmu and his surrounding Jinghu civil and military officials and local lords, all the cities on the north bank except Jingzhou and Yiling will be burned down, and all the grain storage that cannot be taken away will be burned. Even if the war is finally won, Jing The lake will also be crippled. As for the millions of people who left their hometowns and returned to their homes after the war, the resettlement was not something that Jinghu could afford at that time.

After the fall of Nanyang, seeing the Huaidong Army resolutely landed in the eastern Hubei area, in Hu Wenmu's heart, he did not hope that the Huaidong Army could attract the main force of Yanhu and let Jingzhou escape.

When it was confirmed that Yan Hu's main force was crossing the Han River in Fancheng, Hu Wenmu realized that the battle of Jingzhou was a doom that he could not escape, and only then did he really make great efforts to clear the field.

It was just that the time left for Hu Wenmu became extremely urgent. He originally hoped that Jingmen would block and buy him more time. When he could no longer wait, he would consider withdrawing the guards of Jingmen.

Hu Wenmu did not expect that the Lianzhai on the first line of Pengwanling, the flank of Jingmen, would fall in just one or two days. The fall of the outer fortresses made Jingmen an isolated city, and the enemy troops entered on a large scale, and even copied Changlin, Dangyang, Herong and other cities in depth, completely cutting off Jingmen's retreat.

There were 5,000 guards at Jingmen, and tens of thousands of people who avoided entering the city, but because Hu Wenmu was hesitant about whether or not to guard Jingmen, the grain reserves left at Jingmen were very limited. Ignoring the civilians who came to the city to avoid the calamity of war, Jingmen saved some food, which might be enough for the defenders to eat for a month.

Having a month's supply of food does not mean that the defenders can hold on for a month. In the face of the **** massacre by Yanhu and the newly attached troops, the defenders thought more: If they don't surrender, they will run out of food after a month, and if they surrender again, the whole city will be slaughtered. The low morale of the generals and soldiers in Jingmen City can be seen from this. After all, no soldier can play the classic of the last stand.

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In the Spring and Autumn Period, Chu attacked the Ba Kingdom, and later to govern the Ba Kingdom, the Ba people moved to the eastern region of Hubei on a large scale to settle in the western foothills of Huaishan Mountain.

In addition, the Huaishan South Pulse Mountain is high and long, winding and stretching, the mountain shape is undulating and undulating, the terrain is dangerous and difficult to attack;

When the refugees in Jingxiang were in chaos, the people in eastern Hubei were the most violent. There were forty-eight villages in the southwestern foothills of Huaishan, known as the Forty-eight Villages of Qihuang. Later, along with Liu An'er and Luo Xiancheng, the seven great bandits, Gong Yucai and Chen Gui, who called himself the God of Darkness, were all born in the Forty-eight Villages of Qihuang.

However, after ten years of civil unrest and Luo Xiancheng's intention to make eastern Hubei a buffer zone on the periphery of Suizhou, Qihuang and other places were completely destroyed. Right now it can be said to be "a thousand miles without a rooster".

With Huangzhou as the base camp, the main force of the Huaidong Army extended to the northwest and protected the flanks from the land strongholds: Wuyun Village, Shima Village, Tazihe Village, Xiaoqi Village and other villages, which were actually broken in the original Qihuang Forty-eight Village After the site was re-cutting and set up camps.

Zhaohu Cottage is the front base camp for the attack on Huangpi.

Yu Wencheng first led his troops to enter the Zhaohu Mountain area, and competed with Sun Jichang, the enemy of Huangpi, for control of the periphery of Huangpi. With the resolute entry of Zhang Gou's troops in the later period, Sun Jichang was in a weak position in Huangpi and had to completely shrink to the city of Huangpi.

Ao Canghai was instructed to control the generals to attack Huangpi, and built the front base camp on Zhaohu Mountain.

Although the name is Zhaohu Mountain, it is actually a small mound with a height of more than ten feet and a distance of two miles a week. It is only five miles away from Huangpi City.

To the south of Zhaohu Mountain is Wufu Lake, the largest lake in Huangpi. The post road from Huangzhou to Huangpi passes between Wufu Lake and Zhaohu Mountain.

Although Wufu Lake is around 20 to 30 miles away, and Hunan is only ten miles away from the Yangtze River, the water at the mouth of the lake is filled with sand and silt from the Han River. The waterway entering Wufu Lake is extremely narrow and shallow, but it also ensures that there is a waterway from Laolongzui that can lead to the front base camp.

Since Zhaohu Mountain is very close to Huangpi City, Sun Jichang stands on the east tower of Huangpi City, and can clearly see the clear shape of the Huaidong Army Zhaohu Mountain Camp. To roughly estimate the strength of the Huaidong Army based on the number of battle flags, as of today, the strength of the Huaidong Army entering the Zhaohushan Camp is almost 40,000.

Sun Jichang scolded inwardly: There are only more than 80,000 infantrymen who can cross the river in Huaidong, and now half of them have gathered in front of Huangpi. Which turtle son said that Huangpi would not be the main attack direction of the Huaidong Army?

I scolded in my heart, Sun Jichang had 20,000 soldiers and horses of his direct line in his hands, and Luo Xiancheng sent another general, Ma Kuixiong, with 10,000 soldiers to come to aid, and let him control it. Thinking that there were 30,000 soldiers and horses in Huangpi City to guard for a month or two, he would never know. what is the problem.

In addition, Yang Xiong of Hanjin in the west has more than 30,000 troops, Zhongrong in the east and west Tiemen Mountain has more than 40,000 troops, and Meng Anchan and Su Tingzhan have more than 20,000 troops in Shicheng, but Prince Mu will also Sending 10,000 elite troops to Shicheng, even if Huaidong Army were to gather 80,000 soldiers under Huangpi City, they would definitely not be at ease to attack...

Now, Zhou Fan and Tian Chang have led their troops to encircle Jingmen. Han Li and Pu Jieshi have led their troops to bypass Jingmen to capture Changlin, Dangyang, and Herong in the north of Jingzhou. It took a month or two to finally capture Jingzhou. The main force of the horse can cross the Han River to the east for reinforcements. ,

Thinking that as long as he stays in Huangpi for a month or two, Sun Jichang is still confident - when the time comes, he can withstand the main attack of the Huaidong Army. In terms of merit, he will be better than Yang Xiong, Zhong Rong and others. many.

"General, do you think the Huaidong cavalry seems to be heading north to Changxuan Ridge when they leave the camp?" General Ji Shiben saw that a cavalry of the Huaidong Army was leaving the camp. Instead of heading straight for this city, the one to the north of Huangpi It was very strange to go to Changxuanling.

"No, they are going to cut off our food supply. The general will send troops out!" Sun Jichang's staff Huang Quanxue is an old scholar with a sharp face and monkey cheeks. Plugged in in the direction of Changxuanling in the northwest, and subconsciously thought of the problem of food supply.

"Damn it!" Ji Shiben couldn't get used to Huang Quan's lack of knowledge and skill, so he pretended to be a strategist to calculate there, and said ruthlessly, "Huangpi's grain storage is enough for three months, and Hanjin's grain is enough for three months. Relying on Shicheng to be transported from the Han River. Even if the two thousand cavalrymen in Huaidong were let in, they would still be able to stop the Han River from flowing? If they wanted to rob food by land, they could only go far north of Nanyang. To transport grain from the city to Nanyang, we have to travel by land. Hey, it can take eight or nine hundred miles. I don’t know if they dare to go there? I think the Huaidong cavalry is feigning. , let them entangle outside the city, and then the main force of the Huaidong Army will attack! At the moment, we don't care about anything else, as long as we defend Huangpi City, it is serious. Even if the 108,000 Huaidong Army bypasses Huangpi City , we also turn a blind eye, let them go, there are soldiers and horses on the Shicheng side to intercept!"

If Sun Jichang stayed close to Huangpi City, the Huaidong Army could directly bypass Huangpi City and attack Shicheng. After all, time was short and supplies were scarce, so there was no way to build enough blockades around Huangpi City. But that's fine, Sun Sun Jichang has enough excuses to concentrate all the troops and horses in the defense of Huangpi City.

When Beiyan entered the Central Plains, it was tearing apart the Datong line of defense, but it was difficult for Datong to attack the big city for a while, so they chose to bypass Datong directly and enter Jinbei, Yanji and other places.

However, Sun Jichang did not believe that the Huaidong Army would be so bold, and would bypass Huangpi City and go directly into the hinterland of Jingxiang alone.

It's not that Sun Jichang thought that the Yanbei cavalry must be stronger than the Huaidong Army, the key was the supply of food and grass.

At that time, the tribes of Yandong broke through the side wall and entered the Jinzhong and Yanji. In the hinterland of Jinzhong and Yanji, they could obtain sufficient supplies by casually capturing a city. Furthermore, most of the troops and horses of Yandong's troops were cavalry, with a wide range of activities and rapid movements, and they would not easily entangle the troops and horses of the Yue Dynasty in Yanjing at that time.

The main force of the Huaidong Infantry Battalion wanted to bypass Huangpi City and go directly to the hinterland of Jingxiang. Naturally, they could not carry a large amount of luggage. If they could not quickly capture Shicheng, Suizhou and other big cities, it would be difficult to obtain supplies in the dilapidated hinterland of Jingxiang. The Huaidong Army entered the hinterland of Jingxiang mainly with infantry, moving slowly, and easily entangled in the cavalry in Shicheng.

Therefore, Ye Jiluorong and others even thought that even if the Huaidong Army conquered Huangpi City, Lin Fu would not be able to send the main force of the battalion to go deep alone.

Sun Jichang agreed with the general Ji Shiben's judgment, and also believed that this was a feint of the Huaidong Army to lure the enemy. He naturally had a reason to be immobile in Huangpi City.

After dark, Sun Jichang was eating in the city's courtyard, and Ji Shiben, who was in charge of the city's lodging and lodging, suddenly sent someone to invite him over.

Sun Jichang only acted as the Huaidong Army advancing under the city at night. He changed his armor and ran to the city tower. He didn't see the Huaidong Army attacking. He looked towards Zhaohu Mountain. Under the moonlight, a convoy left the camp and headed towards Changxuanling. Going away, the two trains stretched out for three or four miles long, and there were three thousand soldiers guarding the flanks of the convoy...

"What is the Huaidong Army going to do?" Sun Jichang asked Ji Shiben in confusion.

"The reconnaissance cavalry came back and told me that the two thousand Huaidong cavalry that went to Changxuanling in the afternoon stopped at the west foot of Changxuanling. If the Huaidong convoy and the infantry also go there, it is likely to be at ours. Build fortifications on the flanks and completely block Huangpi on the inside!" Ji Shiben said.

"Bound but not surrounded?" Sun Jichang was even more puzzled. If the Huaidong Army wanted to surround Huangpi City, it was enough to build a fortress on Zhaohu Mountain. Next, they would push their troops and horses under Huangpi City, dig trenches and build walls, and then they would be able to completely seal the defenders in Huangpi City. Hit Huangpi City. The same is true for the usual siege steps.

Now the Huaidong Army is building a front camp in Zhaohu Mountain, five miles away from Huangpi City, and suddenly bypasses Huangpi City~www.wuxiaspot.com~ and runs to the north of Huangpi City, which is fifteen or six miles long from Huangpi City. When Xuanling went to build a fort, Sun Jichang couldn't understand it. Even if the Huaidong Army wanted to completely block the passage of troops and horses from Tiemen Mountain to help Huangpi, the fort should be built in the northeast direction of Zhaohu Mountain, not in Zhaohu Mountain. Northwest of the city, due north of Huangpi City...

"Will the Huaidong Army really want to bypass Huangpi and go directly to the hinterland of Jingxiang alone?" Ji Shiben was not confident at this time, and guessed, "Lin Fu is the only way to use a plan to hide from ghosts and ghosts. It makes sense. In this way, the Huaidong Army will not have to waste too many troops to surround Huangpi City, and can establish a supply base in the north of Huangpi City..."

Huang Quanxue said: "What should we do, should we send troops out of the city and tell the Huaidong Army to build a stronghold in Changxuanling?"

"Fuck!" Sun Jichang shook his head and said, "We are only responsible for guarding Huangpi, and we will send a quick ride to Shicheng to announce that if the Huaidong Army wants to penetrate the isolated city into the hinterland of Jingxiang to relieve the siege of Jingzhou, it must pass through Shicheng. Just leave these things to Meng Anchan and Su Tingzhan and they will have a headache..." It would be better if someone else could do the work of the death penalty. The Huaidong Army was determined to go deep alone, and what the soldiers pointed at would be extremely sharp. , to intercept it, Meng Anchan and Su Tingzhan who are guarding Shicheng should also be in charge. Well, it's okay for them to chase after the Huaidong Army and take a little advantage.

In the middle of the night, the scouts found the news that more than 100 infantrymen in Huaidong were flanked by more than 100 trucks. It was indeed to meet the cavalry at the west foot of Changxuanling Mountain in the afternoon. The trucks stopped there to unload a large amount of materials. Signs of the stronghold.

After Sun Jichang sent a letter and cavalry to Shicheng to report the news, he couldn't sleep on the bed for an hour, so he woke up the guards: "Huaidong soldiers and horses are coming down the city, it seems that they are going to attack the city..." My QT room is open! More vulgar official QT room number [9167] Click to enter