After Duan Mingchen led the Great Qi Heijia Army to retreat, King Mahata and Prince Toli quickly fled into Turpan City under the protection of Prince Talier.

Turpan City was originally the capital of Xichang State, with a population of 20. After being captured by the Wusun people, the original city walls were strengthened and troops were stationed to store food, making it an important military town.

After entering the city of Turpan, he was finally out of danger. King Mahata counted his men and horses, and there were only less than 6000 of the [-] men left, which can only be described as a disastrous defeat.

Recalling the thrills and embarrassment of this desperate flight, the black armored army was like maggots on the tarsus, chasing after him, King Mahata felt lingering fear, shame and resentment.

As soon as he entered the city, he ordered Toli to carefully interrogate the troops accompanying the army, trying to find out the traitor, but he found nothing, which aggravated his suspicion of Gu Huaiqing.

After all, King Mahata was old, and he was frightened and frightened on the way to escape. He caught the wind and cold, and even developed a high fever.Seeing that the king was seriously ill, Toli had no choice but to give up his plan to go back to the capital, and ordered to rest and recuperate in Turpan, and invited the imperial doctor to treat the king.

Gu Huaiqing was closely guarded and was not allowed to walk freely. However, because Tollite took care of him, although he did not have personal freedom, he was never treated harshly in terms of food, clothing, food and housing, and a professional doctor treated his leg injury.

Toli did not give up lobbying Gu Huaiqing to surrender. After all, his eyes could not be dragged any longer, but he had exhausted all the soft and hard methods. Gu Huaiqing just shook his head and refused to accept it.

However, soon, Gu Huaiqing found that the Wusun people didn't care about him anymore, because when the Wusun people woke up, they were shocked to find that a hundred thousand Qi troops appeared outside the city, and they surrounded Turpan City with water.

Only then did the Wusun people wake up like a dream. It turned out that the three thousand black armor troops led by Duan Mingchen were just the vanguard, followed by one hundred thousand elite soldiers, led by Old General Hou himself, and attacked aggressively.It seems that this time Daqi is serious!

Tahrir's garrison in Turpan, plus Toli's soldiers and horses, add up to only 3 people. Against Daqi's [-] elite soldiers, the outcome can be imagined.

King Mahata heard that he was besieged by the enemy, and his condition became a little bit worse, lying on the couch and unable to get up.Fortunately, his two sons, Toli and Tahrir, were quite capable. While urgently sending people for help, they organized the soldiers and civilians in the city to fight against the enemy, so they did not mess themselves up.

The city of Turpan was quite strong, and Toli and Tahrir personally commanded the resistance against the enemy, and the Daqi army could not take it down for a while.

******

Seven days later, the atmosphere in the military tents in Turpan City was very solemn.

The Qi army had been besieged for many days, and they continued to attack day by day. The defenders of Wusun resisted hard and suffered heavy casualties. If things go on like this, sooner or later Turpan City will be unable to hold on.

King Mahaduo of Wusun Kingdom had no choice but to hold on to his sickness, and summoned the two princes, Toli and Tahrir, to discuss how to fight against the enemy.

"Is there any news from the messenger sent out for help?" King Mahata asked Toli.

Toli shook his head sadly and said: "I send several groups of messengers every day. Unfortunately, most of them were caught by the enemy as soon as they left the city. Only a small number of people got out, but so far no news has been sent back. But I believe that the letter is very important. It will soon be passed on to the queen mother, reinforcements will always come, we must stick to it."

"However, just now, the Qi army said that if we don't leave the city and surrender, they will bombard us with red barbarian cannons." Tahrir said with a depressed face, "I saw their cannons on the city wall just now, a dozen cannons The words are lined up, it looks amazing, I am afraid our city walls can't resist it! The enemy is so strong, but the reinforcements are slow to come, what should we do?"

King Mohaduo closed his eyes, gasped a few times with difficulty, and suddenly asked, "Is the Great Qi Vanguard General Duan Mingchen?"

"Yes, although old man Hou is in command, Duan Mingchen is actually in charge of the front line. This guy has excellent martial arts skills, and he is especially hard-working in attacking the city!" Tahrir said with lingering fear.

King Mahata groaned, and asked Toli again: "How is Gu Huaiqing?"

Toli didn't know why he suddenly asked Gu Huaiqing, looked at the king strangely, and replied: "It's still the same, locked up, but he refuses to surrender."

Tahrir gritted his teeth and said: "The people of Qi deceived others too much and killed so many of our brothers! Since Gu Huaiqing refused to surrender and was determined to serve the country of Qi, why should brother Wang be polite to him? It's better to kill the sacrificial flag. Spit out at us!"

"Shut up!" King Mahata scolded, "Gu Huaiqing is of great use, otherwise why would the king keep him?"

Tahrir shut his mouth embarrassingly, and Toli asked, "What does the king mean..."

King Mahata said: "You said earlier that Gu Huaiqing and Duan Mingchen have an unusually intimate relationship, and, in recent days, spies from Qi State have sneaked in to try to rescue Gu Huaiqing?"

Tolly nodded and said, "That's true."

King Mahata smiled coldly: "My nephew is worthy of being Kanali's son. He is as attractive as his mother, and also has the same heart for outsiders. He is a disaster!"

At this time, suddenly a person rushed in from outside the tent in a panic, and said loudly: "It's not good, Your Majesty, just received the news that the reinforcements sent by the capital were attacked by the Qi army led by Hou Yukun on the way, and were killed." Stop it!"

"What!" King Mahata slammed the corner of the table, shaking with anger, Toli and Tahrir also looked ugly.

At this time, there were several loud noises outside, like thunder exploding on the ground, shaking the dust from the roof of the tent to fall down.

"Report!" Another soldier rushed in, "It's not good, the Qi army bombarded the city gate!"

King Mahata coughed violently, Toli hurriedly stepped forward to support him, and said, "Father, please slow down."

The king pushed Toli away, struggled to stand up, and said sharply: "Go out of the city to meet the enemy, fight with them!" Then he said to Toli: "Tie Gu Huaiqing to the city wall!"

******

Gu Huaiqing just took the medicine and lay down in a daze.

It has been 20 days since the horse thief was poisoned, and his eyesight has deteriorated severely.

Although Toli was controlled by drugs, it could only delay the onset of the attack, but could not eradicate the toxicity.Even in the daytime, the eyes seem to be covered with a layer of gray veil, which makes it difficult to see clearly, but at night, it is even worse, and it is impossible to see things two feet away.

Although he appeared calm and calm, it would be a lie to say that he was not afraid.The importance of eyes to a person is self-evident. If one is blind, one cannot live without it, but the joy of living will be reduced by half, making one no different from a disabled person.

He also tried to escape, but Toli was very strict with him. He was unfamiliar with the place and his eyes were not good, so he failed several times.

Now that the matter has come to this point, he can only pin his hopes on Duan Mingchen, hoping that they can break through the city as soon as possible and save himself from trouble.

The Qi army's offensive became stronger day by day. He heard the bang of the Hongyi cannon, and his heart was agitated, and he seemed to see the dawn of hope in front of him.

He thought of the tears that flashed in Duan Mingchen's eyes when he glanced far outside Turpan City, and couldn't help feeling warm in his heart.

He believed that Duan Mingchen would not give up on him, just like when Duan Mingchen was trapped on Wenxiang Island, he would desperately try to save Duan Mingchen regardless of his own safety.

Soon, he will be able to see Duan Mingchen, right?

However, Gu Huaiqing never expected that he would meet Duan Mingchen again under such circumstances.

******

Under the fierce fire from the Hongyi cannon, a corner of the city wall was blasted down.

The Wusun soldiers in white robes were fighting to the death with the Qi army, corpses were strewn about, and blood stained the city wall.

Just as the fierce battle was in full swing, a thin young man suddenly hung down from the city wall. He was tied up with ropes, his wrists were tied high above his head, and he was hung in mid-air, facing the dark gun muzzle of the Qi army.

Tahrir shouted angrily, "Duan Mingchen, look who this is?"

Duan Mingchen was commanding the soldiers to attack the city, when he suddenly heard the shouts from the enemy, turned his head, his face changed color.

The young man who was tied up and hung on the city wall was far away, and the young man lowered his head, but relying on his familiar feeling, he immediately recognized that it was his Huaiqing!

Duan Mingchen was furious in his heart, but he didn't show the slightest bit on his face. He said in a deep voice, "Talir, what do you want?"

Tahrir grinned and said: "Listen well, your friend is in our hands, if you want his life, you should retreat immediately, otherwise..."

Tahrir pulled out a sharp scimitar and slapped Gu Huaiqing's neck twice: "I will kill him to sacrifice the flag in front of you!"

Duan Mingchen's pupils contracted, he clenched the handle of the knife suddenly, the veins on the back of his hand were bulging, his body trembled, obviously extremely angry.

Luo Qin on the side looked worriedly at Duan Mingchen, then at the thin young man hanging on the city wall, and cursed angrily, "Damn it! These despicable and shameless bastards!"

The city wall was blown down, and the enemy army would be unable to resist, and they could break the city in sight, but at this juncture, the enemy made such a vicious move, which was clearly stabbing the elder brother's heart with a knife!

At this time, the old general Hou's vigorous voice sounded: "Don't promise him! Kun'er only temporarily blocked the Wusun people's reinforcements. If you can't break through the city today, you will miss the opportunity! We must not retreat, we must take it all at once. Don't let them breathe!"

"But..." Duan Mingchen glanced at Gu Huaiqing on the city wall, with a painful expression on his handsome face.

Old General Hou scolded angrily: "How can you have the benevolence of a woman when marching and fighting? Have you read all the military books in the stomach of a dog! Think about it, in order to win this city, we stormed for seven days and sacrificed How many brothers have you killed? If you can’t take it down, how can you be worthy of the dead brothers? Are you going to disregard the righteousness of the country because of your own personal interests!”

Old General Hou is worthy of being a famous general of a generation. He once created the myth of never being defeated in a hundred battles. Although he is over half a century old now, with gray beard and hair, his words are still powerful and cannot be refuted.

"In the past when Taizu raised an army, the enemy soldiers tied up his wife and children in an attempt to force him to surrender. However, Taizu was not threatened and ordered his wife and children to be shot. Finally, he unified the world and became the overlord of a generation."

"Mingchen, you should continue to stop, and you will suffer!"

Luo Qin hastily pleaded: "General, Gu Huaiqing is an important minister of Dongchang and a close friend of His Majesty. If he dies here, His Majesty will probably blame him!"

"The general is outside, and the king's life is not acceptable! Besides, for the sake of victory, it is only natural to sacrifice the small self and achieve the big self. Your majesty is a wise king, how can you blame us for this?"

Old General Hou asked his soldiers to take out his sun-shooting crossbow and handed it to Duan Mingchen, "Do you do it yourself, or do you want me to do it?"

Duan Mingchen was stiff all over, feeling that the hustle and bustle around him had quieted down, thousands of troops and horses were far away, and he could only hear his own heavy heartbeat, thump, thump, thump...

He slowly raised his head and looked at Gu Huaiqing on the tower. Although he was hundreds of feet away, the expectation in his eyes was so eager that he couldn't be mistaken.

He turned his head in pain, raised his right arm that seemed to be filled with lead, and firmly grasped the sun-shooting crossbow...

The location of the city tower was a hundred feet away from them, and even the Hongyi cannons couldn't reach it. Only a general with superior arm strength and a powerful bow could hit the target.

"Brother..." Luo Qin called out worriedly, he had never seen Duan Mingchen showing such a painful expression, he gritted his teeth, and the hand holding the bow was trembling slightly.

Old General Hou stared at Duan Mingchen with wide eyes, and shouted, "Let go!"

The Sun-shooting Crossbow is well-deserved of its reputation. When an arrow leaves the string, it is like a shooting star across the sky, and its castration is extremely fast.

******

Gu Huaiqing lowered his head and hung his arms high, hanging quietly on the tower.

Even in such an embarrassing posture, it did not damage his handsome face. The white robe on his body was fluttering in the wind, as if he was about to ascend to immortality in the next moment.

In order to prevent him from disturbing, Tahrir clicked on his acupuncture points, and he couldn't move or speak, like a lamb waiting to be slaughtered.

The wind whistled in his ears, and the scorching sun hit his face directly, making it hard for him to open his eyes.

He heard Tahrir's sinister smile, and Duan Mingchen's suppressed anger reply.

Now that life and death are out of his control, his mind is empty, and he suddenly wants to take a good look at his beloved.

He raised his head and tried to open his eyes wide, but the wind and sand were so strong and the sun was so strong that his tears gushed out uncontrollably.

But he still stubbornly opened his eyes wide. Amidst the tears, he vaguely saw the familiar figure in black armor slowly raising his bow and arrow...

Gu Huaiqing burst into laughter suddenly, tears fell from the corners of his eyes, like crystal pearls.

The sharp blade whizzed towards Gu Huaiqing's left chest with the chill of death, pierced through his body, and firmly nailed him to the city wall. The scarlet blood instantly stained the white robe.

The moment the arrow was inserted into his chest, he seemed to hear the sound of his bones breaking, but he didn't feel any pain, only a cold numbness...

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