Chiwuxing

Chapters [-], [-], and [-] - The preparations for the battle are still in full swing, and Li Ting sweeps the acupoints and is about to rest

The hotter the heat, the more intense the war.

The army led by Zongzheng and Fu Chen came to Fenying, from Xuanxing Pass in the north to Tongguan in the east, forming a series of half-moon streamlines to encircle the attack route in the northeast direction. Fu Xuan died, and then he could deal with the remaining barbarians.

"...If you want to disperse, you won't have enough power," Fu Chen said in a deep voice, refuting the general's suggestion, "The only weakness of our current offensive is the number of troops. If we divide our troops to the west, the journey will take time, not to mention. The encirclement on three sides will only become weaker. As long as the barbarians turn from defense to attack and take the initiative to kill us, we will not have time to gather troops to fight, and it will be easy for the barbarians to tear a breakthrough in the encirclement."

This statement is reasonable, but the generals recognized it, but they also became more worried, and one general said: "In this way, when Fu Xuan sees that something is wrong, he will definitely retreat back to the barbarian land, and we will have to chase after him to the barbarian's lair... ...Who knows what mechanism poison they will arrange over there..."

Sun Guang said in a deep voice: "Fu Xuan is arrogant, so he may not be willing to retreat like this. Since he came here with the intention of cutting land and occupying land, he will not give up until he achieves his goal."

Fan Xing scoffed, "No matter how much he refuses to give up, he won't fail to understand the truth of 'keep the green hills here, so you don't have to worry about having no firewood'? How can anyone risk their own life just because they covet the territory? Isn't that right? Crazy."

"You think Fu Xuan is not such a person?"

"Even if he is such a person, he will definitely do this?"

"The general said that attacking the mind is the best strategy for attacking..."

"Didn't the general say—"

"That's enough." The silent man sitting in the upper position finally interrupted his argument, glanced at the young man whose face became increasingly ugly, and said, "At a critical moment, you can't put heartfelt guesses over decisions."

"...The general has already thought of a good strategy to deal with it?"

Fu Chen also turned his ears to that side along with the crowd.

Zong Zhengxi lowered his eyes in silence, and shook his head after a long time.

In anxiety, Wei Xu hesitated for a moment, and said: "... General, there is a way at the end, I don't know if it should be done or not."

Zong Zhengxi looked at him, thought of something, but didn't reply.

Wei Xu bit the bullet and continued: "...It was the general who suggested it at the beginning. Two days ago, the general went to the upper reaches of the Jin River to inquire about it. When the summer flood season came, the water was likely to overflow. The dams built before It is also difficult to deal with. According to the terrain and route here, if we are willing to dig a embankment to divert water and make it flow back to Fenying West Road, it will just be able to block the barbarian's way to the barbarian land."

The generals around listened, sweating coldly in their hearts.Although this method sounds feasible, it touched Zong Zhengxi's taboo before, and Wei Xu was punished with a stick for it. Now he brought it up again, admiring his courage, but also slightly worried.

While everyone was silent, Fu Chen thought for a while, raised his head towards the man, and said:

"...This method is feasible."

Seeing that Zongzhengxi did not reply, he went on to add: "Before digging the embankment, you can inform the local people in the besieged city in advance, so that they can secretly avoid the water diversion line... If the embankment can be erected or broken, we can do it in the future." It’s okay to repair it, if the hidden danger of the barbarian army is left behind, the casualties will only increase, and it will only make the people fearful.”

Fu Chen understood why he hesitated, and stood up from behind his seat, looking up:

"Listen to me this time... If there is a mistake, I will be held accountable in the future."

The young man stood tall among the crowd, with a firm expression.

Others watched, only to feel that their confrontation with each other is self-evident.After all, the young man leads the army by himself, and his status is embarrassing. Although he used to have a sense of belonging, but now he is not like them and let men appoint him.

Wei Xu listened to these words, and immediately clasped his fists and added: "...the end will be taken care of together."

Zong Zhengxi looked equally solemn, and said: "It will take time to notify the people to avoid it, if it is too late, let Fu Xuan escape in advance, what should I do?"

"...One method is one method, there is better chance of winning than indifference." Fu Chen insisted.

The two refused to give in to each other until a crisp voice came out from the side:

"Leave this to me."

Everyone followed the prestige, and it was the young man who was cowering at the side who spoke.

Fu Zan swept through the generals for a week, paused on Fu Chen, and then said: "Anyway, the army is already approaching the city, if we can attack Fenying, the battle will be settled. I will go to the city to meet Fu Xuan, of course I can." Try to drag him to stay in the city. If you want to attack the city again, you don’t have to worry about keeping him.”

All the generals looked skeptical. After all, if these words were thought upside down, it would mean that Fu Zhan knew that the final battle was coming, so he returned to the barbarian ahead of time, told his biological father their plans, and then reminded him to retreat earlier. , Save your life.

After all, no one would think that there would be parents and children willing to help outsiders attack their own army.Even if Lien Chan hadn't found any clues in the past few months, no matter how deep the hatred is, he would not just want to put his father to death, which is chilling.

Before discussing whether it could be done, Fu Chen, who was standing upright, suddenly said:

"... I am anxious, take a step back first."

After finishing speaking, the young man turned around and retreated with stiff eyebrows, without casting a glance at others.

Zongzheng Xi narrowed his eyes and stared at his back without saying a word.

Someone below criticized it after paying out the account:

"...Why is this kid still so crazy? I thought he had changed a lot before."

"That's why you expect him to be accommodating. It's good enough to help us wholeheartedly, but you still want him to be a pawn just like before..."

"……Ugh."

Wei Xu turned around, glared at the man, his eyes were cold, and told the general to stop talking on the spot.

"What do you think?" Fu Yan knew who was making the decision, and looked directly at Zong Zhengxi, and said, "Or it's still the method I just said, I can pray for rain and water, and add three points to your perfusion strategy. .”

"Pray for rain?" Zong Zhengxi looked at him coldly.

Fu Zhan froze, probably knowing what the man was thinking.Six years ago, when the dike collapsed in Yandi due to the sudden rain, he was the one who tried the prayer for Fu Xuan, and he also later learned that the man's leg disease was the root cause of the war at that time.I've followed him in the same camp for a long time recently, and according to the man's careful observation, I'm afraid he has already deduced this point.

"... Exactly," Fu Yan nodded his head and said bluntly, "If you don't believe me, there are ways to not believe it."

Then, he added: "...I'm not threatening you."

The man Gu Jie curled his lips, and said coldly: "You still can't threaten."

After Fu Chen got out of the tent, he couldn't hold back the churning in his stomach anymore, and found a place in the outskirts under a tree to retch for a while.Then he crouched down, feeling the fine tingling pain spreading among the internal organs, like an ant bite.It was so unbearable that he couldn't stand upright, so he just bent his knees, half-kneeling and gasping for breath, his eyes were dark and blurry.

Frustrated, he clenched his fist and punched hard to the side. The pain from the bump between his fingers made him calm down a bit.

"……Hey."

Suddenly there was a voice behind him, and Fu Chen recognized that it was Fu Zan.While letting out a sigh of relief, he was shocked to the point that he was so blunt that even people couldn't detect it in front of him?

Slowly turn around and face the person coming up.

Fu Yan looked him up and down, his heart sank, and he stretched out his hand, "Let me see."

Fu Chen sat with his back against the root of the tree and stretched out his wrist.

Fu Yan tapped his pulse with two fingers, pursed his lips, and said for a long time: "...you are really capable of tossing. I didn't remind you, the seven phosphorous worms said that the seven-year lifespan is limited, but if the host destroys the mental strength by itself, only It will make the poison and you speed up the time of poisoning... When it dies, you will not be able to live."

The young man's face was pale and bloodless, but his expression was still calm: "...I have a sense of proportion."

"You have a sense of proportion!" Seeing his appearance, Fu Yan couldn't help scolding, "In the past few months, you have been involved in little battles? Others are not useless, and you are here to work hard for them , aren't you still thinking about Hu Di? If you don't last until then, I wonder if you will still be so stubborn..."

Fu Chen stared into the distance, and then said: "...You guys have so many strange spells, there must be some way to extend your life."

"There are, but they are all temporary." Fu Zhan said.

"... Then I'll have to thank you."

Fu Zhan snorted coldly, and said: "I'm leaving tomorrow, and before I leave, I have to prepare a medicine drink for you, a guy who does not hesitate to die..."

Fu Chen raised his eyes: "He agrees to you going over?"

"It's you who are taking advantage, so it's your turn to have an opinion?" Fu Yan disdainfully said, "As for the rest of the people, you can trust or doubt them, and I don't care what they think. Anyway, Qiu Feng is the one who makes the decision. Seek him in doubt."

"Then be careful on the road," Fu Chen advised, "If there is an emergency, you can use the hawk to send a message, and we can respond at any time."

Fu Yan lowered his eyes, curled his lips and said with a sarcasm, "I went to see my biological father, and it was as if I was facing an enemy... You should take care of yourself."

Fu Chen was speechless, and Fu Yan went on to say: "I can sense your situation to a certain extent. That man is as sensitive as an eagle dog, so he must be able to perceive it too. I guess, Qiu Feng may not agree to you. Next, continue to fight. It’s a small thing for you to be brave, but it’s a big thing for you to delay the business... By the way, you flirted at the table just now, isn’t it time to get annoyed with him?”

Fu Chen smiled wryly: "What can I get angry with him..."

Fu Yanqi said: "When you turn your head around, you will show the faces of these generals. I think you have to put on a good posture. If you don't know... I would believe that you are going to lead them to rebel."

Fu Chen hadn't rested just now, and felt a little dizzy: "...what's the matter."

Fu Zan saw that he was not in good spirits, so he looked serious, and said again: "I have thought about something, and before I leave, I still have to say something."

"……What?"

"It's about Qiu Feng. I planned to tell him before, but he is a lonely person who doesn't listen to others and doesn't want me to talk about it." Fu Yan thought it was inappropriate to say it publicly, but according to Fu Chen's identity, he still had to confess. , no one can predict what will happen to him in the future, even if he has a supernatural spirit, he can't use it everywhere.Therefore, he leaned over to whisper something, and then turned back.

He looked at the young man's pupils dilated, and he couldn't believe it: "...this statement is true? How do you know?"

"There is no mistake in divination. I will not bully you with this matter. If there is a mistake, I will not forgive myself first." Fu Yan took a long breath, "Now you know about it, so don't worry about it." I am the only one struggling with the burden of suing or not, so you can figure it out."

Fu Chen's eyes were distracted, and he glanced at the caterpillar fungus on the ground: "...you said just now that he is as sharp as an eagle, so how do you know he didn't notice this."

"...I won't let it go." Fu Zhan felt a bit chilled by his words. No matter how meticulous a man is, he should not be able to think of this kind of relationship. After all, his old identity is in his heart. This kind of statement is too absurd.

"He knows that he is not the last emperor's son, maybe he can guess some clues," Fu Chen's gray hair drooped by his ears, "...but I won't tell him."

"...You decided so quickly?" Fu Yan raised his eyebrows.

"Yes," Fu Chen said, "Tell him, it will only become another weakness of his heart."

"But he has the right to know, so you deprive him of it?"

Fu Chen didn't bother to expose the young man's intention to shirk responsibility, so he just said coldly: "...just treat it as selfish, if there is punishment, just come and find me, I have nothing to fear."

With the broken pot smashed, he hung his head, thinking that he was really rotten at this moment... How long can he hide his appearance?

Fu Yan looked at him complicatedly, then got up, walked out, without looking back:

"I'm leaving at Mao tomorrow, and you come to me to get the medicine before I leave."

"...Thank you."

Saying goodbye to Fu Zhan the next day, he inevitably ran into Zong Zhengxi again.There was a commotion in the tent yesterday, Fu Chen didn't take the initiative to look for him, and went into the side tent to rest for a day, but he didn't hear any news.

"Come with me." Zong Zhengxi passed the crowd and said calmly to him.

The rest of the generals cast their eyes away, and Fu Chen followed him into the main tent.

The main tent is divided into two floors. In order to protect Fu Zhan from the private intrusion of Yan soldiers, a rear tent was specially set up for him to rest alone.At this time, the bed was tidied up, only the tin can was placed alone on the table beside the couch, which was very conspicuous.

Fu Chen followed into this unique back tent, even though he could see vaguely, he still caught sight of the agreed pot of medicine at a glance, secretly thinking that the kid didn't know how to hide it, it was so bright, anyone could take a look see.

Feeling very guilty, he took the initiative to take a few steps forward, covering the medicine jar with his body, and said with a smile: "...you won't be angry with me yesterday, will you?"

Of course, this small gesture couldn't escape Zong Zhengxi's eyes. The man smiled lightly and motioned him to sit on the couch:

"I will never be angry with you."

For some reason, Fu Chen felt that his smile was strange, or maybe it was caused by his guilty conscience, so he sat stiffly on the edge of the couch and did not dare to make a sound.

Zongzhengxi turned the chair and looked at the young man's straight body, he seemed to have the timidity of pretending to be a few years ago when he first entered the Chijia camp.It's obviously a poor disguise to cover up, and he doesn't even bother to expose it, but every time they meet, they make him look at each other, and it's hard to ignore it.Could it be that the fate between people is also determined by the number of days, which is completely unreasonable?

Feeling hot, he raised his hand casually.

Fu Chen shrank his neck to the side subconsciously, avoiding the man's hand slightly.

Zong Zhengxi sneered slightly in his heart, he had done even more daring things, so he felt so timid at this moment.It can be seen that there are ghosts in his heart, and he deliberately hides because he knows he has a guilty conscience.

After thinking about it, the expression on his face remained the same, but his tone was unavoidably more stern than usual:

"Look down."

Fu Chen had no choice but to lower his head, and the man's hand fell to his neck, and he pushed it down with some force.

The Adam's apple was suddenly warm and humid, and then there was a stinging pain from gnawing.

Fu Chen knew that although he was always smiling, he still cared about the past, so he felt a little guilty and blamed himself, relaxed his guard, and let him do whatever he wanted with peace of mind.

Zong Zhengxi also had a sense of proportion, he couldn't get what he wanted from the outside, so he had to taste it from the inside.Biting the depths of its teeth and throat, swallowing each other.

Fu Chen tried his best to hook his neck down so that he would not be tired from lifting his head up.The center of gravity on the front side was unstable, so she wanted to put her hand on the man's shoulder, but as soon as Fang raised her hand, the man reached out and grabbed it, and clasped it on the edge of the couch.

In the mist, find a trace of sanity.He secretly sighed that this man was so vigilant, he was on guard all the time, but when he was thinking blankly, he heard a slight sound, indistinct, like the crisp sound of clattering iron.

Suddenly feeling the heat covering the back of his hand disappear, Fu Chen's body froze, alarm bells rang out in his heart, he quickly raised his hand, and was about to prop it up.

He is also a martial artist, how could Fu Chen be Zong Zhengxi's opponent now.

There was a slight delay here, and there was only a crisp sound of "click", and the iron lock was settled.

Fu Chen looked down, and there was an iron lock ring on his right wrist, which fit perfectly.The other end of the chain is connected to a natural boulder the size of a child pressed down by the corner of the tent, weighing at least a few tens of kilograms.

Fu Chen gritted his teeth and panted lightly. He probably guessed some of his intentions. He was surprised, but he still asked knowingly:

"What does that mean?"

"... punish you."

Zong Zhengxi spoke in a low voice, his pair of deep eyes squinted, the temperature in the bottom of his eyes had not completely dropped, and the water was rippling.

"You said just now that you would never be angry with me," Fu Chen said, "...Why did you backtrack so quickly?"

"I won't be angry with you," Zong Zhengxi said as the heat in his eyes gradually cooled down, "but if you provoke me deliberately, I will punish you with actions—from now on, the next battle to wipe out the barbarian army will You don't get involved."

"...You!" Fu Chen knew that rhetorical questions were useless, so he turned around and said, "If you don't want me to participate, I will listen to you and just not participate in the war. Why lock me up and take advantage of everything."

Zong Zhengxi snorted coldly: "You told me the same thing last time, but you still secretly led the troops to attack the vanguard. When did my generals have been assigned by you? They are incompatible with each other, and they already have the ability to win people's hearts in the dark?... I am not patient enough, if you lie to me once, I will remember it. But the second time, don't think about it."

Fu Chen smiled, and said helplessly, "I didn't realize...you're still so small..."

Zongzheng Xi didn't smile much, he raised his thumb and wiped his lower lip, bringing blood to it:

"I found that you are now... more and more confident."

Fu Chen raised his wrist with strength, the iron chain sank, he could only pull a little height, turned his eyes and sighed:

"How can it compare to your 'heart like iron'..."

"You asked for it," Zong Zhengxi said coldly, his eyes couldn't help but glance at the medicine jar on the table, his heart became more and more cold, "it's not the last hour, you have to rely on these things to continue your life... If I No matter, who knows how far you can go. I can let you do whatever you want, but you can't touch the bottom line. "

Feeling that the man was really angry, Fu Chen was also ashamed, put one hand around his neck, and cautiously said: "I promise you, I won't participate in the battle, you can just unlock this lock. If not...you can wash and eat afterward." It's inconvenient, it shouldn't be, why don't you even give me food?"

"I'll serve you," Zong Zhengxi raised his eyebrows and said coldly, "Is the prince satisfied?"

His "Prince" was meant to be teasing, but seeing the young man's complexion darken because of it, he knew that he was thinking about He Xuyi who had not heard from him yet, and he felt a slip of the tongue, and he came up with more annoyance: "If you really miss your third uncle An Wei, you shouldn't indulge yourself like this."

The young man still buried his head in silence, Zong Zhengxi was helpless, and said in a soft voice: "...he will be born with dragon luck, and nothing will happen."

Fu Chen said in a low voice: "Although I'm not close to him, and I know he has suspicions and guards against me, but he is the only relative and elder left in this world. As long as I see him well, I feel guilty, and I will be happy." Lighten it up... Besides, when it was the most difficult time, he agreed to take me in, so that I barely survived in Hu Qiang until now... But now, I can't do anything for him, and I can't even find out his news..."

"It's the greatest comfort that you take good care of your body," Zong Zhengxi said in a cold tone, "It's a good thing that you didn't go to Zheshui with Chao Yaozong, and you dared to risk your life in front of me in the camp. If you are allowed to run far away in Jiangbei, who knows how you can ruin yourself..."

"I'm desperately trying to relieve your worries..."

"There are seven generals in Chiwuyi, and all of them have enlisted far more seniority than you. When will you be forced to join the army?"

"Take it as... I'm giving you a betrothal gift," Fu Chen said in a low voice, "Before I..., I will give you what you want."

"Whatever I want, I will get it myself," Zongzheng Xi said coldly, "It's enough for you to take good care of yourself... What are you thinking about all day long?"

"...I don't think it's real. I'm afraid that after waking up, I'll find that I'm still in the nameless mountain. All of this is just another nightmare I had," Fu Chen paused, then added, "...or it could be a dream .”

Zongzheng Xi hugged his narrow waist tightly, not knowing how to give him a real feeling.

It hurts, it hurts, it hurts.How can a dream be so absurd?

If you can wake up, you should have woken up when there were so many hurts and dark hatreds, so what are you waiting for?

"...Because of me?" Zong Zhengxi thought for a moment, then asked in a gentle voice.

Fu Chen nodded, his sharp chin resting on his shoulder.I wanted to say something out loud, but I swallowed it before I could speak, unable to open my mouth.

"If you do this, you will only misunderstand me. I did something wrong to make you feel uneasy about me."

"It's not your problem, it's my problem." Fu Chen said frankly, "If I'm forced to fight, I won't have any other thoughts, but if it makes me calm down and think about my own things... many things, let go No more."

Zong Zhengxi propped up the person in his arms, and smiled lightly: "You said so much, why don't you try to get me to open this iron lock for you?"

"...Is that okay?" Fu Chen also laughed and stared at him.

"There is no need to discuss it," Zong Zhengxi said forcefully, "Tell me what you want to do. Before you return, give me a few catties of meat on your body first."

Fu Chen smiled and bowed his head, no longer speaking.

Quiet in the tent, suddenly heard voices outside again, it seems that someone is arguing and arguing outside the tent, both of them noticed.

Zong Zhengxi leaned close to his ear and whispered: "...I'll decoct medicine for you in a while. Be quiet these days, you know?"

"I know, it's not enough for me to listen to you... Do you give me another choice?"

"One more word," the man gently pressed the scar on his left cheek, and said in a low voice, "I am yours, and what I do to you is my wish. I am not talking about business with you. Ask for repayment."

"……it is good."

Fu Chen lowered his head and listened to the sound of the wheels going away, turned around and threw himself on the couch, covering his head and neck with the quilt.

"What's the noise?"

Zong Zhengxi swiveled the chair out from the back tent, and looked at the noisy generals in front of the main table.

When everyone saw him coming out, they turned and stopped talking, and one of them hesitated and said: "General, I went to the scouts in Fenying and the subsequent cities to report today. There are some changes in the barbarian army."

"say clearly."

"The barbarian army used the former Yan Bing Yiwei and the people in the city as a shield, and ordered them to form a team to surround the outside of Zhucheng, and then their own army. Layers of defense, it seems that they are aware of us. We will continue to attack the city." The first general said angrily.

Zong Zhengxi sneered: "Fu Xuan still dares to use this kind of trick... However, this also shows that after the recent battles, he really has no bottom line, so he wants to tear off his mask desperately, and come to a dead end."

"... But how should we deal with it? We can't really follow his wishes, we can't advance or retreat."

"Why don't you wait for Fu Zhan and see if there is any turning point?"

"Don't move for now," Zongzheng Xi said coldly, "We stand still here, they will only be more anxious than us... As for the matter of taking civilians as prisoners, let's watch carefully and see what they do next. "

One general carefully speculated: "What if...they saw us not moving, and rushed to take the people in the city?"

Anyway, I no longer have any scruples about the future, so why bother to pretend to please me like before?

Everyone was in suspense, and Zong Zhengxi's face was gloomy. Obviously, this worst assumption could not be ruled out.

But the facts are often unsatisfactory, and they develop towards what people worry most about.

Only a few days later, news came that the barbarians had murdered the people of Jiuyan.

Obviously, they didn't intend to hide the news, and they dug graves in the outskirts of Fenying several miles away, which was very close to Chiwuying, so the provocation was self-evident.

Back then, when the Hulan tribe of the Hu tribe slaughtered the people of Jingzhou, the barbarian army still wanted to curry favor with the Yan people, strictly enforced military discipline, and acted in a hypocritical manner completely different from the barbaric Hu people. .At this time, it is straightforward to directly tear the skin open, Yixue, the century-old enmity between Yan and barbarians.Even if you don't know the outcome of the battle, it's a moment of pleasure.

Zong Zhengxi made a decisive decision, stopped waiting, made arrangements in the camp, and ordered to move forward.First, set up camp before dispatching troops, dig trenches and wade through ditches.At the same time, the troops surrounded the gates on both sides of Fenying, blocked the river crossing, and pointed directly at the palace ban.

For a time, there were hundreds of battalions outside Fenying.

Zongzhengxi boarded the Linyun chariot and watched the battle from a height of more than ten feet, overlooking the city of Lincheng.

I saw this old city with beautiful waters and mountains, but now the flags cover the fields, the dust billows into the sky, the sound of gongs and drums can be heard within a hundred miles, occasionally the sound of explosions fills the sky, and the flames are lingering.

Ant-like iron cavalry followers, or for a secret attack on the tunnel, they rushed into the city with their carts, shooting crossbows randomly, and the arrows rained down like rain.

Out of sight, how many wailing blood spilled, crying bitterly.Dissipate into the wind and float to a farther place.

The most sinful and evil in the world is nothing more than that.

The man slowly closed his eyes, the blood light turned and disappeared, and the height was extremely cold.

"Oh!"

There was another loud noise, billowing thick smoke into the sky, drowning out countless small moans and cries.

The craftsmanship of the old masters of Beijing and China's equipment has finally become effective at this critical moment of defeating the enemy and avenging their humiliation.

Master Pang, who was sleeping peacefully on the haystack thousands of miles away, suddenly had heart palpitations. He got up and walked around a few times, looking at the golden rice fields and the red sunset that could not be seen in the distance. , fell asleep again.

Sitting in the corner of the camp, Fu Chen, who was half sleepy and half awake, also heard the sudden movement from the city in the distance, and immediately woke up, with a movement in his heart, he stood up from the dark corner.

The barracks had been changed with the garrison, and Zongzhengxi was busy with military affairs, so he couldn't take care of him for a while, so he entrusted someone else to take care of it.

Fu Chen dragged his hand on the chain, walked slowly to the entrance of the tent, and called out to the pawn leaning there: "...Hey, wake up!"

The soldier was dozing off at first, but he woke up when he heard the sound, and hurried forward: "General...do you have any orders?"

"You go to the rear army and call Chao San, I have something to do with him."

"……Yes."

After nightfall, the two armies died down.

The barbarian army stationed in the outer city had just arrived for questioning, but they didn't expect this group of elite troops to surround Fenying so fast.But the barbarian Fu Xuan was still in the city, so they had no choice but to stay outside, deliver letters to the city, and wait for orders.

Tens of thousands of barbarian troops were defeated inside and outside the city. When Yi Cong approached the palace where Fu Xuan lived, he saw the last batch of barbarian troops defending the palace once again showed their trump card—the last batch of Yan people left in Fenying City.

Among those who survived were women, children, old and weak, beggars and prostitutes, babies in swaddling clothes, and widows whose husbands had just died.At this time, they were all standing there pinched by the barbarian army, restrained and unable to move.

Seeing such a scene again with his own eyes, the general who directly taught the troops in front finally ignored the timing and yelled at these barbarians as cowards. Solve by force.

But scolding is scolding, the barbarian army stood firm, and none of them dared to go forward and kill them to their heart's content.

A man from the barbarian army came out and told each other the conditions.Fu Xuan invited them to a banquet at noon the next day in the palace. As long as their general Qiu Feng was willing to enter the palace alone for a talk, the hostages could be released immediately.As for the follow-up, he avoided talking about it.

No matter how much the generals disagreed with this blatant trap, they had no choice but to withdraw the army and return to the camp temporarily, and sent the news to Zongzheng Xi.

"General, just confirmed the news, Sha Lihu has been beheaded by Fu Xuan's order, and now his head is hanging outside the city."

Zong Zhengxi didn't have much joy: "It's just as expected."

"Today, the barbarians are standing in front of us, and there is a special request... related to you."

Zongzheng Xi half-covered his eyes: "Say."

Several generals saw the scene at that time and were still indignant. At this time, they reported the night scene and the words of the barbarians in detail with half anger, and expressed their opposition.

"Go, why not go." Zong Zhengxi said flatly.

"General..."

Zong Zhengxi retorted: "When I went to the imperial capital, didn't He Xuyi let me go to the city alone to look for him at first?"

"How is this the same? After all, Huxuan has friendship with you, and you still have a little possibility of retreating at that time," the general stopped, "Fu Xuan has already beheaded his general at this time. At the end of the battle, after so many years of old enemies, if he wants you to go there, he will only have the heart of burning jade and stone, how can we let you go there alone."

"If I don't go, the last batch of Yan people in this city will be beheaded. Do you think we still owe less living debts?"

The generals wanted to stop him again, but Zong Zhengxi raised his hand to silence: "At that time, follow my instructions, and when I enter, first place those people in the outer city, and then lead the troops to fight. The barbarian army gathered inside and outside the palace is now It's less than [-], can't you just break in in time?"

The generals only said that they were in danger, but they could try to take advantage of the unpreparedness of the barbarian army to snatch the hostages.

"This risk is worth taking," Zong Zhengxi said calmly, "It just so happens that I also want to meet my old friend... Since Fu Xuan threatened me with this trick last time, I think, according to his wisdom, he should have guessed that I am Who is it?"

The generals could no longer persuade them, and only discussed the details of tomorrow's battle more solemnly.

As the night fell, it was so thick that the stars could not be seen, only the vast blackness, as if it was going to fall into the abyss, and the day would never be seen again.