Dianxia Qingcheng

Qi Changyi secretly swallowed, glanced at Zhao Litang and Yue Nu who were facing each other, and asked in a low voice, "But don't you want to eat? This is yours."

Pei Zheng whispered, "What's mine is yours."

Then he naturally put the chopsticks into Qi Changyi's hand.

Qi Changyi couldn't stand the temptation of the scent, "Then, then I'll eat it"

He also ate up Pei Zheng's bowl of noodles, his mouth was greasy and his stomach was round.

After several people finished eating, they walked out of the small noodle shop.

Zhao Litang said, "Alright, it's getting late, we should go back."

Qi Changyi was full and satisfied, and nodded obediently, "Okay."

A few people were about to leave, but there was a commotion not far away, and a few children ran around while screaming.

One of the children seemed to have been frightened, and rushed straight towards the direction of several people.

Pei Zheng quickly pulled Qi Changyi away to prevent him from being hit by the child, and put his hands on his waist to prevent him from falling.

Seeing that Qi Changyi was fine, Zhao Litang grabbed the kid who was running around.

"Child, what happened over there? What are you running for?"

The child stared blankly, and murmured, "Killed, killed, many people died, run, run!"

After speaking, he desperately broke free from the shackles and ran away.

Zhao Litang and Pei Zheng looked at each other, both of them looked serious.

"Go back first, I'll go and have a look."

Pei Zheng nodded, "Be careful."

Then Zhao Litang walked towards the place where the crowd poured out, while Pei Zheng and others went back to the barracks first.

Along the way, people can be seen packing up their things and fleeing. They rushed to the gate of the city with their valuable belongings, wanting to leave this border town and go to a city farther away from foreigners and barbarians.

Qi Changyi was still worried about Zhao Litang, fearing that something would happen if he went alone.

After returning to the barracks, Wu Quan happened to be leading a group of well-equipped soldiers, ready to rush to the place where the incident happened. When he saw Pei Zheng and Qi Changyi, he just had a quick meeting.

When Chengfeng saw Pei Zheng and the others, he went up to meet them and reported what happened.

It turned out that a few barbarian assassins suddenly appeared in the town just now, killed many innocent people in the town, created panic, and then disappeared.

According to the latest information, the barbarian army has already been dispatched, and it is unknown when it will cross the desert and reach the border of the foreign race. Once the foreign race loses its hold, it will immediately endanger the border of the Celestial Dynasty.

It's no wonder that the people in the town are so scared when they see the barbarian assassins. It's not like they haven't seen the power of the barbarian soldiers. When the two countries fought fiercely before, the cities at the junction were all bloody.

Zhao Litang's guarding here gave the people in the frontier a great sense of security, but now that the war is imminent, this sense of security is almost gone.

"Send down the order to lift the city gate ban and evacuate the people of the city as soon as possible. Which city is the closest to here?"

Chengfeng replied, "It's Anli City, under the jurisdiction of Lord Li Wu."

Pei Zhengdao, "Send a letter to Li Wu, in my name, asking him to open the gate of Anli City and receive refugees."

"Yes!"

Chengfeng led the order to retreat.

Pei Zheng took Qi Changyi back to his camp, and when there were only two people around, Pei Zheng relaxed a little.

"Is there going to be a war here?" Qi Changyi asked suddenly.

Pei Zheng pulled him to the edge of the bed and sat down, bending down to look into his eyes.

"Do you know what war means?"

Qi Changyi nodded solemnly, "I know, but many people will die and a lot of blood will be shed."

Pei Zheng stroked his hair, "War will protect many, many people and save them from bleeding."

Qi Changyi was a little confused.

Pei Zheng continued, "Those soldiers who went to the battlefield were protecting their most precious people. If they bleed more, their lovers can bleed less."

He gently stroked Qi Changyi's cheek with his fingers.

"And you, I hope you don't shed any blood."

Qi Changyi blinked his eyes, and there were tears in his eyes.

"how about you"

Pei Zheng smiled, "Worried about me?"

Qi Changyi pursed his mouth and nodded, he was so worried.

"You mustn't bleed, not at all"

The voice was soft and waxy, but extremely firm.

Pei Zheng withdrew his fingers, and without answering, he hugged the little man into his arms.

It was not until evening that Zhao Litang and others came back.

After exhausting all their efforts, they finally managed to catch those barbarian assassins. Unfortunately, they all committed suicide by biting their tongues ahead of time, so they couldn't be caught alive.

Everyone in the army became more tense, and the atmosphere in the barracks suddenly became very dignified.

A spy came to report that the barbarian army was very close to the border of the foreign race, and that it might arrive at the border of the foreign race tomorrow night.

Although there are some Celestial soldiers stationed in the borders of foreign nations, the number is too small to resist tens of thousands of elite barbarian soldiers.

Almost all the people in the city were able to run away. There are also some elderly people who have lived in this small town all their lives.

The whole town almost became an empty city overnight.

Some people from other races also evacuated towards the heavenly court together.

Zhao Litang also urged Pei Zheng to go back to the imperial capital as soon as possible, asking him to take Qi Changyi with him, leave here, leave this dangerous place.

Pei Zheng and Zhao Litang stood side by side on the tower of this small town, looked at the alien city in the distance, and could faintly see the border of the alien. There was a desert, and there was a group of wild beasts staring at them in the desert. direction of invasion.

"What about you? Do you have any retreat?" Pei Zheng looked into the distance and asked lightly.

"Retire? The emperor gave me an order. There has never been such a word. If you die, you have to stand until the last moment. You can't retreat, and there is no way to retreat."

The red-tasseled cloak behind Zhao Litang was fluttering in the cold wind, "Besides, I am the invincible General Zhenyuan, and the enemy will only retreat if they see me."

"It's different this time, don't you know? The barbarians have been scrambling to fight against the Celestial Empire a few years ago, and now they have suppressed it for so many years. Their army has been trained like a wolf and a tiger. This time they are the instigator wars. And today's dynasty is devastated."

"Of course I know." Zhao Litang's eyes lit up, "But so what, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, I will stick to the battlefield until the end, until the end."

There was no one behind me. "

Pei Zheng couldn't help but glance sideways at the general next to him. He had to say that Pei Zheng had never had such a heroic spirit and the ambition to serve the country loyally.

To a certain extent, Pei Zheng has respect for Zhao Litang, and this respect is probably a bit more than that for the emperor.

"There is one more thing, please come to Mr. Pei, maybe this is the last time."

"Okay." In fact, Pei Zheng had already guessed what he was going to say, but he still listened patiently.

"Chang Yi, I have to hand it over to you again. Last time I handed him over to you, what did you do, I don't need to say more, but now, I can only trust you again, after all, I don't even know my own destiny." If you don’t grasp it well, how can you protect him again.”

Zhao Litang paused, "Pei Zheng, I actually envy you very much. You do whatever you want, you do what you want, you can follow your heart to make choices, and you have enough ability and ambition to control everything. I can't , I have worries, I have fetters, I have shackles that bind me, and what I carry on my back is the peace and tranquility of the entire celestial dynasty"

"That's why." Pei Zheng regained his composure, and his eyes moved to the distance again, "General Zhao, you must win the battle and be invincible. If you win the war, I wish you peace in the world."

Live freely in the world.

After returning to the barracks, it was almost noon, and the barbarian army would arrive at the foreign border tonight.

Jiang Yubai had already packed his things, and Qi Yirou had been placed in the carriage, and they all had to return to the imperial capital with Pei Zheng and Qi Changyi.

Zhao Litang also ordered someone to stuff Yuenu into the carriage, but Yuenu jumped off by himself regardless of his sprain. Not to mention his sprained ankle, he cried so much that he was unwilling to leave no matter what.

"General, I won't go, please, don't let me go, okay? I can go to the battlefield, and I can kill the enemy, as long as you don't let me go..."

Zhao Litang's face was livid, he stepped forward to pick up Yue Nu, and dragged him to a place where no one was behind the tent.

"What did you say earlier? Huh? You said you would go back to the General's Mansion honestly, but you lied to me?"

Yue Nu's tears kept falling, "General, I, I didn't know at that time, if I knew that there would be war, I wouldn't agree

want to go back"

Zhao Litang said coldly, "Stop crying, do you really think I don't know your identity?"

Yue Nu's body froze, "General, General, no, you are not what you think, listen to my explanation."

"I would never have thought that I would actually save a barbarian and keep him by my side. Now that the barbarian army is about to arrive, you will see your people. Are you reluctant to leave?"

Yue Nu cried and shook her head, her lips turned white from being bitten, but she didn't know how to explain Zhao Litang to be able to believe herself.

Although he has barbarian blood, he has no relationship with the barbarians at all. He was born in the barbarians, but grew up in the Celestial Dynasty. He has regarded himself as a Celestial Dynasty since he was a child.

Seeing him crying, Zhao Litang calmed down and said, "If you regard yourself as a person from the Celestial Dynasty, go back to the imperial capital now. If you want to be a barbarian, I will not stop you. Wait until the barbarian army arrives." , you go and join them."

After hearing this, Yue Nu burst into tears, and the crescent marks at the corners of her eyes turned red.

"I, I, I will go back to the general, and I will go back to the imperial capital."