Luoshui Dongliu

In the next few days, several groups of enemy troops also broke into the city from the southwestern sides with difficulty, the number ranging from more than a hundred to several hundred.But even though these people leaked into the city, the defense line around the city was never interrupted.This intermittent and sporadic team, once they entered the city, was like salt being thrown into a cauldron. If they wanted to retreat, they had no choice but to disperse everywhere, and they were unable to march towards the center of the city.The defenders relied on the neighbors and pavilions everywhere as bunkers, and the Xiyan army always ignored one thing and lost another.It is difficult to capture a certain place for fortification, but if it is on the open street, it is like a living target.

According to Yu Chiyuan's thinking, once it comes to this hand-to-hand street fighting, the energy in the city will be dissipated, but now, it doesn't look like a quick battle.He felt annoyed, when suddenly a guard came to report: "The supervising army is here."

After that day, Pei Yu coughed up blood and fell ill, and Yu Chiyuan never saw him again, only seeing Pei Yu's warrant two days ago.When Yu Chiyuan saw that it was Li Ji who delivered the letter that day, he guessed eighty-nine times;In fact, no matter how much he insisted on holding on to this order and refused to issue it, the serious announcement should arrive in a few days.It's just that I heard later that the team was blocked halfway by the flooding of Luoshui, which was exactly what Wei Chiyuan wanted.

At this time, Pei Yu came here, most likely because of the order.Yu Chiyuan knew that it was difficult to prevaricate, so he simply said: "Please." After Pei Yu came in, Yu Chiyuan looked carefully, only to feel that he seemed a little haggard, but when he looked again, he seemed to have nothing unusual.

Yu Chiyuan was feeling puzzled, Pei Yu had already sat upright, and asked: "The one Li Ji sent to the general the day before yesterday—"

Feeling guilty in Yu Chiyuan's heart, he couldn't help but said: "I've seen you." He blurted out and agreed, and Pei Yu was also taken aback.Yu Chiyuan coughed lightly and said, "It's just that this is a big matter, so I don't dare to spread it casually."

Pei Yu smiled, leaned half of his body slightly, and said slowly: "Whose idea is this, the general already knew it."

Yu Chiyuan said: "Why don't the supervising army just wait for the Grand Master's preaching?"

The two of them were self-evident about each other's thoughts, and they simply didn't hide it anymore.Pei Yu said: "The general hates Zhao Shen, but he should remember not to overstep his status."

Yu Chiyuan said with a sneer: "These few orders from the supervising army, aren't they overreaching their status?"

Pei Yu laughed and said: "The general is the one who will receive a big reward after returning to the court, but I intend to stay here for the funeral. Is the general still comparing with me?" Min Yu's elder brother still misses his younger brother very much."

This deliberate inattention sounded like a sharp threat to Yu Chiyuan's ears.It was true that the young general saved his life, but when Min Yu died, he couldn't get rid of his involvement.Yu Chiyuan sneered: "What does the supervisor mean?" But he was worried, if the Min family really heard something in the future, it would be difficult to get serious with him.

Pei Yu only said indifferently: "Maybe the general doesn't care about wasting time here. I heard that Xu Du has reported that Gao Yuan'an's side has not been quiet recently."

This remark made Wei Chiyuan shudder, judging from the battle situation in the past few days, it wouldn't be surprising if it took another half a month or a month to get stuck.It is not inappropriate for Xijing to change the old ministers for a new dynasty at any time, and it is not appropriate to stay abroad for a long time; and Xu Du is also ready to move, which is even more serious.Speaking of which is approaching winter, it is normal to not raise troops, but Gao Yuanan has always been deceitful, but it is difficult to say for sure.But looking back, if the surrender here is successful, all these hidden dangers will be out of the question.

Only to hear Pei Yu say again: "General Yuchi must prioritize."

Yu Chiyuan was silent for a long time, and suddenly raised his voice: "Send the order!"

At this moment, the defenders on the northern city suddenly saw a commotion a few miles away, and a cavalry team came treading water, and they had arrived at the city in a blink of an eye.The soldiers in the city took a closer look, but they saw that it was their own cavalry in uniform, and the leader was actually Yuangui.

The soldier was very surprised and hurriedly shouted: "General Yuan, what's going on?"

I saw that the number of cavalry in a group seemed to be a little less than when they left the city, and everyone was full of dust.At this time, a general rushed over, and seeing this situation, he felt bad; if he looked further away, he did not see the enemy chasing him.Although he was in a hurry, he didn't dare to open the city without authorization, he hurriedly said: "Don't worry, General Yuan, I'll go ask General Zhao to show me..."

Yuan Gui looked up at the city and was still out of breath. Before the general had finished speaking, he replied loudly: "I won't go into the city. You can just report to General Zhao to know. I can't do anything, so I wandered around for a few days. Unexpectedly, they couldn’t protrude from the surrounding area. The brothers made an agreement, so they simply retreated and started a guerrilla attack outside the city.”

The people in the city were dumbfounded when they heard it, and after a while the general came back to his senses.He knew the importance of this matter, and he couldn't teach Yuan Gui to wander around like this.Seeing the cavalry regroup slightly, as if they were about to go west, they were so anxious that they only shouted: "Wait, general!"

At this moment, there was a burst of shouting and chaos in the west behind him.The terrain in the west was the lowest, the floods spread, and the city wall was the most damaged; this was always the place where the Xiyan army pressed the city the hardest, and the soldiers were worn out and exhausted.

On the northwest side, a section of the city wall collapsed under the repeated impact of the car. Taking advantage of this opening, a group of Xiyan troops swarmed in, and the defenders on both sides were unable to encircle it.A few miles further inwards from this place, it faces Xiyang Gate diagonally, but after this group of people entered the city, they were in a hurry to find support, and never went in the direction of the city.The leader said: "We can always find our own people by following the loudest shouting."

They headed south, which was the direction of Dashi.

In the big city, fierce battles are still raging.In the past few days, this area changed hands several times, and the Xiyan army and the defenders competed with each other, neither of which was willing to back down.At this time, the defending army drove the enemy army out, and the soldiers immediately looked for a corner, and when the two of them were together, they put the crossbow stands on the spot, each facing outward.If the enemy advances further inward, they will be repeatedly shot by arrows and crossbows; but they can't find the source of the hidden arrows.

The battle situation in this room is at a stalemate, but the team that was rushing this way has also arrived.At this critical moment, Bei suddenly heard the sound of horseshoes. When the Xiyan army looked again, a cavalry had already rushed forward.

There were more than two hundred people in this team, the horseshoes kicked up the water and the water splashed everywhere, only the whistle sounded, and all the cavalrymen on the horses had already raised their weapons.

It turned out that Yuangui was about to leave just now, and the generals in the city saw a commotion in the city.In this moment of light and flint, his heart sank, and he shouted down the city: "The enemy army is rushing into the city from the west. General Yuan, don't leave. I will open the city. Come in and rescue the siege!" The door is very vigilant, let them in quickly."

He also made a quick decision, if it wasn't for this, if the two soldiers joined together, there would be a team of 800 people, such a large group, it would be difficult for the defenders to do anything about it, it would be a serious disaster.At this time, the cavalry rushed in, and with a few strokes, the hundreds of people were separated and dispersed.Normally, cavalry can fight against infantry five or six without any problem, but now even though Yuan Gui and his party are exhausted, they are still more than enough to deal with these hundreds of people.

Two or three miles south of Xiyang Gate is where the White Horse Temple is located.The monks in the temple had already heard the sound of fighting, and they were only separated by a courtyard wall. Some young monks turned pale for a moment, almost fainting from fright.

In the He Temple, the doors and windows of the temples and monks' rooms are all closed, as if this can avoid the catastrophe of this war.Only the monk accompanied the abbot to inspect the courtyard one after another. When he reached the last row of houses, the monk Fang let out a long sigh.

The presiding officer said: "Since the supervising army in the Xiyan army believes in Buddhism, it may be possible to preserve one or two of this place, but I don't know the people who are defending the army..." After a pause, he said, "From tomorrow onwards, the gate of the temple will not be locked, and those who want to come in to take refuge , they will all be taken in.”

The monk was shocked and said: "This is certainly a good deed, but if it is improper, if it attracts swordsmen..."

The abbot shook his head and sighed: "If the swords and soldiers really come here, who can that rotten wooden door bar stop? The Buddha said that there is no form, and everything in front of us is illusory."

After saying that and looking again, I have already reached the end of the courtyard.The monk looked at the house in front of him, and couldn't tell what it was like. He couldn't help thinking: "If it's not right...there is no one else who knows, but this... the monk who took him in that day was also kind-hearted. , but I don’t know that this good thought will catch fire and burn myself..." He looked at the abbot's thin white eyebrows like silver needles, and couldn't help sighing softly.

They talk from this side, thinking that the human voice only enters these four ears, but they don't know that Lu Youzhi in the room can also hear it clearly.What the monk didn't reveal in his sigh, he already understood it in his heart.

That day the abbot pointed out the connection between him and Pei Yu, and advised him to give up his life to become a monk.It's just that the abbot thinks that he can be safe by being outside the world, but he doesn't know that what is involved in this is the deep grievances and entanglements between several generations.He had carefully burned the letter that Zhao Shen handed over to him when Pei Yusha had something to do with it before, but the credible words seemed to be burned in his mind, and he couldn't get rid of it.With Pei Yu's disposition, since he saw his suspended animation, he definitely would not let it go lightly.Use him to persecute Zhao Shen, no matter whether it is to threaten him, or to expose Zhao Shen's false death and make Zhao Shen untrustworthy in the army, Pei Yu can do it all.His resoluteness when he set fire to disfigure his face that day was also because he thought of this level and didn't want to leave a way out.

But in fact, if he really said that there is no way out, the most decisive thing is the word "death"; but now, it is really difficult for him to make such a determination.

He is not afraid of death, just because of concern.

Lu Youzhi blinked slightly, and beside him were a few things he had just sorted out, which were covered with a hood.When he came out of Zhao Shen's camp, he didn't have any belongings, but fortunately the abbot gave him alms.Lu Youzhi sighed slightly, he had nothing to repay this kindness, and if he caused trouble for the ancient temple because of his status, he would be even more ashamed.

Fang Fang thought of Pei Yu, and his thoughts couldn't help but wander at this moment.In all fairness, he was not completely ignorant of his master's thoughts on him; however, what Pei Yu expected was for him to become his next self.

Looking back on this half of his life, Lu Youzhi couldn't help himself in the life and death of the previous twenty years, and this was what bothered him the most.He was afraid that his whole life would be entangled in current affairs and he could not help himself until one day, he didn't even know what he was going to do.It was precisely because of this that four years ago he insisted on coming to Los Angeles rather than offending Pei Yu—or rather, he insisted on leaving Xijing.At that time, even the Grand Master thought he was out for family feud, but Pei Yu's cold eyes seemed to see through his intentions.

However, even if you see through it, you still don't understand it.The husband angrily scolded him that day for being "foolish" - what he pursued with all his heart and soul was really too illusory.Perhaps, according to his disposition, if he is still a son of an aristocratic family who has nothing to do under the shadow of his grandfather at this time, he will travel freely in peacetime, decadent in troubled times, and be confused for the rest of his life; After a night of bloody fire, his life was completely messed up like his current appearance.

Lu Youzhi suddenly smiled. In this life, there are many people who are wronged. In this life, he has done many things that are incomprehensible in the eyes of others;So far, he has no regrets about the steps he took.

He pondered silently, unaware that it was getting late, and the sound of fighting outside had stopped at some point.Lu Youzhi walked slowly in front of the door, raised his hand and pushed the door, the late autumn night wind poured into the room head-on, carrying dust and blinding his eyes.It seems that someone chanted: "The three realms are illusory, but they are only made by one heart; karma has a share, and one heart is relied on..." Lu Youzhi opened his eyes and looked, but there was no one in the courtyard.

Zhao Shenmeng woke up from the mist, only to realize that he had dozed off by leaning on the crenel.When he opened his eyes, he saw Zhou Gan, and he couldn't help but said anxiously, "Why didn't you call me?"

Seeing that he woke up suddenly, Zhou Gan quickly lowered his head and blinked to cover up the sudden burst of tears, then handed the towel up and said, "General, just wipe it off."

During the day, this is the place where the west city was breached by the enemy.When Zhao Shen heard the sound and rushed over, he only brought more than a hundred people with him.But not to mention hundreds of people pouring into the city, the defense line has retreated nearly a mile.However, following his soldier's stroke, someone came to his senses and shouted loudly: "General Zhao will bring 500 people to respond!"

The Xiyan army was dumbfounded when they heard this, but the morale of the defenders was boosted. They not only blocked and cut off the way for the people behind to enter the city, but also charged in reverse to push the front line back to the city wall.

Although it was a fluke, Zhao Shendai inspected the damaged city wall, but he became more and more worried, so he decided to stay here.At that time, the defenders had many difficulties.The number of soldiers was reduced, the fortifications were damaged, and the food in the city was almost cut off. However, the morale of the soldiers was greatly boosted when they saw that the Lord General was here to fight the same arrows.One after another said: "If you go on business again here, the general will cut off my head."

Zhao Shen hadn't slept seriously for a few days, and at this moment his mind was still a little drowsy, he was pressing a handkerchief on his eye sockets and brows, when someone reported: "General Yuan is here."

Zhao Shen had already reported that the cavalry had failed to break through and returned to the city, when he heard Yuan Gui coming, he tore off the towel and threw it back to Zhou Qian, he only asked, "What's going on?"

Yuan Guiweng said: "I'm not up to anything... After leaving the city, I was ambushed many times. They surrounded each other in three directions, and couldn't get out at all..."

Zhao Shen said: "How could there be an ambush? But someone leaked the news?"

Yuan Gui said: "I don't know... I just feel that they are pressing every step of the way, but they are unwilling to fight decisively; it seems... just to force us back into the city."

Hearing this, Zhao Shen couldn't help but said anxiously: "You already feel this way, even if you don't know anything, you should know that you must not act according to the enemy's wishes before the battle."

He already has a death wish in his side, and the only thing he cares about is this cavalry.Originally thinking that Yuan Gui would lead them to break out of the encirclement safely, so that he would feel at ease, but after a few days of tossing around, this result turned out to be the end, how could he not be annoyed.But in the blink of an eye, he saw Yuan Gui's dejected expression. After several days of hard work, his beard was also tangled in one place; he sighed secretly, and finally calmed down and said: "I'm impatient." After a pause, he continued, "That's it , It’s also good to go back to the city.”

It's just that while he said this, he couldn't help wondering: the enemy army spent so much effort to force the cavalry back to the city, what is the reason for this?

The two of them were talking, when they suddenly heard someone shouting from outside the city: "Listen in the city—"

Everyone was puzzled, and secretly said: "What are you shouting at this time?"

He also heard a shout from outside: "Follow the general's order and inform the enemy general Zhao Shen: you are in a desperate situation, the general is damaged, the soldiers are exhausted, foreign aid is not available, and the breakout is unsuccessful; trapped in a small area, there is nothing to lose. Be a trapped beast fighting its ears. Bow your head to keep your people safe, but if you resist stubbornly, both left and right will die; whether the people can avoid being burnt or not is all up to you.”

The shouting voice was very loud, and it was clear in the city lately under the night sky.Zhao Shen listened coldly, but before he could speak, a soldier beside him said: "General, listen to what he is talking about. Let me shoot him back with arrows." Then shouted outside the city: "General Zhao, my supervisor has a few words for you!"

The author has something to say:

Uh... what Xiao Lu is looking for, in fact... is freedom