The scorching sun shone on the gate of Ganyuan City. On the ladder, the sturdy Xiongnu soldiers were like a group of beasts just out of the cage, hanging by pieces of meat and desperately climbing up.

On the city wall, following the order of the owner of the building, the rolling wood cannon rocks slanted and rolled down, and many Xiongnu soldiers were caught off guard by the rolling wood and fell to the ground. However, soon there were batches of Hun soldiers climbing up with tense bodies and stepping on the ladder. His sweaty muscles glistened in the sun.

"Banzhu, there are not enough rolling logs!"

"Banzhu, some brothers can't hold on anymore!"

"Banzhu, will there be reinforcements?"

"If there is not enough rolling wood, we will use firewood. If the defenders are exhausted, we will call for young and strong to replace the defenders. In short, we must not let a Hu Kou come up!"

On the city wall, the owner with a beard and a vicissitudes of life frowned and swept over the tired guards, and encouraged him loudly in a hoarse voice: "The governor has sent a letter to the governor Xun for help. Brothers, hold on for two more days, and the governor Xun will decide." Soldiers will be sent to rescue."

This encouragement revived everyone's morale and continued to concentrate on defending the city. However, although the county soldiers tried their best to defend, the lack of troops and weapons made them feel very strenuous after all, and the more tired they were from the Vietnam War.

Finally, when the sun was setting, because of the negligent defense of a certain soldier, the first Hun soldier climbed up the city wall.

The Xiongnu soldiers who first climbed to the top of the city seemed to tear a hole in the defense line of the Wei army's county soldiers. Even though the owner of the building quickly gathered several county soldiers to kill the Huns, the defense after that was like broken glass and decaying flowers. The soldiers could no longer condense their previous will to fight against the enemy. On the contrary, the morale of the Xiongnu under the city was high, and they became more brave and fearless.

As the sun went down, more and more Xiongnu climbed up the city wall, forcing the guards to give up defending the city and take up weapons to fight them.

Seeing that the city gate could no longer be guarded, the owner of the building immediately sent someone back to inform the mansion to lead the people to evacuate, but just as he gave the order, he turned his head and met a pair of wolf-like stern and cold eyes.

The owner of the building was intimidated by these eyes, and at the moment of this pause, a sharp knife pierced his chest, and the bright red color suddenly blurred his vision.

"The master!"

Seeing this scene, the surrounding county soldiers were all red-eyed, no matter how they gritted their teeth recklessly and raised their knives to fight, they all lay down one by one under the sharp long knives of the Jie generals.

The blood soaked the city walls like splashed paint, and before they knew it, the city walls, which were originally full of shouts and fighting sounds, fell into a deathly silence.

After clearing the guards on the city wall, Xing Sang sent people to open the city gate to let the troops from outside the city enter, while he himself led the army to go to the government in the city.

Under the city wall, watching the city gate gradually open, Huyan Manman snorted softly: "This Jie man does have some skills."

He came this time as a military governor. Although Hu Yanyou gave Xing Sang [-] elite soldiers, he didn't trust him so much, so he was sent to supervise his actions.

Although there are many dislikes for this Jiehu, but the other party finally broke through the gate of the Dewu County City within the time given by Huyanyou, Huyan Manman will no longer pursue those grievances in the past, and when the city gate is fully opened, he will take him with him. People drove their horses swaggeringly into the city.

The sky had gradually darkened, the streets were quiet and desolate, Huyan Manman walked all the way towards the county mansion, only halfway through did he realize that there were no Wei people on the street, as if everyone was hiding at home.

He casually asked a group of soldiers who entered the city gate first, and he found out that Xing Sang had ordered his soldiers to occupy the city gate government as soon as possible after entering the city, but not to harm the people, nor to plunder their property.

Huyan Manman has no objection to this, and Huyanyou has also told them many times to capture the city, and if it is not necessary, do not hurt the people, but few people obey it.

Just think about the soldiers who live on the tip of the knife all day long. They have worked hard and won battles, so they naturally have to enjoy themselves. Therefore, every time they capture a city, the soldiers below will rob people, property, and rape women. , or driving the Wei people to serve as slaves, the upper-level generals seldom paid attention to it. Anyway, they didn't take money from their pockets, so they regarded it as rewarding their subordinates.

Huyan Manman himself is the same, but he didn't expect that Jiehu is very observant of the rules.

When we arrived at the county mansion, the forces within it had been completely changed. From the gate to the main hall, Huyan Manman saw the corpses of guards who fell to the ground along the way.

As he walked, he gave orders to his followers: "Clean up these corpses, the king will bring his concubine to live in tomorrow."

"promise."

Passing through the small courtyard is the back house of the county mansion. Huyan Manman was looking for a place to rest for a while, but as soon as he entered the main house, he happened to see Xing Sang snatch something from a man and put it in the cloth bag hanging from his waist.

When he realized that someone had entered the door, he carefully hid the cloth bag under his military uniform.

Seeing this scene, Huyan Manman thought that he had caught him, and said loudly on purpose: "I didn't expect that Xing Qianqi would not let his subordinates take people's property, but I got a lot of gold and silver treasures!"

Xing Sang's face was a little displeased when he heard this, like a young man who couldn't hold his breath. In order to prove his innocence, he immediately took out a wooden box from his cloth bag, opened it in front of the other party, and said, "Your Highness is thinking too much, I It's just a box of incense pills from him, it can't be called gold and silver treasures."

Huyan looked at the things in the box, and it was really round purple scented pills. He couldn't help wondering: "Why are you so precious with a few scented pills?"

"Too many people have been killed, which will inevitably affect rest. I have heard people mention this purple fragrance pill, saying that smelling its fragrance can help sleep." Xing Sang explained in a plain tone, and cherished it very much as he spoke. Confidently put the box away and put it back in the cloth bag.

Hearing that this substance can help sleep, Huyan Manman couldn't help thinking of Huyanyou who was suffering from insomnia.

Since the death of his third brother, it has become increasingly difficult for his father to fall asleep. No matter what medicine he takes or what method he uses to help him sleep, it has little effect. Father's state has obviously aged and declined a lot.

It is true that Huyan Manman sometimes thinks that if Huyanyou passes away at this time, as the prince, he can logically inherit the position of Da Shanyu, but deep down in his heart, after all, it is the respect and admiration for his father that prevails. Compared with power and family affection, he hoped that his father could live a long time until the day he came to the throne.

Therefore, when he heard Xing Sang's words, his first reaction was to ask: "Does this incense pill really help sleep?"

"Maybe," Xing Sang didn't answer in affirmative, "I haven't used it yet, I just heard about it."

Huyan Manman was anxious when he heard this, and suddenly remembered that Xing Sang's incense pill was taken from the man on the ground, so he looked down at the man.

This person was wearing an official uniform, with a pale and sickly face, as if frightened, he was looking at the two of them with a panicked expression. Judging by his attire, it was obvious that he was Guo Bai, the eunuch of this place.

Hu Yanmanman looked down at him and said, "The incense pills he took from you can help you sleep?"

Guo Bai glanced at the silent Jiehu, and stammered: "Yes, that's right, I entrusted someone to bring that incense pill from Hengchuan, and it can indeed be used as a sleep aid."

Hearing that it came from Hengchuan, Huyan Manman's first reaction was that it was used by those big families, and he believed more and more in what he said, then he turned his head and smiled at Xing Sang: "Xing Qianqi doesn't know something. , Da Shanyu is troubled by the pain of insomnia on a daily basis, and this king is also worried about it. I want to collect anything that is good for sleep and give it to my father to try. I can only ask Qianqi to give up that box of incense pills gone."

Although he had a smile on his face, the tone of his words was completely commanding, but Xing Sang didn't care, and directly handed him a box of incense pills and said, "Since it is what Da Shanyu needs, Your Highness just say That’s it, I’ll offer it with both hands.”

"Xing Qianqi is really interesting. For the sake of this thing, after I go back, I will speak a few words of kindness in front of your father for you."

After getting what he wanted, Huyan Manman immediately put away his smile, and before leaving, he glanced at the man on the ground and said, "You should deal with this person quickly, the Great Chanyu said that you should take this person with you." head to him."

After all, seeing Xing Sang holding a long knife and walking towards the shivering man who kept retreating, he turned and walked out the door rather bored.

Seeing that the blade was about to fall on him, Guo Bai tremblingly said: "You promise, as long as I cooperate, you won't kill me..."

The cold blade touched his neck, Guo Bai suddenly fell silent, thinking that he was doomed, but at this moment, Jie Hu in front of him suddenly squatted down and asked in a low voice: "Is it possible to pretend to be dead?"

Guo Bai was stunned for a moment, then nodded quickly.

Immediately, he felt that the blade on his neck turned into the back of a knife, slashing across his neck lightly and quickly.

The blood left on the knife was smeared on his neck, and the cold and viscous blood was slowly dripping down. Guo Bai closed his eyes knowingly, and lay motionless on the ground.

After a while, he felt that his hair crown was removed, his official uniform was also stripped off, and a wet cloth was wrapped around his body.

The civilian clothes had a strong smell of blood, which made him almost sick, but he still endured it, pretending to be an unconscious dead person in order to survive.

After a while, Guo Bai felt that he was put on a cart by some Xiongnu soldiers, pushed out of the city, and thrown in a damp place full of rust and sour smell.

From the beginning to the end, even though his body was overwhelmed by other people's corpses, he didn't dare to move at all.

It wasn't until there was no sound of people around him that he pushed away the male corpse pressing on him, opened his eyes, saw the vast starry sky at night, and burst into tears instantly.

And after being moved by the rest of his life after the catastrophe, what emerged in his heart was endless confusion and loneliness.

Guo Bai got up slowly, standing in the valley with his thin body, looking at the slope covered with bones in the distance, he was in a state of confusion for a moment.

Even if he survived by luck, he is already a dead person. Is there still a place for Guo Bairong in this world?

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"The Xiongnu broke through Dewu County?" Xun Ling stood up suddenly, frowning, "Why did the Huns suddenly attack Dewu County?"

No one could give an answer, so he strode up to the soldier who sent the letter and said, "Please tell me the details."

"No." The soldier nodded, and immediately reported clearly, "The Xiongnu delayed the Yongzhou army in Yijun with an army of [-], and secretly dispatched an elite cavalry to attack Dewu County. For defense, the Xiongnu took down several cities, and Ganyuan City was also broken after holding on for two days."

"Who is leading this cavalry?"

"I heard that he is a general from a karma."

"Jie people..." Xun Ling's expression froze slightly, and for some reason, he suddenly remembered the Jiehu whom he had met under Bu Jingyun in the past. At that time, he had praised him for being brave and good at fighting, but he hadn't seen him again since then.

It shouldn't be such a coincidence.

Xun Ling put aside his thoughts, thinking of the crisis in Yongzhou, he couldn't help but feel anxious, his heart was heavy like a huge stone.

"Huyanchao's death can't even make the Xiongnu army return to aid, and there is still room to go south. It seems that we have not been taken seriously." He sat back in his place and slowly clenched his fists, "In that case, I It hurt them to the bone."

After a moment of silence, a man with thin cheeks and protruding cheekbones suddenly said, "The captain wants to attack Xizhu County?"

"That's right." Xun Ling responded bluntly, and his eyes fell on the man, "In three days, I will lead an army to attack Xizhu, and you will stay here. If there is any news from Miryang or the general, please pass it on to me in time. .”

The skinny man, Meng Xiu, who was promoted to the head of the Captain's Mansion not long ago, replied calmly: "Don't worry, Captain, I will definitely take care of the rear affairs for the Captain."

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