It was dusk, and the evening breeze was blowing the banners on the city walls.

When the last ray of sunlight fell on the horizon, a caravan of more than a dozen people appeared in a hurry at the gate of the east city of Nanzhe City. Before they could enter the city, they were stopped by the city gate guards.

"The big household issued an announcement a month ago that caravans are not allowed to pass through Nanzhe City. Haven't you heard the news?" The head of the Xiongnu who was on guard today stepped forward, glanced over everyone's faces, and then fell behind. On the truck full of goods, doubts appeared in his eyes.

"Master, we are not an ordinary caravan," the leader of the caravan hurriedly opened a box, revealing the brilliant brocade inside, and explained, "This car is what King Zuoxian wanted, and it was specially shipped from Miryang. Brocade, as we all know, the goods in Miryang are not easy to grab. We waited for half a month for this batch of goods, which delayed our return trip. Please be considerate and let us go in quickly. If we go late, I am afraid that I will offend Zuo Xianwang blame."

The head of the Xiongnu looked at the tired face of the leader of the caravan, and then rummaged through the goods in the box. Seeing that there were indeed brocades and silks inside, he felt a little bit convinced.

Although the Great Chanyu had issued an order a long time ago to prohibit the trading of these luxury items with the Wei people, the luxurious clothes worn by the nobles have never stopped changing. The truth is, they who guard the city gate know best.

But now the situation is special, and the Wei people's caravan cannot be easily let through.

Shi Zhang was about to send someone back to ask King Zuo Xian for instructions. At this time, a well-dressed maid came out of the city gate with a few followers, pointed at the leader of the caravan and accused: "You can come here!" It was quite a while late, this batch of brocade was originally prepared by our wife as a birthday gift for His Highness, you have been delayed for so long, His Highness blamed it, can you bear it?"

The leader of the caravan quickly apologized, and gave the previous reasons: "It's not that we are not in a hurry, it's really the goods from Miryang, it's too difficult to wait..."

Ignoring his explanation, the maid walked to the car and inspected the brocade inside for a while, nodded in satisfaction, then closed the lid of the box and said, "Why don't you hurry up and send the goods in?"

"The money for this product?"

"Don't worry, you won't be missing, come get it with me."

The leader of the caravan responded again and again: "Okay."

The maid turned and entered the city, handed Na Shichang a small sachet before entering the city, and said softly with a smile on her face: "It's a waste of time for the city guard, a small gift is not a respect."

After all, he led the caravan into the city gate in a grand manner.

After Shi Chang received the sachet, he was also interrupted from inspecting it, and did not stop them from entering the city, so he turned his head and asked his subordinates: "Is that woman served by King Zuo Xian?"

"It should be the maidservant of the concubine Ji next to King Zuoxian."

Shi Chang nodded, held the sachet and put it on the tip of his nose to smell it. He didn't know what to think, and his face was full of spring.

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"My people have sent news that the cart of explosives has been successfully delivered to the city. Tonight they will look for opportunities to ambush around the various explosion points."

As soon as he received the news from the player's companion, Duan Yingxiong immediately came to the Zhongjun account to report the situation.

"Okay," Xun Ling looked away from the city defense map, raised his head and said, "General Duan, please gather the army as soon as possible. We will set off tonight and attack the city tomorrow morning."

"Okay! Kill his mother by surprise!" Duan Yingxiong clenched his fists in response.

·

The next morning, the bright morning sun shone on the promenade outside the house, and the bright and dazzling light was reflected on the newly painted window frames.

Huyan Manman was awakened by the sunlight shining on his eyelids through the bed curtain, and he heard a grim news just as he got up.

"Report to Your Highness, Xun Ling led an army of [-] to line up outside the gate of the east city, preparing to attack the city."

"Xun Rongyue, that treacherous and cunning boy, is finally here..." Hu Yan hummed contemptuously.

Since the peasant army from Lingzhou appeared near Nanzhe City more than a month ago, he expected that such a day would come sooner or later.

But neither he nor Lan Gujian had ever been afraid, just like they couldn't do anything to Xun Ling before, even if Xun Ling had [-] soldiers, he couldn't do anything to Nan Zhe, unless he wanted to fight a protracted war and surround Nan Zhe, Cut off the food road, but in this way, the first to die must be the people in the city.

Huyan Manman opened his arms, and the maid helped him put on his clothes, raised his eyebrows and asked, "Where is the big household?"

"The big household has brought people to defend the city gate."

"Well, step back, I'll go right away."

"promise."

When he was young, Huyan Manman put on a mighty armor, put on thick leather boots, picked up his weapon and before setting off, he turned his head to look at the bed as if feeling something.

Through a thin layer of veil, he saw his concubine sitting on the couch silently staring at him.

After a pause, Huyan walked back to the bed, pulled open the veil, leaned over and kissed the woman's worried face, and said in a low voice, "Don't worry, I'll come as soon as I go."

Yin Yunying raised her hand to caress his cheek, her eyes were full of affection, and she softly warned: "Your Highness, be careful, be careful of knives and guns, and be careful of arrows."

"Ah."

Pressing the woman's shoulder, looking at each other for a while, Huyan Manman finally straightened up, turned and left the room.

And when the man's tall figure completely disappeared at the door, the worried look on Yin Yunying's face gradually receded, and then he got up and got out of bed unhurriedly, sat in front of the mirror to put on makeup, and said to the maid Qiuxi, "Find me a suit." The brightest clothes should not be heavy, but soft and fluffy, and the skirts can bloom when they are spun."

Qiu Xi didn't know why Madam made such a request, but she didn't have the right to ask, so she immediately nodded and carried it out.

Yin Yunying picked up the eyebrow pencil to trace her eyebrows, halfway through, she suddenly stopped, and said in a low voice: "There will be a big commotion in the city later, and taking advantage of the chaos, you and Chun Ying should pack up and leave here. "

Qiu Xi thought he was referring to the Wei army attacking the city, so she turned her head and asked, "What does madam want to do?"

Yin Yunying leaned closer to the mirror, drew her eyebrows, and said, "After today, Nanzhe City will return to Yongzhou and General Xun's hands, and you can all return to the peaceful life in the past."

The servant girl realized what she meant, and quickly knelt down and bowed her head and said: "Qiuxi's life was saved by Madam, Qiuxi is willing to leave this place with Madam and continue to work for Madam."

"If you listen to me, do as I tell you."

"Ma'am," the servant girl raised her face, and tears rolled down her cheeks, "Qiuxi's father and brother have died on the battlefield, and Qiuxi has no relatives in Nanzhe. Without Madam, Qiuxi really doesn't know what to do ..."

Seeing the little girl crying with red eyes, Yin Yunying couldn't bear it after all, and sighed, "Forget it, if you really have nowhere to go, you can wait for me outside the west city gate tomorrow, but let me talk to you first. Follow me, from now on you will take the whole world as your home, and there will be no more peaceful days."

Qiu Xi responded without thinking: "I am willing to follow Madam, thank you Madam for your mercy."

"Okay, get up quickly."

"promise."

Wiping away her tears, Qiuxi stood up and was about to continue working when suddenly a loud noise came from her ear.

The bang seemed to come from a distant place, but it was very powerful, and the incoming wind shook the doors and windows of the house.

Qiu Xi opened her eyes wide: "Ma'am, did the ground move?"

"Don't worry, it's not an earthquake, don't panic, it won't endanger this place." Yin Yunying calmly comforted.

As soon as his words fell, there were several explosions in succession. The latest one seemed to happen near the mansion, shaking the whole house violently.

For a moment, there were screams outside the door, and the sound of panicked and running footsteps everywhere, and a dangerous atmosphere spread in through the cracks in the windows and doors.

It seemed like a long time, and it seemed like only a short while, that the frightening loud noise finally stopped.

Qiuxi's lingering fear still persisted, and when she turned her head to see Yin Yunying still putting on makeup calmly, she took a couple of deep breaths, then calmed down, and turned around to look for a suitable dress in the box.

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Compared with the silence in Yin Yun's shadow room, half of Nanzhe City near the explosion point was completely in chaos.

Not long after Huyan Manman left the mansion, he witnessed three big explosions in the military barracks in the city.

At that time, the Dongdaying explosion site was only two streets away from him, and the heat and deafening noise that hit his face startled the horse he was sitting on and ran away crazily, almost throwing him off the horse.

After finally controlling the horses, the messenger soldiers sent the news that the Wei army had attacked the city.

Huyan Manman did not rush to the city gate immediately, but went to the barracks to check the situation.

When he saw the devastated scene in front of him, surrounded by white smoke, he couldn't help but widen his eyes in astonishment.

From a distance, Dongdaying houses were completely collapsed and covered with rubble. Compared with the surrounding intact streets, that area was as abrupt as the clouds torn apart by the hurricane inlaid in the clear sky.

It's hard to imagine what is causing such earth-shaking changes in such a short period of time!

Inside the ruins, the wounded soldiers screamed, and the smoke smelled of burnt human flesh. The surrounding soldiers couldn't help covering their mouths and noses.

The sharp and piercing shouts filled Huyan Manman's ears, and he suddenly recalled an image.

——In the Battle of Bailanxing two years ago, he and Lan Gujian led an army of [-] to support Bailanxing, but a sudden landslide blocked the way.

And before the landslide, he had heard such a terrifying and violent bang just now.

"This is not an accident, there is an ambush in the city..." Huyan Manman said to himself.

But as early as a month ago, Lan Gujian had ordered the city to be sealed off to prevent any suspicious person from entering. When did the enemy army ambush the city?

While thinking, Huyanyou's solemn face and voice suddenly hit his mind.

"There are secret operations in the army." Thinking of a certain possibility, Huyan Manman's heart thumped like a somersault, "No, there are secret operations by my side..."

·

"Reporting to the big family, both the East Day Camp and the North Day Camp were burned down, and the casualties of the soldiers are immeasurable!"

"Wei Jun only picks the weak points of the defense to attack, it's hard to resist!"

"The arsenal where the bows and arrows were placed was burned down!"

Hearing the continuous bad news, Lan Gujian's expression became more and more majestic and calm. From the moment the explosion sounded in the city, he clearly realized that the city could not be defended.

Standing on the tall tower, he squinted his eyes at the general of the enemy's central army, and issued an order calmly and sternly: "Send Xing Sang, and order him to quickly protect Zuo Xianwang and evacuate from the west gate."

"promise."

"I ordered Liu Zhuan to lead 2000 people to continue defending the city, and the rest of the people followed me to ride horses and leave this place quickly."

The messenger suddenly raised his head, was stunned for a moment, and finally replied: "No!"

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