The smoke flew over, and the Lou Ran people also retreated, and the Daning soldiers on the city wall could take a breath for a while, the mountain fire would not stop for no reason, and the attack of the Lou Ran people would not stop for no reason.

"How are our people?"

"There were no casualties!"

Chen Ran counted the pro-soldiers, and Han Zhaozhi's people counted the Tingwei.

Lou Ran people did not attack, the biggest threat to the people of Daning is not the enemy but the smoke, fortunately, there were preparations before, there were a lot of torn cloths and buckets of water on the city wall, everyone changed the cloth, someone pointed into the distance, and the black smoke rolled in again.

"Lou Ran people will still come, their ideas are very axial and stupid, if the smoke doesn't come, they think it will be fine, and when the smoke comes, they will attack desperately."

Chen Ran couldn't help but ask: "Are these Lou Ran people stupid?" ”

"It's almost as stupid as it gets."

Shen Leng looked at the disheveled Lou Ran people outside: "None of them have ever read, no one has taught them to read and no one to teach them the truth, the only thing that is required of them from birth is to be obedient, what the nobles say, most of them slaves don't even understand the most basic common sense, so sometimes think about the people of Daning are really happy." ”

Shen Leng looked at Chen Ran: "Except for Daning, the imperial court of no country will build teachings in various places, in the eyes of the rulers of those countries, the people are illiterate and do not understand the reason to control, but the Ning people are different from birth." ”

Chen Ran nodded: "Children like us when we were children are almost invisible, in the past ten years, Daning has built more and more government education bureaus in various places, and there will be no illiterate people in the future." ”

He turned his head to look at Lou Ranren outside: "It's also pitiful." ”

"Winning such an enemy is not a win."

Shen Leng glanced around, the soldiers on the city wall were all looking outside, and those Lou Ran people were like primitive people in the eyes of the Ning people.

"There is a cruel method, but it can ensure that our men will not be killed or injured and will be able to crush the enemy."

Shen Leng turned around and ordered: "Use our stone-throwing cart to throw dry food out, you don't need more, just throw it out enough for a few hundred people to eat." ”

Chen Ran reacted instantly: "They will fight for food." ”

Shen Leng sighed: "Yes, so cruel." ”

It was an unequal war, and the people on both sides seemed to be separated by centuries.

Not long after, the stone-throwing cart behind the city wall threw off its big arm, bags of dry food were thrown out, Lou Ran people outside the city saw that there was such a big thing flying over and thought it was a gunpowder bag again, the crowd was frightened and scattered, the bag full of dry food fell to the ground and fell open, the steamed buns and cakes inside spilled on the ground, those Lou Ran people tentatively came, someone picked up a boy and looked at it carefully, and then couldn't help but take a bite, and then cheered.

But the joy didn't last long.

The people behind saw that it was something to eat and began to squeeze forward, at first it was pushing and grabbing, I don't know who moved the knife first, and then the weapon fight began to be difficult to stop the outbreak, the Daning soldiers on the city wall looked at this scene but no one cheered and didn't feel that they should cheer, they even felt a little absurd and a little blocked in their hearts.

No one made a sound, they just stood there and watched these Lou Ran people fight because of some food, from a small range of fights to a wide range of fights, this process even Shen Leng felt that it was too fast, as if those Lou Ran people were not their own people but enemies at all.

"Ignorance is innate, civilization is created."

Han Zhaozhi looked at the people outside who were slashing each other with knives, and his heart was also very uncomfortable.

"They are all people at the bottom of Lou Ran, they say they are soldiers, but they are actually slaves, and it makes people feel that they are soldiers

What is a little unbelievable is that often people like them are more ruthless to people like themselves, because they dare not resist the Lou Ran nobles, and the violence of hatred in their hearts can only be vented on their own people, and the whips that Lou Ran nobles whip on their bodies make them afraid, but they are not afraid of the same people. ”

Han Zhaozhi let out a long breath: "I remember that at the beginning of the founding of Daning, someone persuaded His Majesty Taizu that he should not open the wisdom of the people, and if he opened the wisdom of the people, it would be chaotic, His Majesty Taizu said...... If the people's wisdom is not opened, Daning will not prosper, and the people will not be able to understand the law, how can they prosper? Thinking about it now, His Majesty Taizu really saw much farther than others at that time. ”

Shen Leng turned around, he didn't want to watch it anymore, this kind of killing was caused by him, it was the enemy who was killing each other, but Shen Leng didn't have any sense of accomplishment.

Sitting down on the edge of the ramp in the lower city, Shen Leng pinched a piece of cake, but he couldn't eat it.

The second prince sat down beside Shen Leng: "Dear Master, how long will those people outside be killed?" ”

"Kill until the dry food is eaten, and then they will scatter around looking for a place to sit and rest as if nothing had happened."

The second prince paused for a moment: "And then?" ”

"Then I'll throw some more dry food out tomorrow."

The second prince looked at Shen Leng, and then nodded: "Although it looks cruel, it is the most correct thing to do, right?" ”

Shen Leng took a deep breath: "Your Highness, let's rest, the smoke will come over in a while." ”

The wind in the mountains is not so serious, sometimes it is big and sometimes it is small, and the thick smoke that I just saw did not drift to the side of Chengguan, the wind suddenly became smaller, and the speed of the smoke did not move as fast as it rose.

The walls became quiet, and so did the outside of the walls, and the people on both sides seemed to have forgotten that it was a war.

Han Zhaozhi took off the kettle and handed it to Shen Leng: "I thought you had adapted to the war. ”

"Got used to it."

Shen sneered, but it wasn't so easy.

"It's different people who don't fit in."

Shen Leng took a sip of water and handed the kettle to Han Zhaozhi: "The second prince should gradually get used to it." ”

Six days later, a winter snowfall came unexpectedly, and the snow was so heavy that it extinguished the remnants of the fire.

Seven days later, the general of the Wuzi battalion, Luo Kedi, rushed back with people, the camp behind the city pass had been burned down, fortunately, the people who stayed behind demolished the tent near the city wall, shoveled the weeds, and the fire could not burn, so the military camp had been burned to the ground, but the city pass was still intact, but everyone felt very uncomfortable looking at the camp full of ashes.

The more Luo Kedi looked at it, the more frightened he became, and his steps became faster and faster, he ran forward like crazy, and after climbing the Magic Mountain Pass, he saw the scene in front of him and everyone was stunned, on the city wall, about a hundred Daning soldiers who looked dirty and couldn't distinguish the color, stood straight on the city wall, the snow was still falling, and the soldiers on the city wall seemed to be frozen and motionless, Luo Kedi's eyes were red in an instant, and he rushed over to grab one of the soldiers, and asked in a hoarse voice: "You are the only one on the city wall?!" ”

The soldier glanced back at Luo Kedi and nodded, "Yes." ”

"What about Your Highness? What about the generals? Lord Han, what about them! What about them! ”

Luo Kedi's voice was hoarse, fear filled his heart in an instant, the blood red of his eyes almost overflowed, there were only a hundred and ten people left on the city wall, so ......

"I'm sleeping."

The soldier looked at Luo Kedi with a puzzled expression: "Today is our duty, such a heavy snow, people who are not on duty are sleeping in the city pass." ”

Luo Kedi paused for a moment: "Huh? ”

He subconsciously glanced out of the city, and then he was frightened again by the scene he saw, the undulating outside the city wall was like dirt

It was as if something had completely blown up the ground, and the clearing, which had been fairly level, looked potholed and covered with snow, but it was recognizable that it was not the ground that had become potholed, but dead bodies, all outside the city.

"What's going on?"

Rocodi asked.

The soldier on duty replied: "The Lou Ran people have no food, and when the rest of the people withdrew, they deliberately took all the military rations with them, and they didn't tell the Lou Ran people that half of these poor fellows were starving to death, and half were frozen to death." ”

Luo Kedi sighed: "Where are Your Highness and the Great General resting?" ”

"Under the city."

The city wall is very wide, there are empty on both sides of the city gate hole, like a cave, you can store materials and equipment inside, and you can also live in people, Luo Kedi hurriedly went down from the city wall, pushed the door and came in to see the people in the house for the third time, the house was very warm, lit a few braziers, the second prince sat next to one of the braziers and read a book, Lord Han leaned on one side as if asleep, and the general Shen Leng was picking his feet, and his expression was very ecstatic.

"Is Your Highness alright?"

Luo Kedi took a few steps and fell to the ground.

"It's fine."

The second prince smiled and helped Luo Kedi up: "You came back quickly." ”

Shen Leng put on his boots, rubbed the small hunting knife in his hand, thinking that he had to exchange the scabbard with Meng Changan if he had the opportunity, this little hunting knife pedicure was not easy to use at all, or the scabbard was more cool, and it was crooked.

When he got up, no one saw it, and near him, there were many tea characters carved into the wooden pillars.

"General."

Luo Kedi gave a military salute, and after Shen Leng returned the salute, he asked, "The team is back?" ”

"It's all back."

"Leave 3,000 people to defend the city, neither the Western Regions nor the Sabbaths will come this winter, let people rebuild the camp first, and then ......"

Shen Leng leaned closer and asked, "Bring supplies, right?" ”

"Bring it!"

"Did you bring the meat?"

"Bring it!"

Everyone in the room seemed to breathe a sigh of relief, and Chen Ran brought a brazier over: "Then what are you waiting for, the teeth that have been gnawing on dry food these days have been loosened." ”

Shen Leng: "General Luo, there is a very important matter entrusted to you. ”

Luo Kedi hurriedly stood solemnly: "General, please command." ”

"Bring the meat, the frozen meat has to melt, and then find an iron pot."

Shen Leng rubbed his hands: "Shabu shabu is a big pot to eat!" ”

"That's right."

Luo Kedi walked out a few steps and turned back: "General Tan sent someone to send a message, the people of the Western Regions outside the city of La Jia have been defeated, the coalition army of the Western Regions has lost at least three or four hundred thousand people, and the rest have fled, the army of the rest of the people has gone first, and General Tan has also returned to the city of La Jia, he said that he wants to ask His Royal Highness and the general to also go back and discuss the matter of marching to the Tubo royal court after the beginning of spring." ”

Shen Leng snorted: "There is no hurry to start spring next year." ”

He suddenly remembered something: "What day is it?" ”

Luo Kedi said: "Today is the twenty-ninth day of the lunar month, and tomorrow is the thirtieth year of the Chinese New Year's Eve. ”

Shen Leng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled: "It's going to be the New Year outside again." ”

At the same time, Eastern Xinjiang.

The tea master has been looking out of the window for a while, and there is a freshly cut window grille on the table in front of him.

"Mother, what are you thinking?"

Xiao Shen Ji ran in from outside: "Accompany me to set off firecrackers." ”

The tea master smiled: "Okay, I'll go with you." ”

She walked to the outside of the room, the wind outside the window blew the paper cuts on the table, and under the paper cuts was a book, a thick book, and the wind blew the paper to open page by page, and each page was full of cold children.