Chapter 930: Dilemma and Persistence
With the large-scale attack of the Tang Dynasty, hundreds of thousands of horses and horses crossed the border one after another, and countless Goguryeo civilians fled in desperation and rushed deeper into the interior, and the Goguryeo Night Charm and Yang Yuxin, who went with the caravan, also took this opportunity to blend in with the refugees.
As for the ...... caravan, the army crossed the border, where did the caravan dare to lean over, it had already been stopped by the Tang border army at the border.
But fortunately, the task of their cover has been completed, and the companions from Youzhou have already determined the identity of the eldest young master of the Night Charm Ma family, and it is not interesting for them to follow them any further, it is far better to let Night Charm, Yang Yuxin and Tian Lao Er cross the border alone.
Some officials may wonder why they should mix into the caravan, since it is better for three people to cross the border alone than a group of people?
In fact, in ancient times, it was necessary to have a road guide to travel, with things like your place of origin written on it, as well as the places to go, just like our modern ID card.
This is still walking in the country, and if you want to go out of the customs and do business with other countries, then you need more things, and it should be compared to the modern visa, otherwise it is a fugitive or smuggling, and after being caught, you will be killed or treated as a slave, which is much more serious than modern extradition back to China.
Therefore, ancient and modern times seem to be very different, in fact, the difference between the two eras is only that the material life of modern times is highly developed, and some things in principle have not changed much, but the name has changed, just like the things that used to be called road guides or customs clearance documents, and now they are called ID cards or visas.
And it is precisely because of the need to have a 'visa' that Yemei and Yang Yuxin will walk with the caravan for a while, and at the same time, they can also get the 'visa', so that it is convenient for them to act in Goguryeo in the future.
Of course, the Tang Dynasty and Goguryeo are about to go to war, and this 'visa' may soon become a big trouble.
But whatever, let's talk about it after we get into Goguryeo, and there will be people from the 'six groups' to answer when we get there, and then we will find someone and buy a Goguryeo 'ID card'.
Xincheng, a city in Goguryeo located on the edge of Liaoshui, at this moment, countless refugees outside the city are frantically knocking on the closed city gate, and Ye Mei, Yang Yuxin and other three people are also mixed in the middle of this group of refugees.
"Master Jun, Master Jun hurry up and open the door, we are really not spies, let us in!"
"Yes, Master Jun, we can help defend the city, have mercy on us!"
"......" Thousands of people cried around the city gates, striving for the last ray of life.
Although after entering the city, it is not necessarily possible to really live, but it is much better than waiting for death in the wilderness outside, and the tall city walls may not be able to stop the iron cavalry of the Tang army, but at least it can block the beasts in the mountains outside.
"General, what should I do? Do you want to let them in? The soldiers guarding the gates turned their heads to the guard, waiting for his orders.
The Goguryeo soldiers were also raised by their fathers and mothers, and among the refugees outside there might even be relatives from their hometowns, just watching them wander outside and finally be killed by the army of the Tang Dynasty, it was difficult for them to do it.
"You can't put any of them in, not a single one! Let me tell you, there are likely to be Tang Dynasty spies among these people, and you should also understand the consequences of opening the city gates. The guard reprimanded loudly with a cold face.
"But general, Datang's army is still a hundred miles away." The soldiers at the head of the city tried to convince the defenders.
"If I say no, I can't, do you want to rebel?" The general was confronted by his soldiers and scolded sharply.
The ass decides the head, in the eyes of the soldiers, there are thousands of compatriots outside, and one can be saved, but in the eyes of the guards, the lives of those thousands of people are far less important than the new city, if the city is lost because of a moment of pity, the loss is far more than a few thousand people.
At that time, more than 10,000 defenders of Xincheng, 70,000 or 80,000 people will be in danger of being slaughtered by the Tang army.
However, he felt that there was no need to explain this kind of thing to his group of big soldiers, and even if he did, he couldn't explain it, so after giving a strong order, the new city guard left the city wall and went back to the city lord's mansion to discuss countermeasures with the city lord.
"Little rain girl, the city gate is not open, we ...... What are we going to do? Tian Lao Er didn't expect such an embarrassing situation to happen now, and he looked at Yang Yuxin tangled while sitting under the new city.
Yang Yuxin looked up at the high city wall, lowered her voice and said, "Wait a minute, don't worry about it for a while, if the city is not opened after two hours, we will continue to go deeper." Her face was covered with a layer of plant ash, which covered her originally beautiful face, and it no longer looked so conspicuous.
As for the night charm on the side, she is looking around vigilantly with her afterglow at this time, but if you look at it from the outside, she now looks like a rich boy who is tired and about to die.
"Miss Xiaoyu, please forgive me for being blunt, we really can't go deeper now, under the situation of the army pressing the border, the entire Goguryeo is very hostile to Datang, you two are only afraid of going deeper like this, ......" Tian Lao Er took a deep breath, looked at the Xiaoyu girl with a firm gaze, and tried to make her dispel the idea of going deep into Goguryeo.
But obviously, Tian Lao Er did not have the so-called three-inch incorruptible tongue, and his persuasion did not play any role, but strengthened Yang Yuxin's will.
"No, the 'young master''s order must be carried out, and before the goal is achieved, even if there are great difficulties, we must persevere." The little girl's will was extremely strong, and the night charm beside her did not deny her thoughts.
Two to one, on the question of going deep or retreating, Tian Lao Er was completely defeated by the hands of the two girls of Night Charm, and he was no longer able to persuade anything.
Two hours later, as the sky darkened, a bonfire lit beneath the head of the new city, and the smell of vague aromas began to waft away, as refugees from outside the city were preparing their own dinner with what little food they had left.
It was at this time that Night Charm slowly stood up from the spot, and Tian Lao Er shouted to the city head in standard Goguryeo dialect: "Master Jun, our young master has important information that he wants to inform the city lord, please open the city gate and let us in." ”
"Fart, get out of the way for Lao Tzu, don't use these messy excuses to deceive Lao Tzu, and then dare to disturb Lao Tzu and kill you directly next time." A voice came from the top of the city, and the arrow that had been shot down from what direction was stuck straight in front of Tian Lao Er two steps away.
(End of chapter)