The morning glow sprinkled down on the city, the devastated city wall was bathed in warm colors, and it seemed that even the bloody gas had dissipated a lot, and the dark and dilapidated female wall seemed to usher in the hope of rebirth at this moment.

However, when Charuch saw the scene outside the city, he knew that rebirth had not yet come, but only another day of hell.

Xichuan soldiers and horses came out of the camp, formed a formation in front of the camp, and set up a siege posture. The early morning was quiet, but the dispatch of the battle array made the surroundings noisy, the dust on the land could not wait to disperse, the huge wheels of the siege vehicles rumbled, and the iron armor and iron hooves had no intention of letting this early morning be wasted in silence.

"What time is it?" Charucci suddenly asked the person beside him.

"September 18." It was Shi Yanchao whose entire body was wrapped in iron armor who answered him.

"September 18," Charucci muttered and sighed, "It was an extraordinary day. ”

"Yes." Shi Yanchao may not have understood what Charucci meant, so he replied simply in the way of a soldier.

"The war in Suizhou has lasted more than 40 days since it was launched in the Bailu season." Xia Luqi looked at the Xichuan army outside the city, a pair of calloused hands were caressing the city, his gaze was very soft, there was a sense of nostalgia, and it seemed to be a little emotional, "This city has not been breached yet." ”

"Yes." Shi Yanchao's answer is still simple, he is not a person of many words.

Xia Luqi glanced at Shi Yanchao, and a hint of relief appeared on his face without a hood, "Over the past forty days, you have gone through dozens of battles, from a team, to the current commander of the city defense army. ”

"Yes." Shi Yanchao said.

"If you can win this battle, calculate the credit after the war, and your future is limitless." Charucci said again.

"This battle will be won." Shi Yanchao replied.

"Not bad. This battle will be won. A smile appeared on Xia Ruqi's face, and his gaze fell on the Xichuan army outside the city, "Although the Wuxin army suffered a lot of casualties in this battle, the military strength outside the city has decreased faster than ours. ”

"That's true." Shi Yanchao also smiled, looking quite proud.

"But there's one thing you need to understand." Charucci suddenly looked strange.

"What?" Shi Yanchao asked.

"The grain and grass in the city will not last for ten days." Xia Lu said in a deep voice.

"The end will know." Shi Yanchao frowned, this is a heavy topic, and it is also a serious question.

"You know what that means?" Charucci asked.

"If you can't win within ten days, you will die." Shi Yanchao said.

"If you can't win, you can only lose." Charucci seems to be correcting Shi Yanchao.

"It makes no difference." Shi Yanchao said.

Xia Luqi understood what Shi Yanchao meant, so he didn't speak, but just looked at Shi Yanchao meaningfully.

Shi Yanchao turned around, met Xia Luqi's gaze and said, "If the city is broken, the military commander will not be reluctant." In this case, why should the military commander look at the last general so much? ”

Xia Luqi smiled again, "Ben Shuai, as the envoy of the Suizhou Festival, has the imperial order, so he is naturally different from ordinary people. ”

Shi Yanchao said: "This is no different from the last general. ”

"Oh?" Xia Luqi was quite curious, thought about it for a while, and suddenly asked, "Are the people who came out of the Yanwu Academy like you?" ”

Shi Yanchao said: "With the grace of the country, if you can't relieve your worries for the country, you should repay the country with death." ”

Charucci was even more interested, "This is what the Martial Arts Academy requires?" ”

Shi Yanchao said: "No one asked. ”

Charucci said, "Oh? ”

Shi Yanchao said: "Every person with a clear conscience should be like this. ”

Xia Luqi retracted his gaze at Shi Yanchao, his vicissitudes and deep eyes surged with indescribable emotions, and said, "Very good." ”

Shi Yanchao said: "The military commander can give an order." ”

Charucci was finally moved, "Do you know what kind of military order this commander is going to give?" ”

Shi Yanchao raised his head and said: "Go out of the city to counterattack the Xichuan army, the last general is ready!" ”

Xia Luqi said solemnly: "Do you know that there are few soldiers in the city, and there are fewer people who can be allocated to you by this commander, and there are more than 10,000 Xichuan troops outside the city, not to mention more than 10,000, but this time out of the city, but only succeed, not failure?" ”

Shi Yanchao said: "The last general knows." ”

Charucci's eyes were sharp, as if he wanted to see through people's hearts, "Since you know that you are going to die nine times, why are you still so decisive?" ”

Shi Yanchao lowered his head, clenched and loosened his fists, and finally said two words: "Responsibility." ”

Charucci was stunned, "Responsibility? ”

Shi Yanchao nodded and said: "The responsibility for this victory, the responsibility for the rise and fall of the empire!" ”

Charucci sneered and said: "The responsibility for this victory lies in the commander, not in your primary school; The rise and fall of the empire is the responsibility of the princes, not the civilians! Don't you know that you are not in his position and not in his politics? ”

Shi Yanchao turned around, pressed the knife and straightened his chest, and shot out two eyes as sharp as a knife and heavy as a mountain in his pocket, and said with great solemnity: "If you don't notice the cold star, I recommend Xuanyuan with my blood!" The eldest husband stands in the world, if he can't bear an empire on his shoulders, he will be a man in vain in this life! ”

Charucci stopped talking.

Shi Yanchao turned around and looked outside the city, there were tens of millions of enemy troops, the mountains and rivers were vast, and he didn't say much at this time in an almost sacred tone: "The responsibility is not imposed by others, but taken by yourself." On the first day of entering the martial arts academy, King Qin said that if the Tang Dynasty wants to be strong and prosperous, and if it wants to regain its glory, it needs soldiers who are willing to carry the honor and disgrace of the empire on their shoulders! And if the Tang Dynasty boy wants to display his ambitions and earn great achievements, he needs the empire to give him a chance! Datang is willing to create an era, a country that lives up to its blood, and a country that lives up to its blood! ”

Xia Luqi was silent for a long time, and then he muttered: "King Qin met in a hurry in the past, but he didn't have time to talk deeply, it's a pity! ”

He looked at Shi Yanchao again, and the doubts in his heart were gone.

This time out of the city to fight against the war, the task is heavy and difficult, Xia Ruqi is really a last resort, because of this, even if Shi Yanchao has been fighting bravely for days, as the coach, he also needs to prevent Shi Yanchao from repeating the old things and surrendering to the enemy. After all, today's situation is different from that day, and Shi Yanchao's willingness to fight hard that day does not mean that he will always fight.

Of course, Charucci still trusts Shi Yanchao, otherwise he would not have the intention of sending him out of the city, but he just needs to know more about it first.

However, Shi Yanchao still miscalculated one thing, Xia Luqi sent him out of the city, not to ask him to counterattack the Xichuan army and achieve results, but to break through to the north and contact the main force of the northern army.

Hezhou.

Unlike the Suizhou Wuxin Army, which stood in the city, the Wanzhou Army stationed in Hezhou, most of the soldiers and horses camped outside the city. Defending the city and defending the wilderness, if it were not for Suizhou, the disparity between the enemy and our military strength was too great, and no one wanted to be trapped in the lonely city. The Wanzhou army had more than 10,000 soldiers and horses, and the Xichuan army that came to attack Hezhou added up to less than 20,000, and the difference between the two was not big.

Also early in the morning, Guo Wei came to the outside of the camp with his whole body covered, mobilized soldiers and horses out of the camp to line up, and then sent soldiers to challenge in front of the Xichuan military camp. In this way, he actually took the initiative to seek war.

Unlike Xia Luqi, who passively defended the city and had a difficult battle, Guo Wei did not have much trouble dealing with the enemy in front of Hezhou City, and the two armies fought twenty or thirty battles in the past few days.

Although the soldiers and horses of the two armies were almost the same, Xichuan had the advantage after all, the other party took a defensive position, and Guo Wei had no way to break the enemy for a while.

In front of the army, Guo Wei sat on horseback, and his own soldiers provoked and scolded in front of the Xichuan military camp, but the Xichuan military camp did not move at all.

After scolding for a long time, it was almost noon, and the Wanzhou army had changed several waves of people to take turns to come forward, although the Xichuan soldiers gritted their teeth, they still had no intention of engaging in battle.

Guo Wei glanced up at the sky, his expression was hidden in his pocket, and the soldiers did not know the anxiety in his heart.

"It's said that Shu is bloody sons, but now it seems to be an exaggeration, where are these puppies bloody, they are all a bunch of cowards and shit!" The deputy general scolded in front of the camp for an hour, but he couldn't scold the Xichuan army out of the camp, and when he returned to Guo Wei's body, he scolded and scolded, "I don't know if the morale of fighting day and night when they arrived before, all the dogs fed!" ”

"It is not difficult to understand that the Xichuan Army is standing still now." Guo Wei didn't seem to care.

"Why is that?" The adjutant general wondered, "Isn't it incomprehensible that the actions before and after are very different?" ”

"For the Xichuan Army, it is naturally best to capture Hezhou and expel us from Shudi." Guo Wei said.

"But they can't take it!" The adjutant general's face was full of contempt for the Nishikawa army.

"If you can't attack it, you will watch us and others, so that our army can neither aid Suizhou, nor can we go deep into the hinterland of Liangchuan, which is acceptable to the Xichuan army." Guo Wei said lightly.

"Our army finally entered Shu and captured Hezhou, but now it can neither aid Suizhou, nor can it enter the hinterland of Liangchuan, and it is trapped in a corner, isn't it equivalent to useless?!" The adjutant general was very indignant, and it could be seen that he was very dissatisfied with the current situation of the war.

"Except for containing a part of Xichuan's troops, it really doesn't help." Guo Wei's tone was still calm, "This is also what Meng Zhixiang intended. ”

"Am I going to be here all the time?" The lieutenant was not convinced.

"You have already tried, but the Xichuan army refuses to fight." Guo Wei said, "The Wanzhou Army does not have the strength to attack the Xichuan military camp. ”

"Is there no other way?" The adjutant asked.

"Yes." Guo Wei said.

"What is it?" The lieutenant general said expectantly.

"Wait." Guo Wei said.

"Wait?" The lieutenant was stunned again.

"Wait for His Highness to capture Langzhou and Guozhou, and come to join forces with us. In this way, we can drive straight into the hinterland of the two rivers. Guo Wei said.

"This" the lieutenant was a little disappointed, "when will this have to wait?" ”

Guo Wei suddenly smiled, "It won't be too long." ”

"Won't it be too long?" The deputy general didn't believe it, "Jianzhou Tianji, Langzhou has Li Shaobin personally in charge, and Meng Zhixiang to help, it is not easy to capture it." ”

"You're right, but you're missing the most important thing." Guo Wei said.

"What?" Adjutant Nahan.

"The commander of the unified army is His Royal Highness the King of Qin." A smile suddenly appeared in Guo Wei's eyes.

The adjutant general was stunned again.

Of course, he can't fully understand what kind of exciting feats Guo Wei had when he followed Li Congjing, and the pride and tacit understanding left by those years of polishing are not something he can understand if he wants to.

At this moment, a message came from the north.

Guo Wei read the letter and handed it to the deputy general, and the smile in his eyes was even worse, "I said, we don't have to wait too long." ”

The adjutant general read the newspaper, his hands trembled with excitement, and then he laughed.

Suizhou.

Shi Yanchao is back.

Xia Ruqi was very surprised when he saw Shi Yanchao come back.

Because Shi Yanchao broke through to the north, but he only went for two days.

Two days is not enough to make a round trip to Jianzhou, let alone pass through the enemy borders of Langzhou and Guozhou along the way.

So Charucci was amazed.

What surprised him even more was the letter that Shi Yanchao brought back.

Shi Yanchao couldn't hide the excitement on his face, and he almost reported this letter to Xia Luqi with a red face, "A few days ago, His Royal Highness the King of Qin personally led the three armies of Baizhan, Huwei, and Feiyun, as well as the Protector of the Country and the Baoyi Army, to attack Li Shaobin who was harassing Jianzhou before the big break in Zhangcun, and then pursued all the way, fighting several battles along the way, and defeated Li Shaobin to the ground. The day before yesterday, Li Shaobin led the remnants to flee back to Langzhou, and the Wang Division pioneered the Hundred Battles Army and followed to the city of Langzhou! The reason why the last general returned so quickly was that he met the military envoy sent by His Royal Highness the King of Qin to contact Suizhou halfway! ”

"It's incredible!" Rao was in Xia Ruqi's state of mind, and he was also stunned, he was stunned for a long time, and suddenly sighed: "Where the soldiers go, they are invincible, it is the king of Qin!" ”