Ma'am, I'm afraid when you come [AA]

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Chapter 70: Cornered, Only the Cauldron Sinks...

Xiao Mingchen didn't hear the reproach in her words, bent his eyes, and smiled a little flatteringly: "It's Lu Nongzhuo, he sent someone to deliver the news from the east city gate, saying that he wanted to invite me to see." "

Lu Nongzhuo? When Xia Feng heard this name, he decisively forgot to think about him going out of the city for the time being, his eyebrows were cold, and he was puzzled: "At this time, what is he mixing with?" This guy surnamed Lu is not a good type, do you see him personally? "

Yes," Xiao Mingchen nodded, stepped forward and huddled on a step with her, but did not answer positively: "Ah Feng, the enemy army is fiercely attacking from all sides, but now it has just begun, and it is already very difficult. Can Shouzhou City really last half a month? The

evening breeze blew and sent a sticky smell of blood, and a delicate silver thread cloud embroidered on his sleeve, illuminated by the flickering torches above.

The two snuggled up to each other in the shadows by the wall, and no one could see anyone's expression. Xia Feng's eyes were suddenly shaken by the light reflected from this little bit, but he said categorically: "Yes." "

With all the strength of the whole city of Shouzhou, being able to hold out for fifteen days is her words to calm people's hearts.

As for why it's fifteen days, because the horse rushed from Shouzhou to Yanzhou in the northwest, and then another round trip, it was exactly fifteen days. There can be no rest on the road, no delays.

However, as things stand, this is simply not possible.

Reinforcements from the northwest could not arrive within fifteen days, and even news could not be delivered.

In the past few days, the officers and soldiers of the entire army in Shouzhou and the people of the city have a god-like respect for Xia Feng. In the hearts of everyone, she is the martial arts star of the heavens, any danger in front of her can be eliminated, and how many armies outside the city can win more with less.

But Xia Feng is a person, he does not have three heads and six arms, and he is not a heavenly god, which Xiao Mingchen knows best.

"Ah Feng, I think everyone can live. Hundreds of thousands of people in the city, more than 30,000 soldiers in the army, if they can really drag on for half a month, I'm afraid it will be..." Xiao Mingchen lowered his voice, "Don't save one in ten, right?"

Xia Feng raised his hand and pinched his sleeves, only to find that the neat corners of Pingsuli's clothes were rough and wrinkled, and there were blood stains somewhere. It is only because the clothes are dark and the sky is dark that they are inconspicuous.

In the distance, there was a "whoosh" scream, and some soldiers were smashed under stones, crushed off a leg, and pulled out by their companions.

For a long time, she let out a soft breath like a compromise, raised her head and poured a few mouthfuls of water: "What conditions does Lu Nongzhuo have?"

"I didn't talk to him about the terms, I took the initiative to lead him to meet him." Xiao Mingchen shook his head and leaned closer to her again, "Xiao Jing presses almost all the troops to attack Shouzhou, and it will be empty." Lu Nongzhuo is ambitious, and it is impossible not to let go of such a good opportunity. As long as he makes a move towards Sheng Jing, we will have a ray of skylight.

Although Xiao Jing is arrogant, he is not stupid. He can press his entire wealth to attack Shouzhou, and he will inevitably deal with this hidden danger in the rear in advance. If my guess is correct, Lu Nongzhuo should be tripped up.

Xia Feng raised his head, stared at his thin chin, and pondered for a moment: "Xiao Jing didn't know which master to guide him this time, he had a long brain, and he hid it tightly in advance, and you and my spies in Shengjing did not find the slightest sign." This superior person is most likely to be Naiman, and it may also be Wang Mao. Lu Nongzhuo fought against Beihe last year, and this year he fought Xiao Jing again, and his vitality will inevitably be greatly damaged. Xiao Jing and his gang are colluding with foreign enemies, it is easy to trip him, why did he suddenly come to see you?

"I really can't hide anything from you." Xiao Mingchen chuckled, "Lu Nongzhuo retired to Wuzhou some time ago, and was ambushed by unknown people and horses many times, and he was trapped in foreign affairs, so I sent someone to pull him. When you and I first arrived in Shouzhou, I made an appointment with him. Coincidentally, he just arrived today and was running into Xiao Jing's army to attack the city.

"According to the reports of the spies I sent to monitor the Qiang army outside the city, Ao Muga led his troops south, I don't know what the purpose is. Wuzhou is not necessarily peaceful now, Lu Nongzhuo hurried back, can he solve this urgent need in time?

After Xia Feng finished speaking, he lay back into his broad chest, thinking about it and frowning: "Lu Nongzhuo is not a good person. Dealing with him is tantamount to scheming with a tiger.

"Trust me. As long as he still has ambition, he will definitely do his best to help Shouzhou solve his current difficulties. Xiao Mingchen grabbed her and rubbed the top of his hair with his chin, "Lu Nongzhuo is pretentious, unwilling to join Xiao Jingwang Mao and others, he has no other way to go."

Xia Feng was still a little worried about this, and after thinking about it, he didn't ask. She knew that Xiao Mingchen was born as a prince and grew up in the treacherous Shengjing, and there would definitely be no fewer people who helped him do things openly and secretly.

There are some things that he knows better than anyone else, and he doesn't need to remind himself at all.

In late autumn, the weather is icy and bleak.

Xia Feng leaned on the person who was a little warm beside him, and fell asleep in a daze. In his sleep, someone vaguely covered himself, as if it were a cloak, and the soft raw edges poked on the face, a little itchy.

She didn't wake up, she didn't even move.

An hour later, the dark night before dawn did not see half a glimmer of light, and the night was thick and oozing.

Xia Feng sat up abruptly, his right hand did not hold down the steps under him, tilted a little, and grabbed Xiao Mingchen's arm hard. This time he didn't have the strength, Xiao Mingchen was grabbed by her and grinned, and was about to speak, when a deafening horn sounded from not far away.

Enemy attack!

The enemy army is tireless, regardless of life and death. Wave after wave rushed forward, arrows flew with flames, lighting up a large night sky.

Fire oil poured down from the city walls, and the front of the city gates was illuminated by the fire like daylight.

The morning light is faint, and the eastern sky is white. The smell of roasted skin and flesh mixed with thick smoke was sent up the city wall by the autumn breeze, Xia Feng smelled his scalp numb, and goosebumps came cold all over his body.

The enemy suddenly paused its offensive, Xia Feng was strange, and suddenly saw the formation below change, one after another giant crossbow machines were pushed out of the queue, and the arrows were wound in an instant.

"Beware!

As soon as her words fell, accompanied by a sharp roar, the big arrow shot by the giant crossbow machine rushed up the city wall from the ultra-long range with extremely strong force. The power and speed of the machine is completely unattainable by human beings.

Xiao Mingchen stood on the edge of the steps and did not step forward. He knew that he had a few pounds and taels, and staying on the city wall would not do much, it would only distract Xia Feng, and just as he was about to turn around, a large arrow went straight to the direction where he was standing.

Between the electric stone fire, Xia Feng made the most instinctive move, threw the person down from a distance of several zhang, and fell down the steps with Xiao Mingchen, and he could wipe the corner of his clothes to avoid the big arrow.

The steps on the city wall are not ornamental, they are not aesthetically pleasing, they are high and steep, and the ground is full of rubble and arrows.

Even though Xia Feng was dressed in armor tightly, he had been used to beating since childhood, and when he fell more than two feet high, he also fell with qi and blood, and his internal organs were displaced, and he almost couldn't get up.

Xiao Mingchen was dizzy, lying on the ground and spinning for a long time before being pulled up, and his body hurt as if his bones had been crushed. He moved his left arm quietly, and it was indeed broken.

The moment Fang Cai fell, his arm was placed behind Xia Feng's neck, everything happened too quickly, and he didn't even know when he was broken.

"You..." Xia Feng saw that his left arm was stretched weakly, his face was pale but he forcibly did not show half of the pain, his eyes instantly reddened, and he was about to speak, but there was another "boom".

The boulder fell on the place where the two had just fallen, and the dust was scattered down.

Xia Feng's tears that had not yet come out were completely shaken back, and he carefully touched Xiao Mingchen's whole body, and after confirming that only his arm was broken, he beckoned two soldiers to escort King NingHis Highness went to find a military doctor, and strictly ordered that King Ning was not allowed to go up the city wall again.

Sending the people away, she did not have time to worry about sentimentality and immediately returned to the city wall.

Xiao Mingchen was framed down by two soldiers, and the doctor hastily connected the bones, tied the wooden board and fixed it, did not stay in the barracks to rest, but asked someone to send him back to the commander's mansion.

Although he said that he wanted to accompany Xia Feng to defend the city together, he had other trivial things in his body.

In wartime, all kinds of resource collection and scheduling should be discussed and sorted out and implemented with Yan Lin, and all parties had to deal with the back and forth temptations of bad people, and Xia Feng, who was always worried about the city wall.

The group of Qing nobles who ran from Shengjing came to see Xiao Mingchen again, and there were signs of taking the opportunity to find trouble. There were even people who were especially not afraid of the big deal, and vigorously encouraged the people, publicized female virtue, and devoted themselves to smearing Xia Feng, who was dedicated to defending the city.

After being busy for several days, Xiao Mingchen couldn't tell the mood to talk slowly with them, and simply cut down the one who took the lead in making trouble, and the rest of the people, regardless of whether they were involved or not, were all put in prison.

"Your Highness, the marshal is on the city wall, and he can't get down for a while. Li Feng grabbed Xiao Mingchen, who stepped into the camp, "The marshal ordered, let me protect you closely in the future, and my subordinates will send you back to the mansion."

"Your master only said that he wouldn't let me go up the wall, right? Xiao Mingchen frowned, ignoring his obstruction, raised his foot and forced himself to walk forward.

Unexpectedly, Li Feng was particularly strong today, and did not answer, directly ignoring etiquette, grabbed Xiao Mingchen's arm and forcefully stuffed him into the carriage.

The sound of war on the city walls was endless, and there was no trace of relaxation in the barracks, and they had reached a moment when they could not be sustained.

Xiao Mingchen and Xia Feng have not known each other for a long time, and it is only a year to be full of fights, one spring comes and falls, and one alternates between cold and summer. The long decades of life, a year counts as something, and it passes in the blink of an eye.

But they are the closest people to each other in the world, the people who know each other's hearts the most.

For example, at this moment, Xiao Mingchen didn't even need to ask anything more, and he didn't need to look at Xia Feng on the city wall to guess the purpose of her thoughts.

The arrow barrel was empty, the oil barrel was dry, the trebuchet had no more stones to throw, and the army outside the city was pouring in.

Cornered, only to break the cauldron.

Xia Feng wanted to take a life to fight with countless Qingzhou troops, but he was worried about Xiao Mingchen's safety. The marshal lived for the country and the people for the first twenty years, and now she finally gave birth to a selfish heart, and she wanted to send Xiao Mingchen away.

For a hundred days, Xiao Mingchen's left arm was still hanging from his chest, but he struggled, and he saw that Li Feng closed the curtain and wanted to drive. He actually gave birth to a fear from the bottom of his heart, if he was sent away today, would he never see Xia Feng again in the future?

Xiao Mingchen used his only remaining hand to step forward and snatch away the horse, and the horse was so startled by the violent pull that it neighed, spreading its four hooves and running headlessly. Li Feng was afraid of hurting him, and hurriedly controlled the horse: "Your Highness, your arm is still injured!"

"Li Feng, I want to see the marshal. Xiao Mingchen's face was not good, and he said in a deep voice, "If I don't see her, I won't go with you." Li

Feng was so embarrassed to scratch his ears and cheeks, and just didn't know what to do, but he saw Marshal Xia, who should have been on the city wall, walking out of the military tent, followed by several generals, and suddenly felt that he was beaten in the face.