Great Tang Dynasty

Chapter 2419
The cold wind howled.

The two soldiers and horses met together.

When Zhang Erhei saw Xu Jian, his eyes were a little round.

"Why are you here?"

Zhang Erhei knew Xu Jian. He had never liked Xu Jian very much. He didn't like Xu Jian's literary temperament.

But at this time, seeing Xu Jian here, he can more or less guess what happened to Gancheng.

Xu Jian abandoned the city.

And when he thought of Xu Jian abandoning the city, Zhang Erhei looked down on this scholar from his heart.

When Xu Jian saw Zhang Erhei, his expression was calm. He naturally knew what Zhang Erhei was thinking at this time, but he did not regret the decision he made.

Instead of living and dying with Gancheng, it is better to keep a useful body and do some other things.

Moreover, all the people in Gancheng have left, and an empty city has no meaning.

"General Zhang, the 3000 people in Tubo attacked. We resisted for a few days, and more than 1000 people were killed or injured. The remaining [-] people, we couldn't resist it, so we had to retreat temporarily. But General Zhang can rest assured that the people in the city , before I learned that the Tubo soldiers and horses were attacking, I had already ordered them to move away, and what Tubo got was just an empty city."

Hearing that the people were fine, Zhang Erhei was somewhat relieved, and his face softened a little. If Xu Jian abandoned the people in Gancheng and ignored them, then he had to teach Xu Jian a lesson.

"Useless things, even a city can't be defended, you go back and accept the crime, then Gancheng, I will help you take it back."

Zhang Erhei looked down on Xu Jian more and more, but at this time Xu Jian was not in a hurry to leave, saying: "General Zhang, after the Tubo soldiers and horses captured Gancheng, they will be angry when they find that the city is empty. Continue to attack according to my Datang City. There are many soldiers in Songzhou City, and they dare not go there. Then they are most likely to attack Dragon City. They may have already taken their troops to Dragon City. , the defense of Longcheng is very weak, so I suggest that General Zhang take his soldiers and horses to Longcheng directly, maybe he can rush to rescue before the Tubo soldiers and horses break through Longcheng, but if he goes late, Dragon City will be destroyed. Suffered."

Speaking of this, he may be worried that Zhang Erhei will not listen, so he said again: "Gancheng is already an empty city, and there is no point in taking it back. I hope General Zhang can think carefully about it."

After finishing speaking, Xu Jianwei cupped his hands and left directly with his soldiers and horses.

He abandoned the city, which is a serious crime in the Tang Dynasty. He will go to Songzhou City, and then he will play the watch and wait for the punishment from the court.

When he abandoned the city, he never thought of any way to avoid punishment.

However, abandoning the city is a serious crime, no matter what he has done, he will have to bear this crime.

Xu Jian left, Zhang Er's eyes were fixed. Although he didn't like Xu Jian, he still needed to think about what Xu Jian said, because if he made a wrong choice, it would lead to catastrophe.

And he didn't think about it for long, and soon he had an answer.

"Come on, turn to Dragon City."

If there is a problem with this matter, there is only one problem, and that is that Dragon City was captured by Tubo. In this case, he can go directly to Dragon City.

After Zhang Erhei's order was issued, a group of soldiers and horses hurried towards Longcheng without any hesitation.
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Dragon City is another border town of Datang.

Compared with Gan Cheng, he is much smaller and much weaker.

The county magistrate of Longcheng is Du Wen.

He was also a Jinshi, and when he took the exam, he didn't rank very high.

However, he was very unhappy about being sent here as the county magistrate, so after coming here, he was in a bad mood and was usually depressed.

Of course, it's not good to be in a bad mood. He still does a good job in governance here, and he can be regarded as a relatively capable official.

Early this morning, a yamen servant hurried over.

"My lord, it's not good, it's not good. Thirty miles away, I found the traces of the Tubo army. They have more than 4 soldiers and horses, and they rushed to our Dragon City."

After hearing the news, Du Wen's eyes froze immediately, [-] Tubo soldiers and horses came to kill him, how could he defend such a small city?
But within thirty miles, the Tubo army may have arrived in half a day, and the time left for him was very short, and he basically had no choice.

Du Wen pondered for a moment, and then ordered: "Gather all the soldiers and horses that can be assembled, and strengthen the defense of the city for me. They must not be allowed to capture the city."

There are not many people in the city, but there are tens of thousands of people. These tens of thousands of people in the Tang Dynasty are all living lives. Even if they die, they must guard the city and wait for the arrival of reinforcements, but it is already this time. Their reinforcements Can you come before they hold the city?
I'm afraid I can't make it.

Du Wen let out a long sigh, I am afraid that he will stay here in this life, and his soul will be buried here.

"Let's fight to the death."

After speaking, Du Wen went to the tower to make some defensive arrangements.

Longcheng is not as big as Gancheng, and not as prosperous and lively as Gancheng. The number of soldiers and horses is also smaller than Gancheng, only [-] soldiers and horses.

This is considered normal in border towns. If it were in other places, there would definitely not be so many, but for border towns, three thousand soldiers and horses are actually not a lot.

Three thousand soldiers and horses gathered at the top of the city, and the cold wind howled, people shivered from the cold, Du Wen was a little thin, and now being blown by the cold wind, he looked even more lonely.

The soldiers were busy on the tower, doing some defensive work, everyone was very serious, as if they were facing a big enemy, they were really facing a big enemy.

Du Wen looked into the distance. In the afternoon, he could faintly hear the sound of horseshoes.

The sound of horseshoes in such a cold weather is disturbing.

Du Wen knew that the Tubo soldiers and horses would arrive soon, and they would arrive soon after a stick of incense.

I don't know how long this Dragon City can resist them, but no matter how long it takes, the reinforcements won't be able to catch up, right?

They only fight to the death.

After a stick of incense, the Tubo soldiers and horses swarmed in, and it looked like a dark place.

They were full of momentum, as if they wanted to swallow this dragon city directly.

Du Wen's eyes were firm, it was already at this time, he had no other choice, so what was there to be afraid of?
"Soldiers, it's time to serve the Tang Dynasty. Behind us are the people of our Tang Dynasty. They are the objects we should protect as soldiers. This is our responsibility. The enemy is coming, and we can only fight to the death. Understand. Well, we only have to fight to the death."

After Du Wen finished speaking, all the soldiers immediately followed Gao and shouted: "Fight to the death, fight to the death."

"Fight to the death, fight to the death!"

For a time, the voice resounded through the sky, and the momentum was like a rainbow.

(End of this chapter)