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Chapter 151: Dignity
The western capital city has already seen the beacon fire of Wubao.

But Du Yu did not send reinforcements, but instead mobilized the young and strong men and women in the city to go to the city wall to help defend.

Since the Eastern Han Dynasty, Xiping has not lived a stable life today. Either the Qiang people rebelled or the Hu people invaded the east.

The two places with Longxi have always been the main battlefields of the Han and Qiang wars.

The common people have long been used to fighting against the flames of war, and their consciousness is very high, and they walked up the city wall without any complaints.

"Brother, Wubao..." Du Zhan was also used.

"There are only [-] weak people in Wubao, and the enemy's situation is unknown. How to send troops to rescue them? I have sent scouts to order them to abandon Wubao and retreat back to the Western Capital."

The western capital was the most depleted of troops. Before that, Du Yu had sent [-] light cavalry to help Qiang City.

Now the military strength of the Western capital is stretched.

It is self-evident that Wubao and Xidu are more important.

"Nawubao is dangerous and can be used to stop the enemy. It's a pity to give up. Sending five hundred elites can stop ten times the enemy." In front of Du Yu, Du Zhan was not as lazy as he used to be, and his analysis was straightforward. .

"If the enemy bypasses Wubao, wouldn't these five hundred elites be useless? We don't know the enemy, so the safety of the west is the most important thing."

Although Du Yu was wearing the crane cloak that Confucian scholars often wear, there was no trace of cowardice on his face, and he gave up as soon as he should, without any hesitation. His extreme calmness made Du Zhan feel a little strange.

But under his command, there was no chaos on the city wall.

Fire oil, wood, stone, and feather arrows were pushed up the city wall and scattered on the crenels. The young and strong were in front, the soldiers in leather armor were behind, and the strong women were behind to transport various supplies.

Xiping, which has been run by Guo Jian for more than ten years, is not as dangerous as Linqiang, but its supplies are extremely abundant.

There are even twelve bed crossbows. The bed crossbows of the Han and Wei dynasties use large wooden strings as bows and feathered spears as arrows. When fired with a trigger, they can shoot five hundred steps at a distance.

Therefore, Ye Wudai took down Linqiang City and other cities in Xiping, but he was unable to break through the Western Capital.

Du Yu came to the front line in person as a long-term historian, and his calmness infected many people.

Everything is in order.

Except for Yang Zheng's two concubines...

Both Chunniang and Ah Lian have big bellies.

"The only chance for the culprits is to sneak attack. Now that the western capital is prepared, the culprits will not be able to break through the city. I hope the two wives take care of themselves." Du Yu advised earnestly.

Chun Niang is timid and afraid of getting into trouble, and hides behind Ah Lian.

But Ah Lian came from the Wilderness Division, and he was able to mount a horse and bend a bow since he was a child.

And the Qiang women, who are as fierce as fire, can't sit still no matter what when they hear the robbers are attacking, and they have to go to the city to patrol the city with their big bellies.

However, the effect was very good. Qingzhuang and the soldiers saw that both of them had climbed the city wall, and their morale was greatly boosted.

Especially the Qiang people directly address Ah Lian as their mother.

The originally looming estrangement disappeared without a trace.

Du Yu was thoughtful.

Recalling the bamboo slips that Li Mi sent to the Governor's Mansion at the beginning: secretly tied the Qiang people, always cherishing the ambition of Dong Zhuo...

In the past, he was a small western school lieutenant in Longxi, so naturally no one could trust him.

Including Xia Houxuan, everyone laughed it off.

But now he is the captain of the Qiang guard with a rank of two thousand stones.

Of course, Du Yu also understood that with Yang Zheng's strength, he couldn't be compared with Dong Zhuo back then.

And the current Yongliang is not comparable to Dong Zhuo's time.

The longer he spent with Yang Zheng, the more disturbed Du Yu became.

I always feel that he is a little different from other generals in Yongliang.

I don't even want to see him go astray.

"The general is going to fight abroad, and the safety of this city is up to you all." All the words in the scene were spoken by Chun Niang.

"Ma'am, don't worry, there is nothing wrong with this city." Du Yu came back to his senses and cupped his hands.

The second daughter made a round of inspections, so she didn't continue to get in the way on the city wall, and was helped down the city wall by the maids.

Du Yu breathed a sigh of relief, and looked at the hazy and blurred Xiefengwubao in the dawn...

Under the Wubao, a hundred soldiers easily climbed up the city wall.

300 people can't attack, but 100 people can use it.

General Na Qiang is not a fool, he has already seen the reality of Wubao.

The power of the bow and arrow was getting weaker and weaker, Zhao Deng held the spear in his hand, and looked apologetically across the exhausted robe.

"Forget it, if you didn't die in Luogu or Wugong City, it's not bad to die here." The veterans already knew their fate.

No one thought of running away, no one thought of surrendering.

Of course, surrendering to the Qiang people may end in a worse situation.

Qiang people will not take disabled captives.

That member Qiang led thirty soldiers and began to climb the ladder.

With a knife in his mouth, he held a small shield in his left hand to protect his head, and climbed quickly.

Just looking at General Qiang's movements, Zhao Deng knew that he had encountered a tough problem.

It's a pity that the stones on Wubao have been used up.

Bows and arrows had little effect.

It can only be a bloody battle.

Zhao Denghong stared, he did not regret this choice.

Life and death are not as important to him as they used to be.

Life is for fighting.

And many people, without even the chance to fight hard, became a dead bone in the wilderness.

With a muffled grunt, the Qiang soldier who just showed his head was stabbed in the eye socket with a spear and died on the spot.

But the Qiang people behind came up with shields.

"Kill!" The old soldiers roared at the same time.

On the dock, blood spattered.

There are not many troops, but they are extremely tragic.

General Qiang took the lead and stabbed the long knife into the chest and abdomen of an old soldier, but the old soldier endured the severe pain and kept silent, holding on to the long knife so that General Qiang could not draw the knife.

Trying to hug Qiang will fall down together.

But after all, the body is incomplete, and there are many enemies. A Qiang Jia next to him cut off half of his head with a single knife.

The old soldiers fell one by one.

The body was torn apart, it was horrible.

Zhao Deng smiled sadly and stabbed a Qiang Jia to death with a broken spear, but more Qiang Jia surrounded him.

At the moment of life and death, I suddenly heard a loud roar behind me.

The sound of breaking wind followed.

A crossbow arrow accurately shot into the enemy's eye socket and neck.

"Reinforcement! Reinforcement!"

The four or five old soldiers who were alive suddenly cheered.

The Qiang general had a look of unwillingness on his face.

However, more than a dozen reinforcements carried crossbows, and when the springs were pulled, the crossbows fired continuously without loading.

Within twenty steps, penetrate the thin armor of the Qiang people.

General Qiang was taken aback, thinking it was an ambush in the fort, he quickly climbed up the long ladder and slid down the fort.

But his subordinates let out a long series of screams on the city wall.

"Why are you here now!" Zhao Deng roared angrily.

More than a dozen reinforcements were also veterans of the Wuwei Battalion and Zhongba Battalion, and they had met each other.

"Du Changshi Linger waits to abandon the castle!" the leader scout said.

Zhao Deng glanced at the robes that had turned into a ball of slush on the Wubao, and his anger burned in his chest again.

But the scout captain stared at him coldly, "This is a military order!"

Zhao Deng and the surviving veterans trembled, "I'll wait, obey the order!"

"The thieves don't know the truth, you can't delay, the horses have been prepared after Wubao, and it's inconvenient to stay for military affairs, so let's go, everyone, take care."

Zhao Deng suddenly felt that he had regained a long-lost dignity.

And the scouts did have respect in their eyes.

From this moment on, Zhao Deng felt that he was no longer a useless person.

(End of this chapter)