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As soon as it was dawn, the refugees outside Lindu City gathered in front of the city gate, and everyone desperately wanted to squeeze into the city.

"Open the city gate and let us in!"

"I beg you, give us a way to survive."

These are some who still have the strength to shout, and some who have no strength just huddle in the crowd, hoping that when the city gate opens, they will be lucky enough to enter the city.

"Open the door, open the door!" The wailing finally turned into a roar, and the refugees began to try every means to enter the city.

Not only did Xia Bing not stop them, but he stood behind the refugees and waited for the city gate to open and they all rushed in together.

Lord Qin wiped the sweat from his brow with his hand, and shouted down the city: "You are all citizens of Qi, now Xia Bing just wants to take advantage of the opening of the city gate, don't be fooled."

"The emperor has abandoned the city, why are you coaxing me to wait?" Someone below shouted: "If you don't let me in, I will have to freeze to death outside the city."

The person who was hesitant just now came to his senses immediately, "The emperor is out of the city, why didn't he let me wait to enter the city?"

"Do you want us to starve to death outside the city like this?"

The refugees became more and more furious, from the looks of it, Qi State didn't want to fight Xia Bing at all, most likely they didn't care about their life or death.

In the midst of the commotion, Xia Bing behind suddenly launched an attack, aiming their bows and arrows at the refugees outside the city.The frightened refugees rushed forward even more desperately, and a powerful force engulfed the crowd to squeeze towards the city gate. In an instant, many old and weak people who were exhausted were pushed to the ground, letting the sea of ​​people trample on them, howling everywhere. One piece, horrible.

Duke Qin gritted his teeth and said, "The thief is abominable. He has ruined the people of our country of Qi so much. He must pay in blood."

Some soldiers also gritted their teeth, "Grandpa, the thief deceived me that there is no one in Qi, I might as well rush out and kill him without leaving any behind."

Duke Qin looked at the sturdy Xia Bing in the distance, and immediately came to his senses, "No, if the city gate is opened at this time, Lindu will not be able to defend it."

There are hundreds of thousands of people in the city. If Xia Bing slaughters the city, he will be a sinner through the ages!
"My lord!" The soldiers fell to their knees and asked for a fight with tears in their eyes.

Duke Qin glanced down the city. Outside the city gate, there was a pile of refugees. The red blood flowed everywhere together with the melted snow, which was horrible.

Lord Qin Guo closed his eyes and slowly walked down the tower, "You don't need to say more, defend the city!"

"My lord—" the soldier stopped with tears in his eyes.

Duke Qin hesitated for a moment, then turned around and walked forward.

In the misty fog, he tried to open his eyes wide.

A red figure in front is getting closer and closer, behind is a neat team.

He thought he was dazzled, and rubbed his eyes again.

Yes, the team was walking towards him, getting closer and closer.

A few steps away from him, the team stopped.Only then did he see clearly that the person in red was a woman. She had a cold complexion and was wearing a red cloak. She was obviously only a slender woman, but in the white snow, she had a shocking power.

"Grandfather, Chang Shi, the wife of Marquis Mu Jingyi of Changping, is here to ask for a fight!" Chang Luoyun's voice was clear and intense, and in the cold morning air, it pierced directly into Duke Qin's heart like a sharp sword.

He looked at the woman in front of him solemnly, "Madam Hou, this is not a place for women to show off their strength, you should go back!"

"Master Guo is a man, but can you protect the people of Qi State?" Chang Luoyun's tone was firm, without any fear.

"You..." Qin Guogong's chest was blocked, his beard was trembling, "I won't talk to you, it's better for you to go back and stay in the Hou's mansion."

"If you can't protect the people of Qi State, I can." Chang Luoyun's tone was sonorous.

"You can," Qin Guogong laughed angrily, "Mr. Chang, do you know what you are talking about?"

"If Duke Qin can't protect the people of Qi State well--" Chang Luoyun took two steps forward, eyes like arrows, and said every word: "I-can-yes!"

"Heh, heh!" Lord Qin stared at her blankly for a few seconds, then sneered, "You—why?"

"Just rely on the hundreds of soldiers behind me, and rely on me hundreds of thousands of people in Lindu." Chang Luoyun stopped looking at Duke Qin, and walked up the tower.

Although it was only a few steps, Lord Qin felt the momentum of thousands of troops.

Chang Luoyun walked up to the kneeling soldiers, with a stern look on his brows, "I believe that all of you present here are warriors from our country of Qi. Today you are wearing armor and holding spears in order not to let me The people of the country were tortured and slaughtered by thieves, but you see—"

She suddenly turned around, stretched out her hand and pointed down the city, her voice suddenly raised: "They are all our compatriots, or, among them, there are our relatives, our friends, our relatives, friends and neighbors. Under our feet, they Are going through life and death torture like purgatory, should we just watch them lose their lives at our feet?"

"If you don't destroy the thief, you will be a man in vain!" Someone cried out with tears in his eyes.

"Blood debt!" Someone echoed.

No one questioned Chang Luoyun's identity, no one asked more.

"If you don't destroy the thieves, you will be a man in vain; if you kill my compatriots, you will pay with blood!" The voices gradually merged into a torrent, and roared out with the rhythm of the earth-shattering momentum.

"Okay! I'm worthy of being a son of Qi country!" Chang Luoyun raised her hands, and the strong wind blew the red cloak on her body and made a sound. In the white snow, she looked more and more like a goddess descending from heaven.

Qin Guogong suddenly realized that he hadn't been so excited for many years. He wiped his eyes, his morale was so high, and it was not impossible for him to confront Xia Bing head-on.

"If you warriors think you can fight, then fight to the death!" As soon as Chang Luoyun finished speaking, Wang Yanqing stepped forward with five hundred black armored troops.

Although these soldiers hadn't been trained for long, under Wang Yanqing's personal training, they still looked good, with a murderous aura.

"Wang Yanqing listen to the order!" Chang Luoyun said loudly: "Now you rush out of the city with five hundred black-armored troops, enter the camp of Xia soldiers, and try to hold back Xia soldiers as much as possible."

"Yes!"

"The rest of the city guards, prepare your bows and crossbows, and cover the people outside the city from entering the city."

The general guarding the city replied loudly, "Yes!"

Duke Qin watched all this and did not stop it. He also knew in his heart that even if he stopped it, there was nothing he could do.

With the first ray of dawn, the city gate of Lindu, which had been closed for nearly ten days, slowly opened with a heavy creak.

Many refugees outside the city couldn't believe it at first, and when they were sure that the city gate was open, they poured into the city like crazy.

Xia Bing behind was used to the weakness of Qi soldiers, but he didn't expect that the city gate would really open. After a moment's pause, he urged his horse to chase after him.

The archers on the city wall fired all their arrows, instantly separating a safety line between the refugees and Xia Bing.With this moment of delay, half of the refugees ran into the city.

Chang Luoyun stood on the tower with a big drum in front of him.She held the drumstick in her hand and looked down for a moment.The morning sun illuminated her figure, and from below, she seemed to be standing on a cloud, shining brilliantly.

After the rain of arrows, Xia Bing rushed towards the city gate immediately.

Chang Luoyun looked at the right time, and the drumstick in his hand landed heavily on the drum.

Boom—boom!
dong dong dong dong dong-

The sound of drums is like galloping horses and rolling spring thunder, coming with a monstrous momentum.

Amid the majestic and majestic drumbeat, Wang Yanqing rushed out of the city gate with hundreds of black armored troops.