Wuhu Mingyue

December 311, [-] AD, at night, Liangzhou, Hanzhong County, Liangzhou City

In the study of Zhang Guang's mansion, there is a strong smell of medicine

Zhang Guang lay weakly on the bed, took another sip of the warming and tonic medicine fed by his wife in a daze, and then squinted at the three sons standing beside the bed with drooping eyelids.

"Father! The thieves Wang Jian, Li Yun, and Yang Hu are making trouble everywhere, and there are also three unknown forces who are also working for the tiger, and even continue to cooperate with Wang Jian and others to burn, kill and loot."

"Except for our Liangzhou City and Baozhong County, all parts of Hanzhong County have fallen to the hands of thieves!"

"Focheng and Ningshan in the northeast, Xixiang and Ankang in the southeast, Mianyang in the west, Liuba in the north, and Chenggu and Yangxian counties closest to us, all the important towns have fallen!"

"Father! There are bandits in other counties, and now that the roads are blocked by heavy snow, I'm afraid they can't count on their reinforcements at all."

"Father! We are now trapped in an isolated city"

"Then, what about Qiu Chi's reinforcements?! Yang Maosou and Wei Wei are life-and-death friends, and he will never sit idly by..."

"Yang Nandi has personally written a letter, saying that Yang Maosou is seriously ill, so he can't get out to help."

"Cough! Cough! Yang Nandi, this bastard!? He must have been the one who got in the way and deliberately didn't send reinforcements! I really don't know what's going on with my brother Maosou now!? Cough cough! Where's Jin Miao?! On his side What happened to the situation?!"

"Fortunately, there are Jin soldiers who can't hold out in Baozhong County, otherwise we are now in a desperate situation." (Baozhong County is an ancient county name, which was first established in the Western Han Dynasty. The area belongs to Hanzhong County. It was renamed Baozhong County during the Yixi period of the Eastern Jin Dynasty.)

Zhang Guang nodded his head weakly but relieved, and then gently pushed away the soup that his wife had fed...

"It's really thanks to him, Jin Miao, who dared to stand up at the critical moment..."

Zhang Mai hesitated to speak and glanced at his elder brother Zhang Yuan who kept shaking his head to signal to him. In desperation, he could only hold back the words of accusing Jin Miao of corruption and bribery that came to his lips. ...

"Cough cough cough..."

"Husband..."

"Hey! Don't cry, my husband is just sick for a while, and he hasn't died yet! Jionger! You help your mother go back to the room to sleep for a while... You and your mother have been with you last night. Father spent the night, so just rest well tonight, and just let your two older brothers accompany you tonight..."

"promise!"

Zhang Jiong hurriedly helped his mother who was still sobbing and left the study together...

After a while...

"Meng Chang..."

"Father……"

"Thanks a lot……"

"Father is serious... Fortunately, what my father got this time was not a fatal epidemic, it was just a small wind and cold. Otherwise, the situation in Liangzhou would be even worse..."

"Hey! It's impossible to disobey the old! When my father was young in the past, he dared to go into battle shirtless in the winter, but now he is sick like a mountain..., hey! It's still at this juncture..."

"I also ask my father to recuperate at ease and recover soon..."

Zhang Guang smiled wryly and shook his head, then heaved a long sigh...

"Meng Chang...if we try our best to break through and go to Chang'an now...there will be a slight chance of surviving...for the father means that if we try our best to protect the three of you and go to Chang'an to find Jia Yandu..."

"Plop"!

Zhang Yuan immediately knelt down on the ground, took a few quick steps to reach Zhang Guang's bed, and then tightly grasped Zhang Guang's withered right hand...

"The son would rather die in Liangzhou City than abandon the city, let alone leave his father alone!"

Zhang Mai also quickly knelt down on the ground, and then shouted: "Father! I am also willing to defend Liangzhou City with my elder brother, and never let any bandits enter the city!"

"Father! The city is alive and the people are alive, but the city is dead and the people are dead!"

"Yes! The city is alive and the people are alive, but the city is dead and the people are dead!"

"Father has been for the people of Liangzhou all his life, so don't ignore righteousness at this time just because your son is waiting!"

Looking at the two beloved sons kneeling in front of his couch, Zhang Guang couldn't help but burst into tears.

"If my father hadn't reached the end of his life, how could he have made such a bad plan?!"

"Father! We may have a turning point!"

Zhang Guang glanced at Zhang Yuan, who had a firm gaze in doubt, and couldn't help but blurt out: "You mean Jia Yandu's reinforcements?! Hey! Impossible! The war in Chang'an has been dragging on until now, and Jia Yandu's All the soldiers and horses are used to surround Chang'an, how can he have extra soldiers and horses to rush to help us?!"

"Father! As long as Marshal Jia can see the blood letters that we sent people to send in succession, Marshal Jia will definitely not ignore us!"

"Bastards! You two bastards actually went to get some blood books behind your father's back?! Do you know that Chang'an has reached the most critical moment?! If you two make trouble like this, once the commander-in-chief's heart is divided, Then lead to the defeat of the battle, then what should you two do?!"

"Then we can't just sit and wait for death?!"

"Brother is right!"

"Father! If Liangzhou is completely in chaos, then the Huns will follow Lu Shuihu's example and abandon Chang'an and directly break through Liangzhou! But if our side can calm down as soon as possible, it will undoubtedly be beneficial to the overall situation!"

Zhang Guang glared at his two sons angrily, wishing he could kill the two little beasts immediately with a sword, but when he thought of the innocent people in his city, he felt dizzy

"Father!"

"Father, what's wrong with you?!"

"Quick! Call the medical officer! Come and save someone!"

same moment...

Xiagui City, Luke's Chinese army tent

"This is..., what did the commander-in-chief say in his letter?!"

Luke glanced at Huangfuyang solemnly, and then handed the letter sent from Chang'an Kuaima to the bewildered Huangfuyang...

Huangfuyang took the letter, seriously, and read it over and over again...

"This..., how is this possible?!"

"Why is it impossible?! You can't even read the handwriting of the commander?! And the seal of the commander on it, how could it be fake?!"

"But this made us immediately dispatch [-] soldiers and horses to Liangzhou. Isn't this nonsense?!"

Luke twisted his mouth, and couldn't help sighing: "It's my fault... I really shouldn't be in a hurry to ask for credit for the commander-in-chief, but it turned out that the old man really missed him..."