Dianxia Qingcheng

Qi Changyi secretly swallowed his saliva, looked at Zhao Litang and Yuenu, and asked in a low voice, "But don't you eat it? It's yours."

Pei Zheng whispered, "mine is yours."

Then he naturally put the chopsticks into Qi Changyi's hand.

Qi Changyi couldn't stand the temptation of the fragrance, "Well, then I'll eat it."

He also ate Pei Zheng's bowl of noodles cleanly, his mouth was greasy and his stomach was round.

After a few people finished eating, they walked out of the small noodle shop.

Zhao Litang said, "Okay, it's getting late, we should go back."

Qi Changyi was full, and nodded obediently, "Okay."

Several people were about to walk away, but there was a commotion not far away, and a few children were screaming and running around.

One of the children seemed to be frightened, and rushed straight in the direction of several people.

Pei Zheng quickly pulled Qi Changyi away to prevent him from being hit by the child, and held a handle around his waist to prevent him from falling.

Seeing that Qi Changyi was all right, Zhao Litang grabbed the kid who was running around.

"Child, what happened over there? What are you running for?"

The child stared blankly and murmured, "Killed, killed, killed a lot of people, run, run!"

After saying that, he desperately broke free and ran away.

Zhao Litang and Pei Zheng looked at each other, both of them looking solemn.

"You go back first, I'll take a look."

Pei Zheng nodded, "Be careful."

Then Zhao Litang walked towards the place where the crowd poured out, and Pei Zheng and others went back to the barracks first.

Along the way, people could be seen packing their things and fleeing. They rushed to the gate of the city with their valuable belongings, wanting to leave this border town and go to a city farther away from foreigners and barbarians.

Qi Changyi was also worried about Zhao Litang, afraid that something would happen to him if he went alone.

After returning to the barracks, Wu Quan happened to be leading a team of well-equipped soldiers, ready to rush to the place where the incident happened, and he just met Pei Zheng and Qi Changyi hurriedly.

Cheng Feng saw Pei Zheng and several others, so he came up to him and reported what had happened.

It turned out that a few barbarian assassins suddenly appeared in the town just now. They killed many innocent people in the town and created panic, and then disappeared.

According to the latest information, the army of the barbarians has already been dispatched, and they don't know when they will cross the desert and reach the border of the foreign race. Once the foreign race falls, it will immediately endanger the border of the Celestial Dynasty.

No wonder the people in the town were so scared when they saw the barbarian assassins. It was not that they had not seen the power of barbarian soldiers. When the war between the two countries was fierce, the city at the junction was full of blood.

Zhao Litang is guarding here, giving the frontier people a great sense of security, but now that the war is imminent, this sense of security is almost gone.

"Send the order, lift the ban on the city gate, and evacuate the people of the city as soon as possible. Which city is the closest to here?"

Cheng Feng replied, "It's Anli City, under the jurisdiction of Lord Li Wu."

Pei Zheng said, "Send a letter to Li Wu, and in my name, let him open the gate of Anli City and receive refugees."

"Yes!"

Take the wind and lead the order to retreat.

Pei Zhengcai recalled his tent with Qi Changyi, and when there were only two people around, Pei Zhengcai relaxed a little.

"Is there going to be a war here?" Qi Changyi asked suddenly.

Pei Zheng pulled him to the side of the bed and sat down, bent down and looked into his eyes.

"Do you know what war means?"

Qi Changyi nodded solemnly, "I know, that is, a lot of people will die and a lot of blood will be shed."

Pei Zheng touched his hair, "War will protect a lot of people and make them bleed less."

Qi Changyi didn't understand.

Pei Zheng continued, "Those soldiers on the battlefield are protecting their most cherished people. The more blood they bleed, the less blood their lover sheds."

His fingers gently stroked Qi Changyi's cheek.

"And you, I hope you don't bleed at all."

Qi Changyi blinked, with tears in his eyes.

"how about you"

Pei Zheng smiled, "Worried about me?"

Qi Changyi pursed his mouth and nodded, he was worried to death.

"You can't bleed, not at all"

The voice was soft and waxy, but unusually firm.

Pei Zheng withdrew his fingers and did not answer, but hugged the little man into his arms.

Until evening, Zhao Litang and others came back.

It took a lot of effort, but I finally caught the barbarian assassins, but unfortunately they all bit their tongues and committed suicide in advance, and they couldn't catch the alive ones.

Everyone in the army became more nervous, and the atmosphere in the military camp suddenly became very dignified.

A spy came to report that the barbarian army was very close to the foreign border, and I was afraid that they would reach the foreign border tomorrow night.

Although there were also some Celestial soldiers stationed within the borders of foreign nations, the number was too small to resist tens of thousands of barbarian elite soldiers.

Almost all the people in the city can run away, and there are some elderly people who have lived in this small town all their lives, but they can't run anymore, and they don't want to run anymore.

The whole town almost became a ghost town overnight.

There were also some people from other races who also evacuated toward the heavenly dynasty.

Zhao Litang also urged Pei Zheng to hurry back to the Imperial City, asking him to leave with Qi Changyi, leave here, and leave this dangerous place.

Pei Zheng and Zhao Litang stood side by side on the city tower of this small town. Looking at the foreign city in the distance, they could faintly see the border of the foreigners. There was a desert. Directional invasion.

"What about you? Do you have any retreats?" Pei Zheng asked lightly, looking into the distance.

"Retreat? The emperor's order for me has never been the word. If you are desperate, you have to stand until the last moment. You can't retreat, and there is no way to retreat."

The red ying cloak behind Zhao Litang was blown away by the cold wind, "Besides, I am the invincible general of Zhenyuan, and when the enemy sees me, they can only retreat."

"This time is different, don't you know? The barbarians have been eager to fight against the Celestial Empire a few years ago. Now they have been suppressed for so many years. Their army has been trained like a wolf like a tiger. This time they are provoked by breaking the boat. The war has ended. And today's celestial dynasty is devastated."

"Of course I know." Zhao Litang's eyes brightened, "But so what, as long as there is still a glimmer of hope, I will stick to the battlefield until the end, until the end.

There was no one behind me. "

Pei Zheng couldn't help but glanced at the general beside him, and he had to say that Pei Zheng had never had the kind of chivalrous courage and dedication to serve the country.

To a certain extent, Pei Zheng has some respect for Zhao Litang, and this respect may be a little more important than that for the emperor.

"There is one more thing, I have to ask Mr. Pei, maybe, this is the last time."

"Okay." In fact, Pei Zheng had already guessed what he wanted to say, but he still listened patiently.

"Chang Yi, I'm going to hand him over to you again. What did you do when I handed him over to you last time, I don't need to say more, but now, I can only trust you again, after all, I don't even know my own destiny. If you don’t grasp it well, how can you protect him again?”

Zhao Litang paused, "Pei Zheng, I actually envy you, you can do whatever you want, you can do whatever you want, you can make choices according to your heart, and you have enough ability and ambition to control everything. I can't. , I have concerns, I have fetters, I have shackles that bind me, and what I carry on my back is the peace and tranquility of the entire heaven."

"So," Pei Zheng restrained his expression and moved his eyes to the distance again, "General Zhao, you must be victorious and invincible. If the war is won, I wish you peace in the world."

Live freely in the world.

After returning to the barracks, it was almost noon, and the barbarian army would arrive at the foreign border tonight.

Jiang Yubai had already packed his things, and Qi Yirou had also been placed in the carriage, and they would all return to the imperial capital with Pei Zheng and Qi Changyi.

Zhao Litang also ordered Yuenu to be stuffed into the carriage, but Yuenu jumped off without hesitation, and even if he injured his foot, he cried to tears, and he didn't want to leave.

"General, I'm not going, please, don't let me go, okay? I can go to the battlefield, and I can kill the enemy, as long as you don't let me leave..."

Zhao Litang's face was ashen, he stepped forward to pick up Yue Slave, and dragged him to a place where no one was behind the tent.

"What did you say before? Huh? You said that you would go back to the general's mansion honestly, but you lied to me if you dared to feel guilty?"

Yuenu's tears kept falling, "General, I, I didn't know at that time, if I knew that there would be wars, I would not agree.

would like to go back”

Zhao Litang said coldly, "Don't cry, do you really think I don't know your identity?"

Yue Nu's body froze, "General, general, it's not like you think you are, listen to my explanation."

"I never thought that I actually saved a barbarian and kept him by my side. Now that the barbarian army is about to arrive, you are about to see your clan, are you reluctant to leave?"

Yue Nu cried and shook her head, her lips turned white from being bitten, but she didn't know how to explain Zhao Litang to be able to believe herself.

Although he is of barbarian blood, he has no relationship with barbarians at all. He was born in barbarians, but grew up in the celestial dynasty, and he regarded himself as a celestial dynasty since he was a child.

Seeing that his heart was broken from crying, Zhao Litang cooled down, "If you think of yourself as a Chinese, go back to the imperial capital now, if you want to be a barbarian, I won't stop you until the barbarian army arrives. , you go to defect to them."

Yue Nu burst into tears after hearing this, and the crescent marks at the corners of her eyes turned red.

"I'm going back to the general, I'm going back to the imperial capital."