With two consecutive concessions, Xiao Liuyan occupied more than ten cities without any effort, and his reputation suddenly rose. No matter whether it was in Beiqi's country or among other countries, he was faintly regarded as Beiqi's son. The next king, Xiao Liuyan also felt that the king of Northern Qi would fall on his head only after he brought Southern Chu under his control, so he personally led the army to go deep into Southern Chu again.

Ouyang Mingyue continued to order to retreat, but now, only one city was withdrawn at a time. After withdrawing four cities, Beiqi's 50 cavalry finally caught up with his retreat.

The two armies met inside and outside Xingguo City.

Ouyang Mingyue was inside the city, while Xiao Liuyan and his 50 cavalry were outside the city, surrounding the entire Xingguo City.

Chu Xi is also in the city.

That day, before she had time to unload the goods she was carrying on her shoulders, and before she had time to ask her employer for her due wages, she saw her employer hastily closing the door and rejecting her a step away.

The voices of people behind him boiled, the sound of footsteps, the sound of carriages and horses, and the sound of crying, mixed and intertwined into an unspeakable sad song.

Chu Xi stopped a person who was running past in a hurry, and after asking, he learned that the Beiqi army was about to approach the city, and Wuhou Ouyang Mingyue retreated again and again, and now he has retreated to Xingguo City, and is now in the city. , I heard that they are still discussing to continue to retreat...

When Chu Xi suddenly heard the news, she just froze and let the man leave. At this moment, she didn't think much about it, she just felt that she was very hungry, and she hadn't eaten anything all day. I thought that after the delivery of this pinch of goods, I would be able to have a full meal, receive wages and continue on the road, continue to look for her wife, but I didn't expect that not only did I not receive wages, but I didn't even have dinner. Landing.

Jun Suizhu stood far away at the corner of the street and looked at Chuxi. The current Chuxi, after five years of polishing, experienced countless personal stories and the baptism of thousands of mountains and rivers, her face is covered with tears. After weathering the weather, her eyes have already accumulated the years. She is wearing ordinary coarse clothes, and she is completely different from the princess Yonghui five years ago who was dressed in bright clothes, angry horses, and silver guns.

Now she has completely integrated into the lives of ordinary people. She has to worry about her basic necessities of life every day. Whenever she goes to a place, the first thing she does is to find a job for herself.She wore men's clothes, worked as a cashier for others, worked as a peddler, and also worked as a maid for a rich family. She also set up pens and inks on the street to help people write family letters, and once painted portraits for women in brothels. She just wanted to earn a living. , as long as there is nothing that violates the bottom line in her heart, she will do it.

Every time she earns enough travel expenses, she will take the black and skinny poor horse and continue to the next place to continue the search for the next game.

In the past five years, she has traveled to many places, those places she has been to with Jun Xizhu, those places she has not been to, as long as Jun Xizhu is possible, she will go, as long as there are a few words in the rumors that the person in her heart is somewhat similar, she will To search, even though she knew it would be one after another disappointment, she still went.

In the past five years, she had hoped, was disappointed, and was also confused.

That was about a year ago. At that time, Chu Xi had already lost her martial arts. After several days of traveling across the mountains and mountains, she was caught in wind and rain and caught wind and cold. Fortunately, she met a kind-hearted man. The boat lady took her in.

Chuanniang is a widow, and she is about younger than Chu Xi today. She is not only kind-hearted, but also looks good. If she doesn't have calloused hands and puts on silver clothes, she can probably be called It can be said that it is extraordinary.

At that time, Chu Xi was very ill, and he took more than a full month of medicine to recover quickly, but after all, Chuan Niang was a business that depended on the sky, so how could she have so much savings, so she had to borrow all kinds of money. Finally, Chu Xi's illness was cured, but he owed a lot of debts.

Later, Chu Xi's illness was finally cured. She learned how to sail a boat, how to live on board, and also learned how to collect firewood and go fishing in the water. It took several months to pay off the debt she owed.

Before leaving, Chuanniang came to stay with her warm embrace and soft body. At that moment, Chu Xi was at a loss.

Do you continue to walk in this world of mortals and continue to struggle and search, or do you just stay like this, and wander the rivers, lakes and seas in a light boat from now on?

Later, Chu Xi still chose to leave. The moment she pushed Chuan Niang away, all the confusion became clear. She suddenly felt that maybe what she had been looking for was not just her wife, It's not just Xiao Lingxue.

She is looking for her own heart, a heart that is strong enough to withstand all dangers, and can bear all love, hate, hurt and parting.

After searching all the way, I finally came to Xingguo City, and heard the news that the enemy soldiers were approaching the city again. Chu Xi thought that all of this had nothing to do with her, but she didn't expect that some things would not change with time and time. Even if she disappears, she will not be forgotten and buried by people, but will push her to the cusp of the storm again at some coincidental time.

Two days later, Beiqi's army besieged the city and carried out the first tentative attack. With 5000 troops as the vanguard, they attacked the wall of Xingguo City all the way, only to be stopped by the entourage commanded by Ouyang Mingyue who came from Wen Xun , After dropping nearly a thousand corpses, they retreated calmly.

Beiqi's coach Xiao Liunian was overjoyed with this victory, and Yu Shuaizhang satirized Southern Chu Wuhou in public, and Ouyang Mingyue, who was hailed as a generation of famous generals, was no different.

The next day, Beiqi launched the first official siege battle against Southern Chu. The 50 army was divided into four armies, and the three armies were the main attack. Xiao Liunian personally sat in the middle army and commanded a siege battle.

At that time, there were rumors that because Marquis Ouyang Mingyue of Wu escaped and retreated all the way, many soldiers under his tent went their separate ways, and the number of people who fled to Xingguo City with him was less than [-].And the facts that happened next seem to confirm the correctness of this news. When Beiqi launched the official siege, an order was passed down from Ouyang Wuhou's account, ordering all the adult men in the city to go to the city to help the battle, but Violators will be executed.

Accompanied by this order was the blade of the Hou Mansion's personal guards. After beheading dozens of people who violated the order, the rest were finally willing to put on armor and go to the city.

Under the city, the Northern Prayer Army rode tall horses, holding a scimitar with a cold light, and came from three directions: the north, the east, and the south of the city.

On the city, Nanchu Qingzhuang, who was forcibly conscripted, hurriedly held a knife in his armor, and was pushed forward by the guards of the Hou Mansion behind him, throwing rolling logs, boulders, boiling water...

This battle was a life-for-life war, and it was fought so unremarkably that in the history of a long period of time after this, the evaluation of this battle was not high, and many people even felt that in this battle During the battle, Ouyang Mingyue's performance made him feel very sorry for the reputation of Ouyang Wuhou, the No. 1 founding general of Southern Chu, who was the apprentice of the former emperor's master.

In the evening, the two sides called for gold to withdraw troops and count the battlefield. Beiqi had only [-] casualties, and most of the dead bodies above and below the city were the young and strong Nanchu who had been forcibly conscripted. Killing, in such a battlefield, the only function is to increase the feat of killing the enemy.

In the next two days, Beiqi launched two more attacks in a row. On the southern Chu side, the Wuhou Mansion continued to order forced conscripts. The elderly and women are included in the sequence of forced expropriation.

After the fourth day, Beiqi suddenly stopped attacking the city. The commander Xiao Liunian sat high in the tent, looking at the generals seated in line below, his face was ashen, and his eyes showed coldness: "What?! You actually told me at this time? Not enough handsome food and grass?"

All the generals below stared at each other, and then fell silent, no one dared to be that early bird, only the escort officer knelt on the ground tremblingly bearing Xiao Liunian's anger.

At the same time, Chu Xi was pushed to the top of the city together with many young and strong women, forced to put on simple cloth armor, and held the Biluo gun that she was used to using as a shoulder pole. Waiting for Beiqi's next attack.

For the former Southern Chu, Xingguo City was just a medium-sized city, but to Chu Xi's surprise, the city wall was built of huge stones, not to mention several feet high, with turrets and arrow towers on it. Everything is available, even the Urn City, but the traces look quite new, and it should have been completed in the past two years.

Unexpectedly, five years have passed in a blink of an eye. Five years ago, she was ordered to support Xifeng City, with a white horse and a silver gun, crossing the battlefield; Qi Dajun, she couldn't help but her thoughts drifted away, thinking of Ximo, Xifeng City, Yangquan Plain... thinking of the person she could never forget.

The horn sounded suddenly at this time, and the Beiqi army outside the city quickly assembled, but unexpectedly, they did not attack immediately like the previous few times, but after setting up their formation , Drived out some civilians who were captured by them from behind.

Under the city wall, Xiao Liuyan, who was protected by the pro-army, looked at the top of the city, imagining this generation of famous generals who were about to be defeated by him, thinking of the Southern Chu Kingdom that was about to be destroyed, and imagining the power that was about to be handed over, he couldn't help feeling agitated , can not subside for a long time.

These civilians captured by the Beiqi army were all ragged and scarred. Their eyes and hearts were full of despair for survival. Like puppets, they were driven forward by the Beiqi army, as if they were humanoid. The shield is about to block countless knives and arrows for the Northern Prayer Army behind him.

Chu Xi stood among the crowd at the top of the city. Wearing a simple cloth armor, she was not afraid or desperate. She just held the gun in her hand and stood at the top of the city. She looked at everything with almost indifferent eyes.

Until, the city wall was almost full of ordinary people who were captured by the Northern Prayer Army and used as siege tools, and some light finally passed through the almost indifferent eyes.

Is it surprise?Is it mercy?Is it resentment?Or... can't bear it?

At this moment, Chu Xi didn't know what was going on in her heart. She looked at the numb people under the city wall, and then looked back at the old, weak, and disabled women behind her. What?"

War - what exactly is it?

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