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Xu Li did not withdraw to the camp, but only retreated twenty miles away. He did not rush back to attack, but ordered people to come back to clean up the battlefield. It is roughly estimated that Xu Li lost thousands of people.

Tang Ling and Baixiqiao were watching from the tower. The North City Gate reported that the Qi army had retreated, and there were no casualties on Lu Xiulin's side.

Bashan seemed to have calmed down until the moon was in the middle of the sky, and Xu Zheng attacked Bashan at night.

"Boom, boom, boom!" The rapid drumming exploded in the dark night like thunder, like a beast from ancient times, crawling out of the abyss, trying to swallow the whole Bashan in one gulp.

"Kill!! Kill!!"

Bai Xiqiao and Tang Ling exchanged glances. They waited from day to night, and finally they waited for the license again.

The real battle of offense and defense begins.

"put!"

Thunderstones, rolling logs, and fire thorns poured down from the Bashan City Pass like a torrential rain, as if carrying the wrath of the gods. The screams and screams outside the city pass were mixed together. In the dark night, the loess turned into a sea of ​​flames, and the gushing blood became burnt color.

Baixiqiao heard his own heartbeat, beating, beating, faster, louder and more rapid than a war drum.

He grew up with his father Bai Liu in the Dingyuan Army's barracks since he was a child, but this was the first time he had experienced such a tragic siege battle.

He stood on the city gate, watching the Qi army below swarmed like ants, defeated by thunder stones and rolling logs, killed by arrows, tortured by the fire of the prairie fire, the heart-piercing pain and shouts were drowned in the drums. Among them, they have no possibility of breaking through Bashan, but they have to grit their teeth and die one after another.

Both the Chongche and the ladder have been pushed under the city gate.

Baixiqiao's heart was like a war drum being hammered by a drum stick. He had no fear or scruples, and he raised his arms and shouted: "Let go!"

Crockpots filled with kerosene, asphalt, and quicklime were pushed down from the city gate, followed by rockets, and a large amount of poisonous smoke began to fill the tower below, causing heavy casualties to the Qi army.

This offensive and defensive battle lasted for nearly an hour. The city wall of Bashan was too high and majestic. The Qi army could not climb up, so they had to choose to withdraw in the end.

On the fourth watch day, Ba Shan finally gradually regained his composure.

And from the city tower overlooking the sea of ​​flames and scorched earth outside the city gate, it seems that the day has already dawned.

Baixiqiao was uninjured, and almost no one was injured at the city gate, and there were some minor injuries. They were just tired. As soon as the Qi army withdrew, Baixiqiao ordered a change of defense, so that everyone who should rest should go to rest.

But the defenders who were with him just now were too tired, and they simply sat on the tower one by one, panting slowly, and some fell asleep directly.

Bai Xiqiao raised his hand to wipe away the sweat and smoke stains on his face, and couldn't help but ask Tang Ling: "Bashan is easy to defend and difficult to attack, so Xu Zheng can't think about it? Even if the emperor of Qi is pressing hard, he can't put on a show." Is it? He lost at least [-] this night."

Tang Ling handed Baixiqiao a handkerchief and a water bag, and shook her head: "Xu Zheng is the most important general of the Emperor of Qi, no matter how anxious he is, he will still listen to Xu Zheng when it comes to marching and fighting. of.

But the court of Qi State is not the emperor alone has the final say.

Promising not to fight, or passively slacking off to fight, is giving people a handle. "

Baixiqiao chuckled, gulped down water, shook his head after a while and said, "If Qi is dead, then why fight for the throne? Civil and military officials are easy to talk about, and there is a way to survive if they surrender obediently. To be wiped out.

If you compare the state of Qi to a boat, Xu Li is the person who pulls the boat. How can there be any reason to kick the boatman off the boat?Are those two princes too smart? "

Tang Ling felt that the metaphor of Baixi Bridge was very good, and she couldn't help laughing: "The truth is that it's a good idea to help each other in times of trouble, but it's not the same in practice.

Qi's government has accumulated decades of abuses, and it is not something they can resolve and bridge if they want to shake hands and make peace. "

"I don't understand that.

You and Xiao'er are always playing charades with us, and you don't explain it clearly every time. Xiao'er only leads a small group of people deep into Qi, what can those people do?Can it really stir up civil unrest in Qi?We have all attacked Bashan, isn't the Qi court panicking?Now that they are in a panic, they are still unwilling to join forces to resist foreign enemies, and they still want to plot against each other? "

Tang Ling sighed slightly, and Bai Xiqiao clearly saw a trace of loneliness slipping through his eyes, and it was fleeting as if he had misread it.

"Let's go," Tang Ling turned and went downstairs, asking Baixiqiao, "If you were the eldest prince, what would be the best outcome of this war for you?"

"Huh? The result? Zhou Guo retreated, Dingyuan's army was completely wiped out, Xu Zheng won a complete victory, and since then there has been peace among the three kingdoms for decades, the eldest prince can use Xu Zheng's power to seize the crown prince."

"Then what is the best result for the second prince?"

"Eh... Zhou Guo retreated and Dingyuan's army was completely wiped out, but because the northern border was lost and Xu Zheng was unfavorable in the battle, he pulled Xu Zheng to dismount and hand over the military power, and put his own people into the military department to control the court."

"What about the emperor of Qi?"

Baixiqiao frowned: "Stop fighting and cultivate, and the world will be peaceful."

"The Second Prince and the Emperor of Qi both hope that Xu Zheng can win, but they also hope that Xu Zheng can die in Bashan.

The eldest prince will not want Xu Zheng to die for the time being, but he certainly does not want him to live too long. "

Baixiqiao was stunned for a moment, and his steps stopped.

He immediately understood what Tang Ling meant.

Xu Zheng is already the Marquis of Zhenbei, he controls half of the military power in Qi State, and the entire northern border is in his hands. If Xu Zheng wins this battle, he will be sealed.

If the Dingyuan army never returns, Da Chen will be unable to cross Fenglin Mountain again in the next few years, the birds will be gone, the good bow will be hidden, the cunning rabbit will die, and the lackeys will cook, and the permit will not be needed.

Tang Ling walked slowly in front of Baixi Bridge, letting Baixi Bridge watch him from behind.

Although Lu Fang won the battle of Taihua River, he was in trouble.

Xun'an Hou Tang Yao had brilliant military exploits and was in charge of the military alone, but he had to send his only son to Dachen as a hostage.

And his father, Bai Liu...

Baixiqiao snorted, how ridiculous and sad!The meritorious deeds he was thinking of wholeheartedly would end up like this in the end? !

***

According to the customs of Lu'an Mansion, if a person does not die in bed but dies unexpectedly, his spirit must not stay in the mansion, and he must be buried as soon as possible to prevent the dead from resentment due to excessive resentment. Chanting scriptures day and night, wash away the resentment and hostility of the dead, and save the soul of the dead, so that they can have wealth and longevity in the next life.

The ceremonies in Lu'an's mansion are completely different from those in Dachen's customs.

The daily religious ceremonies are in the morning and evening hours.

Early in the morning, when the rooster crows three times and before the sun is bright, do morning rituals and chanting, and at dusk, before the sun goes down, do evening rituals and chanting. When yin and yang alternate, guide the way for the deceased, lest he be too resentful and obsessed In the world, if you turn into a ghost, you will not be reborn.

In addition to the ceremonies, there is one more thing, that is, if the cause of the dead person's unjust death can be found and resolved, then the ceremonies do not need to be completed for 49 days.

After the Meng family buried the fake Meng Jing, the eldest lady sent someone to find Qi Xiao and the others, and brought them to the mage to explain the situation of Meng Jing's death in detail, and asked the mage about the method of super-salvation and cracking.

Mr. Bo next to Meng Tao may not care about how Meng Jing died, but Mrs. Meng's family will definitely not ignore the death of her son.

Before, Yu Ran hastily said in front of Meng Boquan and the eldest son Meng Tao that they didn't quite know what happened, and when they met Meng Jing, he was seriously injured.

This time was invited by the eldest lady, when the mage asked in detail, Yu Ran followed Qi Xiao's intention and pushed the words to Chi Yue: "Back to the elder lady, the mage, the second son was first discovered by my cousin. , let him explain."

Chi Yue took over the conversation, looked up at the lady, then at the long-bearded mage, showing some timidity, and slowly said: "The four of us escaped from Xingtian Pass, almost panicked, and followed the crowd. .

On the outskirts of Yaocheng that day, I went to fetch water by the stream, and saw someone lying down under a tree in the distance crying for help, so I went to check and recognized the second young master.

At that time, the second son's robe and baggage were gone, he must have encountered a robbery, so he..."

"Jie Dao?!" The eldest lady lost her beloved son, her heart was filled with sadness and anger, and she almost couldn't sit still and was about to faint. Two maids beside her rushed to support her, "Speak clearly! What Jie Dao? Jinger Martial arts are so good, what kind of tribulation can hurt him so badly!"

"... We didn't eat or drink along the way. Some sold their sons and daughters, and some relied on their own strength to snatch them. Gradually, those people gathered together and specially picked out those who traveled alone, or the old and weak, women and children. Grabbing money and food, and even robbing other people's children to sell... In short, it is inhumane.

Our brothers also met twice, but we are young and strong, and we can punch them twice to scare them away, otherwise we will send the second young master back. "

The lady was trembling with anger as she listened: "It's reversed! They are bandits and robbers! Is there still a king's law? Are you going to rebel?!"

"Ma'am, take a sip of tea slowly."

Da Furen's maid Bai Lu brought a cup of tea to Da Furen, and gave Chi Yue a sideways glance.

"You! You guys! Why didn't you send my son to the hospital immediately?!" Yao City is not too far from Lu An's Mansion, and you can get there in two days and two nights. There are doctors and medicines in the city, and her son Ben still has alive!

"Husband, madam, it's not that we don't want to, it's... that Yao City has sealed off the city, and we really can't get in.

It was not until we found a doctor in a village near Zhao County, but..."

Da furen panted heavily and with difficulty, and asked with tears in her teeth: "Who hurt my son?!"

Chi Yue seemed to be taken aback by Da Furen's stern question, trembling slightly, he said: "We asked, but the Second Young Master doesn't seem to know them.

but……"

"But what?"

"I have seen a man holding a sickle, he should be the leader of that group... I have seen him kill people, the wound on that man's body is the same as that of the Second Young Master..."

The eldest lady jumped up immediately when she heard this, and rushed towards Chi Yue vigorously: "Who?! Who is it?!"

The eldest lady was so angry that her feet went limp all the way, and she almost fell to the ground.

The two maids Bai Lu and Hong Xia held the eldest madam steady: "Ma'am!"

"I don't know that person, I only heard others call him Lord Hong."

The eldest lady shook her hands and shouted: "Hongxia, go and invite the master here! Go!"