Meng Dong

As the sky gradually brightened, Meng Dong heard the sound while half asleep and half awake, his eyelids trembled slightly, and then slowly opened, and saw Xu Weidan sitting down in front of him, he touched the copper pot from the stove, and poured it out. He took a bowl of hot water and drank it slowly.

Meng Dong yawned, sat up straight, touched a bowl from behind, and handed it to Xu Weidan. Xu Weidan laughed and filled the bowl with hot water: "I'll let someone Shall I take you back to the palace for a rest?"

Meng Dong took a small sip of water, and because of the injection of warm water, his whole body slowly warmed up, he shook his head lightly, glanced outside, tilted his head for a while, and asked, "How many days are you? "

Xu Weidan stirred the charcoal in the brazier with a spatula to make the fire more prosperous, and replied: "Today is the eighth day."

It has been eight days since the Chu army attacked Jiangling City. During these eight days, they successfully resisted several attacks from the enemy. Minor damage, but to date no enemy troops have been allowed to enter the city.

As the general in charge of defending the city, Xu Weidan can clearly feel that everything is just like what Meng Dong said, although every attack of the enemy army seems to be not too different, but their morale is gradually declining .Far away from their homeland, the weather is getting colder every day, and even the food and grass are about to be exhausted. For the soldiers of the Chu army, life will only become more difficult.Many people have probably started to retreat.

But for the soldiers in Jiangling, it was very different. Behind them was Jiangling City, their hometown and elders, so no matter what the price was, they would firmly guard the city gate.Every bloodbath and the sacrifice of the comrades around them are even more an encouragement to them, motivating them to persevere.

Xu Weidan even felt that as long as he was given another 5000 men, he could lead the Jiangling defenders to fight a beautiful counterattack and kill all the enemy troops.

But as Meng Dong said, all they have to do is hold on.As long as it is consumed, the enemy is the first to be unable to hold on.

Meng Dong drank half a bowl of water, put his hands in front of the brazier to warm himself up, and after pondering for a while, he said slowly, "It's been eight days since I came to Jiangling from the capital, and I've traveled a long distance, for the convenience of marching and sneak attack, they can't take too much with me." Too much food and grass. According to my calculation, they will soon be unable to sustain it."

"Isn't it a good thing if you can't hold on?"

Meng Dong shook his head lightly, raised his eyes and smiled at Xu Weidan: "It may be a good thing for us when we can't hold on at all. But before that, in order to survive, it may stimulate their last remnants. Fighting spirit. Break the boat and use the strength of the whole army to launch the final blow against us. If we can survive this time, we can completely relax."

Xu Weidan took the long sword on his waist out of the scabbard, found a piece of cloth whose original appearance could no longer be seen and wiped the sword lightly. In the past eight days, he used this sword to cut through unknown wounds. how many necks of the enemy.He raised his head, smiled slightly at Meng Dong, and said slowly: "We have no other choice all this time, have we? Since they are coming, we just wait. But, if we come again this time, we can How much to go back is not up to what they say. Since it’s a dead end, it’s better to stay. Use their blood to water the walls of Jiangling City, maybe it will be stronger.”

Meng Dong tilted his head to look at him, and finally reached out and patted his shoulder lightly through the heavy armor: "I suggest that when you finally win, find a place to take a shower and change into clean clothes, and then Go back to the other courtyard. Jiangliu is heavy, so she can't be exposed to such blood."

Xu Weidan looked up at Meng Dong, with a little smile on his lips: "I didn't expect you to believe these things. The folks may have these opinions, but in a family like ours, such words are not counted. Back then When my mother gave birth to me, it was said that she was in pain for three days and three nights. My old man came back from the battlefield with blood all over his body. , and guess what?"

Meng Dong raised his eyebrows: "What?"

"My mother saw the blood all over his body and thought he was injured and frightened, so she gave birth to me directly." Xu Weidan couldn't help laughing when he said this, "Although I don't have me, I can't bear it." The old man is full of righteousness, but this time, he has done a good deed for the people of Jiangling, God will always bless my child."

Speaking of this, he returned the long sword to the scabbard, with a momentary blankness on his face: "If you don't tell me, maybe I haven't realized that after so many days of fighting, what I want most is to go home and drink a bowl Jiang Liu cooked the hot soup with his own hands, and then had a good night's sleep." While talking, he touched his chin, "It doesn't sound like it came from me."

Meng Dong smiled softly: "We always think that we know ourselves best, but in fact we don't. Moreover, we are changing every day, and sometimes you don't even realize it yourself. I have long had a deep dependence on certain people and certain things, the kind that cannot be lost."

"You also have times like this?" Xu Weidan was a little curious, and couldn't help asking, "Like me, a big battle is imminent, indecisive, and thinking about the gentle country?"

Meng Dong raised his lips: "Fortunately, I have such a time, otherwise, I might not be able to live now."

Xu Weidan was even more puzzled, but Meng Dong didn't give him another chance to ask questions, put on the cloak on his body again, and stood up: "I'll go around the city wall, you can rest for a while while you have nothing to do. "

After all, Xu Weidan is a martial arts practitioner. In the past few days, although he didn't have much time to rest, he can still hold on.On the contrary, Meng Dong took advantage of the enemy's attack and went back to the palace to rest a few times, but he still lost weight at a speed visible to the naked eye.Xu Weidan stared at Meng Dong's thin shoulders, and couldn't help feeling a little doubtful in his heart, whether he could successfully survive the city defense, but when Yan Hong came back, he saw that the person he had put on his heart for so long had become This look, and settle accounts with yourself?

With my current ability, I probably can't beat Yan Hong, right?

Naturally, Meng Dong didn't know what Xu Weidan was thinking. He stayed in the tower all night, slept intermittently for several times, and had all kinds of strange dreams. He felt depressed and could only go to the city wall. Breathing above can relieve the faint worries in my heart.

Because Jiangling City was besieged, they completely cut off contact with the outside world. He hadn't heard from Yan Hong for many days.Although according to his own guess, Yan Hong should be on his way back to aid now, maybe he will appear when the final battle comes.

But I am not a god-man, and it is impossible to guarantee that everything is completely sure.He could guess, but still couldn't help worrying.

Since he and Yan Hong met, due to their respective reasons, various incidents could not be avoided, and repeated separations could not be avoided.This is really not a good feeling, Meng Dong thought, when Yan Hong comes back, they should have a good talk, from now on even if they are marching and fighting, Meng Dong will follow him.

Maybe you will suffer a lot, you may encounter a lot of troubles, but anyway, as long as you can see that person at any time, you will always feel at ease.

The morning style is cool, the weather is gloomy, and the dark clouds above the head seem to press down on people's hearts.Meng Dong took a deep breath, feeling the cold wind blowing, and the last bit of drowsiness completely dissipated.He turned his head and glanced at Qingming who had followed him after he had left the tower, and then looked at the sky above his head: "The dark clouds are so gloomy, it looks like it's about to rain." Speaking of which, he He suddenly smiled, "Maybe we can see snow falling in Jiangling City today?"

Qingming stepped forward to help him put on the hood on his head, covering his blushing face, "Master, your complexion is not very good, otherwise you should go back to the house and take a rest. I will go back before the villain, Mrs. Madame also specially sent someone over to ask, knowing that you are on this tower all day, I am quite worried."

"Even though I was worried, Madam didn't ask you to persuade me to go back, did she?" Meng Dong smiled at him, "There is no one in Jiangling City who is more sensible than Madam. She will never say anything. If you want to persuade people to back down, you never said it to the old prince, nor to the prince, let alone to me."

"You do understand me." A smiling female voice came over, Meng Dong turned his head abruptly, saw Mrs. Bai standing behind him, and couldn't help but widen his eyes, "Why are you here?"

"I never say words to persuade people to back down, but it doesn't mean that I can rest assured. You are no better than the people in this army. They are all strong and strong, and they can survive even if they live in the wind and sleep in the open. You should be pampered , but I never feel it, but I am willing to endure hardships. Honger is not at home now, and I, a mother, have to take good care of him for him." The old lady Bai stepped forward, gently took Meng Dong's arm, and held it in his hand. He patted on the top, "It's only been a few days, how can a person lose such a large circle of weight?"

Meng Dong showed a smile on his face, and let the old lady hold his hand: "It may look a little exaggerated, but it doesn't really matter. When the war is over, eat a few meals, and then you can be raised."

"You can't wait until the war is over." The old lady Bai turned her eyes around the city wall, "Find a place sheltered from the wind, I asked the kitchen to cook chicken soup, drink a few bowls, and warm up."

Meng Dong never expected that Mrs. Bai made a special trip to the city wall this early in the morning just to give herself a can of chicken soup.His Adam's apple trembled slightly, and a slightly moist feeling rushed to the corners of his eyes, so he could only take a deep breath and avoid them, "It's windy outside, let's go to the tower."

Xu Weidan got up early in the morning to patrol the camp, and felt sleepy at the moment. After Meng Dong left, he found a corner, pulled the brazier in front of him, and fell asleep.However, before he fell asleep for a while, he was disturbed by the sound of footsteps, opened his eyes immediately, looked at the few people who came in in disbelief, and said after a long time: "Mrs. Tai, why are you here?"

The old lady Bai glanced over him, and saw the armor he hadn't taken off even when he took a nap, the blood stains on his face, and the stubble on his chin, she smiled and shook her head: "The last time I and General Xu When we met, he even complained to me, saying that you spend all your time on the love between men and women, and you have no intention of making progress, but now you can support the entire Jiangling City and protect the safety of the entire city. The old general should be extremely pleased now."

"I don't think he is so relieved. As the Xu family, this is always what we should do." Xu Weidan yawned, stood up, and remembered his question again, "Mrs. Tai, the war is going on now. Hurry up, why are you here?"

The old lady Bai looked at him, just smiled, turned her head and raised her chin towards her maid, and the maid immediately came forward with a soup pot in her hand: "This is the chicken soup that Mrs. Tai ordered the kitchen to cook, and the chicken raised in the backyard of the Wangfu , the meat is plump, and there are a lot of medicinal materials in it. It has been boiled all night, and it tastes delicious and nourishing. Mr. Xu, come and drink a few bowls with my son, so as to warm up your body."

Although Jiangling City has enough food and grass, and never treats the soldiers harshly, it is still in wartime, and eating is in a hurry. There is almost no chance for Xu Weidan to sit down and have a sip of hot soup. He is so I have been spoiled and spoiled for many years, but I have never suffered from this kind of suffering. I didn't feel anything before, but now I just listened to the maid's words, and I couldn't help but swallow my saliva. When the maid opened the lid, the smell of chicken soup permeated the air. , Xu Weidan directly heard the protest of his stomach.

Qing Ming found two clean bowls and brought two bowls of chicken soup to Meng Dong and Xu Weidan respectively. Whether it was hot or not, he raised his head and drank more than half of the bowl.

Meng Dong didn't have much feeling when it came to eating, but now smelling the delicious chicken soup and seeing Xu Weidan eating like this, he suddenly felt hungry too, holding the soup bowl and started drinking in small sips.

The old lady Bai didn't think the conditions on the tower were poor, so she found a place to sit down at random, and looked at the two people with a smile, which was completely different from the way they used to eat, and said slowly: "Wu Dan, I heard people say that you I raised a concubine outside. The girl is said to be proficient in everything from piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, and she is considerate in taking care of you, but you have never brought it back to your house to show your parents. Could it be that the girl is of low status? Not worthy of the honor of your Xu Mansion?"

Xu Weidan choked for a while, and he coughed hard for a long time before he calmed down: "Madam Tai was joking, what is so honorable about the Xu Mansion. I just..." Xu Weidan frowned, and said hesitantly, " I just never thought about who I would marry, or who I would stay with forever. I don’t know about others, but there are countless beautiful beauties in this world, which are full of temptations for me. If I Whoever you marry, you will get tired of it after a long time, and then you will be attracted by the scenery outside, but that girl will be detained in my house for the rest of her life."

Mrs. Bai listened to his words, and smiled softly: "That's true. For a person like you, that paper marriage contract seems to be nothing. In this world, the only thing that can control people's hearts is people's hearts." The next time your mother comes to my house and complains to me about your marriage, I have a reason to refuse."

Xu Weidan wiped his mouth, handed the empty bowl in his hand to Qingming, and replied with a smile: "My mother is also very interesting, and this kind of thing is specially troubled by Mrs. Tai."

Old Madam Bai glanced at him, and then at Meng Dong who was obediently drinking soup: "That's because your mother has never understood one thing. In this world, everyone has their own destiny, and not everyone has to follow it. It is right to live in one way. Everyone has a life that suits everyone, as long as he thinks it is the most suitable, why bother to interfere. After all, if the world is the same, it would be too boring .”

Xu Weidan followed Mrs. Bai's line of sight and glanced at Meng Dong, and naturally understood the deep meaning of her words. He couldn't help sighing that in the whole of Jiangling, there was probably no one as transparent as Mrs. Bai.It's no wonder that Yan Hong has developed such a temperament, so that he can live so freely and freely, which is really enviable.

However, what Mrs. Bai said is correct, everyone has their own destiny.

Mrs. Bai brought a crock pot of chicken soup on a special trip, and she also brought chicken in the pot. Although she cooked it for half a night, she could still feel the fatness of the meat. She even drank two more bowls of soup with Meng Dong, and ate a drumstick.

Xu Weidan was even more impolite. He drank half a can of soup and ate half a chicken. It seemed that the lost energy slowly returned to his body, and his mood improved a lot.

He wiped his mouth and thanked Mrs. Bai: "Thank you Madam for bringing this hot chicken soup over early in the morning. After drinking this hot chicken soup, even if the enemy army is attacking now, I can defeat a hundred with one. "

The old lady Bai chuckled: "Thank you so much, I don't need it, why don't you thank me for borrowing Dong'er's light."

Several people were talking, when suddenly a lieutenant rushed in: "General, the enemy has launched an offensive again."

Xu Weidan got up abruptly, and only had time to bow his hands towards the old lady Bai, and said to the deputy general: "Send two people to escort the old lady back to the mansion, and the others will follow the general to defend the city." He strode out.

Meng Dong stayed on the tower for several days, and saw the Chu army's attacks again and again, without the slightest panic.But at this moment, the fact that Mrs. Bai was also on the city wall made his face tense, and he stood up and asked Qingming, "Where are the guards in the mansion? Let them take advantage of the enemy's attack." , send the old lady back home first."

"Going back to the mansion?" Mrs. Bai laughed, and she took Meng Dong's hand and patted it comfortingly, "When I was with the late king, I saw all kinds of situations that were more severe than this. Such a small scene, you can't use it." No need to go back to the mansion. Let's go to the city wall to see, why do they want to break through the gate of my Jiangling city?"

Meng Dong's eyes widened, but Mrs. Bai didn't give him a chance to refute at all, she took his hand and went straight out of the tower.

This is already the number of times the city has been attacked in these days. The soldiers in the city are already familiar with it. Regardless of whether they are above or below the city, they all return to their positions and stand ready to defuse the enemy's offensive from all aspects.

Just like what Meng Dong said, the enemy army probably regarded this attack as the last time. With the determination to hit the city with one blow, they rushed forward desperately with the momentum of breaking the boat.The impact on Jiangling City was even greater than when they attacked the city for the first time.

Falling rocks and flying arrows were prepared on the city wall to shoot down the enemy troops one after another, but the enemy army did not flinch and continued to move forward stepping on the corpses of their own people.

Meng Dong could see that the situation this time was indeed not as simple as the previous few times. He glanced at the old lady Bai beside him, and said in a low voice: "Madam, the enemy's offensive is too strong, maybe there will be soldiers rushing to the city wall. For close combat, you should go back first?"

The old lady Bai smiled softly, she turned her gaze to look around, and when Meng Dong came back to her senses, she found that she already had a longbow in her hand. The arrow rested on the bow, and his eyes were piercingly looking towards a direction among the enemy lines below the city.

The sharp arrow pierced through the enemy formation, and went straight towards the formation with an irresistible momentum, and then blood and flesh splattered, the horse neighed, and the enemy general on the horse was thrown off the horse's back by the horse's struggling force .

Old Madam Bai raised her eyebrows: "Well, it's been a long time since I shot an arrow. Ten years ago, that arrow should have hit the enemy general's forehead." She turned her head and glanced at Jiangling City behind her, "Back then I accompanied the late king to take down this Jiangling City, and now any clown dares to come here to make plans here, so you have to ask me, and the tens of thousands of people in Jiangling City, whether I will agree or not."

Although the old lady Bai missed the arrow, she still threw the enemy commander off the horse. All of a sudden, the enemy line was in disarray, and the defenders on the city wall were greatly encouraged by the arrow. With momentum, Xu Weidan pulled out the long sword in his waist and shouted: "Anyone who covets my Jiangling City will be killed without mercy!"

Meng Dong had never seen such a scene before. He was guarded by several palace guards, and it was the first time he felt a little regret in his life. If he could have learned some martial arts back then, and fought bloody battles with these soldiers, wouldn't he? Not happy?

His attention was all drawn to the battle situation, and he suddenly felt something cold falling on his face. He raised his head and saw the snowflakes falling down. Jiangling City, which rarely snows, actually snowed on this sunset. .

Looking at the snowflakes, Meng Dong sighed in his heart, all the blood and tears today will be covered up by this snow in the end.Only those who survived to the end can see the scene where the entire Jiangling City is covered in white.

The low sound of the horn suddenly sounded from a distance, Meng Dong turned his head and looked out, and saw a troop of cavalry roaring towards them. The men on horseback were all wearing armor and carrying sharp knives. The momentum of the enemy only rushes towards the enemy's formation.

The corners of Meng Dong's lips raised slowly, and he said loudly to Xu Weidan who was not far away: "General Xu, the reinforcements have arrived, it's time to go out of the city to fight!"

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