Volume 4: Storm and Rain in Jiangnan Chapter 70: Defeat

The sound of wind and rain made the window lattice tremble continuously.

In the wing room, the light shadow shaking. Two young women in cloth dresses were sitting opposite each other under the lamp. One of the younger girls was talking while doing the needlework in their hands. But they seemed a little absent-minded and the needlework was not smooth. After a while, they tugged their fingers because of their trembling hands. At this moment, many red ideas were tugged on the belly of the index finger of the left hand.

"Xiaoqing, take a break."

"It's okay, not tired."

Ziyao looked at Xiaoqing's face and smiled helplessly. If you stick this way, don't want this finger. I think you'd better take a break."

"I..." Xiaoqing's face turned red, and his subordinates stopped working, turned around and looked outside, as if the shouting of killing was even louder. ", Actually, I don't want to... But if I don't find some work, I'll be extremely nervous and almost jumped out of me... I'd better continue to do it. It hurts after two injections, and it's better to be so empty and panic..."

After saying this, Ziyao was a little silent. She turned her head out the window. Although she couldn't see it, she seemed to be able to calm down for a while after taking a look like this.

"Aren't you panic?" Xiao Qing stitched two stitches, suddenly stopped, turned his head and asked.

Looking at Xiaoqing's half-touched and half-hesitant face, Ziyao hesitated for a moment, squeezed out a smile and said, "I don't panic, do you believe it?" Looking at Xiaoqing shaking her head slightly, Ziyao continued to say that's it. Such a big battle outside will be the result. It would be fine if the rebels didn't come in. If it came in... who can't stay calm?" One sentence scared Xiaoqing to death and shivered again. Another blood bead on her hands, which made her feel so painful that she put it to her mouth and sucked it.

"Look at you, you are timid, and you always have to ask this and that..." Zi Yao stretched out her hand and snatched the sole of Xiaoqing's shoe in her hand aside. "But it's all this, you can't go out, you can't escape, and you can't panic, and it's useless. War is all about men. We... can help with big and small things on weekdays, but at this time, it seems useless... Alas, this is the sorrow of being born as a daughter..."

"Look at what you said." Xiaoqing put down her fingers, reached out to pick up the brazel and picked up the wick that had been bent off, and said that the day before yesterday, the people were summoned to help defend the city. Wouldn't you still have to go? If Uncle Qiao had not been blocking her, I'm afraid that she would... have been in the city now..." As she said that, Xiaoqing seemed to be shocked by her words. When she thought of a bad scene, she could not continue to say anything.

"Haha, are you scared again?" Ziyao smiled, turned her head and heard the sound of killing from afar, saying that I have this intention. Now I heard that there are thousands or even tens of thousands of rebels outside attacking the city, but there are only more than 3,000 people in our city. If the people were not recruited to the city, the city would have been destroyed long ago. One more person and one more force, even if it is just a stone, it can still be more powerful. If tens of thousands of people in the city think so, even if there are twice as many rebels, they will never be able to capture Xiangyang City..."

"Oh, if everyone thinks this way, that's fine. Didn't Aunt Li say that the rich and wealthy families in the city are thinking about the ruts, hiding and hiding, and the war is in chaos. Who cares about whether the city is broken? In war, that's what the soldiers do. Now everyone is thinking about saving their lives and money."

After a while of silence, Ziyao said, "It's normal to save money and save your life, but it's just too short-sighted. How can the rebels not be punished by the people when the city is destroyed? The three kings revolt against the court. How could they not recruit the people on the spot and be reborn as military pay?"

"Ah?, if this is said, if the city really can't be kept, then we...we..." Xiaoqing said as she stood up, looked around, and packed up the things that were available with her.

"Are you doing it?"

"Ah?, we have to clean up. If the city is broken, we can't wait here. We have to escape from the city and save our lives." Seeing her stupid look, Xiaoqing was a little anxious and almost cried.

Ziyao shook her head helplessly and said, pack up, put it down quickly, you can run out if you pack up?" She walked up and patted Xiaoqing on the shoulder, comforting and rest assured that the part we live in is poor families, with no money and no real estate. Even if we want to recruit the people as a soldier, it is not our turn. The only thing we have to worry about is... we are daughters. If... at that time, we can only tell our identities. If we can pass this level, we will pass; if we can't get through, we have only one way to go..."

Seeing Xiaoqing's face getting paler and paler, Ziyao said heavy words, and quickly turned around to look at you. This is just a saying. If I want to say, this may be very small. Xiangyang City is high and thick, with three thousand guards and tens of thousands of people in the city. Xiangyang City is besieged by rebels. Can the court sit idly by? It has been delayed for two days now. I am afraid that nothing will happen. The reinforcements from the court will arrive tomorrow. If the city still cannot be captured, the rebels will have to retreat."

"Really...really?" Xiaoqing was still in shock.

"Of course it's true." Ziyao responded, but she was completely unsure of it.

1. Both of them couldn't help but fall silent, and unexpectedly, their eyes turned out the window. After a while, Xiaoqing suddenly spoke, "You said... Qiao... won't be a problem, right?"

"Not" Before he finished speaking, Zi Yao intercepted the one who couldn't... "

"Well... I don't think so either. It's said that good people are not long... Baba Qiao is a good person. If you do good deeds and accumulate virtue, you will definitely live a hundred years of life." After a while, Xiaoqing couldn't help but say, "Where is he doing something outside? Will he not turn around yet?"

Xiaoqing is rough-minded and naturally has no inside story, but Ziyao is meticulous. Although Qiao Shanhu doesn't go outside to do it, it will be a little bit like this when something happened in the past few days. Moreover, Ziyao still recognizes the brand that others don't know about that day, but these words are not convenient to say to Xiaoqing.

"Don't worry, the lucky person has his own appearance, Brother Qiao... will definitely do it. Our family cannot go to the battlefield to help at this time, and they can always do something else." Ziyao said, "Aren't you looking for something to do? It's windy and rainy outside, so we can wipe the dry firewood in the stove and cut the vegetables. We can't do anything else, but if we can make Brother Qiao, we can eat a bite of hot rice and take a hot bath, and we will always have our hearts and strength..."

"Hmm? Oh..." Xiaoqing was stunned at first, then seemed to have suddenly opened his mind. He glanced at his face, responded and turned around and went out.

The storm outside seemed to be getting heavier. Looking at the dark sky outside the window, Ziyao's mind unexpectedly had an image that had been circling for these days:

At the entrance of the old alley, there were a huge figure riding horses outside the crowd and embracing them...

In the flower shop courtyard, in despair, he broke into the darkness and killed Liao Qi with murderous aura...

Among the disaster relief crowd, a few words were talked freely and scared everyone away to save the crowd...

On the main road in the suburbs of Beijing, the two cars were confused about each other...

Brother Qiao, you can't be in trouble

Ziyao... Ziyao is here, waiting for you...

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Rumble

A gust of thunder rolled over the clouds in the sky from west to east. With the wind and rain, the two sides who had been fighting in the past had to gradually break away from the battle. Although Li Xian's eagerness to seize the city was already unstoppable, the battle could not continue even when the rain was so strong that there was almost no one on the opposite side. Therefore, both sides had to retreat while gathering the remaining troops and using their respective terrain to form a defensive formation. While enduring the wind and rain, waiting for the weather to improve and carry out the next battle.

With the commander-in-chief Song, the commander-in-chief, and assistant commander, the military officials at all levels of the procuratorate, he still failed to rest in the heavy rain. The layers of war reports gathered into Song Cheng's hands through various channels, and the orders were conveyed again in the heavy rain. Fortunately, the city and streets and alleys that had not yet been lost, a large number of people were reorganized and formed a new line of defense with the guards. The situation of the war was urgent, and many houses and low walls were demolished, and a large number of demolished blue bricks were piled up in the rain to form a new line of defense. The door-stop knives, wall trucks, turbulent oil cabinet trucks and water guns were deployed to the weak points of the front according to their strengths.

At this moment, the south city gate has also been lost. Although the west city gate has not been lost, there are not many troops. Therefore, they were forced to retreat and meet with the guards of the north city gate. In addition to the ground streets and alleys in the east city, the new defense line formed a tortuous situation from the southeast to the northwest.

In the storm, in a temporary awning on a high street, the commander Song Cheng, and the governor Zheng Ci, were headed by the main civil and military officials, all looking at each other, their faces were as bad as the gloomy weather, and they were devastated and depressed. The war has been going on now, and everyone is waiting for a situation. If they lose, in front of the rebels, those who resist to the end will certainly have to fall into the ground; if they are stalemate, in the court's official documents, they are probably a charge of neglecting military opportunities and delaying official affairs. Even if they don't take off their official uniforms, they are afraid that there is no hope of promotion.

Turning defeat into victory? This idea has never arisen even in Song Cheng's heart. In the minds of all military generals, they were thinking about a question repeatedly: the war has been fought for so long, but the reinforcements have not arrived yet? Huchuan Guards and Nanling Guards have come late due to heavy rain. What about the other soldiers of the imperial court? Even if there are no other soldiers of the imperial court, the remaining naval troops in the Jiangnan Naval Camp have not been seen for a long time? Even if it needs to be rectified, it should not be so long later than the rebel naval troops, right?

The court, could it be that he just gave up on Xiangyang City?

Volume 4: Storm and Rain in Jiangnan Chapter 70: Defeat
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