When they received the military order, the new recruits were confused, but the veterans understood it.

After a night of fighting, they only rested for two hours before launching a forced march to support Zibo Town. This was a hellish feat that even Wu'an Jun and Wei Xu had never challenged when they were alive.

Yet no one complained.

They lay down with their weapons in their arms, closed their eyes and began to rest.

Su Xiaoxiao quickly performed surgery on the seriously injured soldiers, and handed the rest over to the medical officers in the army.

In addition, she left two thousand troops in Jia County, led by Fusu, disguised as the Northern Yan army.

Zibo Town is a total of fifty miles away from Jia County, but since most of the roads are mountainous and dangerous, it is quite difficult to make a forced march.

Heavy snow fell from the sky, and the biting cold wind was howling with snowflakes. The army marched on the rugged mountain road in the biting wind and snow.

Suddenly, a soldier slipped and fell towards the cliff. Fortunately, Zhang Yong was behind him and pulled him over in time.

The army continued to move forward.

"Chirp!" The five tigers in Jing Yi's arms flapped their wings and chirped.

"Something's happening!" Su Xiaoxiao's eyes turned cold, she raised her hand and made a stop gesture.

The sergeants passed the gestures down one by one, and the army stopped instantly.

Everyone lay prone on the spot, quietly lying in ambush on the mountain range.

Su Xiaoxiao brought Jing Yi and Zhang Yong to a big tree, and looked at a group of people on the official road ahead through the shade of the branches.

"They are the cavalry and archers under Leng Kui's command." Zhang Yong said, "The man wearing armor is Leng Kui. I recognize his armor."

Leng Kui!

Su Xiaoxiao silently recited the name in her heart, raised her hand to take the golden bow on her back, drew an arrow, pulled the bowstring, and aimed at Leng Kui's head.

Zhang Yong looked at her in shock.

Jing Yi's expression didn't change at all.

Anyway, she can kill him, no matter if she is right or wrong, he will only protect her.

The bowstring was fully drawn, making a creaking sound and almost breaking.

However, Su Xiaoxiao did not shoot the arrow until Leng Kui turned the corner and disappeared at the end of the official road.

Zhang Yong's expression relaxed.

An indescribable complexity welled up in his heart. Just for a moment, he hoped that she would kill Leng Kui.

But she let Leng Kui go, and he actually felt relieved.

Leng Kui brought at least two thousand cavalrymen and archers, and was surrounded by several generals. Killing him at this time would cause a war between the two sides. Qin Canglan and the soldiers of Zibo Town could not wait, and the situation in Wengcheng would also become passive.

Her heart is filled not only with personal grudges, but more importantly, with the lives and deaths of soldiers and the justice of her country.

"Keep on going."

Su Xiaoxiao put away her bow and arrow and returned to the team.

She will come to take Leng Kui's life in person someday! ...

Zibo Town.

This was the fourth day that Qin Canglan led his troops to defend the city. They had been out of food for three days and when they were hungry they would grab handfuls of snow on the ground and eat.

Qin Canglan used all the money he had to buy food, but the food in the city had already been bought up by Leng Kui, and the people did not have much food left for the winter. The little food Qin Canglan managed to buy was distributed to the wounded and the sick first.

He himself had not eaten a single grain of rice for three days.

Starving and freezing are not the most terrible things. The most terrible thing is that Beiyan has been attacking continuously for several days, and more and more soldiers have fallen. If this continues, they will not survive tonight.

"Grand Marshal."

Liu Ren walked up to the city wall with unsteady steps. He was so hungry that he felt dizzy and his lips were cracked and bleeding. He also had frostbite on his cheeks and the backs of his hands.

He held a steamed bun in both hands, handed it to Qin Canglan and said, "Grand Marshal, please have some."

Qin Canglan put his hands behind his back, frowned and asked, "Didn't I ask you to deliver it to the wounded soldiers?"

Qin Canglan closed his eyes in pain.

The old veteran, who had dedicated his entire life to the Great Zhou, could not help but shed tears in his eyes at this moment.

Liu Ren said: "Grand Marshal, please eat something first."

Qin Canglan said: "You eat it, I can't eat it."

Liu Ren said earnestly: "If you fall, this city will really be lost! The Qin army is already on the way, let's hold on... reinforcements and food will arrive..."

Qin Canglan looked at the flying snow and said, "I'm afraid the Qin army...can't make it in time. Leng Kui took away all the troops, not to fight a decisive battle with Beiyan."

Liu Ren was stunned: "What does he want to do?"

Qin Canglan said coldly: "Defend the city and wait for peace talks."

"this--"

Qin Canglan said with a complicated expression: "If the Qin army wants to come here, they must first pass through Yaocheng, and the commander of Yaocheng, Dou Xiao, is Leng Kui's confidant. He will not open the city gate for the Qin army unless someone kills Dou Xiao. But you and I know that this is impossible."

If Su Mo is not here, who else at the border will go against the Leng family's forces?

Liu Ren swallowed his saliva and said, "What if...what if something happens to Dou Xiao?"

Qin Canglan looked at the Beiyan camp below the city wall and said, "It will take at least two days to arrive, but you see, Beiyan is preparing to attack the city again."

Liu Ren saw that they were preparing battering rams again. He was so angry that he jumped up and down: "Damn it! Will it never end? This is the third time today! They are pushing us to death! They must know that we have no food and grass, so they keep wasting our time!"

Qin Canglan said: "Don't be too excited and save your energy."

Qin Canglan didn't eat a single bite of the steamed bun. Liu Ren distributed it to other weaker soldiers.

After nightfall, Beiyan launched another attack.

The archers on the city wall were so hungry that they felt dizzy and had almost no strength to draw their bows. Instead, the arrows of Northern Yan came like an overwhelming rain of arrows, shooting towards the soldiers on the city wall in unison.

At the same time, the battering ram under the city wall also slammed into the city gate.

Boom! Boom! Boom! Over and over again, the capstan in the city gate became loose, and the city gate was about to be knocked open! Qin Canglan raised a spear and shot a Beiyan soldier who was pushing a battering ram.

However, in the blink of an eye, another soldier took his place. They were full of strength and energy, far superior to the Great Zhou soldiers who had been hungry for four days.

"Build a ladder!"

Following a stern shout from the Northern Yan general, tall ladders were placed against the city wall.

Qin Canglan cut the ladder in half with one strike!

A huge feeling of dizziness came over him, his whole body swayed, and he held onto the city wall.

The Northern Yan soldiers climbed up the ladders, and Qin Canglan led Liu Ren and other generals to fight bravely. The disparity in physical strength was too great, and they fought with hatred and obsession.

In order to protect a soldier, Qin Canglan had his arm cut by a Beiyan soldier who jumped onto the city wall.

The generals of Beiyan under the tower were overjoyed: "Everyone, look! Qin Canglan is injured! He can't hold on! Tonight, whoever takes Qin Canglan's head will receive a reward of 10,000--"

Swish! Before he could finish his words, a soul-stealing arrow came from behind, with a murderous aura that crushed everything in its path, and mercilessly shot off his right ear! "Ah——"

He covered his ears, bent over and let out a scream.

"General!" the Northern Yan soldiers screamed.

The Northern Yan general pulled the reins tightly, turned the horse around, and looked coldly into the night: "Who dares to sneak attack this general?!"

What responded to him was the uniform sound of horse hooves, the cold and solemn sound of armor rubbing against each other, and the majestic shouts of the soldiers.

“Roar! Roar! Roar!”

The whole ground seemed to be shaking.

The Northern Yan soldiers who were attacking the city suddenly became confused.

Isn't it time for everyone to vote (military pay)? ^_^Good night 　　 　 (end of this chapter)