When General Zhou was looking at the big flag in a daze, a person appeared on the tower. The person wore her hair in a bun that was common for Daqi women. She was also wearing a coarse cloth dress. Her face looked blurry.
But because a scar became distorted, she stood next to the flag and looked up at General Zhou and the Daqi soldiers behind him. Rows of soldiers, wearing armor, stood there majestically, showing off their great strength.
No matter who takes a look at Qi's majesty, he should feel a sense of awe from the bottom of his heart.
But the woman just glanced at it, turned around and walked to the other side of the tower. She didn't show any expression. Even if she did, General Zhou and the others couldn't see clearly from such a distance, but her back and the dress
There is a sense of contempt in them all.
Those who do not know how to defend the frontier and defend the country are not worthy of showing off their power, and those who stand still and watch the enemy attack the city are not worthy of saying that they are passionate.
Women are not even allowed to enter the city tower because women are too weak and will only bring bad luck in war.
But what about men? There are so many men here, but they all just watch, watching people attack the city, watching their comrades die in battle, but the one who supports them and does not retreat is a woman.
At this moment, General Zhou was so ashamed that he did not dare to look at the tower again. It was as if a fire was burning in his chest, trying to burn him to death.
what are they doing?
I have been fighting in wars for a lifetime, and holding my head high in front of others for a lifetime. At this moment, I wish I could crawl into the mud, and dying on the battlefield has become a luxury.
"General."
The confidant who had been following General Zhou whispered: "Are we really just waiting like this?" It was not only General Zhou who had suffered all night?
In the morning, some soldiers couldn't eat at all. Even if the generals loyal to the Feng family wanted to reward them, the more they were like this, the harder it would be to swallow them.
There was a war going on in the front. They were so close to the city, and they were just watching helplessly.
If they all rush over, how can those people attack the tower?
In the past, when there were intruders, they were simply defeated, but now when they see the enemy, they are asked to stand aside and do nothing.
It's not that they don't have weapons in their hands, and it's not that they don't have men.
It turns out that being surrounded and fighting alone is not the worst thing, but seeing the city being besieged with strong soldiers and horses is the most heart-wrenching thing.
Vice General Yin next to him couldn't help coughing when he heard it. Uncle Guo told him to keep an eye on General Zhou, and he couldn't make a mistake at this time.
Lieutenant General Yin said: "Isn't this okay? Besides, it sounds like there was a fierce battle last night. Maybe they were just staged for us. Those people who fell from the tower don't look like Tubo people to me. Don't you know how cunning those people are?
You know, if you are really fooled, it will be too late to regret."
General Zhou frowned and looked at Vice General Yin: "If they are not Tubo people, then they are our Daqi soldiers. No matter how bad they are, they are Daqi people. Shouldn't they be saved?"
Vice General Yin didn't think it was anything. He wiped his shiny lips with a handkerchief: "People who even dare to pretend to be princesses don't dare to treat them as ordinary people. If there are a group of death row prisoners up there, the general will have to rescue them?"
Their lives are not worth the lives of our soldiers."
At this point, he lowered his voice: "When the imperial decree comes, they will be on death row. By then, the old general will understand that it is wrong to go to war."
Hearing this, General Zhou's eyes suddenly turned hot and he raised his head and burst into laughter.
The laughter made Vice General Yin next to him shudder, and then he saw the gray-haired old general turning to look at him. There was no pride at all in the old general's majestic eyes, but only decadence, anger and disappointment.
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The two people looked at each other like this. Vice General Yin reached out and grasped the hilt of the sword beside him. After a long time, General Zhou said, "Taizu has only been away for a few decades."
Taizu has only been away for a few decades, but Daqi has become like this. They have not even ushered in prosperity. Is the national destiny about to decline?
"Vice General Yin," said General Zhou, "you should be lucky."
Vice General Yin listened carefully, but General Zhou was speechless.
You should be lucky that the soldiers standing here are still aggrieved and unable to eat. If they watch all this with peace of mind like you and regard it as a drama...then the Qi Dynasty will be dead.
War and death are terrible things, but they can be treated as operas on the stage. Then one day the enemy's cavalry enters the territory of Daqi, and there will be no one to defend the country.
General Zhou turned around and walked into the big tent. He had no shame to watch the battle there anymore. Vice General Yin breathed a sigh of relief, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead with his hand, and continued to guard there. However, the next few days were calm, just like the Tubo people.
He seemed to retreat all of a sudden.
Lieutenant General Yin thought it was impossible. The Tubo people captured the Feng family uncle and didn't even negotiate terms. How could they retreat like this?
Lieutenant General Yin couldn't sit still and immediately sent someone to find out the news. If the Tibetans couldn't capture the fake princess, they had to be prepared.
General Zhou received the news that Vice General Yin had ordered people to surround Luqu City, obviously hoping to cut off the food and grass in the city.
"It's really nothing."
The people in the tent were all close followers of General Zhou, and everyone was talking in low voices.
"I refused to go forward during the war. Now I see the enemy retreating and go to besiege the city."
General Zhou looked at the map in front of him and remained silent. After returning to the military tent that day, he sent people to Taozhou to inquire about the situation, hoping to know more information.
After this incident, he didn't want to be influenced by the Feng family anymore. The reason why he stood here and didn't leave was because he was afraid that the Feng family was still behind, and General Zhou didn't even know. If the Feng family continued to act arbitrarily,
Can he still stand by the Feng family?
Just as everyone was whispering, the curtain of the military tent opened, and two people walked in. One of them had his head lowered, his face covered with dust, and his face was slightly hidden. When he first entered, no one noticed it, but after taking a second look, they immediately
Clues were found.
The man walked up to General Zhou and bowed in salute.
General Zhou asked tentatively: "Are you Xie Chen?"
Xie Chen responded: "How good is General Zhou?"
General Zhou looked at his guards, who immediately lowered the curtains of the military tent and stood guard in front of the tent.
This greeting made General Zhou feel ashamed.
Xie Chen looked at everyone in the tent.
General Zhou said: "These three people are all my confidants."
Xie Chen then said: "Originally, I have nothing to fear, but this life is still useful for now." Until the situation in Taozhou is stable, he cannot make any mistakes.
General Zhou nodded.
Xie Chen continued: "General Zhou saw the Luqu battle, what did he think?"
General Zhou sighed.
Xie Chen continued: "I saw people from the Feng family besieging Luqu City. Tomorrow the food and grass sent from Taozhou will definitely be blocked. I don't ask General Zhou whether he cares about it, I just want to ask..."
"If there is another chance to fight for the country in the future, will General Zhou dare to hand over his back to the Feng family?"
These words were so loud that there was a moment of silence in the military tent.
General Zhou said after a long while: "Is the person on the tower really Princess Changle?"
Xie Chen didn't answer, but just asked with a smile: "Didn't General Zhou see everything?"
Xie Chen's meaning was already very clear. Even though General Zhou had thought of the result, he still looked surprised.
Xie Chen said: "Hasn't it been like this since the princess got married? She married twice, lost her son several times, and even took her own life. In the end, she even lost her identity. The world was blinded by the truth, and General Zhou couldn't see it.
Do you think that the truce for many years can be exchanged for a marriage contract? "
"In the past, Daqi had no soldiers and horses, so it had to resort to marriage. Now that the soldiers and horses are strong, why not just watch a woman struggling to support her?"
When Xie Chen said this, a person came to mind: "A girl once asked me something, and I also gave it to the general."
General Zhou listened quietly.
Xie Chen said: "Now do you dare to listen to people singing the story of Princess Daqi and the young hero Wusongjie?"