Qi Zhuji slowly raised her head in the dark night.
His heart was extremely heavy.
Even with the ability of the Qi family, the military information obtained on all fronts at this time was incomplete, but judging from the military information continuously passed to him over the years, the situation was becoming increasingly unfavorable to the Southern Dynasty.
He used a little force with his hands to crush the letter in his hand.
For the Xiao family and the Chen family, the Qi family was not considered the winner at the beginning of the new dynasty. Strictly speaking, compared to many prominent families in the previous dynasty, the Qi family just failed less tragically and completely, or for the entire Southern Dynasty.
In other words, it also has great value and can appease the clans in various places.
But regardless of victory or defeat, it is a matter within his own sect. If the entire Southern Dynasty suddenly collapsed and disappeared from the world, and the entire Southern Dynasty was ruled by people with different customs and habits from the Northern Wei Dynasty, this was something he could not accept.
.
In the all-devouring darkness, on this kind of road, where no city can be seen, when a person stands and looks ahead, he will feel more and more small and weak.
When considering many things in the past, Qi Zhuji would unconsciously give priority to her family's interests.
After all, everyone will suffer, and everyone will be prosperous. People like him are pushed out. If a major mistake is made in the decision he makes, the entire family will be implicated. Many people will die because of him.
However, in the face of great right and wrong, personal and family interests seem to become as insignificant as him in the darkness.
If the country does not exist, many of the usual battles will be meaningless.
Qi Zhuji felt that his thoughts were changing invisibly due to the current situation, and he was becoming the kind of person he usually thought was stupid and ignorant. However, he now hoped that many dignitaries in the Southern Dynasty would become like him under such circumstances.
changes.
He threw the crumbs in his hand into the fire pond that had not completely cooled down, and then slowly walked outside the marching tent where Xiao Suxin was resting.
When his footsteps paused and before he spoke, Xiao Suxin's voice sounded softly inside: "Is something wrong?"
"Aren't you asleep yet?" Qi Zhuji asked after being silent for a breath.
"No."
"Then come with me and have a chat?"
"good."
When Xiao Suxin left the camp, Qi Zhuji had already turned around and walked towards a field far away from the camp.
She happened to only see his back.
Just the back view made her feel very different from usual.
In her eyes before, Lin Yi and Qi Zhuji naturally had the mentality of young people and were naturally immature. However, looking at Qi Zhuji's back tonight, she felt extremely chilled, as if Qi Zhuji had suddenly grown older.
age.
"What happened?" When Qi Zhuji walked far away from the camp and finally stopped, she took a deep breath and asked softly with her face covered in the clear light of the stars and moon.
"Sicheng has also been destroyed, Lan Huaigong is dead, and his army has been dispersed." Qi Zhuji narrowed his eyes slightly and said.
There was a bang in Xiao Suxin's mind, her face quickly turned pale, and she subconsciously said: "How could it be so fast?"
Her surprise at this time was not unreasonable. According to the military information passed on previously, Wang Yuanying's army in Zhongshan was already exhausted under the continuous lightning attacks. Even the supply of military rations was no longer available. The nearest rations were provided by the previous ones.
They captured it from the captured fortress of the Southern Dynasty and then transported it by force.
Moreover, Wang Yuanying of Zhongshan did not seem to be in a hurry to conquer Sicheng. According to the trends in recent days, the Southern Dynasty military had also noticed that he seemed to be more interested in defeating the reinforcements one by one. This was the tactic of besieging the city for reinforcements.
Lan Huaigong's main fighting force numbered more than 70,000. Coupled with the strong men in the city and some local reinforcements that had been rushed there, there were at least 90,000 capable sergeants in Sicheng. Even if the besieging Northern Wei army had
There are hundreds of thousands of people, but relying on the city walls and the ordnance in the city, and there is no shortage of food and grass in the city, there is no way it can be lost so quickly.
"Although it is not accurate and has not been confirmed at this time, according to what is said in the secret documents in my home, it seems that Lan Huaigong himself was afraid of death first. He divided 10,000 elite troops and secretly left the city to break out of the encirclement and escape first. As a result, Lan Huaigong was afraid of death.
When the sergeants in the city discovered that all the generals had fled, they were immediately defeated. As a result, Lan Huaigong himself was not able to escape and was beheaded first."
Qi Zhuji took deep breaths again and again, but her breathing could not help but become rapid, with anger hidden in her tone: "Looking at the behavior of this man's subordinates, I felt that these people were greedy for life and afraid of death, but I didn't expect that the general himself would be so useless and seek death on his own!
"
Xiao Suxin was stunned for a moment.
There was no anger in her heart, because she had never known Lan Huaigong before. She had no time to think about this man at this time. All she could think about was Tie Cejun, Lin Yihe's next battle.
Even to her, the battle situation here was very clear. Sicheng and Zhongli City were already at each other's horns after the fall of some surrounding fortresses. Sicheng had heavy troops from the Southern Dynasty, holding back most of Wang Yuanying of Zhongshan in the Northern Wei Dynasty.
, Zhongli City guarded the throat of the waterway. There were insufficient naval forces in the Northern Wei Dynasty, but the throat of the waterway was not lost. The border troops further north in the Southern Dynasty could still come to reinforcements through the waterway.
And according to previous military information, border troops have indeed arrived by water.
Previously, everyone was worried that Zhongli City would fall first. After all, Zhongli City did not have enough defenders. Once Zhongli fell, Sicheng would be a truly isolated city. But who would have thought that Sicheng would have been lost before they even arrived at Zhongli?
"The letter at home made it clear that I should leave immediately." Qi Zhuji turned to look at her and said, "I also agree with what was said at home. Once Sicheng was lost, Zhongshan Wang Yuanying's forward army would be defeated within a few days.
They will reach Zhongli, and in a few days, once most of them arrive, it will be impossible for Zhongli to hold on."
"You think this is the truth, but you have other ideas in your mind, otherwise you wouldn't come to me specifically... to listen to my opinion." Xiao Suxin slowly calmed down, looked into Qi Zhuji's eyes, and said indifferently: "As for
I don’t want to make any inferences about the situation of the battle. I just know that if Lin Yi and Bai Yuelu can escape from Taoren City alive, they should go to Zhongli. Because Tie Cejun will also go to Zhongli, you have a choice, but he didn’t
You have to choose."
"So you have already given the answer, and you will still go to Zhongli." Qi Zhuji nodded. His nodding movement was as slow as decomposed slow motion, but he suddenly laughed and said: "I
I will also go to Zhongli.”
Xiao Suxin still looked at him. For some reason, she was not too surprised when she heard Qi Zhuji's words.
"A person always has to do crazy things in his life, and looking back, I really didn't have many friends in the past, especially not friends like you who treat Lin Yi." Qi Zhuji's smile became relaxed and he whispered softly
He said seriously: "If you can survive, then you and I will probably be such friends in the future."