It was already afternoon when Li Mu left Dingxiang City, and it was already evening when he turned back. When he arrived at Dingxiang City again, it was already midnight. Li Mu drove his horse to the city gate, but the city gate was closed. Before he could shout,
Suddenly countless torches were lit on the city wall, and someone shouted: "Stop those who come, tell your name!"
Li Mu thought the voice sounded familiar and shouted, "Is it Gensheng?"
"Brother-in-law? Why are you back! Open the city gate quickly!"
It is Bai Gensheng who is on the city wall. Youdao is that there are no tigers in the mountains. Monkeys are called kings. After Li Mu and Wang Hu have left, Bai Gensheng is already a general in Dingxiang City. He leads dozens of young men and is responsible for guarding the city.
East Gate. This guy is unreliable enough. He is blindly trying to see his face. He can open the city gate just by his voice. If he really confronts the enemy, it does not mean that he will give up the city gate.
Are you human?
Soon, the city gate opened, and Li Mu rode into the city. Bai Gensheng hurried up and asked: "Brother-in-law, why are you back? You don't know, something big happened. As soon as you left, the county magistrate said Turks
A war is coming and the city gates are closed. Why are you coming back now? There will be a war soon!"
"I just got the news." Li Mu didn't mind being a favor and said: "Your sister is worried about you and asked me to come back. Don't worry, your brother-in-law and I are a person who can come and go freely in the Turkic camp. I will protect you."
fine."
"Okay, don't brag." Bai Gensheng curled his lips and said: "We all grew up together. Who doesn't know who is who? I know how capable you are. Besides, aren't you a liar? My sister can let you go.
Come back?" As he spoke, Bai Gensheng sighed and said: "Brother-in-law, why don't you leave. The war is coming soon. If you can leave one by one, I'll pretend I haven't seen you. Leave quickly and take good care of my sister.
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Li Mu raised his hand and patted him and said: "It sounds like I am greedy for life and afraid of death. Stop making noise and guard your door well. Remember, you can't see your face clearly. Don't open the door casually. If there was a Turk just now,
Come, the city gate will fall."
Bai Gensheng was beaten and did not dare to talk nonsense anymore. He took Qingzhuang back to hold the city gate, while Li Mu rode to the Yamen alone.
The yamen was brightly lit. At this time, Li Siwen could not sleep. He was sitting in the courtyard drinking alone, drinking to himself. He was so drunk that he was blurred. He didn't even notice that Li Mu entered the hospital. He was still there.
The wine is being poured there.
"Your Excellency, the magistrate, is in such a good mood. Are you still in the mood to drink at this late hour?"
"You know what the heck, I'm saying that if I have wine today, I will get drunk today. Who knows if I can drink it tomorrow? While I still have life, how can I be worthy of myself if I don't drink a few bottles of such a good wine?" Li Siwen said again.
He took a sip and looked back at the person who disturbed his interest: "Who are you? You dare to break into the Yamen without permission...? Why do you look a bit like Li Mu?"
Li Mu came closer, sat down in front of Li Siwen, and said, "Isn't it me? You guys are so smart, do you think this is cool?"
Li Siwen was stunned, staring at Li Mu for a long time, then suddenly grabbed Li Mu's arm, his eyes dropped: "Xiandi, it's really you! I know you are the most loyal, and you will definitely not
You will leave me alone. To be honest, when I watched you leave, I felt that my life was sealed. I didn’t expect you to come back. Don’t say anything. You are my good brother.
, Come on, I'll fill it up for you, let's kowtow to the moon and say goodbye..." Li Siwen said, and was about to pour wine for Li Mu, but he had already drunk too much, and his hands were shaking, and he didn't even pick up the wine cup.
, but the wine bottle fell to the ground and broke into pieces.
"It's over! It's a bad omen!"
Li Mu shook his head and sighed. It seemed that this guy was planning to wait for death and didn't even want to struggle. This was not going to work. Li Mu looked around and found a large water tank near the courtyard wall. He pulled Li Siwen over.
, and pushed him into the vat.
"What are you doing!" Li Siwen was filled with water, struggled to break free, and glared at Li Mu: "If you want to kill someone, you can't do it! If you want to kill someone, go get a knife. Why are you torturing me?"
"The battle hasn't even started yet. If you lose your spirit first, how can you still win?"
Li Siwen sat on the ground, with his head hanging down, and said: "How to win? Do you think Princess Yicheng is an ordinary woman and child? She is a female general who is not a man! My father told me about her deeds, when Dou Jiande controlled
After killing Empress Xiao, Princess Yicheng wrote to ask for it. At first Dou Jiande didn't take it seriously at all, but later he was released because Princess Yicheng personally led 3,000 elite Turkic soldiers to attack the door and defeated Dou Jiande's three battalions, forcing him to surrender.
.My father once said that if she were born as a boy, she would be a general! Who am I, how can I compete with them? Besides, our city wall has not yet been completed, how can we resist it!"
"Then why not surrender? Maybe she will be merciful and spare your life?"
"How can this be done!" Li Siwen stood up suddenly and said angrily: "Even if I die in battle, I can't surrender!"
"I'm not afraid of death anymore. What are you afraid of? Hurry up and cheer up. You won't know until you fight whether you lose or win." Li Mu said seriously: "I stayed in the Turkic camp for a long time. According to my observation, although the Turkic cavalry
He fights bravely, but he is not good at attacking and defending the city. Although our city wall is not completed, it is compared with the previous city wall. The now completed part is no longer shorter than the city wall of Mayi. It will not be a problem to resist for a while. General
Since I can send you a warning letter, there will be no lack of arrangements. We only need to defend the city, and within two days, we will have something to show for it."
"Having said that," Li Siwen sighed, "it's easier said than done to have no usable soldiers!"
"Then we have to work hard first!" Li Mu said: "Call all the people from the yamen and ask them to inform the people to gather at the yamen gate. I have something to say!"
Seeing Li Mu's firm attitude, Li Siwen also gained courage and said: "Brother Xian, you are right. How can you know who will win and who will lose if you have never fought before? I will cooperate with you in whatever you want to do. Come on,
Let us brothers have a fight with her!"
"That's right!" Li Mu patted Li Siwen on the shoulder and said, "I'm going to see my father-in-law first. You go and change your clothes first. I'll be right back!"
After Li Mu finished speaking, the two of them went their separate ways. Li Siwen went to change clothes and find someone. For the moment, Li Mu came to Bai Nao'er's house. Bai Nao'er was not asleep yet. When he saw that Li Mu was coming, he started crying.
After hearing that the Turks were about to attack, Bai Nao'er became frightened. He didn't dare to leave now, and he didn't dare to stay if he stayed. If he left, he was afraid of encountering Turkic soldiers when he left the city gate, and if he stayed, he was afraid of being attacked by Turkic soldiers.
Come in, if he was given another chance to choose, he would never leave Mayi. No matter how much money he made, he had to spend it with his life. If he had known this, he might as well have stayed in Mayi and guarded the small wine shop!