Don't be tempted, sir

Chapter 104 Linzhou

From the initial battle of Linzhou, now Qingzhou and Pingzhou were also attacked at the same time. Other countries had taken Youming Pills and were even more difficult to resist. Qingzhou fell in an instant and was occupied by Southern Xinjiang.

For the first time, Zhao Jinmo took charge of a department on his own and led his troops to defend Linzhou. Zhao Chongtai and Shen Changjun went to support the two states. Other states also stepped up their military training, as if they were afraid that the enemy might come to their states at any time.

Shen Rushan asked for instructions from the capital. Now that the war has started and Qingzhou has fallen, should we continue to attack the Qiang State? The result was also to attack!

I came to the military camp to discuss countermeasures with Xu Shanran. Now we are short of manpower and it would not work if we act rashly.

"General Shen, why don't you disguise yourself and go to Qiang and burn her herbs!"

Shen Rushan looked at the map and thought: "This method will cause the least loss."

The two of them hit it off immediately. Shen Rushan sent his capable men in disguise and came to the Qiang State. They found out that every household here was making Youming Pills. After asking around, they learned that the people did not farm the fields and only made medicine at home. The people were too scattered, so if they burned one household after another, there would be more. There was no way to burn the pills. All the prepared pills were in the palace, so they could not get in... The group had to return in disappointment.

"What does it mean?" Shen Rushan looked at the border map and couldn't figure it out...

Late at night, Song Xiaoyuan saw the petition and looked up as if he had figured it out instantly: "The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind. Killing someone with a borrowed knife, what a good strategy, what a good method!"

Now everyone is being plotted against by the Qiang State, and no one can escape. If you want to survive, you can only attack the Qiang State. There is no other choice.

"Kill!!! Destroy the Qiang Kingdom!" Shen Rushan led his troops to the city gate of Qiang Kingdom.

The gates of the Qiang State were tightly closed. There were no horns, no drums, no arrows or soldiers. On the city wall, the covenant signed last year was recited loudly.

Xu Shanran said: "This... I can't do it for a while..."

Shen Rushan ordered: "Lift the pillars, and hit the city gate! Hold up your shields to resist."

"Yes!" A group of people lifted the heavy cylinder and banged against the city gate. The Qiang Kingdom still did not make any move. The city gate was solid and there was no sign of loosening...

"Draw your bow and shoot the oil and fire sword!"

"Yes!" One row of archers shot arrows, while another row went up the stairs and climbed the city gate.

The Qiang began to fight back, but they were limited to getting those climbing the city gate down. Shen Rushan pulled in a slingshot, and a hole was smashed in the Qiang city wall. Xu Shanran wanted to lead his troops in, but Shen Rushan stopped him: "Wait! There might be a trap. Don't go in and get surrounded. Come on, bring some kerosene!"

I lit a fire with a bundle of grass and wood balls and threw them into the cave. Sure enough, I heard a lot of shouts: "Throw it in!"

After throwing fireballs one after another, the Qiang soldiers finally came out of the city gate. The two armies engaged in a melee, and none of the Qiang soldiers used the Youming Pills, so fortunately they were able to fight normally.

Xu Shanran led a group of people and entered from the side of the broken city wall, spreading kerosene everywhere and setting off rockets randomly, burning parts of the Qiang Kingdom with thick smoke. Xu Shanran turned around and saw that they were getting farther and farther away from the city gate, so he burned down the Qiang Kingdom in one go!

"General Xu, someone from Qiang State is coming!"

"Kill! Keep burning the rest!"

Most of the Qiang Kingdom was burned. Facing the Qiang soldiers, Xu Shanran was seriously injured. He looked back at the Liao Kingdom in the distance with his sword, the Tongzhou that he had protected for half his life! He laughed and spit out blood, "How long can we live in this world? I have to fight in my prime and my hair is like silk. This life is worth it!"

Shen Rushan looked at the thick smoke billowing from the Qiang city wall and slashed his subordinate with his sword: "Deputy General Xu!!"

Seeing that their number was dwindling, the remaining Liao soldiers could only pull back the reins and look back at the smoke in the distance: "Retreat! Retreat!!"

The remaining people retreated to Tongzhou. Shen Rushan rode slowly back to the camp without saying a word. The fire crackled in the middle of the night. The few remaining soldiers in the camp were shining with light, waiting for the Qiang Kingdom to fight. The surroundings were quiet. The Qiang Kingdom did not make any more moves. Shen Rushan could not wait and rushed to Linzhou alone.

The suppressant powder brought by Pingzhou Shen Changjun became less and less effective from the initial half incense stick. Pingzhou could not withstand it and was attacked and recaptured several times.

When Zhao Chongtai arrived at Qingzhou, it had already fallen. There was burning, killing, looting, and the people were displaced. The city was broken and the Qingzhou city gate, which was once difficult to attack, became a high wall to prevent the massacre.

All the people in the three states were injured, and after fighting the Qiang State through Tongzhou, the number of You soldiers gradually decreased, and they were no longer as numerous as before, but Loulan did not reduce its strength and continued to attack fiercely.

Doctor Xu and Zhao Jinmo were in Linzhou, developing a spatula poison. Although they were able to counteract the enemy, the results were minimal and some sacrifices were made. Doctor Xu looked at the dangerous battle and said, "It would be better if it was powder! Unfortunately..."

"Doctor Xu, a team of guards will lead you out of Linzhou tonight!"

"This...Zhao Jiazi is going to stay here alone?"

Linzhou is no longer able to hold on, the next time will be the time for the city to be breached!

"Yes! And Luo Xi, you go with Doctor Xu and take the people of Linzhou with you!"

"Sir, I have no home. I was sold to Linzhou. Linzhou is my home. I won't leave!"

Zhao Jinmo did not agree. The people of Linzhou evacuated one after another, and she could only go with Doctor Xu. Now the gates of Linzhou were closed, and the soldiers were sitting in front of the gates exhausted. The city was already an empty city, silent and lifeless.

The sky gradually darkened and filled with red clouds. The evening breeze blew the trumpet again! .....The blood stained the armor, the body fell heavily to the ground, the drums of war and shouts were heard in the distance. The sight was stained with blood, and I watched helplessly...Linzhou was broken...

The people rushed out of the forest with torches, they did not leave! The people on the mountain watched the soldiers in the city fall one by one, and they cried silently, fighting until one person. Luo Xi watched Zhao Jinmo fall to the ground, broke the strings of the zither and rushed out of the forest. The people also followed him out of the mountains to fight with the Loulan soldiers. Everyone held farm tools in their hands and fought against anyone they saw, regardless of whether they lived or died, and Doctor Zhong did the same.

Luo Xi ran and crawled to Zhao Jinmo's side. A man was about to chop off his head, but Luo Xi rushed over from behind, tightened the strings, and strangled the Loulan soldier to death with all his strength. His hands were also bloody from being strangled by the strings, and he crawled to Zhao Jinmo's side, pulled him up with blood on his hands, and tears mixed with blood fell.

The man in his arms had his eyes closed. The high-spirited young man was now lifeless. The two exchanged a few words, but he kept the strings he had discarded. Luo Xi stroked his cheek with trembling hands: "You can't die. The smile you showed when you returned to the city that day... You have never smiled at me before! Wake up... Please... You haven't told me your name yet!"

Linzhou was in flames and the whole city was filled with gray smoke. Loulan soldiers and civilians were fighting each other. The whole city was littered with corpses, broken swords and chariots were scattered all over the city, and roars were heard everywhere in the burning Linzhou.

Luo Xi hugged Zhao Jinmo, looked back at the firelit Linzhou City, smiled and raised his head to the sky, tears streaming down his eyes: "...Everyone says that a merchant woman does not know the sorrow of losing her country...Everyone wants to live in troubled times, but my fate is not my own! I thought I was lucky to meet you..."

Luo Xi smiled faintly, watching the goose-feather-like pieces of ashes floating in the air, like snow in a fire.

"Zhao Jinmo..."