On the night of the broken engagement, the paranoid prince came to me crying and asking for my statu

Before she knew it, she had been in Yumen City for nearly half a year.

From being at a loss at the beginning to facing challenges head-on now, it not only tempered Su Sui'an's character, but also added to her longing for Fu Jingrong.

During this half year, Fu Jingrong would hand her a letter almost every ten days.

From what Fu Jingrong said in the letter, she knew that Luojing had already changed its dynasty.

Emperor Qing of the Ming Dynasty died, and the ninth prince ascended the throne.

The crisis in the Marquis of Changping's Mansion and the Prince of Dingbei's Mansion was resolved at once.

Because Su Kang had made great contributions in rescuing the emperor before, the new emperor directly conferred the title of King of Changping on Su Kang after he ascended the throne.

The last letter was twenty days ago.

The new emperor knew that Yumen City was in danger, so after resolving the invasion problems from other parts of the Yuan Dynasty, he immediately dispatched troops to Yumen City.

In the last sentence of the letter, he asked her to wait for him.

When he comes to ask her for a name...

In the war-torn years, nothing is more important than this heavy concern.

Regardless of public or private interests, Su Sui'an must defend Yumen City...

Thinking of this, the knuckles of her fingers holding the brush turned white...

Su Jinche touched Su Sui'an's head lovingly.

"An'er, don't put so much pressure on yourself. Even if we lose this battle, it won't be shameful."

Before Su Sui'an arrived, they had already made plans to sacrifice their lives for their country. It was Su Sui'an's arrival that rekindled their hope.

It was also her appearance that enabled them to, as if with divine help, wipe out the Turkic soldiers who invaded Yumen City in one fell swoop.

Although their people suffered a lot later due to problems with timing, location and people, at least now they are all working together.

Even though the two sides are still in a stalemate, the situation is much better than at the beginning.

"No, it's not enough." Su Sui'an shook his head. "The purpose of our defense is to protect the peace of the area. If we defend Yumen City at the cost of the annihilation of our entire army and win this time, what about the next time, and the next time after that?"

"We will now write a letter back to the capital, asking His Majesty to give us more support..."

Before Su Jinche could finish, Su Sui'an interrupted him and said, "Let's take a look at the situation first."

Su Sui'an didn't know whether the content of Fu Jingrong's letter had spread in Beijing, so she didn't plan to let too many people know.

The most important thing right now is to stabilize this side first.

after all...

Yumen City is just the beginning.

later...

There will also be Yuyuan City.

Although the Yuan Dynasty seemed prosperous, it had actually been riddled with holes due to the "instigation" of Emperor Qing of the Ming Dynasty.

Even if the new emperor wanted to achieve great things, he was helpless.

As the saying goes, when it rains, it pours...

"General, Deputy General, the people outside are clamoring to leave the city and head south, and we can't stop them."

Su Sui'an and Su Jinche looked at each other and hurried towards the city gate.

At this time, the south gate of the city was already crowded with the elderly, the weak, women and children.

Seeing the old, weak, women and children, whose number was nearly ten times that of the defenders, ruthlessly attacking the city defense line built by the soldiers with their bodies, Su Sui'an became furious.

"What are you all doing?"

At the city gate, everyone looked in the direction of Su Sui'an.

Seeing that Sui Sui An was a woman, one of the middle-aged men with wrinkles on his face looked down on her.

"The court is so stupid and useless, and now even girls are coming to guard the city gates. Who knows what else will happen?"

"That's right. Before, when General Yongwu was here, we could still be at ease. But now, with only a girl like you, what can you do?"

"What kind of war has not even been fought for half a year? The city gates are attacked every day. In the end, the court is useless."

Seeing that the people below the city gate were speaking more and more harshly, a captain behind Su Jinche couldn't help but speak up, "You may not know that the dangers you encountered these days were solved by the girl you always looked down upon. Even when the city gate was difficult to defend, she still didn't flinch at all. Now at this critical moment of life and death, you all want to abandon her?"

"She wanted to defend the city herself. We didn't force her to do anything. Now we can't even defend the city. It would be stupid for her not to run away. If she dies, she can't drag us down with her."

After this twisted logic came out, everyone agreed with it.

The captain was so angry that his face turned red, and he started to argue with those people.

Su Sui'an raised his hand to interrupt the captain, "It's okay, let them go."

The Northern Jue only retreated fifty miles, so even if they went south, they would still have to pass through some territories bordering the Northern Jue.

She has already tried to persuade him, and it would be impolite to persuade him again.

"Anyone who leaves Yumen City will not be allowed to come back if they encounter any difficulties later."

"If you don't want to go back, then don't go back. Instead of listening to a girl like you nagging here, we might as well go out and make a living on our own." The middle-aged man took the lead and walked in front with a bag on his back.

Then, others followed.

Only less than 20% of the original population remained in Yumen City.

Su Sui'an looked at the people at the gate expressionlessly and shouted to the guards, "Open the gate."

"General..."

"I said, open the gate."

Su Sui'an raised his voice.

Seeing Su Sui'an being so straightforward, those who wanted to leave hesitated.

Su Sui'an raised his eyebrows slightly and asked provocatively to those who were reluctant to step out of the city gate, "Why, are you scared?"

"Who said we were scared?"

The person who walks in front leaves first.

However, after seeing Su Sui'an's fearless look, the others retracted their steps.

The troublemakers were divided into two groups. Thirty percent left in a hurry, and the remaining 70% did not cause any trouble.

People stayed.

But most of them have little labor force.

Seeing that the army’s remaining food was getting less and less, Su Jinche was in trouble.

"Yumen City already has a lot of wasteland and little surplus food. Right now these women and children still need our care. If the court does not supply military rations, we..."

"The court is in chaos, and we may not be able to free up our hands. Right now, we can only rely on ourselves." Su Sui'an said lightly, but his eyes were fixed on the distance.

Su Jinche was anxious, "What should we do then?"

The Changping Army had already suffered more than 80% losses in the previous battles, and the rest were just a bunch of people who came to do nothing.

To put it bluntly, if the enemy really comes to the city one day, I am afraid that these people will open the city gates and surrender without even having to fight.

"If you are unwilling to be self-reliant, I have another solution."

"any solution?"

"Let those who eat for nothing rush to the front."

Su Jinche looked at Su Sui'an with a puzzled look, "......"

It's already this late and you still have the mind to make jokes.

However, Su Jinche's thoughts did not last long.

Soon, he knew that what Su Sui'an said was true.

When we met the enemy at the gates for the last time.

Su Sui'an's arrangement brought dissatisfaction from those who needed to be at the front.

"We are not convinced."

"Yes, if you dare to let us rush to the front, we will surrender to Beijue and catch you off guard."

Su Sui'an made a "please" gesture slowly and said, "Please help yourself. The Beijue people have always liked the meat of the Yuan people. If you go, you can just make up for their food shortage."

In their eyes, humans are just two-legged sheep.

There are only things that young people can eat and things that old people cannot eat.

"You..." The man who was trying to stir up trouble choked, and finally lowered his voice under Su Sui'an's gaze, "You are simply cruel and inhumane."

"Who says it's not?"

Su Sui'an smiled.

"If you are willing to follow me, you may have a chance of survival. If you don't, you will die."

Ever since the people rioted and wanted to leave, Su Sui'an's actions have made many people stand in awe of her.

Even though they knew that what she said might not be true, many people were still persuaded by her uncontrollably.

The spring breeze blows and the war drums beat.

Another fierce fight began.

However, how could the Changping Army, which had long been short of military rations, possibly be a match for the Northern Jue barbarians who ate meat all year round?

Not to mention that the other side has put all their efforts into this battle, just to win this final battle.

"An'er, retreat, we can't hold on any longer."

Su Jinche fought and moved behind Su Sui'an to protect her while trying to persuade her.

Su Sui'an's hands were numb as he swung the knife; his hands had long lost all feeling.

"You retreat, I'll cover you."

Even though he was exhausted, Su Sui'an's tone remained unquestionable.

On the battlefield, the number of soldiers wearing Yuan Dynasty armor continued to decrease, but the morale of the soldiers remained high.

No one stepped back.

Su Sui'an gritted his teeth, his mind full of: hold on, hold on.

Hold on till the last moment...

She is so tired...

I was so tired that I could barely lift the bare spear in my hand...

A scimitar flashing with cold light came straight towards her face.

Su Sui'an's feet felt like they were filled with lead and he had no strength to move an inch.

I seemed to hear Su Jinche's desperate call...

The strange thing was that what flashed through her mind at this moment was Fu Jingrong's face.

After all, it's fate...

stop...

A sharp sword came through the air and pierced through the chest of the tall and strong soldier who was swinging a knife at Su Sui'an.

The scimitar had already fallen in front of Su Sui'an, but was forcibly changed in direction by the sharp sword.

Despite this, the scimitar's inertia still knocked off her helmet.

"It's the imperial court's armor. No, that's not right. It's the heavy cavalry of the Dingbei Palace."

"My God, the Dingbei Palace has brought almost all of their hundreds of thousands of troops. The Juebei soldiers were almost surrounded and slaughtered."

"Look, who's coming?"

There was an excitement in the voice that was difficult to conceal.

Su Sui'an's body stiffened and he turned to look in the direction everyone was pointing.

Yellow sand was flying all over the sky, and the young man in armor walked up to her and said, "I'm here to ask for a name."

The nose was filled with the smell of blood.

The breeze, carrying the smell of blood, blew up Su Sui'an's hair that was scattered on her temples. She almost drowned in the boy's eyes.

Time seemed to have stopped at this moment.

Everything in the past seems to be just an illusory dream.

Only what is before your eyes is real.

After a long while, Su Sui'an slowly raised the corners of his lips and said, "Okay."

The status is given to you.

The rest of my life is also for you.

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