I have been a county magistrate for ten years. My subordinates insist on giving me a yellow robe.

"Who?!"

Chen Liu suddenly shouted and quickly handed the child in his hand to Long Aotian.

"Keep an eye on him, I'll go check out the situation!"

After throwing down a few words, Chen Liu's voice appeared outside the hall in an instant. After looking around, he found no trace of him.

Finally, Chen Liu frowned and turned to walk into the hall, fearing that he had fallen into a trap of luring the tiger away from the mountain.

When Chen Liu came back, Long Aotian's face was already full of enthusiasm: "Uncle, I didn't realize you were so awesome!"

"How about you teach me a few tricks and I become your disciple?"

Chen Liu glanced at him, hugged Duanmu Ning'an back in his arms, and walked back to the chair and sat down without saying a word.

"Master, don't be so formal. We are all family here in the General's Mansion."

"Your speed just now seemed even faster than my father's. What level of master are you?"

"How about this, if there's anything you like in the General's Mansion, just take it, and you can teach me a few tricks."

Long Aotian continued chattering.

Chen Liu was so annoyed that he could not stand it any longer. He could only say calmly: "Did you hear that voice just now?"

"Voice? The one you're talking about, the one that was delivered to Chief Chen on the orders of the City Lord?" Long Aotian spoke cautiously.

Chen Liu nodded. "Yes, that's it. It seems you heard it too. So it's not just my illusion. Someone really came to pass on the message."

Long Aotian curled his lips in disapproval: "What's the matter? I'm just passing the message to General Chen, General Chen, the General of the East Factory. It has nothing to do with you."

"Why are you so excited? Maybe they don't know where General Chen lives and have spread the news to everyone in the General's Mansion."

Chen Liu nodded helplessly. This kid was quite kind and had a good heart, but it was his big mouth that really deserved a beating.

Suddenly, Long Aotian stopped chattering and his expression became serious.

"That's not right! Damn it, this is the General's Mansion. Who the hell is so awesome that he can come in so easily?"

"Fuck it! You eat first, sir. I'm going to go out and find someone. This bastard is so brazen in and out of our general's mansion. It's obvious that he doesn't take me seriously. I'll kill him if I catch him!"

Chen Liu frowned slightly: "Okay, come back, even I didn't notice it, let alone the people in your general's mansion."

After saying that, Chen Liu fell into deep thought. What that person said seemed very interesting.

Following the orders of the City Lord, City Lord?

This is enough to show that the messenger is backed by the lord of a city, and is rushing to Caiyun City to provide assistance overnight.

So the question is, at this juncture, which city lord would dare to risk the world's condemnation to come to his aid?

After the fall of Qingzhou City, the several states still in their hands were instantly shattered, and those who could surrender had already surrendered.

Those who didn't surrender were all around him, so who else could be here at this time?

"It can't be Jiang Yuan, right?" Chen Liu muttered to himself.

This is possible, but when did Jiang Yuan become the city lord?

To say that this guy has a conscience, well, maybe a little, at least he is quite conscientious towards his own people.

As for whether or not there is the strength to come to their aid, Chen Liu doesn't need to consider it at all, Jiang Yuan definitely has it.

At the beginning, Zhao Junxuan's army of more than 100,000 was blocked by him outside the mountains and could not advance an inch. Now, it is completely no problem for him to bring tens of thousands of people to support them.

But the key point is, don’t all of this guy’s subordinates call him “Sir”?

When did he become the mayor of the city? Taiping County is a small place. Even though it has developed well, it is just a county. It doesn't seem to have anything to do with a city, right?

After struggling for a while, before Chen Liu could figure out what was going on, he saw a majestic figure hurriedly rushing through the palace gate.

"Consul General Chen!"

Chen Liu trembled all over and looked up at Xue Zhen.

Xue Zhen nodded with a heavy expression: "Captain Chen, please pack up. We are going to break out again."

After saying that, Xue Zhen turned to look at Long Aotian again: "You too, go tell your mother that we are breaking through together this time."

"Where is General Long going?" Chen Liu asked.

Xue Zhen shook his head: "It's not clear yet, but if we can repel this attack, we may not have to break out. But it's very risky."

"As for after the breakout, I think there's a high probability that we'll return to Yezhou City. After all, the city lord there hasn't surrendered to Ning Fei yet."

After pondering for a while, Chen Liu finally spoke: "Although Yezhou City has not surrendered, if we really go there, we will have no way to retreat."

"The rear of Yezhou is in dire straits. If we retreat, Yunzhou will definitely fall into Ning Fei's hands. We will be attacked from both sides, and I'm afraid we will be defeated even faster."

Xue Zhen had a bitter look on his face. He knew it very well, but was there any other way?

In this vast world, there is no place for them to stay. Retreating again and again now is just drinking poison to quench thirst. They can only hold on for a while longer.

"Consul Chen, we have nowhere else to go."

Chen Liu's eyes gradually became firm, and he clenched his fists: "No! We can't go east. We can't go to Yezhou City in the east."

"There's no way out if we go there. Go tell Long Guangxian that we're heading west!"

"West?" Xue Zhen looked at Chen Liu in surprise. "But the cities west of Yunzhou have basically fallen. Even Luoyun City, the important city in western Yunzhou, has surrendered to Ning Fei. Where else can we go?"

Chen Liu didn't answer, but his voice became more determined: "Don't ask, let's go west. If we're lucky, maybe someone will come to pick us up."

Xue Zhen suddenly felt puzzled. It was already this late, and Chen Liu actually said that someone would come to pick them up.

To put it bluntly, unless Ning Fei becomes mentally retarded and suddenly commits suicide, there is no way for them to turn the defeat into victory.

If someone really wanted to come to their aid, they would have come at the beginning of the war. It would have been in line with human nature to place a bet at that time. After all, if you take a gamble and win, you will be rich and prosperous.

But now, they are bound to lose. How could there be someone so blind as to come and help them at this time? Isn't this obviously a challenge to Ning Fei?

Chen Liu nodded vigorously: "Yes, there will be someone, there will definitely be someone!"

Xue Zhen showed a painful expression, nodded to Chen Liu, turned around and walked out of the hall.

When Xue Zhen rushed back to the city wall, he immediately saw Long Guangxian sitting on a pile of corpses, with the spear in his hand still stuck in the enemy's chest and unable to be pulled out.

But overall, they seemed to have held their ground on this attack.

"General Long." Xue Zhen walked over with a heavy expression.

Long Guangxian nodded tiredly at him: "Yes, we have held it, but I am afraid that the remaining troops in our hands are less than 3,000. I am afraid it will be difficult to stop the next attack."

"Have you told Commander Chen? Have you told him to pack up and escort them out tonight?"

"Alas!" Xue Zhen sighed deeply, shaking his head in pain, "Boss Chen, he..."

"What happened to Consul Chen?" Long Guangxian stood up immediately.

Xue Zhen raised his head to the sky and sighed, "I suspect that Consul General Chen has lost his mind."

"What's going on? Tell me quickly." Long Guangxian said in a deep voice.

Xue Zhen looked at Long Guangxian with a complicated expression and said, "Just now, I went to talk to Commander Chen about breaking out, but he actually told us to break out to the west and that someone would come to help us."

"Isn't this bullshit?"

"Given our current situation, how could anyone possibly come to our aid?"

Hearing this, Long Guangxian was stunned at first, then burst into laughter: "Hahaha! I understand! I understand!"

Xue Zhen couldn't help but take two steps back, his eyes filled with horror. What was going on? One person went crazy, but why did another one go crazy?

"General Long, you, you calm down first, we..."

Before Xue Zhen could finish his words, Long Guangxian's thugs patted him on the shoulder and said, "Listen to me, Commander Chen is right. Someone will come to help us. We must break out to the west!"

"General Long, who will come to support us?" Xue Zhen asked in confusion.

It's already this fucking time, everyone knows they're bound to lose, how could anyone come to help them?

Long Guangxian stretched out a hand and pointed to the distance: "If I'm not mistaken, the person that General Chen is talking about should be that gentleman!"

"Hey, sir?" Xue Zhen became increasingly confused. Long Guangxian might be incredibly impressive, but how many people could he willingly call him sir? And he did so respectfully, clearly convinced.

"Haha! Okay, you'll know when the time comes." Long Guangxian said, pulling out his spear from the enemy's body.

"It seems that our Caiyun City can still hold out for a while longer. We should try to deplete the enemy's strength. When he arrives, we will be able to break through the enemy in one fell swoop."

As Long Guangxian spoke, he waved at Xue Zhen.

"Let's go organize the soldiers and set up a defense. We must hold out until reinforcements arrive."

Seeing this, Xue Zhen couldn't help but shake his head and sigh: "Crazy, all crazy. Instead of thinking about breaking out at this time, they actually want to counterattack. Every one of them is crazy!"

In the blink of an eye, ten days passed.

Early that morning, Long Guangxian, Xue Zhen and Chen Liu climbed up the city wall together. Looking at the dark mass of enemy troops in front of them, everyone had a look of despair on their face.

Ten days have passed, and the expected support has not arrived, but the enemy's attack has become more fierce.

At present, Long Guangxian has less than a thousand soldiers under his command, and even if the guards of the general's mansion are included, there are less than two thousand people.

"The East Factory still has one last batch of people. Let's transfer them all to defend the city wall." Chen Liu said in a hoarse voice.

"This... isn't appropriate." Xue Zhen said.

"After several major battles, only a few hundred men remain from the East Depot. They are the main force for a breakout. Sending them up the city walls now won't cut off their last chance of survival?"

Chen Liu looked ahead with a cold gaze: "No, considering the time, it should be almost time. We just need to hold on for a few more days."

At this moment, a young general below narrowed his eyes and looked towards Caiyun City.

"There are still at most a thousand men on the city wall. We have already wasted too much time. We must capture Caiyun City today!"

"Pass the word down! The first person to reach the city wall will be rewarded with 10,000 gold!"

As soon as he finished speaking, a voice came from behind him:

"General! It's bad! A large number of enemies are approaching from behind. I'm afraid they are less than two miles away and will be here in a moment!"

The young general turned around with a sullen expression. "Enemy? Have you found out who's leading them?"

"I don't know, but there are a lot of cavalry..."

Before the scout finished speaking, everyone's eyes were looking towards the back. They could already feel the ground shaking, and countless small stones were bouncing on the ground.

The young general stared blankly at the large banner fluttering in the distance.

"Taiping Heavenly Cavalry?!"