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In this battle, both sides suffered many casualties.

There were no reinforcements in Jiuyuan City, and so did the barbarians, but no one planned to retreat, and it would actually be even more detrimental to the barbarians if this continued.There is not only one Huo Yan in the Zhenbei Army, there may be reinforcements coming back at any time, the less they leave, the later the time delays, the easier it is to bump into the reinforcements and be wiped out, even if they only fight for numbers, they are more than the defenders. But it was nothing compared to any reinforcements.

It was getting late, and the barbarians did not retreat, but fought more fiercely. It seemed that they wanted to try their best to try one last time. They would be safest only if they captured the city in one fell swoop. If aid came from Jiuyuan, they would become Defending the city is much better than besieging the city.Naturally, Wei Lie would not let such a thing happen, he took the lead and led all the soldiers to fight to the death!

This is a double contest of will and momentum. After several days of fighting, everyone is tired, and some people even tremble with bow hands. Bandages, even those like Gu Ting, who can't go to the battlefield, are so anxious that their lips are chapped, and everyone in the palace counts one by one, and they are all worried.

Huo Jie was kept at home by her elder sister Huo Yue, this time she didn't make any noise, she listened to Gu Ting's words, took a short sword, and obediently protected her grandmother and elder sister.

The Crown Princess has been able to sit for a while, but her energy is still exhausted. Everyone dare not disturb her with these news, but how could she not know?She has experienced most of her life, and this situation is all too familiar.Her father-in-law died on the battlefield, her husband died on the battlefield, her son died on the battlefield, and now her grandson's life or death is uncertain. She is very worried, and she knows that these worries are actually the last thing she needs now. She knows what to do now, what to do, she has to Only when you are stable can everyone be stable.

When she was in a bad mood, she let go of everything and just rested, don't cry, quarrel and faint, and let herself become a burden to others. , Food and medicine are enough, whether the common people can afford to live, check for omissions and make up for the vacancies, see what Gu Ting didn't expect the old housekeeper to do, and make up for it.

She doesn't need others to bother to comfort her, and she doesn't cry bitterly. She just stands quietly and supports everyone.She has done this kind of thing for many years, and no one is more familiar and skilled than her.

The gentle and transparent state of the princess not only helped a lot, but also stabilized people's hearts, as if this was just a small difficulty. Life is so long, everyone will encounter difficulties, it's no big deal, it will pass.Gu Ting sometimes thinks, no wonder the Grand Concubine is so respected by others, sometimes she is called an ancestor, she really deserves it.

Only Meng Zhen is the most anxious one at the moment, always distracted, always out of state when doing things, and not paying attention to eating.

Gu Ting put a bowl of soup in front of him, his nose moved subconsciously, smelling that it tasted different, it was made by Gu Ting himself, his eyes lit up, he obediently picked up the bowl and drank the soup.

"What happened to you?" Gu Ting asked him.

Meng Zhen looked at the bowl in his hand quietly, as if even the soup had lost its flavor: "The barbarians are calling, I don't know how my brother is..."

Gu Ting was silent for a moment, then patted him on the shoulder: "Your brother is so powerful, he will definitely be fine."

Meng Zhen seemed to think of something, slapped his forehead, and looked at Gu Ting seriously: "Don't be afraid! Huo Yan is so powerful, how could he die? My brother fought in the war, and I don't know how many times he died. It's someone else who makes fake news to scare me and want me to do bad things. Sometimes it's my brother who puts out fake news to confuse the enemy and catch them off guard. You can't believe the messy news on the battlefield unless it's sent by your own bodyguard. Come on, the most plausible one!"

Gu Ting lowered his eyes: "Well, I know."

Meng Zhen picked up the bowl with a big face, drank the soup quickly, and wiped his mouth: "Come on, I will accompany you to the tower to have a look! In the last battle, we will stand with the soldiers. Step up!"

Gu Ting: ...

He knew that Meng Zhen was disturbed, couldn't sit still, and was always thinking wildly. It didn't matter if he accompanied him for a walk or parted ways. Those who were tired were all the soldiers defending the city. As long as they didn't make trouble and paid attention to themselves, there would be no life. Danger.

"Then you don't come close, you can only follow me closely. If you don't obey me, I will immediately ask Zheng Shishi to take you down." If you go, you have to tell.

Meng Zhen nodded sharply, and patted his chest to assure: "Don't worry, who am I, cute little Meng Zhen, reliable!"

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"Sun Zai! Why don't you climb up, you're bored? Your mother didn't feed you today? Where are you going? Don't let Grandpa wait until his hair turns gray!"

The angry scolding voice, familiar lines, and familiar gestures all sounded like Wei Lie.

Gu Ting and Meng Zhen went up to the tower, he hadn't finished cursing, and he didn't even know that someone was coming: "Son, you didn't tell your father and me when you were so rude, your mother will cry—"

Probably very tired, he didn't stand and scold like before, half of his body was hanging on the tower, sticking his head out to scold.

Gu Ting frowned, implying that a soldier pulled him away to look over: "Why don't you rest first when you're tired?"

After so many days of fighting, everyone is tired, and no one is an iron man who can carry on forever. With the rotation mechanism, Wei Lie must of course rest on time.

Wei Lie saw that it was him, smiled, took the hot water passed by the soldier, drank half of the pot, and then took a breath: "I really thought, but today this group of savages is not right, like crazy , It seems that I want to attack in one breath, I can't stop dying, I can't rest."

Gu Ting took a careful look down the city. There was a barbarian who lost half of his arm and continued to climb up. His aura was indeed astonishing.

"I really don't want to wait."

Today's battle must be difficult.

Suddenly a flying arrow flew over, Gu Ting panicked, and pulled Meng Zhen back, Meng Zhen didn't react at all, and was directly brought down by him, and the two fell to the ground together.

The arrow just flew past the place where Meng Zhen was standing before, and landed on the ground with a buzz, tearing the clothes on Gu Ting's shoulders. If he didn't pull Meng Zhen away, Meng Zhen would be shot!

Meng Zhen's eyes were red with anger, and he quickly pulled Gu Ting's clothes: "Hurry up and see if there is any injury!"

Gu Ting knew that he didn't hurt anywhere, so he definitely didn't: "It's just that the clothes were scratched." He also opened the gap to show Meng Zhen, "Look, there is no bleeding anywhere, and it doesn't hurt at all. "

Meng Zhen took a closer look, and sure enough, there was only a white mark on the skin, probably because the arrow was rubbed against it too quickly, and the skin was not broken or injured at all.He breathed a sigh of relief, still frowning his eyebrows: "The marks are rubbed out, and it will definitely swell in a while. You still have to pay attention. If the pain is severe, you have to apply ointment."

Gu Ting nodded: "Yeah."

After Meng Zhen breathed a sigh of relief, he quickly pulled the damaged clothes away: "Quickly cover and cover, the skin is exposed!"

Gu Ting couldn't help laughing: "It's just exposed. It's what men are afraid of. If you look at it, you won't lose a piece of meat."

Meng Zhen took a deep breath and glared at him: "Aren't you cold! The cold wind blows in and freezes you to death!"

This is true.

Gu Ting gathered up his clothes obediently, thinking that it would be better to add some clothes, the people downstairs would definitely be willing to help, but at this moment he couldn't go downstairs... because he couldn't stand up at all, the road ahead was completely blocked, and the opponent's arrow rain coming!

Is it so fierce!

With sharp eyes, he picked up a shield from the side, pulled Meng Zhen to hide in the back corner, used the shield to build a small safe space, and comforted Meng Zhen: "Don't be afraid, nothing will happen."

The war drum beat in the heart, and the wind blew over the ears, bringing the enemy's arrows and the blood of someone who didn't know.

In a small space, I can't see more, I feel more inexplicably, and I feel panic in my heart, always feeling that something more terrible will happen.Maybe Wei Lie can lead people to block this wave of attacks, but it will be a miserable victory.

In war, there is never a real winner.

At this moment, when it seemed that everyone was getting depressed, Gu Ting suddenly heard a strange sound, "咻——", it was the sound of arrows piercing through the air, and it also had a sharp sound. It was very special, like Like a whistle attached to the arrow, it can shoot as far as it can, and how long it flies in the air, it can ring as far as possible, and let many people know that it comes from afar with a momentum that other arrows don't have, like a conquest, More like an announcement.

what is this?

Could it be the barbarian's trump card, a new weapon?

But Meng Zhen stood up all of a sudden, his face flushed with excitement: "It's my brother! My brother is here, this is my brother's loud arrow!"

He was excited to run to the city wall, but Gu Ting held him down with one hand: "Wait a little longer!"

Sure enough, before Gu Ting finished speaking, another wave of arrows rained over, pricking the ground.

Meng Zhen swallowed, and tightly tugged on Gu Ting's sleeve: "It's a good thing you caught me, otherwise I'm afraid I'll be a hedgehog now..."

Gu Ting patted his little friend's dog's head: "Be good, your brother has not yet approached, the enemy has not left, and the danger is still there."

Meng Zhen blushed: "Believe me, my brother is really here, this arrow is talking to me, telling me he is here!"

He really wanted to be obedient, and he really couldn't wait, his brother came to him, he was really happy!

Gu Ting pressed tightly on Baozi's face that was about to move: "Wait a little longer, just a little more..."

If reinforcements really came, the barbarians would soon be suppressed by force, and there would be no more rain of arrows.

Sure enough, a few breaths passed, and slowly, the rain of arrows stopped, the tower became quiet, and the barbarians stopped attacking!

Now without Gu Ting's reminder, Meng Zhen jumped up like a monkey, rushed to the notch in the city wall, poked his head out and looked out——

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

Gu Ting walked over, and sure enough, he saw Meng Ce from a distance.Not only did he come, but he also opened and closed with a sword in his hands, but if there was something obstructed, he killed them all!

"Have a bear heart and leopard courage, dare to plot against me like this! My brother is still inside, and you attack the city? Do you think I am dead! If my brother hurts a hair, you will all die, nothing, whole, corpse !"

Meng Ce charged and fought in the army, as if entering the land of no one, his bravery and valor made the cold north wind warm.

Meng Zhen was so excited that he jumped up and down on the tower and waved his hands: "Brother! Brother, I'm here!"

Maybe it was because his voice was too loud, or maybe it was because the two brothers had a good understanding, Meng Ce looked up and saw him at a glance, and immediately frowned and shouted: "Hide well, why are you showing your head!"

Wei Lie laughed out loud when he saw Meng Ce leading troops to help, and immediately ordered: "Reinforcements have arrived!!! Open the city gates—— together with Lao Tzu, kill these suffocating grandchildren!"

The gate of the city opened, and the guard rushed out screaming, his aura rose higher and higher, as if he had eaten chicken blood at this moment, he was not tired or sleepy, and he was not happy not to let this fight happen!

Zheng Xiqi was the first to pass through the thousands of troops and leap to the top of the city. He didn't need to work hard. The ladder built by the barbarians was very good. When the guards saw that he was a reinforcement, they didn't stop him, but Swish shot arrows to help him cover, he passed unimpeded all the way, quickly climbed up the tower, knelt in front of Meng Zhen, his expression couldn't help being excited: "Young master!"

Meng Zhen quickly helped him up: "Why are you here? Is there something wrong at home? I heard from Gu Ting that the barbarians have beaten them!"

Zheng Shi said with a smile: "It is true that the fight has passed, and there are still many people. They are the main force of the barbarians. It is probably to distract the prince and prevent him from having a chance to help here."

Meng Zhen was very surprised: "You know?"

Zheng Shi: "I didn't know at first, but the prince guessed it after thinking about it. Beidi should have borrowed barbarian soldiers to send internal responses to Jiuyuan City in advance, and to prepare for a big battle... But they don't know that the young master is here, and the prince will come no matter what."

Meng Zhen was anxious: "Is the family's affairs settled? Is my brother injured?"

Zheng Shi laughed again: "My lord fights, young master, you know, he looks careless, and he hastily closed many times. Outsiders always think that the lord's ability is not very good. In fact, it's because the lord is not serious. The lord is serious. Of course, all battles are serious If you can fight well, you can hit like a thunderbolt, and no one else can fight back. Don't worry, young master, the prince is not injured, everything is fine everywhere, and everything in the house is also fine."

Meng Zhen lowered his head, his eyes were a little red, and his voice was low: "How could I not know, I know best..."

His elder brother has always been very powerful, and every time he doesn't think about making progress, it is somehow because of him. If his body is not so unsatisfactory, his elder brother will definitely win the name of God of War and spread it all over the world.

He feels guilty, but he can't change it. His physical condition seems to be like this for the rest of his life. He can't control it even if he wants to. It seems that his brother's personality can't be changed. In this life, they will affect each other, unless one of them dies. up.

He didn't dare to die, he knew that his elder brother cared about him the most, if he died, his elder brother might not be able to maintain the present situation.He can't let his brother die, his brother deserves the best in the world...

Unable to be emotionally agitated, Meng Zhen couldn't take it anymore, hugged Gu Ting's arm and cried.

Gu Ting was taken aback, but he could understand that the life of this pair of brothers seemed difficult no matter who they were.He knew that Meng Zhen shouldn't be too preoccupied, but sometimes the feelings that can be vented are much better than those that are kept in his heart. As long as Meng Zhen doesn't vomit blood and doesn't take it to heart, he will be fine.

"It's okay, it's okay," Gu Ting patted Meng Zhen's back lightly, "Aren't you happy to see brother soon? How about I make you a pot of soup? Use your favorite bone soup , Didn’t you mention before that your brother likes to eat mutton? It just so happens that the princess said a few days ago that there are a few good sheep in the mansion, and they will be rewarded if they win in the end. How about I ask for one for you first?”

His voice was soft, like the warmest moonlight on a summer night. Meng Zhen stopped crying slowly, with a shy blush on his face, sobbing: "Really, can you really eat lamb? A plate of dumplings? My brother likes dumplings stuffed with mutton and green onions..."

"Yeah," Gu Ting rubbed his little friend's dog's head, "I have whatever you want."

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At the same time, in the distance to the north, a team stopped.

In the cold north wind, Fan Dachuan looked at Huo Yan suspiciously: "My lord?"

Huo Yan pressed his hand and asked someone to put Wang Qi down.He glanced at Meng Ce, and knew without stepping forward that the crisis in Jiuyuan had been resolved.

"Leave it to him, we will retreat!"

He took one last look at Gu Ting's direction on the tower, turned his head, and led his troops back.

In the dark, Gu Ting felt something, and looked to the north——

Nothing, except the bleak north wind.

He rubbed his eyes, did he see it wrong?

Looking at Meng Zhen with red eye circles and eyes full of excitement, and seeing Meng Ce who couldn't wait to see his younger brother in the distance, Gu Ting laughed at himself.

Maybe it's just because I'm too envious that I feel that Huo Yan is here.