When Cao Yu walked up to the city tower, Li Su was commanding the soldiers guarding the city and the civilians to carry the ordnance. On the narrow horse-drawn track of the city tower, several rolling wood and rocks were piled up every five steps, and a pot of boiling oil was boiled every ten steps. The soldiers set up a formation between the arrows on the city towers in units of fire.

Li Su didn't understand these tactics of defending the city. After coming to Xizhou, Li Su noticed that the crisis was approaching, so he kept asking Jiang Quan for advice every day. Jiang Quan did not hide his own personal information and gave him all his gifts. At this moment, Li Su was instructed and looked a little. Jiang Quan stood beside Li Su. Li Su had some orders that were inappropriate. Jiang Quan attached himself to his ear and whispered a few words, and Li Su changed the order.

After Cao Yu went up to the city tower, he saw this scene. Then, Cao Yu couldn't help but frowned.

Li Su also saw Cao Yu at this time and led everyone forward to give Cao Yu a tribute.

"There are three thousand enemy troops?" Cao Yu asked with a frown.

"Yes, according to the reported scout, three thousand enemy troops came from the west, less than a hundred miles from Xizhou."

"Three thousand people...not many. In the past, there were about three or two thousand bandits who attacked Xizhou. Now there are more than Li Biejia's thousand-man cavalry camp in Xizhou, and Xizhou will not be lost." Cao Yu stroked his beard and said, with a confident expression, and he glanced at Li Su with a slightly profound meaning.

Li Su smiled. He understood the meaning of this sentence, and it was explicitly because he had confidence in Xizhou. In fact, he implied that he had made a bet with Cao Yu. He agreed at that time that if the enemy did not invade a large scale within two months, Li Su would go back to Chang'an in shame.

Now less than two months ago, the enemy has indeed come. However, Cao Yu emphasized that the enemy is "not much", so naturally it will not be a "large-scale" attack, so the bet has not yet decided the winner.

"Yes. Three thousand people are not too many. Xizhou is as solid as a rock, so there will be nothing to lose." Li Su also obscurely agreed with the result of the bet without a decision. The enemy is in front of the enemy. All personal grievances are temporarily put aside. Li Su is unwilling to destroy the situation of shared hatred and enemy because of this small matter.

Cao Yu nodded and was very pleased to lose a gambling bill successfully.

In theory, everyone's moral balance is not too much.

Seeing that Cao Yu was satisfied, Li Su saluted him again: "The enemy army is coming soon, and the city defense is in danger. I also asked the governor Cao to return to the mansion and issue orders. The city defense against the enemy will be handed over to the lower officials for their work."

This is a bit overbearing. Li Su shouldn't have said it, but Li Su's suspicion is too serious. The critical situation in Xizhou also means that his own life is in critical condition. Whether he can defend the city or not depends entirely on the talent of the commander. Li Su never handed over his life to another person, not to mention that this person is not very harmonious with him, and he is in a place, and Li Su usually blocks his enemy.

Cao Yu's face suddenly changed, and his eyes immediately became gloomy: "Li Biejia, guarding Xizhou is the responsibility of me!"

Li Su smiled very kindly: "Yes, defending the territory and fighting the enemy, everyone is responsible. It is also the responsibility of the lower officials to guard Xizhou. Governor Cao is the first official in Xizhou. The so-called son of a thousand gold medal cannot sit in the hall. If the difficult and dangerous things are left to the lower officials, if the lower officials are unfortunately sacrificed for the country, please ask Governor Cao to take charge of the overall situation..."

Blinking at Cao Yu, Li Su suddenly lowered his voice and laughed: "If the officials cannot defend Xizhou City, the three provinces will hold them accountable, and the governor Cao will have room to shirk..."

Speaking of this, it was already very straightforward. In order to seize the command of the city, Li Su simply took all the responsibility on himself.

A trace of unpredictable light flashed in Cao Yu's eyes. He didn't know what he thought of, and he glanced deeply at the soldiers on the horse road in the city tower. At this time, the guards in Xizhou City were only about two thousand people, half of whom were soldiers from the Zhechong Prefecture in Xizhou, and half were soldiers from the cavalry camp brought by Li Su. There was originally a Zhechong Prefecture, but because he left the city to patrol the border, he rushed back in a hurry.

There are more than two thousand people, one with a fragile rammed earth wall and a lot of internal and external troubles. If you have to face three thousand enemy troops like wolves and tigers, whether you can defend this city depends on the will of heaven.

Seeing that Cao Yu did not answer for a long time, Li Su was a little impatient. He had a lot of things to do and had no time to talk to Cao Yu. So Li Su smiled and asked with a urge to smile: "I wonder what the governor Cao thought?"

Cao Yu's face changed several times, and he couldn't help but look directly into Li Su's eyes, and then a layer of cold sweat broke out from Cao Yu's back.

At this moment, Li Su smiled sweetly and likable. If you only look at his smiling face, it looks like a scheming, simple and immature sunny boy, but... Li Su's eyes!

Li Su's eyes were covered with bloodshots, and there was no smile inside. Instead, it was a bit ferocious. She smiled at him, but there was a fierce light flashing like a wolf in her eyes. It seemed that when Cao Yu said half a word, he would suddenly suck and swallow Cao Yu and his belt into his stomach.

Cao Yu had never seen such a look. Today, when the troops were at the city, the murderous intent in Li Su's eyes was exactly the same as when he killed thirteen criminals in a row. Cao Yu felt cold all over his bones, as if a cold wind blew into his bones, which made him tremble. His gaze turned slightly. Then, Cao Yu saw Wang Bao, who was following Li Su like a shadow. Just as Cao Yu's eyes turned to Wang Bao, Wang Bao also grinned at him, smiling ugly, but his right hand suddenly stretched out and held the big Mo knife that belonged to him, weighing more than 20 pounds...

This action dispelled Cao Yu's last bit of suspicion. He had no doubts now. If he dared to say no at this moment, Li Su would definitely have the courage to kill him on the city tower. This lawless madman could do anything when the enemy was in a critical situation!

Cao Yu gritted his teeth. Now he didn't even dare to remain silent because he was afraid of provoking this madman, so he said consciously: "In this way, Xizhou City Defense will entrust Li Baek to work hard. I... Go back to the governor's mansion and dispatch it in the middle, Xiang Tian!"

Xiang Tian behind Cao Yu was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously clasped his fists: "The last one is here."

Cao Yu's voice was getting colder, and he said indifferently: "The soldiers from all over the Zhechong Mansion all followed Li Biejia's orders. Those who dared to disobey the orders, Li Biejia had the right to make arbitrary decisions at the moment."

Xiang Tian was very anxious: "Governor Cao, this is not in line with the rules, and the last one is..."

"The enemy is in front of you, and I am the rule!"

After saying that, Cao Yu glanced at Li Su again, turned around and left.

Li Su smiled and saluted Cao Yu's back: "Goddess to the governor Cao."

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After Cao Yu left, on the Xizhou city tower, both the Zhechong Mansion and the cavalry soldiers looked at Li Su silently.

Li Su turned around, his smile had turned into a cold face, and he slowly said to the soldiers: "Everyone has heard that, under the command of the governor of Xizhou, the current official will take over the defense of Xizhou. All the soldiers must obey my orders. Those who dare to disobey the order will be killed immediately!"

The soldiers were so stern, hesitated for a moment, and finally clasped their fists and shouted: "Abide by the general's order!"

"Now, prepare for war and face the enemy!"

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The first general order was to transfer Xiang Tian, ​​who was unwilling to do so, and ordered him to clean up the food, grass and weapons in the city. Until Xiang Tian left the city with anger, the soldiers of the Zhechong Mansion lost the commander. Only then did everyone finally put away their dissatisfaction and cheered up to prepare for the war in an orderly manner.

It was not until this time that Li Su breathed a sigh of relief.

The city defense finally took over successfully. If Cao Yu refused to hand over the power just now, Li Su might really order him to chop him up and be punished by the court in the future. Today, he would not be able to hand over the city defense to someone he did not trust.

As for Xiang Tian…

Li Su winked at Jiang Quan, Jiang Quan nodded understandingly, and a cavalry soldier stepped out of the line and followed Xiang Tian quietly.

Well, Li Su still couldn't believe Xiang Tian.

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The enemy came very quickly, faster than expected.

One hour later, yellow sand suddenly rose at the end of the desert outside Xicheng, Xizhou. Three or two small black dots appeared in the rolling yellow dust. Then, the small black dots turned into five, six, and hundreds. After an incense stick of hour, more than three thousand people riding camels in various costumes slowly came out of the yellow sand until they stopped three miles away from the city wall of Xizhou. In the different eyes of the soldiers guarding the city, the three thousand cavalry arranged their formations without panic and confronted silently.

Li Su's eyelids twitched, she turned her head to look at Jiang Quan, and found that Jiang Quan was also looking at him. The two of them had the same meaning when they exchanged their eyes.

Just look at the array set by these three thousand cavalry and the murderous aura emitted by the entire army in silence. Such a formation is definitely not something ordinary bandits and others can do. They must be the elite army of a small country in the Western Regions!

Jiang Quan glared and suddenly shouted: "The enemy has arrived, prepare for the war!"

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ps: I just returned home yesterday. I was so tired. I slept for a long time, so I took a day off...

Well, from today on, it will be updated normally...

By the way, there is another update... (To be continued)
Chapter completed!