Xiang Tian was carried back.↖,

The Thousand Cavalry Team set out to ambush the enemy. When they came back, there were less than five hundred people left. All the living were injured. Everyone's body, weapons, and horses were covered with blood, the enemy's, their own, or the brothers' robes.

Xiang Tian lay on a simple bed woven with cloth strips. The injuries on his body were very serious, with knife marks on his shoulders, thighs, and back. The most serious one was a knife edge on his chest. The wound was nearly two inches into the flesh and was very strong. It even pierced the armored heart protection mirror on his chest and reached the vital point. In medical terms, this knife stabbed the artery vessel next to the heart, so although many cloth strips were temporarily wrapped in the chest to stop bleeding, the blood still couldn't stop flowing out.

Xiang Tian's face was very pale, as if the drowning dead man had just been fished out of the water, and the blood from the wound was getting slower and slower. It was not that the blood was stopped, but that there was no blood to flow.

In front of the city gate, the remaining five hundred soldiers were bowing their heads, looking at the dying Xiang Tian with red eyes, and Jiang Quan's eyes also turned red, and he couldn't bear to turn his head to the side.

They are all veterans on the battlefield who have experienced many battles. It is clear whether they can be saved or not. Xiang Tian’s serious injury is obviously no longer able to survive. He carried it back from dozens of miles away and only breathed a sigh of relief.

Li Su took a deep breath, tried hard to suppress the inexplicable uneasiness and guilt in his heart, stared at a soldier and said, "What's going on? You are going to ambush the enemy, why do you seem to be ambushed by the enemy now?"

The soldier clasped his fists and choked and said, "Last night, General Xiang ordered his troops out of the city. There was a sand dune fifty miles west of the city, but he could hide his troops. General Xiang decided to ambush the enemy there, but after arriving at the sand dunes, he found that there had been an ambush of an enemy army there, with a number of about 3,000 people. They cut off the flanks from one left and one right, and launched a thousand people on the front. We were unprepared... and we were in a daze!"

Li Su sighed to the sky and said, "This time the enemy's invasion was so bold that he would dare to come. This 100% sure includes the plan for the right time, place, and people. How could they not count it in advance? Xiang Tian... is so reckless!"

In the crowd of five hundred soldiers, sad sobs came one after another, and some even burst into tears.

The sergeant continued with sobs: "...The enemy cut off our retreat, and then surrounded us on three sides, with the intention of annihilation. General Xiang opened his way with a strong bow and a long spear, carrying dozens of wounds of all sizes and sizes. The brothers in the robes formed a formation and rushed out. Then they barely came back from their blood. On the way, General Xiang fell off the horse. When we went up to check, we realized that the general was seriously injured..."

After saying that, the sergeant burst into tears. Li Su lowered his head and looked at Xiang Tian again. He found that his face was a little darker than before, and his heart couldn't help but sink.

At this time, Xiang Tian, ​​who was in a coma, let out a painful moan, and Li Su and Jiang Quan hurriedly stepped forward and squatted in front of him.

Xiang Tian opened his eyes. His eyes were a little distracted, and it took him a long time to gradually focus. He saw Li Su's gentle smile in front of him.

"Li Biejia..." Xiang Tian's voice was weak and hoarse. As soon as he spoke, tears couldn't stop flowing down: "A general was incompetent and killed the three armies... The last general was not careful and fell into the ambush of the enemy. The last general deserves to die!"

Li Suqiang laughed and comforted softly: "General, don't blame yourself. If you can take the initiative to go out of the city to find a fighter opportunity, you are already a talented general. Why are you incompetent? As for being ambushed, this is a man's calculation not as good as God's calculation, and it is not a crime of war."

"Thousands of cavalry left the city, and only five hundred left when they came back... Half of Zhechong Mansion was completely destroyed outside. The last general... is a sinner for the ages! I can't help the brothers who died in battle..." Xiang Tian's emotions became more and more excited, and the blood that had gradually dried up on his chest flowed out again.

Li Su felt a burst of pain in her heart.

He actually had a very bad impression of Xiang Tian. When he took office in Xizhou, Xiang Tian led him into the city. He was polite on the surface, but he was actually slow on the surface. He secretly planned a conspiracy to force him to leave. Until later, Li Su and Cao Yu all resolved their grudges, but there was still a gap between him and Xiang Tian. Just like the day he entered the city, everyone only maintained the surface harmony. It can be said that Li Su never regarded Xiang Tian as his own person. Everyone had their own ways of being a human being and their own ways of living.

Until now, when Xiang Tian, ​​who had only one breath, burst into tears and cried and blamed himself, Li Su's heart seemed to be pricked by the tip of a needle.

They were all ministers of the Tang Dynasty and were all defending the territory for the Tang Dynasty in their own way. When Li Su calmly measured the pros and cons and decided to leave, this rough man who was not likable in his heart stayed in Xizhou and sacrificed his life.

At this moment, Li Su suddenly felt that Xiang Tian was taller than himself and lived purely. People in their thirties could not see the pros and cons in their eyes, but he still chose to pay the price of his life. In this world, who is smarter than who is stupid?

Looking at Xiang Tian, ​​who had lost his strength to cry, lying on the ground on his back, opened his mouth wide and gasped, his pupils dissipated again, Li Su felt ache in his heart and stepped forward to hold his hand.

"The general returns to the city to rest with peace of mind, wait until the injury is healed, and after the injury is healed..." Li Su couldn't continue. In fact, everyone saw it clearly. Xiang Tian no longer had the day after healed.

Standing up, Li Su waved to the soldiers and said, "Carry General Xiang into the city and find a doctor to treat his injuries..."

Xiang Tian was lifted up. When passing by Li Su, Xiang Tian suddenly grabbed Li Su's sleeve hard. He was so strong that he was still the lively man.

"Li Biejia... I am a rough man. I have offended you in the past. I don't ask you for forgiveness. I will confess my life immediately. I will not forgive you. You will never meet again in this life. But... Xizhou is the Xizhou of the Tang Dynasty! Xiang is incompetent, and he can't defend it even if he sacrifices his life. Li Biejia you are different..." Xiang Tian gasped violently for a few seconds, raised his last breath and said, "In the past year, I have seen you have all kinds of extraordinary things... For several months, you have rectified your arms, attracted merchants, and opened shops in the city. I and Governor Cao once praised that if you spend one or two years, Xizhou will be able to change your face. Li Biejia, you are a naturally capable person. Xizhou and Xizhou can't be defended, but you can! I am I... Please..."

Li Su sighed and shook his head sadly: "General Xiang, I don't hide it from you. Xizhou, I really can't defend it. There are few soldiers and generals. The city defense is ineffective. Under the crushing of the army, Xizhou will be unlucky. It... is a dead city without any hope."

The hopeful gaze in Xiang Tian's eyes gradually dimmed, tears slid across his cheeks silently, and murmured in a daze: "We have been guarding for three years. We have been guarding in isolation for three years. Those who die, those who are injured, how hard it is to guard, Your Majesty... Why don't you look at it more? Have Your Majesty forgotten us soldiers who guard the borders for the country? Your Majesty... Your Majesty..."

Xiang Tian said, and a large stream of blood suddenly popped out of his mouth. He opened his mouth hard and breathed with all his might. Finally, he exhaled more breath. He inhaled less, and finally he fell softly and died. Until he died, his eyes widened and he died with his eyes open.

At the moment of extinction, all the five hundred soldiers living behind them pushed the golden mountain and turned the jade pillars, kneeling down on the dust. A neat sword was unsheathed, and the tip of the blade flashing with cold light pointed straight at the sky.

"The general's hero is not far away. Let's go!"

Li Su shed tears, and she stepped forward and slowly closed Xiang Tian’s wide open eyes, and knelt at him on one knee: “General Xiang, go!”

Five hundred soldiers surrounded Xiang Tian's body and slowly entered the city, silent all the way.

Li Su sighed to the sky and murmured: "Why should Qiang Di resent the willows? The spring breeze does not cross the Yumen Pass... Your Majesty, have you really forgotten that in the distant Western Regions, there are still a group of men who sacrificed their lives to guard the lonely city for you?"

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Li Su still set off the road, and Jiang Quan sent him five miles outside the city. When he returned to the city, he stared at Li Su's face, wanted to speak but stopped, and finally sighed, saluted and turned around and left.

Li Su had a gloomy face, and Wang Zong and Zheng Xiaolou rode a camel on the road and headed east along the Silk Road.

The three of them walked in silence for more than ten miles. Li Su's mood became more and more painful. The hot breeze of the desert was blowing towards him. He breathed into his chest with a faint smell of blood. There seemed to be hallucinations in his mind. He kept hearing shouts of killing in his ears, the sound of swords and swords colliding when siege, and the wailing moans before his death. He vaguely saw Cao Yu, Jiang Quan, Qian Master... familiar faces fell in the pool of blood, and closed his eyes forever in various tragic and tragic postures...

The camel's back was shaking, and Li Su's body fluctuated with the camel's pace, but his mood was in chaos.

"A bunch of fools!" Li Su gritted her teeth and cursed heavily.

Wang Zong and Zheng Xiaolou were stunned, and then tactfully shut up and didn't answer the conversation.

Li Su turned her head and glared at them angrily, her eyes covered with blood, and she said in a heavy tone: "You guys, are their people fools?"

"Knowing that the city that cannot be defended is a desperate situation, it is simply a meaningless and unworthy sacrifice. It has to be mentioned with the word "integrity". Is integrity that worthless?"

"How difficult it is for me to live in this life. An unprecedented opportunity has allowed me to meet you. God will give me a new life. My life is more valuable than anyone else. How could I accompany those fools to do stupid things?"

Wang Zong and Zheng Xiaolou were murmur. Although they couldn't understand what Li Su was saying at this moment, they knew it was best not to answer at this moment, because Li Su had turned on the madman mode.

Li Su's expression seemed to be even more crazy. He suddenly raised his hand and pointed to the sky and shouted: "My family has a lady like a flower, with hundreds of acres of fertile land. There is a gentle and lovely princess living in my heart. The family is waiting for me to enjoy it. There is also a father waiting for me to see me filial piety. I have so many things on my back, how could I accompany them to do such stupid things? Stupid! I can't reach!"

Li Su cursed all the way, Wang Zong and Zheng Xiaolou remained silent, allowing him to vent his emotions in a hysterical manner.

As they walked, the camels riding under the three of them walked slowly and slowly, slowly and slowly... Finally, they stopped in the center of the vast desert.

The breeze is still as hot as fire, rolling over the fine sand and brushing past his face.

Li Su closed her eyes, sighed out a long breath, and then... turned the reins and turned around.

Wang Zong and Zheng Xiaolou looked at each other and then smiled.

They knew that Li Su had made the most difficult decision in his life.

"I... decided to go back to the city, where are you?" Li Su looked gloomy and reluctant.

Wang Zong grinned and said, "If you go back to the city, of course we will follow you back to the city."

"It will be dead."

"Then you'll be dead."

Zheng Xiaolou also looked at him with a smile: "Why did you suddenly change your mind?"

Li Su sighed: "It is not good to live a life that is too smart. You will be punished by God. You have to do one or two stupid things that seem a little ordinary. Only the genius won't dislike you."

"Can you defend Xizhou?" Zheng Xiaolou continued.

"Maybe... can hold on, but it also has to pay a huge price."

Zheng Xiaolou was silent for a while and asked the most profound question in his life: "They defended the city for integrity and duty as a minister, why are you doing?"

This question is very profound. Li Su lowered his head, pondered for a long time, and slowly said: "I... want General Xiang to die with peace of mind. What he gave his life to maintain is still there. I'll try what he couldn't do!" (To be continued...)
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