Qi Zhuji slowly raised his head in the dark.

His mood was extremely heavy.

Even with the ability of the family, the military information on each line was not complete at this time. However, judging from the military information that has been passed on to him during these days, the situation is becoming increasingly unfavorable to the Southern Dynasty.

He used a little force to crush the letter in his hand.

The Qi family was not the winner of the beginning of the new dynasty for the Xiao family and the Chen family. Strictly speaking, compared with many prominent clans of the previous dynasty, the Qi family just failed less violently and thoroughly, or it also had great value and a role in appeaseing the clans in various places for the entire Southern Dynasty.

But whether it is victory or failure, it is all within his own sect. If the entire Southern Dynasties collapses and disappears from the world, and those who are different in customs and habits in the Northern Wei Dynasty will rule the entire Southern Dynasties, this is something he cannot accept.

In the darkness that devours everything, in this way, there is no place where the city cannot be seen. When a person stands and looks ahead, he will feel more and more insignificant and weak.

When thinking about many things in the past, Qi Zhuji would unconsciously give priority to the interests of the family.

After all, if both of them are damaged, they will prosper. If a person like him is pushed out, if the decision he makes a major mistake, the entire family will be implicated. Many people will die because of him.

However, in the face of big troubles, the interests of individuals and families seem to become smaller just like him in the darkness.

If the country does not exist, many daily struggles will be meaningless.

Qi Zhuji felt that his thoughts were invisibly changing due to the times and becoming the kind of person he usually thought was stupid and ignorant. However, he now hopes that many powerful people in the Southern Dynasty would also have the same changes as him under such circumstances.

He scattered the debris in his hand into the fire pit that had not yet completely cooled, and then he slowly walked out of the marching camp where Xiao Suxin was resting.

When his steps stopped and before he could speak, Xiao Suxin's voice sounded softly inside: "Is there anything wrong?"

"I haven't fallen asleep yet?" Qi Zhuji asked back after breathing for a while.

"No."

"Then come with me and say something?"

"good."

When Xiao Suxin left the camp, Qi Zhuji had already turned around and walked towards a field far away from the camp.

She just saw his back.

It was just her back, but she felt very different from usual.

In her eyes before, Lin Yi and Qi Zhuji naturally had the heart of a young man, and were naturally not mature enough. However, looking at Qi Zhuji's back tonight, she felt extremely solemn, as if Qi Zhuji had suddenly become several years older.

"What happened?" When Qi Zhuji walked out of the camp far away and finally stopped, she took a deep breath, asked softly with the clear light of the stars and moon.

"Si City has also been broken. Lan Huaigong died and his army has been broken up." Qi Zhuji narrowed his eyes slightly and said.

Xiao Suxin's mind blew, her face turned pale quickly, and she subconsciously said, "How could it be so fast?"

Her surprise at this time was quite reasonable. According to the military information conveyed earlier, the army of Wang Yuanying of Zhongshan was already exhausted by the continuous lightning attacks, and even the military rations were no longer available. The nearest food and grass were seized from the Southern Dynasty fortress that had been breached before, and then transported over forcibly.

Moreover, Zhongshan Wang Yuanying did not seem to be in a hurry to break through Sicheng. According to the trends in the past few days, the Southern Dynasties military has also realized that he seemed more keen to defeat the reinforcements he rushed there one by one, which is the tactic of besieging the city to fight reinforcements.

Lan Huaigong's main force was more than 70,000 troops. In addition, the strong men and men in the city and some reinforcements they rushed to before, there were at least 90,000 soldiers who could fight in Sicheng. Even though there were more than 100,000 troops besieged in the Northern Wei army, it was impossible for them to be lost so quickly if they rely on the city walls and the city's weapons and the city's food and grass.

"Although it is not accurate and has not been confirmed at this time, according to the secret documents in my home, it seems that Lan Huaigong himself was afraid of death first. He distributed 10,000 elite soldiers and secretly left the city to break through and escape first. As a result, the soldiers in the city found that the main generals had fled, and were immediately defeated. As a result, Lan Huaigong himself was not able to escape and was beheaded first."

Qi Zhuji took a deep breath, but his breathing became rapid. His tone was filled with anger: "I saw the behavior of this man's subordinates before, and I felt that these people were afraid of death. I didn't expect that the Lord General was so useless and he was seeking death!"

Xiao Suxin was stunned for a moment.

She was not angry because she didn't know Lan Huaigong before. She had no time to think about this person at this time. Her mind was full of Tie Cejun, Lin Yi and the next battle situation.

Even for her, the battle situation here was very clear. Sicheng and Zhongli City had already supported each other after some of the surrounding fortresses and heavy cities. Sicheng had heavy troops in the Southern Dynasties, which dragged most of the King Yuanying of Zhongshan of the Northern Wei Dynasty. Zhongli City held the throat of the waterway. The Northern Wei Dynasty's naval army was insufficient, and the throat of the waterway was not lost. The border troops further north of the Southern Dynasties could still help through the waterway.

Moreover, according to the previous military situation, border troops have indeed arrived by water.

What everyone was worried about before was that Zhongli City had fallen first. After all, Zhongli City was short of its defenders. Once Zhongli was lost, Sicheng would be a real lonely city. But who would have thought that before they even arrived at Zhongli, Sicheng would be lost?

"My letter paper is very clear, let me go directly." Qi Zhuji turned around and looked at her and said, "I also agree with the truth that my family said. Once Sicheng is lost, Zhongshan Wang Yuanying's vanguard army will arrive in Zhongli within a few days. In a few days, when most of his troops arrive, Zhongli will never be able to defend it."

"You think this is the reason, but you have other ideas in your heart. Otherwise, you wouldn't come to me specifically... want to listen to my opinion." Xiao Suxin slowly calmed down. She looked at Qi Zhuji's eyes and said indifferently: "As for the situation of the war, I don't want to make any inferences. I just know that if Lin Yi and Bai Yuelu left alive from Taoist City, they should go to Zhongli. Because Tie Ce Army will also go to Zhongli. You have to choose, but he has no choice."

"So you have given the answer, and you will still go to Zhongli." Qi Zhuji nodded. His nodding action was as slow as the decomposed slow motion, but he suddenly laughed and said, "I will go to Zhongli too."

Xiao Suxin was still looking at him. For some reason, she was not surprised when she heard Qi Zhuji's words.
Chapter completed!