My Chinese ancestors

Chapter 99: The light of day is gone, just for the regret of the heart (Additional update 1314 for the leader of Nuanyang 55 Silver Alliance)
The morning air is damp and fresh.

Qi Baoguo woke up in a daze and let out a short moan on the couch. Before he regained consciousness, his hand was held by someone.

He opened his eyes, his vision blurred until it became clear. Sitting beside the bed was his wife who had been with him for more than 30 years.

"What's going on in the city?"

"The enemy troops yelled and cursed outside the pass for a while and then retreated." The woman held her husband's hand and shed tears of distress. "Qi Wei has ordered people to take the heads of the three generals for burial. Husband, please don't worry. As for city defense, three children can still defend the city."

"Ah."

Qi Baoguo patted the back of his wife's hand. He leaned against the bedside and drank a few mouthfuls of soup before getting out of bed and asking his old wife to put on the armor for him. He was always worried about his three sons.

Especially Qi Xuan and Qi Youhu, who have strong tempers. Because they let the Xirong people enter the customs, they already have a gap with him. If they do anything behind their back, the Qi family will be completely destroyed.

He put on his armor, said some words to reassure his wife, and went straight through the courtyard to the gate of the mansion. However, just when he reached the middle of the courtyard, Qi Baoguo suddenly stopped.

He slowly turned his head and looked at the ancestral hall in the middle on the right, where the fathers and brothers of the Qi family who had died in battle for generations were enshrined. He slowly moved over.

squeak~~
The door leaf was pushed inward with an old groan, and yellow silk curtains were hung from the beams on both sides. A huge table frame hung on the wall in the middle. There were no pictures in it, only a few vertical words written on it:

——The family and country of Shanhe, the martyrs of the Qi family guarded it with their own lives, and their descendants will succeed them.

This is the family motto that the Qi family has followed for generations, and it has never gone wrong until now. But today, when Qi Baoguo looked at these words, he suddenly couldn't look straight at them.

Under family training.

There are more than a dozen spiritual figures juxtaposed, ranging from the ancestors of the Qi family to the eldest and second brothers who died in the battle of Qi Baoguo.

He lit a stick of incense, held it in his hand and bowed three times to these spiritual places. After inserting it into the incense burner, he saw a sandalwood square box behind the incense burner. After hesitating, he opened the wooden box and found a plain sheet inside. silk.

That was a letter written by grandpa Qi Xiu to his father Qi Huaimin.

He had seen it once before, and then it had been kept here for many years. Now for some reason, he wanted to open it and look at it again.

Father's letter, I wish my son to cherish the people.

"I've been away from home for many days. Is your home safe? My son is still young and has to take charge of family affairs. My father feels guilty. However, the safety of the family and the country and the people are in danger. As a guard, my father cannot ignore it. I hope my son will have this thought in the future.

The Xirong barbarians attacked the city for several days, and they were not afraid of death. Soldiers fell down every day on the city, and the fighting was fierce. As a father, I hope that my son, and even my children and grandchildren will not have to touch him. I hope that the war can be carried out in my father's time. The generation is over.

My son has received this letter. My father may have passed away. My son does not need to be sad. My father died guarding the border. He died in a worthy place. He died for the people in the city and countryside behind him with no regrets. You only need to live a good life to support your mother and take care of your brothers at home. sisters.

If my son misses me, he can come to the border gate and take a look at the city gate. The souls of his father and brothers are still guarding above. "

The final pen: Qi Xiu.

The long incense curled up in the green smoke and slowly drifted past Qi Baoguo. He slowly folded the plain silk again. Unconsciously, his hands trembled a little, as if the plain silk weighed a thousand catties.

Coming out of the house again, Qi Baoguo took a deep breath and stood for a moment. After calming down, he left the courtyard, exited the mansion, got on his horse, and rushed to the east city wall with his close guards.

At this time, his three sons were also wearing armor and holding spears, commanding the soldiers to strengthen the city defense and carry heavy wood. Only then did he feel relieved.

"Is there any movement among the rebels now?"

Qi Baoguo summoned his eldest son Qi Wei, walked behind the wall, looked outside the city gate and asked about the situation.In the sight, there were occasionally a few scouts running in the wilderness, or standing on the hills looking over here, writing down the terrain, city defense strength, etc. There were also scouts rushing over here, and the two sides immediately started a scouting battle in the woods and fields. .

"Back to father, the rebels have not made any other moves except making siege equipment. I believe that the next step will be to attack the city." Qi Wei handed Qi Baoguo the information recently sent to the pass from his arms.

He flipped through a few pieces of paper, checked the time, and handed them to the deputy general to put them away. "Send the order and recruit the young men in the pass to help strengthen the city wall and repair the city defense equipment!" Generally speaking, it is not a last resort, it is He would not mobilize the people to help defend the city wall. Qi Wei wanted to persuade him, but his father's face was serious and he could only swallow his words.

Soon after, the news came out that many young people who had settled in the pass were transferred to the city to help the generals with fear.Seeing this, Qi Xuan and Qi Youhu hurried towards their father's position.

The youngest son Qi Youhu's tone became more and more unkind: "Dad, what are you doing? If the rebels suddenly attack the city, these people will not have time to withdraw, and many people will die!"

"They won't attack the city, at least not today." Qi Baoguo turned around with sharp eyes: "Now the city defense is in great need of labor. If we don't step up to strengthen the defense, how can we defend this pass!"

Boom!
Boom!
When the words fell, the sound of war drums could be heard in the distance, and the busy young men, soldiers, and father and son of the Qi family on the top of the city all turned their heads to look outside the pass.

Black flags with 'Xiliang' written on them were flying. Thousands of people were divided into five military formations and slowly advanced towards the city wall with the sound of drums.

"Siege the city!"

"The rebels are about to attack the city!" Qi Youhu shouted loudly. He ran at the top of the city and waved his arms: "The people in the city quickly get down the wall to take shelter!"

Qi Baoguo stood there, looking out with a blank expression.

"Really attacking the city?"

In his field of vision, in the wilderness outside the city gate, five military formations of 2000 people occupied an area of ​​several miles, spreading towards this direction. There were dozens or hundreds of light cavalry or light cavalry on the left and right of each military formation. Scouts, galloping between the mountains, forests and fields on both sides.

In the dense formation, there are ladders carried by people's hands, and in the center there is a battering ram made of giant wood, which is pushed forward by dozens of people.

Guan Yu closed his eyes and stroked his beard, sitting on his horse. In his memory, he had attacked Fancheng and defeated Maicheng not long ago. Unexpectedly, when he opened his eyes again, he led his troops to attack the city again.

"Second brother, what are you thinking about?" Zhang Fei rarely shouted impatiently and immediately attacked, "Do you think that the past life is like a dream? Or is this a dream?"

Guan Yu closed his eyes, but a smile appeared on his face, "Yes, as long as I am with my brothers, I hope this dream can last longer."

"Hehe." Zhang Fei started laughing. He pulled the reins and nodded heavily: "Me too!"

"But if I could live my life again with my brother, I would live a good life." Guan Yu opened his eyes on the horse and looked at the approaching city gate, "Being able to fight against the heroes of this world, haha, Guan is also happy in his heart !”

"What the second brother said, I think so in my heart, but the Qi family in Chengguan is not a hero... huh?" Zhang Fei raised his snake spear boldly, his thick eyebrows suddenly frowned, and the raised snake spear pointed south , "Second brother, there are cavalry coming from the south, they should be reinforcements from Ding'an City... Hiss, the clothes and armor of the leader look so familiar!"

After finishing his words, Guan Yu also turned his head and looked in the direction Zhang Fei pointed. Dust and smoke were everywhere. A group of cavalry were advancing like a surging tide. The number of three thousand was a presence that no one dared to underestimate, like a rising tide. Big waves.

When he got closer, Zhang Fei saw the two leading people, one of whom had a golden crown tied up his hair, an animal face with a swallowing head, and a chain of armor. When a red horse sat down, Zhang Fei raised his voice: "The slaves of the three surnames are here too!"

Guan Yu pressed down the Qinglong Saber fiercely and narrowed his eyes slightly: "Yide must not be reckless!"

"Second brother, it's Lu Bu's guy. The man in white armor next to him looks like Zilong...wait a minute, it's Ma Mengqi. I fought with him several times back then!"

Zhang Fei excitedly urged his horse to go over, but the cavalry rushing over there did not come over, but rushed straight to the Yantang Pass. The soldiers above suddenly felt like they were facing a powerful enemy.

Before Qi Baoguo could issue an order, a group of cavalrymen with rumbling hooves were galloping along the pass, throwing something in their hands and dropping it like rain under the city wall.

Lu Bu's voice roared.

"Listen, people behind bars, all the barbarians you put into Rongzhou will be killed here!"

　The fifth update is finally finished... I will update again tonight!

　　Go to bed at 06:30!Get up at one o'clock and start coding

　　
　
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