After He Li, follow the reckless man to flee the wasteland and farm the fields

Chapter 225 Ink City 2
Along the way, Su Qing and Ji Shuisheng saw many collapsed houses, many courtyards were deserted, the big holes and small eyes on the windows could no longer keep out the wind and rain, the door was opened and closed by the wind, and the sound of opening and closing was harsh. Almost more eerie.

"Sister, why is this city so desolate?"

Ji Xiaoying asked Su Qing in a low voice, Mocheng is the most dilapidated city all the way here, and I feel that this city is lifeless.

Su Qing looked at the empty houses and said to Sakura:

"It's located on the frontier and is very close to the Tatan Kingdom. It is estimated that there have been a lot of swords and robberies here, which scared the common people away."

"Ah, there are no soldiers in the frontier? Why don't you protect the common people?"

Ji Xiaoying frowned and asked Su Qing, wondering if Jing Shidao would be the same, they ran all the way here, do they still have to live such a life of fear?

"The people of Tartan are cruel by nature, and they are good at sneak attacks. Now the officers and soldiers of the Great Xia Kingdom are full of wine and food. They only want to collect the people's fat and anointment, so they don't care about the lives of the people."

Ji Shuisheng's eyes turned cold. When his father was stationed at the frontier, the common people could live and work in peace and contentment. The black land was full of food, and the Tartans did not dare to disturb him.

Now things are changing and people are changing, and my father is gone, those Tartans no longer have any worries, they wantonly burned, killed and plundered the people of Daxia Kingdom.

Sakura angrily opened her mouth and cursed:

"Bullshit emperor, if you can't protect your own people, step down quickly and replace him with someone capable of becoming emperor."

Seeing his younger sister's audacity to insult the emperor in the street, Ji Shuisheng's face darkened and he scolded in a low voice.

"Sakura, be careful with your words and deeds."

Ji Xiaoying was reprimanded by her brother and realized that she had made a slip of the tongue. She quickly covered her mouth and dared not scold again, but she couldn't help scolding a few more times in her heart, dog emperor, dog emperor.
Ji Shuisheng and Su Qing felt that it was not suitable to stay in this city for a long time, so they wanted to buy food and leave here quickly, but it was still too late.

"The Tartans are coming, everyone run!"

Someone was running and shouting from the outside of the city, and the sparsely populated street was emptied of people in an instant. The shops hurriedly closed their doors, and pedestrians hurried home. In a blink of an eye, only Ji Shuisheng, the five of them, and the others were left on the street. Three carriages.

A group of troops from the Great Xia Kingdom galloped past them and ran towards the city gate. The soldiers all had serious expressions, solemn eyes, and the determination to die.

"Sister Su Qing, what shall we do?"

Jiang Yuyan asked Su Qing nervously, in order to avoid trouble, they did not bring weapons into the city, and put the crossbows on the carriage!
"Find a yard and see the situation first."

If they come, they will be safe, since they can't get out, let's find a place to stay first.

Ji Shuisheng went to explore the way first, and found a spacious courtyard. The courtyard door had been demolished, and the windows and doors had been smashed, which was more tragic than other houses without people.

But the advantage is that the courtyard is big enough for carriages to enter, and the courtyard wall is relatively high. The wall is made of sharp stones, which is easy to defend but difficult to attack. They only need to guard the gate of the courtyard.

"Su Qing, take them here and I'll go to the city gate to see the situation."

The lips are dead and the teeth are cold. If the Tartans invade the city, the people will be unlucky. This frontier was saved by my father when he was alive, and many of the soldiers here were old subordinates of his father.

Let Ji Shuisheng watch them being killed by the enemy and do nothing, he can't do it.

"You be careful."

Su Qing wanted to go with him, but Sakura was worried that no one would protect her.

"Ah."

Seeing the concern in Su Qing's eyes, Ji Shuisheng felt warm in his heart. He nodded and left the yard with big strides.

"Brother, I'll go with you."

Zhong Yong liked to fight the most, his eyes lit up when he heard that there was a war, and he followed Ji Shuisheng closely.

Ji Shuisheng wanted Zhong Yong to stay and protect Su Qing and the others. Su Qing said:

"I don't need anyone's protection."

Ji Shuisheng also knows her abilities. She can use poison and drugs at critical moments, so there is no problem in self-protection.

After Ji Shuisheng and Zhong Yong left, Jiang Yuyan stood at the door and looked at their backs, eyes full of worry.

Ji Shuisheng and Zhong Yong rushed to the city gate and saw that the city gate was tightly closed, and the gate was propped up with thick wooden sticks to prevent the enemy from breaking through the gate and running in.

The soldiers were dressed in shabby clothes, and their military uniforms were all patched. Although they were shabby, their morale was very strong and they had no fear. They stood on the tower with bows and arrows in their hands and aimed at the target to shoot the intruders.

Seeing Ji Shuisheng and Zhong Yong, the soldiers guarding the gate pointed their guns at them and shouted:
"Back off."

"Master Jun, both the villain and the brothers will be able to tell you where there is a need for martial arts."

Afraid of making them nervous, Ji Shui pulled Zhong Yong back more than ten meters before speaking.

"No need, stay away from the city gate."

The officer didn't believe Ji Shuisheng and Zhong Yong. They knew martial arts at first sight and were formidable opponents. If they were with the Tartans, it would be dangerous to cooperate inside and outside.

The officers and soldiers defending the city were very brave, but they lacked weapons, and the arrows quickly disappeared. They could only watch the Tatans ramming the door.

Ji Shuisheng seriously suspected that they were once his father's subordinates because of the military demeanor who regarded death as home?
"May I ask if you used to be Xiao Jiajun?"

Ji Shuisheng shouted at the soldiers.

The veteran who leads the army is about 50 years old. Although he is old, he is still vigorous and majestic on the horse. He holds a crescent moon knife in his hand. The weight of the knife is not light. He is a fierce general.

The veteran turned his head to look at Ji Shuisheng, his eyes were nostalgic and painful, the word Xiao Jiajun was a banner engraved in everyone's bones, but now their title has been changed by the court, they are just ordinary city defenders.

"who are you?"

The veteran felt that Ji Shuisheng's heroism looked familiar, so he yelled at him.

"Those who want to help you."

Ji Shuisheng didn't dare to reveal his true identity before he was sure that they were Xiao's army. Now Wan Shengchang and Wan Yulin didn't know that Xiao Heng's descendants were still alive.

"No need, little brother, find a safe place to hide."

The veteran shook his head and refused, the Xiao family army was there to protect the people, not for the people to protect them.

The number of Tatan soldiers who came today was several times that of the past. It must be a fierce battle today. Maybe they will be wiped out and shrouded in horse leather, but even if they die, they will definitely not insult the title of Xiao's army.

"The generals are ordered to kill me."

Seeing that the city gate was knocked open by the Tartans, the veteran didn't care to talk to Ji Shuisheng any more, raised the Yanyue knife in his hand, gave a murderous shout, and rushed out first.

Ji Shuisheng saw the Tatan soldiers pouring in like a tide, the number of which was several times that of the defenders.

They were well-armed, brave and good at fighting, and soon fought with the city defenders. The city defenders were inferior to the Tatans in every way with one enemy and three weapons and equipment, and they fought extremely fiercely.

(End of this chapter)