Lai She's family is the Xinye family in Nanyang. Since he was a child, he often heard his father, Doctor Liubai Shi Jian of the Han Dynasty, talk about the heroic deeds of his ancestors.

"During the time of Emperor Xiaowu, he practiced laws and deprived barbarians from the outside, so he sent the general Fu Bo and the subordinates of Lou Chuan to destroy the seven counties of Baiyue. He also attacked Korea in the east, raised Xuantu, and Lelang to cut off the left arm of the Huns. His sixth-generation ancestor Lai Gong was named Han, and he was brave and talented, so he became the deputy general of the Lou Chuan General and went on a expedition to Nanyue and Korea."

The figure of his ancestors who made great achievements in foreign lands always hovered in Xiao Lai She's mind for a long time. He also longed to make achievements, was quite passionate about adventure, and wanted to have deeds that would make his descendants remember.

It’s a pity that he was born in an era of low royal family. The dignified Han Dynasty actually called Wang Mang usurped it. Lai’s family did not have a good impression of Wang Mang, but his children still had to go to the Imperial Academy. The era of relying on the creation of territory and gaining military merits and titles for marquis has passed on. Learning the Five Classics is the only way to pass on the family and picking up blue and purple. Although Lai She is martial, she is also good at moral articles.

Every time he entered Beijing, Laixi mostly traveled back and forth with his relatives, Liu Bosheng and Liu Wenshu of the Chongling Liu family. Laixi's mother was a woman from the Chongling Liu family.

Among the Liu brothers, although Lai Xu admired Liu Bosheng's heroic style since he was a child, he liked the elegant and easy-going Liu Xiu more. The cousin brothers were extremely good since childhood. They were in a relationship with him and thought they knew Liu Xiu quite well.

Lai Xu's superstitious mother also often said to him: "I have looked for a witch and said that Liu Bosheng is arrogant and domineering, and is not easy to study. Sooner or later, he will bring disaster to his relatives. However, Uncle Wen is honest and focused on the Five Classics, and will definitely be able to defend his family business in the future, and maybe he will be able to earn 600 stones."

Lai Xixin agreed. After all, he always had a fuss with Liu Bosheng, and the steady Liu Xiu was always troubled for them.

However, many years later, in the turbulent anti-new wave, when Lai She escaped from Chang'an as a "relative relative of Chongling thief", he heard that Liu Xiu lost 300,000 yuan in Kunyang and reversed the situation of the war in one fell swoop, and he was so surprised that his chin almost dropped.

"How great Uncle Wen! How great is Kunyang!"

However, I blame myself in annoyance: "I blinded my eyes for a pair of people. For twenty years, I have never known the true heroes are by my side! I should have returned for ten months early. Such a majestic battle is enough to boast about my descendants for a lifetime, but I missed it."

But he did not miss the battle of Liu Bosheng's expedition to Guanzhong. Lai Xu thought that he would take the horse-riding infantry to detour to Bosheng, but he didn't want to win the overall situation.

After Liu Bosheng died in the Wei River in battle, Lai She had no way to retreat and had to escape from Longyou. Wei Xiang cherished talents and wanted to keep him to serve the "Western Han Dynasty". However, Lai She looked at Wei Xiang, the Guanxi Han Dynasty who wanted to follow King Wen of Zhou everywhere, was no longer as good as a true hero, so she shook her head and refused.

"I promise Bosheng that if he has any accidents, he will definitely help Uncle Wen achieve great things."

Keeping promises is Lai She's life creed. It took him half a year to travel through Longyou and return to the south of Hanzhong, but he caught up with the Red Eyebrows entering Wan. This time, even the land in Xinye's manor could not be preserved, so he could only protect his family and run towards Huainan. When he looked back at Ming'er San Pass, he only saw the sunset all over the sky like red light.

But it was not the color of the Yan Han, but the red eyebrows, and the last dusk of the powerful men in Nanyang!

Fortunately, at that time, Liu Xiu had become a climate in Jiangdong, but Lai She had few people at hand and was also nervous. She hadn't seen her cousin for several years. Is her childhood friend still the same as Ah Xiu?

The facts proved that Lai She was worried too much. When Liu Xiu saw him in Huainan, he immediately got up to his clothes and threw them into pieces. He immediately took off his clothes and gave them military power. He was boldly appointed. In the end, he was promoted to the position of Grand Sima, one of the three dukes, as the representative of "Bosheng's old subordinate".

Such trustworthiness made Lai She think of Liu Xiu, in addition to the friendship between relatives and friends, for the first time in her heart, that she would repay the kindness of the ministers and die for the confidant.

So, when the Huaibei crisis was in crisis and Liu Xiu urgently needed to keep a general to guard Pengcheng, everyone knew that this was a tough battle, and he died for a lifetime. In the end, Lai She volunteered to stand up.

"As the Grand Marshal, I have the responsibility to defend the territory and must guard Pengcheng!"

Liu Xiu was very pleased and comforted Lai She and sighed: "Uncle Jun, Uncle Jun, the wind is strong and strong. At most, I will restrain the deployment of the fifth unit and lure the enemy, advance rashly, and defeat the soldiers from Huai and Sikou one by one, and come to Pengcheng to rescue the siege."

Lai Xu also laughed: "I am waiting to fight your Majesty and have another great victory in Kunyang!"

However, this persistence is even more difficult than expected.

The Wei army had too many troops. At first, it was a large army of 100,000, like a black cloud that was overthrowing the city. Later, even if a small half was transferred away, it also had an absolute advantage. The defenders who divided the troops and played the horse platform did not have the effect of Taihao. Instead, it triggered the Liu soldiers to collectively surrender to Wei, which greatly damaged the heart of the city's civil war.

The outer land was lost, and the people of Pengcheng chose to help the winners. Lai She could only bring three thousand trustworthy soldiers to retreat to the inner city and resist stubbornly.

The pressure of the Wei army was increasing, and they launched strong attacks from all directions, but Lai She led the soldiers to defend them again and again. As the twelfth lunar month gradually came to the bottom, the city was more and more disabled, and the weather became colder. The wind was strong on the city wall and the temperature was so low that it was so low that it was not as good as the air was turned into ice, but it took only an hour for a bottle of water to be brought to the wall and it was frozen into solid ice.

Although it was extremely cold, people could not be left to guard it. There was only a group of people huddled in the corner of the wall and lit a bonfire to keep warm, next to each other, dozing off with weapons in their arms. Some people were covered with frostbite, some lost their ears, and some even slowly lost their temperature in their sleep and never woke up again.

The strong grass in summer is hard to last long when it encounters the severe cold and heavy snowfall in winter.

But the Wei army in the outer capital was attacking fiercely! It seemed that after receiving the strict orders of their emperor, General Zhang Zong, the East, was so crazy that he ignored casualties. Even if three Wei troops were replaced with one Han army, they would be able to eliminate the inner city sooner or later.

"Maybe it's time."

Lai Xu could feel the limits between himself and everyone. He circled around the wall, gave his fur clothes to a young and thin ordinary soldier, and returned to the enemy building where he was commanding, and wanted to write a letter with the ignited torch.

However, his right hand cracked during the battle, and his old wound had just recovered. He was damaged by the personal wielding blade. The abscess was frozen by the cold and almost lost consciousness.

Lai Xu could only hold a pen in his left hand and let his personal guards grind the ink.

Seeing this, the personal guard was sad and could not look up. Lai Xu then scolded him and said, "How can the enemy be in front of him? How can he cry when he is crying?"

However, he wrote down his last memorial in a crooked manner.

"I dare not cherish myself, and I really hate to be in office and think the court is ashamed."

This is his ashamed. The twelfth lunar month has come to an end. If he can last until early spring, Liu Xiu will definitely have a way, but Lai She probably can't do it.

It also wrote: "The rule of law is based on obtaining wise men. Feng Yi, the general of the Western Expedition, was able to be appointed by the soldiers, and the soldiers were convinced. They were more qualified to be the Grand Marshal. I hope Your Majesty will investigate."

"Li Yi, the younger brother of Gushi Marquis Li Diayuan, has a clever mind. He used to be the commander of Lulin Qu, but now he is placed in Huainan, so he cannot be trusted."

One recommendation and the other reminder is that he can give Liu Xiu the last advice.

"Then my brothers and clans are not worthy, and I am afraid of being punished. Your Majesty is sorry for me and I will give you guidance to the governor. I will not give you the throne of marquis."

This is the only thing Lai She mentioned about her family. With Liu Xiu's style, he was not worried about them at all.

After writing, Lai Xu looked at the ugly words and frowned: "Your Majesty may not recognize this is my word."

But there was no way, he folded the silk book and handed it to his personal guard: "If I have any accidents, I will try to survive. I will hand this letter to His Majesty in the future and tell him, Lai She..."

Before he finished speaking, suddenly the inner city drums were made. The soldiers outside stood up in panic, and some people also came to Lai She and shouted:

"Grand Sima! The Wei thief is coming up again!"

"It's coming after all." Lai Xu sighed. He was an old corps and knew that this was the time when the Han army was the most tired and fragile.

When Lai She climbed the city wall again, even though she was prepared, she still took a breath of air conditioning.

The northeast wall of the inner city overlaps with the outer wall and is close to Sishui. Only facing the west and south of the outer wall can attack, but because of the gathering of houses, it is difficult for the large corps to organize the attack.

The Wei army suffered a lot of losses. This time, it was ruthless and directly removed all the residents in the northeast of the city. The dense soldiers advanced from the alleys in Lilu. For a moment, the fire snakes seemed to melt the inner city that was frozen into ice!

The next moment, the Wei army's long-range weapon began to exert force. The inner city wall was only more than four feet high, completely within the range of the crossbow. For a moment, the smoke arrows filled the sky and shot many guards at the top of the city. A crossbow arrow that was full of force also rubbed against Lai She's cheek.

But he didn't care about his injuries and immediately organized people to fight back. The Han army had no shortage of bows, crossbows and arrows. The massive armored soldiers transported from the Donghai County Arsenal helped them survive the uninterrupted siege for a full twenty days.

However, even if the arrows are endless, the power of human beings is limited. As the injuries increase, there are no more than 500 people who can draw the bow. Compared with the arrow rain of the Wei army, there are only sporadic counterattacks on the city wall, and they are simply unable to stop the enemy advancing against the shield.

"Tap, tap..." A series of sounds sounded, and countless ladders were mounted on the city walls, and the Wei army accompanied the ants from the two walls.

Lai She was like a firefighter, who brought his personal guards to join the battle. After repelling one attack, he continued to take people to help another.

However, the Han army was less than 1,550 guards, and even the walls were not satisfied. How could they withstand such two-sided assaults that dispatched 20,000 people at a time? Lai She's emergency was also a drop in the bucket. Soon, the enemy troops that bloomed more and more spots attacked the city.

The soldiers guarding the city who lost the protection of the city wall could only fight to the death, but their desperate resistance was powerless to stop the overall situation. The exhausted Han army, who had been fighting for a long time, was divided into small battle groups after small battles on the city wall and suffered ruthless killing. As time went by, the west wall fell and the south wall was lost. The Wei army was crowded with people, the armor was gloomy, and the blades were reflected.

The soldiers who had no belief in death decided to die saw that the situation was hopeless and chose to surrender, but hundreds of people still followed her to retreat to a side palace in the Chu Palace, using this as the final base to continue to resist.

When the Wei army controlled the city walls on all sides and surrounded the side halls, they looked around and they had no choice but to retreat.

Lai Xu looked around and fought hard all night. There were only a hundred followers, but the person who was carrying his own letter was gone.

Did he escape, surrender, or died? Can he bring his last words to Uncle Wen?

A strange feeling came. Lai Xu lowered his head and saw a huge wound between his chest and abdomen. It was stabbed by a steel halberd. Blood was constantly flowing out, and it even dripped to the ground and condensed into ice. Why didn't he feel anything? The sword in his hand was unconscious and the weight of the armor on his body was unconscious.

In a trance, Lai She seemed to hear someone singing.

"The strength is to pull mountains and the spirit is vast, but the time is not good, and the horse will never pass away.

What can you do if the horse has not passed away? Yu Xi and Yu Xi can do what can you do if you do."

He shook his head and leaned against the wall behind him, feeling helpless.

We are the Han army.

But why.

Now that I am surrounded by enemies?

The sky turned a little white, and hallucinations appeared again. In a trance, Lai Xu seemed to see countless scorching Han flags floating outside Pengcheng. Liu Xiu rushed his troops to repel the Fifth Reunion Army and restore Huaibei.

He was able to return home after being defeated. Liu Xiu set up a wine and held a big banquet to comfort the soldiers. Even Liu Zhi from the opera stage was listed, and Lai She arranged seats different from others, and was above the generals.

And Liu Xiu also said to everyone with great pride:

"This is Lai Jun, the Grand Sima of the Han Dynasty, who guards the strong city for me and destroys powerful enemies!"

In Lai She's illusion, bells and tripods are ringing, and both civil and military are there, just like the grand scene of Liu Xiu's founding and becoming emperor. However, what is really happening is the final offensive ordered by General Zhang Zong, the General of the East!

Under the advance of the Wei army, the Han soldiers who were struggling dyingly were successively brought down, and the final Han territory was completely captured.

Because Lai She's personal guards fought to protect him, the Wei soldiers were unable to approach him for a while, and when all the stubborn protesters were killed, the only thing left was the scene in front of them...

When Zhang Zong, who was in charge of the attack, stepped on the corpse and ice blood, pushed away the onlookers, came to this last battlefield, and when he came to Lai Xu, he was also shocked by the scene in front of him.

Lai She was wounded by countless wounds, but she still leaned against the wall and couldn't bear it. Although the blood he shed condensed into ice, the whole face was as bright as frost, and there was no more blood.

After touching again, I realized that it was already cold and had been dead for a long time. So was the one who finally let the Han soldiers resist to the last person who died?

Although each of them was their own masters, Zhang Zong also expressed some respect and bowed to the standing ice-blooded general.

When he raised his head, the wind and snow had stopped and it was bright.

"At least it's up to Your Majesty's deadline." Zhang Zong let out a long sigh, looking at the five-colored flags that the soldiers stood in the snow, showing a victory smile.

This is the morning of the dynasty in the fourth year of Wude (28 AD).

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ps: I'm late to go home if I have something to do, I'm sorry for it a little late.
Chapter completed!