Chapter 141 Murderous Intent Coming from the North

Shen Yuexi remembered that in her previous life, she was quite happy sleeping alone.

Before going to bed, soak her feet and flip through a few pages of a book. If she feels sleepy, throw the book away. She has the freedom to sleep on a large bed, horizontally, vertically, or any other way.

After crossing over and sleeping in the same bed with Xiao Zhuo, her mentality changed.

To sum it up, I have completely broken away from the single status.

When I go to bed, I start to stick to the wall to make room for Xiao Zhuo. But in the morning, things often backfire.

When you get up at night, you don't have to turn on all the lights to go to the toilet. If there is a noise in the house, if you open your eyes and look around, it will definitely be Xiao Zhuo's reassuring figure.

After getting used to this kind of life and being single again, she found that she could also suffer from insomnia.

It was still the same room as before, and she was very sleepy, but she couldn't fall asleep after tossing and turning. For her who always had a high quality of sleep, this was very rare.

She tried various methods until she rolled the quilt into a tube, hugged the quilt and sat on it before falling asleep.

Holding the quilt feels like holding Xiao Zhuo.

Although she didn't want to admit it, she knew that she was thinking about him.

I don’t know when Xiao Zhuo will return.

With his ability, he would never be in danger. This man was omnipotent, she just had to follow him and let him protect her. It had always been like this.

When she was under house arrest by Xiao Beiheng, it was Xiao Zhuo who came to rescue her. When the Xirong came to attack, it was Xiao Zhuo who led his army to repel the enemy.

The only disturbing thing is that Xiao Zhuo is now weak. Not only does he have no territory, he also does not have a decent army. Xiaogang Village is the only place where he can win support at the moment.

Now that Xiao Zhuo is away, she must keep this place for her husband.

She is not like those women in ancient times who can only place all their hopes on men. Xiao Zhuo's future is also her future. And this future, she cannot just passively wait for Xiao Zhuo to develop.

Shen Yuexi opened her eyes.

A faint light shines through the eastward window lattice, and it will be daybreak soon.

In order to recharge Big Bear, she deliberately moved the bed to the east so that the morning sunlight could reach her in time.

"Big Bear?" she tried calling.

The universal manufacturing machine did not respond. It seems that building a city has completely exhausted its energy. It has been three days since it was recharged, and it has not been turned on yet.

Shen Yuexi regretted a little. If I had known this result, I wouldn't have used the universal manufacturing machine like this.

She got up, washed and tidied up, went to the kitchen to eat something casually, and then left the yard.

Now she is the only one in the yard, while Mrs. Li and Li Wan are taking care of Mei Pu in Baixiu Mountain. Yang Cong is responsible for delivering news back and forth between Xiaogang Village and Baixiu Mountain, and is very busy.

The sergeant guarding outside the courtyard saw Shen Yuexi coming out and said to her, "Mother."

Shen Yuexi covered her mouth and yawned: "Has General Qiu already camped at Langya Pass?"

"Back to my mistress, General Qiu and Zhang Qianhu have led their troops to camp at Langya Pass, and now the sergeants are also building the city together."

Shen Yuexi nodded and left the yard. A sergeant led a horse for her. She got on the mount, whipped her horse, and rushed towards Langya Pass.

She had no experience in building a city. At first, she thought it would not be easy for thousands of people to work. But she found that just transporting a processed city brick would require dozens of people to work for an hour. , we still have to find a way to lift it up. Everyone has to work in three shifts, excluding women, old and young. There are only a few hundred men actually working under the city wall.

After three days of hard work, the entire city wall was only raised four stories. The current height is about the ceiling height of a two-story building, less than six meters. However, if the Xirong army wanted to attack, they would not be able to climb up directly.

She followed the path to the iron mine.

At dawn, the craftsmen here have begun to forge crossbow arrows. The entire workshop is sweltering with heat, and the flames in the stoves make the shed glow red. The craftsmen swing their hammers and bang the red-hot arrowheads on the anvils. Someone next to them uses a long The iron clamp immersed the forged crossbow arrow into the cold water, making a sizzling sound and a large amount of water mist rising up at the same time.

When the leading craftsman saw her coming, he pulled off the sweat towel hanging around his neck and wiped his face, then ran over and said to Shen Yuexi:

"Princess, according to your instructions, six thousand lengthened crossbow arrows have been made."

Three days ago, Shen Yuexi ordered the craftsmen to lengthen the crossbow arrows. The range of the previous crossbow arrows was too short. She felt that such a dense rain of arrows could hit someone casually, so the longer the range, the better. She discussed it with Qiu Liming, Extended crossbow arrows.

Qiu Liming thought her suggestion was good and agreed very much.

"How's the effect?"

"General Qiu has sent a sergeant to try it, and the range is indeed half as far. However," the craftsman put down the sweat towel and said, "it's just that the accuracy is much off, not as accurate as before."

Shen Yuexi said: "It doesn't matter. If the crossbow arrow hits the enemy first, it is better than if the enemy rushes closer. And where is the iron shield?"

"The iron shield was handed over to General Qiu yesterday."

"Okay, thank you for your hard work, everyone." Seeing that everything had been arranged, Shen Yuexi said goodbye to the craftsmen and went to the city wall at the foot of the mountain.

It was already dawn. The torches that had been lit all night under the city wall had been extinguished. Among the rocks on the ground, people were sitting or standing, and the sound of iron chisels making stones was clanging. People used rolling logs to cushion the huge stones. Next, by rotating the wood, the stones were carefully moved toward the city wall.

Shen Yuexi walked through the crowd and found Qiu Liming.

"Mother," Qiu Liming put down the pickaxe in his hand, pointed at the dozens of wooden ladders leaning against the city wall, and shouted loudly, "we must be too late before the enemy comes, and there is no way to build it now. There are steps. Just use a ladder to improvise."

The scene was so noisy that you had to shout to speak.

Three days ago, when he learned that the gods had opened a highway overnight, he was shocked beyond words. But he could not doubt Shen Yuexi's head. He could only think that it was the real gods who had manifested themselves.

This had never happened before, and it was his first time seeing it.

Nowadays, everyone believes that the gods are protecting Xiaogang Village. Even if a hundred thousand troops from Xirong come from the opposite side, they cannot shake people's faith.

This is also the reason why 1,500 soldiers dare to station here to confront the enemy. They believe that they are an army protected by gods.

"General Qiu, according to what my husband said, the enemy should arrive in two or three days," Shen Yuexi asked loudly, "How high can the city wall be raised by then?"

"Now that the city wall is higher, it is more difficult to transport the city bricks up." Qiu Liming pointed to the city bricks that were lifted up little by little by the winch, "I guess we can build one or two more floors at most."

Shen Yuexi looked up at the city wall.

We are still far from a city now. If we compare a city to a house, they have only built half of the walls.

Building infrastructure is really troublesome. Once Big Bear is fully charged, we need to design some tools to speed up city construction.

She was still thinking about it when someone at the top of the city wall suddenly shouted: "North, look north! There is dust there!"

"General, there are troops coming from the north!" A sergeant looked down from the city wall and shouted.

"army?"

Shen Yuexi was shocked. Was it Xiao Zhuo who came back with his cavalry?

She quickly ran to the bottom of the ladder and climbed up on her hands and knees. Qiu Liming followed closely behind.

Looking up, the horizon to the north was dusty, and it seemed that many people were rushing towards Langya Pass.

"Xirong Army!"

Qiu Liming took one look and came to a conclusion.
Chapter completed!