Xia Xun and Xie Yufei were sitting in front of the tent hugging each other, and were awakened by the sound of bangs on the city wall.
The sound of the bangs is unhurried and slow, one long and two short. This is not a signal for the enemy to attack the city, but a call to prepare for war.
Xia Xun opened his eyes and saw Xie Yufei staring at him dreamily, with a touch of shyness and a touch of joy in her eyes. Seeing him wake up, Wanwan lowered her head and whispered: "Last night was between the slave and my husband."
On the big day, I couldn't serve my husband on the banquet..."
Last night, as they announced to Li Jinglong on the streets of Jinling that day, using heaven and earth as matchmakers and the bright moon as evidence, they bowed to each other and got married. Then they hugged each other and looked at the moon for half a night, talking about love for half a night, until the middle of the night.
The genius fell asleep unknowingly, and this is how the two of them spent their wedding night. Getting married is the most important event in a daughter's life. No wonder Xie Yufei is worried about it.
Xia Xun smiled and said: "It's so hard here, how can we perform the ceremony of Zhou Gong? It's okay if the wedding is not grand and grand. This is the first time we are in love, so we can't be hasty."
He held the hand that thanked him and said softly: "When we are safely out of danger, well fed, and clean, we can love each other again. This time, we must never forget it, maybe several times."
Ten years later...we will have a full family of children and grandchildren. Thinking of this first time, we can still smile knowingly and have endless aftertaste."
"Um……"
Xie Yufei's eyes were filled with little stars when she heard this. She couldn't help but stretched out her hand and touched Xia Xun's unshaven beard that had grown vigorously after three months. She said sweetly: "I'm looking forward to it too..."
"Let's call ourselves me. Like Zi Qi, our family doesn't have such big rules. Just be careful in front of outsiders. You are a thank you, the only one in heaven and on earth. There is no need for slaves..."
To say that this "slave" is just a term used by her daughter's family, it does not mean that she is a slave. However, Xie Yufei felt his respect and love. She was full of joy and did not argue. She still nodded meekly.
"cough!"
There was a slight cough next to them, and the two of them quickly separated. Nan Feifei appeared jumping up and down: "Sister is still dressed in men's clothes. Everyone is up. Pay attention and be careful not to let others see you."
Xia Xun stood up and said with a smile: "I'm going to wash up. Where's Brother Ximen?" He said and walked away without waiting for an answer.
Jinan is a city of springs. Although it has become like a hell on earth in the past few months, there is no shortage of water. In the past, many people were too hungry to crawl and lay in the mud waiting to die. Of course, they no longer have the intention to wash themselves. Now these are the only things left
At least people had food to eat. In order to prevent the plague, even those who didn't care about cleanliness were forced to wash their hands every day by the defenders. Therefore, although everyone was unkempt and dressed in rags, they did not make themselves smelly.
Watching Xia Xun walk away, Nan Feifei tilted his head and looked at Xie Yufei. Suddenly, as if he had made some big discovery, he opened his eyes in surprise: "Sister, I think... your complexion and expression seem a little different from yesterday.
Everything is different. Did you eat something good? Your face is flushed and your eyes are so bright?"
Xie Yufei also stood up, patted the dust on her butt, and said proudly: "Sister is married."
Nan Feifei's eyes widened: "Here?"
Xie Yufei nodded elegantly and proudly.
"Just last night?"
Xie Yufei continued to nod gracefully and proudly.
Nan Feifei let out a sigh of relief, nodded in admiration and said: "There are others living not far away, right here..., right now..., you can actually visit the bridal chamber, wow, wow, I admire you, my sister is so impressed, you
She is indeed my sister..."
Xie Yufei blushed and rolled her eyes at her, and said angrily: "This tent is so broken, and there are holes everywhere when you look up. How can you get married? They just went to the church to get married, okay? Not yet... not yet..."
Nan Feifei suddenly said: "I see, I was still thinking, you are too hungry and don't choose what to eat..."
Xie Yufei was angry and laughed at the same time: "I am a woman! Even if someone is hungry and not selective about food, it shouldn't be me, right?"
Nan Feifei said with a smile: "It's hard to say. Thirty is like a wolf, forty is like a tiger, twenty is like a little squirrel that steals food, and I am an old girl. Who knows if you are stealing food..."
As soon as I said this, the banging sound on the city wall suddenly became rhythmless, "Bang bang bang bang bang bang..."
The expressions of the two men changed, and they immediately stopped smiling: "No, the Yan army is attacking the city again!"
"It's strange. Seeing how fiercely they were fighting, why did the arrows either hit the alleys in the city or hit the outside of the city softly? The offensive..."
Chen Xiaoqi stood at the top of the city with a knife, feeling a little inexplicable.
"Idiot! Idiot! Idiot! Waste! Idiot! Get out of here!"
The chief flag officer, Yang Mei, who was watching the fierce attack on his city wall but was actually weak and secretly delighted when Chen Xiaoqi asked him a question, couldn't help but flew into a rage. After scolding him, he still couldn't get over his anger and slapped him hard on the buttocks.
Added a kick: "The enemy's offensive is fierce, and we will suffer heavy casualties. Do you understand? Go and defend the city, what a bullshit!"
Chen Xiaoqi suddenly realized it and quickly slapped himself: "Yes, yes, yes, I understand, I... I will supervise the battle and defend the city now!"
Chen Xiaoqi gritted his teeth and rushed forward, running back and forth with the knife in hand, directing the soldiers and civilians to run along with him. Looking from a distance, he didn't know how fierce the offensive was here.
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Without the trebuchets destroying the city head and the copper artillery suppressing the defenders, the difficulty of the Yan army's siege was obviously increased, and the casualties were also higher.
King Zhu Di of Yan had been attacking for two days with no results. He was feeling annoyed when he unexpectedly received some bad news.
Luck seems to be like the wind. When things go well, everything goes smoothly, but when things go wrong, all kinds of problems come one after another.
The first news that King Zhu Di of Yan received was that the imperial court was about to mobilize troops again to rectify the defeated troops and move north. The leader had not yet been determined, but the Ministry of War had already begun to mobilize troops. In the battle of Baigouhe, if it had not been for the sudden collapse of the commander's flag,
, Zhu Di was almost defeated. The tactic of attacking his rear camp and then attacking his flanks came from the hands of Wei Guogong Xu Huizu. Zhu Di was actually quite afraid of this brother-in-law. Xu Huizu had returned to the capital. So far, the commander has not been decided. Obviously
Zhu Yunwen was worried about handing over the control of the army to Xu Huizu. Zhu Di felt much relieved after hearing the news.
However, he had been trapped under Jinan City for three months, and he was tired of his old troops. If the imperial court had new troops coming, as long as Li Jinglong was not the commander, they would not be much weaker no matter how weak they were. However, we have to pay attention to this.
Zhu Di summoned the generals and was estimating how long it would take for the imperial army to march north to join the war, and how much time he still had to spend at the gates of Jinan City. Fang Kuan, the commander of the rear army, suddenly ran back covered in blood, knelt down and apologized, saying, "The governor of the Southern Army is safe."
, Chen Hui joined forces and intercepted his grain and grass. He circled his carts and formed a formation to protect himself, but the Ming army burned the grain and grass with rockets.
At the same time, Ping'an also reported that he captured several Ming troops when he led his troops to pursue them, and asked them that Ping'an had gathered many ships and selected 5,000 soldiers from the army to make the ships meet the water, and was preparing to sail along the coast in the near future.
The canal soldiers entered Dezhou, and they cooperated with the land and water, and all the armies cooperated. They wanted to take back Dezhou's military supplies. Even if they couldn't take it back, they would rather burn it than help the enemy.
When Zhu Di heard the news, he couldn't help being secretly surprised. Food was too important to him. Without food, there would be no army. The military rations stored in Dezhou could not only stabilize the morale of the army, but also allow them to continue recruiting troops. There was no room for loss.
At the same time, it is not easy to transport such a huge amount of grain back to Peiping. If troops are sent to Jinling and Chen Hui, Ping An and other troops attack along the way, this grain will become one's weakness. Not only will
If it cannot be transported back to Peiping, even the army may be dragged to death here.
The walls of Jinan City are high and thick, making it difficult to attack. The defenders were forced to retreat by Tie Xuan's plan of killing every household. They defended the dangerous city. Even if he withdrew the late emperor's magic tablet now, he might not be able to attack it in a few days. To balance the two aspects,
The most important thing is to protect the army's food. If you retreat at this time, you can give the world the impression that you retreat out of fear of the imperial examination. This will undoubtedly be of great benefit to you in winning the hearts and minds of the army and the people.
Thinking of this, Zhu Di made a decisive decision to abandon Jinan, return to Dezhou, and escort the military supplies back to Peiping.
Zhu Di acted decisively. Once he made the decision, without hesitation, he immediately ordered the troops to retreat. At the same time, he informed the generals of his considerations and ordered them to break camp immediately. According to his calculations, even if he set off now, because the food team was moving slowly, he might be exposed.
When the army caught up, his main force would have to face the enemy and could not bear the heavy responsibility of transporting grain. Therefore, he sent fast horses back to Peiping and asked his son Gao Sui to organize a grain transport team to respond.
August 16,
noon.
Xia Xun and others were waiting in line to receive the porridge, carrying large bowls.
Today, the Yan army's offensive was much more sparse. They fought for only a short time and then retreated. The defenders in the city were able to rest for more than half an hour longer than usual, so everyone at this time was a little more energetic than usual.
Suddenly, the person in charge of the lookout at the top of the city let out a scream that did not sound like a human voice. The howl made people panic when they heard it. The people who were queuing up for porridge at the bottom of the city suddenly raised their heads and walked toward the top of the city together.
Looking over, I saw a defender who seemed to be crazy, shouting and dancing at the people below: "Retreat! The Yan army is retreating! Ah~~~ Haha..., the Yan army is retreating."
!Ha ha ha ha……"
With a "boom", the queue for porridge suddenly exploded. Everyone ran frantically towards the top of the city. In their panic, several large bowls were knocked over, and even a pot of gruel was knocked over.
, the people who were burned seemed to be unconscious and just ran towards the top of the city. Even the master in an apron ran up to the top of the city in excitement, holding a spoon in his hand.
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"Dong dong dong, dong dong dong, bang bang bang..."
Rushing to the top of the city, they saw that the Yan army had indeed taken the camp and was marching out one after another. The soldiers and civilians on the city were going crazy. They were dancing and jumping. Some people, whether they recognized it or not, hugged each other and cried with joy.
, and some beat everything desperately to vent the joy in their hearts.
The one who knocked the shield with his sword, the one who struck the ground with his gun, and the master cook who was beating the city head with his spoon, even the handle of the spoon was bent, but he didn't even notice.
Nan Feifei and Ximen Qing looked at each other. The medicine box on Ximen Qing's shoulder clattered to the ground. The two people who had survived the disaster hugged each other tightly. In the blur of tears, Nan Feifei looked over Ximen Qing's shoulder.
, saw two men kissing passionately.
Aversion to cold!
She blinked and saw clearly that it was Xia Xun and Xie Yufei. Both of them were wearing men's clothing. Such behavior seemed strange, but looking around, they were not the only ones doing all kinds of weird things. Tears filled her cheeks, but she smiled.
He laughed, bit Ximen Qing's shoulder hard, and danced desperately amidst his howls...
p: This volume’s battle with the Central Plains is over. The next volume is Xiaoyaoyou. Haven’t you decided on the identity of the protagonist to go to Nanjing? Well, I’ll have to think about it. It’s so early in the morning, so spend all your tickets.