Chapter 1915: Debate on the city wall and eat crispy rice
After Wei Shunzhi landed, he straightened up and ran to the front of the wall. He stared motionlessly at a lookout facing the outside of the city. Yuan Song got up from the haystack with a bruised nose and face: "Zhu Wei, let's ,Aren’t we going to fight back?”
Wei Shunzhi shook his head: "They didn't send out infantry to attack, so we can't use catapults and crossbows. Governor Yuan, please stay in the caves at home and don't come out, let alone make unnecessary sacrifices. You'd better Now go to the Sheriff's Mansion and let the whole city see you sitting peacefully in the hall. This will be the biggest encouragement to the city!"
Yuan Song was a little reluctant: "But, I want to let the soldiers see me at the top of the city. This is also very important."
Wei Shunzhi said in a deep voice: "Mr. Yuan, your target is obvious. The monsters and thieves have ways to attack you. If something happens to you, I'm afraid the morale of the army will be ruined. The Sheriff's Mansion is safe now. You are in charge of the Sheriff's Mansion, and the people in the city are safe." You can see it, so that you can calm people's hearts. Chen Huwei and I will guard this place with all our strength, don't worry, Mr. Yuan!"
Yuan Song nodded: "I'll leave everything to you two. If you need me to do anything, please let me know at any time."
Wei Shunzhi suddenly thought of something and said: "Mr. Yuan, please be sure to guard the direction of the granary and the arsenal. Be sure to prevent thieves from sending spies to act in these two places."
Chen Yi said confidently: "Brother Wei, don't worry about this. We asked Brother Jinu for advice on this as early as when we were in Wuzhuang. Mr. Xu also taught us various methods of rebellion. Now in the city, There is one guarantee for five households and centralized management, so even a single person will not be separated casually.”
Wei Shunzhi nodded: "Then please ask Mr. Yuan to quickly enter the city and arrange for the stewards of each branch to evacuate and move the people on the street quickly. Don't run around on the street anymore. Granaries and arsenals, No one should be allowed to approach within a hundred steps to ensure nothing goes wrong."
Yuan Song laughed: "Okay, then I will go and take charge of the granary now. I can't help in the war, but I can still do this. Guard Liu, Guard Fang, let's go."
Two personal guards in leather armor followed Yuan Song and walked out from another exit in the small room. Wei Shunzhi saluted in the direction Yuan Song left, then turned back and continued to look at the situation outside the city. Just listen to Sun En saying loudly: "Yuan Song, I'll give you one night to think about it carefully. If Kaicheng surrenders, come with me to join Jiankang to kill the traitor Sima Daozi and his son. As the leader of the sect, I promise to protect the The lives of all the soldiers and civilians in your city, and you can continue to protect your glory and wealth and join hands with me in our great cause. If you continue to hold the city and resist stubbornly tomorrow, hey, this boy named Bao will be your fate, and the whole city's Soldiers and civilians, leaving no chickens or dogs behind, slaughter them all!”
More than 100,000 Celestial Masters and Taoists were in the camps and warships on land and sea. As if they had been rehearsed in advance, they all shouted at the top of their lungs: "Leave no chickens or dogs, slaughter them all, leave no chickens or dogs." , slaughter them all!”
The murderous sound shook the heaven and the earth, and all the sergeants in the city turned pale and trembled.
Wei Shunzhi closed the observation hole in front of him expressionlessly and walked out of the secret room. Chen Yi followed suit, stretched out, and while looking at the top of the city, he picked up the scattered heads and stones. The sergeant sighed: "It's finally over. Maybe tomorrow will be the really difficult time."
Wei Shunzhi's lips curled up: "I'm afraid it's not that simple. The bandits did not attack Jiankang, but they came to attack Hudu. They must fight quickly. Today they threw heads into the city and then attacked with flying rocks. Already
It shook the hearts and minds of the defenders of the city. Looking at our soldiers, they were all a little afraid. They were supposed to attack the city with all their strength, but they withdrew their troops and returned to the camp. I felt that there was fraud in it, but I didn’t know the reason. I always felt that tonight
, something will happen.”
Chen Yi's expression changed: "Are you saying that demon thieves will attack at night?"
Wei Shunzhi gritted his teeth and looked at the foot of the city, a mountain ridge about ten feet wide, extending from outside the city to the gate of the West City. The only connection between this fortress on the cliff and the outside world was this mountain ridge road, and even
For this reason, there is no need for a moat. Wei Shunzhi murmured: "It is indeed a fortress that is easy to defend and difficult to attack. But the more such a fortress, the more worried you have to break it from the inside. Guard Chen, arrange more people to guard the city at night, and
Even the granary in the city must be strictly guarded and guarded, and no monsters, thieves or spies should be allowed to take the opportunity to cause trouble. As long as there is no cooperation between the inside and the outside, I am confident that the Hudu Fortress can be defended for at least a month."
Chen Yi laughed and suddenly thought of something. He took out a few pieces of food from a bag on his waist and handed them to Wei Shunzhi: "Brother Wei, you have been working for a long time and you are hungry. Let's eat some of this first."
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Wei Shunzhi looked at those things and saw that they were hard, like rice cereal, lumped together, and burnt yellow. He took a piece and smelled it, and a fragrant, salty smell hit his nostrils.
, which moved his heart, he put it in his mouth and started to chew it. While chewing it, he said: "This, isn't this just the burnt rice on the edge of the pot? Well, it seems, it seems to have added salt, Brother Chen,
You, where did you get it?"
Chen Yi smiled and stuffed two pieces into his mouth: "My family was poor since I was a child, and there was always no rice to eat. My mother likes to eat the burnt rice at the bottom of the pot. Last time when Brother Jin was recruiting,
When they saw me eating this, they together with Governor Yuan named this thing, Guoba."
Wei Shunzhi murmured: "Cookba, Guoba. The mushy thing on the side of the pot deserves its name." As he said this, he took another piece from Chen Yi's hand and said while chewing: "What a good name. Keep it with you."
, it can also be eaten as dry food, um, it tastes good."
He patted the leftover rice on his hand: "This is a good habit. Maybe during the food shortage, this rice dumpling can save a life. When we were on the Northern Expedition, there was one time..."
At this point, he suddenly stopped talking: "Hey, it's useless to talk about this. There are more than 200,000 stones of military rations in the city, so I won't eat this. But, Brother Chen, this food tastes pretty good.
If you are free at night, you can get some more and we will eat them as dry food at the top of the city tomorrow. I guess during the battle tomorrow, we won’t have time to go down to the city to eat."
Chen Yi smiled and nodded. While the two were talking, the sky gradually darkened. Chen Yi curled his lips and looked at the Tianshi Dao camp in the distance. Those "god men hold sticks and beautiful women open accounts."
The chants began to ring out in all the camps, and Chen Yi punched the battlements with hatred: "These beasts are ruining the women of the people again. Next time we catch these bastards, we have to castrate them all. For
Sisters take revenge!”
A flash of anger flashed in Wei Shunzhi's eyes, thinking of the brothers who died in the battle two days ago. He slapped the battlement hard: "Cast them first and then kill them!"