The news that Yuegucheng will go to war is not a day or two. All the people who can run have run away. If they can't escape, they will store rice and grain at home. The rice grain store has been sold out long ago. The first rice grain shop in the village happened to have a stock of grain, and the rest of the shops were almost enough for their own food.
Gu Chengfeng walked down the empty street with his head down.
As the son-in-law of the Hou Mansion, when has he worried about food, clothing, housing, and transportation
A meal of his delicacies from the mountains and seas is more than five taels of silver, but this is the daily ration of hundreds of soldiers.
"Master Hu, can you really find another place to buy rice?" Gu Chengfeng asked in a low mood.
Master Hu had a panoramic view of Gu Chengfeng's expression, and he sighed longly: "I've been to all the shops that have rice grains, and there are only these."
Otherwise, I have to go door to door to collect collections, this Master Hu didn't say anything.
He could see that these two young adults were different from those of the past, and they would not forcibly expropriate things from the people.
"Then how long can our food last?" Gu Chengfeng asked.
"This..." Master Hu thought silently for a while, and said, "If you reduce one meal a day, you can last for two days."
Gu Chengfeng murmured, "But my eldest brother has four days to come."
Moreover, it cannot be reduced.
They are soldiers who defend their families and the country, how can they be allowed to fight on an empty stomach
Not to mention that the army of Chen Guo will not come to attack the city in the past few days, they have already invaded the city, and if they don't take the opportunity to take the ancient city of Yue, will they wait for his big brother to come and take them all together
While the two of them were talking, they returned to the camp near the city tower with food and grass pulled by a mule cart.
Gu Chengfeng walked with his head down and didn't look forward, so did Master Hu.
Suddenly, one of the accompanying soldiers shouted loudly: "Sir! Master! Look!"
Gu Chengfeng and Master Hu looked in the direction of the soldier's finger. It was the kitchen near the camp. They saw that the ground at the entrance of the kitchen was filled with strange and strange bundles. What, some of the burdens are loose and loose, and you can vaguely see the rice grains or steamed buns.
There are even corn cobs, green vegetables, wowatou, flatbread, bacon, eggs that are directly loaded with sieves and dustpans...
Gu Chengfeng was thinking about what was going on, when he saw several people coming over with a few small bags of white noodles and cornmeal.
They left the flour on the ground and left without saying a word.
The little baby who was talking to Gu Chengfeng just now also came over.
He was with his mother, and his mother put down a few freshly baked sweet potatoes. He seemed to want to put something in, but he searched his pockets and couldn't find anything.
Finally, after thinking about it, he took out the half-eaten hemp candy in his mouth, sucked a little saliva, and was very reluctant, but he put the hemp candy on one of the sweet potatoes with great loyalty.
That's what he can only eat during the New Year.
Just because he was about to go to war, he didn't know whether to live or not, so his parents took it out for him to eat in advance.
That was the best thing he could come up with.
Gu Chengfeng's eyes suddenly became hot.
They were the common people of Zhao Kingdom whom his grandfather and elder brother swore to protect, but not only the soldiers and soldiers were protecting the common people, the common people were also protecting them in their own way.
Guard an army, guard a city.
Outside the city wall, Chen Guo's army has already started to prepare the rushing vehicles and ladders needed to attack the city. Because of the moat, they also need to prepare several flying bridges.
The flybridge is being built at a rapid pace, and the ladder is also in full swing.
Tang Yueshan looked at their manpower and progress, and estimated that they would be ready tomorrow night.
If there are weapons for siege, there will naturally be weapons for defending the city. In the city, not only blacksmiths are recruited to forge armor and weapons, but carpenters are also recruited by Tang Yueshan, mainly to lead the soldiers to build crash cars, pounding stones and rolling logs together.
Crash is an ordnance used to deal with siege ladders. A ram rod is attached to the frame, which can crash or knock the ladder when it approaches.
In addition, there are kerosene and arrows.
The arrows do not need to be done by the carpenters in the city. The Tang family's archers can do it themselves. This is also one of their basic skills. The archers of other countries do not need to know how to make arrows by themselves. Otherwise, the Tang family's archers are famous. What about the Six Nations
Tang Yueshan prepared his troops and began to wait quietly for the dawn.
It was a sleepless night, as did the army of Chen State and the soldiers of Zhao State.
When the sky was white with fish belly, the preparations were almost done. They only had 7,000 troops, and the regular army was less than 5,000.
Chen Guo's army of 20,000 was a solid regular army. The disparity in strength between the two sides was too great. This was a deadly battle.
But just like Gu Chengfeng said, even if you fight to the last person, you must defend the city.
The price may be the lives of these seven thousand soldiers, including Tang Yueshan's own.
"Marshal Tang."
The gap in the curtain of the dazzling Tianguang self-operated tent penetrated, and the two newly appointed lieutenants of Tang Yueshan entered with them, both of whom came to return.
"Is it all done?" Tang Yueshan asked.
Deputy General Cen cupped his hands and said, "If you go back to your lord, the crashing car and the smashing of stones and rolling wood have been done, and they have also been moved to the tower."
"Okay." Tang Yueshan nodded and looked at Lieutenant General Li again.
Lieutenant General Li also bowed his hands and said, "The weapons and armor have also been forged."
"Let the soldiers go and rest." Tang Yueshan said, paused, and then said, "Have a good meal, and prepare to fight at night."
The two looked at each other with complicated expressions, cupped their hands, and said in unison, "Yes!"
Deputy General Cen left first, and Lieutenant General Li handed over a new pair of armor to Tang Yueshan: "This is the armor you want."
Tang Yueshan's eyes fell on the new and cold armor, he raised his hand and touched it gently: "Okay."
Gu Jiao was busy all night in the camp for treating wounded soldiers. The doctors in the city heard that there was a shortage of manpower, and they all came over spontaneously.
By the time the last round of wounded soldiers were treated, all the doctors were exhausted and paralyzed.
The doctors didn't care about going home and resting, they all fell asleep on the table.
Gu Jiao sat on the ground, holding her red tassel in her arms, leaning against the pillar supporting the tent, and fell asleep soon after.
She was awakened by the heat, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a thick robe on her body at some point, which belonged to Gu Chengfeng.
She took off the robe, stretched out her feet, sat up straight, and rubbed her aching neck and lower back.
When rubbing the lower back, her fingertips inadvertently touched a cold object, she blinked oddly, turned her head and saw that there was a pair of armor beside her.
She snorted: "Whose armor?"
Hu Dongqiang walked into the tent with the prepared soup and saw Gu Jiao, his eyes lit up: "Sir! You are awake! Just in time, I have cooked the soup you ordered me to wake up the patient and feed him. ?"
"Well, hello." Gu Jiao said.
"Okay!" Hu Dongqiang went to wake up the wounded soldier who needed medicine.
"Whose armor is it?" Gu Jiao asked him.
"Yours?" Hu Dongqiang said.
"Mine?" Gu Jiao blinked.
Hu Dongqiang speculated: "Last night, the blacksmith in the city repaired and forged the armor for the soldiers overnight. Maybe you also made a pair for the adults."
Gu Jiao sighed, stood up and tried.
Strange fit.
She put on her helmet, too, and took a picture in front of the water tank.
Well.
nice.
Gu Jiao shook her head!
The Yue Ancient City had a steep terrain and was surrounded by mountains on three sides. It was easiest to attack the city from the front without having to worry about strength.
Chen Guo's army of 20,000 will naturally not be afraid of the thousands of troops in Yuegu City. This is simply a crushing without suspense.
The top general who led the troops this time was Rong Yao's youngest son Rong Fu.
The news that Cheng Taishou inquired was that Rong Yao personally led the army, but in fact Rong Yao just sent the army out of Ye City, and the real leader of the army was his youngest son Rong Fu.
In the dream, Rong Yao rushed to slaughter the city after Rong Fu was shot to death.
It wasn't the Tang family archer who hit Rong Fu, but a very ordinary guard. The guard had never been able to shoot arrows accurately, and he was stunned when he hit Rong Fu.
Rong Fu was more confused than him.
Rong Fu was as famous as Gu Changqing, both generals who became famous at a young age, and the two were about the same age.
This battle is a crucial battle for Rong Fu, and he is determined to win.
Gu Jiao is not sure whether Rong Fu will be shot to death.
After all, many things have changed. Tang Yueshan's army has entered the city, and she and Gu Chengfeng have also entered the city. The guard who once shot Rong Fu may have been sent to another post by Tang Yueshan, and Chen Guo's attack and defense are also different from The dream is not the same.
In the evening, Rong Fu ordered a siege.
(End of this chapter)