This rain is much more ferocious than the previous one.
After several days of continuous downfall, the water level of the river near Yibei rose straight up, broke down the embankment, and flooded many rice fields.
The water in the city has reached the calf, and several ordinary people's houses have been flooded, leaving them homeless.
Chi Jingxi was busy with water control, and settled the homeless people on the other side, and went out in the heavy rain for several days in a row.
Fu Zixian was nowhere to be seen in the house, and Mu Yang occasionally came to find Wen Yantong in the water.
But the heavy rain didn't stop, and it was very inconvenient to go out. Even Mu Yang took an umbrella when he went out, and when he walked to Wen Yantong's door, his body was soaked.
Wen Yantong couldn't leave the house, even though the servants took waterproof measures every day, the roof still leaked, and the door was wet all day long.
Wen Yantong's room is very humid, and sometimes it is necessary to light a fire to make the room warmer.
This heavy rain caused Yibei to experience a small flood. Before the rain stopped, no one could go out and walk around, only strong and strong soldiers were busy back and forth on the street.
Wen Yantong didn't worry too much, she knew that the heavy rain brought more than just some troublesome minor floods.
While the north of Yibei City was covered with water, a large amount of water was also being stored on the top of the Grand Canyon far behind Meimei Mountain, and that water might become the key to defeating the enemy.
Now just wait for the rain to stop.
Mu Yang was idling at home, ignoring it, and made a small boat by himself, thinking that he would take the boat when he went to find Wen Yantong next time.
Although his boats are rough, they are all made by himself. The structure has been guided by others, and they are finally made to look decent.
It was just a coincidence that the rain stopped as soon as the boat was ready.
Under the efforts of the servants, the water in the house was quickly drained, and Mu Yang felt very uncomfortable.
Then he hugged his boat to find Wen Yantong.
As soon as Wen Yantong opened the door, he saw him sitting in a small wooden boat, holding two short oars, and said solemnly, "Come on, I'll take you to row."
Wen Yantong closed the door behind his back, "Goodbye."
Unwilling to give up, Mu Yang hurriedly climbed out of the wooden boat and patted on Wen Yantong's window, "Wen Yantong, open the door quickly, I know you are at home!"
Wen Yantong shouted, "Give up!"
In Mu Yang's dictionary, there is no such word as resignation, which slaps the windows loudly. The window had been soaked in water for several days, and when Mu Yang slapped it, it directly cracked a seam. Mu Yang tore it open along the seam, poked a face in, and asked Wen Yantong, "What are you doing?"
As soon as Wen Yantong turned his head, he saw Mu Yang's head stuck in the window, and immediately screamed, "Mu Xingyi! You actually tore down my window!"
Picking up the soft pillow at hand and rushing over, Mu Yang quickly retracted his head when he saw this, and said aggrievedly, "Who told you to ignore me, now you and I are the only ones left in the house, if even you ignore me, we will What's the point here?"
"Are you wronged?" Wen Yantong couldn't believe it, his arm stretched out from the window hole, and he grabbed Mu Yang's face accurately, "Let me see how thick your skin is."
"Pinch it, pinch it, as long as you are willing to go boating with me, I won't resist no matter how you pinch it." Mu Yang put on a look of resignation.
Wen Yantong sighed, "Yang Er, Sister Tong is tired."
Being tormented by Mu Yang these days, he has lost a whole circle of weight.
Mu Yang has no face or skin, in order to ask Wen Yantong to go boating, he is willing to be his younger brother, sister Tong calls her.
Wen Yantong couldn't beat him, and finally agreed to go boating with him.
It's just that the water in the house has been drained, and it's impossible to go out. Wen Yantong was standing by the side with a short oar, and seeing Mu Yang sitting in it with great interest, he really wanted to ask if this person's mind was muddy. paste.
"There is no water here." Wen Yantong reminded.
"I know." Mu Yang said, "Come in and have a try, I specially added an extra seat for you."
Wen Yantong had no choice but to step in and sit in the boat, feeling like a fool.
"How does it feel? I made this with my own hands." Mu Yang said happily.
"Very good brother, I have never rowed in my life..." Wen Yantong paused, and found a more accurate adjective, "Hanzhou."
Mu Yang finally got his wish when he heard the praise, he was so happy that he couldn't close his mouth, and took Wen Yantong to scratch the air wildly.
Wen Yantong felt that Mu Yang had really lost his mind and got sick.
The heavy rain was about to stop, and everyone was busy fighting the flood, repairing houses and embankments. It was at this busy time that the enemy army suddenly attacked the city.
Many places in the city are equipped with underground listening, and the changes can be heard dozens of miles away. The way to report the news is to ring the tower bell.
It was the tower that Mu Yang and Wen Yantong climbed at that time, the sound of the big bell in the tower could be heard so far that it could be heard throughout Yibei.
The night was full of stars, and everything was silent. The alarm bell exploded in the air, waking up the people who were sleeping in their dreams.
Wen Yantong sat up from the bed when he heard the bell, and then his right eyelid twitched several times, feeling extremely flustered.
The bell outside the window rang again and again, and the house suddenly became panicked. She heard the sound of someone running, and then someone knocked on the door.
Wen Yantong quickly got down on the bed, put on his coat and said, "Come in."
It was the maid who served Wen Yantong on weekdays. She saluted hastily and said, "Girl, the enemy army has attacked the city. The young commander specially ordered the servants to pass on the message, so that the girl can stay in the house and not go anywhere."
Wen Yantong's heart was beating violently, flustered for no reason, and asked, "Where's Young Master?"
"After the bell rang, the young commander put on his armor and went out."
Wen Yantong said, "Then other people..."
"General Fu has not returned tonight, but Mr. Mu is still in the house." The maid answered one by one.
Wen Yantong knew that this battle would come sooner or later, so he calmed down a little, looked outside the door, and found two people standing outside the door, so he asked, "Who is outside the door?"
The two people outside heard the words, they entered the room, and made a simple salute to Wen Yantong, "I am under the order of the young master to protect the girl."
Wen Yantong took a closer look and found that it was A Guan and Zhuang Mian whom he hadn't seen for a long time.
Chi Jingxi actually sent these two people to protect her, presumably because the situation has really reached a serious time.
After Wen Yantong answered, she returned to the house. It was still late at night, but she didn't feel sleepy at all. She just felt that her emotions were trapped in worry and couldn't be resolved.
After sitting for a long time, Wen Yantong gradually became tired and fell asleep slowly.
It's just that he didn't sleep well this time.
She dreamed of Chi Jingxi.
She saw Chi Jingxi killing the enemy on the battlefield, with a nimble figure and a cold sword, and the people around her dared not approach easily.
His body was covered with blood, some from wounds on his body, some from other people's blood. When he had killed all the enemies in front of him, he turned his head and saw Mu Yang and Fu Zixian, one of them had been stabbed several times, and the other had his throat cut open.
After a closer look, there are corpses around him, some familiar, some unfamiliar, and he is standing on those corpses, the blood on his body drips down little by little, and finally gathers into a winding blood stream.
The war allowed Chi Jingxi to stand on a high ground that no one could reach, but it also made him lose everything.
Wen Yantong suddenly woke up from the dream, actually broke out in a cold sweat and gasped for breath.
Her heart was still beating rapidly, and the terror in her dream lingered in her heart for a long time.
As if dreaming of Chi Jingxi in the plot of the original book, Wen Yantong clutched his heart and recalled slowly, still remembering the expression of Chi Jingxi in the dream at the moment when he saw Mu Yang and Fu Zixian died.
The nightmare made her hands and feet feel cold, and her fingertips trembled. It took her a long time to realize that it was just a dream.
She came to Yibei, prevented the deaths of Mu Yang and Fu Zixian, and solved the spread of the red spot plague. Everything is developing in a good direction, and the same mistakes will not happen again.
Wen Yantong comforted himself, and it took a while to calm down.
Seeing the bright sky outside, Wen Yantong pushed the door and went out, called the maid and asked, "Is there any news?"
The maid replied, "I only heard that the young general led the soldiers to fight the enemy army last night. Now the enemy army has temporarily retreated, but the city gate was smashed and the people in the city are repairing it."
Wen Yantong secretly breathed a sigh of relief, "This is good news."
The maid said, "Miss, don't worry, the young commander is so powerful, he will definitely be able to defeat the enemy thousands of miles away and return safely."
Wen Yantong pretended to smile, knowing that this battle would not be so easy.
Although she doesn't understand Sun Tzu's Art of War, she also knows that fighting depends not only on military strength, but also on brains. Now the competition is about who has the smarter brains.
After the war broke out, the atmosphere in the house became very tense, Mu Yang didn't mess around like before, and became quiet for the first time, but the number of times he came to find Wen Yantong increased.
Sometimes when Wen Yantong was writing, he would sit quietly and read a book, although he didn't read many words all afternoon.
But surprisingly quiet.
Wen Yantong knew that he was worried about Fu Zixian and Chi Jingxi who were fighting on the front line, but he couldn't express his comfort. After the war started, they fought against the enemy with their swords, but Wen Yantong and Mu Yang could do nothing but wait.
In this critical time, if you can protect yourself from causing trouble to them, you are doing them a favor.
Wen Yantong read it every day, and finally took Chi Jingxi home.
After Chi Jingxi came back, she washed off the filth all over her body, and then went to find Wen Yantong after cleaning up.
Wen Yantong was very worried these days, and when he saw Chi Jingxi, he immediately threw himself into a hug.
Chi Jingxi embraced her with open arms, patted her head, and said in a low voice, "I made you worry."
Wen Yantong said, "Aren't you injured? Are you tired from fighting? How is the war going?"
After hearing this, Chi Jingxi replied one by one, "I suffered some minor injuries, but it didn't bother me. The battle was very tiring, but it was worth it to make peace for the people of Yibei. The battle was successful, so I was able to come back when I was free. Trapped in an abandoned city in the south, surrounded."
Wen Yantong breathed a long sigh of relief, and murmured, "That's great, that's great."
Chi Jingxi said, "We will be able to return to Chaoge when these enemy troops are retreated. You have worked hard in Yibei these days."
Wen Yantong squeezed his hand in his, and said in a low voice, "What's the hard work for me, I see you working hard all day long."
Chi Jingxi didn't speak any more, but quietly hugged Wen Yantong.
The continuous fighting for half a month made his body extremely exhausted, and now he felt a moment of relaxation after holding Wen Yantong in his arms. He put his head on Wen Yantong's shoulder, feeling like he was about to fall asleep at any time.
Wen Yantong didn't speak, she felt Chi Jingxi's exhaustion.
Chi Jingxi hugged for a while, and then said slowly, "Some people in the army want to take advantage of the enemy's unpreparedness to attack the city, what do you think of this idea?"
Wen Yantong said, "Young master came to ask me? I'm a girl, how can I know how to fight?"
Chi Jingxi said, "Now the army is divided into two parties, each insisting on their own opinions, and they have been unable to make up their minds."
Wen Yantong thought for a while, then let go of Chi Jingxi, and pulled him to the front of the bed, "Come on, sit down first, and I'll talk to you later."
Chi Jingxi obediently sat on the bed, looking up at Wen Yantong.
Wen Yantong said, "Although I don't know how to fight, I know one thing, that is, if a person is pushed into a hurry, he will bite like a mad dog."
Chi Jingxi listened carefully.
"If you confine them in the city, they will know that they will die, and they will definitely resist with all their strength, and kill one if they can. Then even if you win in the end, the loss will be extremely heavy." Wen Yantong said, "No If they are given a way out, making them think that they still have a life to live, then they will only focus on running for their lives, and they will not have such a strong desire to die."
"Destroy their psychological defense bit by bit during the chase," Wen Yantong said, "And you set up the ambush in the Grand Canyon, you can use that method to pick out the spies in the army, and Annihilate all enemy troops and minimize losses."
After hearing this, Chi Jingxi was silent for a while, finally took her hand, and suddenly chuckled, "Why did I think you were stupid before?"
Wen Yantong said with a smile, "That's because the young master had bad eyesight before."
Chi Jingxi hugged her by the waist, bowed his head and pressed a light kiss on her lips, and admitted, "That's right, my eyesight is not very good."
Wen Yantong put his arms around his neck, took the initiative to kiss his side face, and said, "Young Master, you must be tired, go to sleep for a while."
Chi Jingxi said, "It's rare to have free time."
Wen Yantong said, "I'll have a lot of free time in the future, now you need to take a good rest."
Wen Yantong got off him, then pressed him on the bed and covered him with a thin quilt. She sat on the carpet beside the bed by herself, with her chin resting on the side of the bed, and said to him, "Go to sleep, I'll watch from the side."
Chi Jingxi looked at her sideways, his eyes fixed, and he looked at her seriously for a long time. Wen Yantong reached out to hold one of his hands.
In the end, Chi Jingxi slowly fell asleep, and a layer of peace appeared on his handsome face.