Chapter 368 369 Cruelty
Li Yu stood at the door and listened attentively to the shouts of killing coming from the top of the city. Gu Yu said to Li Yu with some worry: "Madam, do you think these Qi soldiers will go to Dafeng Village?"
"No, they are still busy attacking the city!"
Gu Yu looked worriedly at the direction Li Yu was looking, and asked softly: "Madam, do you think our soldiers can defend Yunzhou City?"
"Yes." Li Yu decided to go to the top of the city to have a look. He turned around and strode into the house, changed his clothes, took out the bow and quiver from the space, and said to Guyu after coming out: "You should stay home and wait. Ruyi and the others came back and told them that I should go take a look at the city wall."
Guyu chased after Li Yu, "Madam, I will go with you."
"You stay at home and I'll be back soon." As soon as Li Yu walked to the door, he saw Chu Sihai jumping off the horse.
Chu Sihai's eyes lit up when he saw Li Yu's outfit. It seemed that he had come to the right place. Mrs. Li would not stand idly by.
Chu Sihai cupped his hands at Li Yu and smiled: "Mrs. Li, Sihai would also like to go to your house for a cup of tea. Do you think you are going to the city in this way?"
Did the secret guard fail to assassinate the prince of Qi? Did Chu Sihai come to him for help? Li Yu looked at him and smiled lightly, "The boss is so polite. It's not easy to drink tea. Please come!"
Li Yu took Chu Sihai back to the courtyard and sat down in the living room. Chu Sihai bowed to Li Yu and said, "Mrs. Li, Sihai would like to invite you to go out to Tianjiaba tonight to burn food and grass for the troops. We have already I received the news from the secret guard that the food and grass for the Qi army are in Tianjiaba, and Yan Niang will cooperate with you there."
It turned out that one of the people who went to assassinate the prince of Qi was Yan Niang. Li Yu looked at Chu Sihai and said, "Burn the Qi army's food and grass? How to do it?"
Chu Sihai took out a map and said frankly: "Yanniang and Yun Yi infiltrated into the civilians escorting the Qi army to transport grain and grass. After you and Yan Niang burned the grain and grass, Yun Yi will find an opportunity to sneak into the Qi army and assassinate Qi. Prince, Tianjiaba, not far from Linshan County, has a wide terrain and is where the Qi army stores their food and grass. You can approach the Qi army's food and grass along the southern hills, and Yan Niang will meet you there."
Li Yu nodded after reading it, "You have someone bring me some rockets and kerosene, and I'll set off when it gets dark."
Seeing that Li Yu agreed to his request without hesitation, Chu Sihai thought that in this time of war and chaos, most of the officials and family members in the city had fled with their children, gold, silver, and valuables, leaving those who were left with nowhere to go. Of course, only Mrs. Li is still in Yunzhou, secretly helping the court to do these extremely risky things. Mrs. Li's actions in the face of justice are really admirable.
Chu Sihai took out a bamboo whistle from his pocket and handed it to Li Yu respectfully, "Mrs. Li, this bamboo whistle can blow out the call of the turtle dove. When you arrive, you will blow two short and one long sounds. Yan Niang will go back to answer your call. , rockets and kerosene will be sent to you later.”
"Okay." Li Yu took it and blew it, and the bamboo whistle made a cooing, cooing sound.
"Mrs. Li, I will go back and ask someone to bring you rockets and kerosene. I will also send you two bows. You can bring one to Yan Niang."
"Okay, walk slowly." Li Yu sent Chu Sihai to the entrance of the main courtyard, turned around and went home and lay down on the recliner. It turned out that the Qi army used Tianjiaba as a grain and grass warehouse, and it would take six or seven hours to ride a horse based on the distance. You have to take a good rest for a while to recuperate your energy.
The two armies are still fighting on the top of the city. A tall and strong man who looks like an iron tower carries a big sword on his back and has a meteor hammer wrapped around his hand. The man is struggling to climb up to the top of the city. The soldiers on the top of the city are struggling. Pushing the ladder, the man swung a meteor hammer and hit a soldier on the head. Ji Xiang came up with a basket of stones and saw the soldier's brains burst and he fell to the ground.
Jixiang was so angry that he picked up a stone and threw it at the man on the ladder. The tall man on the ladder raised his hand to block it, and only heard a click. The man's arm was hit by the strong impact of the stone. When it broke, Jixiang immediately raised his sleeve arrow and shot it at the man. The sleeve arrow flew out and hit the man's neck. The man fell from the ladder.
General Yun Shen happily shouted to Jixiang: "Young man, good job." Jixiang smiled and turned around and lifted the wounded soldier from the ground to the top of the city with a civilian husband. He sent the wounded soldier down to the doctor and looked at it. The wounded soldiers who kept groaning walked back with their heads lowered.
When he returned to the government office, he told Li Yu about the fierce battle at the top of the city, and said sadly: "Madam, it was the first fierce battle today. I heard that many people have died."
Li Yu said calmly: "War is inherently cruel and ruthless. As long as a fight begins, life and death will be the inevitable result. Once you start, you must move forward bravely. Those who are timid will lose their lives."
"Madam, I'm worried that after those rolling logs and rocks are used up, what will we use to hit the Qi soldiers when they come to attack the city again? I was thinking along the way, we can tie ropes to both ends of the rolling logs, and then drag them after they are smashed. It won’t be used so quickly when it comes up.”
Li Yu thought for a while, "Your method is not bad. In fact, it is simpler and you can sharpen the bamboo pole and throw it, but ordinary bamboo seems to be too light." Li Yu turned around, "Oh! I remember there is a kind called hard bamboo. Touhuang bamboo, this kind of bamboo grows tall and straight, with thick and hard bamboo joints, and the thickness of the bamboo pole is just right for an adult to hold in the hand. In the past, in the village, people grew it specifically for picking things or building houses. You go I bought some from the bamboo shop, sharpened them and took them to the city to try."
Ji Xiang's happy eyes turned into thin slits as he smiled, "Hey! I'll go right away."
Jixiang found the steel spring that Li Yu had mentioned in the bamboo shop. He saw that the bamboo was exactly the same as what Li Yu had said. The bamboo pole was just a handful thick and felt heavy in his hand.
The shopkeeper of the bamboo shop saw that there were still people coming to buy bamboo despite the chaos of war, and he happily sold it to Jixiang at a low price. Jixiang said to him: "Shopkeeper, could you please help me bring these springs to the government office next to the government office?" Bingyuan, I’m in a hurry to get it.”
"Okay, I'll send it to you right away." The shopkeeper responded politely.
After the bamboos were brought to the Fu Bing compound, the Fu soldiers in the yard looked at the bamboo piled into a hill in the yard and looked at Ji Xiang curiously, "Brother Ji Xiang, why did you come back with so many steel springs?"
"They are of great use. Brothers, please help me cut them all diagonally into sharp spikes of one length or another. Once they are finished, we will move to the top of the city to deal with those Qi soldiers." Ji Xiang greeted those soldiers with a smile. Fu Bing, Fu Bing asked doubtfully: "Brother Jixiang, can you do this?"
Ji Xiang whittled it quickly and said firmly: "Yes, it can't be used to break through shields. It can still be used to make a big hole in those Qi soldiers climbing the wall. If you don't believe me, let's try it."
Everyone ran to the shooting place, stood on the line and threw bamboo poles at the archery target in the yard. They heard a bang, the target shook, and the bamboo pole penetrated the target and was firmly fixed on it.
Several soldiers from the government smiled and said, "Hey! It's really good. Let's move quickly, cut it and send it to the top of the city."