The Rebirth of the Deposed Empress

The food next to the young man was untouched.

Hearing the noise behind him, the young man spoke, his voice noticeably hoarse.

"Mother, please take the food away. I won't eat until you let me out."

After waiting for a while, the young man turned around curiously when the old woman didn't say anything stubbornly about not letting him go out as usual.

When the young man saw two strange women following his mother, he suddenly became flustered and stood up.

"Mom, you can't just arrange a marriage for me just to stop me from joining the army! I want to marry Alan!"

Hearing her son's nonsense, the old woman hurried forward and slapped the young man a few times.

"Don't talk nonsense! These two girls are from the City Lord's Mansion!"

Hua Wu Ke also spoke at the right time:

"The City Lord's Mansion wants to gather some people to prepare for the enemy tomorrow. I wonder if Mr. Song can lend a hand?"

Hearing that things were not what he thought, Song Ping was not embarrassed, but instead breathed a sigh of relief, and then answered firmly:

"I'm willing to join the army!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Song Ping looked at his mother guiltily again.

Song's mother called a little maid and told her to take away the cold food and prepare some hot dishes.

Then he said in a calm voice:

"After dinner, just follow these two ladies."

From the first day the enemy attacked Yuecheng, Song Ping wanted to join the army with the knowledge passed down to him by his father. However, after his father passed away, Song's mother no longer allowed Song Ping to touch anything related to iron smelting, let alone join the army.

That's why Song Ping started a hunger strike.

Unexpectedly, Song's mother actually relented this time. Song Ping was a little slow to react and called out in a daze: "Mom..."

Song's mother said nothing, waved her hand and left Song Ping's room.

The little girl quickly came in with the steaming food.

Song Ping hadn't eaten for a long time and was very hungry. He picked up the bowl and chopsticks and started to eat voraciously.

While swallowing, he did not forget to ask Hua Wu Ke what he could do now.

A simple trebuchet only requires wood, not iron.

It would be great if Song Ping could make some small weapons.

"Yuecheng is short of weapons right now. I wonder if Mr. Song can make some simple weapons in one night?"

Song Ping put down his bowl and chopsticks and replied:

"You can just call me Song Ping. I have already learned all of my father's unique skills, so refining weapons is not a problem, but..."

Just when Song Ping was hesitating, Song's mother walked in.

As soon as Song's mother stepped into the room, Song Ping stared at her hand as if he sensed something.

Song's mother walked up to Song Ping, paused for a moment, then clenched her hands and then released them.

The tightly clenched hand slowly moved in front of Song Ping, and then loosened its twisted fingers.

A key was lying quietly in Song's mother's palm.

Just now Song Ping was still hesitating because the key to the room where his father used to make iron tools was not in his hands, so he had skills but could not display them.

Unexpectedly, Song's mother took out the key right away.

Mother Song looked at the key, which had some scratches due to its age, and said to Song Ping:

"Take it. The Song family has lived in Yuecheng for generations. We cannot let the roots of the Song family be taken away by the enemy."

Song Ping stood up, rubbed his hands on his clothes, and then solemnly took the key from his mother.

"Mother, I will definitely follow Miss Hua and the Lord of Yue City and others to defend Yue City!"

With the key, Song Ping ran to open the room as soon as he had filled his stomach.

Hua Wu Ke immediately sent a message to the City Lord's Mansion, asking Commander Yue to send some people to help Song Ping forge some simple iron weapons.

After making arrangements for Song Ping, Hua Wu Ke returned to the City Lord's Mansion with a few people he found nearby who were willing to help build the catapult.

Late at night, all the lamps in the City Lord's Mansion were lit one by one.

Prepare the wood and build the support.

Finally, assemble the bracket and the sling arm together, and a simple slingshot is assembled.

With the help of the people in the city, Yuecheng soon had four catapults.

The battle only took place at the west gate of Yuecheng, and four catapults were enough.

After preparing their weapons, the soldiers were preparing to rest.

He had just closed his eyes when the war drums sounded and the enemy's attack on the west gate began.

The soldiers suddenly opened their eyes, hurriedly got up from the ground and rushed to their positions.

The catapults were carried to the city wall by everyone's joint efforts, and the people spontaneously collected stones from all over.

Large rocks poured down from great heights, temporarily blocking the enemy at a distance from the city wall.

Seeing that the vanguard had not yet approached the city wall, General Bona, the Western general, immediately ordered the troops on standby to launch an attack.

Perhaps it was because Yuecheng’s successful defense yesterday that the Western Kingdom no longer dared to underestimate us.

In order to capture this important territory as quickly as possible, Bona sent out all the troops with a wave of his hand.

More and more enemies dodged the stones dropped from the air and approached the city wall.

Ladders were placed on the city walls, and enemy figures began to spread from the foot of the wall to the top of the wall.

Although the soldiers fought bravely, they were no match for the enemy's large numbers.

Seeing more and more enemy troops standing on the city wall, Commander Yue couldn't help but ask anxiously:

"Miss Hua San, is the method we used yesterday to use fuel oil still usable?"

Hua Wu Ke frowned solemnly and shook his head.

"The method we used yesterday was successful only because it caught the enemy by surprise. But judging from the situation today, the Western Kingdom is determined to capture Yuecheng. I guess Yuecheng doesn't have enough fuel to burn so many enemies to death."

Commander Yue thought about it and realized that the fuel was indeed not enough.

Commander Yue looked at the waves of enemies, and watched the brothers who had fought side by side with him just a second ago fall one after another in front of him.

Despair and anger burst out in his heart.

With a fierce swing of his sword, he chopped off the head of an enemy who had just popped his head out of the city wall, and Commander Yue screamed:

"Where is my family if my country is destroyed? I will fight you!"

"As long as I am still alive, I will not let you set foot into Yuecheng!"

Although the voice was hoarse, it was also loud and clear, as if it had reached the hearts of every citizen of Yuecheng.

"Commander Yue! Yuecheng is also our home! We will fight these Western barbarians to the end!"

"Yes! Fight them to the end!"

"..."

Obviously everyone was exhausted and knew the impending end.

But after these words, their hearts seemed to be injected with courage, and they were no longer afraid even when facing death.

Just when Hua Wu Ke and Commander Yue were fighting bravely together, City Lord Yue appeared beside Hua Wu Ke.

"Miss Hua San, please go now. You still have to take the military rations back to Beimo Pass."