A Timely Wife

The soldiers guarding the city of Chujing have changed. I don’t know how many people. They were soldiers before, then they were young adults of the right age in the city, and then they became all men. Until the figures of women and old women appeared on the tower What surprised the soldiers was that these housewives, whom they had previously regarded as ignorant, were not much weaker than the men when they fought, and sometimes they were even stronger than them.

It has been more than six months since the start of this battle. Earlier, the city had sufficient guns and ammunition, and those weapons they had never seen before caused great damage to Dahe's army, and even caused the opponent to retreat more than 100 miles. However, as Dahe's soldiers continued to be replenished, and the guns and ammunition in the city were only consumed but not replenished, from the initial firepower suppression to the subsequent hand-to-hand fighting, the number of Dachu's soldier casualties also began to rise sharply.

In just one month, only [-] of the [-] soldiers died, so Prince Zhong had to order young and middle-aged men from the city people to fill them in. They were arranged to defend on the city wall, and later even women and old women also went to the city wall.

At the beginning, the common people were still able to eat enough, carrying baskets to deliver food and water to the soldiers on the city wall every day, but for nearly a month, there was nothing to eat from top to bottom, and all that could be eaten was gone. They finished eating, including the potatoes, sweet potatoes, sorghum noodles, cornmeal and other things transported from Jinghaiwei in the past few years. Now they eat leaves, weeds, birds that occasionally fly from the sky, and almost caught Rats, not only the common people and soldiers, even the loyal princes eat these things, even the princes are like this, what can they not accept.

Fortunately, before the war started, Prince Zhong sent people to dig a lot of deep pits in the city, and used cement sent by Jinghaiwei to make pools. Although the soldiers of Dahe cut off the water source for them, the city was always There was no shortage of water, and Dahe even poisoned the underground river, intending to make the well water in the city unusable, but Dahe's soldiers didn't know that they had soldiers at the mouths of all the wells, and some living things were raised in the water. When they found that the fish in the water were all dead, they had already given up using the well water. Dahe always thought that the poisoning had worked, and continued to poison the underground river until there was no more poison. Fortunately, they gave up, otherwise the water stored in the city does not know how long it can last.

Even without those guns, Chu Jing’s defenses are still tight. First, the incendiary bombs sent by Jinghaiwei, a small bottle, whether it is ignited and thrown out or thrown out and then ignited, its lethality is the same. It’s amazing, I don’t know what’s going on with the fat, and the fire can’t be extinguished until the fat is burned. At that time, the wails of people outside Chujing city mixed with the smell of burning human flesh made Dahe’s soldiers scared. While advancing, Dachu's soldiers were full of fighting spirit. While Dahe's soldiers retreated, Dachu also launched several charges, which severely damaged Dahe's central army and forced Dahe's army to retreat more than 100 meters. Lidi.

It's a pity that the incendiary bombs were used up later, and the remaining mines and grenades were used for street fighting after the city was broken. The soldiers of Dachu picked up bows and arrows, swords and spears again. Later, the feather arrows were used up, and the swords rolled , the spear broke, and the soldiers and civilians of Dachu who guarded the city began to use rolling stones. For this reason, many houses in the city were demolished. The remaining lard and vegetable oil were collected and boiled on the city wall. Once Dahe's soldiers began to attack the city, they poured pots of boiling oil down. With this method, Dachu fought back tenaciously. Three days have passed since the last siege by Dahe again and again, and this day is also in the truce period. After each siege, Dahe will send people under the city wall to shout for persuasion, or to demonstrate, you know There is a lack of food and clothing in the city, and Dahe doesn’t know who came up with the bad idea. Every time they cook, many people will fan the fan, fanning the smell of the food into the city. People outside the city eat happily, and the city The people here endured the pain, but even so, no one yelled out the words to surrender.

During the truce, seeing someone walking towards the city wall, the city guards shouted loudly: "People under the city stop, who is it?" .” The old man in Tsing Yi replied loudly.

"Wait, I'll go talk to the general." The city guard shouted.

"Please trouble me, little general." The old man in Tsing Yi was very polite, and the guards did not buy it at all. He observed carefully, there were five people in total, with an old man over fifty years old in front, followed by two people dressed as military generals. It was to protect the old man, and the other two were also dressed in civilian clothes, so they should have come to peace talks with them.

A few times before, a bunch of people shouted from below, but now it was the first time that only five people came here. The soldiers guarding the city truthfully told the generals what they saw and heard, and the generals did not dare to delay , hurriedly reported to the higher level, and went up layer by layer until it reached Prince Zhong.

After hearing this, Prince Zhong said without hesitation: "Let the other party come in. I want to hear what conditions they can come up with to persuade me to surrender, and what exactly they want from me."

Prime Minister Hu said with some concern: "My lord, would it be inappropriate to just let them in like this?"

Prince Zhong waved his hand and said: "It will be fine. In our current situation, they don't need to use any tricks. They probably want the weapons in our hands. Presumably, the battle between the defense of Beifu and our Chujing made them Knowing the power of these weapons, and knowing that once we can't hold them, we must destroy these weapons, I guess they just want to put some conditions in exchange for these weapons."

When Prime Minister Hu heard the words, he frowned tightly and said, "My lord, we have already destroyed those things. If they knew about it, would they?"

Prince Zhong smiled and said: "Prime Minister, they just don't know, and we can't hold on for long. There are nearly 40 soldiers and civilians in the city, and now there are only more than 3 people left, and more than 3 of them are still wounded. Among the more than 1 wounded, more than [-] are still seriously wounded and will never be able to go to the battlefield again. It is beyond my expectations that we can persist for half a year. No accident, the next siege, Chu The city gate of Beijing must be unable to defend, Hu Hai, we have to make final arrangements."

Prime Minister Hu showed a sad expression, and tears rolled down his cheeks, "My lord, I am an incompetent minister."

Prince Zhong said a lot just now, he seemed a little tired, he closed his eyes, and said: "It's not your fault that the country will not be a country.

When Wan Hecai and his group of five entered Prince Zhong's mansion, Prince Zhong had just taken the medicine. He opened his eyes, looked at the distressed old man in Tsing Yi, chuckled lightly, and said, "Prime Minister Wan, long time no see."

Wan Hecai was really embarrassed. Most of the guards at the city gate were ordinary people and soldiers. They had never met Prime Minister Wan, so the walk from the city gate was relatively smooth. Hatred, but no one took much action. After all, the two countries did not fight each other, and they were treated with basic courtesy as envoys of peace talks.

But the further you go in, the higher the status of the people staying there, Wan Hecai was recognized. When the first person shouted the word Wan Prime Minister, Wan Hecai had a very bad feeling He had a hunch, as expected, just a few steps away, a bucket of dung water rushed towards his face, pouring over him, and before he had time to see who did it, the second bucket of dung water poured over again.

If it wasn’t for the Dachu soldiers who led the way for them, they were worried that Wan He would poison Prince Zhong when he went to see Prince Zhong in this way. Prince Zhong’s health was already broken. It was Wanhe's bad luck to stop their behavior of throwing manure. The manure in the city had no place to dispose of it. It used to be dumped outside the city. After Chujing was surrounded, there was no way for the manure to be transported out. , can only be piled up in the city, and the things that can be used are almost used up. I don’t know who came up with it. They still have so much dung, although they can’t kill Dahe’s soldiers like stones, but It's good to be able to disgust them, so the people in Chujing City were busy collecting these things for the next siege battle during the truce.

After Wan Hecai was recognized, several buckets of excrement were sent to him before he had time to transport them to the city wall. Not only him, but also the four people who followed him were all chilled, and their bodies were stinky. Not to mention, that kind of insult was unbearable for these people, so the eldest prince took out his machete on the spot, ready to chop and kill the few people who had just thrown the dung.

However, how could the soldiers of Da Chu tolerate the generals of Da He hacking and killing the people of Da Chu in the capital of Chu? The eldest prince was stopped by the soldiers of Da Chu as soon as he pulled out the scimitar. Untouchables, dare to pour dung water on this king, this king is tired of seeing you people!"

When the eldest prince opened his mouth, Wan Hecai had a premonition that something was going to happen. Sure enough, the eldest prince exposed his identity directly. When Wan Hecai was about to speak to make amends, the eldest prince had already been beheaded, and Wan Hecai was dumbfounded. He was stunned there, he didn't expect Da Chu's soldiers to be so bold, and killed the eldest prince without saying a word. At this moment, what Wan He thought was not how to negotiate terms with Prince Zhong later, but He didn't need to go back, even if he did, he couldn't explain to Da Yuanfeng, you know, the eldest prince is Da Yuanfeng's favorite son, and he will inherit the throne of Da Yuanfeng in the future.

Wan Hecai's hands and feet were cold, and his legs trembled and he fell to the ground, muttering non-stop, it's over, it's over, it's over.