Marry the Regent [Time Travel]

When Xue Yunzhou fainted, he fell asleep for three days and three nights. During this period, his consciousness was plunged into darkness, and he didn't have half a dream. When he opened his eyes again, there was still screaming outside.

Yu Qing lifted him up with surprise on his face: "Princess, you finally woke up! The doctor said that you are tired."

After getting enough sleep, Xue Yunzhou's complexion improved a lot, but he was still in a bad mood. He looked at the bedroom he was in now, and then at the bed under him, thinking that there should be the figure of the second brother on the side of the bed, Immediately felt sad.

Seeing that his eyes were red, Yu Qing didn't know what he was thinking, so he hurriedly changed the subject and changed his mind: "Princess, this Tuli Maozi is too annoying, calling again!"

Xue Yunzhou managed to pull back his thoughts, pulled himself together and asked, "How long have I been asleep? What's going on now?"

"The princess slept for three days and three nights, and the Tuli army attacked the city twice. They had more than one siege vehicle, and they thought they had learned their lesson and replaced the siege soldiers with wooden armor. Fortunately, we have no dust The Taoist priest is capable, he has refined the green alum oil without sleep, and the wooden armor is useless, and the Tuli army was repelled when they attacked the city twice."

Xue Yunzhou frowned: Seeing Tuli's perseverance and never giving up until the fight is over, why does it look like there is still a way to go?When are they going to fight?It seems that they are full of confidence to be able to stay away from the grassland and attack the city here with all their strength. Do they still have any trump cards?

"What about the two children?"

"The prince and the princess stayed by your bed for a long time in the morning, and went outside to watch the spirit after breakfast." While talking, Yu Qing had already signaled the boy at the door to bring in water, and neatly laid it out on the table for him. Bowls and chopsticks, "Princess, please drink some porridge first, so that you will have the strength to deal with Tuli after you fill your stomach."

Xue Yunzhou didn't say anything else, let him dress and wash, hastily ate breakfast, and finally recovered a lot of energy, and then went to see the brothers and sisters, and comforted the two children who were crying with tears and snot.

Let the child cry, and he felt very uncomfortable. This interruption made him forget the abnormality he found before. Coupled with the tense situation, he knelt next to He Yuan's coffin and talked for a while. Had to rush to the tower again.

Afterwards, the battle fell into a stalemate. The Tuli army changed their ways to attack, and the city racked its brains to defend. The two sides spent more than ten days, but there was still no winner. The Tuli army seemed to know the rarity of the strange liquid. After a few times, eight siege vehicles were dispatched at once, not only hitting the city gate, but also hitting the city wall. At the same time, they put up ladders to climb over the wall and enter.

The situation became tense again, no matter how capable Daoist Wuchen was, he couldn't refine so much green alum oil at once, and because the alchemy involved confidentiality, he had no apprentices for the time being, and at this time he didn't even have anyone to help.

No one expected that the Tuli Army, which always rode around like the wind on horseback, possessed so many bulky and huge siege vehicles. Xue Yunzhou frowned and racked his brains again at these big guys.

It's a pity that he is not good at military affairs after all. It was because of the light of modern knowledge that he repelled the Tuli army before, but now he couldn't think of a better way. He turned to ask Yu Qing: "How much green oil is there for the Taoist priest?" ?”

Yu Qing replied: "It's only enough to destroy three cars. He should work hard on his side. We try to delay the time as much as possible. It is estimated that we can destroy three more cars."

"Then there are two left..." Xue Yunzhou pondered for a moment, and then ordered, "First flood the three siege vehicles near the city gate with green alum oil, and delay the rest as much as possible."

The Tuli army already knew the power of the strange liquid, and also knew that although it could dissolve iron, it had no effect on wood, so they added a layer of wood veneer to the ceiling.

As the saying goes, "Soldiers come to block, water comes to cover", Qingzhou soldiers are not vegetarians, and even laughed at the stupidity of the Tuli people when they were nervous, and then shot rockets to ignite the wooden veneer on the roof. Put down the frame and pour the vitriol oil.

The two sides have come and gone several times. Qingzhou soldiers can shoot rockets and ignite the roof of the siege vehicle. The Tuli army also thought of using rockets to burn through the wooden frame that trapped them. The improvement is no longer a thin piece of wood, but a layer of solidified clay sandwiched between two layers of wood. The fire attack will only make the clay stronger. In the end, the Tuli army and its siege vehicles were still submerged by green alum oil.

All of a sudden, three siege vehicles were missing. The city wall was stronger than the city gate after all, and after some delay, the second batch of green vitriol oil arrived, and the soldiers on the tower used the same method to destroy three more siege vehicles. In the end, there were only two vehicles left, but they were still a huge threat. Before Taoist Priest Wuchen had time to refine the third batch of green alum oil, a hole had been smashed into the normally strong city wall.

Qingzhou soldiers immediately rushed forward to block the gap, desperately holding up their knives and slashing at the enemy who wanted to attack. At this juncture, General Li was suddenly inspired, and hurriedly ordered: "Put the wooden frame! Put the wooden frame! "

The soldier on the side said anxiously: "The divine water is gone!"

They didn't know what the liquid was, so they tacitly called it "Shenshui".

General Li said: "There is soil without divine water! Tuli Maozi has soil! We also have soil! Bury them alive!"

Everyone immediately thought of the nightmare scene two days ago. The Tuli army used the protection of the siege truck to transport soil under the city wall at night, and unexpectedly piled up a flat and wide slope. Climbing up the city wall on the slope of the earth, if they were not discovered in time, the consequences would be disastrous. After a fierce battle, they poured oil on the slope and set fire to prevent the enemy from burning and killing them. Later, they diverted water to wash the slope away. The massacre that was very likely to occur disappeared invisible.

General Li said that they have soil, which is what he was referring to.

Fortunately, the method of burying the soil was not bad. After all, the siege vehicle was not a closed structure. When a basket of soil fell down, the Tuli soldiers were afraid of being buried alive, so they climbed up one after another. In the end, they were exposed to the sight of the soldiers of Qingzhou, causing the towers to collapse. The dense rain of arrows shot down into a sieve.

When the third batch of green vitriol arrived, the last two siege vehicles were completely destroyed.

Xue Yunzhou supported his forehead and said angrily: "It's so stupid! There is not enough magic water, why didn't I think of filling it with soil first, as long as the roof is melted, it will be fine, how much magic water I wasted..."

The soldiers next to them were in a good mood after winning the battle, and when they heard the princess scolding themselves, they all burst into laughter. Someone said: "A wise man will make mistakes if he thinks about it. The princess is saying that she is a wise man!"

Xue Yunzhou smiled wryly. When he smiled, the people beside him also relaxed. Since He Yuan's accident, this was the first time he relaxed, and the atmosphere eased a lot for a while.

Xue Yunzhou said: "Everyone has worked hard, let's take a rest first. Today's eight siege vehicles should be Tuli's trump card. Everyone must be confident, the enemy is not as smart as us!"

Now Xue Yunzhou is not just a princess with a stable military spirit in the minds of the soldiers. In the past, I heard how much contribution he made in the construction of Qingzhou. Many soldiers on the border could not experience it personally. But in this battle of defending the city, Xue Yunzhou His calm decision-making and credit are obvious to all, and everyone's admiration for him is real.

Xue Yunzhou said that the enemy is not smart to appease people's hearts, but in his current position, these words seem to have special weight. Everyone seems to really feel that those Tuli people are not to be feared, and the tense heartstrings are really relaxed.

Xue Yunzhou watched everyone spread out to rest, and sat down against the wall. Just as he took the water bowl from Yu Qing, he heard hurried and heavy footsteps from the side.

He raised his head, and saw that it was Commander Qin who was in charge of public security in the city, and this paralyzed commander who had always had emotions and desires frowned for the first time at this moment, and his eyes could not hide the solemnity, which made Xue Yunzhou's heart flicker into the air again.

"Princess!" Commander Qin stepped forward to salute with fists in his hands, and made a look at him.

Xue Yunzhou understood, got up quickly and led him to a secluded place, and asked Yu Qing to stand far away to stare around, and then asked, "What happened?"

Commander Qin said in a deep voice: "Three people died one after another in the northwest corner of the city. After the examination by the doctor, they were infected by the plague."

"What?!" Xue Yunzhou's eyes widened, cold sweat dripped from his back, he stared at Commander Qin, his voice tightened, "Where is the source? Have you found it?"

"Our water source has been polluted, and it was the Tuli who threw dead pigs and sheep upstream."

Xue Yunzhou stood there expressionlessly for a while, finally took a deep breath, gritted his teeth and said, "This news cannot be covered up, and it should be announced quickly, and all running water will be banned immediately from the whole city! Cut off the source of pollution as soon as possible, and inform Xue Yunqing of the news in detail He and his disciples are proficient in medical science, and they might be able to think of a way to treat the sewage. In addition, they will closely observe the people in the city, and if anyone shows signs of abnormality, they will be isolated and treated immediately, and those who die will be cremated immediately!"

The orders were stated calmly and clearly. Xue Yunzhou had obviously been tempered in this battle. He used to act like a big child after giving birth, but now without He Yuan by his side, he seemed to fade away overnight. The young mind has become truly calm and decisive.

Such a change made the people around him look at him with admiration, but he himself was in great pain. He would rather hide heartlessly under He Yuan's protection every day, and always act like a bastard...

After giving the order, Xue Yunzhou sat cross-legged on the ground as if he had collapsed, and waved to Commander Qin: "Go and do it."

Qin Commander Su Rong responded, and said worriedly: "The drinking water for the people in the city..."

Xue Yunzhou got up from the ground again: "I'm going back to the palace to discuss matters, and we all think of a way together."

Qingzhou is short of water than the south, and people have the habit of storing water in their homes. According to the current situation, it can cope with it for a few days, but it is only a few days. If the Tuli army does not retreat after a few days, the city will completely cut off the water .

Cutting off water is more troublesome than cutting off food, and the grim situation is before us in a blink of an eye.

It's really endless!

Xue Yunzhou now hates Tuli deeply.

In the next period of time, the Tuli army stopped attacking and only surrounded Qingzhou City silently. However, the people in Qingzhou City did not relax because of this. Instead, they were more nervous than ever before. The less water there is, the less water you can bear without drinking, and you will never drink a drop. Instead, you will take out the melons and fruits that you usually don't want to eat to quench your thirst, but even these melons and fruits are eaten very frugally.

Time passed day by day, letters for help were sent out, and nearby counties offered to lend a helping hand, but the road was blocked by the Tuli army. The enemy and reinforcements outside the city could not enter, and the people inside the city could not get out. Fewer and fewer came, and all the ministers in the Yan Palace almost turned their hair gray. Xue Yunqing and his disciples said that they thought of a way to treat the sewage, but it couldn't be done in a short period of time. When the water was completely drinkable, the people would probably die of thirst.

Xue Yunzhou paced back and forth in the palace, so irritable that he didn't know what to do. The two children were still guarding the coffin, and they were sensible enough not to argue for water. The water dripped on their lips, and seeing this scene, Xue Yunzhou wished he could find a place to squat down and cry.

After a few more days, the city gradually became unstable, and some corners began to riot. When the chaos came together, the people's hearts became more panicked, and there would only be more chaos in the future. Xue Yunzhou immediately sent people to maintain law and order, but under the threat of death, the people Don't eat this kind of thing anymore, some violent people actually started to fight with the officers and soldiers.

By this time, Xue Yunzhou finally felt the taste of despair.

I used to read the scenes of famine years recorded in history books, such as "eating tree bark and gnawing roots", and "changing seeds to eat", but a few words, how can he, a modern young man with no worries about food and clothing, realize it, but now he is around Being in it, I finally felt the horror firsthand.

The lack of water is more difficult than the lack of food. When he heard that someone slaughtered livestock to eat live blood, his scalp became numb. When he heard that all the livestock in the city had been slaughtered but no blood flowed into rivers, he seemed to be able to imagine the blood of the people. The horrific scene of crowding and looting to lick the blood on the ground, at the same time, a kind of unspeakable fear arose in my heart.

He thought of those cold and emotionless words in the history books, until one day he suddenly heard a shocking news: Someone murdered and drank blood!

Xue Yunzhou felt that his scalp was about to explode, and he wanted to roar but couldn't make a sound. He locked the siblings at home and watched closely, and he didn't go out again. Let the two children commit suicide, and then go to modern times to reunite with the second brother.

The brothers and sisters followed him closely now, and He Jin, who was always lively, also became taciturn. She raised her head to look at Xue Yunzhou, her voice was no longer clear and loud: "Daddy, if we die together, we can go to reunite with Daddy ?"

The childish words made people on the left and right shed tears, but Xue Yunzhou smiled, his smile was genuine, and his tone was firm: "Yes."

He Jin asked: "Then why don't we die sooner?"

The nanny froze for a moment, then ran out with a whimper.

Xue Yunzhou froze.

Why?why?

He Lu tugged at He Jin's sleeve: "Father lied to us, father doesn't want us to die."

I don't know if it was the nanny who started it, the whole palace burst into tears, the crying infected the brothers and sisters, He Lu looked up at the expressionless Xue Yunzhou, bit his chapped lips tightly, tears rolled in his eyes , but he didn't shed a single tear, while He Jin had already started crying along with the crowd.

Xue Yunzhou squatted down and hugged the siblings, raised his hand to touch He Lu's head: "Cry."

He Lu's eyes widened, and big and big tears rolled down.

At this moment, there was a commotion outside, someone stumbled in and ran in, ignoring the salute, crying and laughing, "Tuli has retreated! Tuli has retreated! Princess! Tuli has retreated!"

Xue Yunzhou raised his head in disbelief: "What?"

"Tuli retreated! It's true! The Tuli army pulled out the camp overnight, and left in a hurry, like burning their butts!" The more the man said, the more excited he became, "The Tuli army really retreated!"

Seeing his crazy appearance, Xue Yunzhou couldn't believe it for a while, but hope still rose in his heart, he couldn't help standing up slowly, patted the brothers and sisters on the head, let go of them and staggered out.

The gongs and drums were already ringing outside the palace, and Xue Yunzhou climbed onto the tower under the strict protection of the guards.

General Li came towards him with a smile all over his face: "Tuli has retreated!"

Although he still had doubts, seeing that General Li still looked like a normal person, Xue Yunzhou really believed it. He turned his head and looked to the north, where the dust and smoke were billowing and the sun could not be seen. It seemed that the Tuli army was indeed in a hurry.

General Zhao and other generals also came over one after another, everyone's face was filled with the smiles of the survivors, Xue Yunzhou looked at the north, and then at the red-faced men around him, he couldn't help but gradually curled his lips: "immediately Arrange spies to follow, and make sure to find out why Tuli retreated."

At this special moment, the calmest person turned out to be the youngest and most distinguished Xue Yunzhou. All the generals were ashamed for a while, and at the same time, they admired him even more.

Xue Yunzhou looked around, took a deep breath, and ordered again: "Get out of the city! Carry water!"

All the soldiers straightened their backs and shouted in unison: "De Ling!"