The Grand Secretary’s Pampered Wife

Chapter 498 Siege (Part 1)

The news of the battle in Yuegu City is not one or two days old. The people who can run away all run away. If they can’t run away, they store rice and grain at home. The first rice store in the village happened to have food in stock, and the rest of the stores barely had enough for themselves.

Gu Chengfeng walked down the empty street dejectedly.

As the son of the Hou family, when did he worry about basic necessities?

His delicacies from mountains and seas cost more than five taels of silver for a meal, but this was the daily ration of hundreds of soldiers.

"Master Hu, can you really find no other place to buy rice?" Gu Chengfeng asked in a low mood.

Master Hu had a panoramic view of Gu Chengfeng's expression, and he sighed a long time: "I've been to every shop that has rice, and that's all I have."

Otherwise, they have to go door-to-door to collect, and this Master Hu didn't say anything.

He could see that these two young adults were different from those imperial envoys in the past, they would not forcibly expropriate people's things.

"Then how long can our food last?" Gu Chengfeng asked.

"This..." Master Hu calculated silently in his heart for a while, and said, "If you reduce one meal a day, you can last for two days."

Gu Chengfeng murmured: "But my elder brother won't come until four days later."

Moreover, it cannot be reduced.

They are soldiers who defend their homes and the country, how can they be allowed to fight hungry?

Not to mention that Chen Guo's army will not come to attack the city these few days, they are all approaching the city, if they don't take the opportunity to take down Yuegu City, will they wait for his elder brother to come and take them all together?

While the two were talking, they returned to the camp near the tower with the grain and grass pulled by the mule cart.

Gu Chengfeng walked with his head sullen and didn't look forward, and Master Hu did the same.

Suddenly, an accompanying soldier yelled loudly: "My lord! Master! Look!"

Gu Chengfeng and Master Hu looked in the direction of the soldier's finger. It was the kitchen near the camp. They saw that the ground at the door of the kitchen was filled with strange and strange bundles. What, some of the burdens are loose, and rice grains or steamed buns can be vaguely seen.

There are even corn cobs, green vegetables, steamed buns, pancakes, bacon, eggs that are directly packed in a sieve and dustpan...

Gu Chengfeng was thinking about what was going on, when he saw several common people coming over with several small bags of white flour and cornmeal.

They put the flour on the ground and went away without saying a word.

The little baby who had just talked to Gu Chengfeng also came over.

He was with his mother, and his mother put down a few freshly baked sweet potatoes, and he seemed to want to put something in, but he searched his pockets and found nothing.

Finally, after thinking about it, he took out the half-eaten sesame candy from his mouth, sucked his saliva, and put the sesame candy on one of the sweet potatoes with great reluctance and loyalty.

That was something he could only eat during Chinese New Year.

It's just because there is going to be a war, and he doesn't know if he will survive, so his parents took it out for him to eat in advance.

It was the best he could come up with.

Gu Chengfeng's eye sockets suddenly became hot.

They are the people of Zhao Kingdom that his grandfather and elder brother swore to protect to the death, but not only the soldiers are protecting the people, the people are also protecting them in their own way.

Guard an army, guard a city.

Outside the city wall, Chen Guo's army has already begun to prepare the rams and ladders needed to attack the city. Because of the moat, they also need to prepare a few flying bridges.

The flybridge is being built rapidly, and the ladder is also being assembled intensively.

Looking at their manpower and progress, Tang Yueshan reckoned that they would be ready tomorrow night.

As long as there are weapons for attacking the city, there are also weapons for defending the city. In the city, not only blacksmiths were recruited to forge armor and weapons, but also carpenters were recruited by Tangyue Mountain, mainly to lead the soldiers to build crash cars, stones and rolling logs.

The crash car is an ordnance used to deal with the siege ladder. A ram is tied to the frame to destroy or knock down the ladder when it approaches.

In addition, there is fire oil and arrows.

It is not necessary for the carpenters in the city to make arrows. The archers of the Tang family can do it themselves. This is also one of their basic skills. Archers from other countries do not need to know how to make arrows themselves. What about the Six Nations?

After deploying his troops, Tang Yueshan quietly waited for the dawn.

This is a sleepless night, not only for Chen Guo's army, but also for Yu Zhao's soldiers.

When the sky turned pale, the preparations were almost done. They only had 7,000 troops, and the regular army was less than 5,000.

The 20,000 troops of Chen Guo's army are real regular troops. The disparity in strength between the two sides is too great. This is a battle to the death.

But just like what Gu Chengfeng said, even if you fight to the last person, you must defend the city.

The price may be the lives of these seven thousand soldiers, including Tang Yueshan's own life.

"Marshal Tang."

The eye-catching sky light came in through the gap in the curtain of the self-operated tent, and with it came two newly appointed lieutenants of Tang Yueshan, both of whom came to return to their orders.

"Is everything ready?" Tang Yueshan asked.

Vice-General Cen cupped his hands and said: "Returning to your lord, the car crash and the stone rolling are all done, and they have also moved to the tower."

"Okay." Tang Yueshan nodded, then looked at Lieutenant General Li.

Lieutenant General Li also cupped his hands and said, "The weapons and armor have also been forged."

"Let the soldiers go to rest." Tang Yueshan said, paused, and then said, "Eat well, and prepare for the battle tonight."

The two looked at each other with complicated expressions, cupped their hands, and replied in unison: "Yes!"

Vice-General Cen left first, and Vice-General Li handed over a new pair of armor to Tang Yueshan: "This is the armor you want."

Tang Yueshan's eyes fell on the brand-new and cold armor, he raised his hand, and touched it lightly: "Okay."

Gu Jiao had been busy all night in the camp where the wounded soldiers were being treated. The doctors in the city heard that there was a shortage of manpower, so they all spontaneously came here. Like Gu Jiao, they did not touch the ground and stayed up all night.

After treating the last round of wounded soldiers, all the doctors were exhausted and paralyzed.

The doctors didn't care about going home to rest, and all fell asleep on the table.

Gu Jiao sat on the ground, holding her red-tasseled spear in her arms, leaning against the pillars supporting the tent, and fell asleep not long after.

She was woken up by the heat, and when she opened her eyes, she saw a thick robe on her body, which belonged to Gu Chengfeng.

She took off the robe, stretched her feet, sat up straight, and rubbed her sore neck and lower back.

When rubbing her lower back, her fingertips inadvertently touched something cold. She blinked strangely, and when she turned her head, she saw a pair of armor beside her.

She murmured, "Whose armor?"

Hu Dongqiang walked into the tent with the boiled soup and medicine. When he saw Gu Jiao, his eyes lit up: "My lord! You are awake! Just in time, I cooked the soup and medicine you ordered me to wake up the patient and feed him." ?"

"Well, hello." Gu Jiao said.

"Okay!" Hu Dongqiang went to wake up the wounded soldier who needed medicine.

"Whose armor is it?" Gu Jiao asked him.

"Your?" Hu Dongqiang said.

"Mine?" Gu Jiao blinked.

Hu Dongqiang speculated: "Last night, the blacksmiths in the city repaired and forged armor for the soldiers overnight. Maybe they made a pair for you, my lord."

Gu Jiao covered herself, stood up and tried.

Also weird fit.

She also put on the helmet and went to the water tank to take a picture.

Well.

nice.

Gu Jiao shook her little head!

The terrain of Yuegu City is steep and surrounded by mountains on three sides. It is easiest to attack the city from the front without worrying about strength.

Chen Guo's 20,000 troops naturally wouldn't be afraid of Yuegu City's thousands of troops, this was simply a crush without any suspense.

The top general leading the troops this time is Rong Yao's youngest son, Rong Fu.

The news Taishou Cheng heard was that Rong Yao led the army himself, but in fact Rong Yao just sent the army out of Yecheng, and the real leader of the army was his youngest son Rong Fu.

In the dream, Rong Yao rushed to slaughter the city after Rong Fu was shot to death.

The one who shot Rong Fu was not the Tang family's archer, but a very ordinary guard. The guard had never been accurate in shooting arrows, and he was stunned when he shot Rong Fu.

Rong Fu was more confused than him.

Rong Fu and Gu Changqing are equally famous, they are both young and famous generals, and they are about the same age.

This battle was a crucial one for Rong Fu, and he was determined to win.

Whether Rong Fu will be shot to death, Gu Jiao is not sure.

After all, many things have changed. Tang Yueshan's army has entered the city, and she and Gu Chengfeng have also entered the city. The guard who shot Rong Fu to death may have been sent to another post by Tang Yueshan, and Chen Guo's offense and defense are also different. Things are different in the dream.

In the evening, Rong Fu ordered to attack the city.