That night, Li Mi received the secret letter from Feiying.
On the eighth day of the lunar month, Changle's army reassembled and attacked Lingnan Pass again. They continued to attack Lingnan Pass with great momentum, but they could not defeat the trebuchets at Lingnan Pass, so they could not attack and still could not touch the city wall of Lingnan Pass.
But on the twelfth day of the first lunar month, Changle's army came up with a strange plan. They held three thousand Dali people as human shields in front of the battle array. They launched an attack again, pressing harder and harder, and put a ladder on the city wall. Fortunately, our army killed the enemy with blood and was about to climb up.
The enemy troops on the city wall were killed and driven back one by one.
This battle lasted for several hours, with both sides suffering heavy losses, and ended with Changle's army retreating.
This was all news before, Li Mi already knew about it, and tonight the latest news came.
On the eve of the 15th day of the 15th day, Changle's army once again launched an attack with civilian human shields. This time it was overwhelming. Corpses fell from the city wall one by one, and climbed up one by one, in an endless stream, unstoppable.
At about noon on the 15th, general Yu Chiru was killed by a general under King Hou. Our army lost its leader, its morale was low, and it was difficult to resist the enemy.
In the end, Lingnan City was destroyed.
Yu Chiru's eldest son died in the battle, and several generals died in the battle.
Yu Chiru's second son gathered more than 70,000 remaining troops and retreated hastily to Qiuling County to defend it.
In this battle, our army of 200,000 was only left with over 70,000, suffering heavy casualties.
The enemy's losses were less than 100,000.
After reading the secret letter, Li Mi's expression became tense.
Lingnan Pass was lost, and the situation is now very dangerous. The Qiuling County from Lingnan Pass is already in Jingzhou, and it is only five cities away from Dongling County, but more than 600 miles away.
Dali is in danger!
Changle's army lost 100,000 troops and captured Lingnan Pass. Li Mi was not sure whether they would take advantage of the situation or take a break.
King Hou has 80,000 men, and Changle's army has lost 100,000 and still has 200,000 left. This situation is very unfavorable to Dali.
It would probably be tomorrow before the urgent news reached Beijing, so Li Mi responded quickly.
When he left Beijing on New Year's Eve, the emperor's brother gave him an imperial edict, instructing him to give full authority to give orders in emergencies and to kill first and report later.
He immediately came to Wanshan and ordered him to rush back to Xiangzhou immediately, and asked his father, King Changshan, to organize his army and rush to Qiuling County to aid Qiuling County. Changle's army must not be allowed to attack Jingzhou again!
And he then took Wanda out of the room and left the Songshan Inn, rushing to Panshi Town.
When they arrived in town, at dawn, Li Mi called Li Yang, who had not yet returned to the village, to explain this and that in person.
Li Yang received the order and immediately rushed back to the village without delaying for a moment.
Of course, I will send old Mrs. Deng and Mrs. Miao back home by the way.
Li Donggua, his wife and Lihua stayed in the town and did not go back.
The ready-made clothing shop is quick to decorate. Before opening, Mrs. Chen has to make preparations. The channel for purchasing goods is Grandma Cheng's cloth shop. Don't worry, but she has to make some ready-made clothes first before she can open the shop.
Li Donggua has decided to open a wood carving shop in partnership with Manager Qu. Manager Qu is responsible for opening and operating the shop. He will use his wood carving skills as a shareholder, and all the profits will be 37%, and he will get 30%.
Li Yang often has to run outside and can't be of much help to the shop. On the surface, he has the Cheng family, but secretly, he has also asked his second brother and others to ensure that there will never be any unsighted people coming to trouble their shop.
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The cabbage heads that had been hung up for several days were wilted, and it looked like the sun was shining brightly today. Song Qiu got up early and brought out the cutting boards, cut the cabbage heads into pieces, and spread them on bamboo trellises to dry.
The cabbage cubes that were dried earlier look almost done, and they will be ready to be washed in the sun for a few more days.
Manju walked into the courtyard with a sewing basket on her arm, "Aqiu, where are these cabbage heads? I cut them yesterday, and as you said, the pieces of cabbage dried out looked quite dry, so I just wanted to ask.
You, which one is better? What to do after drying it? I asked your uncle Wujin to buy all the salt! He even bought a new jar."
Wu Wujin and his son go to the town every day to sell goods and run business. She and her mother are alone at home, living a comfortable life. She has nothing to do. When she is free from work, she makes shoes.
Made for father and son Wu Wujin. They often go out and waste shoes.
When I went out for a walk, I kept busy with my hands. I found a stool and sat down, talking to myself while making shoe soles.
There were several companies in the village that wanted to make salted vegetables with her. Song Qiu naturally knew it. Hearing this, he said: "Aunt Manju, you made it the day after I made it, right? It's probably similar to mine. I plan to
It still needs two days of sunbathing before washing, so you can wait two more days."
Man Ju listened and responded, "Okay! When you make it, remember to call me and I'll come and see how it's done. Last time I heard you talk about something about pork with pickles and vegetables, your uncle Wujin
That’s what I have to ask about every time I come back, just to have a taste of what it feels like.”
Song Qiu grinned, "When the salted vegetables are ready, I will teach my aunt how to make them!"
"Okay!" Manju got the words right and turned around to have some fun with Old Yuan.
Li Yang drove the mule cart up the gentle slope and stopped in front of Zhang's house. The three Miaos and Madam Miao got out of the cart, turned around and helped old Deng to get out of the cart as well.
Here, Old Yuan and the others heard the commotion and saw that they were back, so they naturally came over to say hello.
"Why are you the only ones back? Where are Donggua and the others?"
Old Mrs. Deng was so tired that she didn't even wait for Mrs. Miao to open the door. She went directly to the Song family courtyard and sat down next to Mrs. Yuan. "Ah Yang has decided on the decoration. I think it will be done in seven or eight days."
To be able to open, Cao'er has to be busy making ready-made clothes, otherwise when it opens, there won't be any clothes in the shop, how can it be called a ready-made clothes shop? So they won't come back for the time being, and they will live in the town."
"Originally, I was asked to live in the town, but I'm used to living in the village, so I still want to live in the village. Besides, I'm not used to not seeing you or hanging out with you all day."
Over there, Mrs. Miao opened the courtyard door and entered the courtyard, and continued: "Mother is talking about you, Aunt Yuan! So I told mother to just stay back. It's convenient to talk to Aunt Yuan here. Second brother and the others are not at home anyway."
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Old Yuan laughed when he heard this, "The town is busy, how can it be quiet in our village? You might as well live in the village. Since Hugua's wife asked you to live back, then just live back. Otherwise, you'll be alone there."
It’s not reassuring.”
This house now belongs to Hu Gua. Who can say that Hu Gua cannot be filial and support his own mother?
Old Mrs. Deng naturally knew this, but subconsciously she still didn't want to live here. It would be nice to live next to Li's family. "This is just a village, only a few steps away? I came here while strolling, maybe
If you have to live here, Donggua also said that he will come back every one or two days, so don't be afraid."
Seeing that Aunt Yuan could not persuade her, Mrs. Miao couldn't help but feel a little disappointed. She really wanted to live with her mother. With an old man at home, her life would be different.
But if my mother doesn't want to, she can't force it.
After thinking about it, Old Yuan understood what Old Deng was thinking, and nodded, "That's okay. If nothing happens, I'll take a stroll and play with you."
Manju had been listening to them quietly, and she couldn't help but sigh when she thought about Mrs. Chen's coming a few days ago to mention that she wanted to keep Lihua for one more year.
She was not afraid that Donggua and his wife would regret this marriage, but now that their family opened a shop and bought a house in the town, the Zhou family was in a bit of trouble.
She had never cared about the troubles of the Lihua family when she first agreed to the marriage, but in the blink of an eye, their family had changed.
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A baby with breast milk feels drowsy and has never had enough sleep. He wants to sleep every day.