Zhang Cheng was unable to go into battle to kill the enemy in person, so he could only command from the rear.
The same goes for Zhang Yun, who was pushed by others and sat on a chair, watching the progress of the siege ahead.
Zhang Cheng's expression was not very good. Unexpectedly, after attacking for two hours, the soldiers in Nanping City continued to use tricks and caused many casualties to the Northern Hebei Army, but they did not move even an inch of the city gate.
Zhang Yun had no expression on his face, and Nanping City was holding on. This was what he expected. Although he was also concerned about casualties, he was more concerned about taking Nanping City as soon as possible.
Therefore, he said to Zhang Cheng: "Second uncle, it's still a little late to attack the city, right?"
Zhang Cheng nodded. He was the one who hesitated and struggled at first, giving Zhou Gu the opportunity to sneak into the military camp and assassinate them. Zhang Xing died without telling them. Now he didn't expect Nanping City to be so difficult to attack.
"Let the soldiers work harder, Nanping City can't stop it." Zhang Yun shouted, "beat the drum hard."
As he finished speaking, the drum beat like thunder.
Ning Chi personally guarded the city gate and fought with the soldiers. Ning Ze was poor in martial arts and did not have many brushes, so he followed others to carry things to the city gate.
Jiang Zhudong looked like a scholar, but he looked weak, but in fact he was not weak and had good skills. Ning Chi looked at him and found that his martial arts skills were even higher than his own.
Marquis Nanping also went up to the tower, together with Ningchi and everyone else.
After all, Marquis Nanping was used to pampering himself, so he was injured not long after, and was almost stabbed through by a sword. Fortunately, Ning Chi saw him, and at the critical moment, he stretched out his left arm to block the sword for him.
Because of this, Ning Chi was also injured.
However, he injured his left hand, so it was not a problem. He only ordered someone to send Marquis Nanping back to his residence.
Marquis Nanping's face turned pale. In addition to being blocked by Ning Chi, his chest was also injured. He could no longer fight with others and had to be sent back.
When Mrs. Hou saw Nanping Hou being carried back, her face turned pale with fright, and she burst into tears, "Master Hou, this is, this is...Master Hou..."
"Don't cry, I'm fine. It was the prince who saved me. Although my injury is serious, it is not fatal." Marquis Nanping felt very uncomfortable. He did not expect that he was so useless. He was really standing on the tower. He, the Marquis,
He didn't kill many people, but he seriously injured himself. He even injured his son to save himself.
When Mrs. Hou heard this, she finally swallowed back her tears and quickly called the doctor.
Lying on the bed, Marquis Nanping held Madam Hou's hand and said, "I'm not even older than the heir apparent with two children. Needless to say, Ze'er looks weak, but if something really happens, he's someone who can handle it. I'll be back."
At that time, I saw him dragging a cart with a gray face and carrying dry firewood to the city gate."
Mrs. Hou was afraid, "Master Hou, can we survive it? I am afraid..."
"Don't be afraid, it's useless to be afraid. If the city is really destroyed, let's not put a burden on the court and avoid being insulted. We can just wipe our necks ourselves." Nanping Hou comforted Madam Hou, "If you die by then, it will be fine."
The whole family dies together.”
Mrs. Hou: "..."
She doesn't want to die either.
The Northern Hebei Army attacked the city for a full night, but still failed to capture Nanping City.
Zhang Cheng's face turned dark. Seeing that no matter how hard he beat the drums, the soldiers were tired and their attack on the city slowed down. It seemed that they would not be able to capture Nanping City today.
Zhang Yun also saw it and said, "Second uncle, call for gold and withdraw the troops. Let the soldiers rest for half a day before attacking."
Zhang Cheng nodded and ordered his troops to withdraw their troops.
Seeing that the Northern Hebei Army Ming Jin retreated, Ning Chi held his sword and shook his body. He supported the wall and looked at Jiang Zhu. They both breathed a sigh of relief. Seeing this, they could at least rest for half a day.
Both of them were stained with blood, especially Ningchi, who was covered in blood, both from his own and from the soldiers of the Northern Hebei Army. His most serious injury was the one he suffered for Marquis Nanping. After all, it was his biological father. This father
Although I was not good to him before, it was not too bad. He could not just ignore me.
The two of them went down to the tower and let the soldiers rest and repair.
Ning Ze ran over to help Ningchi, "Brother, how are you? You are so powerful. I heard that you saved your father. Where are you injured?"
Ning Chi wanted to shake him off, but had no strength, so he had to help him get into the carriage, too lazy to say a word to him.
Ning Ze babbled, "Brother, I am also very good today. There are not enough manpower, so I mobilized all the women and children to help me cart dry wood, grease and other things. Look at my hands, they are all worn out."
It’s crazy, I’ve never experienced anything like this before, but it scares me to death and makes me exhausted.”
Ning Chi took a look at his hand. The broken fingers were all broken. He was moved in his heart and finally said to him, "Well done."
Ning Ze had a smile on his face, like a flower blooming, but he couldn't see it.
Jiang Zhu thinks Ning Ze is very interesting. He seems to have no merit and is a bit stupid, but in fact he still has many merits. It can be seen that Miss Su Qi agreed to take him in and take him to Nanchu because she discovered something about him.
advantage.
There are not many masters who can find the good points in people like this, and he is a little more determined to follow Su Rong.
Ning Ze turned around and saw Jiang Zhu smiling at him, making him smile a little bit. He quickly pulled his hand back, "Jiang, Brother Jiang, what are you laughing at?"
Jiang Zhudao: "I laugh at the second young master, he has a bright future."
People like him have a bright future, and if he follows Miss Su Qi, he will definitely have a bright future.
"Uh..." Ning Ze touched his nose, "That's it."
He was very happy when he was praised well, and he also thought that he had a bright future.
Back at the Hou Mansion, the doctor was already waiting, bandaging Ning Chi and Jiang Zhu. After the two bandaged, Ning Ze stretched out his hand to the doctor, "Look at me, my hand hurts too.
"
The doctor paused, nodded, and quickly applied medicine to Ning Ze's hand.
Mrs. Hou was very happy to see her son come back in good condition. The Northern Hebei Army had finally withstood its first attack on the city. She was relieved that her son was fine, but she looked for him after he had broken the skin on one hand.
The doctor bandaged it, and it was much lighter than the two injuries on his elder brother's body. After a while, they were all healed. She was so speechless that she was so embarrassed for him.
I don’t know why the child I gave birth to is so different from the child born to my husband, who is also of the Nanping Hou race.
Is it because she, as a mother, is a little greedy, afraid of death and afraid of pain?
Look at the Marquis of Nanping. After all, he was stabbed in the chest. He didn't even cry or fuss. The doctor bandaged him and only grunted twice. His son Ningchi, holding on to his wounds, fought with the soldiers of the Northern Hebei Army.
After coming back after such a long time, the doctor bandaged him, but his expression remained unchanged and he didn't even hum.
Everyone was tired, so they took advantage of the truce between the Northern Hebei Army and took a rest.
Ningchi couldn't sleep and had to make preparations to wait for the second attack by the Northern Hebei Army.
Ning Ze looked at Ning Chi, hesitated for a long time, gritted his teeth and said to him: "Brother, just rest and leave it to me, I won't be tired."
