In the blink of an eye, Tuobafan's army was ten miles away. All the people along the river, inside and outside Dragon City were on tight alert.
The young men chopped back patches of dark green bamboo, and the women cut the bamboo into even pieces and marinated them in sea water. Even though it was cold and deep in winter, everyone was busy.
"Why do you want to put it in the sea?" Feng Sufu walked around to the slender white figure and said suspiciously: "We don't have much time."
Yang Xi just glanced at him lightly, and then directed the women to pick and polish the cowhide string. After a while, she had time to pay attention to him: "Soak in salt water to soften the fiber of the bamboo, otherwise the cowhide string will not be able to pierce it."
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At noon, when they arrived on the city wall, billowing dust seemed to have risen from the invisible distance, and the sky became dark and dark.
Tuoba Fan's evil face gradually became clearer in his mind. Yang Xi squeezed her right fist tightly, still afraid of that person.
"Did you ask Xiaoqing to investigate the Tamuqing matter?" Feng Sufu came up behind her. Seeing that she didn't deny it, he smiled calmly, "Even I was deceived."
"I have no intention of hiding it from you." She pursed her lips, not letting go of Xintong's matter completely. "It's just that I don't want you to be biased against anyone until the matter is confirmed."
"I just don't understand why Bai Qian would rather be misunderstood than explain." When they were in the main hall, she had no idea of their plan.
She smiled lightly, like gentle breeze and drizzle, which warmed not only others, but also herself. "How can a girl's thoughts be understood by a rough guy like you?"
In the evening, she saw Bai Qian at the beach. Like countless women, she was carefully wearing wet bamboo pieces with cowhide strings. When she saw Yang Xi, she was not polite and just said hello: "Princess.
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Yang Xi sat down next to her, holding the cowhide string with her slender long fingers and threading it carefully. The wet bamboo slices were as cold as ice, and her fingers felt numb for a moment.
"It's too cold here, Princess, please come back." Bai Qian glanced at her and said warmly.
"It's okay." After her numb long fingers recovered, she began to concentrate on putting them on again.
As night fell, the spies reported that the enemy warships on the sea in the Western Region were already within five miles. Looking from a distance, densely packed black spots could be seen. Yang Xi then asked Feng Sufu to lead a group of soldiers to seize the newly sewn ships.
After it was finished, the green bamboo barrels still dripping with water were transported to the back mountain.
She hurriedly shook off her small hands and followed closely behind the soldiers. When passing by Bai Qian, she suddenly stopped, turned back and smiled at Bai Qian, "Thank you."
Bai Qian was startled, a trace of surprise and excitement flashed in her eyes. "Princess..."
"He will get better soon, believe me." Yang Xi smiled at her again and hurriedly caught up with the soldiers.
Bai Qian's heart surged thousands of times in an instant.
Suddenly, she swayed, strode to catch up with Yang Xi, and apologized solemnly: "Princess, I'm sorry!"
"If you are in a different place, I will still doubt you." Yang Xi laughed at himself and said: "But, I don't know if I can also use my life to keep his secret."
Where can one find such a cold-hearted but elegant and holy woman in the world? "If one day I am gone, please promise me to take good care of him."
A trace of anger flashed through Bai Qian's bright eyes, and she said solemnly: "Princess, Bai Qian has no intention of competing with you."
"Because of this, I can safely leave him to you." Yang Xi smiled lightly, and no one could see the loneliness in her eyes. "One day you will understand."
After saying that, without waiting for her to respond, Yang Xi stepped forward and chased after the soldiers who had walked away. In the past few days, she had to patrol and command everywhere, and her elegant skirts had been replaced by simple light clothes. However, the silver
Under the moonlight, that slender and delicate figure is still elegant and moving.
Bai Qian looked at the retreating figure, and her heart sank inexplicably.
In the dark back mountain, the soldiers took advantage of the hazy moonlight to carry buckets of green bamboo buckets filled with sludge water to wooden carts. They took the green bamboo lids prepared in advance and carefully sealed the mouths of the buckets, and then quickly
Push the cart back to the beach.
The green bamboo bucket was not strong, so it had to be soaked back in the sea water before the bamboo pieces were dry. The slate water was flammable when exposed to fire, so all this had to be done at night, with only the moonlight and no fire.
"Eat something first." Feng Sufu stuffed a cold steamed bun into her hand.
She insisted on standing with the soldiers, so he could only keep an eye on the pool of stone water to prevent accidents from happening, and he did not dare to be careless at all.
Yang Xi didn't give in. She took it and took a few bites. She had hardly eaten anything since early morning. When she was halfway through eating, she stuffed the remaining half back to him. He didn't say anything.
It took two or three attempts to solve it.
Time is tight, and no one can spare any extra time to take care of anyone.
Countless green bamboo barrels were placed upside down in the sea water. Although the stone water was lighter than sea water, the gravity of the green bamboo itself was strong, so each barrel was only suspended in the water, not floating on the surface.
"Report!" The sentry jumped out of the boat and reported in a hurry, "Report to the princess, young master, the local warship is parked three miles away from our coast and has not come close."
"Explore again."
The sentry took the order, hurriedly climbed into the boat, and disappeared on the sea in a blink of an eye.
"It seems that they plan to wait for Tuo Bafan's army to arrive before attacking in one fell swoop." Feng Sufu looked at the sea in the distance. On the dark sea and sky, there was only the vast darkness of night.
"When will they arrive?" Yang Xi also imitated him and looked in the distance, it was hazy and he couldn't see anything clearly. If the fog is like this tomorrow night, how to judge the position of the sailors and send out the signal accurately?
"If we break camp early tomorrow morning and set out, we can arrive at noon."
"If they attack at night, can the person who sends the signal clearly see the situation on the sea one mile away?"
"It can only be discerned vaguely." It is difficult to estimate the weather color accurately depending on the season.
She bit her lip.
When marching and fighting, a slight mistake may lead to the annihilation of the entire army. Everyone knows this truth. If, at this time, there is a telescope...
Suddenly her eyes lit up and she asked urgently: "Is there a crystal ball in the palace?"
"Of course there are." Although the river line is not as rich as the imperial city, there are also many rare and curious things, but... "What do you want that thing for at this time?"
She smiled pretending to be mysterious and said, "Don't worry about it. Hurry up and have someone send me a bunch of them. The more, the better."
Natural crystals come in different sizes, so she doesn't have time to find someone to polish and carve them, so she can only try to choose the available ones.
"You thought they were stones." Still a pile of them!
Even though he said this, he ordered people to take all the crystals in the temple and take as many as possible.