After arranging all matters, General Liu continued to have fun at Baihua Tower.
When someone asked, he showed an expression of indifference: "Xu is just trying to scare people. There are only a thousand people, just pretending to be outside, just waiting for us to mess up! Xingtong is built on the mountain, so it has a favorable geographical location."
Well, the moat is wide and the city gate is strong, so they are beating them with their heads! I heard that Miss Xu San is gathering the refugees, haha, the pressure on food and grass is great! Just wait and see, they will retreat in ten days at most. Come on, come on
Come on, keep playing and dancing!"
When others saw that he was so calm and composed, and that he was still enjoying the singing and dancing with interest, their hearts calmed down.
Looking outside the city, the Nanyuan Army really did not attack by force. They sent people to call for battle every day as usual, building mountains of earth and arranging siege equipment at the same time. The momentum was quite large, but after several days, there were only a few casualties, and the atmosphere in the city was poor.
Relax.
Everyone thought that General Liu was indeed an experienced veteran. Although he lost the previous battle, Yan Er was not an ordinary person after all. Can a person who destroyed the Zhenbei Protectorate at the age of seventeen be easy to deal with?
Isn't this Miss Xu San also a famous general?
The oiran of Baihualou leaned against General Liu, listening to their jokes, and jokingly said: "General, Miss Xu San is not an ordinary person! When she assassinated Wu Zijing the year before last, she gave us a big shock."
General Liu laughed loudly: "Of course they are not ordinary people. How can it be easy for such stunning beauties as Xu's twins to come out?"
Lieutenant Li, who was taking a break during his shift, laughed: "Yes! The beauty is just outside the city. It would be great if I could take a look and see if she is really as beautiful as the rumors."
At this point, Lieutenant Li had a greedy thought: "Novice leaders like to be in the limelight. If Miss Xu San comes to the battle in person, maybe we can capture her back."
General Liu was startled and said hurriedly: "I'm afraid this won't be easy. She must have a general with her, and she won't be allowed to take risks easily."
Lieutenant Li thought about it: "That's right..."
General Liu secretly stroked his chest and thought to himself, this fool, no wonder he is just a school lieutenant. He dares to miss Miss Xu San even though he is like this. I am afraid you will die if you cross the suspension bridge!
…
It was getting dark outside, and the earthen hills built in the past few days had already reached a certain scale.
Du Ming ordered: "We started working all night, and as before, we beat the gong every half an hour to harass them."
"yes."
He waited and watched for a while. Sure enough, the rebel soldiers guarding the city were used to it. Every time the gong was struck, only one or two people would come out to see what was going on, and then go back.
He turned back and told Wei Jun: "Your plan can be implemented."
"Okay!" Wei Jun geared up and ordered the personal guard team, "Put on your equipment, carry your things on your back, and set off in a quarter of an hour!"
They followed Xu Yin around and were not as good as Du Ming in fighting, and no one could compare with him in this kind of work.
Within a quarter of an hour, everyone had put on waterproof tights and carried layers of protective "baby" on their backs.
Wei Jun gave the order: "Let's go!"
A group of people quietly found their way out of the camp, took advantage of the darkness to sneak into the moat, carefully swam across, found a blind spot, and dug a hole toward the city gate.
The rebel soldiers guarding the city were unconscious. Loud snoring could be heard from the other door. They were only awakened by the sound of the gong and cursed a few times.
…
In Baihua Tower, the topic continued to revolve around Miss Xu San.
The oiran said vividly: "When Wu Zijing threatened, we all thought that the states in Chu were going to change hands. The big families in the city quietly sent people to pack their luggage, just in case. Who knows, after that Lantern Festival, we suddenly heard that Wu Zijing was dead.
Yes! Our Lord Qi was so happy that he immediately sent people to Nanyuan with heavy gifts, and some poor people established a shrine for Miss Xu San, saying that she was the goddess of the Nine Heavens who descended to earth!"
General Liu heard this with interest: "Killing Wu Zijing is indeed a miracle, but it's not that great, right? Offering incense to a stranger is too exaggerated. How can a little girl like her afford it?"
The oiran sighed: "General, you don't know something. You are far away. All I know is that Wu Zijing is a fierce man. We in Chu State are trembling under his lustful power. He slaughtered all the members of the royal family in Daliang. Now this person
King Lu was only fourteen or fifteen years old when he succeeded to the throne! All his relatives in Yongcheng were killed. If Wu Zijing really succeeded, how could the wealthy people run away, but where would the common people go? Miss Xu San only killed one person
, but it has saved thousands of civilians, so it is not an exaggeration to establish a god."
"That's it!" General Liu nodded, suddenly looked sideways, and said sadly, "Don't you think of me the same way, right? So many people have died in Xingtong, if Miss Xu San kills me
, so that you can survive, right?"
A chill ran down the oiran's back, but luckily she was still quick-witted, forcing out a smile and hugging his arm in a coquettish way: "What did the general say? What do those people have to do with me? Aren't I living a good life? General."
With so many rewards, I can’t wait to pester a distinguished guest like you every day!”
General Liu's heart suddenly melted as he stood next to the warm-scented nephrite. He stretched out his hand to rub his bulging chest and said with a smile, "I can't bear to leave you, either!"
He thought to himself that Miss Xu San was able to kill Wu Zijing because she was unexpected. Attacking the city was not an easy task. It would take seven or eight days for them to build a mountain of earth and make many preparations. He had already done this for three days.
All the treasures collected these days have been packed up. As soon as the fight starts, when the front is in chaos, he will immediately run away with his soldiers!
Thinking like this, he made an arrogant look on his face, pinched the oiran's nose and said: "You said Miss Xu San is the mysterious goddess from the Nine Heavens who descended to earth, but I want to see if she has the ability to save you from the fire pit!"
The oiran laughed and said, "This is just a joke among the common people. Don't take it seriously!"
General Liu snorted: "What an ignorant and ignorant people! If praying to gods and worshiping Buddha is useful, then why do you need a murderer like me to do this? Even if she is really the mysterious goddess of the Nine Heavens, I will make her fall!"
Lieutenant Li drank so much that he was in a daze and nodded in agreement: "That's right! That's right!"
At this time, an earth-shattering roar suddenly exploded, causing the houses in Huajie Street, not far from the city gate, to tremble.
The oiran almost fell down with an "ouch" and barely held on to the back of the chair. General Liu had already stood up and asked alertly: "What's the sound? Is this the direction of the city gate? Go and find out!"
After a while, his soldiers rushed in, accompanied by the faint sound of horse hooves and shouts of death.
"General, it's not good! Suddenly thunder fell from the sky and the city gate has been broken open!"
What? So the Nanyuan Army came in?
General Liu's army was in chaos, as if he had returned to the day he fought against Yan Er.
"Let's go! Let's go!" Recalling the nightmare, he got up and rushed out, hoping that he would have good luck this time and be able to escape with his life.
The oiran huddled behind the chair, shivering with fear, but at the same time couldn't help but feel happy.
Divine thunder from heaven! Oh my god, Miss Xu San really is the mysterious goddess from the Nine Heavens who has come down to punish rape and eliminate evil!