At the Bali Town Tower, Ling Wenjing's posture was elegant and calm, if one could ignore the blood stains on her clothes.
What a handsome young man.
The man's back was as straight as a pine, his long white fingers were holding the tea cup steadily, and a bitter smell was inhaled into his nose.
Tea is naturally not a good tea.
It is a local bitter tea.
The tea is quite clear, but the taste is just that.
Anyway, Gu Jiu is not used to drinking.
Too bitter!
The man lowered his eyebrows and looked at the teacup in his hand, or rather at the few brown leaves in the teacup.
Eyes and eyebrows focused.
The corners of his lips were slightly raised.
Every move is like a painting.
He brought the teacup to his mouth and took a sip.
Tsk!
It’s so bitter!
But after the bitterness is gone, there is a hint of sweetness.
Gu Jiu, who was standing beside Ling Wenjing, clenched the knife in his hand and looked at the dark figure approaching under the tower.
"Master, here we go again!"
"How many times tonight?"
Asahikawa on the side said coldly: "Fifteen times!"
"What are the casualties?"
"Hui Shizi, more than half of the Beiyi army has suffered casualties. We...we have less than 20,000 people who can go out to kill the enemy now!"
If...if I could still move.
In fact, the only ones who can really kill the enemy are the people in the tower.
These are the five hundred soldiers brought by the Crown Prince.
As for the remaining less than 20,000 people, the prince arranged them behind the second city gate, saying that they were recharging their strength, but in fact, the prince did not want them to lose their lives in vain.
Those people can't even pick up a knife!
In the past few days, we have been fighting and fighting again and again!
First, there is no rest, and second, there is a lack of food.
Even a tough person can't stand it without food or water!
Xu Yue ran up the tower in one breath and stood in front of Ling Wenjing, with his head lowered and silent.
"Tell me! How many more days can you hold on?" Ling Wenjing asked quietly.
Xu Yue bit her lip.
When Gu Jiu saw it, he frowned and said, "You can tell me what the situation is!"
"Your Majesty, my subordinates have just made statistics. The dry food... dry food can last for a meal. After today..."
Xu Yue didn't say the rest.
But the sergeants present heard it clearly.
In fact, Xu Yue said that he could survive even one meal, but that was an extravagant hope.
Just one meal after another...
Ling Wenjing sent several teams to Nanzhou County to ask for food from the prince.
No one came back.
How can we survive without food?
The prince does not want these people to die in battle, but to starve them alive!
No reinforcements will be sent, no grain of food or grass will be given.
snort!
What a good calculation!
"Asahikawa, find ten people who are skilled and have enough to eat and drink. You will personally lead the team and attack the Beiyi Army's food and grass at night. We have nothing to eat, and they can't have it either!"
"Yes! My subordinates will definitely complete the mission!"
Ling Wenjing lowered her eyes slightly: "Come back alive!"
Asahikawa paused as he walked downstairs, and looked back at his master. Then his eyes fell on Gu Jiu and Xu Yue. They looked at each other and soon understood each other's eyes.
Asahikawa quickly went downstairs.
After Asahikawa left, a new round of fighting took place once again on the tower.
Ling Wenjing stood up, clenched the knife in her hand, and faced him silently.
Gu Jiu and Xu Yue were guarding him.
Gu Jiu gritted his teeth, and his hand reacted faster than his brain. He quickly raised his knife and cut off the head of a Beiyi soldier who had climbed up from the ladder.
Looking at Ling Wenjing again, the prince of his family had just withdrawn the knife, and the blood from the Beiyi army was splattered all over the prince.
Every time Gu Jiu killed someone, he would scold the prince in his heart.
More and more Beiyi troops climbed up the ladder.
The fighting continued until late at night. It was not until a fire suddenly appeared in the rear of the Beiyi Army that the Beiyi Army put out the fighting.
After the Beiyi army retreated, the city tower fell into an eerie silence.
The air was filled with the strong smell of blood and death.
There are corpses everywhere.
There were those from the Northern Yi Army and those from the Dasheng Dynasty.
Those who survived were too tired to move.
Or maybe I'm so hungry that I can't move anymore.
The fight just now was more based on the instinct of the human body.
If you don’t want to die, you must fight!
But once the enemy leaves.
His body softened and he couldn't care about anything else anymore, so he lay down on the spot.
Ling Wenjing held the knife and managed to stand up with the support of Gu Jiu and Xu Yue.
"Your Majesty, sit down and rest for a while!"
It took a long time before I heard Ling Wenjing say: "I promised her to go back at the end of the year!"
The rest of the words were left unsaid.
But Gu Jiu knew.
The prince is talking about Miss Jiang.
The prince must have missed Miss Jiang.
Gu Jiu felt sad in her heart.
This time, I'm afraid it will be difficult to go back alive.
Just when Gu Jiu was thinking about what to say, Ling Wenjing spoke again.
"What will the Emperor do if he receives that batch of papers?"
Your Majesty, what time of the day is it now, and I’m still thinking about the Emperor!
The emperor's son is determined to starve you to death in Bali Town this time! Why didn't you say anything?
The Emperor Shun'an, who was worried about Ling Wenjing, had not yet rested.
Emperor Shun'an had to review hundreds of kilograms of memorials every day. Fortunately, he had someone to do this for him. Otherwise, being an emperor would be a hard job.
There were more than a dozen eunuchs in front of the emperor, who took turns reading the memorials for Emperor Shun'an every day.
The memorials were written by officials from various places.
There are also some secret letters written on silk.
The secret book was written by the embroidered messenger under Emperor Shun'an.
These people only obeyed the orders of Emperor Shun'an.
A new secret letter came in tonight.
Emperor Shun'an saw it and became angry.
A group of eunuchs were so frightened that they fell to the ground.
Emperor Shun'an's hands shook: "Get out!"
When the eunuchs left, they heard Emperor Shun'an roar: "Evil son!"
No one dared to figure out who the villain was in Emperor Shun'an's mouth.
The Asahikawa man came back and his arm was chopped with a knife.
Of the ten people we took out, six came back, which was pretty good.
Ling Wenjing took out the medicine from his pocket and treated Asahikawa's wound himself.
The little girl's medicine is really good.
The bleeding stopped quickly.
Asahikawa lowered his voice and said: "Your Majesty, there are three places where the Beiyi Army has food and fodder. We... we only destroyed one place!"
Seeing that the prince did not speak, Asahikawa continued: "The other two places..."
“No need to go any further!”
"Your Majesty! I have figured out the location. As long as I give you some more time, I promise..." Asahikawa raised his head.
After Ling Wenjing bandaged him, he smiled and said, "It's no longer needed!"
Asahikawa followed the prince's gaze and saw all the soldiers on the tower lying on the ground without exception.
"Are they injured?"
Ling Wenjing said nothing.
Gu Jiu on the side said: "Asahikawa, don't you understand? They are hungry. If the Beiyi army comes again, the city gate will not be able to be defended! How can we defend it if we can't even stand up?"
Everyone fell silent for a while.
"Master!" Zhao Ting was too hungry to walk, so he staggered toward the tower with a stick in his hand.
Zhao Ting's voice was blown away by the wind as soon as it came out.
No one in the tower heard it.
Those who didn't know better thought he had injured his leg.
Gu Wu, who was following Zhao Ting, frowned.
Gu Wu is still unclear about the situation.
The journey that was supposed to take seven or eight days was shortened to five days because of Gu's non-stop work for five days and nights.
Zhao Ting couldn't walk anymore, so he sat down on the ground and pointed at the tower: "The prince is in the tower, you can go up by yourself!"
Zhao Ting said weakly.
"Then I'll go find the prince first!" After saying that, Gu Wu crossed Zhao Ting and ran out.