Li Ziyu smiled slightly and looked at Ren Xiaohang's back, and finally let go of the big matter of attacking the city in her heart.

Ever since the emperor's first decree appointed Ren Xiaohang as the general of the conquest, Li Ziyu has been pondering the siege in his heart. In ancient wars, it was people, horses, and weapons that were fought for, and these three things directly determined the outcome of a war.

Baishan City is easy to defend and difficult to attack, and the Liao army is strong and strong. Although there are 150,000 soldiers and horses brought by Lin Zhanjie here, and the 20,000 wounded soldiers under Ren Changqing's command who have recovered their bodies, the newly recruited 30,000 people are not counted at all, at most they are considered the number of migrant workers. The 170,000 soldiers and horses and the Liao army can be said to be evenly matched, but it is not easy to capture Baishan City. If you don't do it well, you have to use the tactics of crowds and fill it with people, but then the casualties of the soldiers will be too great.

If the grenades developed by themselves come in handy, they will reduce the innocent sacrifices of the soldiers. Therefore, she thought about it for a few nights, and then suddenly it occurred to her that in ancient wars, catapults were used to throw stones to cover the siege of the soldiers. If you pull the fuse of a bundle of grenades, put them in a catapult and throw them on the city wall, after all, the Liao army is flesh and blood, where can the power of the grenade be stopped? She rescued Xiaohu and returned to the barracks, just to tell Ren Xiaohang about this idea and help him.

At this moment, Li Ziyu let go of her worries, and began to quickly solve the dinner with her master, her wife, Aonan, Guyun and Huzi who woke up. Because they were in a hurry to go home, everyone ate relatively quickly, and dinner ended in ten minutes.

Long Xu said hello to the guards at the door, and didn't go to say goodbye to Lin Zhanjie and them, but left the barracks and drove all the way home.

Li Ziyu rode in the same carriage as when she came. The coachman was replaced by Zichun. Li Ziyu sat in the carriage with Huzi in her arms, and protected Long Xu, Huangfu Xuetong, Ao Nan, Gu Yun and others around the carriage on horseback.

Huzi leaned on his sister's arms, and had already closed his eyes and fallen asleep. Li Ziyu also leaned against the car board and closed her eyes to rest. Along the way, she was so tired that she hadn't rested well at all.

The carriage did not stop when it galloped all the way through Yangcaogouzi Village, and when it hurried to Zhangkou Town, the city gate was already closed. Fortunately, Long Xu opened the city gate with his own seal, and their group entered the city.

When Zichun drove to Qinghe Street in the carriage, he asked outside the carriage: "Miss, should we go back to the old house or the new house first?" ”

Li Ziyu thought for a moment. said: "Go to the old mansion first, I guess Uncle Chai will place those seriously injured guards in the old mansion." Zichun, you go to the new house first and tell the family that I am back, so that they can rest assured. I watched the big brothers go home with the guards. Let them not be in a hurry. “

Zichun agreed, and the carriage slowly stopped in front of the Li family's residence at the west end of Qinghe Avenue after a gallop.

Under the eaves of the gatehouse, a diamond-shaped red gauze pillar lantern is hung, which looks very conspicuous at night when the sky is not too dark. The gatekeeper inside probably heard the sound of a carriage. Hurriedly opened the door and welcomed out.

Li Ziyu got out of the carriage with Huzi in her arms. The dragon jumped off the horse neatly and picked up the tiger who was sleeping soundly. Huangfu Xuetong, Aonan, Guyun and others also dismounted, and walked over with Li Ziyu.

It was Zifeng who came out of the door, and when he saw Li Ziyu and his party, he hurriedly stepped forward happily to salute: "The slave has met the eldest lady, and the eldest lady has worked hard all the way." Steward Chai asked the servant to wait here, saying that the eldest lady might come back in a while. ”

After speaking, Zifeng looked up and saw Jiang Longxu. Said happily: "Mr. Long, are you back?" Great! ”

Li Ziyu pointed to Huangfu Xuetong and introduced: "This is my senior mother, Huangfu. Come back with us. ”

"The slave has seen the predecessor of the emperor! In the future, please ask for more advice from your seniors. Zifeng hurriedly saluted smartly, and his face was very respectful.

Although Mr. Long only stayed in the mansion for a few days, from the rapid progress of the martial arts of several young masters, he and his brothers knew that Mr. Long was a real master in the martial arts. If you are lucky enough to have his advice, you will benefit immensely. Therefore, after he saw that Mr. Long also came back with the eldest lady, he was very happy in his heart, and of course he had to be more respectful to his wife.

Li Ziyu saw that Huzi was sleeping more sweetly in the master's arms, so he took the lead and walked towards the mansion, asking as he walked: "Brother Zifeng, did Uncle Chai place the big brothers here?" Aunt Chai, are the three of them, mother and son, also here? How are the big brothers' injuries? Is there a repetition? ”

Zifeng led the way in front of him, and turned around and said: "Yes, Chief Chai has placed the guards in the subordinate room of the first courtyard, and he has already found the doctor, saying that as long as he rests, the injury will heal quickly, and the doctor was very surprised, and asked what kind of medicine it is, so powerful." The three of the Chai steward, mother and son, have also been placed in the inverted room, and now the Chai steward and the Chai girl are cooking for the eldest lady in the small kitchen. ”

As he spoke, Li Ziyu and his entourage entered the courtyard, and greeted Chai Bin and Fan Hai who walked over quickly, and hurriedly greeted Li Ziyu and his entourage: "Chai Bin (Fan Hai) has seen the eldest lady (Miss Biao), Mr. Long, and Huangfu's seniors. ”

Li Ziyu said: "Don't be polite, Uncle Chai, Brother Fan, how are the big brothers guarding?" Have you eaten yet? ”

Fan Hai hurriedly stepped forward and replied: "Miss Lao Cousin is worried, everyone is very good, after washing up, they changed into clean clothes, and they also ate the food cooked by Sister-in-law Chai, and now they are all on the kang to rest." ”

When Li Ziyu heard this, she dispelled the idea of visiting the guards, turned around and walked to the second courtyard, and said, "Today I plan to go to live in the new house, Uncle Chai and Brother Fan here, you have to work hard." Tomorrow I will send a few maids over to help Aunt Chai take care of the big brothers, and tonight you, Aunt Chai, and Brother Fan will be tired. ”

"Slaves don't work hard, they should." Chai Bin and Fan Hai said together.

As soon as Li Ziyu and the others entered the second courtyard, Chai Xiaochun trotted over from the small kitchen outside the west wall. He respectfully saluted everyone and said, "The slave has seen the eldest lady, Mr. Long, and the emperor's seniors. Miss, the meals are ready, is it okay to put them in the main dining room? ”

Li Ziyu said: "Yes, let Aunt Chai come over after she is done, and let's eat together." ”

Chai Xiaochun happily agreed, and hurriedly ran back again.

Li Ziyu led everyone into the dining room, that is, the living room, and beckoned everyone to sit down.

Li Ziyu asked Jiang Long Xu and Huangfu Xuetong to sit on the top, and he and Huzi, who had just woken up, sat down under them, and the others sat opposite them politely. Actually, they are not hungry now, they have just had dinner in the army. However, I heard that Wang Qiuyue took her daughter to prepare hard all night, and the meals were cooked, so I had to sit down again and eat again.

After a while, Wang Qiuyue, Chai Xiaoxue, and Chai Xiaochun filled the table with hot meals one after another, with fish, meat, eggs, soup, all kinds of vegetables, and porridge pancakes, which made people look at their appetite.

So, Li Ziyu gave an order, and everyone ate a big meal quite elegantly, and the table of meals was clean. This made Wang Qiuyue feel a sense of accomplishment, and felt that she had not worked hard all night in vain.

After the meal, Li Ziyu, Chai Bin and Wang Qiuyue briefly explained that they and their husband were temporarily responsible for all matters in the old house, let their family live here for the time being, and then arrange a new residence for their family when she saw the new house, and left two thousand taels of silver tickets. (To be continued.) )