Chapter 44: Draw from the Bottom of the Cauldron (6)
"Eldest sister-in-law......" Xiao Shaokang paused, and reluctantly called out this title, if he could choose, he still liked to be able to call her "brother", the "brother" who belonged to him alone, but unfortunately she strongly stopped him, and he could only give up. "Sister-in-law, don't worry, he will definitely come back."
I don't know if it was because of Xiao Shaokang's comforting words or other factors, in short, Du Yunjin's frown gradually faded. In fact, she also understands that the Yiren's nest is on an unknown island overseas, so Meng Chong must not be able to pass on the news all the time, all she can do is wait, waiting for Meng Chong to find an opportunity to tell her if he is safe.
"Sister-in-law, tomorrow is the day to replace the rattan armor, why don't we check it out first?"
"Well, let's take a look." Du Yunjin nodded at Xiao Shaokang, and then turned around and went down the city tower.
Earlier, Du Yunjin had been making rattan armor in a hurry, and the wild vine was continuously transported to the county guard's mansion, which was a fact that the people in the city had seen with their own eyes, and she did not hide the replacement of rattan armor from any general in the army, so she went to check the rattan armor today, she did not deliberately conceal it, and Xiao Shaokang took dozens of personal soldiers to the place where the rattan armor was made.
Not far from the county guard's house, it was originally the courtyard of a wealthy family, which was vacated by the previous war that caused the rich family to flee in a hurry. Du Yunjin saw that the place was spacious enough and very close to the county guard's mansion, so he transformed the person into a place to temporarily make rattan armor.
When they arrived, they came across the last batch of rattan armor. General Jiang, who was overseer, ran all the way over and guided them to check. After the armor-making masters were busy, they lined up in several rows and stood at the bottom of the flower hall, waiting for Du Yunjin's inspection results.
Although it was rushed out, the craftsmanship is still not bad. Du Yunjin looked at it seemingly casually, pulled out a few pieces in the middle, and also pulled out a few pieces at the bottom and top, and then nodded at them.
"The masters have good skills, and they have worked hard during this time. Go down and get the money. ”
"Sheydu Vanguard." The master at the head withdrew in an orderly manner with the rest of the people.
Du Yunjin looked at the back of them leaving, turned his head and instructed General Jiang: "Hurry up and send the rattan armor to the county guard mansion tonight, and after distributing the number, it will be distributed to each barracks early tomorrow morning." ”
"Yes, Du Xianxian." General Jiang replied.
The two of them asked and answered, Xiao Shaokang looked at the surrounding scenery absentmindedly, and did not pay attention to the words between them at all. As a result, none of the three people with different minds noticed that one of the armor masters who had left had deliberately slowed down.
That night, the rattan armor stored in the county guard suddenly caught fire. The fire was very large, and it spread by a sudden strong wind.
Rong Jingcheng hurriedly put on a piece of clothing and hurriedly went out of the room to check, and happened to meet Du Yunjin and Xiao Shaokang, who were also wolves.
"What's going on?" He casually grabbed a soldier with a wooden basin and asked.
The soldier who was caught by him turned pale and looked frightened, and replied in a trembling voice: "For some reason, the stored rattan armor was caught on fire. ”
"How many were rescued?" Du Yunjin's eyes were red, and he stepped forward and grabbed the placket of his soldier's shirt and asked.
"No...... I don't know. The soldiers looked at the fire that was still raging at the moment, and saw Du Yunjin, who was already on the verge of collapse, and did not dare to tell the truth. The climate here is hot, it is already flammable, and when the wind blows, there will definitely not be much left. But the matter of the rattan armor was led by Du Yunjin, and now there is a mistake, and it is possible to say that all of them were buried in the fire.
"Get out!" Du Yunjin kicked away his soldiers irritably and walked towards the place where the fire was lit.
The fire was so big that they couldn't get close to see it, and with the help of the wind, it had spread to the surrounding houses, so what they could do was not to rescue the rattan armor, but to keep the county guard.
Seeing this tragic situation, Rong Jingcheng stumbled under his feet, as if he couldn't bear such a blow.
"Help Rong Shuai back to the room." Xiao Shaokang saw that his face was like gold paper, and he was worried that he would fall, after all, he was also an old man.
"This ...... This ......" Rong Jingcheng pointed to the sparks in front of him, there seemed to be tears in his eyes, and the words he said were intermittent, and finally he couldn't breathe and fainted.
"What are you still doing in a daze, why don't you hurry up and send the general back to the room!" Xiao Shaokang scolded the soldiers who were supporting Rong Jingcheng and followed him.
The fire was not completely extinguished until near dawn, and Du Yunjin's face was stained with a lot of black ash, and he stood alone in a pile of embers, looking particularly depressed. The rattan armor she was going to replace her armor was burned clean, and after counting, there was no one left, and the county guard's mansion was also affected by four or five rooms.
When the generals Wen Xun arrived at the county guard's mansion, he saw this scene. From time to time, there are sweeping soldiers carrying brooms and carrying basins of water to and fro.
"This ......" All the generals had bad faces, and the eldest General Zhang turned even blue, and stepped forward to Du Yunjin and said: "Du Xianxian, it seems that someone deliberately set the fire to it. "If it wasn't intentional arson, how could the fire have burned in the place where the rattan armor was stored. The biggest possibility of this deliberate person is to raze people.
"Du Xianxian, what should we do now?" Sun Jiangong said after calmly looking around.
"How?" Du Yunjin sat down on the ashes in a dejected manner, she had hoped to replace the armor with rattan armor, so as to help the unfamiliar soldiers pursue the Yiren on the water, but now these hopes have become empty. How? And who should she ask and who should do that?
"Report!" The post man with a few small flags on his back hurriedly broke in and knelt down in front of Du Yunjin. "Report to the vanguard, there are a large number of Yi people under the west city gate, and they are attacking the city."
Coming to the siege at this moment?
The generals' faces were all difficult to look at, and yesterday they received Du Yunjin's order that they would replace the rattan armor this morning, so they packed the armor and sent it back to the warehouse in the city. Now that the rattan armor has been burned, and it takes a lot of time to retrieve the armor, the battle now is undoubtedly to leave the soldiers on the battlefield with their bare hands, allowing the enemy's spears to pierce their bodies.
"Where's Rong Shuai?" Du Yunjin seemed to suddenly remember, and turned his head to ask the pro-soldier beside him.
Rong Shuai fainted, and the prison army was taking his pulse. However, the prison army asked the little one to tell Du Xianfeng that Rong Shuai was afraid that it would not be good. ”
"What?" As soon as these words came out, not only Du Yunjin, but everyone was frightened. Rong Jingcheng is the backbone of this army, if he has any mistakes, everyone seems to have lost their backbone, and they don't know where to go.
"The generals will return to the camp immediately, and in two moments they will begin to set out for the camp." Du Yunjin settled down, stood up and said to the generals: "General Sun and General Zhu led the troops to the west gate, General Jiang went to the east gate, General Feng guarded the north gate, General Zhang guarded the south gate, and General Niu and General He were in the county guard mansion with the vanguard, ready to rush to the aid at any time. ”
"Yes." The military order had been issued, and even if some people were dissatisfied, they did not dare to say anything at this pass, and after receiving the order, they hurried back to their respective barracks.