Chapter 45: Into the City
Uncle Hasson looked at Shen Mi, who nodded. Uncle Husson sighed and said, "Okay, or I won't be able to hold on." But I have one thing to tell you, that the plague is rampant in the city, and that if you enter the city, you must take precautions. ”
The Seventh Prince said with a worried face: "Tonggu, the big war is coming, and we must not lose our troops due to the epidemic. ”
Tonggu nodded in agreement and said, "That's right, I'll go into the city to investigate first, and you wait for my news." ”
Shang Yi Shela took Tonggu and said, "I'll go for you." ”
Tonggu pushed away Shang Yishe's hand and said, "I will enter the city with the Shen Mi clan, and if you are willing to follow me, I will not stop you." ”
"We'll go too." Sherpa and Tondai also emerged from the crowd.
Tonggu was shocked: "Why are you here too?" Little girl, don't come here to join in the fun, go home quickly. ”
Sherpa shook his head and said, "You are only twelve years old now, I am four years older than you, you are the little girl, I will not leave." ”
Tong Dai's serious expression hung on her face like a small bun and said, "Third sister, I also want to help." ”
Tonggu had no choice but to compromise in the end, Tonggu took out the holy water for everyone to take, Uncle Hasen saw the glass bottle for the first time, and saw that Tonggu drank the potion and threw the bottle directly to the ground, and felt very pity, and hurriedly asked someone to pick up the bottle and put it away.
Although Tonggu had already predicted the situation in the city, he was still shocked by the scene in front of him after entering the city. The situation in the city is far worse than Tonggu imagined. The city was full of hunger and corpses. People are skinny, and many are dying.
When Tonggu and his party entered the city, everyone's eyes followed them. A little boy with a glazed gaze walked up to Tonggu and said something in the local language.
Shen Mi translated: "This kid said his mother was dying. ”
Tsugu said to Uncle Hasson, "Find me a room and call all the people who can do the work." ”
Uncle Hasson did not hesitate and immediately ordered to go down. Tonggu was taken to the house of the head of the city, and all the people who could move gathered at the door of the head of the city.
Tong Gu stood at the door, and Shen Mi stood beside Tong Gu and was in charge of translation. Tonggu saw that there were only about thirty people in front of him, including men, women, and children, and he knew in his heart that if he didn't really can't persevere, Uncle Hasen would not have surrendered. "People who can do things are divided into three groups, one group is responsible for distributing medicines, one group is responsible for distributing food, and the other group is responsible for running errands."
Tonggu returned to the room and brought out the holy water and food from the space, and everyone except Shangyi House was waiting outside the room. Shang Yishe took out medicine and food one after another, Shen Mi was responsible for translating, and Tong Dai and Sherpa were responsible for distributing things to everyone who ran errands. Uncle Husson also joined the queue for the distribution of medicines, refusing to rest.
After two days and nights, all the medicine and food were distributed. Everyone was already paralyzed on the ground, and although there was no charcoal fire in the house, everyone was also sweating. Uncle Husson fainted directly from exhaustion and lay on the bed.
Shang Yishe put his hand under the back of Tonggu's head, he was afraid that Tonggu's head would be uncomfortable lying on the cold and hard ground. "Stinky girl, you are really capable, if I can marry you in the future, I will not live in vain in this life."
Tonggu swept Shang Yishe's infatuated cheeks with red eyes, and for a moment she had a familiar illusion, she always felt that she had seen such a look once upon a time. After coming back to his senses, Tonggu said lightly: "I don't want to get married, and I have no interest in love." I just want to avenge my mother and live freely. ”
A trace of sadness came from Shang Yishe's narrow eyes, but he didn't say anything more.
"The Seventh Prince asked when you would be able to enter the city." Yuji sneaked into the city in the form of a cat, carrying the handwritten letter of the Seven Princes. The Seven Princes always thought that Yuji was a small beast trained by Tonggu, so he tied the letter around Yuji's neck.
Tonggu is very funny when he sees the fish, and he really looks more and more like a pet cat. "I'll find someone to inform them to enter the city now." Tonggu turned his head to look at Shang Yishe and said, "You take the holy water and give it to the soldiers, let them enter the city." ”
Shang Yishe pursed his lips and said, "You're really welcome, you really treat me as an errand runner." But I'm willing to run errands for you. ”
Yuji rolled her eyes and walked away silently. Tonggu waved his hand and motioned for Shang Yishe to leave quickly. The army was disciplined and entered the city with a proper drink of holy water.
The Seven Princes went to the first house in the city to meet Tonggu and his party. At this time, Uncle Hasson was already awake and had eaten some porridge to ease up.
Shen Mi was worried about his father, and when he saw Uncle Husson wake up, he hurriedly asked, "Uncle Hasen, what's the matter with my father?" ”
Tonggu, the Seven Princes, and Shang Yishe also turned their gazes to Uncle Hasson, waiting for his answer.
Uncle Hasson sighed and said, "For some reason, the Zaina Department suddenly launched an attack on the Great Sibu, and the Great Sibu is not good at cavalry and archery combat. Catching up with the winter snow and arriving earlier than in previous years, Dasibu has been busy storing grain, but it was taken advantage of. Now that your father's whereabouts are unknown, I heard that the battlefield was very tragic, and more than half of the Dasi tribe was killed and wounded. You also have to be mentally prepared early, it is estimated that there is little hope for survival. ”
With tears in his eyes, he choked up and said, "Where have the other clansmen gone?" ”
Uncle Hasson patted him on the shoulder and said regretfully, "Some of them came to me, and some of them are missing with your father. ”
Tonggu understood the ins and outs, and pulled the Seventh Prince and Shang Yishe to other rooms to talk secretly.
"How does the strength of our army compare to that of Zanabu? Does Cousin Jade have any information about them? Tongya asked straight to the point.
The Seventh Prince pondered for a while and said, "The Zanabu is the best at horse combat, mainly cavalry. The last report said that Aiyan had recently obtained a batch of sophisticated weapons, which were sharpened like clay. But the informant newspaper was terminated, and no one had ever seen it. ”
Shang Yishe sighed and said: "The fine work I installed has also been missing for a long time, and the last news also says that they have a new weapon, which should be a knife called Jingtie." ”
Tong Gu asked suspiciously, "How great is the impact of weapons on war?" ”
Shang Yishe and the Seventh Prince nodded one after another. Shang Yishe added: "The Thousand Winning Nations that besieged us are good at forging, and their armies are equipped with fine iron swords. It is precisely because of this that Yu has not been able to annex the arrogant and domineering Qianying country. Including the previous assassination of me and Cousin Yu, and the burning of my mansion, we can't easily seek revenge, lest a war break out between the two countries. ”
Tong Gu pointed to the knife he gave to Shang Yishe and asked, "How does the knife of Qianyingguo compare to this knife?" ”
Shang Yishe raised his face and said proudly: "Naturally, the knife given to me by the stinky girl is better." Shang Yishe's narrow eyes looked at the Seventh Prince defiantly.
The Seven Princes were full of thoughts about the war, and when they heard this, hope flashed in their eyes. Reaching out to take the knife on Shang Yishe's waist, the moment the knife came out of the sheath, the Seventh Prince shouted: "Good knife, I have never seen this material." ”
Shang Yishe exclaimed, "The knife is mine." ”
After the Seventh Prince reacted, he returned the knife to Shang Yishe, turned his head to look at Tonggu and asked, "How many of these knives do you have?" ”
Tonggu pondered for a moment and replied, "I can give you 10,000 at a time." Since it takes three days to automatically replenish the props, Tonggu did not dare to boast about Haikou, after all, war may break out at any time.
The Seventh Prince's fox eyes were round and he shouted, "Can there be so many? Shall I send someone back with you tomorrow to get it? ”
"Don't be so troublesome, just go back overnight with Shang Yishe. Tomorrow at daybreak, I will meet you at the gates. Tonggu said with some embarrassment.
Shang Yishe instantly understood Tonggu's intentions, nodded and responded: "Yes, Cousin Yu, you stay and preside over the overall situation, and I will go back with the stinky girl." ”
The Seven Princes couldn't resist the two, so they went with them.
When it was bright on the second day, Tonggu and Shangyishe were already waiting at the gate of the city. There are several carts with knives next to them. Sogdian cried into tears, lying on the car and talking to himself.
The Seventh Prince gradually walked out of the city with 10,000 elite soldiers, and the soldiers did not seem to want to change their weapons. Tongya saw one of the sturdy soldiers with a double melon hammer in his hand looking at the knives in the cart with disdain, and spat dissatisfiedly from time to time.
Tonggu picked up a knife and walked to the soldier with the melon hammer in his hand and said, "Do you think this knife is bad?" Or won't you use it? ”
The soldier said with a look of disdain: "I think this knife is too small to be lethal." ”
Tonggu drew his sword and said, "Then let's make two moves." ”
"It's a shame to fight with a little girl, and it's a shame to win." The soldier said this, but his body had already pulled away.
Tongya smiled and said, "Please." ”
The soldier held a double melon hammer in his hand, and with brute force, rushed towards Tonggu. Tsuya dodged the opponent's attack with only one side. Flip your wrist and swing your knife at the melon hammer. The warrior confidently hammered the sword, and a terrifying scene ensued. I saw that the melon hammer was split in two, as easy as cutting a real melon.
"This, how is this possible? What kind of knife is this? The warrior asked, stunned.
Tonggu had always thought that the nest was full of Japanese swords, but after entering the space, he told Tonggu that most of the weapons were actually new weapons developed by modern technology, and their hardness exceeded that of diamonds. Tonggu improvised and said, "Drill cutter." ”
The melon hammer warrior hugged his fists and said: "The county lord forgives the sin, I didn't know it, and it was really a good knife." Let me say, with this knife, just go to the battlefield and slash randomly. ”
When all the soldiers saw this scene, their hearts began to be eager to try, and they wanted to get their own knives to practice as soon as possible.
Tonggu walked up to the soldiers, ran his strength to the vocal cords, and shouted: "Soldiers of the Yu Kingdom, these knives will become sharp weapons in your hands. You will be invincible on the battlefield and crush the enemy before you. ”
"Yu country will win......" The shouts of the soldiers continued to rise and fall. The Seventh Prince was satisfied, and then ordered everyone to lead the sword. The soldiers who got the new knives practiced one after another, and to Tonggu's surprise, there was no one in the army who could not use it.
Tonggu took out a swarthy knife from his bosom and handed it to the Seventh Prince and said, "Cousin Yu, this knife is reserved for you." In fact, I never had time to tell you that in fact, these knives were all personal belongings of Sogdia. He should be thanked. ”
The Seventh Prince was taken aback and paused. Then he walked to the Sogdian and saluted: "Thank you Brother Ke for your help." ”
Although he knew that the space in Tonggu could be replenished automatically, his heart was still uncomfortably tight, and his already pale face was now bitter. "I'm forced to be helpless, you don't have to thank you."
Hearing this, the Seventh Prince and Shang Yishe couldn't help but sneer.
A soldier hurriedly ran out of the city, ran straight to the Seventh Prince, hugged his fists and said: "Report to Your Highness the Seventh, the county lord's people beat the people in the city and tied them up." Look at this......"