In order to show as much as possible the determination of the Turks to capture Wuwei County, Tuoba Shishu had already invested all his main forces in the first attack. Therefore, the Turks, who were originally fearless of death, were even more crazy after being instigated by Tuoba Shishu, and if nothing else, just for the guarantee that Tuoba Shishu promised them that they could loot in Wuwei County for three days after the war, it was enough for them to gamble with their only lives.

The Turks had a strong desire to attack, and fought so bravely that they could not care about the casualties of their own side. However, the defenders of Wuwei County, which was personally supervised by Zhuang Fudi at the head of the city, naturally did not dare to slack off, so the two sides of the attack and defense had an eager and fierce discussion on the question of who would control the city wall of Wuwei County. At this time, it can be seen that the advantage of the defending side is still very obvious. Compared with the tragic situation of the Eastern Turks suffering casualties under the city of Wuwei County, the losses of the Western Regions Army, which was still on the defensive side, were still within an acceptable range.

Zhuang Fudi saw that the first attack of the Turks had finally survived, and the Turks outside the city left their corpses all over the ground and returned to the barracks outside the city. This can be regarded as a sigh of relief, and then looked at the already small number of defenders around him, which are even more scarce at this time. So he shook his head helplessly, and ordered the officers on the city wall to organize the participating defense troops to immediately start reinforcing the city defense facilities damaged by the Turks, and at the same time throw the Turkic corpses on the city wall to facilitate the next defensive operation. Zhuang Fudi himself turned around and descended from the city wall to the city's infirmary, where he needed to have an accurate understanding of the casualties of his army in order to make the most appropriate arrangements possible.

At this time, the various medical centers in Wuwei County were already overcrowded, and many soldiers who were not very seriously injured sat in a temporary shed to rest after their wounds were hastily bandaged. The inside of the shed was crowded, and because no one had cleaned it for a long time, it was already foul-smelling. After Zhuang Fudi saw this situation, he did not stretch out his hand to cover his nose, but frowned and asked the accompanying medical staff:

"What's going on? I negotiated with your boss that your infirmary would take in the wounded and heal the wounded of our army, and in return I would pay you the corresponding money, is this what you did after receiving the money? ”

"Master Jun, please calm your anger, you have a good conversation with my master. But now Wuwei County is surrounded by Turks, and the herbs from outside cannot be sent in. The money you gave me wasn't enough to heal so many wounded soldiers. The accompanying medical staff bent over and nodded at Zhuang Fudi, and said with a smile.

"Oh, that's right. Then there is no way to do it, so does it mean that you represent the attitude of the owner of your family medical hall to some extent? After Zhuang Fudi heard the words of the medical hall personnel accompanying him, he was also extremely interested and stopped in place, turned around and asked.

"Yes, Master Jun. The little one who takes care of this medical hall for my lord can more or less be regarded as a shopkeeper of this medical hall, I don't know why the military master asked this question? ”

"Nothing, it's really great if you can speak for the attitude of your owner. Thank you for your outstanding contribution to the defense of Wuwei, what you have paid is not comparable to others. You will be the greatest contributor to this battle, and your heroic deeds will be sung throughout the Western Regions. But we have everything in one yard, and we still have an account to settle between us. After Zhuang Fudi said this, he waved to the entourage behind him, and continued to the person in front of him: "What's your surname?" ”

"If you go back to the military master, the villain's surname is Zhang, and the bow is Changzhang." The medical staff said hesitantly.

"Okay, shopkeeper Zhang, congratulations on your suspicion of being a trickster of the Eastern Turks, trying to cause some bad things to happen to the army defending the city through some improper means. Therefore, on behalf of the Western Regions Army stationed in Wuwei County, I arrest you, a spy of the Eastern Turks. After Zhuang Fudi finished speaking, the entourage next to him rushed up, and the person who took the lead kicked the medical staff in front of him to the ground and tied them up.

"Chief of Staff, that's not good. If that's the case, will it make other clinics think that we will find some unwarranted reason to not pay our debts, so that those who were originally interested in cooperating with us will be alienated from us. The clerk of Zhuang Fudi next to him stepped forward and whispered to Zhuang Fudi.

"Alienate whom? Alienate us? If they had the courage to do so, they wouldn't have been forcibly dragged into this cooperative situation by me and the army in the first place, after all, these people are still businessmen. They can't get along with anyone, and they can't get along with the silver in our pockets. Since he is a merchant, it is reasonable to hoard goods, and all sieges will eventually lead to soaring prices in the city. It will take months after the siege is lifted to eliminate the effects, but if I am to threaten the lives of my soldiers in this way, they must be reminded of the price they have to pay for threatening me in this way. ”

Before Zhuang Fudi's words were finished, the soldiers who entered the infirmary to collect evidence had a harvest. A soldier walked out of the room with a delicate small wooden box, and then opened the wooden box in public, and after verifying that there were no hidden weapons and other hurtful instruments buried in it, he handed it to Zhuang Fudi.

Zhuang Fudi opened one of the letters in the wooden box, read it, and then handed it to the people who were watching around, and then said to them: "Last night we received a report from the enthusiastic crowd that we had seen traces of Turks near this medical hall. But when I talked to the owner of the medical center later, the boss flatly denied it. So after receiving reports from the masses, for safety reasons, we came here to prepare for an actual visit and investigation. Sure enough, the owner of this medical hall is indeed a spy sent by the Eastern Turks to hide in our Wuwei County. You see that the letter is clearly written, that the Turks have told him to put poison in the medicine given to the soldiers that will make the wounds rot, and that he is to put the sweat medicine in the food of our defenders tonight. When the soldiers were charmed, they set fire to the city gates, and then opened the city gates to welcome the Turks into the city! You say that we should arrest people who have forgotten their ancestors like this? ”

After saying these words, Zhuang Fudi instructed his subordinates to continue to search inside to see if there was any other evidence that had been left behind under the complicated gaze of the clerk next to him.

(End of chapter)