Chapter 40: Making Noodle Soup (Part 3)
It's better to say that it's better to do it, and today is the third more.
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"County Lord, let's go. The rebels are about to be killed. ”
In the courtyard of the county lord's mansion, the maid Zhu'er was in a hurry, urging the servants to pack up their things quickly, and begging the county lord to flee quickly.
Mu Tianjiao's face was solemn at the moment, her head kept rushing to the southwest, that was the direction of Guiyang City, and that person was trapped in it now. She didn't seem to hear Zhu'er's words, and muttered to herself: "How is he now......
"County Lord, who's doing now, the rebels are here in a blink of an eye, let's get out of here quickly, if it's late, what's the matter." Zhu'er said, holding Mu Tianjiao's arm.
Mu Tianjiao noticed Zhu'er's words and said, "Okay, let's go." ”
Hearing this, Zhu'er's hanging heart fell, helped Mu Tianjiao on the horse, and told the coachman to set off immediately.
The county lord's guards numbered hundreds, and with the addition of maids and servants, there were more than two hundred. Everyone gathered around the carriage and headed towards the west gate.
As soon as she arrived on the street, Mu Tianjiao suddenly felt something abnormal, it stands to reason that this juncture should be full of fleeing people, but no one can see it. Could it be that the people of the city have fled? Not really.
With a surprised mood, Mu Tianjiao opened the curtains from time to time and looked out, occasionally seeing some women and children, but there seemed to be no panic on the faces of these people. If you want to talk about men, it is rare to see a few.
Continuing to move forward, I saw hundreds of servants in front of me who were hurrying quickly, and there was also a civil official on horseback in the middle, who seemed to be Lord Tongzhi. Mu Tianjiao hurriedly asked people to stop and ask where they were going.
As soon as he heard the news of the imminent arrival of the rebels, he immediately began to move. He has been in the sea for ten years, and he has a lot of belongings. When he was halfway packing, Tong Zhou came to the door and asked him to come forward and organize the soldiers and people in the city to resist the rebels together. Ou Shuo's answer was very simple, "Now that the general trend has gone, defending the city in vain is just to bring about its own destruction, so let's flee separately." ”
After speaking, he put the boy aside and continued to direct the handling of the belongings.
Tong Xuan was bored with the boss, after all, the other party was the same acquaintance, in Tongren Mansion, except for the prefect, he was the biggest in the family, and he was a headcatcher with no grade, how could he do anything. But thinking that the prefect's wife was busy and running around to defend the city, she always had to do her best, so she was reasonable and affectionate to Ou Shuo. How can Ou Shuo be greedy for life and afraid of death, and he has forgotten everything that the sages have taught, how can he care about you catching a head and saying a few words, Yue Su is in the city, I will give you face, he is now trapped in Guiyang, whether he can come out alive is uncertain, I will take care of you. Immediately ordered his subordinates to drive the boy away.
After working for a long time, Ou Shuo was about to give the order to run away, but he heard that an errand returned that Yue Su had returned and was organizing the people to go to the city to defend it. Hearing the news, Ou Shuo was immediately stunned, he knew that if Yue Su was not there, he might have extenuating circumstances to escape, if Yue Su was there, he would dare to escape, but he would be unlucky. Immediately ordered to lead the messenger to join Yue Su, and by the way, see if Lord Yue really came back.
After walking a short distance, he happened to meet Mu Tianjiao's car, and the two said that Mu Tianjiao was overjoyed when he heard that Yue Su had returned, where would he escape, and told the coachman to change the route and go to see Yue Su with his acquaintance.
Coincidentally, I didn't go out of two streets, but I saw Yue Su coming on horseback, followed by more than a dozen officials.
It turned out that after Tong Zhou went out, he didn't know where to go, he felt deeply Yue Su's high righteousness, and he was not kind to himself, so he decided to go back to the yamen to protect his family. Unexpectedly, after running on the street for a while, he heard the news of Yue Su's return, and his spirits were lifted and he looked for it. After the meeting, he had to report the results of inviting Ou Shuo, Yue Su listened, and was angry in his heart, and arranged for Tong Zhou to temporarily guard the east gate on his behalf, and personally rushed to the Tongzhi Yamen.
At this meeting, Mu Tianjiao had mixed feelings, and Ou Shuo called it dangerous. In broad daylight, Mu Tianjiao put on a high posture, did not get out of the car, only opened the curtain, and said: "I heard that Lord Yue returned to the city, and the county was just going to pay a visit, but I didn't expect to meet here unexpectedly. I wonder where Lord Yue is going now? ”
Ou Shuo accompanied the smiling face, jumped off the horse, bowed down and said, "Xiaguan see the prefect." ”
Yue Su dismounted, arched his hand at Mu Tianjiao, and said, "Say hello to the county lord." The rebels are coming, and the lower officials are just going around to inspect it, and now that the city has been settled, the county lord can go back to the house to rest, and the lower officials are there, and the Tongren will not be lost. ”
"That's good, this county believes that with Lord Yue's ability, he will definitely be able to defeat the enemy. In this way, the county will go home, and wish the adults a victory in advance. After saying that, he told the coachman to turn around and go home. As soon as the curtain was closed, Mu Tianjiao's face was full of happy smiles.
"Okay now, Lord Yue is back, so we don't have to run away." Zhu'er is also full of joy. The little girl adores Yue Su incomparably.
When the county lord's frame turned his head and left, Yue Su glanced at Ou Shuo, and Ou Shuo was so frightened that he hurriedly lowered his head. I only heard Yue Su say in a cold voice: "Count you as acquaintances, come with me!" ”
Seeing that Yue Su didn't blame, Ou Shuo breathed a sigh of relief, glad that he reacted quickly and didn't run directly to the city gate. He knew in his heart that this must be Tong Xuan who passed the news to Yue Su, Yue Su rushed over to get people, fortunately, the crime of abandoning the city and escaping was not confirmed, otherwise with this adult's thunderous means, his old life might be put into it.
Back to the East Gate Tower, you can already hear the sound of horses' hooves in the distance, the people in the city, their faces are full of horror, Yue Su glanced at the city, but saw dust in the distance. When Ou Shuo saw the situation outside the city, his reaction was bigger than that of the people, and his face turned green with fright.
Yue Su was calm and calm, and shouted loudly: "Fellow villagers, don't panic, I have fought with traitors in Guiyang, and these traitors are just paper tigers, and they are not vulnerable at all. Don't look at the number of them, but the defenders in Guiyang didn't even have 10,000 at that time, so they still lost their armor and threw them away. This province can even be killed from the army and go to Huaihua to bring reinforcements. Reinforcements are coming, and as long as you obey my command, you will be able to destroy all the enemies who invade! ”
"I would like to listen to Lord Yue's dispatch!" "Kill all the traitors!" …… After Yue Su's radical speech, a tsunami-like shout immediately sounded in the city.
Seeing the surging emotions of the group, Yue Su began to assign tasks, including those who carried stones, those who were responsible for carrying water and boiling water, those who lit fires to prepare fire chains, and those who went to collect gunpowder.
Everything is ready, and the rebels are already in the city. The rebels can have 10,000 people, burning, killing and looting all the way to Tongren, knowing that there are not many defenders in Tongren, and all the arrogance is extremely arrogant. Some people even think that the current Tongren City will be panicked, and when they are sure, they can slaughter it to their heart's content.
But as soon as they saw the posture on the city, many people were dumbfounded, the city was densely packed, and there were people standing with weapons in their hands.
The leading rebel general is called Mu Chatai, who is the Tusi of the Buyi tribe, and this attack on Tongren is completely commissioned by An Bangyan. Before leaving, An Bangyan told him that there were not many officers and soldiers in Tongren Mansion, and he would definitely be captured after he went. Along the way, Muchatai's troops destroyed the village and slaughtered the village, the momentum was like a rainbow, and the confidence swelled to a great extent, thinking that the Ming Dynasty government was a paper tiger at all, and it could scare and scare people.
Seeing that the city was full of cloth-clothed people guarding the city, he was sure that the situation in the city was indeed the same as King An said, and there were no soldiers available. So many people were killed on the way, and now you are standing in the city, holding weapons, will Lao Tzu be afraid of you?
After the formation was opened, he commanded the army to attack the city as soon as he gave the order.
The rebels rushed towards Tongren City with a whining, and Yue Su, who was standing on the city, watched intently, and his heart also had a bottom in his heart. These rebels, thinking about it, are also messed together, untrained, and compared with An Bangyan's soldiers and horses, they are more than a grade behind. This kind of rabble, he doesn't pay attention to it.
Don't look at the lack of archers in the city, Yue Su can wait until the enemy soldiers get close to the city wall, and then launch a blockade, and a single brick and tile can knock down a batch. When the rebels climbed the ladder, the oil, boiling water, and fire chains were not scalded to death, but they had to fall to their deaths. When there are more people below, throwing away the prepared incendiary bombs can solve a lot. At the end of the day, the rebels suffered thousands of casualties, and the arrogance of the arrival was completely extinguished.
By evening, the rebels did not dare to continue the siege of the city, and honestly camped outside the city, burying pots and cooking. Yue Su had watched the Romance of the Three Kingdoms and knew that robbing the camp at night was definitely a good choice, but these people under his command really didn't have any quality, so take the initiative to attack, so forget it.
Yue Su also began to prepare dinner here, and there were thousands of stones of grain in the treasury, and Yue Su paid for it at the rice shop in the city. It's a pity that the rice merchant has fled, but there is too much food, it is inconvenient to transport, and it is all piled up in the warehouse.
At night, many people slept at the head of the city, and Yue Su specially sent people to patrol to pay close attention to every move under the city, and told other city gates to be careful and take precautions.
These days, he was so tired, but the war had started, and he didn't dare to go back to his house to sleep, so he stayed in the watchtower, leaning against the wall, and fell asleep. But before going to bed, let Ruan Aoyue go home to rest, just have us men here.
Yue Su slept very deeply this night, and he didn't even have a good rest, and the accumulated tiredness seemed to explode overnight.
The next day, the sky was bright, Yue Su felt a slight footsteps in the watchtower, his heart was shocked, and he quickly opened his eyes and looked around.
When he saw a woman with a thorn skirt and a wooden hairpin coming to his side, still holding a bowl in her hand. The woman is none other than Du Shi Niang.
Yue Su secretly said ashamed, he really slept too hard, and he didn't hear anyone come in, fortunately he wasn't an assassin. It can be said that with Yue Su's vigilant surname, he seems to have one eye open when he sleeps, and even if a needle falls to the ground in the house, he can generally hear it.
"Sir, you're awake." Seeing Yue Su open his eyes, Du Shi Niang smiled softly, took two steps forward, and squatted to Yue Su's side. handed it to Yue Su, and said, "This is the noodle soup I made for the master, so let's drink it while it's hot." ”
Yue Su rubbed his eyes, feeling that he was really a little hungry, took the rice bowl, and said, "Thank you." ”
Du Shi Niang lowered her head and said in a low voice: "Where does the master say, this is what Shi Niang should do." ”
Although it was just a bowl of noodle soup, Yue Su's heart was warm at the moment, recalling his previous life, every morning, Li Lan would make breakfast for herself, and she couldn't help but shed tears.
Du Shi Niang couldn't help but be surprised when she saw Yue Su crying, and hurriedly said, "Master...... You ......"
"It's nothing ......" Yue Su raised his hand, wiped away his tears, and showed a smile, "It was Shi Niang who made noodle soup for me, which moved me so much......" Speaking of this, Yue Su suddenly remembered a song and couldn't help but chant quietly.
"Lang Jun, are you hungry, if you are hungry, tell me Shi Niang, Shi Niang, I will make you noodle soup......