The sound of fighting under the castle tower continued, and the enemy's offensive became stronger and stronger each time, and from time to time some crossbow arrows could be shot in from the outside, and the trebuchet kept running, and from time to time they would fall under their feet or on their heads, and there were many casualties in the city walls.

The generals gave one order after another, and the civilians they gave orders to carry things non-stop.

Finally staying up at night, he could finally take a rest, Wu Qingzhu looked at his hand that had been cracked several times, there were dried blood stains in many places, and in severe cases, he could see the flesh under the skin.

He sighed and said, wondering how long it would take for such a day to pass.

At this time, Steward Fan walked over from behind with two bowls of rice in his hand, handed over the bowl in his left hand, and said, "Here you go." ”

Wu Qingzhu hurriedly took it: "Thank you, sir, this is really troublesome." ”

"No trouble, I just brought yours here."

"Sir, I'm also tired for a day, and I am really ashamed to let you help me get food."

"They all understand that I am old, so they let me come down and rest earlier, longer than you."

After speaking, he poked his head over and whispered, "There's meat underneath, eat it quickly." ”

Mr. Fan looked down at Wu Qingzhu's hand, and opened his mouth again: "It's not customary to do these rough jobs with the hands of the pen." ”

Wu Qingzhu smiled and replied: "It's just that it's a little tiring to do these jobs suddenly, but the rest is okay, how can a man from a farmer not do heavy work." ”

"Look at the habit of the deployment of this leader, the general who leads the army outside should be General Chang, he is the most brave and good at fighting, and is good at assaulting and besieging the city, our general seems to have met an opponent this time."

"Our walls here are relatively high, so we should be able to defend them for some time." Wu Qingzhu hadn't heard of the name of this General Chang, but after hearing what Steward Fan said, he felt that this General Chang should be quite powerful.

"The only thing we have the advantage is this city wall, I think the general is planning to use this city to drag General Chang, so as to drag some time for the capital."

"Didn't you say there were 200,000 troops over there? I look at the tens of thousands outside. ”

"It is said that it is 200,000, how can it be that all of them are sent to attack us here, it is estimated that most of the troops have already rushed to the direction of Kyoto, I only hope that the direction of Kyoto will be completed quickly, and it is good to send people here to recover."

"It will take half a month for Kyoto to rush over, I heard that the army of the Eighth Prince is also nearby, if one south and one north attack it, our side will ......"

"I know what you mean, but the Eighth Prince has never been favored, and there are not many brave guards around him, and they are only an add-on when they come. As long as we guard the gate and don't open it, no matter how strong the outside is, we will attack for half a month to a month. ”

After listening to what Mr. Fan said, Wu Qingzhu still frowned, he always felt that things would not be too simple, for a month, not to mention that they would not be able to come over, just talking about the food in the city, I don't know if they can hold on.

The last time he helped transcribe the ledger, he found that most of the grain in the city was transported to the rear, and the porridge they drank every day was mixed with a lot of water, so it can be guessed that the war above would not be easy.

Now it is the busy season again, and there will definitely be no one to collect the grain in the field, so I don't know how much it will be wasted in the end.

"Young man, there are some things, you don't worry too much about it may not be a good thing, why didn't you think of the handsome man you were worried about? But the way of the world is like this, if we can't hold on, these armies cut off the back road, and then wave the army straight up, the three princes are afraid of instability, what we have to do is to desperately defend this city. ”

"I'm afraid that this city is not easy to defend!"

Seeing that his words were in vain, Steward Fan reached out and patted the back of Wu Qingzhu's head: "Stinky boy, I said that I shouldn't think about it for a long time, and I told you in vain." ”

Wu Qingzhu rubbed the back of his head: "You can just talk, you will become stupid if you hit your head, besides, I'm just worried that my family doesn't know what to do." ”

"We are an army, not bandits, as long as the farmers hear the signal and hide for a few days, it will not be good."

In this way, the two of them were talking and eating. Wu Qingzhu

After drinking the porridge in the bowl, swallowing the last piece of bread in his stomach, looking at the starry sky, his thoughts drifted far away.

"We all have to live well and go back to see our families alive."

"Yes, I have to live well, I have to take the Xiucai exam in the future, fame and fortune, there will be it."

"You kid has ambition, I believe in you." Steward Fan patted Wu Qingzhu on the shoulder to show encouragement.

The battle has been maintained, and after a few days, the city gate is still in their hands, but the number of casualties is also increasing, and some soldiers who are not very skilled have also been pushed onto the city wall.

Listening to the shouts below, the people in the city were already in high spirits at this time.

There is a savage side in the blood of men, who are backlogged in order to survive on weekdays, and now when they see this chaotic scene, where can they stand it, and they are crazy and almost jump down from the city wall to fight the enemy.

There are brave people who are naturally afraid, but when they come to this point, if they don't kill each other, they will die by themselves, and they can only pick up arms and resist desperately.

During this period, Wu Qingzhu also saw some of his own people scattered, but the war did not give them time to chat, so it would be good to say hello.

After a few more days, the number of casualties in the city increased, and the fighting did not stop.

There were also a lot of casualties in Wu Qingzhu's team, most of them were accidentally injured by the weapons sent from below, and the old and weak women and children in the city were also gathered together and trembled.

The soldiers who were mobilized before the war last time sent people from other places over, and among this group of people, Wu Qingzhu saw an acquaintance, this person was thin, with dark skin and single eyelids, slightly thick lips, and he was also very tall, but he was still a little lower than Wu Qingzhu.

This person is Wu Tong, who was once taken a fancy to by Grandpa Wu and planned to marry Qingmei to his descendant, but this person's family was quite poor, and because of the war that happened later, he didn't mention it.

Wu Tong's grandfather came to their house upside down, and her grandmother's generation was only one of her daughters, so the family was not large.

If there are fewer people, there will be less natural labor, and if there is less work, there will be less money to earn, and it is not easy to make money in such an era, until Wu Tong's generation, their family situation is slowly getting better.

And Wu Tong is 18 years old this year, and he hasn't said anything about his daughter-in-law until now.

Most people dislike the poor family, and there is a younger brother in the family, and there is no boy in the uncle's family, so he will have to support his second uncle's family in the future.

How many people would be willing to do this? In this society, how many ruthless parents don't want money, only people, just to send their daughters to suffer?

Speaking of the present, taking advantage of the rest of the night, Wu Qingzhu and Wu Tong talked to each other, sitting together while eating, and telling each other about the recent situation.

"Have you seen my father?" This is what Wu Qingzhu is most worried about, he has not seen his father since the beginning of the war, and he does not know what the situation is now.

"Brother Wu don't worry, Uncle Wu is under another city wall, Qingjiang and Qinghe are over there, and nothing happened to take care of each other.

Hearing the news of his father's safety, Wu Qingzhu was also relieved, took out the cake that Steward Fan stuffed him yesterday, broke half of it, and gave it to Wu Tong.

"How does this work?"

"Don't speak, just take it for you, and you can't explain it clearly when you show it to others, so eat it quickly."

Wu Tong held the cake in his hand and ate it without hesitation.

Speaking of which, their family owes the Wu family a lot of affection, he was sick when he was a child and had no money for treatment, Wu's father saw that he was pitiful, so he took out the money he had just earned and asked the family to treat him.

Although it was paid back later, the affection is still there, and this is not easy to repay.

Coupled with the small bag of rice sent by their family on the mountain last time, they can live on the mountain for half a month with peace of mind, otherwise they will be like others, and they will start to eat leaves or drink soup made of wood later.

The night was as calm as ever, and there were no incidents.

And the defense of the next day was not smooth, the breakthrough of a certain pass caused the entire city wall to lose control for a short time, and the soldiers on the city wall also died a lot, Wu Qingzhu looked at the entire battlefield with extreme cold and fear.

If the first time I went to the capital, I was disappointed and scared, but this time it was a biting cold and fear.

Among the arrows that fell like meteors, one of the arrows was shot at his feet, and Wu Qingzhu deeply felt that death was so close to him.

Wu Qingzhu didn't come back to his senses when another arrow was shot at him, and Wu Tong next to him saw that the situation was not good, so he rushed towards Wu Qingzhu.

"Brother Zhu, wake up quickly, this is not the time to be distracted!"

Wu Tong's shout woke Wu Qingzhu up, and when he raised his eyes again, he saw a soldier wearing armor and holding a scimitar in his hand stabbing them like here.

In a hurry, he smashed the stone he was still holding in his arms, and the enemy soldiers did not receive multiple injuries, and they stood up angrily and were about to rush again.

As soon as the army was attacked, the commander of the rear rushed over, drew the long knife in his hand and fought.

The chaos of the battlefield, the confusion of people, the inability to distinguish who is who, the forks, the arrows, the stones, the flaming arrows, and the endless stream of enemy troops climbing the tower, it didn't take long for many corpses to be added.

Wu Qingzhu saw that the situation was not good, so he remembered the plan he thought of two days ago, but he knew that he was not qualified to see the general, even if he did, why should he listen to himself as a hairy boy?

If you want the general to listen to this opinion, you can only be a person of more important position, and this person must also be familiar with himself and believe in himself.