492:Fire Attack
As long as Mrs. Meng thinks about it, if she is in the position of the queen mother, and she wants to perform the deep love between husband and wife in front of the emperor, Mrs. Meng will be disgusted and want to vomit.
It's not easy.
Mrs. Meng looked up and wanted to talk to her son Meng Huaijin, but found that Meng Huaijin was distracted.
"Sincerely, you ......"
Meng Huaijin stood up, "My son is thinking about Xiao Yunting's illness, it stands to reason that my son has already visited him personally, but for some reason, he just can't fully trust Xiao Yunting." β
All the tosses that Xiao Yunting did were based on the premise that he could survive until he was thirty years old, right?
If he doesn't live to be thirty years old, Xiao Yunting will be so hard!
Meng Huaijin thought like this, and opened the note he received in the palace today.
The handwriting on the note, Juan Xiu was resolute, and there was no earnest advice, only a "wait".
What are you waiting for?
Is it telling him not to be impatient and to be patient?
Meng Huai burned the note.
He can wait, the situation in Huainan is so bad, how can Cheng Qing wait?
Thinking that Cheng Qing might have collided head-on with the scarf thief at this time, the scarf thief didn't care whether Cheng Qing was the champion of the sixth yuan and the first, and killed him if he said that he would kill it, Meng Huaijin's chest was a little stuffy.
He walked out of the hall and into the study alone, twisting the pen-washing ornaments on the shelf, and the bookshelf turned to reveal a dark tunnel.
The tunnel is dark, as if there is some terrible monster hidden.
The Meng family's house is extremely ordinary in the capital, but I didn't expect that there would be such a secret passage hidden!
Lord Shaoqing, who is beautiful and beautiful, is very familiar with this tunnel, and walked in without hesitation.
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Rainbow County.
The Turban Thief had just launched his third attack.
Cheng Qing took Hongxian to withstand the attack of the scarf thief again, the scarf thief did not get any favor, and Hongxian did not have any upper hand.
Cheng Qing also wondered, the scarf thief had stayed outside the city for two days and launched three attacks on Hongxian...... Is it completely consumed with Hongxian?
This is not afraid of Huai'an sending reinforcements!
Cheng Qing is looking forward to Huai'an will send reinforcements, now Hongxian and the turban thieves are in a stalemate, Hongxian has no troops to go out of the city to chase the scarf thieves, and the scarf thieves can't attack the city for a while, Cheng Qing urgently needs a third-party force to join in to break the deadlock, so that she can rob the scarf thief in turn!
Not only Cheng Qing, but Lang Qianhu also thought so.
In the past two days, the scarf thief has attacked three times, and Hongxian County has also defended it three times, and Lang Qianhu has also estimated the strength of the scarf thief.
The commander of the opposing army has limited ability, and he only has the tricks of the three-board axe.
The military literacy of the thieves is not high, a group of rabble, and only by relying on the large number of people can they dare to be arrogant, if there are 5,000 regular soldiers under Lang Qianhu, they must rush to the city to kill the scarf thief without leaving a piece of armor.
"My lord, this battle is too embarrassing!"
Lang Qianhu chewed on the horse jerky in his mouth, sat next to the fire and complained to Cheng Qing.
Cheng Qing also sat on the edge of the fire.
It is now October, and it is cold at night, Cheng Qing asked people to build a fire on the city wall, which can not only keep the soldiers guarding the city from the cold, but also illuminate the vicinity of the city wall, so as to prevent the thieves' spies from approaching Hongxian County at night.
Listening to Lang Qianhu's complaints, Cheng Qing smiled:
"Lord Qianhu, our initial goal was just to hold Hongxian, and this goal has been achieved now. The county is self-sufficient in food and water, and the army of the turban thieves cannot besiege us forever. β
Cheng Qing didn't use much of the 20,000 stone disaster relief grain she carried, and she allowed rich families in the countryside to take refuge in the county, so she naturally had to charge them protection money.
The landlords in the countryside will not lack grain if they lack anything, and leaving the grain in the countryside will be snatched away by the scarf thieves, and they can only be kept by transporting the stored grain into Hongxian County.
Cheng Qing also encouraged them to pay for their entry into the city with food.
There are also big families in the county, donating silver and food to defend the city, and the scarf thieves will besiege Hongxian for another ten days and a half months, and the people in the county will not starve to death.
But it is impossible for the scarf thief to really stay outside the city for ten days and a half months.
There is still a distance from Huainan here, the scarf thieves have no supplies, and it is too close to Huai'an City...... Time is running out for the scarf thief.
Cheng Qing stood up, "Lang Qianhu, be vigilant tonight, if I guess correctly, the thieves will attack again tonight, this should be the last attack before the scarf thieves evacuate." β
Unable to attack for a long time, the scarf thieves could only give up looting Hongxian.
It's good to survive tonight.
Of course, the turban thieves have lost a lot of troops, and they will not be willing to evacuate from outside Hongxian empty-handed, this last attack must be the most violent!
Lang Qianhu also knew that it was powerful, so he didn't dare to hold it up, swallowed the horse meat jerky in his mouth, and nodded solemnly.
Cheng Qing thought about it and met with Old Man He alone.
"If the city is broken, you take advantage of the chaos to take Miss He out of the city."
He Lao Yuanwai thinks that Hongxian can hold it, and Cheng Qing actually thinks so, but people who have no long-term concerns must have near-term worries, in case they can't hold it, the ancestors and grandchildren of the He family should have a way out.
After all, the ancestors of the He family came to take risks to help her, Cheng Qing was naturally worried about their safety, if something happened to the ancestors and grandchildren of the He family, Cheng Qing himself would feel guilty for the rest of his life even if he survived.
Before Old Man He could speak, He Wan walked in, she was wearing an apricot-colored cloak, her shoulders were wet with night dew, and there was a thin sweat on her forehead.
"If you want to go, let's go together, how can you just let me and my grandfather escape. Master Cheng, do you look down on women, do you only have men with integrity, and women should run away? β
Cheng Qing couldn't cry or laugh, "Miss He, what you said is right, I was wrong." β
Why is the little girl so stubborn, what kind of temperament can she eat?
Saving your life is real!
Even Cheng Qing is trying her best to defend the city, if she really can't hold it, she won't die in front of the scarf thief...... If you don't keep your life, everything is empty.
He Wan smiled brightly, and the corners of her eyes were like crescent moons:
"Even if I want to escape from the city, now the whole Hongxian County knows that I am Lord Cheng's fiancΓ©e, and the scarf thief Xu also knows, how can they let me go?"
Can't be provoked, can't be provoked.
He Wanling has sharp teeth, Cheng Qingxiao can't stand the ridicule of beauties, so she can only run away.
He Wan spat lightly.
Coward, dare to fight with the scarf thief, but dare not marry her!
He is not a cannibal dominatrix, so he scared Cheng Qing like this.
He Wan laughed and hurt her stomach, and Old Man He looked at his granddaughter with a doting face, "You, what are you doing to scare Cheng Qing." β
At three o'clock, when the soldiers defending the city were most sleepy, they heard the sound of horses' hooves.
One after another, the flames pierced the night and fell into the city walls.
Cheng Qing's face was condensed.
The scarf thief finally used this trick.
A fire attack that harms others and does not benefit oneself can destroy a city, but it can also burn the food in the city.
The scarf thief felt that he couldn't break through Hongxian, and he didn't want to leave the food to Cheng Qing, so he simply set it on fire and burned everything clean!
"Those who defend the city continue to defend the city, and they must not move without permission, and the rest of the people will follow the official to fight the fire!"