It's been a good year, and it's become deserted.

Suddenly, the sound of gongs and drums sounded outside the wall: "The enemy army is coming, don't run around, the old men are all armed to protect their families." ”

The shouting outside was loud, and Li Tingxi's tearful eyes suddenly became a little smiling.

Ace is reporting safety to her in disguise.

yes, she can't sit still.

This is a good opportunity to unite the people of Guanhai, and she must seize it.

Li Tingyu calmed down and sent someone to inform all the neighbors, asking them to guard the old and weak women and children at home.

The neighbors were very disdainful and did not take Li Tingyu's words to heart.

Fang Cai went to see Lu Ce all night and knew that the enemy army was at least about 5,000 people, and they only had 2,000 soldiers guarding Guanhai. This battle is a little difficult to win.

"The master has already sent someone to Nanping to ask for help, and the army can come in three days." Seeing her frowning in the middle of the night, he comforted her dryly.

They used to be from southern Xinjiang, and it's only been a short month, could it be that the soldiers in southern Xinjiang will still draw swords against them?

Li Tingyu didn't say much when she knew their reaction, she was just preparing for the worst.

When Wuye heard this, he didn't know what to say, so he retreated sneeringly.

When it was a child, it was supposed to be a moment of celebration with the sound of firecrackers, but the small courtyard of the Lu family was so deserted.

"It takes three days to go and three days to return, and one back and forth, adding up to six days. Will they be able to hold out that long? Li Tingyu bit his lip, a little worried.

Although she believed in Lu Ce very much, the gap in the number of soldiers was there, and they didn't know how many days they could last.

Anyway, she didn't feel sleepy at all now, so she might as well find something to distract herself.

The crackling firecrackers finally added a bit of liveliness to the deserted courtyard.

"Miss, let's set off firecrackers." Jin Zi tried to have some fun for Li Tingyu.

"Okay." Li Tingyu nodded.

It's a pity that until dawn, Li Tingyu didn't wait for Lu Ce to come back, but fell asleep in the courtyard in a daze.

It was Banxia and Jin Zi who woke her up and sent her back to the house.

Li Tingyu sat on a rocking chair in the courtyard, holding the hand stove, and looked at the door expectantly.

She was waiting for the familiar figure.

"Where's Ace, is there any news?" Li Tingyu shook his drowsy head, and the first thing he asked was Lu Ce.

Jin Zi said with a worried face: "Xu is the front line is busy, and my uncle doesn't have time to send the news back." ”

"Ahh Li Tingyu sneezed as soon as she woke up, and Jin Zi looked at her worriedly.

Miss can't be caught with the cold, right?

Therefore, she did not hesitate to take the ginger tea handed by Banxia and drank it all.

With something hot in his stomach, Li Tingyu felt much better, and his confused mind became a little clearer.

"Madam, let's have a bowl of ginger tea." Banxia boiled ginger tea early, and when he saw that Li Tingyu had woken up, he hurriedly brought it up.

Li Tingyu felt that her throat was burning hot, and her head was also dizzy, she knew that this was a precursor to a cold. She can't get sick at this juncture.

It didn't take long for him to rush back.

"Madame has something to tell you, but don't worry." Banxia was a little hesitant, not knowing whether to tell Li Tingyu, who was a little sick, about this.

"Let people inquire about the current state of the war." She pinched herself hard and forced herself to wake up.

"Yes." Banxia took the bowl away and retreated.

"What? How can I not be in a hurry? Prepare the carriage, I have to go out. Li Tingyu struggled to get up.

"Miss, your body is the most important thing." Jin Zi was so anxious that he grabbed her.

"Hurry up." Li Ting's heart was clenched, for fear that unpleasant words would come out of her mouth.

"The grain and grass of the camp were burned by the people of southern Xinjiang." Banxia said in a deep voice.

"Banxia, take the silver and buy all the rice from the rice shops in the city." Li Tingyu commanded.

Banxia nodded, not daring to delay for half a minute.

"Listen to me." Li Tingyu didn't explain too much, threw down three words stiffly, and staggered to get up and get dressed by himself.

"It's cold outside, you have brought the hand stove." Seeing that the dissuasion was ineffective, Jin Zi had to change her clothes and wrap her tightly.

The sound of horses' hooves clattered, and Li Tingyu's brain was running rapidly.

There are more than 2,000 people in the army, and the food of all the shops in Guanhai City together is probably only enough for them to last a day.

"Go to the governor's capital." Li Tingyu got into the carriage with a solemn face.

If there is no food, let alone five days, I am afraid they will not be able to last for two days.

"Hmm." Li Tingyu retracted his thoughts and got out of the carriage with the gold.

The guard at the gate was a little surprised when he saw Li Tingyu: "General's wife, why are you here." ”

What to do in the following days.

"Madam, the prefect has arrived." The groom stopped the horse and whispered back.

Li Tingyu was already weak, and this time she walked fast, she gasped even more.

When Hu Qisheng heard that Li Tingyu was looking for her, he suddenly felt bad in his heart.

"I want to see Lord Zhizhou."

"The little one will take you there." The guards also knew about Lu Ce leading people to resist the soldiers in southern Xinjiang, and guessed that she should have something important to find Zhizhou, so her steps were also quick.

"The grain and grass in the army have been burned, and we must hurry up and gather food, otherwise these two thousand soldiers will starve to death. I have sent for all the rice in the city. Li Tingyu felt that he couldn't raise his eyelids, so he still tried his best to explain to Hu Qisheng.

"What?" Hu Qisheng's eyes widened in surprise.

General Lu won't have anything wrong, right?

"Madame looked hurried, but what happened?" Hu Qisheng asked in fear.

"Mrs. Lu, to tell you the truth, there is not a grain of grain in this grain depot." Hu Qisheng was even more angry when he said this.

"What?" Li Tingyu was even more surprised.

"This group of southern Xinjiang people is so shameless!" The thought that the city would be breached made him anxious.

"Master Hu, can you open a warehouse to release grain so that the soldiers on the front line can be fed." Li Tingyu watched him pacing back and forth, dizzy, and hurriedly stopped him.

"Before the group of southern Xinjiang people abandoned the city, they burned down the grain depot with a fire, and they couldn't take it away, and they didn't leave us a single grain." Hu Qisheng said that in the end, his eyebrows were raised in anger.

Li Tingyu didn't expect that there would be such a stubble, she frowned and said: "Then how will you hold on in the next few days, the reinforcements will not arrive until five days later." ”

"This ...... Let me think about it. Hu Qisheng also realized the importance of this matter and pondered it.

"The military and civilians are a family." Li Tingyu seemed to have thought of something, and muttered quietly.

"What did you say?" Hu Qisheng didn't understand, and asked strangely.