"Huh? I didn't expect that the people in our city rely on underground water wells for water, but there are no wells outside the city, so the water that so many of their soldiers eat is transported from the barbarians? Ruan Mianmian frowned, thinking of something.

The county lord laughed, the barbarians will have to walk for a few days here, and the water delivery project is huge, how can it be supported. Since the barbarian army surrounded the sand city, they have been fighting our moat water in a hidden place every day, and they expected that we were separated by a wall after all, thinking that we would not make a fuss in the water, so they naturally used it boldly. The herald also thought of this, and repeatedly praised Ruan Mianmian's delicate thoughts.

"In this case, the effect of rattan grass will probably be even greater." Ruan Mianmian gently hooked the corners of her lips and smiled faintly.

Time does not wait for people, under the deployment of Mu Ruqing and Ruan Mianmian, the people of the whole city and the soldiers who are not on duty spontaneously began to look for rattan grass around themselves, the streets and alleys are full of people who bend down and squat on the ground and hold small shovels and knives in their hands, the whole city is dispatched, and the front of the general's mansion has been blocked by a pile of rattan grass that is higher than a person, and the people finally find a thing that can contribute, and they are even more busy, and after eating for a while, they come out again to continue to pick rattan grass.

Ruan Mianmian wore a cotton skirt, rolled up her sleeves to reveal her white arms like jade lotus, and competently helped the soldiers load the rattan grass and send it to the city wall.

Ruan Mianmian is collecting it here, and Lu Gui and Zhu En on the other side can't be idle. There is a loyal and brave general on the city tower, although it is very troublesome to deal with, but there will definitely be no major problems, so the two of them began to arrange to mash the rattan grass under the city wall with peace of mind, and then put it in hot water to boil, and all the boiling hot water was brought to the city wall for the soldiers to splash down, and the remaining rattan grass and ashes were pulled away and thrown into the well that Mu Ruqing said.

In the evening, when the lanterns were lit on the castle tower and the bonfire was lit, the people on the city wall could already see with the naked eye that the color of the river water in the moat had changed significantly, no longer a clear and faint cyan, but a deeper and more enchanting turquoise, although the difference was not big, but it still showed that their hard work of the day was not in vain, and it worked after all.

The barbarian army didn't know about it, and still packed up at this time and sent a group of soldiers to prepare to cross the river, but the loyal and brave general did not give any more orders to resist at this time, but waved his hand so that everyone could only watch and not make a move, seeing that those soldiers had jumped into the river and stirred up a splash, and the city wall became more and more quiet.

Under the gaze of everyone, these barbarian soldiers began the easiest and most difficult crossing of the river. They buried their heads deep in the water, their bodies as close to the surface as possible, and swayed like a fish, dodging buttons or other weapons that might arrive.

However, there were no imaginary arrows or hot water maces above their heads, not even the slightest human voice, only the occasional whining wind heard when they surfaced, and the barbarian soldiers invariably relaxed their spirits, and thought that the Central Plains people on the city wall had relaxed their resistance, but this relaxation did not matter, but they were horrified to find that they could no longer lift their strength and spirit.

It's in the water!

The moat was not small, they were in the middle of the shore on either side, the soldiers were frightened by this feeling that had never been seen before, some could still put their hands out of the water and flutter a few times, but others directly and quietly sank into the bottom of the green river, only a series of rapid and short bubbles floated to the surface, and lost their direction.

The remaining barbarian soldiers wanted to turn around and return to the shore in panic, but they were already exhausted, and gradually floated and sank a few times with the swing of the water waves, and no longer had the strength, so they sank helplessly.

For a while, the Central Plains defenders on the city wall and the barbarian soldiers outside the moat were silent, no one shouted and no one moved, just looked at the deep moat and widened their eyes.

At first, General Zhongyong did not believe that the idea of a little woman in the county lord of Ruliang would subvert the entire battle situation, but at this moment he had to praise her whimsy, no matter how wide and deep the moat is, it is also a flowing thing in the end, a large amount of rattan grass is thrown into it, and he is not afraid that it will be ineffective, and at this moment the facts have been placed in front of him, not only effective, but also remarkable.

No one cheered on the walls, but all the soldiers had a burning bonfire and fighting spirit in their eyes, and this belief in victory quickly spread after the first success, and immediately swept away the tiredness and helplessness of the days.

The barbarian army outside the city was in a completely opposite state, they watched the team they had just sent out be wiped out in an instant, sinking into the moat silently, and what was even more strange was that the enemy troops on the opposite side of the people's lives did not move and attack at all, and even stopped their defenses.

There were gradually small-scale riots in the barbarian camp, and many people who knew the soldiers who sank into the river wanted to rush out to find out, but they were stopped by other people around them, and even some officers were a little incredulous, but they still pulled out the scimitars in their hands to maintain order, they probably thought that all this was a conspiracy of the Central Plains people, or deliberately created chaos to attract the soldiers to come forward, and then they were all in one net, so they desperately stopped the rioting soldiers, and when necessary, they also ruthlessly corrected a few on the spot, which barely stabilized.

It's just that although the soldiers are no longer rioting, their morale is difficult to revive, and the barbarians' original foolproof plan has now failed, even if they are unwilling, there will never be soldiers willing to cross the moat with their lives again, but what they don't know is that more difficult difficulties are yet to come.

Because of the failure of this plan, the barbarian army was temporarily inactive, and it was extremely calm overnight, and there was no more siege of the city, and the soldiers who defended the city led by the loyal and brave general had a rare good night's sleep, and there was no sudden and rapid horn sound to disturb people's dreams at night.

Early the next morning, the energetic city guards returned to the city wall to guard, leisurely watching the barbarian soldiers below have a new wave of riots, I have to say that the effect of rattan grass was really expected by Mu Ruqing.

The barbarian soldiers are numerous, but the outer area of the sand city is desert, and the only river is a stream that communicates with the moat, so they must be inseparable from the moat if they want to supply water. But yesterday day they did not notice anything strange in the water until they sent troops to attack the city in the evening, but the soldiers who fetched water kept it back to the barracks on this day, and there is no doubt that the water they ate today is still the same water that was added with rattan grass yesterday, and no one thought of this layer.

So as soon as Lu Gui and Princess Zhuen went up to the city tower today, they saw many barbarian soldiers hurriedly carrying some people out, and these people who could still move around also seemed weak, covering their stomachs and moaning for a while from time to time, and the whole team fell into decay overnight.

By noon, the riots in the barbarian barracks were getting more and more serious, and the barbarian generals were all bigger, but after all, the barbarian side was different from the scenery of Shacheng, and the folk customs were not civilized, no one knew why these symptoms appeared, they all thought that the plague had come back many years ago, and the army was in turmoil.

The barbarian generals couldn't, so they had to hype up the conspiracy and tricks of the hateful Central Plains people, so that the barbarian soldiers contracted this strange disease, and directly shouted to the defenders of Shacheng to quickly hand over the medicine for the treatment of strange diseases, which further put the hat of this disease on the heads of the defenders of Shacheng.

Lu Gui smiled brightly, and said to Zhu En with great interest: "Tsk, this thing is really our doing, but didn't sleep in two days, how can there be any antidote, this barbarian, just stupid." ”

"Who knows what they think, but this is all Mianmian's idea, let's send the news to the General's Mansion, let them want to go, come, eat a sweet potato, I just put it in the stove and roast it, it is fragrant." Zhu En's eyes narrowed into a kitten, and he broke half a sweet potato and held it up in front of Lu Gui.

"Huh? Want an antidote? What is the antidote to this, just tell them a few days, let them withdraw from the army. Ruan Mianmian pursed her lips and shook her head in disbelief.

"That's not right, since they think it's a plague, of course we can't kill it all, so naturally we have to offer the antidote with both hands, and the condition is that they retreat to fifty miles away." Mu Ruqing sat opposite and knocked on the table proudly.

"Yes, they want an antidote, let's give the antidote, I remember that there is old flour in the warehouse, which is no longer edible, so I mixed it with some sugar and sent it to them, and I also instructed them to take it in clean water, and it will be fine in less than three days, but within these three days, they must obediently withdraw from the army, otherwise, we still have a way to make the plague recur." Jiang Xinyue laughed wickedly for a while, as if a child had done a prank.

"That's it, anyway, this disease will be cured or not, and we are generous, otherwise we would have thrown poison into the moat." Ruan Mianmian nodded with a smile, and jumped to the courtyard to call someone to spread the word, looking like he was in a good mood.

The "antidote" was sent out of the city gate on the same day, and Lu Hui also emphasized a lot of nonsense precautions, and finally handed over a cart of antidote with a bitter face and reluctantly, as if he had suffered a big loss.

Not long after the antidote was sent, the barbarian soldiers really began to pack up the camp, and one by one they began to withdraw their troops listlessly, although this siege battle did not really start in the end, but looking at them like this, anyone who looks at it will feel that the barbarians are the side that cannot be defeated.

Shacheng is safe for the time being, and then they can wait for the situation on the side of the cannon in the city with peace of mind.