"The county lord, the horse, the prince is back with Princess Zhuen, and General Zhongyong was injured and brought back by them!" The little guy outside the door didn't bother to knock on the door, and directly broke in and knelt on the ground to report.

"Coming back? Come here! Jiang Xinyue was in a trance and immediately regained her clarity, shook Mu Ruqing's shoulder a few times vigorously to shake him awake, took two steps forward and went out, and at the same time ordered people to go to the back bedroom: "Go and call Mianmian and Xin'er to get up, just say that the people on the front line are back, let them also come out to take care of them." ”

Hurriedly packed up two chairs and came out, as soon as Jiang Xinyue came out of the main gate, she saw that the general was carried back on a stretcher, and pulled the chair open to leave a vacant seat for the stretcher, and finally straightened up, only to feel dizzy, a surge of blood, and the whole person fell backwards weakly.

Fortunately, Mu Ruqing was next to her, and immediately stretched out his hands to catch her, and he stumbled a step, and several secret guards wearing the same clothes instantly appeared around, and when he saw Jiang Xinyue being caught by Mu Ruqing, he turned around and hid without saying a word.

"Sister, what's wrong with my sister?" Ruan Mianmian and Liu Xin'er came out from behind, and happened to see the scene of Jiang Xinyue falling, and immediately ran over to take care of it.

"It's okay, she's too tired, she gets up too quickly and is a little dizzy, I'll take her back to rest first, you take good care of here, I'll settle her down." Mu Ruqing was a little haggard, but she still picked up Jiang Xinyue and walked straight towards the bedroom.

Here, Lu Gui and Zhu En have already entered the door.

Ruan Mianmian didn't recognize it for a while, the King of England and Princess Zhuen, who had always been known for their beauty in the country and the city, were dressed in rags at the moment, and the delicate silk on the cuffs had broken countless holes, large and small, and even the exposed skin and face were smeared black and white, which looked very scary.

Ruan Mianmian greeted them and helped them sit down, and commanded people to put the loyal and brave general on the stretcher on the ground, and before the military doctor came, she rolled up her sleeves and checked the general's injuries.

The general was wounded in the shoulder, and the half-cut arrow pierced into his flesh diagonally, and his clothes had been cut, and the wound was exposed in the air, and there was not much bleeding, but the whole arrow was buried in it, and it looked very terrible. Ruan Mianmian endured the discomfort and closed his eyes, called someone to bring a handkerchief with water, and followed Mu Ruqing's way of treating the wound, and carefully wiped the wound around with a handkerchief dipped in water.

General Zhongyong is a strong man, obviously his shoulder was touched and he clenched his teeth in pain, and the muscles in his body tightened, but he didn't cry out in pain, which made everyone watching from the side admire.

Ruan Mianmian wiped the wound, and saw the military doctor coming over with a medicine box, and he wisely let go of the position next to the general, and asked the military doctor to treat the wound for him, and he pulled Liu Xin'er to sit aside, and asked about the front line: "Brother Lu, is the front line fighting again?" How could the general have been so badly wounded. ”

"There is no frontal war, tentative attacks continue, and people are sent to shout for us to hand over the general's wife, and now the army's morale is a little shaken, I'm afraid things will not be easy." Lu Gui glanced at the general when he spoke, and sure enough, although he was lying down, there was still a trace of resentment flashing in his eyes, as if he was complaining about why he couldn't recognize people clearly, and he had been implicated in the situation of being implicated in the past 20 years.

"There is no need to worry about this problem, the military and the people's hearts will definitely be stabilized, I have to make amends to the general here, the situation was urgent last night, we didn't have time to discuss, we could only forcibly control the general's mansion, put everyone under house arrest, and at the same time used the general's seal to post a notice, stating that the general's wife has been closed by your own hands, it is estimated that the announcement will spread today, and the wind direction of public opinion outside will change." Ruan Mianmian looked at General Zhongyong with a serious face and a little apprehension.

"What? Madame was killed by my own hands? But she's obviously still there..."The general's face changed greatly, and he struggled for a while to get up, but the wound was pulled and a stream of blood flowed out, and the military doctor desperately pressed him back, adding a lot of gauze to stop.

"General, don't worry, it's just an expedient measure, Madame is still being held in the barracks, we won't hurt her, but now the situation is that the barbarians want to use this matter to completely destroy your reputation, and when the time comes, the officers and soldiers of the three armies will not have the command to take the lead, I'm afraid they will really collapse the army, in order to stabilize the morale of the army, we can only make this decision." Ruan Mianmian sped up his speech and explained the stakes to the general as soon as possible, so as not to make him too excited again.

"There is one more thing, the general must be mentally prepared..."Liu Xin'er came over with a bowl of water, and deliberately lowered her voice softly and slowly, for fear of angering the general again.

"Let's say, this general is a seven-foot man, there is nothing he can't bear." The general closed his eyes, not knowing whether it was the pain of the wound or the discomfort in his heart, and a layer of mist rose from his deep eyes.

Liu Xin'er thought about it again and again, but she still knew that she couldn't say it, so she reluctantly spoke: "Yesterday we came to the mansion, Miss Lily of the Valley obstructed in every way, and when no one came in and out of the communication, she almost knew the news of the barbarian army with us at the same time, and now the evidence has been found, she is also a spy planted by the barbarians, or she was trained as a spy by the general's wife." We didn't make any claims, we just put her under house arrest. ”

"Evil obstacles! Evil obstacles! The general raised his hand fiercely and hammered it on the frame of the stretcher, his face was full of helplessness and sadness, he remembered that he was full of spirit when he was young, and he had been a golden iron horse for decades, but he couldn't even see the details of these people around him, and in the end, he had to take care of the county lord and the prince for himself, which was really a waste.

"General, don't say that, the general is unmatched in the way of using troops, even if something like this happens in the palace, it has nothing to do with you, you are just deceived like others, and you are not the initiator. In my opinion, the general should take good care of his injuries, recuperate his body as soon as possible, and then defend the city for His Majesty on the battlefield, the affairs of the mansion, it is better to leave it to us, anyway, I can't leave now, I can help a little. ”

Ruan Mianmian spoke softly, but he had other calculations in his heart. It's not that she can't trust the general, but she just thinks that everyone has what they are good at, and he will dispatch troops, so he may not be able to figure out these secret pickles in the backyard, or he has been immersed in the palace for a long time, and it is better for him to come by himself, so he recommends himself, and he doesn't care about whether it is suitable or not.

"Please ask the county lord to take over completely, and the last general will be grateful." The general didn't refuse, he also knew that the situation could be stabilized, and his reputation was saved because of the little girl in front of him.

"That's good, Brother Lu and Sister Zhuen still need to take good care of the battlefield outside, and they don't know if the cannon will go back smoothly or not, no matter what, we are stationed in Shacheng, don't lose it in our own hands, we will wait here for him to come back." Ruan Mianmian's eyes were firm, Yingying was full of tears, so pitiful.

On the tenth day of the siege of the barbarian army, the city of Sand was cut off from the outside world, and although it would not break the city, it was really besieged here and could not move.

After the general recovered from his injuries, he went to the front line to set up defenses, and repelled a few small attacks, but fortunately, it didn't take much effort, and it didn't make people see the details of Shacheng, but a few people stationed in the general's mansion were worried, and their faces were getting worse day by day, especially Mu Ruqing, who was as serious as a stone, not talking or laughing, just looking at all kinds of reported data and worrying.

"Sister Yue, have you figured it out?" Ruan Mianmian sat on the side, watching Mu Ruqing and Jiang Xinyue holding a brush to organize things, anxious, and simply asked.

"It's still not enough, the 10,000 catties of rice we bought have been eaten, although it is frugal, but then we still have to use the reserves of the granary like the garrison army, and we can only barely sustain it for half a month." Jiang Xinyue frowned so sadly that she didn't even raise her head.

"Then what can I do, the army is so difficult now, and the people are even more difficult, and the huge sand city has a reserve of food that is only enough to eat for a month? Seeing that there is only half a month left, and the barbarians have no sign of retreating, and the rear can't send in food and grass supplies, isn't this asking for people's lives?! Ruan Mianmian was also very impatient, and saw that her round face had lost weight, revealing a feeling of weakness.

These days, they don't want to sleep well, they are all on call to wake up, and they eat the same white porridge with pickles as in the barracks, and occasionally the game caught by the soldiers is sent over, and they also let people send it to the barracks to treat the soldiers, and they don't enjoy it themselves. This move made Ruan Mianmian and Jiang Xinyue's prestige in the army increase day by day, and the soldiers did not have negative emotions, but the most serious food problem would not be alleviated because of the little bit they saved.

At first, when the news of the barbarian siege came out, the people of Shacheng spontaneously went to the gate of the general's mansion to donate half of their rations to the army, which eased the situation a little, and those merchants closed their shops one after another, sorted out the quantity and variety of their own goods and handed them over, as long as they needed, they were willing to donate all of them, especially those merchants who dealt in grain and fur livestock, which were the most active.

At first, Ruan Mianmian didn't understand, in her cognition, businessmen do things for profit, how could anyone give up their wealth for no reason to selflessly help the army, or Mu Ruqing broke her doubts.

Businessmen do this for their own greater good. You must know that Shacheng can be said to be the largest trade city on the border, how many people rely on this city to eat, if it is really broken by the barbarians one day, they will not allow the Central Plains people to continue to trade, whether they can keep their lives or not, you must know that the barbarians are the most bloodthirsty, and there have been rumors of slaughtering and looting after capturing the city, how can people not be afraid.

"In the current situation, we can only keep one more day and let the people move around as little as possible, and then select some sturdy soldiers to help the people do their work everywhere, and eat other people's things, and also help people do something. As for these vacant people, if they want, they can come to the general's palace to get some cotton cloth for medical treatment, and make some armor and shoes and socks for the soldiers who go to the battlefield. Jiang Xinyue paused, full of helplessness.