Chapter 467: Steadfastness (1st Update)
So, Su Rong prescribed a recipe for loose soft tendons and asked Feng Ling and the others to find the corresponding medicinal materials.
Zhou Gu added, "Act quickly, don't expect to get enough at once, send back as much as you can." β
Feng Ling nodded understandingly, and immediately took someone to go.
Su Rong touched the head of a flying eagle and said to Zhou Gu: "I have to send a letter to the city." β
Zhou Gu also felt that he had to send a letter, at least so that Ning Chi could prepare, every household had a water tank, hurry up and fill it, at least for three days without drinking poisoned water.
So, Su Rong wrote a short letter, tied it to the flying eagle's leg, patted its head and said: "Fly higher, don't be stupid, don't be shot down by the soldiers outside the city, it's better to go high into the clouds, and then enter the city, and then go straight down." β
The flying eagle was specially trained, and seemed to understand, rubbed his head in Su Rong's palm, and then soared into the sky.
Zhou Gu admired it every time he looked at it, "This little thing is really easy to use." β
Now he doesn't have to be envious, he also has one, which Su Rong gave him.
Since he was a child, he has read books that are all over the world, and he always feels that many of the things and things written on them are too surprising. But from the moment he saw these flying eagles in Su Rong's hands, they could find someone to deliver a letter thousands of miles away, which was much easier to use than a letter, and he felt that the world was so big that there were no surprises, but he had little vision and no knowledge.
On the upper floor of Nanping City, you can clearly see the soldiers and horses under the city in the formation of the formation.
Ning Chi's face was solemn, "It looks like the Northern Hebei Army is preparing to attack the city." β
He commanded, "Let everyone be ready for the night." β
The soldiers defending the city woke up in unison, cheered up very much, and waited for the northern Hebei army to attack the city.
Ning Chi estimated the time, got off the city tower, and returned to the mansion to gather people, "I'm afraid that the Northern Hebei Army is going to attack the city, and the soldiers and horses of the Protector's Mansion are afraid that they won't be able to come so soon, and all the soldiers in our city will last a day at most." β
Ning Ze's face turned pale, "Big brother, what should I do then?" β
He doesn't want to die, he still wants to go to Nanchu to be an official.
Ning Chi didn't expect Ning Ze to come up with any ideas, and looked at Jiang Zhu, "Brother Jiang, have you come up with any way?" β
Jiang said: "As far as I know, there are more than 30,000 people in the city. There should be more than 10,000 strong men. This part of the people can be gathered and resist with the soldiers, if even the powerful women are counted, it is estimated that they can gather nearly 20,000 people. If you are united, you can last half a day. β
More than half a day, which is also a lot.
Ning Chi immediately gave an order and ordered people to go door to door to gather the people.
"Is there anything else?" Ning Ze looked at Jiang Zhu like a life-saving straw.
Jiang Zhudao: "There is also a way, that is, to collect more wood and oil, at that time, the northern Hebei army will attack the city, and throw down the wood that burns into a strong fire, dry wood meets oil, the less the more hunting, the fire touches the soldiers, plus pouring oil, it will burn, in this way, it can also resist for half a day." β
"It's winter in the city now, and every household has prepared dry firewood, but it's hard to say how much oil you can get. After all, oil is expensive. Not only dry firewood and oil, but also stones and iron tools at home, as long as they are sharp weapons that hurt people, they can be collected. Ning Chi ordered again.
"Anything else?" Ning Ze asked Jiang Zhu again.
Jiang Zhu shook his head, "There are only these two methods, and I can't think of any more, after all, it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice." Now that there is a huge disparity in strength, and they are trapped beasts, they can only count on Brother Zhou and Miss Su Qi to do something outside the city. β
"Yes, yes, Brother Zhou and Miss Seven will definitely not watch the Northern Hebei Army attack the city and don't want to take countermeasures." Ning Ze felt that there was more hope for life.
Ning Chi glanced at Ning Ze with disgust, I really don't know how this thing was accepted by Su Rong, could it be that he was naΓ―ve and stupid?
Preparations are in full swing in the city, and the Northern Hebei Army outside the city is also repairing and preparing for the siege.
A flying eagle flew into Nanping City from high above the clouds, and after a visual inspection over the Nanping Marquis Mansion, it swooped down.
This flying eagle knows the way, after all, it has lived in northern Hebei City with Su Rong Fengling, which is much easier than sending a letter to the capital and finding Zhou Che who is marching outside.
"There's an eagle." One of the guards was the first to see.
When Ning Chi heard this, he stood up Tengdi, "What eagle?" Where?"
The guard immediately stretched out his hand and pointed to the eaves not far away.
Ning Chi saw it, his eyes lit up, and he stretched out his hand to wave to the eagle, which tilted its head and glanced at Ning Chi, flew over, and landed on Ning Chi's shoulder.
Ning Chi hurriedly hugged it, looked down for the letter, and sure enough, saw the letter tied to its leg.
He opened it, only to see that the letter said that Zhou Gu thought of a way to poison the river outside the city, and specially informed him, but the river is relatively wide, and it needs to be dispersed with a large number of soft tendons, I am afraid that it can be effective.
When Ning Chi heard this, he immediately sent people to the city to spread the word that all the people were preparing water.
Jiang Chai said in surprise: "This is actually a flying eagle sending a letter?" β
"yes." Ning Chi knew that Su Rong and Zhou Gu were also thinking about it, and his heart was a lot more relaxed, "This is Miss Su Qi's secret guard training, it is particularly spiritual, and it is better than the messenger at a critical time." β
After all, the city is under siege, and not a single fly can fly in or out, but this flying eagle is different and can avoid people from a thousand feet in the sky.
"Awesome." Jiang Zhu was even more determined to follow Su Rong.
The prescriptions prescribed by Su Rong are all common medicines, and she deliberately changed the prescription for strong and soft tendons, after all, there is a scarcity of medicines in the original prescription, which is not easy to play, and the effect of changing the prescription is not so good, but it is still easy to play.
Therefore, Feng Ling took people, everyone went out empty-handed, and a few hours later, a group of people came back with bags, which were full of herbs.
It is not easy to get a large number of herbs during the siege of Nanping City by the Northern Hebei Army. There are also some who go to the mountains to dig medicine.
In the middle of the night, he took the secret guards, under the guidance of Su Rong and Zhou Gu, set up a large cauldron to boil medicine, and finally boiled countless pills, casually put them into bags, and then quietly threw them into the river by the dark guards.
At night, the Northern Hebei Army launched an offensive against Nanping City, which was very fierce.
Su Rong and Zhou Gu stood on the top of the mountain, looking at the direction of Nanping City, the sound of shouting and killing came faintly, and the fire was soaring, it seemed that the effect of the medicine did not occur or that it was not enough, or that the soldiers of the Northern Hebei Army had not drunk much water today.
In short, it can only be carried by the soldiers in Nanping City.
Although Zhou Gu has high martial arts, he has no way to lead people to resist the 200,000 Northern Hebei Army at this time, so he can only endure and wait.
(End of chapter)