The people of the city, each with his belongings, rushed up to the wall. Most of the young men were swords. When those villages resisted the invasion of Dongyi, they gained a lot of weapons or something. Later, when the villagers entered the city, most of them were distributed to those young and strong, but I didn't expect it to come in handy at this moment.

There were also some people who didn't have weapons, and some people had axes and pickaxes or something. But the strangest thing is that some people actually came up with wooden barrels, and in the wooden barrels, steaming, I don't know what was going on. I saw that those people cooperated well, and those young men with weapons in their hands protected the bucket bearer, and then quickly approached the battlement of the city wall. The contents of the barrel fell towards the Dongyi soldiers below, and a wail was heard below. It turned out that the bucket was filled with freshly boiled hot water.

Looking further down the city, several women had already set up a cauldron with water boiling in it. Some half-aged children brought water from a nearby well and poured it into the pot. These people are very fast, and the pile of firewood under the pot is booming, red. Only then did Shen Zhong remember that during the day, it was these people who came over and helped make a lot of food, and tried to make everyone eat a little bit of food. Otherwise, where did they get the physical strength to hold on until now?

"The big guys are working harder, let's boil more boiling water and scald the shameless ones below." In the crowd, a woman's crisp and sweet voice sounded, it was none other than Yushu.

With the help of the people, the pressure on the defense on the city wall was suddenly reduced a lot. The pouring of hot water did prevent the Dongyi soldiers from climbing upwards. As they climbed up the ladder, they had to raise their heads and pay attention to the situation on the city wall, and the hot water was coming down their heads, and their faces were basically inescapable. Some people have burned their faces, while others have burned their eyes. This kind of injury, compared to being cut by a sword, is another kind of pain, and it is more serious to say, after all, people's faces are relatively fragile parts.

After being beaten, many people cried out in pain, and their hands couldn't help but cover their faces, and as a result, they rolled off the ladder and fell to the ground. The ladder is very high, and if you fall from it, you will get some falls. In this way, the pace of siege slows down. And those who have already climbed the city wall, because there is no follow-up reinforcements, can only be surrounded by the soldiers and people of the Great Zhou. In a short time, they were all annihilated.

For a day and a night, Dongyi's soldiers had no chance to rest at all, and they suffered heavy losses at this moment. When the Dongyi generals under the city wall saw this situation, they couldn't help but shake their heads and sigh, it seems that the strong attack is not possible, and they may only be able to besiege the city. There is no way, the soldiers are already tired, and if they continue to attack, there will be no results. So, Dongyi's generals ordered the troops to be collected and recuperated for a while.

Shen Zhong watched the enemy troops under the city retreat rapidly, and then breathed a sigh of relief, "The big guys should also rest for a while, it seems that tonight, they are planning to stop fighting." Leave half of the men to defend the city, and the rest find a place to rest, but don't go too far from the walls. In case these Dongyi people cheat, we won't have time to defend ourselves.

As a result, the soldiers guarding the city didn't care about anything, and some just sat on the ground to rest. Those who were injured also hurried to bandage them.

Under the city wall, Han Yue'e led Yushu, Meiyu, and the daughter-in-law of the Li family to begin to arrange cooking for these soldiers guarding the city. "Leave half of the pot to boil water, it's good for the big guy to drink some hot water on such a cold day. The rest of the pots and stoves, hurry up and cook, the soldiers must be hungry and full, so that they have the strength to defend the city. ”

So, countless women under the city walls went about their work together and began to cook. At this time, it is impossible to make any more dishes, and it is already very good to be able to make rice. Half an hour later, the rice was already cooked, and the aroma wafted far away.

There are not so many dishes and chopsticks for everyone to use, and besides, they must also pay attention to defense, so Shen Zhong arranged for the people who defended the city to go down to eat in shifts. At this time, who cares about the clean burial? It's hard to have a bite of hot rice to eat. The soldiers gulped the rice into their mouths, and after eating a big bowl, they hurriedly replaced the next wave of people.

And those who cooked, saw that the pot was empty, and continued to wash rice and stew rice. Shen Zhong knew that most of these rice were obtained by Han Yue'e from the rice grain shop, and he was very grateful. After looking around, I finally found some people from the county magistrate and the county government in the crowd. "Lord Wang, please also send someone to bring over some of the grain, which is now all rice sent by the people. If we defend the city, we can't still let the people provide food, right? ”

When Wang Zhixian heard this, he nodded hurriedly, "What the general said is very true, and the subordinate will send someone there." As he spoke, he sent the chief bookkeeper to catch the head and lead people, and sent some of the rice and other materials over.

Shen Zhong came to Han Yue'e, "Auntie, thank you very much this time." ”

"Hey, what's this? It's just a matter of raising your hands. If the county can't hold it, won't all of us big guys suffer at that time? Now we have to work together to get through the difficulties together. Okay, don't say anything, hurry up and eat and rest, maybe when you have to fight again, try to save your strength. Han Yue'e looked at Shen Zhong, and her face was also full of pity, this is the future uncle. The mother-in-law looks at her son-in-law, naturally the more she looks at it, the more interesting it becomes.

Shen Zhong said a few words to Han Yue'e, and then came to Yushu's side. Yushu was busy cooking, but in the winter, she was sweating from the fire.

"Yushu." Shen Zhong stood beside Yushu, not knowing what to say.

Yushu turned around and saw Shen Zhong, seeing that there were still some blood stains on his face and body. There was a cut in his arm with a knife, which seemed to be bleeding, and there was also a wound on his leg. "Why don't you bandage your wounds?" As Yushu spoke, she pulled Shen Zhong to sit down and helped Shen Zhong bandage his wounds.

There was no clean cloth, so Yushu gritted her teeth, simply found a back, and tore off a single piece of clothing inside. Then he took the strip of cloth and wrapped it around Shen Zhong's calf and arm. Fortunately, it is thick in winter, the wound is not very deep, and after the bandage, it does not bleed too much.

"Thank you." Shen Zhong hurriedly put on the sleeves of the padded jacket, and then said.

"Thank you? Are you not for the sake of the people? Yushu's face turned red, "Let's go eat, one day and one night, you have eaten a little at noon, and now you are all hungry." Yushu turned around and went to serve Shen Zhong a meal and handed it to Shen Zhong.

Shen Zhong was not polite, took the bowl, and pulled a bowl of rice into his stomach in a few clicks. Over there, Yushu scooped another bowl of hot water, and Shen Zhong took a little bit and drank it. After eating and drinking some hot water, Shen Zhong felt much better. "Be careful over here, I'm going to take a look at the walls." With that, Shen Zhong walked away.

At this time, it was already the middle of the night, the night of the twentieth day of the lunar month, and the moon was not too bright. However, there are countless torches inside and outside the city, so you can see some of the situation outside. Dongyi's soldiers withdrew for about two miles and settled there. It seems that there is no fire to cook, just rest.

As soon as the enemy army came up last night, Shen Zhong sent someone to report the news to the state city quickly, thinking that at this moment, Gongzi should have already moved, right? Shen Zhong has followed Shen Hongjun for so many years, and it can be said that they still have a tacit understanding in the war. Perhaps other generals would never dare to bring troops to rescue in the face of this situation. But Shen Hongjun is different, he is not the kind of person who sits idly by, and he will definitely lead the troops to attack. Now it's up to the reinforcements to break the siege, but they must be ready at all times. Once reinforcements arrive, a major battle is inevitable, and when the time comes, it will be a life-and-death struggle.

"Pass the order, seize the time to rest, and the patrol must always pay attention. Tomorrow at dawn, there will definitely be movement, and then even if you risk your life, you will have to crush the enemy. Shen Zhong ordered.

"The general can rest assured, what kind of wind and waves have we not seen? After all these years of breaking through the wind and fire, can you still be afraid of those dogs on the other side? Some of the sergeants shouted loudly, and some of the people next to them also shouted in response, and everyone laughed.

At that moment, everyone should eat, rest, rest, and change shifts to patrol and guard when they are rested.

On a winter night, the cold wind howls and the ghosts cry like wolves. The wind was like a sharp blade, blowing on the face like a knife. But the sergeants, no one cared about it at the moment, and everyone sat around the fire. Some just leaned together and slept with their eyes closed, while others whispered.

When the people who had come to help saw this, they went home one after another, brought their bedding and covered the soldiers. The old and weak, women and children, one by one, helped to guard the fires, trying not to let the fire go out, and also to save people from freezing to death.

The night was silent, and there was hardly any movement on the entire city wall except for the sound of patrolling people walking back and forth. Shen Zhong told those people that it was better to go back and rest first. Tonight, there shouldn't be any big deals, if the enemy army continues to attack the city tomorrow, everyone will come and help. So the people dispersed and went back to rest.

Yushu found Shen Zhong, and after a few words, she also left.

Time passed little by little, and after a day and a night of fierce fighting, the soldiers were all extremely tired, and many of them slept very deeply. Shen Zhong never dared to sleep, just patrolling back and forth. When Dongfang was a little pale, Shen Zhong gave an order to wake everyone up.

And at this moment, I saw a fire on the opposite side of the river in the distance.