Late at night, Jian Ning had fallen asleep, but Ding Youtian was still poring over a map under the lamp, mentally rehearsing siege plans. Fengyi's walls were over ten feet taller than those of other cities, and the gates were cast from cast iron, making them incredibly sturdy. Crossbows were mounted on both battlements. Ammunition for the howitzers and drones was limited, and the coalition forces numbered in the hundreds of thousands. Capturing the city with minimal casualties required relying solely on artillery fire.

The best solution is to form a death squad to fly up to the city wall, fight their way out and rush to open the city gate. The sooner the city gate is opened, the less casualties among the attackers can be reduced.

Ding Youtian was screening candidates who could jump over the city wall in his mind. It seemed as if there were thousands of troops galloping in his mind, filled with all kinds of bloody scenes. Half a year after the war started, his skin color had become rougher and his body had become stronger. His pair of narrow and long phoenix eyes were still as bright as obsidian, and he looked wise and calm. He was no longer the scoundrel in Dingxian Village who used to jump up and down and curse in the streets.

The night was calm.

The next day, the soldiers were training diligently for the siege the next day. Since the founding of the dynasty, the Yan army had been practicing the military training system established by Liu the Blind Man, with each squad consisting of seven people. Each squad fought independently, with four people in each squad holding spears and swords and specializing in stabbing, and the other three specializing in beheading. After the battle, each squad would present heads to ask for reward.

When the two armies faced each other, those holding spears were in the front, and those holding swords guarded both sides, forming a sharp sword formation to give full play to the role of long and short weapons. Jane Ning knew at a glance that this was the combat method of the Guangxi Wolf Soldiers. She came out of the central military tent and looked around, and saw her three girls, Concubine Li and several of her maids, forming a group for training. What surprised her was Dabao.

Dabao was still a member of the Wuyi Battalion when the military team was still in operation. But now he is training in a squad with Ding Gui, Ding Peng and others. They are really like brothers in battle.

Jian Ning saw that Ding Gui was very calm in every move he made. This guy was born to be a martial artist and a soldier, and he worked well with Dabao.

During the break, Jian Ning called Erniu and Sanniu over. The two little ones actively participated in the training even though their minor injuries had not yet healed. It seemed that the four kids all took after their grandfather, King Pingnan, and were full of blood. Only Jia Jia took after Ding Youtian more, but under the influence of the other three, she was not willing to lag behind.

"You two can train as much as you want, but you're not needed in the battlefield. If you don't want to be sent back, follow Sister Qiaofeng. Helping her treat the wounded is also contributing to the army. Do you understand?"

Erniu and Sanniu looked at each other, and Sanniu said, "Mom, I can do it. My great aunt praised me before. If you don't believe me, go ask."

"Yeah, you also praised me and said I'm not bad!" When Erniu saw that Sanniu didn't mention her, she got so angry that her face turned red.

"Don't make noise." Jane Ning pointed at them and said, "All actions must be followed."

Erniu and Sanniu were pouting to the sky. The reason they were trying to get Concubine Li to actively participate in the training was that they wanted to exchange the enemy heads for rewards and then make armor for themselves.

"Let's go talk to Daddy. Mom seems to listen to Daddy now. Daddy is an official, and Mom isn't." Erniu reached out to hold Sanniu's hand. Sanniu thought about it and said, "Okay, Mom is afraid that we will be killed by the enemy, but Daddy is not."

"Don't talk nonsense, you two." Qiao Feng brought over a basin of blood-stained gauze in a wooden basin. Overhearing their mumbling, she stopped and looked at them. "Your father doesn't seem to be worried about you anymore. Master just told me to take you two with him. I'm going to the stream to wash the gauze now. Do you want to come with me?"

"don't want!"

"want!"

Erniu said no, but when Sanniu said yes, she nudged her and said, "Let's go find Daddy first, and then go to the stream to find Sister Qiaofeng and help her wash the gauze, okay?"

"No, I need to help Sister Qiaofeng wash the gauze first and then go find Daddy."

"Oh well."

The three of them arrived at the stream. The dried blood on the gauze turned red after being soaked in water. Erniu exclaimed, "Wow, there's so much blood! It's all our people's blood."

"I must kill more of them and make them bleed more!" Sanniu said fiercely with a stern face.

After washing the gauze, Sanniu jumped onto a big rock by the stream. She stood on it and Erniu stood below. The two of them worked together to twist out a few pieces of gauze.

After wringing out a few strands, Erniu held them and put them in the basin. Sanniu blew on her hands. There was still a lot of unmelted snow on the grass by the stream. The stream water was extremely cold. If it weren't for the invasion of foreign enemies, she would be studying in a private school at this moment, holding a hand warmer in her hands.

Sanniu hated the invading coalition forces so much that she couldn't help but look up at Fengyi City. When she saw it, she suddenly exclaimed "Ah" and rubbed her eyes. She looked for a while, then jumped off the big rock and ran towards the central army tent without paying attention to Erniu and Qiaofeng calling her.

"I'm going to chase my sister." Erniu followed.

Inside the central military tent, Ding Youtian was demonstrating on the sand table to the King of Pingnan and a group of generals. He proposed a plan of using a suicide squad to jump over the city wall. As he was discussing with everyone who could be sent, Erniu and Sanniu ran out of the tent one after another.

Outside the tent, there were generals below the fifth rank and their men were guarding, and the two were stopped.

"The Marshal is discussing important matters with the generals. You are not allowed to enter."

"Grandpa, I have urgent military information to report, Grandpa!" Sanniu jumped up and shouted.

Upon hearing the urgent military information, Prince Pingnan strode out, followed by Ding Youtian and all the soldiers.

"What's going on?" Ding Youtian shouted at them.

"It's my sister who's in trouble, not me." Erniu saw that his face was dark and pointed at Sanniu.

"Dad, I saw hands waving a few times on the city wall, like Wu Xiangu jumping rope. Mom said that's what it means..."

Before she could finish, Ding Youtian strode into the tent and took out a few telescopes, giving one to Prince Pingnan and Qin Yifan respectively. They looked through the telescopes and could indeed see hands waving above their heads from time to time.

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