The flags are fluttering and the north wind is howling.
The northern barbarians were indeed brave and unruly. When they attacked the city, they were fearless and even when they were hit by arrows, they still climbed up the cloud screaming.
On the other hand, the Imperial Guards of the capital, perhaps because they had lived in peace for too long, always felt inferior when facing the blood-stained and ferocious Northern Barbarian Army.
At least the soldier who was responsible for using the hook to overturn the ladder was not as brave as the northern barbarian soldiers who rushed up with a roar.
However, after all, it was a threat that was at hand. Although they were not determined and courageous, they knew that it would not be easy to be attacked by the northern barbarians. They went forward with gritted teeth, and even though their hands and feet were shaking, they did not dare to retreat.
What's more, most of them only needed to throw down rolling logs and stones from the high city walls, pour down hot oil and gold juice, and just guard against being injured by bows and arrows. They didn't have to face the fangs of the northern barbarians directly.
But the bows and arrows of the northern barbarians always managed to hit the city walls.
Among the imperial guards defending the city there was a general named Gong, whose name Xia Daohua could not remember. He opened the city gate and rushed out to fight the Northern Barbarian Army twice. He came back with wounds every time and inevitably sacrificed several brothers. However, he did kill some Northern Barbarians in the charge.
When he wanted to charge out for the third time, he was stopped by the commander-in-chief, who told him not to rush forward and to return to the military camp at the back to recuperate.
General Gong agreed with frustration and returned to the army to recuperate. His uncle-in-law, Doctor Xiao Hu, was also among the military doctors urgently recruited in the past few days. Xia Daohua contacted the quartermaster through Doctor Xiao Hu and took the initiative to send a batch of Yunnan Baiyao to the army.
The commander learned of Xia Daohua's identity and greeted her with a smile.
He and Li Gan were also familiar with each other and had long known the reputation of Yunnan Baiyao. However, he did not expect that this newly emerged Lord Fukuzawa could actually come up with such a good thing.
Oh, could it be that this Lady Xia and the Miss Xia mentioned by Li Gan are actually the same person?
Upon learning that Xia Daohua was also a supplier of high-quality military rations at a reasonable price and had donated the first batch of military rations without asking for a penny, the commander-in-chief smiled even more warmly.
Anyway, the money is paid by the imperial court as well, and the food provided by this Lord Fukuzawa is much better than that provided by other families!
He even wanted her to lower the quality of the food, so that maybe with the same amount of silver, she could buy more food...
Xia Daohua listened to the commander's request and refused with a smile:
"The soldiers have worked hard to defend against the enemy, how can we not have enough food? At worst, I can negotiate with the boss and give him a bigger discount on the price!"
The commander's eyes curved with laughter, and he rubbed his hands together happily: "Oh, how can I be so embarrassed?"
Xia Daohua smiled and said, "It's just a little bit of food, not worth much. How can it compare to the soldiers who sacrificed their lives and property to protect the court and the people of the capital?"
Xia Daohua said it casually, but she meant it sincerely.
The commander was almost in tears. It was rare for someone to understand and value them like this. He felt that Li Gan had good vision and luck. He wondered where this kid had gone now. Could he have died outside?
He glanced at Xia Daohua's face and felt that he could not figure out what was so special about this girl. Why could Li Gan pick her out from the crowd at a glance?
The purpose of Xia Daohua's visit to the commander-in-chief was not only to deliver medicine but also to offer advice - she had secretly used the weather forecast gadget in the space supermarket to try it out. It turned out that there would be strong winds in the next few days, and the wind direction was favorable to the capital - if a fire was set outside the city, it would definitely not burn the capital.
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