Chapter 790 A Dream of Youth 322
After finishing all that, Xie Ning was finally able to rest. With a place to stay temporarily, she could take a hot bath. To protect her wounds, Xie Ning did not refuse the maid's service.
"M-Master, you..." The maid turned pale with fright when she saw the hideous knife wound on Xie Ning's back.
"It's alright. I'll trouble you to apply the medicine for me after I take a bath."
Hearing Xie Ning's gentle tone, the maidservant couldn't help but loosen her grip even more. Looking at Xie Ning's pale profile, she felt a pang of pain for her. Not to mention the young ladies in their chambers, even maidservants like them had never suffered such a serious injury.
The lady also said that this was a noble lady from the capital, and also an official appointed by the imperial court.
The knife wound almost ran across Xie Ning's entire back, demonstrating the immense strength of the attacker. It had healed by about half, but the severity of the previous attack was still evident. It was a mystery how she had survived.
Upon hearing the maid's report, the clan chief's wife immediately instructed the kitchen to change the meals sent to Xie Ning's room to a lighter style.
In the blink of an eye, I saw Songwen looking at the letter in her hand with a worried expression. "What's wrong? You were smiling this afternoon."
“We sent messengers to Pingling and Jiaoyang, but neither of them was willing to send troops. Only the two nearest towns agreed to send five hundred men.”
But what good are these five hundred men?
Moreover, it wasn't him who requested it; it was the magistrate of Wenshui County who sent someone to ask for help. The messenger said that as soon as the messenger came out, he spat and cursed those town officials, saying that they were facing a great disaster and were still thinking about profiting.
Chief Song wasn't really keen on sending troops, but he knew that if he didn't come to their aid, the next target would be Song's fortified village, since they were so close to Wenshui County.
The Northern Jin army would never let such a plump lamb go.
In his heart, Chief Song did not want to exchange supplies for lives. People live for a breath, and if that breath is gone, they will never be able to stand up straight again.
No snow fell for the next few days, and the sun, high in the sky, brought no warmth but instead a chill; the coldest time was when the snow melted.
At this moment, General Xu's heart was also quite cold. Xiao Chu was extremely cunning and actually managed to escape by trickery. However, this did not prevent the continuation of the plan.
"They've arrived." Xu Hongying stood on the city tower, below whom General Xu and his men were heading to bypass the Northern Jin army blocking the north city. According to the plan, Xiao Chu's army would encircle them from the west.
That army, barring any unforeseen circumstances, must be the Northern Jin army. They certainly wouldn't be circling around the north city from the west, but rather from the south!
Then we can join forces with the Northern Jin army in Beicheng to launch a pincer attack and annihilate the 20,000 troops led by General Xu and others.
Gu Yan, the young grandson of the Northern Jin emperor, was slightly uneasy in his tent. He trusted his intuition, after all, he had been feeling uneasy ever since his grandmother and father had met with misfortune.
He hurriedly grabbed a general and asked, "How was the siege this morning?"
"Your Highness, this morning's siege was much more difficult than usual. It must be because the Great Zhou has focused its main force on the north gate, leaving the east gate vulnerable. If we simply follow our original plan to encircle and annihilate the enemy first, then launch the attack, we will surely achieve twice the result with half the effort..."
As the two were talking, they heard a series of drumbeats. It was a false signal from their side, making Zhou Jun think that the Northern Jin army still had its main force at the north gate.
Gu Yan felt a little relieved. Seeing a group of people return, he asked them a few more questions about their efforts in gathering provisions.
These are the counties and towns closest to Bingzhou City. They also left most of their troops in Wenshui County, which is a prosperous place. If they can capture it, the army's food supplies will not be a problem for a short time.
Unfortunately, the magistrate of Wenshui County is stubborn and has been fighting them to the death until now. However, the rusty arrows fired by the other side show that they are already exhausted and at their limit.
They could capture Wenshui County in three days at most.
There's still a lot to be done in Bingzhou City, but by using a ruse to disperse the Zhou army that came from Shaanxi to reinforce them, they've already won half the battle. Once they wipe out the 20,000 troops that were lured out of the city today, Bingzhou City will fall into their hands in less than seven days.
In fact, Gu Yan still felt that the attack on Bingzhou had taken too long. He heard that Commander Zou had already defeated the Zhou army at Sanhe and, if nothing unexpected happened, had already captured Zhending.
Gu Yan didn't know about the other generals, but the Pacification Commissioner who guarded Zhen Ding was a coward who was afraid of death.
Gu Yan's prediction was correct. At this moment, a fierce argument broke out in Zhengding. The Pacification Commissioner Yu Tong, seeing the Northern Jin army approaching with great force, was planning to lead his troops back to the capital.
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