Xu Di was startled when he heard this and said to Zhang Zhaoci, "Starting tomorrow, no one should leave the gate. I think the Northern Di are very determined this time. If we don't hurt them badly, they will definitely come and tear us apart."
Zhang Zhaoci said, "I can't move at all. Just tonight, I feel my belly is even heavier and has gone down a lot. I think I should give birth in the next few days."
Xu Di said, "Let's have the baby. If the fighting outside gets too intense, we can just live in the tunnels. I'll be here, so don't worry."
Xu Zhi held Zhang Zhaoci's hand and said, "Mother, don't worry, I will definitely take good care of you and my younger brother."
Zhang Zhaoci said, "Okay, I feel relieved with you all here."
Zhang Zhaoci said to Granny Lu, "Granny, could you please help prepare some hot noodle soup and send it to the soldiers guarding the city? Be very careful, it's better to waste the food than to give anyone an opportunity to take advantage of us. The person delivering the food must be one of our own. If anyone gets close for no reason, it's better to waste the food than to give those people a chance to take advantage of us. Please also tell the soldiers guarding the city about this, and that they must be careful about what they eat."
Granny Lu agreed and led Qingmiao and Qingsui to the kitchen to get busy. Sister He had already moved into an empty room at the county government office with her husband. She was on standby at the Xu family's place. Her husband was at the county government office with Granny Zhao's husband, cooking for the people at the county government office who were busy all day long.
Xu Rao returned shortly afterward. He hadn't had a proper rest these past few days and was covered in stubble. Seeing Zhang Zhaoci, he breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Madam, what happened just now was far too dangerous. You shouldn't go to such places in the future. Let me go instead. You don't know, their goal this time was to capture me and then threaten me into opening the city gates. I didn't go, but you did. Luckily, Miss Li was there, otherwise it would have been far too dangerous."
Zhang Zhaoci said, "Did you find out how many nails are left?"
Xu Rao shook his head and said, "For safety reasons, they all maintain single-line contact. Those arrested this time are all from the pancake shop owner's line. This owner has been in Hexi for more than ten years. Who knew he was actually a spy for the Northern Di?"
Zhang Zhaoci said, "Fortunately, he was caught. I think he also wanted to lure these people out of the city. Once they leave the city and are captured, they might really become human shields for the Northern Di. When the Northern Di are walking towards the city wall with a group of our people in front of them, will you take action or not?"
Xu Rao said, "We're afraid of that too. We've already told the villagers in the nearby villages to hide in the mountains. Wei Lang said that if they don't make a move by tomorrow, we'll have to take action to force them to do something. We can't just keep relying on each other like this."
Zhang Zhaoci said, "What a great opportunity! A team of people is coming from behind to cooperate with us. It'll be perfect for making dumplings."
Xu Rao said, "Who says otherwise? What we're worried about now is that the intelligence from here won't be able to get out."
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