Song Sanniang was worried that she would not be there when Xie Jinze launched the attack, or that she would not be able to get back in time, so she exchanged the pills.
I'll let the system keep an eye on it and find a good time to feed it to Xie Jinze.
With the system, Song Sanniang devoted herself to the pre-war preparations for Tongguan.
When Xie Jinze was giving birth, the war between the Tongguan soldiers and the barbarians on the city wall officially began.
For some unknown reason, the barbarians attacked frantically this time, not caring at all about whether they would get hurt. It seemed as if they wanted to use human wave tactics to break into Tongguan.
When a battle lasted for a whole day without a break, the soldiers of Tongguan were relatively relaxed at the beginning. But when the tug-of-war began, both sides were exhausted, but they gritted their teeth and persevered.
Just wait and see which side will be defeated first.
"These barbarians are really rushing forward without caring about their lives. Is Wutulu crazy?"
"I'm not worried that we won't be able to defeat those idiots up ahead, but we have a most pressing problem right now: we're running out of food and fodder."
As soon as these words were spoken, the noisy sounds in the tent suddenly quieted down.
Their eyes all fell on Cheng Wuan above.
Cheng Wuan raised his head, then lowered it again without saying a word. After a long time, he raised his head and shook his head in disappointment.
"The Emperor never replied to the letter I sent to the capital before, perhaps."
Upon hearing these words, everyone's expression changed slightly, but they also understood what they expected.
They all knew about the letter that General Cheng had written to Emperor An asking for help, and they also understood that there had been no reply for so many days.
They will not be able to wait for food and supplies to be sent from the capital, and there will be no support.
The batch of food and fodder that Xie Jinze promised was already on the way, but she did not stand up at this time and say that the food and fodder problem had been solved by her.
She thought it was okay to wait for some time and let the soldiers and generals continue to suppress their emotions.
The more you suppress your emotions, the harder it will be to extinguish when they explode into unbearable state.
The next few days were a cycle of the barbarians setting up ladders to attack the city, and the soldiers on the city walls pushing them down.
After days of fighting and food shortages, both the barbarians and the soldiers defending the city soon began to save their energy.
Specifically, the strategy of the barbarians changed from a major attack every three days and countless small attacks every day to a major attack every five days and daily verbal harassment.
The only resource that both sides have in abundance is water.
The two sides cursed at each other, and when they were tired, they changed people, and when they were thirsty, they drank water.
In general, I never sit idle even when I'm hungry.
The process of fighting between the two sides was so fixed that the soldiers in Tongguan gradually relaxed their guard because there was no physical action.
Song Sanniang stood on the city wall, looking thoughtfully at the Ulan soldiers below through the gap.
The Ulan people are currently facing a food shortage. Doesn't she think that Wutulu brought his people to attack Tongguan just to curse people and vent his anger?
War is not a game of house. Song Sanniang would rather believe that the sun rises from the west than believe that the barbarians will give up the siege.
Now this behavior seems more like a big bad idea.
Song Sanniang was just guessing what Wutulu was really planning when a young general appeared, saluted her, and said that someone was looking for her under the city wall.
Song Sanniang understood. The system had just come back not long ago and told her that Xie Jinze had given birth smoothly and the father and son were safe.
Having had enough of standing here and listening to all the dirty talk, Song Sanniang went down the city wall.
The person who came looked familiar. Song Sanniang thought for a moment and realized that it was the servant who had always followed the housekeeper.
After she heard the news that man said, she couldn't hide the joy on her face.
Xie Jinze gave birth to twin boys.
"What a happy occasion!"
The Cheng and Xiao families now have a successor, and she has fulfilled another promise she made to Emperor Jing.
Song Sanniang asked about her wife's condition again.
After learning that the lady was in good health and was recuperating at home.
She asked someone to tell the housekeeper to take good care of the young lady and that after she finished her work in the military camp, she would go back to see Xie Jinze. Then she asked him to leave.
Soon, Song Sanniang knew what Wutulu was planning.
He actually passed the message to the traitor, the double agent Qin Zao, asking him to find a way to kidnap Song Sanniang's two sons and send them out of the border to them.
Then he could threaten the Cheng father and son to open the Tongguan gate.
Because in their opinion, men in the Ming Dynasty always have a deep obsession with their offspring.
They didn't believe that the Cheng father and son would remain indifferent when faced with the lives of their two innocent and young children.
Qin Zao was also excited for a long time when he received this letter. It seemed that if he did as the letter said, he would be able to watch the Cheng family become extinct.
But when he calmed down, he knew this method was not feasible.
He has a grudge against the Cheng family, but he has to say that he has a grudge against Cheng Wuan, an old man who has fought alongside him for many years.
The greatest advantage is loyalty to the emperor and patriotism.
He would never do anything treasonous for the sake of his two children, the so-called descendants.
Wutulu's plan is simply a pipe dream.
But it must be said that if such a thing really happened, that old man Cheng Wuan would definitely be heartbroken, and it might even cause the father and son to become estranged.
It is truly murderous and heartbreaking.
So Qin Zao knew that Wutulu would not succeed in the end and there was a high possibility that he would be exposed, but he was still very tempted.
Cheng Wuan has made him suffer for so long, he wants him to taste the pain again.
Perhaps it was even more painful for him than when Cheng Wuan found out that Cheng Yu'an's body was not intact. Didn't he succeed in taking revenge on Cheng Wuan?
The subordinates who had been following him and doing all kinds of bad things were terrified. He was just accidentally caught by Qin Zao. If he told Cheng Wuan about it, he would be ruined.
He is his mother's pride, so he has to hide those things even for the sake of his mother's comfort.
That's why he kept helping Qin Zao, but he got deeper and deeper into trouble, and was forced or voluntarily did many unscrupulous things.
He had not been discovered for such a long time and had been promoted several times, from non-commissioned officer to guard.
His military career was probably coming to an end, and he really wanted to quit, but unfortunately Qin Zao would not give him this opportunity.
He secretly numbed himself in his heart, thinking that as long as they were not exposed, he would always be the promising Liu Hujun in the eyes of his comrades.
Now, people from Wutulu contacted him again and asked him to take a message to Qin Zao.
He had a strong premonition that their actions this time would definitely be discovered.
Qin Zao pinched the letter tightly and closed his eyes. After exhaling, he began to give orders to the people below.
"Liu Hu, I remember that you and An Xiaoliu are from the same hometown and have a good relationship, right?"
The man below, whose face was facing the ground, turned pale.
An Xiaoliu was his fellow villager and also a servant in the general's mansion, but he was highly valued by the housekeeper.
"Why, is there something you can't say?"
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