Zhang Huan's Adam's apple rolled, "More than 2,000 people were killed, more than 100 were seriously injured, and the rest were injured."
Mu Xiong looked at the corpses of the Yongzhou barbarians piled up on the city wall. So many of them had died defending the city, and the Yongzhou barbarians, as the attacking party, suffered even more casualties.
But Mu Xiong was not happy at all. The Yongzhou barbarians were just pawns in the hands of Beiliang. Killing more Yongzhou barbarians would have no effect on Beiliang.
"How long can the army's food and fodder last?"
"No more than a month. However, the imperial court has sent a message that they are already sending food and fodder here. It will probably arrive in the next few days."
Mu Xiong nodded.
"Send someone to replenish the city's defense supplies. Beiliang will not give us too much breathing time."
Zhang Huan clasped his fists and left.
"Dad, are you okay?"
A clear female voice sounded, and a tall woman ran over. She was wearing armor, holding a longbow in her hand, a quiver on her back, and a sword hanging from her waist. She looked very heroic.
When Mu Xiong saw the woman, a smile appeared on his stiff face.
"Dad is fine."
When Mu Lan saw the bloody bandage on Mu Xiong's arm, her almond-shaped eyes widened, "Your wound has burst open, and you still say you're fine."
After saying that, he pulled Mu Xiong's hand over, unwound the bandage, took out some medicine and sprinkled it on the wound, then bandaged it again.
After finishing, Mu Lan whispered: "Dad, are the imperial army coming?"
Mu Xiong looked at his daughter's pretty face and reached out to touch her hair. "It will come. As long as we hold on, the imperial court will send reinforcements."
He wrote a letter to Xiao Yugan, asking the court to support Yuzhou. No one knew about it, and he would not tell anyone, not even his own daughter, so as not to shake the morale of the army.
Only with reinforcements can there be hope, and only with hope can we persevere.
Mu Lan nodded. It would be good if the imperial court had reinforcements. They had been holding out here for nearly three months. Of the original 50,000 defenders, there were now less than 20,000 left.
If the imperial court does not send reinforcements, they can only draw young and strong people from the people to defend the city.
There was only enough food and fodder for one month.
Just then, Zhang Huan rushed over.
"General, our scouts just discovered that the Northern Liang army bypassed Anding City and headed to the rear. I'm afraid they want to cut off our food supply and make us an isolated city. They want to trap us to death!"
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