Another person followed up and said, "Your Excellency is so lucky! If I could marry a woman like this, it would be worth dying for."
Han Shizhong laughed heartily. Liang Hongyu, who shared her husband's heroic spirit, followed suit and said, "As long as you follow me, you will achieve great things one day. By then, it's only a matter of time before you marry and have children."
Liang Hongyu called Han Shizhong aside and whispered, "Sir, these soldiers only have swords and spears. Little do they know that the Jin thieves are all cavalry, skilled in archery and horsemanship. We have neither shields nor armor, so how can we stop the Jin cavalry?"
Han Shizhong nodded and said, "My lady, you are right. I have sent a letter to General Zhou of Tanzhou, and he has agreed to send thirty bows."
Liang Hongyu was delighted. "Really? That would be a real advantage. Yesterday at the market, I saw some willow mats made of baskets for sale, and it suddenly occurred to me that if we also weave shields out of rattan, we could also stop the Jin army's arrows."
Han Shizhong was delighted and said, "Shields made of rattan, wax willow, and the like, I once saw the Xixia people use them when I followed Tong Guan to conquer the Xia. They can indeed block arrows."
Liang Hongyu smiled and said, "The rattan shield is stronger than steel. Just soak these rattan strips, boil them, dry them, and weave them. After eighteen steps, it's ready. No spear or arrow can penetrate it."
Han Shizhong said happily, "My wife is truly my good wife." He pointed to a patch of woods ahead and said, "Zhi County is located on a plain, with nothing blocking its way. If the Jin army attacks, I'm afraid we'll be helpless. Why don't we dig deep trenches along the roads to prevent the Jin cavalry from passing, leaving only the forest ahead. If the Jin army attacks, they can only enter Zhi County through this forest. If we set up an ambush here, we should be able to defeat the Jin army."
Liang Hongyu was delighted when she heard this: "This is a brilliant plan! I'll go back to the county office and gather the people to dig deep ditches outside the city to prevent the Jin cavalry from attacking."
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