Chapter 213: Trouble

Chapter 213: Trouble

"Gu Zixuan, what are you standing there for? Go ahead!"

Yin Zhengnan turned around and called Gu Zixuan. The young man was sitting at the desk calmly and steadily, with a stern expression. He spoke directly: "Song Yingjie!"

"exist!"

A young man who was only a few years older than them stood up, his brows full of calmness.

"Find a way to wake up all the people in the city and have them all throw water on the city wall!"

Song Yingjie was stunned, and quickly responded, "Yes!"

This little broken city didn't even have a name on the map. It was small and dilapidated. Song Yingjie thought that this battle was a foregone conclusion and they would definitely lose, but who knew that Gu Zixuan would come up with such a trick.

It is now the coldest time of the year, and water freezes into ice. If you pour water on the city wall, it will freeze immediately. It is impossible for those Huns to climb up the city wall!

Since they can't get in, doesn't that mean they can defend it?

A hint of excitement actually rose in Song Yingjie's calm heart. He suddenly felt that although he was just a small soldier escorting food and fodder, perhaps he could survive in the brutal war, and perhaps he could even gain some... military merit?

Once this idea appeared in his mind, it expanded rapidly and even made Song Yingjie very motivated. He immediately found the good brothers he met in the military camp, and they divided the work and cooperated with each other. Soon, the people in the city all carried buckets of water out of the house. Although it was very cold outside, everyone was still in a hurry.

In the northwest, well water never freezes.

"Fellow villagers, no matter what, hold on to the city gates. It will be New Year's Eve in just over half a month. We will definitely have a good New Year!"

Song Yingjie mobilized everyone, and immediately an old man spoke in a deep voice: "Sir, although we are rough people, we also know the cruelty of the Huns. This is our home, and we will do our best!"

War has never been just a matter for soldiers. Swords are merciless and the unarmed civilians are the most miserable. In this case, let's all come together to guard this place and protect our homes!

When Gu Zixuan hurriedly climbed up the city wall, he saw people splashing water continuously. Even children of a few years old were holding buckets precariously and stepping carefully on the cold city wall one step at a time.

Outside, the Huns were indeed stationed in front of the gate, but they found that they could not get in because the wall was too slippery, and the people were still pouring water down. Anyone who got touched by the icy water in this cold weather would freeze to death under the city wall, even if they were strong Huns.

The leading general of the Huns was so angry that he cried out. Since he couldn't attack the city, he would choose to besiege it. Anyway, as long as the food and grass were exhausted, the people in the city would be killed.

Seeing that the Huns did not retreat, but instead stayed outside and began to set up camp, Song Yingjie cried out that something was not good and quickly came to Gu Zixuan.

"Captain Gu..."

"Damn it! They are going to besiege the city!"

Even Yin Zhengnan saw through the Huns' intentions, so how could Gu Zixuan not know?

"But we don't lack food and fodder in the city." Yin Zhengnan was even a little complacent: "We are the ones who transport the food and fodder..."

"Captain Yin..." Song Yingjie said with difficulty: "General Liu took most of them away. We only left a small part, which is only enough for seven or eight days of rations..."

After all, when a large army is fighting, food and grass are the most important things. As for why these people stayed here, firstly, Liu Cong didn't want anything to happen to Yin Zhengnan and Gu Zixuan. Oh, mainly he didn't want anything to happen to Yin Zhengnan. Secondly, he didn't want new recruits like Song Yingjie. On the battlefield, it is the old soldiers who are more powerful. New recruits are basically going to die, which is useless.

Therefore, Song Yingjie and other new recruits were left behind along with Gu Zixuan and Yin Zhengnan. In fact, when it came down to it, they were all new recruits. After all, it was also Gu Zixuan and Yin Zhengnan's first time to go on an expedition.

"Only enough for seven or eight days?" Yin Zhengnan took a breath of cold air and gritted his teeth for a while and said, "I don't believe that the group of people outside can hold on for seven or eight days. It's so cold outside..."

Gu Zixuan raised his hand to stop Yin Zhengnan from speaking, and calmly ordered: "Redistribute the food and grass, it would be best if we could hold out for a few more days, and then tell the people in the city so that everyone can be prepared."

The first battle in the Northwest turned out to be such a brutal and protracted war.

Gu Zixuan was unsure, but as long as he thought of his mother waiting for him in the capital, he regained his confidence and motivation.

"If possible, use the good grain to exchange for more coarse grain from the people. It doesn't matter if it tastes good or not, as long as they don't starve to death!"

Seven or eight days?

It would be best if they could hold on for seven or eight days. What Gu Zixuan was afraid of was that these Huns might not want to leave at all.

"Can this be surrounded for long?"

Yin Zhengnan understood what his good brother meant and couldn't help but ask in confusion.

Song Yingjie also said: "We are just a shabby little town. Logically speaking, the Huns should not insist on taking it down..."

It is small and dilapidated, and it seems that there is nothing to gain inside the city. Would the Huns brave the heavy snow and severe cold to break down the city gate?

It's unlikely no matter how you think about it. If that's the case, then aren't the Huns too idle?

Several people looked at Gu Zixuan in confusion.

Although they are both 17-year-old boys, Gu Zixuan in armor looks more like a general, calmer and more capable.

Before leaving the capital, my mother told me to think twice before doing anything, and even to think about why something seemed normal. Now, the question came. Why did the Huns suddenly attack such a small, broken city that no one looked down on, and after Liu Cong had left with his men?

In other words, they are now surrounded, and no one will come to rescue them for the time being. They have very few troops, and the only thing they can do is wait for reinforcements to arrive.

"But now, the Huns have really come, and they are lingering outside the city and won't leave. Why do you think that is?"

Gu Zixuan asked back, which stunned the two people. Yin Zhengnan and Song Yingjie looked at each other, both with blank eyes.

"Why?"

"What are you after? But we don't have anything here!"

Gu Zixuan said calmly: "There is food and grass."

They were both shocked.

"But most of them were taken away by General Liu!"

"Yeah, we don't have much!"

Gu Zixuan fell silent.

My mother also said that after eliminating all the impossibilities, whatever remains, no matter how unbelievable, must be the truth.

"What if the Huns don't know that General Liu took away most of the food?"

"You mean..." Song Yingjie's expression gradually became serious: "The Huns' spy discovered that there was a large amount of food and grass here, but when he went back to report, he happened to miss General Liu who was leaving with the food and grass?"

Yin Zhengnan's scalp was numb.

"Then these Huns won't leave until the city is conquered?"

Oh my God, something bad has happened. It’s a big thing, a massacre.