Chapter 501 Self-rescue
There were too few soldiers in Muchuan, so County Magistrate Zhou could only urgently recruit strong and healthy people to defend the city together.
The people of Muchuan were so terrified that the bodies of the murdered people had been carried into the city. There were long knife wounds on their bodies and their internal organs were spilling out.
The people covered their children's eyes, and the women pulled their men back home, refusing to let them guard the city.
Although Muchuan is a small county town, it has three city gates, east, west and south. Outside the west gate, across the mountains is Huizhou.
All the men in the Qin family followed Qin Hanzhang to work, leaving only three secret guards and Qin Hanjue. Now that Qin Shisan was injured, Qin Shiliu and Qin Nineteen were the last defenses of the Qin family.
"Miss Su, please send a message to the Marquis. Our carrier pigeon should be able to deliver it within a day." Qin Shiliu said worriedly.
Although Qin Shisan was rescued by Jiang Shan and his life was saved, he still had his eyes closed and did not wake up. The fact that he could suffer such an injury with his kung fu skills shows how fierce the Chen soldiers were.
"I have also heard about the situation outside. The Marquis of Jinyang was defeated and fled to Qingzhou. The armies of Prince Xiang and Duke Xu were unstoppable. The new army your Lordship recruited has only been trained for four or five months at most.
A force of only 30,000 people was like an egg against a rock compared to the 100,000-strong army of the four garrisons of King Xiang. Although the 50,000 Qin troops were brave, they were isolated in Xijing and could not be mobilized. ”
Su Qianqian looked at the empty street outside the shop, and recalled the look in Qin Hanzhang's eyes when he left her for the last time. Her expression became more determined:
"Your Lord has important things to do. He has been preparing for this last blow for so long. We cannot divert his energy to fight against the rebels to restore the reputation of the Qin family. This is also very important. Muchuan, we will guard it."
"But we only have less than a hundred soldiers here, and the people of Muchuan are afraid of trouble. How can we fight against the army of the State of Chen? That silver-armored general should be General Bai Feng, who is known as the commander of the Wolf Division of the State of Chen."
[Bai Feng, we have Ding Feng...Bai Ding Feng, back then he was also very powerful and invincible! 】It was a rare occasion that the system praised Dianfeng.
"It's not just Bai Feng that's scary, but also how Bai Feng could break through the defense of Southern Xinjiang so easily. If I'm right, not only will we not get any reinforcements, but we may even be attacked from both sides."
"A joint attack? The Great Qi is behind us, could it be that..." Qin Shiliu's expression became more and more solemn.
"Now it is most important to defend well. Go and take the county runners to beat the gongs in the streets to recruit temporary soldiers. Anyone who helps us defend the city and transport supplies will be given one stone of rice, and anyone who climbs the city wall to fire weapons will be given two stones of rice."
Su Qianqian walked directly to the rice box, took a shallow basket and filled it up, then asked Qin Shiliu to hold it: "Hold it like this and shout, so that the people can see the rice."
"Yes!" Qin Shiliu agreed and went out.
"Nineteen, buy all the oil from each household in Muchuan County and send it to the South City Gate. Also buy as much linen as possible and keep it in reserve." Su Qianqian instructed Qin Nineteen again.
After arranging these things, Su Qianqian returned to the yard and changed into a neat riding suit, which made it easier to move.
When he walked out of the yard, he met the women of the Qin family and Qin Hanjue. All the women were dressed in neat shorts, with cloth wrapped on their heads and weapons in their hands.
"Qianqian, from now on, we, the Qin family, will return to the army. People in the army have always been like this. We must return when the country calls for war." Madam Qin held a spear in her hand, her back straight and her eyes bright.
"Grandmother, although Qianqian can't ride a horse to kill the enemy, I have a part to play in defending Muchuan. I built this place bit by bit with my hard work. How can I let the thieves trample on it at will?"
Su Qianqian pointed at the plants and water pipes in the house.
"That's right, let's defend Muchuan together and wait for Hanzhang to come back." Mrs. Du patted Su Qianqian's arm and said.
There will always be brave men when there is a big reward. The fine rice that Qin Shiliu brought still tempted the people. At first, some people were willing to help transport weapons, consumables and supplies, and later many people went up the city wall.
Although it is still not enough, at least the most basic protection is there.
These people were organized into teams, and each person had a colored cloth ribbon tied on his sleeve, representing a specific job, so that others could recognize them and assign tasks to them.
Madam Qin was given the task of leading the battle to defend Muchuan City. Madam Du asked to be the vanguard. They put a table in the middle of Magistrate Zhou's court and set out a simple sand table to simulate the situation after the attack by the Chen people.
"You can still go out through the west gate and ask Huizhou for help. Although Huizhou doesn't have many soldiers, it's better than the few we have."
The third old lady pointed at the small stone that served as the city gate and said.
Su Qianqian didn't say anything.
"No matter what, let's send someone to give it a try. If we can get reinforcements, it will be a timely help to us." said County Magistrate Zhou.
So they sent a constable from the county government to Huizhou. The constable was so scared that his legs were shaking when he went out.
"Now let's redeploy the troops in various locations..." Madam Qin said, pointing to a rope representing the city wall.
"The Chen army is coming again!" someone ran in and reported in panic.
"Why are you panicking? Have they climbed up the city wall?" Magistrate Zhou scolded.
"No, they were shouting and cursing outside the city." The bailiff apologized hastily.
"Let's go and take a look." Madam Qin walked ahead.
Sure enough, outside the city, a group of Chen soldiers were shouting and yelling, and no one knew what they were saying. They were also laughing obscenely at each other.
"Don't pay attention to them. They just want to provoke us and make us open the city gates and go out to fight. We don't want to be fooled." Madam Qin said calmly.
"It's safe tonight, but there will be a big battle tomorrow." Old Madam Du said, looking at the smoke from cooking in the distance.
"Well, since their cooking smoke has not yet extinguished, they definitely have no intention of fighting. They are just deliberately provoking and testing us. But after tonight, when they have rested enough, there will definitely be a fierce battle."
Seeing that Su Qianqian was a little confused, the third old lady explained.
Despite saying this, Madam Qin still ordered the lookouts on the city wall to be on alert and to sound the alarm immediately if there was any unusual change.
Many families in Muchuan could not sleep that night, but Su Qianqian slept soundly all night. She believed in the judgment of Madam Qin and Madam Du.
However, after daybreak, she asked Sumu and Suzi to work with the cook to steam buns. They steamed several large pots of buns, fried the pickled vegetables with oil, and packed them into wooden barrels.
Madam Qin led people to the city wall early in the morning. Just after the noon hour, the smoke from the Chen people's cooking began to disappear one after another.
"Pass my order, all soldiers must stay at their posts and not move without orders. Even if the people of Chen are standing under the city wall, they must follow military orders!"
Madam Qin gave the first order.
Military orders are as heavy as a mountain. They are the basis for unified operations. Without the support of discipline, everything is empty talk.
"Check all weapons again to ensure there are no mistakes." Madam Qin issued the second order.
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