Rebirth Farmer Yaomei

Chapter 309 Fun
The Yi people's attack on Hutai County resumed a few days later, but this time it was different from before.After losing thousands of lives at the foot of Hutai City, they finally became cautious.

For their more ingenious attacks, Hutai naturally has a way to deal with them.

The Yi people first made a huge wooden cart covered with cowhide. People hid in the cart to block the bow and arrow and pushed it to the city wall and gate in a vain attempt to destroy the city wall. The siege vehicles were burning and crackling in the dry autumn, and the barbarians inside screamed. If they didn't escape, they would die.

After dozens of cars were burned out, the barbarians quietly dug holes again. They didn't know that Tieshi had placed large urns under several walls since he defended the city. Prepared, but just don't know, wait until almost the time to lead the water in, as long as people enter the tunnel, no one will survive!
After fighting for a few rounds, the Yi people began to pretend to attack the city and lead arrows to the city instead of going all out to climb the city.

Obviously, Hutai was tightly surrounded, and all kinds of things would be used less and less. The most scarce thing should be arrows. Once the arrows were gone, although there were bricks and stones, they were different.

When Tie Shi was going to lead troops to attack the barbarian camp at night, Ning Wan knew about it a long time ago, so she helped him put on the light leather armor, hung up the bow, arrow and dagger, and finally handed him the waist knife, "Be careful! "

"Don't be afraid," Tie Shi patted her face lightly, "The Yi people are not good at arranging sentry guards, and now we never thought that we would steal the camp, and we returned to the city with only the vigor to kill them. "

"I'm not afraid, I'll wait for you to come back." Ning Wan sent him away with a smile. She knew that this operation would be successful, and the result was the same. One hundred people who went to steal the camp returned one hundred, and they sneaked in in the middle of the night. He took the barbarian's camp and slashed it with a knife, then set a few fires, and finally stole the barbarian's horse and ran back.The barracks of the barbarians were in chaos at that time, and no one came after them for a while, and they did not attack the city for several days.

The second time will be much more dangerous, but Tie Shi still has many reasons to comfort Ning Wan, "This time we will not only attack by surprise, but also arrange an ambush outside the city in advance, and return to the city as soon as we succeed,"

Then they came back as agreed. Although they suffered a little loss, they killed more barbarians.When the Yi people thought they were about to succeed in the pursuit, they were stumbled by ambush soldiers who suddenly appeared in the dark with tripping ropes. Antlers and iron nails were set on the ground, and they trampled on each other, causing heavy casualties.Then there was another burst of arrows raining on the city, and at dawn, corpses were everywhere and blood flowed into rivers.

Next, Tie Shi asked his wife to gather the women in the city together, and tied the wheat straw into straw figurines, all of which were the size of a real person. The long ropes are lined up neatly under the city wall, looking from a distance like rows of soldiers standing there.A few nights later, the straw men were sent to the city wall, and Iron Stone led the soldiers to slowly lower them down from one of the city walls.

Suddenly there was a sound of a drum, and countless torches were lit up. The Yi people had waited in ambush outside the city for a long time. To the straw man.

From the next day, Ning Wan and Madam Qian took everyone to dismantle the grass man and removed the arrows stuck on it.This job is actually not easy, you must be very careful, lest the arrowheads prick your hands, the arrowheads of the barbarians are not only sharp but also poisonous.

But everyone is still very happy.The Yi people suffered two big losses and were cheated again, so the people in Hutai County were honored, and everyone talked about it over and over again.And the women who took the arrows had a special fun. Every time everyone took off the arrows from a straw man, they would compare who took down more arrows.

"My God! One hundred and one arrows have been taken out of this straw man!"

"Three more than yesterday's 98!"

"The barbarian really spent a lot of money that day, and the arrows were shot at the grass man as if he didn't want the money. Fortunately, our grass man is firmly tied, or it may be scattered by the arrow!"

Someone laughed again, "How do you think the barbarians will be angry now?"

"I think they must be stamping their feet and yelling!"

"Maybe he was so angry that he vomited blood!"

Just as he was talking, Tie Shi and County Magistrate Qian came hand in hand, and asked with a smile, "How many arrows have you removed?"

Ning Wan just laughed, "Now there are tens of thousands of them, and the total number is estimated to be one hundred thousand."

County magistrate Qian nodded in satisfaction, "General Tieshi is really extraordinary!" He added: "The barbarians will definitely learn a lesson after being fooled this time, and I'm afraid it will not be easy to deceive them again."

Tie Shi said: "There are still ways to make them fall for it. Don't worry about County Magistrate Qian. Let's see in a few days."

The words made everyone look admiringly at General Tieshi, Ning Wan put down the grass man in his hand and said, "It's just in time for you to come, let someone send the good arrows that have been dismantled to the city wall, and there are some damaged ones that have just been sent to the armory." The Yangbaihu took it and said that everything on it can be used.” As he said this, he was about to send Tie Shi away, after all, there are too many women here, and everyone likes to look at him, Ning Wan is not at ease.

Lu Tieshi came to see the arrow, and now he has an idea in his mind, but he didn't plan to leave immediately, he planned to say a few words to his wife, they don't have many chances to meet each other now, and it's even rarer to be together when talking.The Yi people were defeated for a while, and their morale was low. It was inevitable that they would die for a few days, but it could be easier.So while agreeing to let the soldiers carry the arrows, he walked around behind his daughter-in-law to see the straw man she was dismantling, leaned forward and took an arrow down and said, "This arrow belongs to the leader of the barbarians."

Ning Wan didn't pay much attention to it before, but now that she took a closer look, she found that this arrow was indeed made more finely than other arrows, and the arrowhead was different, it was not made of iron, but it looked like jade and not jade. There was a small barb, and then he looked at it carefully, "What is this?"

"This is a kind of jade from the Yi land. It's called Xunyuqi, commonly known as agate. This kind of arrowhead is not suitable for the royal family of the Yi people." Tie Shi was standing behind Ning Wan, leaning against her because he was leaning forward. In one place, the breath when speaking was falling on Ning Wan's neck, it was hot and itchy, half of Ning Wan's body collapsed unknowingly, and she fell towards him involuntarily, but she was holding the arrow upside down. Look, he held up the translucent off-white arrowhead to the light again, "Ah! There is also a small animal head carved on this arrowhead."

Tie Shi stretched out his arm from behind and pointed at the beast's head, saying, "This is the mark of the royal family."

Everyone took it and looked at it, and they were even more amazed, County Magistrate Qian said: "General Tieshi is really familiar with barbarians, not only customs and customs, but also minerals." After saying that, he asked Ning Wan for the arrow. "Mrs. Lu, can you give it to me and keep it for future generations when I return to my hometown?"

County Magistrate Qian and his wife would return to the south sooner or later, so it would be appropriate to carry such an arrow for a while, Ning Wan smiled and said, "You guys just keep it." Then she handed the arrow to Madam Qian.At this time, she didn't want Tieshi to go away, so she pulled him back and said, "Let's take down another straw man and see if we can find such an arrowhead."

Tie Shi was naturally willing to stay with her for a while, so he took a straw man tied like a hedgehog and took it apart. Ning Wan took out the arrows one by one, but how could such special arrows be encountered often? It takes countless hours to polish the arrowhead.

Although they did not find the arrowheads of the Yi people's royal family, they dismantled the straw man for half a day in one place, but they felt happier than finding such arrowheads.When Tieshi left, Ning Wan said: "Today is Lidong. Wangyuanlou, Dejufeng, and Wanji donated ginger and brown sugar together. From now on, I will make ginger tea and send it to the city wall every day. In the afternoon, I will bring people to boil it." send it over."

Tie Shi nodded, "You must have come up with such a thoughtful idea."

"Although it was my suggestion, everyone should have this kind of intention." Ning Wan is not lying. Since Hutai was besieged, people all over the city have worked together more and more, with money and strength to help each other. To defend the city, donating ginger syrup is just one of them.

Madam Qian also smiled and said: "Rui Hongfeng is also rushing to make winter clothes, and the first batch should be delivered to the city wall today."

Tie Shi laughed with County Magistrate Qian and said, "If there are people like this, it will make Hutai as solid as gold!"

Although the ginger tea sent by Ning Wan is called tea, it is the same as the fried rice tea in Sanjia Village. It is not real tea, but peeled and chopped old ginger, which is steamed with brown sugar until it melts together. , and then brew it with boiling water.This tea is originally a medicine for eliminating cold, but in the severe winter of Liaodong, people often use it to resist cold.

Tie Shi had been waiting for ginger tea in the city, took the bowl handed by his wife and drank it in one gulp. He said with a smile, "This tea is good. After drinking it, you will feel warm immediately!"

Ning Wan smiled and distributed ginger tea to everyone, and said: "I will give it again in the evening."

Because the ginger tea was boiled a lot, the soldiers still had some left over after drinking it, so Ning Wan asked the common people who delivered bricks and stones to the city to drink it too, "It won't be effective if it's left cold!"

Suddenly Zhao Guomao came to get some tea among the group of people, and when he saw Ning Wan, he laughed heartlessly, "Cousin, give me a bowl of tea!"

Ning Wan had long known that the Zhao family had come to Hutai County to escape the military disaster. They were going to Anpingwei, but on the way they met people who followed Xu Qianhu and retreated, so they turned back to Hutai, and Zhao Guomao naturally followed .So he poured a bowl of tea for him, and saw Zhao's servant following Zhao Guomao, and said, "It's such a mess here, why did you let him come?"

The young man has been with Zhao Guomao for a long time, and he knows about the relatives of the Wan family that the second young master married before, and understands that Mrs. Lu has always taken good care of the second young master, so he stepped forward with a smile and replied, "Now we are all here to transport bricks and stones. No one in the family takes care of the second young master, and the second young master can't sit still, so he must follow, and the wife let us take him with him." He said: "The second young master is stronger than me, and he can do it every time. Move ten bricks!"

Zhao Guomao laughed when he heard that, put down the bowl in his hand and said proudly to Ning Wan: "I can move ten bricks! If you don't believe me, look, cousin!" He squatted down and picked out a brick from the pile of bricks on the ground, "One piece , two yuan, four yuan..."

"I believe it, I believe it! Don't look at it," Ning Wan hurriedly stepped forward to pull him up. Seeing that although his body was dirty, he was still dressed thickly and neatly. Knowing that the boy's words were true, she patted the ashes off his body. "Go, be careful not to hit your own foot!"

Seeing Zhao Guomao obediently following the boy, Ning Wan couldn't help but smile. Zhao Guomao must have regarded moving bricks as his daily game, and felt that he was more excited when there were so many people playing with him. All look happy.

Turning around and serving ginger syrup for everyone, suddenly a piece of sweet-scented osmanthus cake was brought in front of my eyes by a dirty hand, "Cousin, I'll eat it for you!"

It turned out that Zhao Guomao suddenly remembered the sweet-scented osmanthus cake he was carrying and ran back.At this time, Hutai had been besieged for more than a month. Although everyone was still well fed and clothed, daily life was already inconvenient. Osmanthus cake is now a rare item, so Ning Wan scooped up ginger syrup for everyone. He shook his head and said, "Eat it yourself."

Zhao Guomao didn't care about this, he must give Ning Wan his favorite sweet-scented osmanthus cake, so he stepped forward and stuffed the sweet-scented osmanthus cake into Ning Wan's mouth, "Give it to my cousin!"

Suddenly, Ning Wan saw Zhao Guomao rising from the ground suddenly, looked up and saw that it was Tie Shi who was pulling him up by the collar, his face was full of anger, "Who is so rude!"

When Tie Shi was outside, his expression was usually very serious, but now his face was even darker, he lifted up the tall and fat Zhao Guomao like a chicken, and he was about to teach him a lesson immediately.Ning Wan quickly dropped the ladle in her hand, and stepped forward to stop her: "Put it down quickly, he is Mrs. Zhao's second son, Zhao Guomao!"

It turned out that Mrs. Zhao didn't let Zhao Guomao see strangers on weekdays because of his stupidity, and Tie Shi didn't like to socialize with others, so she never saw him. The idiot that Wan's cousin once married put her back on the ground.

Being caught and then put down again, if other people would have been angry, instead of being angry, Zhao Guomao found it very funny, clapped his hands and laughed as soon as his feet landed: "It's so fun! It's so fun! Let's do it again!"

Ning Wan saw that he threw the sweet-scented osmanthus cake on the ground when he was happy, so she quickly picked it up for him, wiped off the dusty side with a kerchief, and fed it to his mouth, "Don't make trouble." Come on, hurry down."

Zhao Guomao ate the sweet-scented osmanthus cake, and now it is difficult for him to enjoy such a delicacy, so he narrowed his eyes and was very happy, "Thank you cousin, this cake is really sweet and fragrant!" Turning his head to leave , but saw Tie Shi stop at a glance, scratched his head and thought for a while, stretched out a finger and said with a smile: "You, you are a good person, come to save us!"

Lu Tieshi saw the second young master of the Zhao family rushing towards him like a big dog wagging his tail. He felt disgusted in his heart, so he quickly stretched out a hand to hold him down, but he was facing Zhao Guomao's innocent pair. With innocent eyes, he couldn't bear to push him away for a moment, so he said softly: "The city wall is very messy, you can go home."

"I'm not going home," Zhao Guomao said with a smile, "I still want to move bricks with everyone and beat barbarians."

(End of this chapter)