After careful inspection, Huan Yong finally discovered a problem: King Chu ordered the writing style to be bird seal script, and there should be a dot in the middle of the character "子". The words are hollow and pointless.
So Huan Yong quickly found the old text, spread it out and compared it, and found out: Although the handwriting is almost exactly the same, it can be seen from the handwriting that the new edict is obviously much slower, the strokes are thicker, and it is more delicate. This character "子" is a stroke mistake that is absolutely impossible to make. This is the writing method of Song, Wei and other countries.
"Hmph! Old Zuo, Old Zuo, you just want to scare me with this 'side door assistant' thing, you are too proud of yourself!"
Huan Yong immediately ordered the construction of the archery tower to be stopped and demolished, dismissed all civilians who were drafted, and sent officers and soldiers to escort and force a group of detainees to do the work, with the promise that they would be released home after the demolition was completed.
As a result, these prisoners worked extremely hard: after all, it was destruction, which was much easier than construction; not to mention, destruction was their strength. Within a day, the "Arrow Tower" built for mistake was razed to the ground.
The strategy of "letting criminals go home" horrified the people: for these petty criminals who caused harm to the countryside, they originally expected to be imprisoned and cause less trouble; but this time, because of "demolition of buildings", they Instead, they were released early due to meritorious service. The panic this group of people brought to the people made everyone want to pack their bags as soon as possible and escape from this war-torn city.
However, during the war, the city was closed for ten months, and the unarmed people had no way to escape. They could only suffer at home. All the edible things were almost eaten, and even the bark of the trees was eaten away. The base wood was so pale that it could only be cut down and set on fire. At least it would still be possible to keep warm.
Even though the people were suffering like this, the officers and soldiers sent by Huan Yong kept asking them to send baked cakes as military rations.
Pengcheng was in chaos, and people were starving. Everyone just hoped that the war would end soon.
Soon, the phenomenon of "exchanging children and eating them" appeared in the city.
The news reached the ears of Hua Xi and Lao Zuo, and they were filled with joy. Seeing that victory was in sight!
Huan Yong didn't think so. As long as his city still exists, these people can have more children in the future. The death of one or two people now is nothing.
"Report to my brother! The arrows in the city are almost exhausted and can only last ten days!"
The military resources from Huan Yong's younger brother were in short supply. This was the news that really made him anxious.
Without arrows, it would be equivalent to fighting the opponent with bare hands.
"Go and check the situation at Huaxi!"
The detectives sent by Huan Yong's brother spent the night to find out the situation of the Song soldiers. They reported that the military resources of the Song soldiers could only last for half a month, and the conditions of both sides were similar.
"So, if you don't have enough arrows, quickly make fire oil, gold pools, and copper bullets to prepare for the decisive battle!"
Brother Huan Yong knew that this "golden pool" was a mixture of organic fertilizers from various people and animals. He was quite unwilling to do this tiring, smelly, hot and dangerous job, but he had no choice but to do so. The military order had been issued. , Unprepared, we had to recruit more civilians.
According to the agreement with Wang Dan, Hun Xi, who had been waiting to rendezvous with him, had been lurking in the "Jinchi" raw material transportation team. She went back smelly like this every day to pour some food for the sheep hidden in the ruined temple. Dry biscuits, pickles and the like.
This work of strengthening the "Golden Pool" allowed him to go up to the tower, add ingredients to the huge rotating copper pot, inquire about Wang Dan with his fellow workers, and also take a look at the situation on the Song Army side.
I think of Hun Xi, who has always been the shopkeeper of Wang Dan's "Liu Xia Palace Pastry". He always smells of sweet pastries. Now he goes home smelly every day. It's not just Yang Zhen who doesn't want to eat the dry cakes he brought back. , there was always a strong, lingering smell on it, and even he himself had no appetite.
After a few days, I lost a lot of weight and seemed to be a different person.
Not only Hun Xi, but Wang Dan, who was imprisoned, was also so thin that he looked like a human due to injuries and hunger.
He persisted until the seventh day. Seeing that the arrow in the city was approaching and other preparations were almost complete, Huan Yong prepared for the final battle.
He needed a lead, a hostage, a reason for the rest of the Song soldiers to attack the city with all their strength.
Then, Wang Dan was remembered by him.
When he saw him like this, Huan Yong seemed to feel a sudden pity and ordered him to be washed. He also specially found his favorite red silk robe for him to wear and invited him to the tower.
Wang Dan, who was seriously injured, could not walk on his own even without any equipment, not to mention that under the brocade robe, the thicker and heavier shackles were put on again after he changed clothes.
A banquet had been set up in the city, and Huan Yong had been sitting there waiting for Wang Dan to be brought up.
"Come on, brother Dan, I have prepared these wines and dishes just for you. No need to be polite. The weather is very nice today and the scenery in the city is endless. My two brothers, please eat well, eat well, and talk well! Brother Dan You’ve been suffering these past few days! Come on, Brother Jingdan! Drink in victory!”
Huan Yong raised his glass first, his eyes narrowed into a thin line, looking very innocent and shameless, and he warmly invited me.
"Okay! Drink!"
Although Wang Dan was extremely weak, he did not try to be brave at this moment. The food and wine in front of him defeated all "spiritual" matters. He trembled and drank the cup in front of him slowly.
"Oh, that's it! Come on, how can it be proper to have wine but no meat? Come on, eat a lot of duck gizzards! It's so fresh when it's chopped like this!"
As soon as the wine and meat were given to him, Wang Dan immediately became energetic. He didn't even bother to answer, and just started eating and drinking like a hungry ghost reincarnated.
"Eat slowly and don't choke yourself! Hahahaha..."
Huan Yong admired Wang Dan's embarrassment. A civilian man standing not far away was carrying a basket of raw materials for "Golden Pool" while staring hatefully at Huan Yong's big mouth that opened because of his wild laughter.
This person is Hun Xi.
What he didn't know was that the dozen or so civilian men he worked with all had the same "hatred", but they were all holding back and waiting for orders.
Yes, they were the third Song soldiers sent by Lao Zuo to sneak in far away. After the mission of heckles in the archery tower failed, they lurked together again and looked for opportunities to get close to Huan Yong.
But there was another villain who also sneaked up the tower without anyone noticing: he was secretly following Yang Zhen when Hun Xi came out at night. He was attracted by the delicious food. While he was eating secretly, he noticed that someone was coming. He hid under the table and didn't dare to say a word.
It wasn't until he saw Huan Yong's thick felt-lined leather military boots inlaid with gorgeous patterns and the cloth shoes worn by Wang Dan, who was wearing heavy shackles, that he knew: his father was here. .
