Li Yunze came back in the middle of the afternoon with a cart containing a large cart of chickens and ducks.
He handed the carriage to the guard and ordered: "Send a few more people to pull the carriage and follow me. There will be a few more carriages behind."
After Tongtong went in, she not only picked up chicken, duck and goose eggs from the mountain, but also picked several large carts of chayote, pumpkins, and winter melons.
There is still some rice and cornmeal in the basement, and they were all taken out today.
Although there is not much, it can at least give everyone something to eat.
A few guards used a carriage to pull the things back, and the cook began to prepare.
They had already prepared the staple food, wowotou, and now all that was left was to stir-fry vegetables and make soup.
Ye Mingzhe took a look at what he had brought, and then said to the chief cook in the logistics department:
"Chop all the chickens, ducks and geese into the soup, beat the eggs into the soup, add more water, and let everyone drink two bowls to warm themselves up."
"Yes, Master Ye."
Ye Mingzhe gave him another baggage and said in a voice that could be heard nearby:
"Here are several ginseng plants, which His Highness and his wife collected in the mountains before.
It's been there and I haven't been willing to eat it. You chop it up and put it in the soup to replenish the health of the soldiers.
After driving non-stop for several days, His Highness and Madam Lu felt very sorry for everyone. "
The captain took it with both hands, knelt down and kowtowed several times in the direction of Li Yunze and Ye Yutong, and said gratefully:
"Thank you, Your Highness, thank you, Madam. I have been a cook for more than 20 years, and I have never seen such a good master, who is even willing to give ginseng to his servants."
After hearing this, everyone knelt down and thanked him.
Li Yunze and Ye Yutong came over again and asked everyone to get up.
Li Yunze looked at everyone and said, "You are not my servants, you are all my brothers who have followed me through life and death.
Everyone has worked hard along the way. We, the couple, are not yet able to allow our brothers to eat these every day.
But I can assure you that as long as we have the ability, we will never treat our brothers badly. "
Everyone's eyes turned red with gratitude when they heard that His Highness actually regarded them as brothers.
By following His Highness, not only can I be fed and clothed, but most importantly, I can be a human being.
A man in his thirties cupped his hands and said respectfully: "Your Highness, our treatment is already very good. You can't have such a meal at home all year round.
The conditions in our village are poor, and we don’t have such good food even during the Chinese New Year. Now that we are following His Highness, we are the ones enjoying the blessing. "
"Yes, yes, it is our blessing and our honor to be able to follow His Highness." Everyone also agreed.
Ye Yutong smiled and said: "This is nothing, I have discussed it with His Highness. From next year, not only will the food be increased, but also more food and fine grains will be provided, and everyone will also be paid. This year's salary will also be made up, according to the time each person joins the army. Come on."
As soon as everyone heard that there was still money, they all knelt down happily and thanked, "Thank you, Your Highness, Madam."
Li Yunze personally helped the general in front of him up, "Don't be so polite, you deserve this.
There is still more than half an hour before dinner. Brothers, please go and rest for a while. We still have a tough battle to fight tonight. "
"Your Highness, we are not afraid and we are well prepared. We will not give up until we take Hu Yangcheng."
Mr. Bai, who had just walked over, heard the excited shouts of the soldiers and bowed his hands to Li Yunze.
"Your Highness, you have so many loyal soldiers, you will definitely be able to capture Populus euphratica City tonight."
Li Yunze smiled and said, "I would like to borrow Mr.'s kind words."
After dinner, everyone began to get ready to set off in an orderly manner.
But as soon as they reached the gate of Huyang City, they heard the sound of fighting inside.
Li Yunze and Ye Yutong looked at each other and felt that something was wrong, so they immediately flew from their horses to the high city wall.
Ding Yi and his guards followed closely behind the two of them.
Li Chaoyang and Mantang were also ready to follow, but were stopped by Lin Jiang.
"Looking at this situation, it may be difficult to open the city gate. Let's wait here and see what His Highness gives us."
Ye Mingzhe felt a little anxious when he heard the sounds of fighting inside the city wall.
He looked at the tall city gates and walls again, and discussed with Lin Jiang and Chaoyang.
Ye Mingzhe began to give instructions: "When the hall is full, let people hit the city gate with wooden stakes. Chaoyang, you ask the cavalry to set up the ladder and prepare to climb the city wall."
"Okay." The two nodded and immediately went to execute it.
Mingzhe is smarter than the two of them and has read more books. His eldest brother and sister-in-law are not here, so what he says is correct.
Ye Mingzhe said to Lin Jiang again: "Brother Lin Jiang, why don't we take someone up there to have a look?"
Lin Jiang said: "Mingzhe, please don't go. I will bring people up to help. You are here to take command."
He waved to the large army behind him, and a small group of troops marched out.
These people are all middle-level masters who have undergone devilish training in Lingnan Mountain.
Li Yunze and Ye Yutong flew to the city wall. I saw Ye Mingxuan and Lin Zhong leading a group of brothers to fight with the garrison.
The disparity between the two sides was quite large. The garrison had at least one or two thousand people, while Ye Mingxuan's side only had a few hundred people.
But even with such a huge disparity, the garrison did not take advantage and were defeated by Ye Mingxuan and the others.
At this time, many people came to the street not far away.
Li Yunze immediately ordered Ding Yi behind him, "Take someone to open the city gate. Tongtong and I will cover you."
"Yes, Your Highness."
This time Li Yunze and Ye Yutong showed no mercy and killed anyone who came close.
If things were normal, the two of them might spare these people's lives.
After all, they are not vicious people, they are all obeying orders from above.
But today is different. If the two of them are merciful now, they will only cause heavy casualties among their own people.
Everyone saw that the two of them were very skilled in martial arts, especially the man. Several people fell down with just one swing of his sword.
The remaining people did not dare to surround him.
Knowing that there was a dead end ahead, no one wanted to risk their lives, so everyone retreated slowly.
Ding Yi took the opportunity to lead people to open the city gate.
The soldiers outside the city gate cheered when they saw the door open.
Ye Mingzhe immediately shouted: "Brothers, charge! Charge..."
"Come on! Come on!"
Li Chaoyang and Mantang rode at the front, followed by cavalry and tens of thousands of soldiers.
Lin Jiang and Ye Mingzhe took Mao Dan and the others to finish.
The two parties fighting inside stopped when they saw the large army breaking through the city.
Ye Mingxuan took their people and retreated to Li Chaoyang's side.
The defenders of Hu Yangcheng knew that the situation was over, and resistance now was a dead end.
Although he did not put down his weapons, he stopped attacking.
When Ye Mingzhe saw this situation, he immediately took Mr. Bai up to the city wall.
He whispered to Bai Yuannian: "Sir, now it's your turn to step forward. Use your eloquence and astonishing eloquence to convince these people to surrender to His Highness."
Bai Yuannian gave him a funny look, "Aren't you the one who is eloquent and articulate? You are better at speaking in these situations than I am."
Ye Mingzhe bowed his hands modestly: "Sir, what weight does the words of a half-year-old child like me carry? On such an important occasion, you still need to step forward to calm the situation."
Bai Yuannian smiled and shook his head, took two steps forward, stood on the city wall and looked down.
