C22 Sculpture of the Golden Crow

Half of the Golden Crow City was on land, half on the sea. The south gate faced Tam Mu, who was already in the pocket of the Yan Army. Outside of the west and north city gates, the border of the two cities, Tam Mu and Grira, were heavily guarded by Yan Xu.

After General Yan took over Grira City, he divided his army into two sides, one way to the center of the city and the other way to defend the city. He was going to cut off all routes between the two cities, and he would personally lead the army outside of the city, the other way to attack from time to time. Although there were only ten thousand soldiers in the Golden Crow City, they were very firm, and the city gates were not open either. In the face of Yan Xu's seventy thousand strong army which had attacked more than a dozen times in the past month, none of the city guards had any intention of leading their troops out.

The plan that Pei Hongqing had discussed with Yan Xu and the rest in the vice general tent was to lure the enemy out of the city. This mission of leading the enemy out of the city was actually something that Pei Hongqing wanted to hand over to Yun Shu and the hundred elite soldiers that she had brought with her. Without waiting for Pei Hongqing to explain the detailed plan to her, Yun Shu had a difficult expression. She raised her head and asked him, "How can you impersonate a reinforcement team with less than a hundred people? If the number of reinforcements is too small, the high-ranking officers guarding the city would not think that our army has lost all momentum and come out with the reinforcements to fight against our army, right? "

As long as you change into the clothes and armor of a large beam of soldiers, tie a lot of branches to the ponytail of the horse, and run towards Golden Crow City with the banner of a large beam of light, then from the perspective of Golden Crow City, you will see a large group of large beam of light. After all, how could a troop that can raise such a large cloud of dust not be huge? Before this, I will also send people to Golden Crow City to release the news that Yan Xu will be caught alive and will be heavily rewarded by Emperor Dazang. When they see so many 'reinforcements' come over to snatch the reward from them, they will probably rush to the top of the city gate and open the gate as soon as possible to capture Yan Xu alive. "

Hearing that, Yun Shu was really worried for Vice General Yan. Did Vice General Yan know that the boss that he considered a good brother wanted to harm him like this?

After Yun Shu thought over the entire plan, she said, "I heard that the Golden Crow City's City Lord, Ji Yong, was a person who was afraid of death, which is why he built such a city that wasn't easy to break into. If the 'reinforcements' arrive, the City Lord still wouldn't allow them to open the city gates, wouldn't the siege fail again?"

Pei Hongqing nodded his head and said, "I have already considered this point. However, this is the most likely plan we have in mind to take down the Golden Crow City in a short amount of time."

However, Yun Shu said, "Actually, there is a plan that might be feasible. After all, humans are born greedy, and might be able to make use of this."

Pei Hongqing quickly asked, "What plan?"

Yun Shu: "If there's a shortage of food in Golden Crow City, once they see the smoke of our army's cooking and smell the fragrance of food, there will definitely be people leaving the city. No one will ever want to starve to death. It's just that I don't know what's going on in the Golden Crow City right now. "

"Let's go to the surrounding mountains and take a look at the city. We should be able to find out soon enough. We'll head there now." After saying that, Pei Hongqing grabbed her wrist and walked out of the tent. He didn't expect to see Meng Guang's ear on top of the tent before he could take it back.

Yunshu: "... Brother Meng, what are you doing? "

"No, no, no. I'm teaching Brother Xu how to protect his neck." Meng Guang glanced at Yun Shu's wrist that was being held by Pei Hongqing, and immediately stood up. He embraced Xu Jingda, who was wiping her dagger on the corner of his clothes, and said with a smile, "Brother Xu, what did I tell you just now? When your neck feels uncomfortable, it's better to move around like I did. It's not good for you to keep your head down like this." As he said this, he pulled Xu Jindan's head.

Xu Jingda, who had been forced to turn his head, "…" When had he ever said his neck was uncomfortable?

Yun Shu, Pei Hongqing, "…"

Pei Hongqing was not in the mood to pay attention to the two as he pulled Yun Shu along as he headed towards his tent. Seeing that they were heading in the wrong direction, Yun Shu hurriedly asked: "Great General, aren't we going up the mountain?"

However, before Pei Hongqing could reply Yun Shu, Meng Guangwei spoke up, "Go up the mountain? Was it about attacking the Golden Crow City? Great General, Xu Jindan and I also want to go together.

Yun Shu naturally knew why Meng Guangwei wanted to follow. She lowered her head and looked somewhat helplessly at her wrist that had been grabbed by Pei Hongqing.

How could he possibly have any thoughts of refusing? He then turned to Meng Guangyuan and said, "Then when you go to this general's tent and ask for the 'Thousand-Li Mirror' made by that Chopin, you will be able to see further up the mountain with that."

After Meng Guangwei said something to Xu Jingda in a low voice, he turned around and headed back to the general's tent.

After Meng Guangwei left, Xu Jingda's bull-like eyes started to stare at the hand that was holding onto Yun Shu's wrist. General Pei followed his gaze and thought of letting go. Pei Hongqing coughed twice before clearing his throat. He put his hands behind his back as if nothing had happened and looked away.

After the four of them climbed to a height sufficient to fit the entire Golden Crow City in their sights, they stopped. Yun Shu found a place where she could stand with an excellent view of the entire city, and raised her Thousand Li Mirror to look into the city.

The besieged Golden Crow City did not show any signs of panic. The citizens were still engaging in all sorts of normal trades, and there were also many women and children walking along the streets. It did not look like they were being besieged at all. She handed the mirror back to Pei Hongqing in disappointment, "They do not seem to be lacking anything at all. The city should be very well-stocked, and it seems like it will not be feasible to use food to lure them into the city. Not only is there an iron wall, there is also a special transparent glazed roof tile made of special materials. It's warm in the winter and cool in the summer, and the citizens of Golden Crow City can still wear spring clothes in such a hot day. With that, he sat down on the grass in a somewhat dejected manner.

Pei Hongqing looked at the Thousand-Li Mirror and did not find any valuable information for a while. Then, he threw it to Meng Guangwei, who was beside him, and glanced at Yun Shu, "That kind of glass has a very strong resistance to pressure. Yan Xu once had someone use a catapult to attack the top of the glass, and the result is that what you saw — — it is completely intact. "Looks like I can only use my old strategy."

Yun Shu also nodded her head.

At this time, Meng Guangwei suddenly called out in a low voice. He tossed the mirror over to Xu Jingda and turned to look at Pei Hongqing, "General, I was just able to think of a plan."

Pei Hongqing hurriedly said, "Quick, tell me!"

Meng Guangwei looked at the city below, "Other than the surrounding walls of the Golden Crow City which are similar to the temperature of the outside world, the area covered by the glazed roof tiles is a completely closed space. The citizens of the city are wearing spring clothes, which means the temperature of the Golden Crow City is not as high as outside, which means the glazed roof tiles are really able to cool down as Yin Yun said. "If we build stoves on the outskirts of the Iron Wall and let the soldiers keep adding firewood to the stoves, the temperature in the city will keep rising, and then we won't have to fear that they won't be able to leave the city.

After hearing Meng Guangwei's plan, Pei Hongqing's face was filled with joy, "What a brilliant plan. I'll leave this matter to you to handle." Xu Jingda, Yin Yun, the two of you can just follow Meng Guangwei's arrangements. "

Yun Shu nodded her head in agreement, secretly giving Meng Guang a thumbs up.

For the next month, Xu Jingda was in charge of bringing people to the cities of Gríla and Thamu to collect some of the supplementary materials and tools needed to build the stove, while Yun Shu led dozens of her men up the mountain to cut down the trees. The rest of the soldiers helped carry the trees down the mountain and cut them into small chunks.

At first, the generals of the Golden Crow City were puzzled that they would not attack the city, but instead only chop down trees and chop bricks outside the city walls. When they recalled that the Yan Army building bricks outside the city walls would only make them stronger, they allowed them to wander around the city walls, but other than going up to the city walls all day to take a look, there was nothing else they could do.

However, when the bricks were all finished, he realized that the situation was not good and immediately turned pale with fright. However, he wanted to do something, but it was too late. He sent his archers to shoot at the city wall, and all the arrows were blocked by his shield. Outside the city wall, the Yan Army who were busy burning firewood was completely unharmed.

The high-ranking officer on top of the city gate tower had an anxious expression on his face. The soldiers that were originally guarding the tower naturally saw how things had progressed and became flustered. They were unsure whether they should continue to guard the tower firmly or go down with the high-ranking officer that they were following.

Less than four hours after the fire started, the mayor, Ji Yong, and the city guards led their men out of the city and surrendered. The people that left the city were all drenched in sweat and in a sorry state.

Thus, in less than three months' time, the Yan Army led by Pei Hongqing had taken down the third city. Meng Guangwei, who had made the most contributions in the attack on the third city, had naturally been promoted. The two of them became vice commander-in-chiefs of both the cavalry and infantry units of the Yemao Battalion.

Yunshu was delighted that the shooting party had been merged into a whole as it had been. After all, after the merger, it wouldn't be her turn as a vice-captain if anything happened. However, before Yun Shu could enjoy herself for even two hours at the celebratory feast, the old field officer had already sent a message to her, which basically meant that the old field officer had just had a gout from drinking and had applied to the general for a transfer to join the ranks of the common soldiers. Pei Hongqing nodded her head. She had been pushed to the position of vice-captain by the two of them without knowing it.

When the young soldier who came to report the news saw her stupefied expression, he immediately asked, "Sir …" Commander, aren't you being too happy? "

Yun Shu looked at him and poured into her mouth the wine that she had previously celebrated her "retreat". "... "Happy." She was so happy that she was on the verge of tears. How could Pei Hongqing agree to let her be a cavalry captain? Any random veteran would be better than her! The main reason was that her life wasn't saved by herself, but was snatched away by Brother Yang from Yama, and she was still thinking about when she could return alive to fulfill her father's last wish.

When she thought of this, Yun Shu only wanted to focus on drinking, and she would clink glasses whenever she saw someone, which directly caused everyone to think that she was very good at drinking without thinking, and even began to take the initiative to run over one after another to find her for drinks.