noffsinger Chapter 215 Someone Attacks the City
Chapter 215 Someone Attacks the City
Before Tian Xing'er and the others could react who had arrived, Zhao Shi hurried forward and introduced them to each other.
"Old Gao, you are really scary. These two are the siblings of the Tian family, Miss Tian Xing'er, and the second son Tian Yuheng." After introducing Tian Xing'er and the others, Zhao Shi turned around and introduced the deputy general, "He is the right deputy general beside General Li Yun, Gao Xiong."
"Meet General Gao."
Only then did everyone realize that the person coming down was actually a deputy general, who was totally unassuming.
"Okay, okay, thank you all for your hard work. I will take you into the city first. Now we have food, and everything will be fine. Everything will be fine." Deputy General Gao was so happy that his face was all smiles, and he couldn't stop laughing. Even the guards standing guard nearby were the same.
Zhao Shi and Deputy General Gao's men led a convoy to deliver food to the camp, while Deputy General Gao personally took Tian Xing'er and others into the city.
There were several small villages in Qishan City, but they all moved away after being attacked by the Westerners. Now there are only some exiled people and General Li Yun's army.
"It's bitterly cold here, thank you two for your help. I just heard from Military Advisor Zhao that they almost died on the way to deliver food. If it weren't for Mr. Tian and Miss Tian, we might not have been able to get any food." Deputy General Gao led the way and thanked the Tian brothers and sisters again.
"General Gao, you are too polite. We are only trying to do our best. Without you guarding this border, we would not be able to live a stable life."
"Yes, yes, then I won't be polite anymore. By the way, I heard that your iron barrel is very powerful. Let us see it someday. If it works, we can also use it here to fight those Westerners and Liao soldiers."
After praising him for so long, Deputy General Gao finally stated his purpose.
"Sure, we have made this too, and wanted to let General Li Yun take a look at it." When making this barrel cannon, Tian Xing'er also wanted to learn from his older brother and see if he could get some benefits from General Li Yun.
Of course they don't mind being seen by others. When they first started out, they were still worried that they wouldn't have the chance to show it off. Now, the opportunity is right in front of them. Since it's something that others have brought to their doorstep, they have to take it.
Tian Yuheng was the main negotiator this time. Seeing that the opportunity had come, he spoke up, "I just wonder when General Li Yun and his men will be back?"
"It should be soon. The general was ordered to go out of the city to fight not long ago. How could those Westerners be the general's opponent? It's just that they entered the city from other places and captured many people, which made the general a little restrained.
But the general will definitely rescue those people, so don't worry." Deputy General Gao said confidently.
However, he was actually a little uneasy in his heart, because this matter seemed to be planned. First, the court delayed sending grain for more than a month, which was more than half a month later than in his later years. Then, when their food was almost exhausted, the Liao soldiers joined forces with the Westerners to besiege them, and they still had so many civilians on their hands.
Then the imperial decree came at the right time, as if it was waiting for the moment when their food was about to run out. With this decree, the general had to leave the city. If he hadn't insisted that the general take away 90% of the food, it would be unknown how long they could hold out in this battle. If they were delayed by the other side, the general and his men would be in danger.
As soon as they receive the grain today, they will prepare to send a team to deliver the grain.
But they would never let the Tian brothers and sisters know about this, and this matter had nothing to do with them and was a military secret.
In the evening, Deputy General Gao set up a banquet to simply entertain the Tian brothers and sisters.
Just as Tian Xing'er and the others were happily attending the banquet, someone came from the city wall and said, "General, there are Westerners surrounding us outside. There are at least several thousand of them."
"Report, General, there is another group of Liao soldiers coming from the east of the city and heading towards us now. I'm afraid there are no less than 10,000 of them."
Two urgent reports came and everyone stood up.
"Come on, follow me to the top of the city wall." Deputy General Gao said to Zhao Shi, and then apologized to Tian Xing'er and his sister, "I'm sorry, we will thank you next time we have the chance."
"Report, General, there are several groups of people in the city making trouble, and they are heading towards the city gate."
"How can this be possible? Do you really think I'm a sick cat? I'm going to kill them and arrest all the troublemakers in the city and put them in jail. No one will be spared. I want to see when they sent so many people under my nose."
Deputy General Gao was extremely angry at this point. As soon as General Li Yun left, these barbarians actually treated him as a soft persimmon. Who was he looking down on?
Soon, Deputy General Gao and Zhao Shi left the mansion and headed towards the city wall, leaving Tian Xing'er and his sister standing there stupidly.
"Second brother, the food has been given to you. It would be a waste if you don't eat it. We can't help you anyway. Let's eat here and then go back. It's too chaotic outside now and it's not suitable to walk around." Tian Xing'er had a good attitude. She thought that if she didn't go out, she wouldn't cause trouble for others. She could eat and drink here and wait until the people outside were caught before leaving.
Tian Yuheng was a little worried at first and wanted to go over to help, but after hearing what his sister said, he gave up the idea of going to help.
"Okay, Xing'er, you're right. Let's eat first. After we're done, the problem outside should be solved."
Tian Yuheng was also very adaptable. Perhaps because he had been with Tian Xing'er for a long time, he had become a lot thicker-skinned now. The two of them finished their dinner in the banquet hall as if nothing had happened, and even admired the moon together. It was not until the soldiers from the mansion came to report that the city had been pacified that they left with their men.
They did not live in the general's mansion, but stayed at the post station in the city. However, this post station was just across the street from the general's mansion, not very far away.
"I don't know how the fight is going now?" Tian Yuheng said as he walked.
"We can still hear the shouting and killing, it shouldn't be that easy, but looking at the appearance of General Zhao and Deputy General Gao today, it doesn't seem like there will be any problems. We'd better go back and rest early, we can't help anyway." Although Tian Xing'er had never seen a siege, she didn't want to die, and thought it was safest to stay away from such things.
They have their own guards, and Deputy General Gao has also sent people to guard the post station, so their safety is guaranteed, so they should not bring themselves to suffer.
"If you are worried, Second Young Master, I will go over and take a look. If there is any need for us, I will come back and report."
Hearing what Tian Zhenwei said, Tian Xing'er then remembered the iron barrel cannon they wanted to sell. Perhaps they could let Deputy General Gao see it this time. That way, when General Li Yun comes back, there will be someone to speak for them. Everyone has seen it and knows how powerful it is, and that is the best persuasiveness.
"Uncle Zhenwei, go and see if they need our iron barrel cannon. It would be best if they can use it. This is what we are doing here." Tian Xing'er said.
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