Chapter 1503
The Decisive Battle: The Consequences of the Enemy's Reckless Acts
Chapter 1503 The Decisive Battle: The Consequences of the Enemy's Reckless Acts
“My master’s abilities are greater than all of yours combined. She deserves the honors she is due, and no one should try to take credit for her contributions. If anyone dares to gang up on my master, I will haunt you as a ghost.” The Prince of Ye emphasized, “This is what is written in the letter.”
It wasn't my uncle who added it on purpose.
Lord Yan sat upright like a stone statue, but glanced at the contents of the letter that the Prince of Ye had shown them. After confirming that the Prince of Ye was not "taking the opportunity for personal gain," he thought to himself: "Old Xun is such a loyal fellow. Even in his 'death,' he still takes credit for his master's work."
"I urge the court to replace the old man's reward with the construction of numerous women's clinics and the training of female doctors. The harmonious coexistence of Yin and Yang is the true path. If there are male doctors, there must be female doctors, and there must be clinics specifically for treating women..."
“Reading helps one understand principles, and only by recognizing characters can one comprehend the truths in books. I would like to request the court to establish town schools in various towns of the Great Wei, extending this favor to countless farming families, so that their children can attend school for free for three years, learning to read, understand principles, and thus guiding the world towards righteousness.” The Prince of Ye was moved, rose, and bowed solemnly towards the east of the city: “Elder Xun is so benevolent and compassionate, I, on behalf of the younger generation of the Great Wei, express my sincere gratitude.”
Loading the goods! Lord Yan was already cursing in his heart. After cursing the Prince of Ye, he cursed Old Xun: "Is Old Xun here to collect debts from the court? He's building town schools in every town and giving all the farm children free education for three years! Does he know how much that costs? This isn't benevolence, this is robbing the treasury of the Great Wei!"
However, Lord Yan was a true official. He cursed inwardly, but outwardly stood up and bowed towards the East District.
With a thud, Lord Yan was startled. Si Pei suddenly knelt down, kowtowed towards the east of the city, and cried, "Waaah, Grandmaster, rest assured, if your grand-disciple survives, I will definitely fulfill these great wishes for you!"
Si Feng also cried, tears streaming down his face... Waaah, Si Pei, that good-for-nothing, made such a grand vow in public, my Si clan is probably going to become penniless.
The letter was thick; it took the King of Ye half an hour to finish reading it.
Lord Yan said sarcastically, "Old Xun is in excellent spirits, everyone can rest assured."
To be able to utter such a long will must have taken at least an hour. The old man's energy is truly remarkable; he doesn't seem like a patient at all.
dong dong dong dong!
The loud sound of war drums startled everyone in the hall, giving them a sense of foreboding.
Sure enough, after Ling Baihu went out and returned, he received the latest battle report and said to them, "Jiang Qianshi said that the enemy's Red Feather Prince Banner outside the West Gate is retreating. The enemy's peace delegation and the enemy troops in the west of the city are also retreating. I'm afraid the enemy is either going to throw poison into the west city or trying to show their sincerity, but the latter is about 10% likely."
The enemy will not retreat; they will only intensify their attacks on the capital city to speed up the fall of the city.
"Did you hear that? The enemy has no intention of negotiating at all; they just want to slaughter us! Do you still think Qin and Jiang are selfish?" Si Pei glared at his classmates with swollen, tear-filled eyes and scolded them: "It's not that Qin and Jiang are selfish and unwilling to go through the marriage alliance for the sake of the country; it's that you're all incredibly stupid!"
The classmates were very indignant at being scolded. Wen Xiangnan said, "Classmate Pei, we never scolded Qin and Jiang for being selfish. We were just discussing whether the marriage alliance could give the country a chance to breathe, so that the Great Wei could recover and then avenge today's blood feud."
Si Pei: "Pah, you think you're so good with words, Wen Xiangnan? Actually, you're the dumbest one. Look at Qi Yucong, how smart he is. He never talks about anything that's dirty. But you, you idiot, love to babble about everything!"
Qi Yu's face flushed with anger upon hearing this, but he pretended not to hear it.
"This is an insult to civility!" Lord Yan cursed. "This is a meeting place, not a rural private school. If you want to argue, go outside."
The Prince of Ye said, "My fellow students, go and do your work."
Si Pei said, "I'm going out for a stroll and I need to go door to door and give those idiots who support the marriage alliance a piece of my mind! Please have Vice General Lang prepare the vehicles; we're sure we can haul another batch of supplies."
That's right, it was another robbery.
If we don't seize it now, the city will fall and we'll only be giving the enemy an advantage!
Si Pei couldn't help but complain: "These powerful families are too good at hiding supplies. It's happened so many times, and they still haven't been emptied out."
Lord Yan: "..."
Your Si family is a first-class aristocratic and powerful family, how dare you say such a thing?
"Si Feng, Wen Xiangnan, come on! Don't you want the credit?" Si Pei called out to them. Wen Xiangnan, ever the opportunist, immediately followed: "Hey, hey, coming!"
Seeing this, Lord Yan didn't look down on Wen Xiangnan... That's good, argue when you need to, and cooperate when you need to.
dong dong dong dong!
"The enemy is attempting to poison the city from the west. Residents of Wei in the west, please close your doors and windows and stay indoors. Do not go out! There is no need to panic. The plague kills both the enemy and ourselves. Last time the enemy used poison, they burned 30,000 infected enemy soldiers to death. They suffered a worse fate than us!"
The problem with everything is comparison; once you compare, you don't feel so hopeless.
Upon hearing this, the residents of the western part of the city quickly splashed insecticide and disease-preventing liquid on their homes, moved essential items such as firewood, stoves, and chamber pots into their houses, and then slammed the doors and windows shut, waiting quietly for the latest notification from the government troops!
Another half hour later.
The enemy's infected slave soldiers have moved over in droves.
"Fire! Boom!" On the west city tower, Vice Commander Jiang and his men had already retreated, leaving only an unknown commander of five thousand men to guard the tower with a small number of dead soldiers, using cannons to kill the slave soldiers: "We must stop the slave soldiers half a mile away from the moat. As long as we have that distance, the enemy's catapults will not be able to throw the poisonous insects into the city!"
"Yes, sir!" a row of gunners responded, and just like before going into battle, they pressed their faces against their guns and cannons: "New comrades, it's up to you now, fire well, kill more enemies!"
Wu Qianhu felt a pang of sympathy watching this, but fortunately, his soldiers quickly ended this embarrassing situation and began bombarding the ant-like slave soldiers outside the city.
Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble!
A series of thunderous explosions blasted the toxic slave soldiers to pieces, the fragments flying across the surrounding wilderness.
however……
"Report to the five thousand households: the slave soldiers keep coming in, and they are extremely fearless of death. After destroying one batch, the others who are still alive continue to rush forward!"
"After the catapult was destroyed, they rushed towards us in groups of several, carrying some kind of powerful crossbow!"
Wu Qianhu frowned as he listened... This powerful crossbow was probably a new product from the enemy, and its range must be much longer than the previous crossbows.
I just don't know how far the range is.
Will it hit the city wall?
"Don't stop! As soon as the slave soldiers come within range of our cannons, fire and blast them to death!" Commander Wu said, "General Chu said that there are many combination gunpowder cannons in the underground warehouse over at Mushan. He told us not to be stingy with them. In our last battle, let's fight it out!"
The soldiers who remained on the city walls to fight were highly likely to contract the disease after this battle, so in this final battle before their deaths, they wished they could rush out of the city and fight the enemy soldiers.
"Understood! Don't hold back with your weapons, unleash the barrage!" The dead soldiers responded, roaring excitedly, but their eyes remained steady and focused, watching the slave soldiers outside the city, estimating their positions...
"We're in range! Fire! Boom!"
Rumble rumble rumble rumble rumble!
The thunder roared continuously, and the earth trembled slightly, giving the city a sense of impending doom. However, the people of Wei were not afraid; on the contrary, they felt at ease.
"Hey, the Heavenly Thunder weapons of our Great Wei are getting more and more powerful. This time, the enemy troops who used poison will definitely not return alive!"