RUMOR HAS IT THAT I'M PREGNANT WITH HIS HIGHNESS' CHILD - Chapter 648

Chapter 648 Change Strategy

The weapons used by the Eastern Expeditionary Army are all distributed uniformly, including bows and arrows, but unlike other weapons, arrows are consumables, and each battle will consume a large number of arrows.

There are people in the barracks who are responsible for making arrows, and they have accumulated a lot of arrows on weekdays.

But in the current tense battle, the more arrows, the better.

Yu Niaoyou took out an arrow from the bamboo basket and looked at it carefully. It was very finely crafted. No matter in length or weight, it was almost the same as the standard arrow in the military.

She smiled slightly at Li Hongye.

“These arrows are well done, can you make more?”

Li Hongye was very happy when the arrows he made were recognized.

She nodded vigorously: “Okay, I’ll go and tell my sister to make more arrows.”

Because of the fighting outside the city, they couldn’t farm the fields, and they were idle in the city every day, so they might as well find something to do. Making arrows can not only pass the time, but also help the expedition to the east, killing two birds with one stone.

Yu Niaoyou: “One arrow is worth five Wen, and there are about a hundred arrows here, Mammy, please go and bring five hundred Wen to Miss Hongye.”

Li Hongye hurriedly waved his hand: “No, no, no! You don’t need to give me money. I’m glad I can help you. Where else can I ask for your money?!”

Yu Niao: “Don’t rush to refuse, you can tell other people after you go back, no matter who can make arrows of acceptable quality, they can sell them to me at a price of five cents per arrow. Before the end of the battle, I will buy unlimited arrows.”

Li Hongye immediately understood what she meant.

“You want the people in the city to help make arrows together.”

Yu Niaoyou nodded: “Yes.”

She did this not only to replenish arrows for the Eastern Expeditionary Army, but also to find something for the idle people in the city to do, so that some people would not want to be distracted when they have nothing to do.

Nurse Xiuyan handed over a heavy cloth bag.

“There are a total of five hundred coins here, you can count them.”

Li Hongye did not refuse this time.

She has to bring the money back to show everyone, so that everyone can believe that Madam is really willing to pay for arrows.

Holding the cloth bag in both hands, she said gratefully: “Thank you Ma’am, thank you Ma’am.”

Xiuyan Nanny: “I’ll take you out.”

The original Hengcheng county magistrate had been killed by Chen Jun, and the county government office was also damaged. After repairs during this period, the county government office has been restored in sevens and eighties.

The county government office was temporarily converted into the General’s Mansion, and Tang Guixi, Yu Niaoyao, and Xiao Juan all lived here on weekdays.

Now that Tang Guixi and Xiao Juan are both out to fight, the General’s Mansion is now headed by Yu Niao.

She asked Ling Hai to set up a thatched shed at the entrance of the county government office, and put up a sign saying “Five coins, one piece, buy arrows”.

Through Li Hongye’s efforts to publicize, many people in the city knew about the acquisition of arrows by the General’s Mansion, and people continued to bring their own arrows to the General’s Mansion to sell.

Not everyone can make well-crafted arrows like Sister Li Hongye, and there are many shoddy ones.

But any unqualified arrows will be rejected by Ling Hai.

The purchased arrows will be recorded in the register, and then they will be sent to Yu Niaoyou for random inspection.

At first, Mammy Xiuyan was worried that Yu Niaoyou would be tired because of this, but later she saw that she was concentrating on checking the quality of the arrows, her morning sickness was much relieved, and she became more energetic instead, so she let her do it.

The produced arrows were transported out of the city in batches and sent to the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

Originally, Tang Guixi was still worried about the rapid consumption of arrows, but seeing the arrows sent by Yu Niao, her worries disappeared immediately.

With no worries about the future, the Eastern Expeditionary Army will be more brave in fighting.

Marshal Chen Jun didn’t pay much attention to a mere Hengcheng.

With the strength of their army of Chen Kingdom, they can definitely take Hengcheng very quickly.

As a result, they kicked on the iron plate.

No matter how they attack, they cannot break through the defense of the Eastern Expeditionary Army.

The two sides fought back and forth like this for half a month. Not only did the Chen army fail to capture Hengcheng, but they also lost a lot of soldiers and horses.

Can’t go on like this anymore, Marshal Chen Jun can only change his strategy.

He still remembered that he fought against the Eastern Expeditionary Army before. At first, the Eastern Expeditionary Army had the upper hand. Later, because the Eastern Expeditionary Army was short of food and grass, the Emperor Dayan cut off the food and grass support for the Eastern Expeditionary Army, which caused the Eastern Expeditionary Army to fall into crisis. Festival defeat.

The reason why the Eastern Expeditionary Army was able to make a comeback was also because they raided the camp of the Chen Army and took away a large amount of food and grass.

In the final analysis, food and grass are the most important thing!

Marshal Chen called the generals he had taken in for an overnight meeting, and finally decided to suspend the attack.

They are going to surround Hengcheng, cut off Hengcheng’s connection with other places, and let those expeditionary troops be trapped in Hengcheng.

In this way, the Eastern Expeditionary Army will be isolated and helpless.

The Eastern Expeditionary Army had limited food reserves, and when they ran out of food, they could only starve.

In the end they only have two paths—

Either be starved to death, or go out of the city and surrender.

On the side of the Eastern Expedition Army, Tang Guixi and Xiao Juan discovered that the Chen Army had stopped their offensive. They sent scouts to investigate and found that the Chen Army had not retreated.

Not only that, the Chen army is still setting up camp, as if preparing for a long battle.

Tang Guixi and Xiao Juan summed it up and guessed that the Chen army should be planning to adopt a strategy of attrition that encircles but does not attack.

In this way, it just fit their wishes.

They were eager for a truce, so that the Eastern Expeditionary Army and the people in the city would have more time to recuperate.

The battle is temporarily over.

The common people put their farm tools on their backs and went straight to the field, and the field was full of bustle and bustle.

Spring goes to summer, flowers bloom and fall.

The wheat seedlings in the field are getting taller day by day.

Wait until autumn, the wheat seedlings finally produced heavy tassels.

The common people and the soldiers of the Eastern Expedition Army were very excited. They rolled up their sleeves and soaked in the fields, harvesting wheat day and night, and they worked hard one by one.

On the other side, Chen Jun was still stretching his neck and looking forward, wondering when Chen Jun couldn’t stand it anymore and came out to surrender?

They also deliberately grilled meat in the open space, fanned it vigorously, and used the wind to send the aroma of the barbecue to the sentry tower, trying to kill the sentries of the Eastern Expedition Army on the sentry tower.

Upstairs, the two sentries smelled the aroma of barbecue, but were unmoved.

They have the meat buns just sent by the leader of the gang. The dough is made from the latest harvested wheat flour. It tastes very fragrant.

The two chatted while eating.

“What are those Chen people down there doing?”

“Who knew about them? Sick!”

Chen soldiers worked hard for a long time and were sweating all over, but they still didn’t see any movement from the sentry tower, so they couldn’t help but started cursing.

But because they used Chen Guo dialect, the sentries on the sentry tower couldn’t understand a single word.

(end of this chapter)