Chapter 088, the stick is dry and the gun formation is practiced, and the princess is naked and the jade feet is presented

Mei Zhenyi put on a helmet, put her neck down on her left and right, almost blocking half of her face, and followed Mei Yi to inspect the city wall. The city wall in Wuzhou is three and six feet tall, and is quite thick and solid. This height is obviously not comparable to that of the big towns and military fortresses in the north, but it is already quite good in Jiangnan, a place where peace has been around for a long time.

There is a Jushui River to the south and east of Wuzhou City, which is a natural barrier to defend the city. To the north side is the hills extending from Jingting Mountain to the west. Only the south side outside the west gate is an open area, suitable for large troops to develop. If you want to attack the city, this should be the main battlefield. Mei Yi is explaining to the young master the offensive and defense based on the city.

The water nets in the south of the Yangtze River are not suitable for heavy cavalry to run. Li Jingye also hastily started the matter. The main front is in the north. The army invading Wuzhou should be mainly infantry and a small number of light cavalry, and it is unlikely to carry large-scale siege equipment. Then the main tactics when siegeing is to shoot at the crossbow, set up shield chariots to cover the ladder to charge, and armored soldiers to attack the city.

The city walls do not intersect with swords and guns, and guarding the city mainly relies on crossbows and throwing stones. Now the most lacking in the city is armory. The heavy armor and crossbows that were originally intended to pay tribute to the court this year were all transferred to Wuzhou City. The Cang Governor Liu Zhi himself was also in Wuzhou City, and his family was sent to Qiyunguan by his nephew Mei Zhenyi.

But the most lacking in the city is qualified archers, with only a few hundred soldiers and a small number of hunters available. Not everyone can shoot arrows. The archery on the battlefield is different from the archery games in modern amusement parks. In ancient times, a qualified archer had to train for a long time.

Fortunately, there are many crossbows. Crossbows are farther than bows and are easier to master, but their disadvantage is that they are low in firing frequency, and it is more troublesome to rush back to the string and arrow. Fortunately, the defense of the city wall does not require frontal charges. It can rely on many people to shoot from the city wall, and shoot from the city wall is longer than the enemy's range. It can form a covered long-range lethality.

Mei Yi has ordered the recruited Min Yong to be organized into a team, two people in a group, specially trained the cooperation of mounting arrows and shooting crossbows. Fifty groups formed into a team, gathering a total of 3,000 crossbowmen. Long-range firepower is available, but it is also a troublesome if the enemy's local swords and shield soldiers attack the city. Min Yong guarding the city has no experience in melee assassination, and once the enemy is in front of him, he may lose his morale first.

Mei Zhenyi looked at the three and six feet tall city wall. Suddenly, she patted her head hard, and the helmet sounded. Mei Yi asked in confusion: "What are you doing?"

Mei Zhenyi: "Don't talk for now, I'm thinking about something!" He remembered a story he read before traveling through time, and could not remember whether it was a novel or a record in a historical note. After thinking for a long time, he shouted: "I thought, Uncle Yi, do you think this is OK?"

A kind of bamboo is produced in Baimang Mountain in Wuzhou, called slag bamboo. It is the thickness of duck eggs, five or six meter high, and the texture is very light but extremely tough. If this bamboo is cut into four meter long and sharpened at the top, it is a spear that can directly stab the city. A bamboo gun may not be powerful. But what if there are too many people?

Mei Yi was stunned: "Not all bamboo guns can be used on the battlefield. Why didn't I know there are such bamboos?"

Mei Zhenyi: "You have been in Wuzhou for a short time and don't care about the situation among the people. The bamboo poles that hold boats on Qingyi River are all like this. They are not thick but very strong. It's okay to pick up the weight of a few people."

Mei Yi thought, "You can try it and immediately send someone up the mountain to cut it and transport it to the city." After thinking about it, he said, "Using a spear in the battle formation is not as simple as imagined. It is useless to let those people stab the shield with bamboo guns directly."

Mei Zhenyi: "What are the rules?"

Mei Yi: "For example, if you attack with a long spear, if you encounter a shield wall, it is best not to use a long spear to stab the shield directly, but use the power of a galloping horse. Cooperate with each other to lift the heavy shield or step over... Let me think about it, there will be flaws in the sword and shield soldiers rushing to the cloud ladder, and there is a way!"

Mei Zhenyi just said an idea. The specific tactics still require Mei Yi, a general who has experienced thousands of troops. Time is tight, and Mei Yi came up with three moves, allowing three bamboo guns to form a group, with the upper, middle and lower attacks. There is only one move. It is how to turn the waist and exert force with the strength of the whole body to break the tip of the gun.

Mei Yi finished his on-site gestures and explanations. Mei Zhenyi even gave a thumbs up. On the battlefield, it is not that the more tricks, the better it is! Just as he was about to recruit people to send orders, Zhang Guo ran from the city wall in the distance, followed by the panting Qu Zhensheng. Mei Zhenyi was shocked when she saw Qu Zhensheng and hurried forward and said, "Senior Brother, why are you here? Did something happen to Qi Yunguan?"

Qu Zhensheng shook his head: "It's not that something happened to Qi Yunguan, it's just that he's slipping around, it's a person."

Mei Zhenyi: "Who is it?"

Seeing that there were no one around, Qu Zhensheng lowered his voice and said four words. Mei Yi and Mei Zhenyi both changed color when they heard this. No one expected that Liuzhuo could do such a "big thing". - That person was Princess Yuzhen, who was held hostage by Zuo Youxian to Jiangdu.

On the first day of Li Jingye's rebellion, Princess Yuzhen disappeared. Who rescued it? Ti Liuzhuo didn't have that great ability. After hearing Mei Zhenyi's words that day, Ti Liuzhuo knew that he wanted to save Princess Yuzhen, but unfortunately he was powerless. After returning to Wuzhou, Ti Liuzhuo left quietly. Relying on the body of the Yin God, he wanted to sneak into Jiangdu City. Even if he couldn't save Princess Yuzhen, he could find out some news.

Before entering Jiangdu City, I met a "expert" outside the city, and stopped Tiliuzhuan and reported to be famous for Fairy Zhiyan. Although I had never seen Zhiyan before, I had heard of it for a long time. It was clear about the matter between Zhiyan and Mei Zhenyi. I surrounded Zhiyan on the spot and claimed to be the Yin God of the Guardian of Jiushan Mountain of Mei Family. I have long been revered to the famous Fairy Zhiyan.

Zhiyan didn't talk much nonsense to it, and only asked one question: "You come, are you trying to save Princess Yuzhen?"

Ti Liuzhuo was startled and then praised: "Fairy Zhiyan is really powerful. I came here quietly and didn't tell anyone. How did you know?"

Zhiyan: "Let's talk about it, you little devil is a little bit of cultivation, but you are not that capable yet. Just wait here. I'll find a way to bring people out."

Zhiyan entered Jiangdu City. Although she had great magical powers, she was still difficult to take Princess Yuzhen away from the Sima Mansion of Jiangdu, which was guarded by the heavy defense masters. She could only wait for the opportunity to lurk for a day and a night. On the night when Li Jingye was in charge, a celebration banquet was held. The well-known figures and important masters all went to the banquet, so she had the opportunity to rescue Princess Yuzhen.

Princess Yuzhen fell asleep on the table after supper. After waking up, she found that she was already outside Jiangdu. There was a woman in red and green silk ribbons beside her. She asked her in shock who she was? Zhiyan replied: "You don't have to ask who I am. Someone wants to save you. I'm helping you by the way. What's going on. You'll know when you see that person."

When Princess Yuzhen "sees" Ti Liuzhuo, she was startled again. An ordinary person suddenly saw a "ghost" that was like a gust of gloomy wind. Who is not afraid? The ghost can still speak, and his voice is like it is directly transmitted from his ear to his mind, telling her: "Your Highness Princess, you don't have to be afraid. My name is Ti Liuzhuo. My name is Mei Zhenyi, the eldest son of the Duke of Southern Lu. He was sent by Mei Zhenyi, the Duke of Wuzhou, to save you from the danger. This master is the fairy Zhiyan from Kunlun Fairyland, and he is also helping Mr. Mei."

Princess Yuzhen was very scared at first, but later she found that this ghost was not only not scary, but also quite fun, but she was a little verbose. She asked endlessly. Fairy Zhiyan sent Princess Yuzhen out of Jiangdu overnight, and found some ordinary clothes and some scattered silver coins. She asked Princess Yuzhen to change it and put it in, and then said goodbye and left. Yuti escorted her to Wuzhou.

There was a chaotic journey along the way. The news of Li Jingye's righteousness in serving the king had spread. Some people were afraid of war and fled, while others were bewitched to go to Jiangdu to join. Many people also avoided the city of nearby prefectures in order to protect their own wealth.

Princess Yuzhen is a lonely and weak woman, and she is beautiful. On this chaotic road, it is inevitable that someone will be ill-intentioned when they meet her. But the people who are bad at her are scared away one by one. They all said, "I'm scared in broad daylight!"

Ti Liuzhuo practiced some things, although it was impossible to deal with real masters, and it was no problem to scare ordinary people. However, Ti Liuzhuo had limited cultivation after all, and was an invisible and intangible Yin God. He could not walk on Princess Yuzhen's back, so he could only protect her carefully.

Princess Yuzhen has been raised in the deep boudoir since she was a child. She has never walked through the market, and she doesn't know much about human affairs. The roads she has taken in the past few days are more than the roads she has taken since she was young. When she is hungry, she takes money to go to the roadside to exchange for some food. She doesn't even know how to settle the accounts, and she dares not stop. She rushed to Wuzhou, and spent the money before she even got to the place. Finally, when she arrived in Wuzhou, she had no money to hire a car, and her feet were soaked.

Ti Liuzhuan knew that Princess Yuzhen's identity was special and it was inconvenient to reveal it, so she did not enter the city and sent her directly to Qi Yunguan, a "safe" place, and proudly expressed her skills to the host of the Guan. Qu Zhensheng was very surprised, so he settled Princess Yuzhen for the time being and immediately rushed to Wuzhou City to report the news.

Mei Yi frowned when he heard this - it was of course a good thing to rescue Princess Yuzhen, but it was a problem to get people to Wuzhou at this time. If the news was leaked, the rebels would definitely find a way to steal Princess Yuzhen back.

Zhang Guo first said, "How did you send someone there? If you attract a master, the young master and Mr. Liu's family may be in danger."

Mei Zhenyi asked Qu Zhensheng: "Does anyone else know the identity of Princess Yuzhen?"

Qu Zhensheng: "I told Your Highness the Princess not to say anything. I only told Jihai Zhenren for everyone in the audience. No one knows who she is except to let go."

Mei Zhenyi nodded: "That's easy. I'll go back to Qiyunguan immediately. Since Princess Yuzhen is here, I should settle down."

Mei Yi waved his hand and said, "Young Master, go ahead, I'll be there in the city. Princess Yuzhen can't have any accidents in our house."

Zhang Guo said with some concern: "Is it safer in the wilderness than in the city? If the rebels arrived, wouldn't they robbed everywhere?"

Mei Zhenyi: "Old Zhang is worried too much. Before Li Jingye was defeated, he would only attack the city and not rob the four directions. Don't forget that he was fighting the flag of restoration. Besides, it is time for the Qinghuang to stop, and the plunder of the army is not very useful. The real trouble is that after the rebels were defeated by the court, but at that time the wandering soldiers were not scattered. As long as the news is not leaked, Qi Yunguan is safe enough, and he can also avoid Qingyi Sanshan."

Mei Zhenyi was right. Li Jingye was under the banner of restoring the Luling King. He did not claim to be a rebel, nor did he want to be a bandit. Therefore, he would only capture the city of the state and the treasury, and would not rob the villagers.

Zhang Guo was in charge of leading the man to cut bamboo in Baimang Mountain. The six brothers of the Mei family gathered the Wucheng defenders to teach Mei Yi's three-style bamboo shooter technique. They should try to practice it in the shortest time. Mei Zhenyi returned to Qiyun Temple with Qu Zhensheng, and just left the city. He ran into a leap. He swept over and said, "Mr. Mei, Mr. Mei, do you know? I'll save Princess Yuzhen!"

Mei Zhenyi bowed immediately: "Thank you so hard. I just said casually that day that day that you really know how to save people! Don't do this next time. It's very dangerous. What if something happens? How can I bear it?"

Ti Liu turned around and was in a daze, unable to see his expression, but he was very happy to hear his voice: "Young Master Mei don't have to worry about me, I'm very clever!"

Very clever? I think that I almost let Zuo Youxian collide with the Yin God body? Mei Zhenyi couldn't bear to say it, so she could only say warmly: "Tao Liuzhuan, I am very grateful for your kindness to help me, but next time there will be such a thing. Can you discuss it with me in advance?"

Ti Liuliu followed the horse and floated to fly, agreeing very happily: "Okay, I'm afraid Mr. Mei won't discuss it with me. Actually, I didn't expect to rescue the person, just to spy on the spy news. I'm so easy to inquire about it. Fortunately, I met Fairy Zhiyan."

Mei Zhenyi sighed, "Thank you, Zhiyan! I don't know what happened to her?" The fairy Zhiyan from Kunlun Fairyland didn't know much about the things here when she first arrived in the world, and was not very good at dealing with people. She always seemed a little cold. But now it seems that she is a cold outside and hot inside.

Princess Yuzhen is not old, two years older than Mei Zhenyi, and is only eighteen this year. Perhaps because of the fatigue of the journey, there is no trace of blood on her fair face, and she looks a little haggard. She looks very weak, with a slightly pointed face on her chin, and a kind of lovely beauty between her eyebrows and eyes. Although she is very tired and tired, she sits there with a very upright posture without any rudeness. It seems that she has received good and strict tutoring.

Mei Zhenyi met Princess Yuzhen in the guest room of Qiyunguan East Cross Courtyard, and stepped back and bowed to him: "Mei Zhenyi, the Weiwei of Wuzhou, pay homage to Princess Yuzhen!"

Princess Yuzhen had never heard of Mei Zhenyi before. She kept thinking along the way, what kind of hero would send someone to save her at this time? Although she has the title of a princess, as the daughter of the deposed prince Li Xian, she was always disliked by Empress Wu. She lived a semi-incarnated life in Bazhou. No one had ever taken the initiative to express her good intentions.

When she saw Mei Zhenyi herself, she was even more surprised. She turned out to be a handsome young man. She was about the same age as herself. Mei Zhenyi was about to be sixteen years old, but he looked a little taller than a child of the same age, and looked seventeen or eight years old.

Mei Zhen bowed under her clothes, and she quickly stood up and made a move of reaching out to help her according to the standard etiquette. Her voice was a little timid: "Mr. Mei, please get up quickly, thank you for sending someone to save me!... Why do you do this?" She looked a little painful while speaking. The bubbles on her feet were worn out. It hurts when she stood there, but she tried her best to hold it back.

Mei Zhenyi stood up and said, "It's a long story. I'm sick and sympathetic to the princess. I was also kidnapped by the left-minded master Zuo Youxian. This time, the British rebelled and sent people to Wuzhou to abduct me, but I didn't succeed. I heard that the princess fell into Jiangdu, so I had the desire to save her." He was embarrassed to point out that she was trying to go to Jiangdu to save people.

"So that's it. Young Master Mei is young, but she has such compassion. Please accept my bow!" As soon as she was about to bow down, Mei Zhenyi reached out to support her and helped her back to her seat.

"The princess doesn't have to bow down. I saw you just now, is there any injury on your feet?"

The princess lowered her head: "I haven't walked so far, the blisters on my feet were worn out. I just bandaged it, but it still hurts a little."

Mei Zhenyi: "It was the servants who were negligent and would only bandage them hastily. It's okay. I personally apply medicine to you, and the scab will be removed within a few days.... Princess, please rest assured to stay here. I only ask you one thing, that is, don't tell my servants your identity for the time being."

It is not easy for the underground to serve Gu'er and Sui'er, so Mei Zhenyi called Gu'er and Sui'er in to take care of the princess's bathing and changing clothes. He personally prepared a pair of medicine, crushed it with powder, and then brought it to the room to help the princess apply it. Of course, the medicine prepared by Mei Zhenyi was extremely effective, and the method of applying medicine was also exquisite. It made the feet feel cold and it didn't hurt at all. It felt a little itchy and it felt quite comfortable.

Mei Zhenyi is a person who has traveled from modern society. Sometimes she doesn’t pay much attention to some of the ancient qualities. Moreover, his identity is also a doctor, so he is not easy to let others apply medicine to the princess, so he asked Gu'er and Sui'er to help Princess Yuzhen himself.
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