afternoon.

Jiangzhou City Tower.

Zhu Xiuyuan, Yan Dashan and others stand here.

Liu Wencai also came up.

Because the "Menghuo Oil Workshop" he was responsible for completed its mission and no longer filled the fierce fire oil jars, Liu Wencai was free and came to fight side by side with Zhu Xiuyuan again.

The two elders Liu and Guan were still by their side.

He looked around vigilantly, his whole body tense and never relaxed for a moment.

As for the old beggar, I saw him walking swaying on the city wall just now, holding a huge wine gourd, drunkenly cheering on the soldiers guarding the city...

But in the blink of an eye, he disappeared again, and he went to rest somewhere.

However, Zhu Xiuyuan was not worried about him at all and had no time to care about him, let alone that he would not show up when it was time for him to show up.

Although the old beggar is lazy, he knows his priorities well.

Zhu Xiuyuan, Yan Dashan, and Liu Wencai looked at each other.

Look towards the hazy place in the far distance, towards that piece of white.

That was the camp where the Yan army was stationed.

"How many more people do we have?" Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly asked.

"My benefactor, after yesterday's battle and the battle this morning, our Jiangzhou garrison still has more than 2,300 soldiers guarding the city and 98,000 civilians. There are about 98,000 civilians who can be sent to the city wall for emergency response.

More than 20,000." Yan Dashan responded.

"In just one and a half days, our Jiangzhou garrison has suffered so many casualties. Hey, I don't know how long we will last!"

Zhu Xiuyuan held the parapet with both hands. It was full of vicissitudes of life, full of traces of time and war.

Zhu Xiuyuan touched the parapet as if stroking Jiangzhou's scars.

He clearly felt the pain of Jiangzhou City, its shouts, and its cries.

"Brother Zhu." Liu Wencai also supported the parapet and kept standing side by side with Zhu Xiuyuan. A smile appeared on his thin face, which was a little reluctant.

"When we defeat the Yan army and defend Jiangzhou City, I will definitely invite Brother Zhu to be a guest in Huzhou. We will go boating on Taihu Lake, fish, play the piano, and recite poems and poems together."

"In that Taihu Lake, which is as wide as the sea, Brother Zhu can shout as much as he wants, yell and curse as much as he wants, and vent his unhappiness as much as he wants... no one can hear him."

Liu Wencai turned around, looked at Zhu Xiuyuan, and said with a smile: "Brother Zhu, what do you think?"

After Liu Wencai said this, Zhu Xiuyuan's head full of anxiety, anger, and worry suddenly burst into a scene:

On that lake as wide as the sea, you can go boating on it, fish, recite poems and write poems, and even get angry and curse at the lake...

It was only now that Zhu Xiuyuan realized that if he could go boating, have fun, recite poems and compose poems as he pleased.

That is the true prosperity of the prosperous age...

And now...

"Okay!" Zhu Xiuyuan nodded, "If we finally defend Jiangzhou City and defeat the Yan army, I will go to Taihu Lake with you as a guest, haha!"

“It’s a deal!”

“It’s a deal!”

The agreement was completed, and everyone looked at the Yan army camp again.

"How many thunder stones and rolling logs do we have now?" Zhu Xiuyuan asked again after a long time.

"Benefactor, there are not many Thunder Stone Rolling Wood, etc. left. If the Yan army engages in another siege like this morning, we will completely exhaust the Thunder Stone Rolling Wood."

"It's impossible without these things!" Zhu Xiuyuan withdrew his gaze, walked up and down the tower with his hands on his back, and fell into thought.

Liu Wencai, Yan Dashan and others did not speak, but only looked at Zhu Xiuyuan.

"Yes!" Zhu Xiuyuan suddenly stopped, stretched out three fingers, and said: "Three words, demolish, dig, chop!"

Yan Dashan was confused and scratched his head, not knowing why.

Liu Wencai read poetry and books, traveled to many places, and his mind became more flexible. As soon as he heard these three words and contacted Brother Zhu to ask what he had just asked, he immediately understood.

"Okay!" Liu Wencai took the folding fan he carried with him from the collar at the back of his neck, held it in his hand and patted it.

"I see in the city that there are many houses and temples made of stone. They can be dismantled and the stones used to build walls can be used as thunder stones."

"As for 'digging', among the many craftsmen that Brother Zhu hired from all over the city yesterday, there are also many stonemasons who can be asked to dig in the city and quarry stones from the ground to use as thunder stones."

"As for the word 'cut', it means cutting down the trees in the city and turning them into rolling logs!"

Upon hearing this, Yan Dashan looked a little confused and couldn't help but look at Zhu Xiuyuan.

But Zhu Xiuyuan said: "Brother Liu is right, what I mean is exactly what Brother Liu said."

Yan Dashan: "Okay, my benefactor, I will make arrangements right away."

"Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet." Zhu Xiuyuan stopped Yan Dashan and said: "I remember that more than two months ago, Jiangzhou suffered a series of natural disasters. At that time, a large amount of quicklime was burned for disinfection. The method of burning quicklime

We have stored a lot of raw materials..."

"Da Shan, send someone to the warehouse to look for it. If the raw materials are still there, the lime workshop can be started immediately to make the gray bottles!"

"My benefactor, I understand!"

"By the way, there is also the golden juice. If you can't collect it at the moment, you can boil the water and use it as golden juice. It's better than nothing!"

Yan Dashan got the order and went down to make arrangements.

Zhu Xiuyuan and the others continued to look at the Yan Army camp in the distance.

After a while, Yan Dashan went up to the tower again and reported that everything had been arranged.

After a while.

"Look, benefactor, the Yan army is about to leave!"

Zhu Xiuyuan quickly took a closer look and saw the Yan army moving in the distance.

Like a swarm of ants, they are squirming and running towards Jiangzhou City.

woo woo woo woo!

At the same time, on the tower of Jiangzhou City, the shrill horn sounded again.

At the same time, the war drum beat, dong dong dong dong, as if resonating with the beating frequency of the heart.

A sense of urgency that a war is imminent arises spontaneously, making people feel frightened.

However, the people on the city wall can be regarded as "battle-hardened".

The sound of trumpets and war drums was both a warning that the war was imminent and an order to urge them to prepare.

"Brother Zhu, something is wrong. Look at the Yan army... divided into four groups." Liu Wencai exclaimed.

Zhu Xiuyuan also noticed the abnormality of the Yan army. Before he could express his position, he heard Yan Dashan shout: "My dear friend, the Yan army is divided into four groups. They should launch attacks on the four gates of Jiangzhou at the same time!"

Zhu Xiuyuan's brows immediately knitted together, secretly thinking something was wrong.

However, he had actually expected this step for a long time, so he was relatively calm.

"Instructions are given that there are currently 2,300 soldiers guarding the city and 20,000 civilians. They are immediately divided into four teams and guard the four city gates to prevent the Yan army from attacking the city at the same time."

Following Zhu Xiuyuan's order, all the soldiers and civilians guarding the city immediately moved into action.

Carrying a small amount of thunder stones, rolling logs, gray bottles and other materials, they went to the four city gates of Jiangzhou.

At the same time, there were those who temporarily demolished houses to collect stones, those who dug the ground to quarry stones, those who sawed wood and turned it into rolling logs, and those who burned quicklime.

All move quickly.
Chapter completed!