In the years of famine, the knife in my mother's hand is not bad either

Outside the county seat of Luoyun County.

The refugees came in like a tide.

But the sun had already set.

Although there is no curfew in the county town, the city gates will be closed.

At this moment, the soldier on duty on the city wall was yawning.

When I opened my eyes again, I shuddered:

"I..look!"

"So many figures!" As soon as he finished speaking, the soldier standing next to him exclaimed.

At the same time, the soldiers on this section of the city wall made sharp explosions at the same time.

The big bell on the city wall was struck instantly.

"Buzz!"

"Buzz!"

The melodious sound of bells came from the city wall.

In the barracks in the city, the soldiers were suddenly awakened from their beds.

One by one, they groped for their clothes and put them on in the dark.

Those who have leather armor will put it on again.

After finishing dressing yourself, grab your weapon and go up to the city wall first without waiting for others!

Everything is based on emergencies.

This is the 'chaotic order' that characterizes this era.

But it can play a big role when the enemy launches a surprise attack.

The messenger ran non-stop towards the princess's mansion.

Princess Chi Yu had originally prepared to lead her troops to abandon the city and flee south because of Shen Qian's reminder. She left two trusted guards in the county city to help supervise the battle and buy time for herself to escape south.

I was so tired that I fell asleep in bed.

Suddenly...the melodious bell rang, waking her up instantly from her sweet dream.

When the second melodious bell sounded in her ears, she knew.

Not an auditory hallucination!

"call!"

"call!"

After catching his breath, Chi Yu slowly got off the bed and put on his clothes.

Go straight to the hall and wait for the messenger.

I hope it’s not the barbarians who are attacking.

......

The words are divided into two parts.

Outside the county town gate.

The refugees' figures quickly caught the eyes of the soldiers guarding the city walls.

"Is it... a refugee?"

"The princess just issued an order that a small group of barbarians have entered the country. Don't be fooled by their appearance!"

"That's right! We can't open the city gates privately. Otherwise, those barbarians will sneak in and we'll be killed. Everything must be decided by Her Royal Highness the Princess."

The two garrison lieutenants spoke and loudly conveyed the order.

After a while, the garrison commander came over and looked at the refugees gathered outside the city gate. They kept crying for help.

This gave him a little pity.

He said to the soldier beside him:

"Get some baskets and send ten soldiers down to check it out."

"Carefully identify and don't let cunning barbarians blend in with the crowd."

"Yes!" The soldier responded, and in less than five minutes, ten baskets were ready.

The soldiers stood on the baskets, and other soldiers pulled the ropes and slowly lowered them towards the bottom of the city wall.

As the soldiers landed, they dived directly into the refugees.

The torch in his hand kept shining on the faces of the refugees.

Be serious and careful, and never let anyone go.

If anyone dares to hide on the way, the soldiers will draw their swords if they are discovered!

It would take a lot of time to identify so many refugees one by one. Even if you only take a look at each one, it would still take more than half an hour.

Listening to the refugees' pleading, the soldiers felt a bitterness deep in their hearts:

"Soldier, when you return to the city wall later, could you please open the door and send us some food and drinks?"

"We really couldn't sell our land, so we had no choice but to come to the county town. Soldier, my second child was only three years old, and he starved to death on the way here!"

"I've heard that the princess is kind, and on the way here, a group of soldiers told us that the princess would take care of us once we got to the county town. Did those soldiers lie to us?"

"..."

Faced with their questions, the soldiers were shocked.

He was on duty at the city gate this evening, but it was already late at night and it happened to be his turn to be on duty on the city wall, so he stood on the wall.

"Hold on!"

The soldier left a word and quickly ran towards the city wall.

The noise startled the remaining soldiers and they all looked sideways.

I muttered to myself: Could it be that we have discovered a barbarian spy?

But why not remind them?

For a moment, they didn't know whether to retreat or not.

I can only bite the bullet and continue to check forward.

In my heart, I was praying silently, hoping to see a barbarian soon so that I could leave...

Otherwise, if they stay here and are attacked by those barbarians, they will probably die!

Standing on the basket, he pulled hard, signaling the soldiers above to pull him up.

As the basket rose, the garrison general and two deputy garrison generals rushed over.

He asked the soldier who had just stepped onto the city wall:

"how?"

"Did you discover a barbarian spy among the crowd?"

"No!" Facing the scorching gazes of the three garrison generals, the soldier lowered his head and responded:

"I dare not bully the three generals. I have something important to tell you, and I'm afraid I need to let the princess make the decision!"

"Speak!" The garrison general frowned slightly when he heard this.

What important things could a soldier have to tell the princess?

Are these garrison generals just for show?

Just as they were getting angry, the guard's words left them dumbfounded. They really had no say in the matter.

"Generals."

"The refugees outside claim to have been persuaded by the soldiers to come to our Luoyun County."

"It is said that I, the Princess of Luoyun Commandery, am kind and will not ignore them."

"As far as I know, the soldiers who left our county town were all heavily armored infantrymen selected by the princess to be sent to you, my noble."

As generals, they knew what was happening in the city through natural channels.

Especially, the person standing behind that noble lady seemed to be the current chief eunuch Liang Zhaozhong!

As the noble lady said, how dare they make decisions for the princess.

Thinking of this, the three generals hurriedly called for someone to bring a warhorse and sent him to the Princess's Mansion.

In the princess's mansion.

As soon as the second messenger finished his report, the soldier jumped off his horse.

Under the guidance of the housekeeper, he quickly came to Princess Chi Yu and explained the whole story.

Listening to his story, Chi Yu suddenly understood!

Sister Shen has a good plan!

The government granaries were opened to release grain for disaster relief, and the water in the city was completely drained away. The barbarians could not get any supplies and would probably be delayed here for a long time.

This method is a bit cruel to the people in the city.

After all, the drying up of a well will trigger a chain reaction, plunging the entire county into a water crisis.

"Pass the order!" Chi Yu stood up from his chair, waved his hand, and ordered the three messengers:

"Open the warehouse to stock up on food!"

"All the wells in the city can be used to collect water and food and give them to the refugees. Pots can also be set up outside the city so that the refugees can receive white rice porridge at any time!"

"The rice porridge is thick and sticky, so the chopsticks stand upright!"

"If the porridge provided in the porridge stalls is not thick enough, we will kill them without mercy!"

"Yes!" The messenger was shocked when he heard the princess's order!

There was no order from above to open the government granary to release grain.

Once the case is traced, our princess will not escape punishment.

Their admiration for the princess reached a new level!