Chapter 267: Xi'an City Can't Last More Than 3 Days
Chapter 267: Xi'an City Can't Last More Than 3 Days
Zhou Yichen had been standing by. Even if Han Yaojun did not give the order to open the city gate, he would let Han Yaojun open the city gate.
Han Yaojun had only been with Qi Bai for a short time, so it was normal for him not to trust Qi Bai, but he knew Chu Er was loyal to Qi Bai.
What's more, he saw two familiar faces in the team!
One is the deputy general beside his eldest brother, who is his eldest brother's confidant.
The other one is Qibai's cousin, who is barely able to even tie a kitten, but is on par with Rong Qingzhu. Both of them are real scholars.
Even if they are extremely intelligent, they cannot cover up the fact that they cannot fight.
Yun Jiyou is a man who gets things done. Officials cannot leave the capital at will, since he and his eldest brother's confidants have come here.
This can only mean one thing, that the large truck behind was carrying disaster relief silver and relief grain.
"Your Highness, do you know him?" Han Yaojun saw Zhou Yichen staring at the people below and read this information from his expression.
"Yeah, we know each other." Zhou Yichen's eyebrows were calm and he just mentioned it.
He had no intention of making things too clear.
The relationship between Yun Jiyou and Chu Jiang has nothing to do with others.
The general in charge of the escort was his eldest brother's man. Although his eldest brother and he had a good relationship, at least they could keep to themselves.
However, as one of the strong contenders for the throne in the eyes of the court officials, even if they admired each other, it would be impossible for them to live in harmony like ordinary brothers.
In the royal family, the most unlikely thing to have is brotherhood.
With Han Yaojun's order, the city gates below were opened wide, and the soldiers who were on high alert put away their weapons.
Chu Er originally thought that it would take a lot of effort to come back.
Unexpectedly, the trip back was very smooth.
There is now not a single rebel left who had previously surrounded the north gate and blocked it.
When he returned, the battle at the north gate was over.
Yun Jiyou was just a weak civil servant. Even though he was well-educated and had great literary talent, it could not cover up the fact that he had never truly faced the cruel reality of the battlefield.
Outside the north gate of the city, the battle had just ended and countless corpses were piled on the ground. There were too many people who died on the battlefield, and their deaths were of all kinds.
In more tragic cases, the head was gone and the intestines fell out.
The body parts were scattered everywhere, it was a tragic scene.
It’s not that there’s no one cleaning up the battlefield, but there are just too many corpses and it’s impossible to clear them all in a short time.
Yuan Qi had followed the eldest prince through battles of war and war for more than ten years and had long been accustomed to such scenes.
However, a large-scale war had not broken out in the Great Zhou for a long time. Even if there were occasional frictions, small armies of the two countries would fight face to face.
But scenes like this one are extremely rare.
The city of Xi'an relied on only 50,000 defenders in the city to fight against nearly 200,000 troops and managed to hold out for several days.
If the Great Zhou won this battle in the end, it would be recorded in the history of the Great Zhou and become a strong and indelible glory.
Yuan Qi could even imagine that the few people who shone brilliantly in this battle would become famous and renowned overnight.
Among them are the already famous Han Yaojun and Chu Jiang, who has been the focus of everyone's attention for a long time.
Both of them come from military families, and there are many people paying attention to them, and there are also many people who hope that they will fall from the altar.
Yuan Qi turned around and saw Yun Jiyou's pale face. He couldn't help but laugh and said, "Master Yun, what's wrong? Are you feeling unwell, or... you want to vomit?"
Along the way, Yun Jiyu was extremely smart and had always crushed him in terms of IQ. Now that he had finally reached the area where he was good at, he naturally wanted to get back at him.
Yun Jiyou wanted to speak, but when he reached his lips, the feeling of nausea became even stronger.
"Cousin, please go into the city first." Chu Er noticed Yun Jiyou's abnormality and was worried that he could not bear to see this scene, so he hurriedly reminded him.
Yun Jiyou sighed, "Okay."
The ruler is longer and the inch is shorter.
After all, he was not Qibai, and he could not adapt to this situation for a while.
Zhou Yichen and his men quickly came down from the city wall.
The batch of disaster relief grain and medicinal materials brought by Yun Jiyu arrived just in time and helped them out of a major siege.
Although Han Yaojun had already sent a pigeon message back home and his third brother was also on the way to escort food, medicinal materials were still a big problem.
Unlike food, medicinal materials have always been important, and searches will be more stringent when passing through checkpoints.
The Han family was able to raise medicinal materials from various pharmacies in the northwest, but there was no guarantee that they could be transported safely.
Moreover, raising grain is already a huge risk, and it is very likely that His Majesty will use it as a handle to hold him accountable later.
If another medicinal ingredient comes, I am afraid that afterwards, His Majesty will not be happy to see the Han family with such strength!
Chu Er's original intention of bringing his men to sneak into Xianyang this time was to prevent the relief grain team in the capital from falling into the hands of the Western Chu people and become a great help to them.
He successfully completed the task and sent a pigeon back to the Mansion of the Loyal and Brave Marquis, informing the old marquis of the siege of Xi'an.
"You arrived just in time. Without this batch of supplies, Xi'an City would not last more than three days."
Zhou Yichen sent someone to call the doctors he brought with him and asked them to take these herbs to save people.
"Your Highness." Yun Jiyu, Yuan Qi and others bowed respectfully.
Without medicinal materials, even if the wounded soldiers could be saved, they would have no choice but to watch them die.
Without food, the soldiers could not fill their stomachs. Even if they had extraordinary martial arts skills and strong inner strength to protect their bodies, they could only last three days at most.
After all, even if he is a peerless master, he is still a human being, not a god.
It's impossible to go without eating all the time.
With the food and medicinal materials, Han Yaojun immediately sent people to take these things away.
The food was taken away to cook, and since several days ago, all the soldiers and the people in the city could only eat until they were half full.
After the food was eaten up, many of the soldiers had to charge into battle on an empty stomach, and in fact, many of them were already exhausted.
Han Yaojun has fought on the battlefield for many years and has encountered situations where there was a lack of water and food. In this situation, the biggest difficulty did not come from the enemy, but from himself.
So he knew better than anyone how important it was for the soldiers to have a full stomach when charging into battle!
As for the medicinal materials, he handed them over to the military doctors for safekeeping.
There was no use for him to have the medicinal herbs.
The ones who need these medicinal herbs the most now are military doctors and the wounded soldiers.
The injuries of many wounded soldiers have been left untreated for several days, and because there are no medicines, they have to be left alone.
Yun Jiyou was exhausted from the long journey, so Han Yaojun originally wanted his soldiers to take them downstairs to rest.
As a military general, Yuan Qi could not sit idly by and go to sleep with a clear conscience when he saw that the city of Xi'an was in imminent danger.
He chose to take the hundreds of soldiers he brought from the capital to the North Gate where help was most needed.
Seeing this, Yun Jiyu no longer had the heart to sleep. After thinking about it, he decided to go and help the military doctors like Rong Qingzhu.
Help the wounded soldiers change their dressings and bring them some medicine to drink.
Han Yaojun wanted to inspect the other three gates, but his injuries were no less serious than Han Ziyu's, so he was forced to lie down and rest.
Now Tang Juncheng has joined to command the battle.
Han Yaojun can naturally rest and recuperate.
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