C13 (1/2)

Helian Manqiu smiled indifferently. With an unchanged expression, she softly said, ”I got it. I'll go investigate more carefully and see if Gan Yuxuan has personally come.”

”Yes.”

The scouts got up and left, the generals were all worried, ”Young General, what should we do now? ”If Marquis Mang Tian comes to the military state himself and brings a large group of people with him, it'll be hard for the military state to survive.”

”Young General, since the young general has decided to surrender to the Marquis of Heaven, we should plan ahead.”

”Everyone, do not panic. Everyone, gather your men and get ready.”

”Young General, dare I ask Young General, if Marquis Mang Tian is not willing to surrender, what should we do?”

”Everyone, don't you have confidence in me? I am very confident in myself! ”

Her beautiful and pale face was as beautiful as a pear blossom. Her eyes sparkled, giving off a calming feeling of confidence and stability like a mountain. The Demon Generals were not obtained from empty spaces. Their smile and calmness made everyone feel ashamed.

As they leaned against the bedding and pillows, Helian Manqiu continued to give out orders, calming everyone down.

A letter, followed by an arrow, was shot from the east gate of the city into Gan Zhixuan's army. The soldier under Gan Zhixuan's command picked up the letter and sent it into the tent.

The military region was a border city, so the width of the city walls was twenty meters wide. With such thickness, one could already feel reassured in their ability to resist attacks.

Outside the tall, thick city wall, parallel to the wall was an artificially dug wide and deep trench that led into the river and became a moat. It had a width of thirty meters and a depth of five meters to prevent the enemy from invading. But now, the moat was no longer of any use. Many places had already been filled with soil and covered with bridges.

Looking down from the ramparts of the walls, it was as if the enemy were entering and exiting their own homes on both sides of the moat.

The top of the tall city wall was built on the outside of the wall, which was called the battlements, also called the battlements. There were crenellations on the top, arrows could be seen, and ventilation holes on the bottom to protect the wall.

The inner wall is called a woman's wall, also known as ”disdainful”, generally lower than the crenellated mouth, acting as a guardrail to prevent soldiers to walk down.

In addition, the interior of the city wall is also surrounded by roads and access roads.

However, what he saw today was that the walls were severely damaged. Many parts of the walls had collapsed. They could only be temporarily built with wooden planks and bricks. Naturally, they were unable to protect the city.

In some places, corpses were used as battlements. Amidst the blood-red glow, the faces of the exhausted soldiers could be seen.

On top of the city, Helian Manqiu asked the generals, ”Are the weapons guarding the city extremely lacking? ”How long more can you last?”

”I don't know. I don't know how much longer I can last. The brothers had not slept for several hours in the past few days. The casualties were too great, and now even the men among the commoners were included in the defense of the city and in the backup. The daily consumption is too great, and even if we demolish the houses, we won't be able to sustain them for long. ”

”These are the weapons used to defend the city?”

Lying on the stretcher, Helian Manqiu pointed at the bricks on the floor, the wood, the stones, even the things that had been taken off the tables and chairs.

Blood was still seeping out of his cracked lips. His face was pale and exhausted. His eyes were sunken in, and his hands were full of wounds. There were also places on his body that were hastily wrapped. All the generals looked miserable. One of the generals licked his lips and smiled bitterly.

”We have run out of bricks, bricks and mud. We can't supply them and we don't have any rocks to roll around with, so we can only replace them with bricks and stones. ”I don't dare to use all kinds of arrows rashly. I've already used some old men and strong women to make defensive equipment, but they don't consume as much as I do.”

”Why don't you make some low-grade defensive equipment?”