diskusbooks Chapter 590: War lasts for three months, a letter from home is worth a thousand gold
Chapter 590: War lasts for three months, a letter from home is worth a thousand gold
At night, many soldiers were standing guard on the north city wall. Of course, standing guard was a boring thing, so they would choose to chat.
"Have you heard? Everyone who went to the county governor's office to ask him to send troops was sent back. The county governor is determined not to save our family."
"Damn it! My daughter is only three years old. My wife and mother are already having a hard time at home. Now the governor has taken away all the food. How are they supposed to survive?"
"According to what you said, my father is already sixty years old this year. He can't lift anything with his shoulders or hands. I suspect he has starved to death at home.
If he dies, I don't want to live anymore. I'm such an unfilial son, and it was all because of the county magistrate that I was harmed. I really want to exchange my life for his."
"Your father might also be in the Yan army camp across the way."
"I really want to rush out and rescue them, but with our strength, fighting against the Yan army is like an ant trying to shake a tree. We are not even a match for them."
"Huh? Look, someone from the Yan army is coming!"
Everyone looked immediately and saw more than a dozen torches coming towards them.
Beneath the torches, there were shadowy figures.
"Could it be a night attack?"
"It's not right to send such a small number of people for a night attack?"
"Don't you know that the Yan people have divine thunder that can blow open the city gates?"
"Bullshit, even if there was one, they would have come quietly, not with a torch.
Do you think my city guards are blind?"
"Just wait. If they come within the bow and arrow range, shoot."
However, the Yan army did not enter the range of the arrows, but stopped at a distance of two arrows, then put down the things they were carrying, stuck the torches in the ground, and turned away.
"The Yan army seems to have left something behind."
"Is that a basket next to the torch?"
"It seems to be something for us?"
"Go down and take a look?"
Finally, a few brave people decided to go down and take a look. They found a rope, grabbed the rope and went down the city wall, and came under the torches and baskets.
"Are these... letters?"
One of them picked up a letter at random, opened it, looked at it, and said,
"Liu Sanfeng, this seems to be a letter for you."
"Really? Let me see."
Liu Sanfeng took the letter, read it, and said in surprise,
"This is a letter my wife wrote to me. It's for me."
"Hey, you and your wife can read?"
"I attended a private school for a few years when I was young, so I know a few characters. Later, when I married her, I taught her and my daughter how to write and recognize characters when I was not busy. Although she doesn't know many characters, and can't compare to the teacher, she can still write a letter."
"What did she write? Read it quickly."
"She said that they were living well in the Yan army camp. They had food every day, but it was a bit cold. She and my daughter slept in a tent, my mother in another tent, and the men slept outside in the open air.
But it's much better than being at home. We have run out of food at home and have no food to eat, but there is food to eat here with the Yan army.
The Yan army promised them that as long as we were willing to go home, we could go back with our families and they would also give us food for the journey."
"Ah? Are the Yan army really that good? They really won't kill them?"
Several people around were shocked.
"Maybe... what the Yan people said is true? They don't want to use them as cannon fodder? After all, they are Yan people. It would only take a day to kill us. Why would they need to go to such great lengths?"
"Stop talking. Let's go and carry these baskets up. These are letters for us."
"Yeah, let's go!"
Several people worked together and moved the basket twice to the bottom of the city wall, and asked the people above to pull the basket up with force.
They all went up in the end.
After arriving there, they told the guards what had happened. Everyone was shocked after hearing it. They first poured out all the letters and asked those who could read to recognize the names, find their own letters first, and open them to read.
After reading it, I found that the contents written on it were all similar. It was Lanling Wang who promised in person that as long as they were willing to open the city gate and come out, he would give them food and let them go home with their families.
He also stated that the Yan people brought them here only to protect them and had no ill intentions, and that the reason the Yan people did not attack the city was simply because they did not want to kill these civilians.
After reading these letters, they believed them about 70% in their hearts, and then sent some people to secretly deliver the letters to the military camp.
That night, most of the able-bodied men were woken up and asked to look for their letters.
Many people gathered here, even some generals came.
These generals, although they were called generals, were actually just local strong and powerful fighters, and they were all local farmers.
"Zhao Ergou, is Zhao Ergou here?"
"Here, I'm here."
"Xu Fengnian, this is yours."
"Li Sanwa, who is Li Sanwa?"
"No one has come from the Second Battalion either. Is there someone called White Bird there?"
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The flames lasted three months, and the family letter was worth ten thousand gold.
These strong men, each holding a letter from their loved ones, cried with tears streaming down their faces.
They have been worried and missing their families these days. Now that they see that their family members are alive and well, they are relieved.
By the early hours of the morning, all the letters had been distributed.
Suddenly, a soldier stood up and walked towards the city gate with firm steps.
"Zhao Ergou, where are you going?"
"I have to go out. My family is waiting for me to come back and plow the fields."
"There are guards at the door, do you want to live?"
"I will kill anyone who stops me!"
Zhao Ergou strode over.
Everyone stood up and followed.
"Count me in!"
"Damn it, I want to go back too!"
"The people guarding the city gate are also strong men. I don't believe they dare to stop so many of us!"
"Let's go together, let's go together!"
"go!"
Many, more and more people gathered towards the city gate.
The soldiers guarding the city gate hurriedly stopped them. After hearing what happened, they actually opened the city gate and rushed outside with other strong men.
The Yan army camp was not far away, only three miles away. They ran as fast as they could towards the Yan army camp.
After receiving the news, the Yan army immediately sent scouts to command them.
"Fellow villagers, all your families are in the western camp. They are waiting for you. Run west. The gate there is open!"
Under the guidance of the scouts, tens of thousands of people rushed westward, and a steady stream of people came out of the city gate and followed the crowd.
They rushed into the camp and saw the anxious faces of the elderly, the weak, women and children. Seeing that they were safe and sound, these people were relieved and immediately rushed in, shouting loudly, looking for their loved ones.
Some people were lucky and found it soon after entering, while some people were not so lucky and were still shouting in confusion.