Chapter 65 The General Loves the Country Girl (35)
Ning Shu hoped that all these poor women who came to her for refuge could survive. At this time, they had to train hard so that they would have a better chance of survival on the battlefield.
Sure enough, after the heavy snow stopped, Helian Ying led the Tartars to attack the city.
Ning Shu stood on the city wall and met Helian Ying's eyes. Ning Shu was very angry. How could this girl not die? Could it be because the poison was not serious? Didn't she vomit blood? Now she is alive and kicking again.
Helian Ying was wearing fur and had a furry neck. It was obvious that he was wild and noble. He looked up at Ning Shu, smiled coldly at Ning Shu, and waved his hand to let the soldiers carry ladders to attack the city.
The sound of war drums sounded, and Ning Shu shouted coldly: "Shoot."
Immediately, a rain of arrows flew towards the Tartars. The Tartars attacking the city were all hit by several arrows, and some of them even became hedgehogs.
"Shoot again."
The archery soldiers behind immediately replaced the soldiers in front. Ning Shu even saw many women being shot by arrows from the corner of his eyes. Ning Shu's heart trembled, and then he stabilized his mind.
"Switch to the catapult."
This catapult should be regarded as a weapon with relatively high lethality in ancient times, especially when it is shot from a high place.
Some Tartars finally climbed up the city wall, but were hit by ice cubes and fell off the ladder, unable to move.
Helian Ying looked at the objects covered by snow on the city wall, and had some guesses in his heart. He suddenly looked at Ning Shu. Ning Shu smiled at him. Yes, it's just what you think. These are the bodies of Tartars. The Tartars hanging on the city wall showed dark eye sockets, and the eyeballs inside were gone. They were pecked away by birds.
Either do nothing, or do it to the extreme, and burn your boats.
Helian Ying's face suddenly became ugly. He looked at Ning Shu with a cold murderous look and a strange lingering look, and his expression was extremely dangerous.
Ning Shu stretched out her hand, and a crossbow was handed to her. Ning Shu pointed the arrow at Helian Ying. Helian Ying sneered at Ning Shu from a distance, and also pointed the arrow at Ning Shu.
"Swoosh, swoosh..."
Two arrows flew by with a whistling sound, and even rubbed out tiny sparks in the air.
Ning Shu's pupils dilated, and she looked at the arrows flying towards her. Ning Shu turned her face away, but the arrow still rubbed her face, and the wound was very small.
"Princess, are you okay?" Duan Xinghui's heart almost stopped when he saw this scene. He killed the Tartar who had climbed up the wall with a knife and ran towards Ning Shu.
Ning Shu wiped the blood off her face with an evil smile, and even stretched out her tongue to lick the blood on her fingertips. She ignored Mu Jinyu and looked at Helian Ying closely.
Duan Xinghui looked at Princess Jiahui with an evil smile on her face, and felt his heart beating violently in his chest. Princess Jiahui was now extremely charming, and the bloodstains on her face even added a cruel and deadly beauty to her.
Seeing Helian Ying sitting on the horse, Ning Shu was disappointed, but it was within her expectations. If Helian Ying died so easily, Ning Shu would be so happy.
The Tartars did not succeed in this siege. When the Tartars fled, their formation was scattered and they were as panicked as a fish that had escaped the net.
Helian Ying grabbed Ning Shu in the air, kissed him on the lips, then turned his horse around and ran away.
Ning Shu pursed her lips. This was the most annoying thing about the Tartars. They would run away if they couldn't win. It took a lot of energy to fight them.
Ning Shu was very annoyed. He pulled the bow and arrow into the shape of a full moon, and the arrow rushed towards Helian Ying's back. "Princess, Helian Ying is a cunning man. He is deliberately fleeing. If the princess chases him, it will be a trap. Cavalry is suitable for fighting on the plains." Duan Xinghui saw Ning Shu's unwilling look and couldn't help but persuade her.
"You have a failed precedent here. I won't be stupid enough to chase you." Ning Shu rushed to Duan Xinghui, and then shouted: "Clean up the dead soldiers and register them."
Duan Xinghui: ...
Duan Xinghui felt that his kindness was taken for granted, and Princess Jiahui tore open his scars like this, which made him feel embarrassed and a little sad.
Now Princess Jiahui completely regarded him as an enemy.
It is not appropriate to say an enemy. He has no power and never considers his feelings when speaking.
Half of the more than one hundred women who made Ning Shu sad are now gone. They were still alive yesterday, but today they have become corpses. There is no one to collect the corpses.
Ning Shu asked Cai Sang to bury the bodies of these people and register their names. They are women, but they are also heroes. They should not be deprived of the praise they deserve because of their identity as women. They should remain in the history books.
The expressions of the women who survived were even more resolute. Even though their faces looked very pale now, their eyes were very firm.
In the following time, the Tartars seemed to attack the city tirelessly. Ning Shu could even see the anxiety on Helian Ying's face. It was probably because of the heavy snow, the army had no food and grass, and the winter supplies of the entire Mobei were obtained by plundering.
Now they couldn't even attack the city wall. Helian Ying looked at Ning Shu standing on the city wall with heavy eyes. This year, because of this princess, he would never let them in.
In the past, the guards would symbolically guard for a while, and then let them in to plunder when they were defeated, and then return to the North Desert.
Princess Jiahui, Li Xueshan, this woman...
Ning Shu felt a lot in her heart. She almost numbly looked at the soldiers being carried away, but so many people had already died, and she could not give up. If she compromised this time, there would be a next time, and a next time. Would these people have died in vain?
There is another more important reason, that is, if they lose, and let these hateful Tartars enter the hinterland and plunder everything, then Beimo will propose a marriage again, which will also disappoint Li Wen.
Therefore, we must hold on.
During this period, because Duan Xinghui has made many contributions, he was directly promoted by Shen Feng to the right forward, just short of being on par with Ning Shu.
As expected, he is the darling of the world, with good luck, and he is like a fish in water in such a war. How lucky is he? Ning Shu clearly saw the arrow whistling towards Duan Xinghui, but it was the soldier next to Duan Xinghui who was shot.
Ning Shu was speechless at the time, and he was speechless. He didn't know what Shen Feng liked about Duan Xinghui. He praised him so much and made Duan Xinghui, who was still a soldier, the third person in the barracks.
Duan Xinghui is now qualified to command the battlefield. He stood beside Ning Shu and looked at Helian Ying with a feeling of gritting his teeth.
Ning Shu's nerves were always tense, especially when she saw casualties among her female soldiers. Ning Shu felt heartbroken, but as time went on, the casualties became fewer and fewer.
These women were filled with a strong spirit, no worse than men, and those who remained were all good seedlings.
Helian Ying retreated again, and before he retreated, he looked at Ning Shu with cruelty and excitement, which made Duan Xinghui, who was standing next to Ning Shu, feel very uncomfortable.