Xu Xingxia looked back and found that Zhu Zhizhi had actually come again.

She is still dressed as a standard man, looking handsome and bewitching. If it was in normal times, maybe Xu Xingxia would take a second look and take it as eye care. But now, he didn't bother to pay attention to her. Her outfit doesn't match the current tension.

What about the war, you are a woman, what are you running here for? Deliberately show off to the Tartar outside, there is a big beauty here, you guys hurry up and attack! Take Fort Weizhen, and I'll be yours! Isn't this a deliberate attempt to stimulate the Tartars to beat chicken blood?

Seeing that Zhu Zhizhi didn't have a conscious surname at all, and was still there enjoying herself, Xu Xingxia couldn't help frowning, and said angrily: "I said, Miss Azhu, can you stay in the teahouse honestly and don't run around?" Aren't you afraid that the eldest prince of the Tartars will arrest you and make you a little wife? ”

Zhu Zhizhi and Xu Xingxia are really gone. She had become more or less accustomed to his rude language, and automatically ignored his offensive behavior. She smiled and said disapprerovingly: "Isn't Xu Baihu here?" What do I have to worry about? ”

Xu Xingxia said angrily: "This is different. You are a woman. Your presence here will greatly boost the morale of the Tartars, and you are doing you a disservice! ”

Zhu Zhizhi frowned and said, "Why do you always talk about me like this? I'm not a Tartar, so why do I say I'll boost the morale of the Tartars? I don't believe that so many dignified men in Weizhenbao would hurt me, a weak woman. Xu Baihu, don't tell me, you don't have such confidence. ”

Xu Xingxia didn't bother to pay attention to this breastless and brainless woman, and said casually: "You'd better stand in the back." Tartar's archery is very powerful, don't Tartar make a move, you will lie down. Life is precious, don't take your life seriously. ”

Zhu Zhizhi obediently retreated backwards, until she reached the innermost part of the city wall. It seems that she is still full of cooperation, as if she is not brain-dead enough to deliberately seek death. Since she was so cooperative, Xu Xingxia didn't say much. He turned his head and went to inspect the fort walls.

The fort walls of Fort Weizhen, all combined, are estimated to be close to 400 zhang. The length in each direction is about 100 zhang. To hold such a long wall, it is obviously not enough to rely on the white-clothed army alone. Therefore, each white-clothed sergeant took at least five strong men with him to fight together. This happens to be a team formation. The white-clothed sergeant is the captain.

On the walls of the fort, there were piles of stones, boiling oil, shalves of wood, four-cornered nails, arrowheads, spears, hook sickles, simple knives, sand, bottled water, brooms, slingshots, tridents and other war materials. These things were not prepared by Xu Xingxia's order, but were originally equipped with Weizhen Fort. Sensing the seriousness of the situation, the six general flags of the Board of Governors have increased the allocation of various types of war materials. As a result, the walls of the fort were almost all piled up.

Underneath the fort wall, there are also a large number of arrowheads, wood, clear water, sandbags, carts, pulleys, wooden planks, door panels...... These messes are also needed to fight wars. As for the pulley block, it was invented by Xu Xingxia. The purpose was to get supplies to the walls faster. Liu Guangliang himself is a senior carpenter, as long as Xu Xingxia explains to him the basic principle of the pulley, he will be able to manufacture it quickly.

It can be said that the defensive preparations for Fort Weizhen this time were also quite sufficient. Tartars are also flesh and blood, and under these chaotic weapon strikes, there will definitely be casualties. As long as the Tartars could not climb the walls, Fort Weizhen was unharmed. Of course, in the face of the Tartars' ferocious archery, the casualties of the soldiers and civilians of Weizhenbao were also expected.

After inspecting the entire fortress wall, Xu Xingxia returned to the castle gate and continued to observe the movements of the tartars outside. Since he didn't have a telescope, he couldn't accurately observe what the Tartars were doing in the distance. However, it can be seen that the Tartars are preparing for the siege. From Fort Will's point of view, this is clearly not a good thing. Once the Tartars have their siege weapons ready, it's time for Fort Willtown to put it to the test.

Chi Hu walked to Xu Xingxia's side and said in a low tone: "My lord, there are a lot of Tartars!" I'm afraid this battle is more tricky! ”

Xu Xingxia nodded and said indifferently: "You have a chance to wear a white cloak." ”

Chi Hu took a deep breath, his originally somewhat blue face slowly stretched out, and said word by word: "That's right, I have the opportunity to wear a white cloak." ”

With that, he strode away.

Zhu Zhizhi asked a little suspiciously, "Why are you so worried?" Are there really no reinforcements coming? Does the boss really care about you? ”

Xu Xingxia looked outside and said coldly: "There will be." ”

Zhu Zhizhi frowned and said, "It is estimated that there will be an hour for the arrival of the Tartars, where are your reinforcements?" Pingyu City and Ningxia City, how far away is Weizhen Fort? If reinforcements are dispatched, it won't take much time to get to Weizhen Fort, right? ”

Xu Xingxia said coldly: "It is estimated that they are still assembling and are not ready to set off for the time being." When they're ready, they'll be dispatched. ”

Zhu Zhizhi frowned and said: "It is said that the soldiers are fast, how long do they have to prepare?" ”

Xu Xingxia said lightly: "This, I'm afraid you have to ask the governor and the chief military officer." Perhaps, if the two of them are in a good mood, they will be ready in three or five days. If the two adults are in a bad mood, it may take ten days and half a month, or two or three months, maybe! ”

At this time, he hadn't forgotten to give the two adults in Ningxia Town a little eye medicine. There is no way, there are not many such opportunities, and it would be a waste not to seize them. Don't say too much, be critical. In the right place, at the right time, it is enough to say the last sentence softly. It's like Xu Jie's killing of Zhao Wenhua, a light sentence is enough.

Sure enough, Zhu Zhizhi's face was obviously a little wrong, it seemed to be a little stiff, and a little angry, she bit her lip lightly, and said in a deep voice: "I see, I understand." ”

With that, she turned around and went directly down to the city wall.

…… Xu Xingxia thought to herself, this chick's temper is still quite big, I don't know which nerve she has been angered again? However, her temper does not seem to be directed at herself. That's a good thing. It seems that the first complaint of his wicked person seems to have an effect.

"Da Da Da!"

Suddenly, there was a dull sound of horses' hooves.

Outside, in the field, a Tatar cavalryman appeared with a white flag. He had apparently come to deliver the letter. As for the content of the letter, as long as it is a person, it can be guessed.

"My lord, the Tartars have come to persuade them to surrender."

Chi Hu said with a sneer.

"It's been in vain."

Xu Xingxia said coldly.

It was impossible to open the gate of the fort of Weizhenbao, and the Tatar cavalry could only shoot the book letter arrows in. Sure enough, after the Tatar cavalry approached Weizhen Fort, he bent his bow and arrows, aimed at the direction of Weizhen Fort, and shot an arrow. If it weren't for the two countries competing with each other, Xu Xingxia would have given him an arrow a long time ago.

"Whoosh!"

The arrow was shot into Weizhen Fort, and soon, the letter of persuasion was handed over to Xu Xingxia.

The content of the letter is very simple, only a dozen big characters, that is, Xu Xingxia is to raise his hand and surrender. Otherwise, it is necessary to set foot on Weizhen Fort and kill on a large scale, leaving no one behind.

"Cut! Nothing new at all! ”

Xu Xingxia said disdainfully.

The white-clothed sergeants around him shook their heads with the same disdain. Will Fort Willtown raise his hands and surrender? Simply an idiot's idea. Han annihilation or not Han annihilation and the like aside, who dares to believe the promise of the Tartars? In the hands of the Tartars, life is worse than death!

Xu Xingxia was about to tear up the letter, when he suddenly remembered something and immediately changed his mind. He looked around and said casually, "Who has paper and pen?" I'll write back to the Tartars! ”

Chi Hu and the others all shook their heads. Where do they have pen and paper? This is the battlefield, everyone only has swords, guns, swords, halberds, how can there be paper and pens? It is estimated that there is not much paper and pen to be found in the entire Weizhen Fort. These two things are fundamentally in conflict with Fort Weizhen.

Xu Xingxia rolled his eyes and thought of a place: Zhu Zhizhi's teahouse. She likes to read so much, she should have paper and pen. Vaguely, Xu Xingxia felt that she should be a cultural person. Judging by her behavior, she should be the daughter of a big family. A person who can study Buddhist scriptures is not expected to be too bad in terms of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting.

"Look at the Tartars! I'll come when I go! Let Chi Hu be in charge of monitoring the movements of the Tartars at the head of the city, Xu Xingxia immediately came to Zhu Zhizhi's teahouse.

As a result, as soon as he came to the door of the teahouse, he saw that Zhu Zhizhi was reading quietly. Outside, the army of Tartars was pressing, and she was concentrating on reading. He couldn't help but slander his belly, is this considered pretending? What's even more exaggerated is that Tang Chenniu's nose is actually meditating, turning a blind eye to everything that is happening outside. However, seeing Xu Xingxia's arrival, Tang Chen's old way deliberately avoided it.

"Humph! What's the big deal? Xu Xingxia secretly cursed in his heart. This bull's nose, pretending to be forced, is very powerful. Even with Zhu Zhizhi, she is pretending to be forced. If you're really good, run out and make a big move to kill all the Tartars outside. If you can't, don't pretend to be in front of me!

Seeing Xu Xingxia's figure, Zhu Zhizhi closed the book elegantly and said gently: "Why are you here?" In the mood for a cup of tea and breathing? Hasn't the Tartar moved yet? ”

Xu Xingxia came to Zhu Zhizhi, did not sit down, and said bluntly: "Miss Zhu, I don't want to drink your tea, I am here to borrow paper and pen, and I want to reply to Tartar." ”

Zhu Zhizhi was a little surprised and said, "You want to reply to Tartar?" Talk about conditions with the Tartars? ”

Xu Xingxia said a little rudely: "Talk about the conditions of a fart!" Come and don't be rude. Since someone else has sent a letter, of course we have to reply! If I don't go back, I thought I was afraid of them! ”

Zhu Zhizhi understood, and said with interest: "Then how are you going?" Do you want me to help? ”

Xu Xingxia said confidently: "You bring the paper and pen, and I'll go back myself." ”

Zhu Zhizhi immediately brought paper and pen and put them on the table in front of him. Xu Xingxia was not polite, rolled up his sleeves, and prepared to polish the ink. The pen, ink, paper and inkstone prepared by Zhu Zhizhi seem to be quite delicate in appearance, and they don't seem to be ordinary. However, what is so special and where is the prestige, Xu Xingxia must not understand, and there is no need to understand.

He was grinding ink for the first time, and he didn't have any skills, so he took the ink strip and scratched it around in the inkstone, and some of it was just brute force. He subconsciously thought that the more force he used, the better the concentration of the ink. Actually, he was completely wrong. He can't be blamed for that, though. In his previous life, he didn't even hold a brush, where did he know how to sharpen ink? Fortunately, Duan Yan was still strong enough, otherwise, he would have crushed it.

Finding that Xu Xingxia's actions were so rude, Zhu Zhizhi couldn't help but say distressedly: "Hey, don't mess around!" I'm a good ink, you know? The fragrance is through the muscles and bones, grinding to the end, and the fragrance is not fading, and it is very precious! You're doing this, it's a terrible thing! Forget it, I'll grind the ink! ”

Where did Xu Xingxia know the preciousness of the ink? Since you're going to take over, it's good for you to take over. Seeing Zhu Zhizhi reaching out to pick up the ink strip, she unceremoniously stuffed the ink strip into her wrist. Zhu Zhizhi doesn't treat him as an outsider, and he doesn't treat Zhu Zhizhi as an outsider, and the hands of the two of them touched together solidly.

Zhu Zhizhi's cheeks suddenly turned a little red, and she hurriedly withdrew her hand. He hurriedly took the inkstone and lowered his head to polish the ink to hide his inner anxiety. Fortunately, Xu Xingxia didn't notice anything wrong. He lifted the brush, and according to his own understanding, held it in a strange posture, dipped it in a little ink, and carefully depicted it on the letter of persuasion.

Zhu Yuzhi, who was grinding ink, saw the pattern depicted by Xu Xingxia, and her forehead gradually turned into a black line. She wanted to say something, but she didn't. It's not that she doesn't want to say it, it's that she doesn't know how to say it. However, the way she looked at Xu Xingxia's eyes was even more strange than before, and her originally shy mood gradually calmed down.

It turned out that Xu Xingxia drew a turtle on the Tartar's persuasion letter. It can be seen that he is still quite careful in his paintings, but the problem is that his art level is too bad, and he is not very good at using a brush, and the level of pictures depicted is naturally conceivable. Of course, it's still like a turtle in general, and ordinary people can understand it.

Xu Xingxia put down the brush and let out a long sigh of relief. He also felt that his level of painting was a bit out of his hands. He looked left and right, up and down, with a little regret, and finally comforted himself and said, "It's still a bit like." ”

Zhu Zhizhi finally managed to control her emotions, and the black lines on her forehead gradually spread out. She carefully put the ink strip away, picked up the letter paper, looked at the miserable turtle on it, frowned and said, "You replied like this?" ”

Xu Xingxia said unashamedly: "Yes, that's it." You must know that the cultural level of the Tartars is not high, and you write too many words, and they simply cannot understand them. I send them a picture and they understand what I mean. ”

Zhu Zhizhi once again had a black line. She was going to write a poem for the turtle with a brush to show her talent. However, after listening to Xu Xingxia's words, she decided to forget it. Anyway, no matter how well it is written, the Tartars can't read it.

Xu Xingxia suddenly sniffled quietly, took a few breaths hard, and said a little strangely: "Huh? What smells good? ”

Zhu Zhizhi didn't react for a while, and said casually: "It's Moxiang, right?" ”

Xu Xingxia shook his head, snorted, suddenly leaned his head over, sniffed a few times on Zhu Zhizhi's body, frowned and said, "It turned out to be from you." I said, what are you doing with such a strong perfume? I have allergies in my nose ......"

Zhu Zhizhi frowned and said, "What nonsense are you talking about?" ”

"Ahh

Before the words fell, Xu Xingxia sneezed exaggeratedly.

Zhu Zhizhi was startled and hurriedly avoided it. Fortunately, when Xu Xingxia sneezed, he still knew how to turn his head, but he didn't spray it on Zhu Zhizhi's body. It's just that his voice is too loud, which really scares Zhu Yuzhi. Her face was a little pale.

Abruptly abrupt the beauty, Xu Xingxia didn't mean to apologize at all, he touched his nose, undisguised his dissatisfaction, frowned and said, "Don't use such a strong perfume next time!" I hate women with heavy makeup the most! ”

After that, he ignored Zhu Zhizhi anymore, took the turtle whose ink had not dried, and went happily.

Only then did Zhu Zhizhi react, lowered her head and sniffed her dress, frowning and thinking: "It seems that today's spices have indeed been smoked for too long...... But what is perfume? What is he talking about? Also, he actually scolded me for wearing heavy makeup...... I...... When did I wear heavy makeup? Isn't it just the spice of the clothes, smoked a little longer? ”

The more she thought about it, the more aggrieved she became, and she couldn't help but chase her out and find Xu Xingxia to make it clear. However, Xu Xingxia had already run away. In a fit of rage, she returned to her seat and began to sulk. Originally, the pen, ink, paper, and inkstone on the desktop were all good, but the more she looked at it, the more unpleasant it became. Moving this for a while, moving that for a while, no matter how you look at it, it's still not pleasing to the eye.

Suddenly, she spread out the paper, picked up the brush, and wrote more than a dozen Xu Xingxia in one go. Then on each Xu Xingxia's name, a circle was drawn, and then a cross was drawn. However, he was still angry, and he crumpled all the white papers into a ball and threw them aside. Finally, he stomped his foot hard, and finally calmed down.

Daoist Tang Chen came out of it and looked at Xu Xingxia's back with a rather strange expression.

Zhu Zhizhi said angrily and funny: "Master, he is really a monster!" ”

Daoist Tang Chen was also a little curious and said, "How did he reply to the letter?" ”

Zhu Zhizhi couldn't help but laugh and said, "He drew a turtle. ”

Daoist Tang Chen was also stunned. Turtles? This guy actually figured it out! He then said with regret: "He is not only a monster, but also a fool!" How do Tatars know what a turtle looks like? It's almost the same as painting a pile of cow dung! ”

Zhu Zhizhi suddenly burst out laughing.

Yes, the Tatars live in the interior, and how many people have seen turtles? The turtle depicted by Xu Xingxia, how the Tartar will react when he sees it, it is estimated that only God knows. Alas, this Xu Xingxia is really a freak!

(To be continued)