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Chapter 644: First Encounter with Mirage Thief

The next morning, Zhou Chang was awakened by the sound of gongs and drums outside.

Her brain paused for a moment before she realized that she was now on the front line of the war with the Mirage Kingdom. She fell asleep last night, and it was Skinny Monkey who carried her back to her residence in the second half of the night, so she was able to get a good night's sleep.

"Where is Deputy Commander-in-Chief Jiang?" Zhou Chang ran out of the yard and met one of King Xian's deputy generals, the talkative Wu Ling.

Wu Lingsi had been waiting outside Zhou Chang's courtyard since early morning. He was shivering with cold and bowed quickly to report: "Your Highness Prince Yi, the Mirage Army is invading and shouting outside the city. Deputy Governor Jiang has already led his men to the city tower."

"Then I'll go too." Zhou Chang gathered his clothes and walked out.

"Yes, I will lead the way for Your Highness." Wu Ling waved his hand and called over a few more men.

"Your Highness, wait a minute..." The skinny monkey hurriedly turned around to get his outer robe, and at the same time called Gao Yuan in the side room, "Brother Gao, Brother Gao, the prince is about to leave."

Gao Yuan heard it in the house and hurried out.

The group hurried up to the city wall.

This city defense post was originally far away from the north city tower, but it was only a few steps away from the bottom of the tower.

Zhou Chang quickly climbed up the city wall and looked outside the city. There was a vast territory outside the city. A few hundred steps away, on the opposite side, there was a black mass of mirage troops lined up.

The Mirage Army was carrying a large banner with red characters on a black background, and it was overwhelming. The infantry and cavalry were lined up in countless rows.

Jiang Meng heard that Prince Yi was coming up first, and he hurried over to greet him: "Your Highness Prince Yi, you worked hard to keep vigil last night, why are you up to the tower so early?"

"I was awakened by the drumbeats and went to see what was going on." It was the first time that Zhou Chang faced such a scene and he was even more curious than frightened.

Jiang Meng seemed like a different person after the conversation yesterday. He was wearing a golden helmet and golden armor, with a long sword at his waist, and his face was so pale that it was dazzling under the sunlight.

Standing on the tower, he looked like a majestic general, but because of the enemy at hand, he was not calm at all. He was even more worried about Zhou Chang: "Your Highness, this is dangerous. If things go wrong, they will attack the city soon. You might as well go back and rest. They have been challenging us continuously these past few days. Our army just needs to ignore them as usual."

Zhou Chang saw that the Mirage Army had already deployed ladders and chariots in front of their formation, so he could not help but question, "Didn't Brother Jiang say that he had already hung up the banner of no-fighting yesterday? Logically, today is only the third day of Brother Xian Wang's mourning period. Why are these people still challenging us? And aren't those ladders and chariots always there?"

The two of them discussed it yesterday and found out that memorials to the court are easy to write, but the tough battle ahead is not easy to fight.

The most important thing is that morale is low now, so we can only delay it for a while.

After all, Prince Yi did bring a batch of supplies with him, so the soldiers could recuperate first, recover from their injuries, and recover from the shock of their commander's death before planning how to counterattack.

Jiang Meng pointed to a flagpole below his own position and said, "Your Highness, please look, why is it not hung? Not only is there a banner of exemption from war, but also a plain mourning banner has been hung on the tower. The mirage thieves will know it at a glance. However, this banner of exemption from war has been hung for many days, so they must have lost their patience."

"This is the last state and city. We cannot afford to lose it." Zhou Chang stood on the tower, feeling troubled. "Brother Jiang, is there really nothing you can do?"

She had asked Jiang Meng this question countless times yesterday.

Jiang Meng was scratching his head and there was only one option left, which was to force his way through.

Zhou Chang did not agree with this. If Mr. Zhong was around at this time, he would probably not agree either. Whenever Zhou Chang was at a loss for ideas, he would habitually think of Zhong Yu.

When Jiang Meng was alone with Zhou Chang yesterday, his head was like a rattle. But now, behind him in the golden helmet and armor are his generals who are also in full armor, so he has to maintain his image.

So he slowly put his hands on his hips and looked across the distance: "There is a way. If they insist on fighting, we will send people out of the city to meet the enemy and temporarily repel them, but we must not pursue them, so as not to fall into a trap. However, this is only a temporary measure. The mirage bandits will definitely come to harass us again, and our army will just be wasting manpower in vain."

Zhou Chang understood what Jiang Meng meant.

I learned from Jiang Meng yesterday that not only were there few commanders capable of fighting tough battles independently, but several of them are still seriously injured and have not recovered.

If they really wanted to go out of the city to meet the enemy, even if they defeated the enemy's main general, the soldiers would not dare to actively pursue them, for fear of being ambushed, shot by a hidden arrow, or even more afraid of the hidden arrow being smeared with poison.

"XXX" Zhou Chang greeted the eighteen generations of ancestors in his heart, then stared at the neat arrangement and started to think crookedly.

Unfortunately, her brainpower was really limited. Even if she had "The Art of War" and "Thirty-Six Stratagems", it would be too late to learn and apply them immediately.

Then we can only use the existing resources at hand, but what use can the existing resources be?

Zhou Chang racked his brains and tossed and turned for half the night. He woke up this morning without having breakfast yet. The cold wind blowing from the city wall made him shiver. In the end, his head was just like his stomach, still empty.

When the skinny monkey saw this, he whispered, "Your Highness, we may not be able to help here. We should go back and fill our stomachs first. Don't worry about your health. I still have a few snacks that Miss Yuan brought me. If you don't eat them, they will be gone."

Yuan Qi had really thought through everything Zhou Chang needed for the march. Not only did he bring everything he needed for the outdoor camp, but considering the actual conditions in the three northern states of Vietnam, he knew there was nothing delicious to eat, so he brought a lot of dried fruits, candied fruits, and easy-to-store sweets.

Along the way, Zhou Chang traveled during the day and slept in a simple military tent at night. At first, he couldn't sleep well because he was not used to it. Later, the poor sleep affected his appetite and he couldn't eat anything. He had to rely on the snacks that Yuan Qi brought for him to survive.

When the skinny monkey mentioned Yuan Qi again at this time, Zhou Chang's heart brightened.

Yes, in terms of resources, who can compare to the Yuan family?

Yuan Qi is the biggest treasure house.

When thinking of Yuan Qi, the most important thing is still silver.

However, now, Zhou Chang still had nothing except the 20,000 taels of silver that he had borrowed from Yuan Qi before coming here.

The twenty thousand taels of silver were borrowed for emergency use. If it were used for marching and fighting, it would probably not be enough to fill the gaps in our teeth and we would still be unable to do anything.

but……

The Yuan family had commercial banks and banks all over the world. In the thirteen cities under the jurisdiction of Maizhou, every city had a bank of the Yuan family with the word "Long" or "Yu" in its name.

So could she consider this idea?

Zhou Chang's mind was full of silver, and suddenly an idea came to him: "Got it, we use silver."

"Ah?" Jiang Meng thought that Prince Yi's "old problem" had come back again.

"Silver, silver, silver. That's silver I'm talking about." Zhou Chang was so excited that he almost jumped up.