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Chapter 480 Protecting the Best Sister 22

Li Mingzhu nodded: "I understand, don't worry, Master Ruan will be fine!"

She and Zhang Rulan had discussed this situation before.

To be honest, the hostage Ruan Wenshan is actually not of much value.

Fuzhou City will not open its gates to welcome the invaders just for Ruan Wenshan. Not to mention the people of Fuzhou whose lives are at stake, even other officials in the same state will not open the gates of Fuzhou City for the sake of so-called colleagueship.

After all, the life and death of a family and the life and death of the people in a city, which is more important? Even Zhang Cang, who has deep feelings for the Ruan family, can tell the difference.

Ruan Wenshan's greatest role was to die in an extremely tragic way outside Fuzhou City in front of everyone, shaking the hearts of the officials and people of Fuzhou City.

Now the Green Forest Army is openly leading the attack on Fuzhou City, which is a clear sign of rebellion.

Ruan Wenshan was the tool they used as a sacrifice.

In the Great Xia Dynasty, each state had a garrison of about 3,000 people, which was managed by a military governor.

But nowadays, there is a serious problem of ghost employees drawing salaries. It is said to be 3,000, but it is hard to say whether half of it is actually earned.

Take Dingzhou for example. The prefect Wu Fuqi was greedy and embezzled military pay with the commander. There were supposed to be 3,000 soldiers, but there were actually only 800 of them, and their weapons were in tatters.

Such an army was vulnerable and was directly defeated by the Green Forest Army, a group of vicious bandits. Wu Fuqi was chopped into meat sauce and became a real "unlucky person".

Ruan Wenshan was better off. He did not intercept the military pay sent from above and handed it over in full to Wang Feng, the governor of Fuzhou, every year.

But what if what he gets is what he needs?

Therefore, the actual military strength of Fuzhou is two thousand people.

Two thousand Fuzhou soldiers had to guard the entire Fuzhou city and fight against more than eight thousand Green Forest Army. Even with the Yellow Eyebrow Army fighting guerrilla warfare in the back, the strength of the two sides was still very different.

Therefore, Zhang Rulan never thought of completely annihilating the Green Forest Army and achieving complete victory.

Her goal was to rescue the Ruan family, repel the enemy, and let the Green Forest Army return to their old nest in Dangshan.

This is also the reason why she asked Li Mingzhu, who has superb fighting skills, to investigate the old situation.

She had to ensure that when the Green Forest Army returned to Dangshan, they would be caught in a trap by the Yellow Eyebrow Army.

When Zhang Rulan, Huang Tiancheng and others arrived, it was just dawn.

The Green Forest Army's camp was bustling with activity, and it looked as if they were about to attack the city.

In this case, poisoning will not have much effect, but will instead arouse vigilance.

Zhang Rulan thought for a moment and dispersed the four hundred Yellow Eyebrow Army soldiers, distributing a bottle of poison to each group of fifty. "Remember to apply this to your weapons. Leave no one alive!"

Everyone nodded and left, and Zhang Rulan gave Huang Tiancheng another glass bottle.

Huang Tiancheng had never seen such a beautiful bottle in his life. He looked at the liquid that glowed with a transparent halo in the sunlight and was quite trembling with fear: "What is this? It's actually packaged in a precious glass bottle?"

Zhang Rulan was very calm: "This is called aqua regia, it can dissolve everything. Brother Huang, you are very skilled, find a way to sneak in and dissolve the middle part of the wood they are hitting. Remember, leave immediately after pouring it, don't stop!"

"Hiss~" Huang Tiancheng looked at the small bottle, "Okay, I'll go right away!"

"Brother Huang," Zhang Rulan called him, her face full of tenderness, "This medicine is very powerful, be very careful when using it!"

Huang Tiancheng blushed and scratched his head: "I...I understand!"

Watching Huang Tiancheng leave, Zhang Rulan's smile disappeared and became expressionless.

Huang Tiancheng captured a soldier, changed into his clothes, found the right moment, and sneaked to the place where the striker was.

The new striker still exuded the fragrance of wood and was covered with a black cloth and placed on the car.

Huang Tiancheng took advantage of the situation, lifted the black cloth, poured aqua regia on the middle part of the striking wood, and then slipped away without waiting for the result.

Not long after Huang Tiancheng left, the Green Forest Army came to push the cart.

Zhang Rulan hid in the woods near the city gate. She patted her horse, checked the crossbow strapped to her arm again, and took a deep breath. "Brother Huang, are you ready for the things I gave you earlier?"

Huang Tiancheng nodded, but he had doubts in his heart: "Madam Zhang, will that little ball really be useful?"

Those balls were given to her by Li Mingzhu, a total of one hundred, and she was asked to use them in conjunction with the flames.

In fact, Zhang Rulan didn’t know whether it would be useful or not, but she believed in Li Mingzhu.

"It was my younger sister who did it, don't worry!" Zhang Rulan comforted.

When Huang Tiancheng heard that it was Li Mingzhu who did it, he shut up.

He had also tried the poison that Zhang Rulan had given him before. Just a small drop was enough to poison a pig. It was so horrifying.

Everyone stopped talking and just looked quietly at Fuzhou City not far away.

Outside Fuzhou City, the two sides confronted each other.

"Look, who is this?"

Qinglong General Gao Shou was a thin man. He pushed Ruan Wenshan to the front and shouted towards the top of the city wall: "Wang Feng, do you recognize this man?"

Wang Feng hasn't had a good night's sleep for a long time since the Green Forest Army besieged the city.

As the governor of Fuzhou, he was fully aware of his own military strength and couldn't help but regret not listening to Ruan Wenshan's advice and replenishing the troops.

Whenever he thought of the fate of the governor of Dingzhou, he felt panicky.

Wang Feng tried hard to maintain his image, but he didn't want to lose the battle. "What do you want, thief?"

"Hahahaha!"

Gao Shou laughed heartily, his narrow eyes like those of a venomous snake: "Be sensible and open the city gates to welcome General Guangming into the city. Otherwise, your prefect will be left with nothing!"

As he said that, he pushed Ruan Wenshan hard and said, "Go and knock on the door and ask them to open it!"

Ruan Wenshan was pushed and staggered, and it was difficult for him to stand firmly.

He had suffered a lot these days, and now he was trembling with fear.

But after all, he has read the books of sages for so many years, and he still has the integrity of a scholar.

Therefore, even in this critical moment, he still tried his best to straighten his back and shouted towards Fuzhou City: "Don't open the city gate! Don't open it!"

"Grandpa!"

Zhang Cang, who had been hiding behind Wang Feng, couldn't help but throw himself onto the city wall and cried to Ruan Wenshan, "Grandpa!"

"Old guy, you're looking for death!"

Gao Shou was enraged and kicked Ruan Wenshan to the ground. He drew his long knife and walked towards Ruan Wenshan with a sinister grin: "I have eaten so many people's hearts, but I have never tasted the old man's. Today is my chance!"

As he spoke, he raised his long knife and was about to stab Ruan Wenshan in the abdomen.

"Whoosh!"

"Pfft!"

"what!"

Gao Shou covered his hand in pain and the long sword fell to the ground.

Before everyone could react, several sounds of breaking through the air suddenly rang out.

"Whoosh whoosh!"

Dense small fireballs flew from the sky and landed on the Green Forest Army's territory. Yellow smoke instantly filled the venue.

"what!"

"my eyes!"

"my face!"

The parts of the body that touched the yellow fog felt severe pain, causing everyone to howl miserably.

"Da da da!"

The sound of heavy horse hooves echoed as Huang Tiancheng rode ahead, sprinting forward with a large knife in hand. "Die, thief!"