After I disguised myself as a man, I became everyone's white moonlight

Chapter 278 Sorry, I lost my temper

Rong Qingzhu lowered his eyes but did not stop applying the medicine.

For the first time, he had the urge to give up writing and join the army. He didn't understand what role a civil official could play at a time like this?

If the battle continued, the most he could do was to help out.

Either they are responsible for calming the anxious hearts of the people in the city, or distributing and managing the daily rations for each person.

But he couldn't go to places where people were really needed, such as battlefields.

Because it's useless for him to go, he will only hinder Qi Bai and the others!

"Qi Bai, how long do you think this battle will last?"

"This..." Chu Xi recalled what he had read. At that time, a battle lasted for four years. If the plot line had been followed, the treasury of the Great Zhou would have been emptied by two-thirds in these four years.

Throughout history, the most expensive thing is military expenditure. Once a war breaks out, for several years, the people living near the city of Xi'an will not be able to farm normally, let alone pay taxes, and the imperial court will need to provide some subsidies.

Moreover, this battle has just begun, and the climax is yet to come!

"I don't know either." Chu Xi gave an answer that was not likely to be wrong.

Rong Qingzhu was not disappointed. From the beginning he had not expected Qi Bai to give him an accurate answer.

Who can predict for sure about marching and fighting?

It could be as long as a few years or as short as a few months, anything is possible.

"Then...can we win? Can we hold Xi'an?"

When the two countries went to war, countless soldiers and civilians were killed and wounded.

Soldiers will go from being living beings to just names on a pension list.

The common people were even more nameless, some died under the enemy's cavalry, some died under the enemy's butcher knife, some became prisoners and slaves of other countries.

There is no better outcome.

No, at that point, death is the best outcome.

Just thinking of the desperate and eager eyes of the child today, that was a desire to survive, so he began to question his loyalty to the Great Zhou royal family.

Your Majesty has been practicing Taoism for many years and is accustomed to spending money like water. He treats the national treasury as his own private treasury and squanders it without fear.

Even though he knew that those so-called Taoists seeking immortality and asking for advice were fake, he continued to squander his money as usual and did not treat it as money.

In the past, he believed that the Rong family was a loyal family. Even if His Majesty was incompetent and unjust, the Rong family would never associate with those corrupt officials.

Now that I think about it, although he did not embezzle money, what is the essential difference between him and those corrupt officials?

He knew that the person sitting on the throne was not a wise ruler, but he still turned a blind eye and did not offer any advice.

Isn’t the disaster in Yunzhou a perfect example?

Once a person's beliefs begin to waver, he will inevitably doubt whether what he did in the past was right or not?

What is the purpose of my persistence all this time?

Wait, all these doubts seemed to drag Rong Qingzhu into a quagmire, and he couldn't get out for a long time.

"Okay." Chu Xi answered without hesitation this time.

"No matter when the reinforcements arrive, there are still countless people waiting for us behind us. As long as we have this thought, I believe all the soldiers will go all out and fight to the end."

In the past, she could not understand why retired soldiers were reluctant to leave the army.

I also don't understand why some soldiers would rather die than retreat.

In her opinion, things may change over time. If she takes a step back to save her life and wait for the future, she will still have a chance to win it back.

But since she herself participated in the defense of Xi'an City, facing the siege from both inside and outside, the pressure was step by step, and...those soldiers who had only known each other for a short time and had only spoken a few words fell one after another.

She seemed to suddenly understand a soldier's duty and a soldier's integrity!

It was as if someone had suddenly opened up his Ren and Du meridians.

"Brother Rong, don't be disappointed because of this battle. Great Zhou still has hope. The current emperor is indeed incompetent, but as long as a wise ruler is replaced and the government is rectified, it may not be impossible to save Great Zhou."

Rong Qingzhu didn't expect that he was so obvious that Qi Bai could see through his thoughts at a glance.

For this, I sigh helplessly.

He gently bandaged the wounds and whispered, "I'm sorry, I lost my composure."

Chu Xi didn't answer.

From Rong Qingzhu's perspective, a young man from an aristocratic family who had never seen the sufferings of the world had a smooth journey and passed the imperial examinations, whether it was because of his own talent or because of the Rong family.

He really hadn't suffered too many blows along the way.

The biggest blow was probably the last trip to Yunzhou and everything I experienced in Xi'an this time.

Both experiences were not pleasant. Yunzhou gave him a basic understanding of what life was like for the people outside the capital.

What happened in Xi'an made him realize the cruelty of the battlefield and the preciousness of human life.

It's no wonder that he began to waver in his pursuit of the path he had been taking.

Rong Qingzhu helped Chu Xi treat all the injuries on both arms, and the remaining injury on the waist was caused by Chu Xi himself.

After the last lesson, she wore a pair of pants under her robe this time that were easy to take off and use to treat the wound separately.

This place is simple but large, and the military doctors have set aside several rooms to ensure that the rest of other seriously injured patients is not affected.

The level of medical technology in ancient times was indeed not yet at the level where surgery could be performed.

But some knife wounds still need to be sutured.

To avoid scaring others when suturing the wound, a small compartment can come in handy.

Chu Xi found an empty cubicle, propped the door against a stool, sat on the stool, and changed the medicine and bandage on his wound.

After putting on the new bandage, the wound seemed to feel much better.

When he opened the door and went out, Rong Qingzhu had already gone to boil the medicine. As a young man from an aristocratic family who had never done any housework, he was able to do this, which showed that he was aware of the situation.

Knowing that your abilities are limited, do what you can, no matter how dirty or tiring it is.

"I have something else to do, so I'll leave first." Chu Xi greeted Rong Qingzhu from a distance.

There was some sweat on Rong Qingzhu's forehead. Hearing this, he turned around and nodded slightly to Chu Xi.

"it is good."

Chu Xi walked away quickly without waiting for him to say anything else, so that Rong Qingzhu could only whisper whatever he wanted to say to him.

"Be sure to stay safe and come back safely."

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Chu Xi was thrown into the intense battle again. During this long-awaited short break, he quickly forgot about the conversation with Rong Qingzhu.

Tang Yuhuai and the eldest prince led an army of 100,000, and the garrisons were drawn from two cities southwest of the capital.

According to the original plan, the fastest 10,000 cavalrymen would be able to reach Xi'an city first in two days.

As long as they can arrive early, no matter how many people there are, it can at least relieve the pressure on the soldiers in Xi'an city.

The problem with Tang Yuhuai's advance action with 10,000 cavalrymen was that he encountered an ambush in a valley only three cities away from Xi'an!

"General Tang! There is an ambush here!"

"The arrows came from high up in the valley. Someone must have ambushed here in advance!"

There was flat land on both sides of the valley with nowhere to hide, and except for a few bumps and depressions, they had nowhere to hide.