Be a small county magistrate in ancient times

Zheng Jie was a little embarrassed. "I was being rude. Thank you for your help, sir."

"You're too kind, Lord Zheng." Xi Bei said, then coughed twice.

They had only exchanged a few pleasantries when the soldiers on the city wall cheered. Meng Changqing said to Zheng Jie, "Sir, I'll go take a look."

"it is good."

Meng Changqing strode closer to the city wall and asked the cheering guards at its base, "Has the Yan bandits retreated?"

The group of men by the wall were all soldiers under Zhang Yuan's command, so they naturally recognized Meng Changqing. "They've retreated! Lord Meng, the Yan bandits haven't gained any advantage at all!"

"Good! Well done!" Meng Changqing went to check on the wounded soldiers' camp again. Today's battle was truly a source of pride; not a single soldier of the Great Liang was seriously wounded.

However, many of the soldiers who were injured earlier had not yet recovered, so since Meng Changqing had come, he helped the military doctor for a while.

Zheng Jie waited for Meng Changqing for a while, but when he didn't come, he followed him to the wounded and sick camp.

Zheng Jie was immediately intimidated upon entering; the air was thick with the smells of medicine and rotting flesh.

Those closer to the door were all less seriously injured; their wounds were bandaged, and Zheng Jie could still bear it.

But when he walked up behind Meng Changqing and saw what Meng Changqing and the military doctor were doing, the open wound that exposed the flesh and bones struck his nerves, and Zheng Jie almost vomited on the spot.

He quickly covered his mouth and nose with the sachet and looked away.

The tent was filled with soldiers who were enduring their pain with all their might. Zheng Jie couldn't bear to look and quickly walked out.

Meng Changqing knew that Zheng Jie's coming and going must have been to find her, so she treated her wounds and went to find Zheng Jie.

Sure enough, Zheng Jie was not far from the wounded soldiers' camp.

Meng Changqing dusted off his clothes before walking over. "Changqing, you can heal injuries too?" Zheng Jie asked.

Meng Changqing used the firelight to observe his expression, which was not good.

"I only know a little bit, so I can only lend a hand," Meng Changqing said modestly.

Zheng Jie said, "Commander Zhang reported that the Yan army has retreated far away. Come with me to the city wall to take a look."

"Yes."

The wind on the city wall smelled of gunpowder. Zheng Jie frowned and looked out, but he couldn't see anything in the darkness except for a few scattered torches in the distance.

Seeing this, Meng Changqing said, "Sir, we can only see what's going on during the day. Wherever our grenades explode, there will be Yan traitors flying through the air."

Zheng Jie turned his head and saw that Meng Changqing still had a smile on his face. Only then did he realize that he and Meng Changqing were not the same kind of people.

Instead of continuing Meng Changqing's topic, Zheng Jie said, "The scouts have reported that the Yan army is stationed in Tuozhou. Our Liang territory has become their springboard for attacking us. How tragic."

Meng Changqing listened to his sigh but didn't reply.

What springboard? What's so tragic? If anything is tragic, then the people of Tuozhou are truly tragic. Falling into the hands of bandits, how are they supposed to survive?
Zheng Jie walked a long way along the city wall and saw that the garrison was constantly replenishing gunpowder and weapons in the repaired areas.

Seeing a staircase leading up and down not far ahead, Meng Changqing said, "Sir, let's go down. There are too many people and too much noise here. The equipment the soldiers are carrying might block our view, and it would be bad if they bumped into you."

Zheng Jie was very easy to talk to, "Alright, then I won't get in your way."

The two descended the city wall. Meng Changqing helped him onto his horse, but Zheng Jie wasn't in a hurry to leave. "By the way, Changqing," he said, "when I came over, I saw a lot of shacks built on the south side of the new city wall. What's going on there?" (End of Chapter)