Zhou Sui speculated, "A tunneling attack is also highly possible. Should we dig wells under the city walls and place pottery vats in them?"
This was a very effective method of 'earth listening,' which could efficiently detect whether the enemy was digging tunnels and determine their direction.
Although a moat could prevent tunneling attacks to a certain extent, because when digging near the moat, water would seep into the tunnel and even cause it to collapse directly.
However, Ge Feng's moat was not very deep. As long as Qu Zhao dug deep enough, it was theoretically feasible.
Jiang Jin pondered for a moment and shook her head, "There's no need. Just keep an eye on their movements."
Digging a tunnel required more than just digging deep; how to dispose of the excavated soil was a huge problem.
If they were to dig, they would definitely have to do it around Ge Feng City. They couldn't possibly start digging dozens of miles away; the workload would be too massive.
Moreover, Ge Feng was not truly besieged. Every day, soldiers were out scouting, and the Qu Zhao military camp was under Ge Feng's surveillance.
Once any soil was brought out, Ge Feng would inevitably discover it.
Zhou Sui also understood this reasoning. He was just giving a reminder to guard against all possibilities.
In the dead of night, Ge Feng City was peaceful, and most people were fast asleep.
Yun Yu leaned against the wall of the gate tower, resting his eyes. Behind the battlements of the city wall, there was a soldier every few meters, standing tall and staring into the pitch-black night sky below.
There was no moon tonight, making visibility much blurrier than usual.
Yun Yu's ears suddenly twitched. He opened his eyes, his gaze sharp.
"Beat the drums!" he ordered, his voice cold and stern.
The drumbeats instantly shattered the tranquility of the night, and the sound of galloping hooves soon echoed through the city.
By the time Jiang Jin got up, Liqiu and Guyu were already waiting for her in the courtyard, carrying lanterns with worried expressions on their faces.
"My Lord," the two called out in unison.
Jiang Jin comforted them, "There is no need to worry."
Even though Jiang Jin had told them they didn't need to keep a night vigil, Liqiu and Guyu were very insistent, afraid that she might need to get up for a drink of water or something during the night.
After mentioning it a few times, Jiang Jin stopped bringing it up; they had their own persistence.
However, Jiang Jin did not like people being too close to her bedroom, so the two took turns keeping watch in the nearby kitchen.
Jiang Jin quickly walked to the stables and mounted her horse. Little Red gave a whinny and broke into a wild gallop.
By the time she reached the North Gate, Zhou Sui and the others had already arrived.
"What is the situation? A night raid?" Jiang Jin looked outside the North Gate.
On the ground outside the North Gate lay torches that the soldiers had thrown down. Under the dim firelight, dozens of corpses of Qu Zhao soldiers could be seen lying on the ground.
Further away, there were Qu Zhao soldiers fleeing frantically.
The Jinyang Army's night watch soldiers fired arrows toward the source of the sounds.
Yun Yu reported, "Qu Zhao soldiers launched a night raid to fill dirt into the foundations we had dug."
"We couldn't see clearly how many people came, but there should be at least a thousand. We used the Dragon Feather Crossbows and shot down many Qu Zhao soldiers."
Jiang Jin was speechless. They really were bored enough to play with dirt in the middle of the night.
Hearing the sounds of the Qu Zhao soldiers running further and further away, the Jinyang Army gradually stopped shooting.
A moment later, when all was finally quiet, Jiang Jin praised Yun Yu and the night watch soldiers, "You did very well. Continue to stay alert."
Yun Yu and the night watch soldiers involuntarily straightened their backs. "Understood."
The sun slowly rose, shining on the dilapidated yet sturdy city walls, warming the land.
Yun Yu stretched his back. It was almost time for the shift change. He paced behind the battlements and started counting the corpses below.
A soldier smiled and said, "We've already counted them. A total of 261 corpses. Hehe, can we get a collective first-class merit this time?"
Yun Yu patted his shoulder. "First-class merit? You wish. We'd be lucky to get a third-class merit."
The Dragon Shadow Guard took out 2,000 men with only 200, and they hadn't said a word.
Two quarters of an hour later, an envoy from Ge Feng came to the Qu Zhao camp to deliver a message.
The general gist was: hurry up and move your soldiers' corpses away, don't hinder the Ge Feng commoners from working.
This infuriated Qu Bai, who prided himself on his good temper, so much that he smashed his cup. "This is maddening!"
It took a long time for him to suppress the frustration in his chest. "Men, go and bring back the remains of our warriors for a proper burial."
As soon as the Qu Zhao soldiers moved the corpses away, the gates of Ge Feng opened, and one or two thousand commoners swarmed out.
Swinging their hoes, they got straight to work. Last night's raid seemed to have no effect on them at all; in fact, he felt that these Ge Feng commoners were even more energetic today.
Looking at the Ge Feng commoners, whose numbers were even greater than yesterday, Qu Bai gritted his teeth so hard they nearly shattered. This was simply going too far!
What was even more outrageous was that today, not only were they digging foundations, but several oxen were slowly led out, hitched to plows, and began plowing the fields?
One of the oxen, perhaps displeased about having to plow so early in the morning, dropped a large, steaming pile of dung.
Then he saw several farmers laughing heartily at the cow dung. Although he couldn't hear what they were saying, he could easily guess.
It was nothing more than pleasantries about how cow dung could fertilize the land and bring a bumper harvest this year. The Han people loved this kind of superficial talk the most.
Besides the oxen plowing the fields, there were also many people clearing wasteland and digging channels to divert water.
It was a bustling scene of spring plowing.
What were they trying to do? Could it be that they actually wanted to farm outside the city?
Seriously, could they show him a little respect?
It was a time of standoff between two armies, and yet Ge Feng actually brought out oxen to plow the fields in preparation for spring farming?
Qu Bai's face was full of question marks, and his heart was filled with frustration.
Qu Cong also looked as if he had eaten something foul. "Ge Feng actually has eight oxen? Why does it look like there are even wild oxen among them?"
Qu Bai was speechless. Was that really the point right now?
Watching Ge Feng farming right under his nose while he was completely helpless, because the places they worked were all within the range of Ge Feng's crossbows.
Qu Bai felt extremely suffocated. Fortunately, the 5,000 reinforcement soldiers sent from above had arrived.
He thought for a long time and decided to send someone into the Gesi Mountains to investigate.
He didn't have the time to deal with the grain robbers for now, but he could still go and check out the Gesi Mountain Range near Ge Feng.
Therefore, he ordered his fierce general Wu Yihan to take 5,000 men to the Gesi Mountain Range, determined to find that group of people from before.
However, Wu Yihan only found the corpses of their soldiers, mutilated bodies that had been eaten by wild beasts in the mountains.
Whether it was that group of commoners or the people who killed their Qu Zhao army, they all seemed to have vanished into thin air, leaving no traces behind.
Just as he was preparing to give up and retreat, countless arrows shot out from the dense forest on the hillside.
