Schemes of the Noble Households Chapter 22

The next morning, Jiankang City welcomed a rare sunny day.

Small sampans that had not been seen for many days gathered on the river, and half of their sails still had cracks and gaps, obviously damaged by several consecutive hailstorms and had not yet been repaired.

Several merchant ships docked at the pier one after another. The ship owners watched the boatmen and servants loading and unloading cargo while talking about the war in the north.

"The Di people sent out 20,000 soldiers with great momentum, ready to take back Shaanxi City. Who could have thought that they were defeated by the Xianbei Hu right after the battle, not only did they lose many soldiers and generals, but their commander actually abandoned the team and ran away! Those who ran slower were killed!"

"Is that true?"