Chapter 503: The beacon smoke rises
The spring of the next year was the sixth year that Chai Lin traveled through, in 1122 AD.
Just after the sixth day of the lunar month, Chai Lin held a grand spring plowing ceremony outside Cangzhou City.
Chai Lin was wearing a curved plow, and the mules wearing big red flowers on both ends were already accurate.
"Gao." Chai Lin threw his whip and walked fast on both sides of his body. The farmland was very strong and he turned over the fertile soil.
Everyone was applauding, and the technology of the firewood farmland was not very good, but this showed the importance of farming.
The fifty groups of big mules selected by the logistics team behind also began to cultivate the land.
The people of Cangzhou watched the fun and went home to cultivate their own land.
Now there are almost no manpower toppling the ground in Cangzhou. Donkeys, mules, yellow oxes, horses, and a small number of camels can even cultivate the land.
Central Plains culture is not just farming culture, it includes four major parts: agriculture, forestry, pastoralism and fish. Almost every item accounts for a large proportion.
For example, when training animals, farmers can train large animals as much as one person. When cultivated the land, they will be completely automatic and operate according to the command.
With the increase of livestock, there are now very few pedestrians walking on the road. Young and strong riding mules and horses, and young and young wives and young girls riding donkeys.
The old one is driving a donkey cart.
The rapid economic development of Cangzhou is completely beyond imagination. Many wealthy families even have two to three horses at home.
Even the Guangxi ponies, which are specially used for the elderly and infirm people, have developed rapidly, and horse-drawn carriages were specially made.
Compared with the busy Cangzhou, Youzhou is still lifeless.
The spring in Youzhou is still cold. Li Cheng cursed and entered the central army, threw off his wolf-skin coat, and reached out to roast the fire on the fire.
"This ghost weather is so cold. It's past the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, and spring plowing in Daming Mansion has begun, and the land here is still frozen." Li Cheng cursed.
Wenda said: "Mr. Liang went back to enjoy it, so I will keep us here to suffer."
The situation in the Youzhou military camp is still very good, with sufficient food and sufficient firewood. Although the spring cold is a bit cold, it is not serious anymore.
A hundred miles away from Youzhou, Yang Zhi and others stationed in Shunzhou were even worse.
Yang Zhi, Suo Chao's vanguard army and general Li Cheng and Wenda had many quarrels over military merit issues.
When Liang Zhongshu was there, Li Cheng did not dare to do anything. However, before the New Year, Liang Zhongshu went back to Daming Prefecture to raise soldiers on the pretext of being sick. He left Li Chengwenda to station in Youzhou and Yang Zhisuochao stationed in Shunzhou not far away.
Twenty thousand Zhending Prefecture Army stationed in Zhuozhou and reflected each other with the Daming Prefecture Army, which roughly conquered the Sixteen Prefectures of Yanyun.
In fact, due to insufficient troops and financial resources, some states and cities near the sea in the east were not stationed.
Wenda said: "General Li and Yang Zhi sent someone to urge food again, saying that they only have three days to eat in their army."
"Let's pay the payment for a few days. Yang Zhi, a kid, relies on his superb martial arts skills and is the leader of the general, so he won't take us seriously. This time, he must let them know that their mother-in-law is mother."
The captain sent by Yang Zhi came back in shame and didn't even arrive.
Suo Chao picked up the axe and cursed: "I went to chop him up and bully people with power."
"If you dare to go, you will be in the mood. There are many wilderness around you. At this time, there are many yellow sheep and wild deer. I will take people out for a walk. I can hold on for a few days if I get a hundred or eighty ones."
"Okay, that's all. If there's no food, let's eat meat."
Yang Zhi brought a hundred light cavalry out of the Shunzhou military camp with bows and arrows and came to the wilderness in the north. Today, he was lucky, and soon he encountered a large group of yellow sheep.
There are at least 150 or 60 yellow sheep, each of which is fat and strong.
Yang Zhi made a gesture, and one hundred cavalrymen divided into two teams and penetrated from both sides.
The feather arrow covered the flock and left the second half of the flock. The team hunting effect was great.
The troops were very excited and hunted dozens of yellow sheep in a while. Two thousand people could hold on for a day.
The light cavalry, which originally had 3,000 people, suffered severe loss of personnel after several battles, but now only 2,000 people have come.
Everyone was tied up the yellow sheep, and the scouts on the verge suddenly blew the horn.
A cavalry rushed over and shouted, "No, the Jin soldiers are coming, covering the sky."
"Go back to the city immediately and defend Shunzhou."
After several wars, the so-called Shunzhou is a small military fortress. It is the same as the small town as there are not many residents and merchants.
Yang Zhi ordered people to blew the horn while rushing back.
"Hurry, hurry up." Suo Chao shouted at the top of the city wall.
Yang Zhi and others did not dare to slack off. The horses ran very fast. The last soldier entered the city and the heavy gate was closed.
As soon as a hundred people entered the city, the overwhelming Jin soldiers arrived.
What kind of soldiers are they? The clothes are messy, some are wearing wolf skin, some are wearing sheep skin, and some are showing their arms in the cold sky.
Yishui rode a tall horse. This was the newly expanded cavalry after the Jin Dynasty obtained the Liao Dynasty's horse farm. It was very messy, but it had strong combat power. Because this was a group of Jin Dynasty's wolf soldiers, who robbed whatever they saw and were afraid of being poor.
The beacon in the city has been lit, and the black smoke conveys warnings to the surroundings.
Yang Zhi said: "I hope Li Cheng can see it."
Suo Chao smiled and said, "You still expect this soft guy to come to rescue him? He was scared to death. It's a pity that Lord Liang was not here. If he were there, he could take charge of the overall situation."
"Don't think so much, the fire is burning, look at the front of you first. Send the order to kill sheep and eat meat. Order five hundred cavalrymen and follow me out to kill one."
Yang Zhi and Suo Chao immediately ignited the five hundred cavalry and rushed out of the door. The two armies set up their formations, and they were somewhat surprised by the Jin soldiers facing each other. Unexpectedly, these Song troops dared to come out to fight in the field.
The first time a commander of the imperial guards came out, this was a savage, wearing a sheepskin robe that seemed to have not been washed in several years, riding a flowery horse, holding a mace of animal bones in his hand, and grinning there.
Yang Zhigang wanted to go out, but suddenly Suo Chao next to him came out and a Xuanhua axe rushed straight to the savage's head.
Suo Chao used all his strength to cut off the mace of the beast bones and wolfshot with an axe, and then cut the general under the horse with an axe.
"Okay, okay." The three armies shouted, and Suo Chao became majestic.
In fact, it was mainly because of the Jin people who were careless, and I didn’t expect Suo Chao to be so fierce.
Suo Chao won and came back immediately.
Next, this Jin General was interesting. He was wearing a beautiful battle robe with a fox tail on his shoulders. He looked like a Jin nobleman.
"Dao, dog thief, how dare you invade the borders of our Song Dynasty without authorization? Those who know the truth quickly retreated."
Chapter completed!