The sky gradually became brighter, but for the soldiers in Danshui County, it may not necessarily represent hope.
The morning cabbage has been reduced.
Originally, the soldiers of the Cao army did not eat much. In the morning, they had one cake and one bowl of soup, and in the evening they had two cakes.
As for the original Han Dynasty's food supply, whether the lunar eclipse is full of one stone or two dou, the soldiers do not understand and dare not ask.
The difference between two liang of cakes is two liang mixed with water or two liang of original ingredients is huge, but the marked ones are all two liang.
On the city wall, Cao's soldiers stood weakly with swords and guns.
The cakes are shrunk and the soup is thin.
I can't bear to urinate after I finish eating!
I was afraid that after I had urinated, I would get hungry...
Looking north from the city of Danshui County, the towering hills were taller than Danshui County, and seemed to be endless giants, pressing down one by one, trying to crush Danshui County.
There are no special horse-faced walls or four-corner towers in Danshui County, only old-style city gate towers, city wall battlements, and some beacon towers that serve as sentinel towers.
Niu Jin took the guards to inspect and pointed out several issues of negligence on duty, then urged his subordinates to do these issues well, and then returned to the city gate.
On the open space in the city, about two hundred Cao's soldiers began to line up.
Soon, the queue was arranged.
Niu Jin looked at these queues and was silent for a moment, then waved his hand, "Tell me to the four team leaders, whoever brings the most prey will be promoted!"
The guard replied and turned around and went down to the city wall to pass the message.
It is again requested that Xiangyang reissue grain and grass. It takes about five to eight days from the request to the final delivery of grain and grass.
The biggest problem now is that if you have to last for five to eight days, you must have some names...
So Niu Jin sent four teams, each with fifty people, to send these people out of the city under the name of hunting.
Niu Jin is not a master of internal affairs, so he can't think of any good idea.
Not to mention food, it’s just something like eating, and it’s just something that’s used. Even if Niu Jin has the ability to move his left pocket to his right pocket, it’s impossible to turn the shit out of it back into food...
He promised to get promoted based on the amount of hunting, regardless of whether these teams believed it or not, Niu Jin believed it anyway.
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Upstream of the Dan River, the lights were brightly lit in Liao Hua's army.
Liao Hua had already left Wu Pass and was in the middle of the mountain road. Suddenly, Cao's soldiers came to surrender, which surprised Liao Hua and promoted him to the tent overnight.
Several military academies under Liao Hua entered the tent and saw a surrendered soldier in the tent. They flinched and stood aside with some nervousness, their heads and bodies covered in dust, as if they had just happened.
It's like being dug out of the land.
The Cao army surrendered troops did not carry weapons, and there was no trace of concealment. They actually went up the mountain road to look for the scouts of the cavalry, so they were held down by the scouts of the cavalry and brought here.
Seeing that all the military academies had arrived, Liao Hua waved his hand, "You say it again. Everyone listened carefully!"
There has always been a habit of military discussion in the cavalry army.
Although this will lead to a slight decline in efficiency, it also avoids the arbitrary behavior of military generals, and also gives the middle and lower-level military academies room and opportunities to develop. It is precisely because of this system that, from generals to military academies, they all have the same situation.
I understand very well what I want to do and how I need to do it. I also have enough initiative when I am about to fight.
The disadvantages are not. Once there are situations where mutual ruling or even blame each other, it is easy to fall into a vicious cycle, and ultimately, nothing can be discussed, there will be no final result, and a lot of time is wasted.
Everything has its pros and cons, but those who only focus on the single pros and cons and talk about the overall situation are all hooligans.
Therefore, Liao Hua also summoned his military academies to listen to them in accordance with the habits of the Cavalry Army.
The Cao army responded, then stood in the lower head, lowered his head slightly, and told the matter one by one.
Although there are some lags in the narrative process, we can basically explain the origin of the matter...
『…The villain received General Niu…uh, Niu’s orders and went out of the city to hunt… The villain’s team leader thought, we finally crawled out of the dead, not only did we not raise it, but also
There is no money to get it, and now I can't even provide food, so I have to fight myself... Now that the four or five teams of people have come out to hunt, there are only more than half of the soldiers left in the city, and there is no food to eat, so I must be
It’s not safe... the villain doesn’t ask for anything, he just doesn’t want to continue fighting. If he can have a safe meal, he will be able to...』
Liao Hua asked some details again, and the surrendered soldiers also answered. Those who knew said they knew, and those who didn't know said they didn't know. After saying that, they looked at Liao Hua eagerly.
Liao Hua smiled, "Okay, let's go down first..."
After a pause, he said, "Go to the camp first and have a good meal, and have a good rest."
The surrendered soldier couldn't help but grin and bowed to Liao Hua again, and then he went down.
When the surrendered soldiers went down, Liao Hua asked the military academy, "What do you think about this matter?"
"Can it be a false surrender?" The military academy immediately said, "The Cao army has been stationed in Wuguan Road for a day or two, so why hasn't there been food? This reason... doesn't sound very reliable..."
『But if it is not, then this is an opportunity... No matter what, it is definitely a good thing to take the Danshui at a less cost...』
"Wait, I just heard that the surrendered soldiers said it was their team... So can we send someone to check it out immediately? It is easy to make up a person's lies, but it is difficult to make up a team's lies!"
"Yes! But could it be a trap, which is to lead our team forward?"
"Uh? This makes some sense..."
The military academies expressed their opinions and expressed their opinions on the current emergencies.
Liao Hua listened, nodded slightly, and did not say anything immediately. Instead, he waited until the end of the day that everyone had said it was almost done, and then he thought about it and said slowly: "The cavalry ordered us to march into Jingzhou, Danshui must first
After the battle... I originally thought that I would come out at night and kill Danshui unexpectedly, but now the situation has changed... If we ignore this surrender matter, our plan to come out at night will be exposed...
...If you do what the surrendered soldiers said, there is a risk of authenticity... So the most important question now is to find out the authenticity of what the surrendered soldiers said! We just asked someone to take the surrendered soldiers to the rear camp and give them to him
Food... is true or false, which shows the clues... But this is also a point of judgment... Just now, Li Juncai said it well. It is easy to make up a person's lies, but it is difficult to resolve the lies of a group of people! If the performance of surrendered soldiers is still true, then
Next step……"
Liao Hua looked around, "I think it might as well be like this..."
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The cold wind whistles in the mountains.
The breath of spring does not seem to bring much warmth to the mountains and rivers in this area.
The world is ruthless, and no matter who is the tyrannical master, it seems that the mountains and rivers flow here and the rocks are rugged.
The temperature drops at night, and then the feeling of hunger becomes more and more tormented. I toss and turns but can't sleep, and I dare not move too much, because once the only heat moves too much, it will become colder when it is released.
Pain, hunger, cold.
When these pains are intertwined, it is particularly difficult to endure at night.
『Will they... come?"
『Will you come?
『Shut up, go to bed!』
『…』
The sound stopped for a while and then rose quietly in the darkness.
"Hungry...can't sleep..."
"Everyone is hungry..."
"Me too……"
『And I...』
Then there was another silence.
A moment later, someone said again, "I became a soldier for two pancakes... but now I can't even eat pancakes... Why are this...
yes.
A bigger wish is for peace in the world, but it turns out that the world is becoming more and more uneasy.
A smaller hope is to fill your stomach, but I found that I was getting less and less full...
All of this is the problem of the soldiers themselves, right?
『Ah...what does it taste?』
"What do you smell...ah, I smell it too! It smells so good!"
Hunger will amplify the function and efficiency of all human organs exploring food, so these Cao army soldiers who were in the limelight smelled the scent of food that was floating in the distance!
The taste of this oil and carbohydrate mixture may have been born since the Spring and Autumn Period, and then extended northward to the desert, forming oil cakes and naans. In Guanzhong, it was formed for a thousand years of inheritance, but later became a
A small group of people's tools to make money...
These guys who use any means to make money never produce a Jiamo, but rely on the Jiamo to make a fortune.
After all, they are also considered porters of this great reputation.
The fragrance came first, and then in the whimpering night wind, I heard the sound of shouting.
"Come out, all of them come out!"
"Take food to you..."
When this sound was transmitted to the hiding place of these soldiers hunting Cao's army, a commotion immediately triggered!
『Eat......』
『Gululu…』
When I realized that there was food, almost everyone's saliva was secreting wildly, and even their words were not smooth!
The hungry hearts roared, everyone raised their heads and straightened their waists, and their eyes shone with green light in the darkness!
Short-term hunger is enough to make people emotionally collapse, and most of these Cao army soldiers are in the middle stage, either long-term hunger or semi-hungry state!
There was almost no hesitation, and these Cao army soldiers ran out of their hiding place.
『Where is the food? Where is it?!』
Everyone shouted in a verbal voice, and then they saw that in the distance, some lights and fires were shaking in the mountain path, as if the light of hope finally reappeared on earth.
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As long as it is a city, there must be a gate.
Just like no matter how strong a fortress is, it must have weaknesses.
The same is true for Danshui City.
Regardless of Niu Jin's political command, at least in military terms, it is still very frugal. Even if the city wall of Danshui County does not have fortifications such as horse faces, a low wall is still built along the direction of the city gate.
It forms a structure similar to the inner city. Even if the enemy breaks through the city gate, it cannot invade the city quickly. It is still under the attack range of various bows and crossbows on the guard side.
The city gate itself is also made of thicker hardwood. Every day, the guards will water the outside again and apply a layer of mud to prevent the cavalry's gunpowder from exploding or burning tinder oil. Originally, there should be a thousand pounds of stone in the city, but because the city defense has been disrepair for a long time, it has been damaged, and Niu Jin has no resources to repair it, so he can only waste it there and use a wooden fence to temporarily act as a fence.
It only plays a role in slightly blocking and delaying the enemy's breakthrough.
As soon as the skylight was bright, the military academy guarding the city saw the shadows outside the city, and a group of soldiers came back staggeringly.
The Shoucheng Military Academy squinted his eyes and looked carefully, then waved his hand and said, "It seems that he didn't get any hits..."
Hunter is not something that anyone can do just want to.
There are indeed more birds and beasts in the mountains in spring than in winter, but the Danshui mountain road is close to each other, because people have walked from ancient times to the present, from the Spring and Autumn Period to the Warring States Period to the present, so these birds and beasts in the mountains have basically agreed that this area belongs to
The territory of two-legged animals like humans will not come easily, and once they dare to invade human territory, they are mostly ferocious beasts that regard humans as prey, so hunting is easy, but just touching the mouth.
But if you really want to catch your prey, you may have to walk more than ten miles into the mountain!
There were no old hunters leading the team, and they rushed into the mountains. Even if these people might be hunting, they would probably hide immediately when they saw so many humans...
The Military Academy of the City also knew that this was actually Niu Jin's helpless move. After all, these people also need to consume food and grass in the city. If you send it out, you can save at least one-third of the food and grass every day, and you can drag it to the subsequent food and grass to replenish it.
That's fine.
As for whether these people can catch prey, they don’t care whether they are Niu Jin or the middle-level military academy. It is naturally the best to have a fortune, and it is normal for them to not be able to catch.
Seeing the shaking and listless appearance of the soldiers, the Military Academy of Guarding City probably guessed that these people had nothing to gain, and they were too lazy to pay attention to greetings. They had checked the tokens they carried and simply counted the number of people, "Oh?"
Why are there two or three missing?
"It's gone into the mountain stream." The leader's team leader replied with his head down.
The other soldiers also lowered their heads.
The military academy guarding the city was quite embarrassed when he heard this. He didn't know what to say, so please comfort him. He felt a little bit like he was standing and talking without a pain in his back, so he simply waved his hand and let his subordinates open the door.
It was natural that these people were sent out from afar and never brought any abundant dry food. This is a difficult thing to stay in the mountains, let alone two days, even if you stay overnight!
Isn’t it normal to fall into the mountain stream or accidentally ruin your life?
I didn't find anything like this, I came back empty-handedly, tired and hungry, what else can I have to say?
Thirty or forty people slowly entered the city.
The other Cao army soldiers on the surrounding city walls also saw this group of people.
Many people were also whispering.
Unlike the people who like poetry and the distance in later generations who always like poetry and the distance, and feel that they would rather die than be in the steel and concrete coffin room, in the present of the great man, if they survive in the wild, it would be really not easy. Just eat it just a simple one
If you have a stomach, you can't stop diarrhea and die of dehydration, not to mention other dangerous situations.
Most of the teams sent by Niu Jin outside the city were originally middle-aged soldiers, and the relationship was relatively ordinary, so when these people came back, they watched more and had less pity.
Anyway, in the troubled times, one's life is a bad life. One day of life is counted as one day. Who cares about who?
At the city gate, the man who opened the door was carrying a few people. At first, he wanted to buy a good one, helping him, or something, but he saw that the soldiers were just looking at him coldly, and they seemed to be covered with wounds.
The soldier just rolled his eyes and ignored him at all, so he hummed twice and retreated awkwardly.
The soldiers entered the city gate and did not leave. They leaned sideways, just standing or squatting, gradually blocking the door opening.
The length of the city gate opened the left and right, and I felt something was wrong, but I didn't think so much. When I saw the hunting team coming out of the city, I walked forward and whispered, "I said, this matter is happening."
Well, I know you have resentment in your heart, but at this time, there is not so much attention... General Niu is not easy, such a wilderness, with a mess... Everyone is more considerate and understand, everyone is more understanding...
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This so-called "conscientiousness" and "understanding" were not something that could be understood by such a skill. It was just that he often listened to the nagging of Shandong officials and gentry, so he learned it. Now he copied it and made it happen.
, but there is also the charm of Shandong officials and gentry.
The team leader of the hunting team looked at Nash with a long look, as if he didn't know the person, and then said softly: "I didn't expect it... I thought we poor soldiers should all suffer, they should all be
The whole family... I didn't expect that your brother is really wise and can think about being an official...』
Shi Chang was stunned for a moment, and the smile on his face was a little stiff, "Look at what you said... Isn't this the same? Aren't everyone together?"
The hunting team shook his head, and his eyes gradually became fierce, "No, different... Shangguan's do not give him a way to live... We cannot give ourselves a way to live! We understand Shangguan, but when did Shangguan understand us?!"
Shi Chang heard the words were a little wrong, and before he could figure out what was going on, he saw that the hunting team had already pulled out the battle knife and wiggled it horizontally, and it cut Shi Chang's throat with a knife!
Blood splattered out, and everyone on the faces stained in the door hole were suddenly scarlet, which also made the hunting team's ferocious face!
"What are you still standing there?! Rebellion!! Welcoming the cavalry into the city!"
With one command, everyone takes action.
For a moment, the sound of weapons entering the flesh and screaming and scolding suddenly sounded in the entrance of the city gate.
『Reverse! Reverse!』
『Someone is planning a chaos!』
『Ahhhhh…』
"Welcome the cavalry into the city, and everyone will have a full meal!"