Chapter 495 Changes in the situation-digging snakes and catching rats
It was almost evening, and Captain Lin took everyone to the top of the mountain to watch the sunset. Suddenly, he saw dark shadows on three sides of the mountain, as if horses were running, and he screamed inwardly. Looking at the scale, a large number of golden soldiers should be rushing in suddenly.
A man with two legs cannot outrun a horse with four legs, let alone a horse that comes out
He was a friend who came here to play, not a comrade who was scouting with him. He hurriedly ordered two of his men to ride the only two horses and rush back to Caishiji to inform the news of the Jin soldiers' invasion.
The two generals lit a beacon fire on the top of the mountain at the same time and deployed defenses around the stronghold.
As soon as the war broke out, the cottage was immediately exposed, and Jin soldiers quickly surrounded Jilong Mountain. There were only about fifty people in the cottage, eighteen sentries brought short knives, and the other five came for hunting.
They brought their bows and arrows. Although the terrain of the mountain stronghold was dangerous, how could these people and equipment withstand the wolf-like and tiger-like Jin soldiers? Everyone was in a mess.
Fortunately, it was getting late, and the Jin soldiers did not know the true situation and did not attack immediately. Lin Duwei thought, first use the suspicious soldiers to delay the time, and then figure out a good strategy. So he ordered everyone to be silent, and cut down the bamboos and sharpened them overnight.
At the same time, he cut open one of the tents, made dozens of flags, and planted them around the stronghold to serve as suspicion.
It was daybreak, and until noon, everyone was in full formation, but the Jin soldiers surrounding the village did not rush up. Maybe the trick of suspecting soldiers had taken effect? Lin Duwei was a little more open-minded. It turned out that this time the Jin Kingdom was moving in full force, vowing to
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, destroyed the Southern Song Dynasty. Caishiji was an important place they were determined to win. Because of its huge scale, it was not a sneak attack. General Jin saw the flag and inspected the size of the village at the same time. He judged that some of the villages with such a small one were beacons.
There were only a few hundred guards at Huotai. They did not pay attention to the Song soldiers on Jilong Mountain. Now, their news has spread through the beacon, the information has been made public, and their elimination will have little impact on the operation.
.In addition, the terrain of this village is difficult, and it is easy to defend but difficult to attack. If the attack fails, it will dampen the spirit and affect the overall situation. There is only one way for them to go down the mountain, so it is better to send hundreds of guards to guard this intersection and trap them on it.
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In this way, although he was surrounded by hundreds of thousands of golden soldiers, there was no danger for the time being. Captain Lin breathed a sigh of relief. When he climbed to the top and looked around, he saw countless tents stretching with no end in sight. It was estimated that at least
There must be more than 100,000 troops. He also guessed that Jin Bing planned to trap them to death on Jilong Mountain, so
, taking inventory of food and making long-term plans. But this time I came to visit mountains and rivers. I took inventory and found that because there were many famous chefs, I brought a lot of various seasonings. With the food and fish caught, I could only carry one person at most.
Two days. Such a large-scale invasion will last for a month or two no matter what. This little food is of no use.
When Lieutenant Lin was at a loss what to do, he heard the sound of an arrow and a dove fell from the sky. It turned out to be Ke Daxing hunting. This dove was stupid. When his companion was shot, he did not scatter like birds.
Instead, he flew to the dead birds to see what was going on, and was shot down by Ke Da Chong.
Three birds are better than nothing, but there are more than fifty people. There must be more food, Lin Duwei was thinking, but he found Ke Daxing digging on the sill with a knife. What did he find?
He went over and took a look and saw a hole. After digging deep, Ke Daxing grabbed two rapeseed snakes from the hole. It turned out that the weather had turned cold and the snakes had hibernated.
On the other side, Luo Bixiang dug up a few winter bamboo shoots in the bamboo forest. Qian Duoduo waited for the stove to see this, took out a sharp knife, and began to process the snake and dove meat. First, peel and bone the rapeseed snake, and cut it into cubes.
Cut the bird meat into cubes and the bamboo shoots into cubes.
, soak the mushrooms and cut them into cubes. After boiling them together, pour out the remaining water and cook over medium heat. After boiling for an hour, the soup will turn milky white. Then, add salt, starch to thicken, and finally add chrysanthemum petals, and thicken the soup in a pot.
The thick snake soup is ready.
"Su Muzhe·Chrysanthemum Snake Soup"
Shooting doves with a bow, looking for snakes with a hoe, autumn colors stain the slope, and chrysanthemums on the slope are yellow. Peel and debone the vegetable snake, two mushrooms, and dig two winter bamboo shoots. First cut into cubes, then blanch, add to the pot, and then boil the soup
Boil until the soup is milky white, add seasonings, thicken with starch, and add chrysanthemum petals.
The aroma of snake meat is different from the meat that people usually eat. It has a kind of evil aroma. Not everyone dares to eat snake meat. Lin Duwei and Ke Daxiu took the lead and ate a piece. It tastes like fresh and soft fish.
, but it is more delicate and elastic than fish meat. They both nodded and praised: "The taste of this snake meat is really amazing. Come on, let's all eat a piece together."
Some of them were brave enough to eat with their chopsticks, while others were timid and fearful and would rather go hungry than eat. After all, the long worm looked disgusting when it was alive. There was dove meat in the snake meat soup, and another
A few courageous people picked it up and ate it carefully, but when they thought that the meat had been cooked with snake meat, after a while, they went to the side and retched again.
Fortunately, there was still some fish and other food brought from the day before yesterday. With this food, we could survive for three days. Although the enemy would attack in the future, they would starve to death if they continued like this. Ke Daxiong and Lin Duwei
Start looking for new food in the village and on the top of the mountain.
Soon, Ke Daxiang found two holes in the bamboo forest. With the sensitivity of a hunter, he knew that there was something inside. However, the bamboo forest was intricate and the holes were deep. It could not be like a snake hole, which could be dug out with a knife.
.What other method is there besides digging? He thought for a while, piled up a pile of dry grass, lit it with a fire, and then covered it with a layer of wet grass. After a while, thick smoke billowed. He made a bamboo tree.
The bamboo tube was made into a fan with large leaves and branches, and the smoke was continuously poured into a hole. At the same time, a mechanism was arranged at the entrance of another hole, which was a large bamboo cage. After a while, there was a noise in the hole.
With a squeaking sound, several gray mice ran out and ran into the cage, scurrying around inside. Lieutenant Lin lowered his head and saw that there were five of them in total, two big and three small, all fat and puffy.
, should be a family.
Wu Wei also cooked game on weekdays, so he recognized this bamboo and said hurriedly: "Everyone is in for a treat today. This is absolutely delicious. I will make a camphor leaf bamboo rat for everyone, and I guarantee that everyone will be satisfied."
There was a big camphor tree in the village. He climbed up the tree, picked off some camphor leaves, and collected the dead camphor leaves on the ground. He peeled and gutted a few bamboo rats, cleaned them, and buried them in a pile of camphor leaves.
Light the leaves and bake them for a while, then put out the fire and leave only embers. Bake them slowly for an hour, then take them out, cut them into pieces and put them into a hot pot to braise.
"Linjiang Fairy: Camphor Leaf Bamboo Rat"
Two holes were found in the forest. The hunter cleverly laid a trap and smoked out a large nest of bamboo rats, five of them totaling ten kilograms. The meat was fat and oily. They were peeled, disemboweled and washed, and camphor leaves were roasted over a dark fire until fragrant. Chopped into pieces and then braised in brown sauce.
, the fragrance spreads for seven miles, and the gentleman turns into a greedy cat.
This camphor leaf bamboo rat is so fragrant. The camphor tree itself is a spice, and the burnt aroma of the bamboo rat makes people salivate.