When harvesting wheat, the weather should be sunny and sunny.
When Yunzheng woke up in the morning, a red sun rose in the red sky. The red sun only rose one foot high, and it immediately burned into white. It spewed flames on the ground like crazy, and the road was all white.
Due to the dust, some soldiers who were greedy for coolness and walked barefoot had to put on their shoes in a short time. The ground was already too hot to walk on.
The army has actually been marching for three hours. In summer, it only marches in the morning and evening. It is necessary to find a place to camp at noon. It will be troublesome if it suffers from heat stroke. As for the army, maintaining combat effectiveness anytime and anywhere is the most important thing.
Obviously, the people in the fields don't see it that way. I just told an old farmer late yesterday that there is no need to be afraid of the army. This morning, the fields were full of people harvesting grain.
At first they were evasive when they saw the army, making themselves look like sparrows eating wheat. Later, when they saw that the army seemed to have no time to pay attention to them, they became bolder. In the end, some of them became naughty and some of them were naughty.
The child would walk to the side of the road and watch the advancing army from a close distance. He would look enviously at the soldiers sitting on their tall horses and like the beautiful little decorations on the soldiers' bodies very much.
The adults were very worried. Some women hid far away and were so frightened that they cried when they saw their children going to provoke the army. In the end, nothing happened. Some brave children were even rewarded. The soldiers
A large amount of dried horse meat was spilled out in the sun, and the children would rush to grab it on the roadside. After grabbing it, they would stuff it into their mouths and chew it, and then wait.
Some obedient children would take the dried meat they grabbed to their grandfathers and parents. The adults tasted the dried meat in surprise and were convinced that it was edible, and then they felt relieved.
Farmers are simple-minded. After accepting gifts from others, they will serve a fermented drink called pulp water to the soldiers. The soldiers in the capital are not used to the sour and smelly taste, but they are from the northwest.
But the soldiers were very happy. They picked up the earthen jar and drank it all in one breath, shouting loudly that they were happy.
Yunzheng also drank the water. Not only did he drink it, he also used chopsticks to fish out the bitter vegetables and ate it very happily. Although Ge Qiuyan and Su Shi hated this kind of pot water-like thing, it didn't hinder them at all.
Yunzheng drank heavily.
"This stuff is refreshing and quenches thirst. It's a good way to relieve the heat. Even mung bean soup can't compare with it. Don't talk nonsense if you don't know."
"This is just water for washing the pot. You don't have to worry about getting a stomachache from drinking it."
"What do you know? In my opinion, this thing is better than yogurt. You eat yogurt endlessly, why don't you eat this thing? The principle is the same, but the materials are different. The common people are counting on this thing.
Against the big sun."
The syrup at this time was actually not tasty at all. Yun Zheng was happy that the people were no longer afraid of his own army. It looked much more harmonious now. The army was marching on the road with its flags fluttering, and the people were in full swing in the fields.
Busy, non-interfering and interdependent, this is what a normal country should be like. If the people regard their own country's military as a scourge, such a country basically has little hope.
After leaving Zhujiahe, Yun Zheng did not take the old road, but went straight to Shenwu City along the wide road. At this time, there was no need to hide his whereabouts, and a shortcut was the most appropriate.
Corrupt officials in the enemy country always give people unexpected surprises. Shenwu City itself is responsible for the reconstruction of Wugudu. In order to save money, this guy actually recruited his own tribe to take charge of this matter. He ran back from the battlefield.
The Liao people told the tribesmen in Shenwu City that the entire army had been wiped out, so the Liao people in Shenwu City ran towards Xijing in a swarm. No one even thought of informing Guo Hengchuan. Maybe they were not willing to go at all.
Notify Guo Hengchuan.
The news brought by Xiao Lin surprised Yun Zheng for a whole day. Those Liao people actually believed that Guo Hengchuan was the person responsible for the defeat to the end.
After entering the city, I saw materials for building the city everywhere. When I entered the treasury, I saw that except for the gold, silver and copper coins, the food in the granary was piled high. Not only that, the armors and weapons in the arsenal were also piled high.
The grease was not removed, and boxes of them were placed there, driving away the fluttering birds. Yun Zheng decided to ask Wu Gudu, the lord of Shenwu City, what the purpose of this was, just in case.
1. The military doctor in the army is checking whether the food has been poisoned. It has been two hours. The military doctor seems to have found nothing abnormal. Wu Jie, who is very suspicious, does not believe that there is such a ridiculous thing in the world.
The military doctors have increased the density of examinations, in case they are infected, it will be troublesome.
With tears in his eyes, Wu Gudu swore that there was absolutely no poison in the grain, because he had brought all the grain from his own tribe. He had issued an order that no one else could touch a grain of grain without his permission.
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"You are the grain and grass officer. Let me ask you, does Guo Hengchuan have a lot of grain in his hand?" Yun Zheng's eyes were frighteningly bright.
Wu Gudu lowered his head and said: "His army only has forty days' worth of food. Calculated based on the time, his army still has ten days' food. There is an unwritten agreement among our Daliao army. The capital army's
The food and grass can only last about a month, and the war lasts for forty days at most. The food and grass given to the capital army in other armies can only last half a month. In Xijing, there are many soldiers in the capital, so I gave the highest quota."
"Should we transport food to the military in the capital now? After all, our food can only last ten days."
"According to the time calculation, it was time to transport food yesterday. In order to escape the scorching heat, Guo Hengchuan's army was all moved into the Eighteen Pans. Before the Pianguan City was broken, I just received his document requesting the transport of food and siege equipment."
Wu Gudu seemed to understand something, and he told Yun Zheng everything he knew in a bamboo tube like pouring beans.
"Make a deal, Wu Gu Du, as long as you can help us defeat Guo Hengchuan's army, I will let you go back. Not only will I let you go back, but I will also give you back your soldiers and wealth. If you can get things done,
Well, Shenwu City can also be returned to you. At least after the defeat of Xiao Huoer and Guo Hengchuan, Shenwu City can still be in your hands.
In order to make your life easier after you return, I can also say that our army encountered the strongest resistance when we captured Shenwu City. We only captured the isolated and helpless Shenwu City after losing troops and generals. As long as you don't tell me, I will never tell you.
, even if the Emperor of the Song Dynasty asks, I will say that you are a loyal minister of the Liao Kingdom and our enemy! Let all the truth be lost in this wasteland."
Wu Gudu raised his head and looked at Yun Zheng's face, saying word for word: "I want to guarantee it!"
Yun Zheng picked up his pen and wrote on the paper: "Wen Xinhou, the commander of the 15th Route to the West of Beijing in the Song Dynasty, and a bachelor of Tianzhang Pavilion, Yun Zheng made an agreement with Wu Gudu, the lord of Shenwu City in the Liao Kingdom, not to attack Yanmen Pass until the end of the battle.
In Shenwu City, if there is any violation, you will be pierced by thousands of arrows and die. Yun Zheng will set up a word as proof!'
After writing it, he used his own seal. This was regarded as a formal covenant. In the Song Dynasty, as long as it was a formally signed covenant, no one would trample it if possible.
Wu Gudu carefully dried the ink on it, carefully rolled up the document and put it in his arms, then gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Huo'er can't go back alive!"
"My supervisor likes to collect enemy generals the most, and then make them into wax figures and send them to the Budoku Hall in Tokyo. Xiao Huo'er is a good doll, and the supervisor will definitely not let him go."
Wu Gudu pointed in the direction of Yanmen Pass and said: "Guo Hengchuan must die too!"
Yun Zheng smiled and said: "It depends on how much you can help us. If you try your best, I guarantee that Guo Hengchuan will die on the eighteenth plate in front of Yanmen Pass."
Wu Gudu smiled miserably and said: "After this matter is over, I will go back to my hometown to graze and never serve as an official again."
Yun Zheng walked to Wu Gudu and smiled: "The human world is actually a big hunting ground. You fight for food to the death. Some people who can see clearly quit and eat grass obediently. As long as they want to eat meat, who is not?
Chewing on other people's corpses?
You are suitable to be an idle official in your hometown, but neither your abilities nor your will are suitable to forage in this flesh and blood battlefield in the border areas. If you go further, you may have a good death."
Wu Gudu went to prepare food and grass for Guo Hengchuan. The military doctor was busy adding poison to the food and grass that had just been proved to be free of poison. Wu Jie was busy putting on the armor and clothes of the Liao people to prepare food and grass for the Liao people. As for Peng Jiu
, Liang Ji and Xiao Lin have led the army to set off under the cover of night. Once Wu Jie hands over the food and grass, they will take the opportunity to capture the five thousand old and weak Guo Hengchuan left outside the Eighteenth Pan, and 20,000 strong soldiers will attack the old and weak.
There can be no accidents in the process. Once the Liao army's outer camp is captured, what the Song army has to do is to use the existing building materials in Shenwu City to quickly block Guo Hengchuan's way out outside Shibapan and put his
An army of 200,000 people was tightly blocked in Shibapan, repeating what happened to Yang Ye in Jinshatan.
"Time, you must grasp the time. You must wait until Guo Hengchuan takes over the food and grass before launching the attack. Otherwise, we will not be able to deal with the 200,000 troops in our hurry. There will be a hard battle next, and Guo Hengchuan will jump over the wall in a hurry.
I will do my best to escape. Through these days of confrontation, I found that Guo Hengchuan is a person who cherishes his life extremely and will not give up easily. We only have this one chance to kill Guo Hengchuan. His death will have a great influence on our future progress.
Youzhou and Yanzhou have special significance and cannot be ignored."
After giving orders to his generals, Yun Zheng saw Wu Gudu standing lonely in the corner, covering his eyes with his hands, as if he was particularly afraid of seeing the sun. (To be continued)