Chapter 31 Suffering
When harvesting wheat, it should be a good weather that is sunny and sunny.
When Yun Zheng woke up in the morning, a red sun rose in the red sky. The red sun rose ten feet high and immediately burned to white, spewing flames on the ground like crazy. The road was covered with white dust. In a short while, some soldiers who were greedy for coolness and barefoot had to put on their shoes. The ground was so hot that they could not walk.
The army has actually been gone for three hours. In summer, we only march in the morning and evening. We should find a place to camp at noon. If there is heatstroke, it will be troublesome. As for the army, maintaining combat effectiveness is always and anywhere is the most important thing.
It is obvious that the people in the fields don’t think so. I just told an old farmer yesterday evening that you don’t have to be afraid of the army. This morning, the fields were filled with people harvesting food.
At first, I saw the army evading and dodging, making me look like a sparrow eating wheat. Later, I saw that the army seemed to have no time to pay attention to them, and their courage became bigger. In the end, some naughty kids would walk to the side of the road and watch the army move forward at close range, looking at the soldiers sitting on the high horse with envy.
The adults were very worried. Some women hid far away and saw their kids going to tease the army. They were so scared that they cried. As a result, nothing happened. Some brave children were rewarded. The soldiers dripped out a large handful of horse meat and dried them. The children snatched them on the roadside. After they got it, they would stuff them into their mouths and chew them, and then wait.
Some obedient children would take the jerky they snatched to their grandfathers and parents. The adults tasted the jerky in surprise and made sure that this thing could be eaten, and then they let go of their hearts.
The farmers' minds are simple. After receiving gifts from others, they will bring a fermented beverage called slurry to the soldiers. The soldiers in the capital are not used to the sour and stinky smell, but the soldiers from the northwest are very happy. They pick up the clay pot and drink it in one breath, and shout loudly.
Liushui Yunzheng also drank it. Not only did he drink it, he also used chopsticks to remove the bitter vegetables inside and ate it very happily. Although Ge Qiuyan and Su Shi were very annoying about this kind of thing like water brushing the pot, it did not prevent Yunzheng from drinking it at all.
"This thing is cool and quenching thirst, and it is a good thing to relieve heat. It is not as good as mung bean soup. If you don't know, don't talk nonsense."
"This is water for washing the pot. You are not afraid of drinking it to damage your stomach."
"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 reason is the same. It's just that the ingredients are different, and the people are counting on using this thing to fight against the big sun."
At this time, the sauerk was actually not delicious at all. Yun Zheng was happy that the people were not afraid of their army anymore. Now it looked much more harmonious. The army was marching on the road with flags, and the people were busy in the fields, without interfering with each other and dependent on each other. This is the situation that a normal country should have. If the people regard their country's army as a flood, such a country basically has no hope.
After leaving Zhujiahe, Yun Zheng did not follow the old path before, but followed the wide road straight to Shenwu City. At this time, there was no need to hide his whereabouts, and the shortcut path was the most suitable.
Corrupt officials in the enemy country can always give people an unexpected surprise. Shenwu City itself is responsible for reconstruction. In order to save money, this guy actually recruited his own tribe members to be responsible for this matter. The Liao people who ran back from the battlefield told Shenwu City that the army had been wiped out, so the Liao people in Shenwu City rushed to Xijing. No one remembered to notify Guo Hengchuan. Perhaps they were unwilling to notify Guo Hengchuan at all.
The news brought by Xiaolin surprised Yun Zheng all day long. The Liao people even spoke in unison that Guo Hengchuan was the one who was responsible for this defeat.
After entering the city, he saw materials for building the city. When he entered the treasury, he saw that except for gold, silver and copper coins disappeared, the grain in the treasury was full of food. Not only that, the armor and weapons in the arsenal were not removed, and boxes were placed there to drive away the vast birds. Yun Zheng decided to ask the city lord of Shenwu City, the black bone poison. What was the purpose of this? Just in case, the military doctor in the army was checking whether the food was poisoned. It had been two hours since the military doctor seemed to have found nothing abnormal. Wu Jie, who was very suspicious, did not believe that there was such absurd thing in this world, and asked the military doctor to increase the density of the test, which would be troublesome if he was hit.
The black bone poison kept tears in his eyes and swore that there was absolutely no poison in the food, because he transported these foods from his tribe. He issued an order, and without his permission, others could not touch a grain of food.
"You are the grain and grass officer. Let me ask you, does Guo Hengchuan have a lot of food?" Yun Zheng's eyes were so bright that it was scary.
Wu Gu Du lowered his head and said, "He only has forty days of military rations. According to the time, he still has ten days of food in his army. There is an unwritten agreement in our Great Liao army that the food and grass in the capital can only last for about one month, and at most forty days in wartime, the food and grass for the capital in other troops can only last for half a month. In Xijing, there are many soldiers in the capital, so I gave the highest quota."
"Now, should we transport food to the Beijing army? After all, the food and grass can only last for ten days."
"According to time calculations, it was time to transport food yesterday. In order to avoid the scorching heat, Guo Hengchuan's army all moved into the 18 pan. Before the city of Panguan was broken, I happened to receive the document he asked to transport food and siege equipment." Wugu Du seemed to understand something, and told Yun Zheng everything he knew like a bamboo tube pouring beans.
"Make a deal, black bone poison. As long as you can help us defeat Guo Hengchuan's army, I will let you go back. Not only will you go back, but you can even return your personal soldiers and wealth. If you do things well, Shenwu City can also be returned to you. At least after Xiao Huoer and Guo Hengchuan's defeat, Shenwu City can still be in your hands.
In order to make your life easier after you go back, I can also say that our army encountered the strongest resistance when it captured Shenwu City. After losing its troops and generals, it only took the isolated Shenwu City. As long as you don’t say it, I will never say it. Even if the Emperor of the Song Dynasty asked, I will say that you are a loyal minister of the Liao Kingdom and our great enemy! Let all the truth be buried in this wasteland."
Wugu Du raised his head and looked at Yun Zheng's face, saying word by word: "I want to guarantee it!"
Yun Zheng picked up the pen and wrote on the paper: "The commander of the 15th Route in the west of the Song Dynasty, the commander of Wen Xinhou, and the scholar of Tianzhang Pavilion, Yun Zheng, and the lord of Shenwu City in Liao Kingdom, signed a contract with Wugudu. He would never attack Shenwu City before the end of the Yanmen Pass Battle. If there is any violation, thousands of arrows will penetrate the body and die. Yun Zheng made the name of the word "王子" as evidence!"
After writing, he used his own seal again, which was considered to have officially signed a covenant. In the Song Dynasty, as long as the covenant was officially signed in this way, if possible, no one would trample on it.
Wugu Du carefully blew the ink on it, carefully rolled up the document and put it in his arms, and gritted his teeth and said, "Xiao Huoer can't go back alive!"
"My army supervisor likes to collect enemy generals the most, and then make them into wax men and send them to Tokyo Wude Temple. Xiao Huoer is a good figure, and the army supervisor will definitely not let it go."
Wugu Du pointed at Yanmen Pass again and said, "Guo Hengchuan must also die!"
Yun Zheng smiled and said, "It depends on how much you can help us. If you do your best, I guarantee that Guo Hengchuan will die in the Eighteen Pan in front of Yanmen Pass."
Wu Gu Du smiled miserably and said, "After this matter is over, I will go back to my hometown to graze and never become an official again."
Yun Zheng walked to Wugu Du and smiled and said, "The world is actually a big hunting ground, fighting for food to the death. Some people who see clearly quit and go to eat grass obediently. As long as they want to eat meat, which one is not snatching on someone else's corpse?
You are suitable to be a idle official in your hometown. No matter your ability or your will, you are not suitable to find food in this flesh-and-blooded arena in the border area. You may end up with a good end if you go far away.”
Wugu Poison went to prepare food and grass for Guo Hengchuan. The military doctor was busy adding poison to the food and grass that had just proved that there was no poison. Wu Jie was busy changing into the armor and clothes of the Liao people to deliver food and grass to the Liao people. As for Peng Jiu, Liang Ji and Xiaolin, they led the army to set out in the dark. Once Wu Jie handed over the food and grass, they would take the opportunity to capture the 5,000 old and weak Guo Hengchuan who stayed outside the Shiba Pan. There would be no accident between attacking the old and weak. Once the Liao army's peripheral camp was captured, what the Song army had to do was to use the existing city-building materials in Shenwu City to quickly block Guo Hengchuan's way out outside the Shiba Pan, blocking his 200,000 army tightly in the Shiba Pan, repeating the old story of Yang Ye in the Jinsha Beach.
"Time, you must master the time. You must start an attack after Guo Hengchuan takes over the food and grass. Otherwise, we will not be able to deal with the 200,000 troops in a hurry. There will definitely be a hard battle next. Guo Hengchuan will use all his strength to escape from the wall. Through these days' confrontation, I found that Guo Hengchuan is a person who cherishes his life very much and will not give up easily. We only have this opportunity to kill Guo Hengchuan. His death has special significance for our future march to Youzhou and Yanzhou, and should not be neglected."
After instructing his generals, Yun Zheng saw Wugu Po standing lonely in the corner with his hands covering his eyes, as if he was particularly afraid of seeing the sun. (To be continued, please search for Astronomy, the novel is better and faster!
ps: Chapter 2, I’ve finished writing, I’ve taken my wife to Valentine’s Day. Goodbye, brothers and sisters. Don’t be too painful for single dogs. Just drink more alcohol. Maybe the girls will pick them up home.
...
Chapter completed!