Farming Beneath the Changbai Mountains

On the morning of the fourth day of the Lunar New Year, Bart sent people out to look for food again. This time, he did not dare to let so many people go out and sent two thousand people. "You must be careful not to be ambushed. No matter whether you find them or not, you must make sure they come back safely."

Watching the two thousand people go away, Bart became a little worried, "It's better not to be ambushed again."

However, these people went out and did not come back until the afternoon, so Bart became a little worried. "Come here, send someone out to investigate. Is it possible that something happened again?"

So someone went to check. An hour later, the spies came back and reported that the people who went out to look for food had returned, finally found some, and were on their way back.

After another half an hour, the people who went out to look for food came back. The leader replied to Bart, "General, we have walked a long way, and finally we found some food. These Daqi people are too cunning. Some villages were all evacuated. Fortunately, we found a village that still had some food left, so we got it all back, but it was only enough for us to eat. A few pigs and a dozen sheep have returned, so we can have a good meal tonight.

Bart nodded, "Okay, the marshal just sent someone here and said that the army is already eighty miles away from Zhenyuan Pass. It will almost be able to reach Xizhou tomorrow night, so we won't be afraid of running out of food."

Everyone was very happy when they heard the news.

"Okay, let people cook quickly. Kill all those pigs and sheep. We want to have a good meal." Bart quickly ordered.

People outside have been waiting for this sentence for a long time. When they heard the general's words, why didn't they hurry? So I was busy outside killing pigs and sheep, setting fire to cook, and was busy. Not long after, smoke began to rise, and the aroma of meat and rice wafted over the entire camp. These people didn't eat enough in the morning and didn't eat at noon. At night, they were all hungry. How could they hold back after smelling this fragrance? They were all holding bowls and waiting there.

After a while, the food was all cooked, and someone shouted, "It's time to eat."

All the soldiers rushed to the Huotou Army where they belonged to the camp. Looking at the steaming meals, they couldn't help but swallow their saliva.

However, at this moment, the ground shook slightly, and a cry of killing came. In the military camp, the sound of trumpets sounded. "The enemy is attacking, Daqi's soldiers are coming." Someone shouted.

Bei Yuan's army was in chaos. Everyone was thinking about eating. No one expected that the enemy would attack at this time. They didn't bring any weapons or anything with them, so they all threw down their bowls and turned around to get their weapons.

However, Da Qi's army came very quickly. Five thousand cavalry were as fast as lightning, and they were already in front of them in a moment. The infantrymen behind were also in high spirits, and they followed soon after.

This time, all the elites in the city came out, and it was chosen at such a time. The Beiyuan soldiers on the opposite side didn't even realize what was going on before their heads were chopped off with a broadsword.

Zixuan stood on the city wall, watching the battle below. It was already ten o'clock in the evening, everything was dark, and the scene in the distance could only be vaguely seen. "These soldiers from the Northern Yuan Kingdom are not necessarily that powerful, are they? Compared with the strict military discipline of our Daqi army, these people are simply a mob." Zixuan said disdainfully.

"The key is that your lord's strategy works so well. These people never expected that we would choose to send troops at such a time." Sun Zhouquan beside him said with a smile. "Our people have quietly left the city through the east and west gates and are lying in ambush nearby. They have been waiting for this opportunity. Your Excellency has such a clever plan, and I really admire it from my subordinates."

Zixuan waved his hand, "I am just playing a small conspiracy, and commanding on the battlefield is not something that we and other literati can do. Furthermore, the enemy general looks like a fierce general at first glance, but he is not a leader. The commander-in-chief of the army will be easily tricked by me. "

Sunzhou Prefect thought in his heart that if this scholar was playing tricks, he would really be beyond the reach of these rough guys who only know how to fight. Even though Mr. Zhizhou usually behaves openly and politely, when he resorts to tricks, he is still quite ruthless. Those grains were clearly left behind intentionally to relax the enemy's vigilance.

More than half an hour later, the battle was coming to an end. The soldiers of the Northern Yuan Kingdom had been hungry for two meals and were already a little weak. In addition, they were completely unprepared, and some of them did not carry weapons at all. If they calculated carefully or unintentionally, they were no match for Daqi's soldiers.

In the battlefield, there were still some Beiyuan generals still desperately resisting. General Bart is indeed a brave general. Under such circumstances, he still fought against several generals in Daqi.

Ziwen and Wenxuan, one holding a bright silver gun and the other holding a Fangtian painted halberd, together with General Li and General An, surrounded Bart in the middle.

Ziwen shook the bright silver gun in his hand and took advantage of the gap between Bart's sword and General Li's knife to stab Bart's waist. This blow was quite cruel. Bart yelled and swung his knife towards Ziwen. But the poster behind him swung Fang Tian's painted halberd and touched Bart's lower back.

Bart alone can't beat four hands with two fists, let alone eight hands. Not long after, his body was covered with bruises and blood. In addition, after being hungry for a day, my body could no longer hold up, and gradually I didn't have much strength left.

Ziwen shouted loudly, and thrust forward the silver gun in his hand, just in time to stab Bart in the abdomen. Then with a strong effort of both arms, Bart was lifted off the horse. Wenxuan over there followed Fang Tian and threw the halberd at the place where Bart fell. He heard a scream, Fang Tian's painted halberd pierced Bart's chest, and Bart died on the spot.

There were not many generals of the Northern Yuan Kingdom left over there. Ziwen turned his horse's head, brandished his silver spear, and rushed directly towards the few people who were still resisting tenaciously. Wenxuan also drew back his weapons, and together with General Li and others, rushed towards the remaining people.

In just a few strokes, none of the generals of the Beiyuan Kingdom were left, and they were all killed. General Li raised the sword in his hand high, "Give me the order and return to the city quickly. We will clean the battlefield tomorrow morning."

So Da Qi's soldiers quickly retreated, and soon they were back in the city. After counting the number of people here, it was finally determined that in this attack, Daqi still lost more than 2,000 people, and another 5,000 people were injured.

Zixuan quickly sent people to the city and called in all the doctors, as well as Qian and the apprentices, to bandage the injured soldiers and treat their wounds.

General Li came to see Zixuan with a cheerful face, "Sir Lin, I admire you so much now. Your master is so clever and clever, he is really the reincarnation of Zhuge Liang."

Zixuan shook his head, "Everyone, please don't praise me so much. It's just that the enemy general is too reckless and is not someone who can lead troops all year round. If it were another person, this strategy might not work as well. Okay. "Thank you for your hard work, let's go down and have something to eat. The city has already prepared meals to celebrate your success."

Sure enough, a lot of food has been brought to the city. It is the Chinese New Year time, and every household has bought a lot of delicious food. As soon as it was said that it was for these soldiers, the people all generously took out food, so the meal at the moment was quite sumptuous.

"Sirs, although the 20,000 enemy troops have been wiped out at this moment, there are still more troops behind us if we can't protect them all. We have eaten enough tonight, and we still have to cheer up tomorrow and continue to defend the city. Before the two armies fight, I can't drink at this time, I'm sorry for you. Lin hereby assures everyone that after defeating the army of Beiyuan Kingdom, Lin will treat everyone to drink for three days and three nights," Zixuan said, standing in front of these soldiers.

The people below all cheered, and someone said, "Okay, then we will just wait for that day. I heard that Master Lin has several wine shops in his home, and we will have to drink openly when the time comes." Then there was a big crowd. Some people started laughing.

Zixuan was also very happy to defeat the enemy today. At this time, the enemy army was destroyed, and he felt much relieved. Then he talked to several generals and went back to his hometown.

Jinghan has been on tenterhooks these past few days. Although there is that kind of earth bomb, it can only be used when defending the city, and it is useless at other times. She is also a prostitute and cannot go to the city to watch the battle, so she can only get angry at home.

As soon as she heard that the master was back, Jinghan stood up and was about to go out, but she happened to meet Zixuan. "Ms. sir, you are back. How is the fighting situation outside?"

Zixuan smiled and hugged Jinghan's shoulders, "Madam, don't worry, the 20,000 people outside the city have been wiped out." Zixuan and his wife still didn't like being served by servants, so Zixuan entered the house. At that time, let the girls go out. The couple sat on the edge of the kang, and Zixuan talked to Jinghan about the things outside.

When Jinghan heard this, she looked at Zixuan in surprise, "Really? This is great. There are twenty or thirty thousand people on the other side, are they really all dead?" Jinghan didn't think there was anything bloody about this. , it was the Beiyuan Kingdom that attacked first. If they didn't resist, the people of Xizhou would be the ones who died.

Zixuan nodded, "It's true." Then he told Jinghan the details of the past few days. "We have just won the first victory now. There will definitely be troops from Beiyuan coming later. Next, there will be a more difficult and dangerous battle to defend the city. By then, the kind of bomb you have made should be able to It comes in handy. Jinghan, you are my lucky star.”

Jinghan smiled, and then said with some worry, "Hanzhou is unwilling to send troops to rescue. It will take at least twenty days for the imperial army to arrive. It has only been four days now, let's go on, I’m afraid it will be even more difficult.”