Chapter 90: The Great Prince
The princess ended up leaving alone, leaving behind King Pingxi, her son and her dog son.
King Pingxi fell into a dead cycle of seeing what was not pleasing to the eye, and his face was full of resentment of the "husband" who was abandoned and abandoned.
In the next war, the Zhou people played with style and level.
It came up to smash the water tank, and some of those big water tanks were terrible potions, and some were simply ordinary water. When the Huns' formation was out of order, they went to the Tyrannosaurus rex...... Oh no, it's King Pingxi. The originally relatively ordinary border soldiers, under the leadership of the head dragon, although they have not yet transformed into a Tyrannosaurus rex, but they have gradually changed from a little sheep to a small raptor, all kinds of flexible and ferocious......
Then the bandits rushed and killed for a while, and then ran back to the city to hide and eat, and they didn't know what they were eating, and the smell of incense ...... You can smell it through the walls.
If the Huns were dispersed, they would not be able to pose an effective threat to the Zhou people; If you assemble, it's a two-cylinder first......
The psychological shadow area of the Huns at the moment is infinite, but now there is a bit of a dilemma. After all, the slogan they made at the beginning was to avenge the little prince, so it can't be turned into a food delivery to the enemy now, and they will go back to their respective homes after sending it, right?
Of course, under the impregnable appearance of Shunyang Pass, the entire Western Front is already facing the threat of a huge shortage of materials. If it cannot be effectively solved in a short period of time, not to mention Shunyang Pass, I am afraid that several other small passes will face self-defeating.
During this period of time, Ruan Bai profoundly realized one sentence - it is difficult for a good woman to cook without rice!
Fortunately, a month later, under the watchful eye of the princess, the group of bandits or traitors who were hiding very well were exterminated. The follow-up problem was not Ruan Baiguan's turn, he only had to transport a large number of weapons to the battlefield. When he actually handled it, he realized that the number of copies was far more than what the cattle merchant said, there were also a large number of bows and arrows, and even โกโก.
When the war entered its second month, Ruan Bai, the logistics officer, could finally breathe a sigh of relief.
Harvest the grain!
But the yield per acre is heartbreakingly low.
He originally thought that he was already a big landlord with more than 100 acres of land, and he was not short of animal power in farming, but also willing to give up manpower. Even if it has just been opened up this year, it shouldn't be far off.
That's not right!
In the end, the results were counted, and the average yield per mu was only 200 catties! It's still shelled, and there is wood! Do people who lack oil and water and engage in heavy body labor have to eat a day to be full? For this amount of output, Nima still has to pay taxes!
"Master, we have enough fertilizer, and the yield is no worse than other people's ripe fields!" Ye Dong didn't understand the grief and indignation behind Ruan Bai Muran's expression at all, in his opinion, this number was already very good, and his whole face was full of joy.
Ruan Bai relied on his strong acting skills, and his pleasant face revealed a little appropriate joy: "Everyone has worked hard, rest well." Slaughter two sheep at night! โ
Returning to the general's mansion in a wilted manner, he happened to meet the irritable old man: "Dad." โ
Maybe it's because you see that others are unhappy, but you can be a little cooler. King Pingxi felt much better, and he still cared about his youngest son: "What's the matter?" Is the harvest bad? "He's seen how good it is.
"Hmm...... The yield per mu is 200 catties. Ruan Bai lowered his head and snapped his fingers, feeling that it was unrealistic to make a fortune by farming. And none of his current incomes in various industries are thriving. Such a little grain output, to be honest, if it weren't for the special situation now, he really wouldn't have looked down on it.
The location and cause of the more than 100 acres of land in front of you are special, and if you talk about the jurisdiction, the tax will be directly handed over to Shunyang Pass. In fact, if it is strictly according to Ruan Bai's amnesty as a disaster victim, he will not have to pay taxes for three years, and he is now an official, so he can also have a certain share of tax exemption. But he not only plans to pay in full, but also plans to donate a lot directly, and it is enough to keep half of it himself. If it wasn't enough, it would be a big deal to wait for the situation to stabilize, and then he would buy it from somewhere else.
โโฆโฆ Leave the rest in 20%, probably enough for your own side to eat. The other 30 percent, I plan to use it to make up for the ...... that was damaged."
King Pingxi originally just listened to his son's troubles casually, but after listening to it, he felt that although this little son had a bad stomach, his heart was softer than anyone else.
"Xiao Er, you did something wrong in this matter."
"Huh?" Ruan Bai didn't understand.
"This person is all cheap, and he can't get used to it, especially not giving things away for nothing." King Pingxi said bluntly, "Do what the rules are?" If you are a good person, no one may appreciate it. โ
In fact, Ruan Bai knew this truth, but at the end of the day, he always felt that he was ...... Not kind. At such a time, it is unrealistic to say that he has known all the Shunyang passes; But those who often deal with him have a familiar face, and before he knows it, he already has so many acquaintances.
It didn't make sense that he was eating in fine clothes, but he looked at the soldiers at the border gate who were half-full and had to fight hard. He couldn't get rid of it. Besides, it was none other than those stationed at Shunyang Pass. The number one on the bright side is his brother-in-law. The current de facto boss is his father-in-law. His man is still wild on the grassland outside, and he has not been home for more than two months!
"Wild man" Chu Hao is full of manliness at the moment, and the third and fourth have been reluctant to approach him for a long time.
Chu Hao's whole person lost a lot of weight, and the whole person looked even stronger, holding a telescope in his hand, and snorted coldly at the two dogs: "I usually bathe you at home, and you will die or live." Now I love to be clean. โ
The two broken dogs were not thin at all, but seemed to have turned fat into muscles, and the golden retrievers sparkled like gold in the sun.
When the third child heard Chu Hao's broken thoughts, he glanced back at him, and then turned his head. The fourth child didn't even look back.
Chu Hao muttered: "No conscience." โ
After such a long time on a business trip, he has already returned to his heart. But General Cao seems to have tasted the sweetness, and it is more like he has been forced to stay in the city all these years and has a problem, and he just refuses to go back.
As a subordinate, he can only take his subordinates and go crazy with General Cao. It's just that most of his subordinates have only been trained for a long time, and they can only be assigned to do various logistics work, and there are only about a hundred people with him. If this were the case, he would have to go alone with two dogs - not everyone could catch up with the Huns on horseback on two legs.
He tracked it for three days before he finally tracked down the Hun camp. The scale is not large, but whether it is from the equipment of the cavalry or from the pattern of the tent, it is a real Hun nobleman inside. Well, Chu Hao, who assassinated the little prince of the Huns in this regard, has experience.
He originally thought it was a little strange how to go out to fight, and a nobleman's guards would be so few; It wasn't until he saw the Huns and horses with corrosive marks on their faces and bodies that he realized that these were the remnants of the more than 3,000 horsemen they had destroyed earlier.
It is estimated that this prince inside is about what kind of prince he is, this time he plans to go to Da Zhou to brush up on his military exploits, and he also secretly bypassed the location of the main forces of the two sides, but before everyone was assembled, he was almost killed by General Cao.
Chu Hao felt that he would probably be able to make a plate of meat back to the pot with these "leftovers"? He lay on his stomach in the grass, quietly waiting for the night to come......
In the camp of the Huns, a bonfire was gradually lit.
In the main account, the leader is a strong man with a stubbly beard, whose facial features are half covered by a big beard, and it is okay to say thirty, and forty is not bad. His body was a little more burly and strong than the average Hun, and he was obviously in a bad mood: "No news from Hujie?" "Hu Jie, the Hun deputy envoy sent out.
Inside the tent, there is a beautiful carpet. Except for the strong man at the head, the rest of the people just sat cross-legged on the ground, each with a small table in front of them, on which were placed roasted pieces of meat and a rich and mellow milk soup.
Hearing the leader's question, a strong man at the head put down the piece of meat in his hand and replied respectfully: "His Royal Highness the Great Prince, there has been news from Hujie." Now the Zhou people have two opinions on our Great Hungarians. Thanks to Hu Jie's efforts, the voice of the peace talks has overshadowed ......"
"Snort." The eldest prince sneered, and a pair of sunken eyes stared at the person who spoke, and suddenly made people sweat like pulp, before turning his head and saying, "In other words, Hu Jie's even if Da Zhou is willing to negotiate peace has not been resolved." Tsk, the Zhou people have made some interesting gadgets this year, which has made our Hun warriors suffer a big loss. โ
He said it with a smile in his eyes. But there's no one in the tent eating, oh...... There was a man who had eaten it quickly, and was holding on to a bone and reluctantly gnawing and licking it.
The eldest prince looked at the man with smiling eyes and said, "Anu, is it delicious?" โ
The man paused, then gave the eldest prince a big grin and nodded violently. If you look closely, you can find that Anu's appearance is three points similar to the eldest prince, especially the eyes, which are almost identical. Of course, this is actually two people who look like the Great Khan of the Huns.
Yes, Anu was one of the sons of the Great Khan of the Huns, but his biological mother was a lowly Zhou slave girl who died soon after giving birth to Anu. Anu is not much better than a slave, he grew up to seven or eight years old, and was discovered by the eldest prince, who had excellent roots and bones, and since then he has taken Anu with him as a confidant. Anu also helped him avoid several life-threatening situations after that. I don't know if it's related to the experience in the early years, Anu's brain is obviously abnormal, people only recognize the eldest prince, it seems that in addition to martial arts, there is only food.
The eldest prince commanded outside the account: "Come here, bring some more food!" โ
The meat and milk soup were soon served, and Anu was soon feasting on it again, unaffected by the dreary atmosphere in the tent.
Unbeknownst to the people in the tent, the Huns who delivered the food quickly changed their outfits and disappeared in the grass after they withdrew.
"Bad luck!" Officially Chu Hao disguised as a Hunnarian. He didn't expect that there was also a grandmaster in the tent!
In martial arts, there are two types of grandmasters. One is that martial arts are as high as a certain degree, reaching the level of "skill, close to the Tao"; The other is a school of martial arts, which is called the founding of the sect, as an ancestor, it is naturally a grandmaster. The evaluation of this part of the Grandmaster can be a little broader, including some that are relatively weak in force value.
Chu Hao's current grandmaster is the latter. Although his martial arts are strong, but now let him fight with the general, and he can't beat one of the two.
Now a grandmaster in the Hun camp is not as high as the general, but it is not necessarily low. It was the Hun he sent food, and he couldn't see the depth. Even the great prince of the Huns, whom he thought was a dish, was a master not far from the grandmaster. In addition, there are at least two Condor Archers in it.
Although at night, the ability of the Condor Shooter is at least half abolished, but if he dares to go in like this, he will be properly made dumplings.
Last time he assassinated the little prince of the Huns, it was not so difficult. It seems that the Great Zhou still knows too little about the Huns, they only know the cultural and martial arts of the little prince of the Huns, and they don't know that the little prince has not accumulated much; Just compare it to the Great Prince. has been the boss for so many years, even if he is greedy for money and lustful, the accumulation of his own strength and the acceptance of talents around him are obviously not on the same level as the little prince.
However, if the Hun prince died...... The situation on the steppe is sure to be very beautiful.
"Individual heroes are not to be." Chu Hao finally glanced at the eldest prince's tent regretfully, found the third child, wrote a letter and stuffed it into the third child's backpack. The third child galloped away in the direction where General Cao was.
More than a thousand people, even if there are masters? When the reinforcements arrive, it's not sure who will make whose dumplings. Now he's alone, waiting for boredom, it's not like he can't do something else.
More than 1,000 people, plus at least one person and three horsemen, nearly 5,000 horses, from at least four places. How difficult is it to manage this amount of people and materials?
Chu Hao has been waiting for General Cao for these days, he has not been idle at all, stealing some grain and grass materials today, stealing some cattle, sheep and horses tomorrow, and adding some ingredients to the food of the Huns. Life is full and hilarious.
So, when the scout found Chu Hao, he saw that he was nesting in an extremely inconspicuous pit, and set up a tent that was difficult to distinguish from up close. If it weren't for the third leader, they might not have been able to find it even if they passed by.
The tent was obviously dyed a level higher than what they used, and the camouflage was better, and the inside was covered with gauze to ensure that no mosquitoes could enter.
There was an extremely beautiful carpet on the ground, and it slowly sank down when you stepped on it.
The fourth child was lying on the carpet, and his golden retriever was even more luxurious. The third child was lying on the side of the fourth, and there was a large piece of beef in the bowl.
The only thing that was discordant was a dirty savage, munching on sweet honey-glazed dried meat, thin slices of red flesh covered with shiny honey and dotted with sesame seeds. At first glance, it is full of ingredients and very delicious.
"Hiss......" The scout forgot the purpose of coming here for a moment, and only focused on staring at the dried meat. After two months on the grassland, there was no shortage of meat, but the craftsmanship of the gang leader was improved. Normal food can already make people hungry, let alone food, or snacks?
Chu Hao looked at the scout with disgust, swallowing his saliva greedily, and pointed to the front of himself: "Sit." "The tent is not big, he has two dogs alone, there is not much room left, and now there is a person in front of him, it is like a pestle against a wall, an eyesore.
The scout sat down, his eyes turning green as he stared at the honeyed preserves.
Even Chu Hao's hard-hearted heart moved slightly when he looked at it, but his reserve grain was not much, so he gave a small piece to the scout, and his expression was very painful: "Give." "Every time he received supplies, he would get an extra package, most of which contained this kind of jerky and other food, as well as some strange medicines, many of which had not even been tried, and occasionally some delicate gadgets and the like.
The scout cautiously ate a little bit of large dried meat, his whole tongue seemed to have regained his sense of taste, and when he spoke again, everyone was a little more energetic: "Lord Chu, the army has been stationed twenty miles away, and it will attack tomorrow." General Cao asked you, are you waiting here, or are you changing guards? โ
Chu Hao's spirits perked up: "I'm still here to watch." Go back and give the letter to General Cao. "The letter contains all the circumstances he has touched these days, and it can be said that the whole Hun camp has no secrets from him.
"Yes, Lord Chu!" The scout came out of the tent with a hundredfold of spirits.
Chu Hao nibbled on another piece of dried meat, thinking: "If you win this time, you should be able to go back, right?" He looked down at his miserable appearance and beckoned to the third child, "Third child, accompany me to take a bath." โ
The third man lowered his head and put his paws on his nose, this person stinks!
"Stinky dog!" Chu Hao slapped the third child, touched the flesh that had become less soft under the thick hair, and was still distressed in the end, so he rubbed it twice before running to the river to take a bath.
Well, he is upstream here, and for a while the Huns drink all his bath water.
When you go home, you can see his second dog, and then you can go home and worship together to get married, and you can take a bath with the second dog in the future......
Chu Hao thought very well, and he didn't know that in the moment when he walked away to take a bath, all the small actions he had made in the Hun camp these days suddenly exploded!
First, someone noticed that someone was missing.
"Where's Ag? Where are the Agers? "Someone asked five or six people at a time, but they didn't see Ag.
They are originally from different tribes, and many are not familiar with each other. After coming to the eldest prince, they were assigned various tasks, none of which were light, where would they have time to pay attention to a person who had fallen outside?
The man frowned. They are arranged to graze horses these days, and they go out during the day and don't come back until night. Of course, horse herding doesn't need too many people, but not many people stay. Today they were unlucky, a horse seemed to have eaten poisonous weeds, and something was not good. Ag is the only person in their tribe who knows a little bit about veterinarians here, and he must find it.
After going around, the man found a few people from the same tribe, and after asking for a while, he didn't see Ag. It's time to eat, and people's attention is on the sheep rolling on the campfire, and some people are full of care: "Maybe it's a bad stomach?" โ
"Didn't the old lady have diarrhea yesterday? When I came back, both legs were weak, the horse couldn't get up, and I fell, hahaha! โ
For these men who grew up on horseback, boys can steer horses flexibly at the age of five or six, and falling off a horse is a big joke. For a while, a large circle of people laughed constantly.
Only the one who was looking for someone didn't feel right: "Don't you think, there are too many people who eat bad stomach these days?" He thought of the horse, which also seemed to be a bad eater. But animals are usually smarter than people, and they know what they can eat and what they can't eat......
Someone reacted to this.
"Speaking of which, I also had diarrhea yesterday."
"Me too!"
Many people have some symptoms of eating bad things, but they vary in severity and most of them are not strict. As soon as I said this, I felt strange, and I thought less about eating: "Let's go and find Ag, don't die outside, you can't climb back." โ
As a result, Ah Ge did not find it back, but it alarmed the eldest prince.
"What's going on?"
The more attentive man told the cause and effect.
After hearing this, the eldest prince frowned: "Everyone count the number of people and horses, and see if there are any less!" โ
The eldest prince has been accumulating prestige for a long time, and under his order, it was quickly counted. Even when the eldest prince heard the final result, the whole person was stunned, and he couldn't believe it: "Eighty-three people are missing, one hundred and sixty horses? Are you kidding me? โ
The person who reported it had a numb scalp and did not dare to say anything.
The eldest prince stared at him for a long time before he turned his head and sneered: "Ha! There are so many fewer centaurs. He walked around the tent twice, changed his tone, and asked in a deep voice, "Why is there less?" โ
The man was sweating like rain: "Subordinate...... The subordinates don't know. โ
"I don't know? I don't know! The eldest prince had green veins floating on his forehead, "I don't know, why don't you go and check it out for me?!" โ
"Yes, my subordinates will go and find out!" The people who came crawled out of the tent.
After taking a bath, cleaning himself up, and having a good dinner to replenish his body, Chu Hao, routinely went to the Hun camp for a walk in the evening, and by the way saw if he could "purchase" the ingredients for tomorrow. By the way, the army will come tomorrow, so don't be in such a hurry today, go back and drive these cattle, sheep and horses back. His second brother loves beef, so he has to pick a few good ones to stay; Sheep are still raised until winter and eat...... Last year's lamb was delicious.
He thought of the little pants hanging in the yard back then, squinted his eyes, wiped the corners of his mouth, and wanted to go home and eat Ergou.
"Huh?" Why isn't it right tonight? It's a lot tighter.
Chu Hao stopped outside the Huns' camp and looked at at the guards who had at least twice as many guards as a few days ago. He wasn't surprised, there were so many people missing, and it was strange that they didn't realize that something was wrong until today.
It seems that tomorrow's ingredients cannot be taken away from the Huns, and tomorrow they can only eat dry food.
Chu Hao went around and found that there was no obvious breakthrough, so he gave up touching it and prepared to go back. As soon as the footsteps were raised, there was a sudden chill on the back of the neck. He immediately rolled on the spot, wolf dodging in a huff. In the darkness of the night, the remnant of a hand swept over his eyes.
His scalp was numb, and he didn't know when he was touched in the back!
"Huh?" The person who came didn't catch Chu Hao was obviously a little surprised.