Ma Qiang sat in the carriage, opened the window, looked at a barren field outside, and from time to time he could see locusts flying around, and finally, a bold locust hit the car, Ma Qiang grabbed it and pressed it on the table to observe.

Jia Xu saw it and said, "We have a big river in the plain, and there are open channels and hidden channels built by Ming Gong in recent years, waterwheel reservoirs, and fields are fine, but in other places in Qingzhou, this year is another famine year, which is why Qingzhou Yellow Turbans have developed so quickly this year." ”

Ma Qiang saw that the color of the locust was gray and yellow, and his mouth kept biting everywhere, so he knew that the secretion of serotonin in the locust's body had increased, and it had become a zombie locust, and the locust would become like this for self-protection, and the gathering of a large number of locusts represented a shortage of food, and the locusts did not mind whether it was grass or the same kind that ate their stomachs, so they must act in unison, otherwise they would be devoured by the same kind, and at the same time, such a large number of locusts will inevitably attract insectivorous birds, so these locusts will secrete a large amount of phenylacetonitrile, When stimulated, phenylacetonitrile will immediately turn into highly toxic hydrogen cyanide, and the alert bird will run away when it smells this smell. Therefore, don't think that the ancients were stupid, they didn't dare to eat locusts and worship locusts as gods, and they didn't want to think about what attribute points our Chinese nation ordered, and what we could eat was something we didn't eat? The locusts of the locust swarm are regarded as the gods of heaven to send disasters because this thing can still be eaten before, and if you eat it in a group, you will be poisoned and die.

"Locusts will be destroyed after a long drought, since Youzhou, I have been worrying about the problem of food, and when we take Qingzhou, it will be equivalent to two million more mouths asking us for food" Ma Qiang took off the locust's head and threw it out of the car, and continued, "I don't know what the situation is in Beihai and Donglai, whether it is the same." ”

Jia Xu replied, "There was news before, Beihai and Donglai have invaded this year, a large number of fields have been flooded by seawater, and many people have entered the sea as thieves, and it is difficult to make a living." ”

"Pirates?"

This is the first time Ma Qiang has heard of pirates in this era, and although he has been trying to build a sea ship to connect Qingzhou and Youzhou through the Bohai Sea, he has never heard of a large number of pirates.

Jia Xu nodded and said, "It's also news not long ago, the Donglai pirates Guan Cheng and Guo Zu each have thousands of troops, and they will rob each other when they go ashore, and the soldiers will enter the sea, Donglai is already full of mountains and seas, plus Guan Hai is still attacking Kong Rong in the North Sea, so that Donglai Cai Boqi has no way to take them at all." ”

"Well, so in the next one to two years, the most important thing is to feed the millions of mouths in Qingzhou, as long as we can feed these mouths, the people in other places who have been made miserable by the princes and thieves will vote with their feet, and ask us to save them!"

Ma Qiang understands very well that whoever can restore order in the troubled times will be supported, many people don't understand why Cao Cao can order the princes by coercing the Son of Heaven, Yuan Shao, Liu Bei, Sun Quan, and Ma Chao don't all listen to him, in fact, Cao Cao ordered not these princes, but the scholars and people everywhere who hope to restore order.

"This is also the reason why we suggested that the Ming Duke should join forces with Xu to attack Hebei, among the states near Qingzhou, only Xuzhou has a lot of grain and grass, and our army must get the support of Xuzhou if it wants to feed the people of Qingzhou in the past two years."

"Report! Ming Gong! Hua Sima has captured Taixian! ”

Ma Qiang was talking to Jia Xu when the voice of the communication soldier came from outside.

"So fast?" Ma Qiang looked at Jia Xu, and Jia Xu asked loudly, "How did Hua Sima use his troops and how much did he get?" ”

"Ant-attached siege! Two drums fell, more than 100 beheaded, and nearly 1,000 escaped! ”

Jia Xu continued to ask, "What supplies are there in the city?" ”

"Seizure unknown!"

Jia Xu nodded, asked the communication soldiers to retreat, and then said to Ma Qiang, "Huaxiong is newly attached, and he is in a hurry to make great contributions, if it is captured, it will definitely be reported, so it seems that this county is an empty city." ”

Empty city?

Ma Qiang's mind immediately appeared with the picture of Zhuge Liang burning Xinye.

There is no way, in Lao Luo's pen, this kind of empty city is basically equal to the middle plan.

"Wenhe, you can't have a plan for the thief army, right? For example, the city is covered with fire-burning things such as fire oil and sulfur, and then there are hidden soldier holes, and after our army enters the city to rest, set fire to the city, and attack inside and outside? ”

Jia Xu was stunned when he heard it.

When did Ming Gong become so good at playing? If you use a meter to be more poisonous than me, you will burn the city directly

Wait, burn the city? Is Ming Gong ruined by Li Confucianism?

Jia Xu coughed, shook off those messy thoughts by the way, shook his head and said, "Taixian County is surrounded by plains, as long as the cavalry reconnaissance is widely distributed, there will be no such danger, I am afraid that there is another plan." ”

Ma Qiang looked at the map again and felt that what Jia Xu said made sense, this county was surrounded by a flat river, and there was no way to hide soldiers and horses.

"Be careful to sail the 10,000-year-old ship, so that Huaxiong will not divide half of the troops to camp outside the city, and our army brigade will also camp outside the city, and send a telegram to Licheng to inquire about the movements of the thief army outside the city!"

- Licheng

Lin Hai from Zhu Alai had already joined Zhao Yun Chenggong in Licheng, Lin Hai brought 3,000 soldiers and horses, Wang Bao looked at the 3,000 men and horses of Jia Zhirui, and couldn't help but sigh that these people were really beautiful walking.

Lin Hai does not have the martial arts like Zhao Yun, nor the alien talent like Yan Rou, nor the resourcefulness of Jia Xu and others, he is an ordinary mountain fielder, he knows his disadvantages, so he trains sergeants to only follow the textbook, and pays attention to everything according to the textbook.

Therefore, among the battalions, Lin Hai's soldiers and horses may not be the bravest, but this drill movement of walking in unison is definitely the most beautiful and standardized.

"So, Jiao He has been put under house arrest by them?" Lin Hai whispered to Zhao Yun, and Wang Bao on the opposite side smiled at him from time to time.

"Not far from ten, that day Jiaohe was extremely repulsive to our army, and now he let our army enter the city, it must not be his original intention." Zhao Yun replied in a quiet voice, "Ming Gong has come to report and ask about the movement of the thief army outside the city, I am ready to personally lead the cavalry to break into the camp, and you will see the reality of the thief army at the head of the city." ”

Lin Hai said with a smile: "Zilong, don't worry, just go!" ”

Zhao Yun and Wang Bao made a report, led a hundred horsemen out of the city, only to see Zhao Yun first shoot the Yellow Turban sergeant hiding behind the fence with several arrows, and then clenched the spear with both hands, shouted and provoked the fence, smashed the fence against the Yellow Turban Army, and then led the hundred horsemen to break into the camp along the gap, shouting "Where are Xu He and Sima Ju?" Changshan Zhao Zilong came to camp! ”

Lin Hai and several officers on the city head watched with binoculars, and from time to time guided Zhao Yun to avoid the siege with a banner, only to see Zhao Yun like a tiger into the flock, and went to the place where the Yellow Turban Army had few soldiers to kill, every time the Yellow Turban Army wanted to surround him, he would be dodged in advance, and the Yellow Turban Army outside the city fled in all directions, and the eyes of the Wang Leopard brothers on the city head were straight, and they were glad that they had not listened to Jiao He before, otherwise the heads of the two brothers might have been hung on the city to show the public.