Chapter 610: Hunting Monster Fish (Part II)
The order has been issued, at this time only to wait for the army to assemble, the situation is serious, the order does not explain the intention of mobilizing the army, but only to say that all the assembled troops at this time are under the command of Chen Fang, the Tang Dynasty.
At this time, Wu Meiniang did not hesitate to hand over the military power to Chen Fang, and she could only hope for Chen Fang at this time.
And after these forty-three strange fish were pulled into Luoyang Palace, dozens of cauldrons were set up in the palace and fish stewed began.
The fish needs to be simmered for several hours before the meat rots, and then the scales can be removed, or else they will not want to be removed.
The matter of stewing fish was handed over to the guards, and in the afternoon of the same day, there was a strange smell of meat in the Luoyang Palace, and it was not yet dark, and all the strange fish had been boiled to separate the fish scales and fish bones.
Chen Fang commanded people to peel the scales and remove the bones by hand, and the fish scales and bones were left at this time, and the fish meat was all buried, and no one was allowed to eat them.
Although it is meat, it is not necessarily impossible to eat, but the meat of this wild strange fish, who knows what the result will be if you eat it. You must know that in later generations, because of the consumption of wild animals, it has caused several serious epidemics, at this time it is Datang, the medical level is limited, Chen Fang will never allow anyone to eat this strange fish meat.
There are a lot of fish scales and fish bones, these fish scales are the best raw materials for armor, and the armor made of Mingguang armor is not comparable at all.
As for these fish bones, Chen Fang felt that some of them could be used to make fish bone knives, but they still needed to find a way to grind them, and fish teeth could be used to make fish tooth arrows, similar to wolf tooth arrows.
Chen Fang unexpectedly discovered that the fish tendons on the spine and limbs of this strange fish were extremely flexible, and even if the water was boiled for several hours, the tendons could not be cooked in the slightest.
And these fish tendons can barely be cut with a sharp blade, this is a good bowstring crossbow string material, Chen Fang let a few crossbowmen from the old mansion soldiers try it, and the effect is much better than the original beef tendon.
Although this strange fish is dangerous, if it is caught, it can indeed obtain a lot of rare materials.
Armor, bows, crossbows, bone knives, these weapons and armor made of fish bones, fish tendons and fish scales are much better than those made of metal, which can be regarded as making Chen Fang fall through his glasses.
Naturally, there are people to work on these. The only difficulty is the sharpening of the fishbone, which cannot be drilled, and it is extremely difficult to grind, but it is not to the extent that it is absolutely impossible to grind.
Luoyang and surrounding states and counties have also been busy these days, and have been collecting materials such as drink, fresh fish, live sheep, live cattle, and live pigs. Along the Yellow River in Luoyang, at this time began to build some necessary fortifications along the Yellow River, just in case.
Three days later, Chen Fang had gathered more than 50,000 soldiers from the Tang Dynasty, and more than a dozen Zhichong Lieutenants were waiting for dispatch in front of Chen Fang's tent.
There was no in the previous life, and there is no one in this life, and the most in his hands is five hundred Feng Wei of the Tang Workshop, but it is also led by Qin Huaidao.
He didn't know anything about leading troops, but at this time, Chen Fang could only get on the horse himself.
On the fourth day, it happened to be the middle of February, Chen Fang mobilized his subordinates and asked them to arrange their soldiers along the Yellow River, and Chen Fang accompanied Wu Meiniang, as last time to the Yellow River, this time and the last time there are some differences, the Yellow River built a high platform, the high platform has a springboard to extend to the Yellow River channel for several zhang.
The height of the high platform makes it impossible for strange fish to jump on the platform, and the platform that extends to the river allows Wu Meiniang to stand on the surface of the Yellow River, three feet away from the surface of the Yellow River.
"Niangniang, Chen Fangwan is dead, and he is going to make Niangniang in danger."
At this time, Chen Fang had already taken Wu Meiniang to the platform of the high platform, and Ding Yu and Feng Yi followed closely behind him, so that Wu Meiniang could be taken away from the high platform and taken to a safe area at any time.
"This palace believes in you, and you will not let this palace be in danger." Bookbag netting
"Niangniang, let's go up, the boats and government soldiers on the shore have been arranged, just waiting for the strange fish to come."
Wu Meiniang nodded, got on the high platform with Chen Fang, and followed the jumping platform about two meters wide to the edge of the front, where a railing was placed to prevent her feet from slipping and falling into the Yellow River.
Wu Meiniang, Chen Fang and the two female guards behind them stood on the jumping platform, holding on to the railing at this time, looking at the surface of the Yellow River.
At this time, there are no more ice floes in the Yellow River, the river surface is turbid and dark yellow, and it seems to be calm, and no one knows what is dormant in the river at this time.
About touching the tea, the originally calm Yellow River suddenly set off a torrent, the waves splashed, a strange fish broke through the water, jumped out of the water a foot distance, its target was Wu Meiniang on the high jumping platform.
Wu Meiniang leaned on the railing, and she could clearly see the fangs in the huge mouth of the strange fish's open blood basin.
Once bitten by this strange fish, the consequences are unimaginable.
When Wu Meiniang saw the strange fish jumping up, she couldn't help but take a step back, and her hand was instantly tightened by Chen Fang.
"Mother, it's okay, this fish can't jump up!"
Being held by Chen Fang, Wu Meiniang's expression gradually calmed down, and at this time she walked to the railing and looked at the river, at this time the surface of the Yellow River was already not calm, and from time to time strange fish jumped up under the jumping platform, scrambling.
The surface of the water is gradually boiling, and no one knows how many strange fish have gathered here at this time.
Today, Chen Fang did not let the soldiers hurriedly release live fresh fish into the Yellow River and pour wine.
He and Wu Meiniang stood on the jumping platform for an hour, and the Yellow River below was completely boiling at this time, if they hadn't seen it with their own eyes, no one would have dared to imagine that the calm Yellow River was tumbling like boiling water at this time.
Under the jumping platform, many strange fish are concentrated at this time, even if the Yellow River is extremely turbid, you can also see these exposed strange fish ridges, black and pressing.
An hour later, Chen Fang nodded to Dingyu, a yellow flag was erected in Dingyu's hand, and the soldiers on the shore began to put fresh fish live animals into the Yellow River.
After a quarter of an hour, the yellow flag in Dingyu's hand turned into a red flag, and suddenly hundreds of thousands of wine jars were thrown towards the Yellow River, and the crossbowmen placed on the bank shot the wine jars that fell on the surface of the river, and the wine poured into the Yellow River, pouring this red river water into thick liquor.
It was the same as the last operation, but this time there were enough manpower, and the mobilized army was enough for Chen Fang to carry out various operations.
After a while, drunk fish began to float fifty or sixty meters downstream of the Yellow River, and the government soldiers who had been waiting on the shore for a long time rowed their boats into the Yellow River and began to fish.
Chen Fang squeezed Wu Meiniang's hand, and Wu Meiniang looked at him.
"Frightened the mother!"
"If you can catch strange fish and keep the people along the Yellow River from suffering, what is it if the palace is frightened."
"Niangniang, this kind of high platform has been placed in the lower reaches and fifty miles upstream of the Yellow River, and Niangniang is going to work hard."