Chapter 44: The Snow Disaster
That year, just like this year, there was a lot of snow, and snow disasters followed. At that time, Shenzang was only five years old, his parents were killed in the snowstorm, and his mother did not forget to put the clothes that only a strand of cotton on Shenzang before closing her eyes. At that time, Shenzang didn't even have a serious name, and everyone only called him a dog. The hungry dog walks aimlessly down the street, his steps vain. He had no hope left, just because his mother had told him that if he didn't move, he would freeze to death. But a five-year-old child has limited physical strength, let alone not eating for several days. His eyes were black, and he fell to the ground. When I was half-asleep and half-awake, a fragrance of flowers wafted by, and it was the first time that Ah Dog had smelled such a nice smell.
"Little brother, wake up, I have something delicious for you." A voice as crisp as a brass bell called for a dog.
Ah Gou opened his eyes and saw a three-year-old girl looking at him with a sugar gourd in her hand. "Thank you, nobleman." Ah Dog took the sugar gourd and thanked him, and then ate it desperately. That sugar gourd is the best thing a dog has ever eaten in his life.
"Abba, this kid is so pitiful, let's take him back to Qianmen, shall we?" The girl said coquettishly to her father.
"Okay, well, listen to Yao'er." The girl's father replied.
Later, Ah Gou learned that this female doll was the daughter of the master of Qianmen, named Ye Yao. Ah Gou entered a thousand doors, practiced hard every day, and did not dare to slack off. Although he has always had a love for Ye Yao in his heart, he suppressed the fantasies in his heart because of his identity. He doesn't want to be able to get along with Ye Yao for a hundred years, he just wants to be able to protect her as much as he can, so he has to practice harder than others, so that he can protect the beloved in his heart. Hard work will pay off after all, Ye Cheng, the master of the Thousand Gates, saw that Ah Dog was talented in martial arts and hard-working, and the most important thing was that he had outstanding character, so he recognized Ah Dog as his righteous son and gave him the name Ye Zhang. Since then, Ah Gou has become the righteous son of the master of the door and Yao'er's senior brother. But Ah Gou never dared to have the slightest idea of exceeding the norm, and only silently guarded his original intention.
Shenzang sighed and said, "I haven't had time to express my intentions, after all, I have regrets in this life." When the words fell, the whole person lost his life.
The curtain was lifted suddenly, and I saw Tonggu striding in with the spirit ruins on his back. Tonggu didn't say a word, just took a gourd bottle, stuffed it into Shenzang's mouth, and poured it violently. Then he took out a needle and pierced it into Kamizo's body, and finally took a black paste-like object and smeared Kamizo all over his body.
Tonggu touched the sweat and said, "I finally caught up, but fortunately I had an obsession in my heart, otherwise I would have lost my breath." Whether he can survive or not depends on his creation, after all, Baizhen wine is too violent. "What was stuffed into the mouth of the god was the Baizhen wine that Tonggu had drunk at the beginning, and the black ointment was a menstrual ointment, which was used to repair the wounds caused by Baizhen wine to the body. This method was also thought of by Tonggu for a long time, but it has not been experimented with yet.
Lingxu knelt in front of the bed at this moment, and couldn't cry. Tonggu pulled Tongshu out of the tent, only to see Shang Yishe holding Yuji in the distance, followed by a pale face of Sogdian.
Tongshu looked pale and said, "This brother doesn't look very good, why don't you let someone take him to rest first?" ”
Tonggu Hongtong's eyes blinked, and he sneered and said, "He's not sick, he looks like this." Brother don't worry, he is my good friend, his name is Ji Ke Sogdian, and he is the cave master of the Heavenly Clan in the Cave of Nanqiong Kingdom. ”
Tongshu saluted Shang Yishe and Geke Sogdian in turn: "It's polite." ”
After everyone was polite, they were invited to the general's tent by the junior general of the Seven Princes, and at this moment the Seven Princes were sitting in it.
When the Seventh Prince saw Tonggu enter the account, a bright smile instantly appeared on his face, and he said with a pair of fox eyes and a pleasant face: "Come in quickly, there is silver charcoal burning inside, and it is very warm." ”
Everyone sat down in the tent, and the temperature of the silver charcoal came to the face, making people feel warm. A few pawns served in the tent with warm wine and fragrant tea. Tonggu drank the wine down, and a warm current slid down his throat into his spleen and stomach, and then spread, and the whole person warmed up.
"Cousin Yu, thank you for saving your brother's life, I will toast you with tea instead of wine." Tsuya picked up the tea bowl and took a sip.
The Seventh Prince's cheeks were slightly red, and he said with a smile: "You and I don't have to be polite. ”
Shang Yishe picked up the tea bowl and said, "You're welcome, I also want to thank you with tea instead of wine." ”
Seeing this scene, Tongshu secretly shook his head and smiled, took a sip of tea, and then said to Tonggu: "Sister, this time it is indeed thanks to the help of His Highness the Seventh. I was assassinated with Shenzang, and Shenzang desperately protected me, and he said that he would let me go first after the break, but I really couldn't bear to leave him alone. As a result, it dragged down Shenzang, and the two of us fell into the water and went down the river, but fortunately met the Seven Highnesses who were patrolling. ”
Tonggu replied, "Yes, yes." Cousin Yu, thank you. If there is anything that needs help in this war, Cousin Yu can just ask. ”
The Seventh Prince's face was hesitant, and a pawn suddenly rushed out and knelt in front of Tonggu with a crying voice: "The county lord, Lord Shang, the small one is the leader of the gang, the war in the northern country is tight, and there is a snow disaster. By now, the army has been stationed, and the grain and grass are almost exhausted, and the current grain can only last for another three days. ”
The Seventh Prince frowned and scolded: "Bold, is this also where you can interject?" Come on, pull this guy down. ”
Tonggu stopped the pawn who pulled the people and helped the leader of the gang and said, "What's so difficult about this, how much food do you need?" ”
The leader of the gang swallowed his saliva, stretched out his index finger and said tentatively: "A thousand stones is good?" ”
"A thousand stones?" Tongya touched his chin and thought.
The leader of the gang said anxiously: "County lord, it doesn't matter if you don't have a thousand stones, a few hundred stones is also good." ”
Tonggu looked at the Seventh Prince and said, "The northern country has encountered a snow disaster, which should be beneficial to our country, why has the war dragged on until now?" Tonggu said the key.
A hint of appreciation flashed in the fox eyes of the Seven Princes, and they talked about the situation in the northern country. "The Northern Kingdom is made up of four major tribes, the largest of which is the Dasi tribe led by Shenmi Dayang. The Dasi tribe is the only tribe that has established diplomatic relations with the Yu State, and they mainly focus on animal husbandry and are not good at using soldiers. But for some reason, our army has not been able to contact the Dasi Department, and in the event of a snow disaster, the army was blocked out of the Qianshui Station, and it was in a dilemma, after all, the Qianshui Station was under the jurisdiction of the Dasi Department and could not be easily attacked. ”
"Judging Mi Dayang?" Tonggu looked at the Seven Princes suspiciously.
The Seventh Prince immediately understood Tonggu's doubts, nodded and said, "It is the father of the Lei Mansion Concubine Clan. ”
"Cousin Yu, you go on." Shang Yishe interjected.
"The second largest tribe is the Zanabu, and their leader is called Aiyan. This person has always refused to establish diplomatic relations with Yu, supports the army and respects himself, and his combat power is the strongest in the north. The other two tribes are the Garu tribe and the Mozhigen tribe, which have always wavered and are relatively neutral tribes. The Mozhigen Department is good at using bows and arrows, which is considered to have some combat power, and the Galu Department is the weakest of the four divisions, and is very bad at fighting. The Seventh Prince paused and continued, "Qianshui Post is the first line of defense in the northern country, and due to the snow disaster, the city wall is covered with a thick layer of ice, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack. Coupled with the relationship between Mi Dayang, we can't attack easily, it's really difficult. ”
Shang Yishe asked meaningfully: "Why is there not enough grain and grass?" I remember that the Nanqiong Kingdom had donated grain and grass in advance, and there were 3,000 stones. ”
The Seventh Prince snorted coldly and said, "I don't know when a new force has emerged in the Qianying Kingdom, and it has been harassing the border of the Yu Kingdom recently. The eldest brother asked for help in front of his father and personally led the troops to quell the chaos. If I hadn't gotten the news in advance and marched first, I wouldn't have been able to get even this bit of food and grass now. ”
"No wonder, I remember you said that you would only send troops after the year, and that's the reason." Tonggu thought for a moment and then said, "Actually, it's not difficult to take down the Qianshui Station. The snow disaster not only affected the army of our Yu country, but also the Qianshui Post Zhongding was also seriously affected, not to mention that the northern country is not good at farming, and their food is not as much as ours. ”
The Seventh Prince bowed his head and said, "That's true, so we want to delay until they run out of ammunition and food and then persuade them to surrender." ”
Tonggu smiled evilly and said, "Why bother? We can get them to open the city gate without a single soldier. ”
Everyone's eyes turned to Tonggu, looking puzzled.
"Stinky girl, what the hell do you have again?" Shang Yishe asked with a wicked smile.
"Mountain people have their own tricks." Tongya replied.
Under the instruction of the Seven Princes, all the soldiers in the monarch can be freely deployed by Tonggu. Tonggu asked the soldiers to come to a short distance outside the Qianshui Post City, which happened to be within the range that bows and arrows could not set foot in. The leaders of the gang did their best to set up more than a dozen tandoor stoves and placed large iron pots. All the cooking skills, some stewed, some fried, some fried. Tonggu provides a wide variety of ingredients, including pigs, cows, sheep, chickens, and even fresh vegetables. The soldiers were greedy just by looking at it, they hadn't eaten such a good thing for a long time, and they had lost hope, thinking that this year might not be over, but they didn't expect to be able to eat so many good things.
A sound of laughter, mixed with the smell of food, carried into the Qianshui Station with the wind. For three days in a row, the fire in the stove was not extinguished. Tonggu ran all his physical energy to his vocal cords and shouted loudly to the city: "As long as you surrender and open the city gates, you will not die, share your food, and give you medical treatment." ”
In the past three days, there have been restless voices in the city from time to time, but for some reason there has been no full-scale outbreak. But on the third day, the city gate opened a gap, and more than a dozen people came out of the crack, staggering all the way in the direction of the Yu army. Among them, the leader is an elderly man, and he is accompanied by middle-aged men.
The old man put his hand on his left chest like the Seven Princes and said, "This leader, I am the head of the former water post. But we don't have trust in the Yu army, and I still vaguely remember the massacre of the Yu country back then. The old man elaborated in a language that he was not very fluent in.
The Seventh Prince's fox eyes turned and said, "How are you doing?" ”
"Uncle Huzen, do you trust me?" The Judgment Clan walked over from the crowd, and Tonggu sent a message to the Judgment Clan when he made the plan, just in time for the negotiation.
Uncle Hasson's eyes widened, his mouth opened and he was stunned for a moment, and then stabilized his emotions and said, "Are you Baoyin don't beg?" ”
Shen Mi nodded and said, "I haven't been able to contact my father Khan for many days, has there been any change in the northern kingdom?" ”
Uncle Hasson burst into tears, sat down on the ground and said, "That old guy in Mimi Dayang was beaten away by Aiyan Yao, and now his whereabouts are unknown. As a result, I had to submit to Zanabu, and if the gates of this city were opened, Aiyan would come to slaughter the city. ”
Tonggu picked up Uncle Hasan and said, "If you open the city gate, I will keep you safe." ”