Chapter 155: Self-built knights

The few assassins I encountered this time were all masters, and their archery skills could be regarded as mid-to-upper-level among the tooth soldiers, and they were by no means able to jump out of the wilderness. Chen Cheng himself was not afraid of assassination, and any "poison of aconite" was useless to him, but what if this arrow hit Yan Zhong's face? Or is it .......

He looked at Liu Qian, and didn't think she could catch such a fierce arrow with her face. Chen Cheng made up his mind that it was time to clean up the rats in the house. But until then, the autumn hunt will continue.

Lifting the curtain, Chen Cheng walked out of the big tent, looked at the campfire in the camp and the soldiers drinking and singing on the side, and put all kinds of thoughts behind him for the time being. He toasted people everywhere with his glasses, especially the warriors who had excelled during the day, and distributed the wine in the "inventory" as if they were not paying for it.

Although he doesn't really like drinking, he doesn't hate it either. Anyway, for him, drinking alcohol is not much different from drinking water.

In the middle of the night, Chen Cheng woke up from his dream and walked out of the big tent to release water. As soon as he arrived at the door, the sound of the collision of the nail leaves suddenly sounded outside, and he followed the sound and saw Zhao Yun walking out of the shadows with his whole body draped.

"Why are you still keeping vigil yourself?" Chen Cheng was a little surprised, "There are so many soldiers here, there won't be assassins coming, Zilong, you better go back to sleep." ”

Zhao Yun said in a low voice: "You must not be guarded. ”

Chen Cheng chuckled and said, "Go back to sleep, if you want to kill me, you can't rely on assassins." ”

He dragged Zhao Yun away and said, "The dew is heavy and cold, and there are personal soldiers guarding me outside my big tent." Zilong, I expect a lot from you, but I didn't ask you to stand guard for me. ”

Although Zhao Yun's martial arts are outstanding, Chen Cheng's strength is even greater. was grabbed by Chen Cheng's wrist, and he had no room to resist.

For the next few days, the army continued to hunt in the mountains. This large-scale hunting activity is also a show of force. In this way, people at home and abroad can think about whether they can do it before they do it.

Helan Mountain is more than 400 miles long from north to south, 60 or 70 miles long from east to west, the terrain of the southern section is relatively gentle, and the northern section is rich in coal resources, and there are many large-scale coal mines in the open pit. It is located in a strong earthquake zone, and according to the local annals, there are incidents of "the wrath of the mountain gods" every once in a while.

The autumn hunt lasted for five days, and Chen Cheng rewarded all the fine wine he brought from the other world, and this time there was really not a drop left. From then on, even if he wanted to entertain others, or if he wanted to have a few drinks himself, he could only use the rice wine and rice wine of this world to make up the number.

Five days later, the army finally withdrew from the Helan Mountains. Before leaving, Chen Cheng went to the silver mine that had been explored before. Standing in front of a stream in the mountains, he recalled the method of replacing the silver, and remembered that it would cause a lot of pollution. If you do mine here, most of the water in this clear river will no longer be drinkable, and there may be a lot of heavy metal poisoning.

"Master, it's getting late, it's time to go down the mountain!"

Not far away, Liu Qian was guarded by the tooth soldiers, and shouted vigorously to this side: "Everyone says that it is about to snow, if it is blocked in the mountain, it will be terrible!" ”

Chen Cheng put away his thoughts, kicked his left foot lightly on the horse's belly, and Gollum stepped out of his four hooves, jumped down from the rock, and then ran down the mountain. Behind him, Liu Qian and the tooth soldiers rode up on horseback. Further back, the "trapped camp" and the "flying bear hussars" led the horses, pushed the cart, ran over the withered yellow weeds, and headed in the direction of Lian County.

Within two days of returning to the city, the sky suddenly became gloomy. Dark clouds obscured the sky and the north wind called. When I woke up one morning, I suddenly found that the outside had become a world covered in snow. By this time, not only were the farmers and herders hiding in their houses and no longer moving around, but even the officials were on long vacations.

Except for a few people who needed to stay on duty, there were not many people in the huge yamen, and the streets were suddenly deserted, and most of the city gates were closed, except for the west gate, which was still open during the day for hunters and woodcutters to enter and exit. There are no more people coming and going on weekdays, except for the occasional cart that comes to transport coal during the day.

The number of defenders at the gates was somewhat reduced, and the shifters were given some subsidies for money and food. In the previous autumn hunt, a lot of prey was struck, the fur was stripped and nitrated, part of the meat was eaten, and the rest was made into jerky, which was also distributed to the soldiers who continued to guard the gate.

The whole city, along with the surrounding villages and Wu Fort, became very deserted, and only the courtyard where the staff headquarters was located continued to maintain a lively situation. With no one having nowhere to go, it's getting even more lively.

You can't go out hunting and running horses, so it's fun to find some people to play war chess!

Not only did the people from the General Staff Department soak here every day, but even some generals in the army came over to join in the fun after hearing about it. It's just that the vast majority of people have no concept of probability, and the wargames they make are naturally full of loopholes, and the results of the deduction are too far from the real battlefield. After Chen Cheng took these people for a while, he left it alone.

It snowed heavily on Helan Mountain in Bukdi-gun, and it also snowed heavily in Hanyang-gun. Han Sui took advantage of the period before the snow to order Li Xiangru, the Taishou of Longxi, to send troops to Shangqi and cut off the back road of Ding Yuan's army, but was defeated by Lu Bu, who led his troops to fight back. Shang Tai had just been recaptured, and it fell into the hands of Lu Bu again. However, Han Sui also took the opportunity to send troops, defeated Ding Yuan under the city of Ji County, and chased him to Wangyuan. Ding Yuan had few soldiers and did not dare to fight again, so he led his troops to withdraw to Shangqi.

Huangfu Song, who besieged Longxian, used his troops calmly, and when he heard that Shangqi was broken, he immediately led his troops southward, and joined Lu Bu under the city of Shangqi, and defeated Li Xiangru's troops. Then, the snow fell, and the whole world turned into a white expanse, and the battle between Han Sui's army and the imperial court officers and soldiers also came to an end.

The two sides fought for more than ten days, and each had injuries. But in general, it was the officers and soldiers of the imperial court who had the upper hand. Although Ding Yuan failed to capture Ji County, and Huangfu Song failed to occupy Longxian County, he still occupied the important town of Shangqi, killed thousands of Xiliang troops, and pushed his troops west for hundreds of miles.

Such an outcome is acceptable to both sides. Now that the snow is falling, both sides are licking their wounds, ready to wait until the right time to deliver a fatal blow to the enemy. Chen Cheng was not interested in the battle report of Hanyang County, so he only glanced at it and began to continue writing the "Theory of Probability".

There was a pit in the middle of his room, which had been burning with coal and firewood all day. Above the fire, hung a burnt black copper kettle. When the water in the copper kettle boils, it makes a screeching sound. When the copper kettle began to chirp, Chen Cheng pressed the trial-made paper with a shocking wood, then got up and walked to the edge of the fire, took the copper kettle down, first poured some hot water into his water cup, then poured some into the copper basin, and then filled the copper kettle, and then hung it on the iron hook.

He pushed open the door and walked a few steps along the eaves of the porch, where he saw the snow all over the courtyard. Because of the snow, the guards at the door were all removed, and only the front gatehouse was still manned, and the rest of the people stayed in the warm room. However, although it seemed that there was no one, there were more than a dozen heavily armed soldiers standing by in the next room at all times. If someone looks at no one from the yard and wants to make a big news, a group of muscular brothers will jump out and teach them how to be human beings in minutes.

When they are not fighting, there are three kinds of soldiers in the guards and pro-army, namely: the "Xiliang Iron Cavalry" who has been promoted to the top class, the "Xiliang Heavy Armored Cavalry" that can already be regarded as the elite, and the "Xiliang Cavalry" who came to intern among the tooth soldiers. Since Chen Cheng has his own two-level "coach" skills, as long as he puts the "Xiliang Cavalry" in the team, he can sleep a few times...... Well, if he sleeps a few times by himself, the "Xiliang Army" will train for ten days and half a month, and he will be able to rise to the next level of "Xiliang Heavy Armored Cavalry".

But if you want to upgrade from the "Xiliang Heavy Armored Cavalry" to the "Xiliang Iron Cavalry", it will take longer. Fortunately, although Zhao Yun has his own level 4 "coach" skills, he has to help train his self-built "armored cavalry" among the tooth soldiers, so he can't help much in the training of ordinary soldiers.

Thanks to the extensive mining before the snowfall, there was enough coal in the city to burn all the kang hot. Therefore, the number of people frozen to death in the city should be much lower this year. It cannot be said that there is absolutely none, because there is never a shortage of human spirit to die.

This morning, someone came to report that someone had been drunk last night and had been lying on the street all night in thin clothes, and by the time they were discovered, they were already freezing hard.

Through the courtyard wall, you can still hear the voice from Shangshu Province not far away. He listened quietly for a while, there was nothing new, or Yang Qiu was looking for the household department to list more military expenses. But how could Xu Chao agree? Not to mention that there is not much money in the household department, even if there is, he has to save money for the big plan to "control the Yellow River".

Even if it is not for the grand plan of "harnessing the Yellow River", the budgets of various departments, the salaries of officials at all levels, and the wool mills that will be built after the plan is already in the spring, etc., etc., money and grain are needed everywhere, where is there more to give to the military department?

Chen Cheng shook his head, grabbed the cloth bag and walked towards the stable. Before she could get to the front, she heard Liu Qian talking to her pony, "Come, eat another carrot!" ”

Hearing the sound of footsteps on the snow, a cry suddenly came from the door of the stable and asked, "Who is it?" ”

The tooth soldier in thick fur held down the handle of the knife, looked at the door vigilantly, and when he saw that it was Chen Cheng, he quickly let go of the handle of the knife and said, "Lord! ”

Chen Cheng walked over, patted the snow on the man's shoulder, and said; "I'll feed the horses, don't be nervous."

"No!"

Liu Qian heard the voice on the side, turned her head, her eyes were crooked with a smile, she fed the carrot in her hand to Yinling, and then walked over and said crisply: "Master, it's so boring when it snows, can I take Zijia'er home to play for a few days?" ”

Now Liu Qian is still young, and she lives in the same courtyard with Chen Cheng. The rooms of the two are not far apart, so to speak, under one roof. Chen Cheng thought for a moment and asked, "Zi Jia'er is the friend you made?" ”

"Yes!" Liu Qian said: "She is smart, she already knows more than 300 words." ”

The name........ Chen Cheng pondered for a while, nodded, and said, "Okay, you go and talk to the officer at the door, and ask him to send someone to pick up Zi Jia'er in Yacheng." ”

Liu Qian pounced happily, grabbed his sleeve and shook it, "Thank you, Master!" ”