Chapter 41: The Fire Head Army and the Steamed Buns
Su Qiao'er said to Han Xuan: "Xuan, the battlefield is dangerous, you can take Yang Xiong with you." Qiao'er's body has recovered and she can take care of herself. ”
Yang Xiong also said: "Yes, Childe, let me go with you." If Childe doesn't worry about Miss Su, I can ask one of my personal soldiers to protect her. ”
Han Xuan also said what a little soldier can do, and Yang Xiong found a soldier to enter the house. The soldier was very young but he was very energetic in linen clothes on his body, and it could be seen that his muscles were very strong, so he knelt down on one knee and clenched his fists and said to Han Xuan: "Villain Cao Xing, meet Childe!" ”
I saw Yang Xiong nodding with satisfaction when he looked at him, and said to Dong Ping: "This person's martial arts are not below you and me!" Hearing this, Dong Ping looked at Cao Xing's eyes with a shiny light, and he couldn't wait to talk to him immediately.
Han Xuan was even more surprised, Cao Xuan? I don't think I've heard of this person somewhere. In Mr. Luo's romance, isn't he the young general who blinded Xiahoudun in the left eye with an arrow under Lu Bu.
In "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", he was originally a subordinate of Lu Bu's general Hao Meng. In the first year of Jian'an, Hao Meng plotted against Lu Bu at the instigation of Yuan Shu and was repelled by Gao Shun. When he returned to the camp, Cao Xing fought with Hao Meng, killed Hao Meng, and handed over the head to Lu Bu. Cao Xing revealed in front of Lu Bu that Chen Gong had participated in the rebellion, but Lu Bu did not ask because Chen Gong was a general. Cao Xing was appreciated by Lu Bu for stopping Hao Meng's rebellious behavior, and was called "Jian'er", and obtained the military power that originally belonged to Hao Meng.
Han Xuan didn't expect that such a character would have been a small soldier under him, it seems that there are so many generals buried by history!
Han Xuan said to Cao Xuan: "Cao Xuan, I order you to protect the Qiao'er girl here, and this hundred cavalry will be temporarily handed over to you to command." Will you be able to take on this responsibility? ”
Cao Xing: "The son entrusts me with a heavy responsibility, and the villain will not dare to be negligent." ”
Han Xuan handed him the token, which was a symbol of the Han family's identity, so that he could mobilize more than 100 people.
After Han Xuan finished explaining to him, he took Yang Xiong, Dong Ping and a thousand soldiers to the county school field. Qian Rui and Zhao Mu had been waiting for a long time, and Han Xuan stepped forward and said, "Qian County Order, Lord Zhao." I've kept you waiting. ”
Zhao Mu waved his hand and said, "It's okay, I'll introduce you." This is Lord Doyu......"
After Zhao Mu asked several officials from Han Xuanjun who had recruited soldiers from the city, he said to Du You: "Lord Du You, this is Han Xuan Han Gongzi of this county. Hearing that the moths and thieves were in rebellion, he spontaneously organized the township to join the county's crusade team. ”
Du You looked at Han Xuan and said to Zhao Mu: "Lord Zhao, this person's face is young and immature, and his age seems to be young, how can he be a child's play in the army?" ”
Zhao Mu said with a smile: "Han Gongzi is already sixteen years old, and he still hopes that the governor will be accommodating and accommodating, hehehe." He quietly stuffed the silver money in his sleeve into the governor's hand.
Du You accepted the money and said with a smile: "Han Gongzi is really young and promising, and I hope that Gongzi will fight bravely to kill thieves." When he returns from the success, the official must recommend the prince in front of the county keeper. Oh, Lord Qian, Lord Zhao, thank you for recommending such a talent as Han Gongzi. The number of recruits this time is far beyond the expectations of the county guard, and I will go back just in time, hahaha! ”
Han Xuan reluctantly bowed his hand to the governor with Qian Rui and them: "I hope that the lord will say a lot of kind words in front of the county guard." ”
After that, Han Xuan and his 1,000 people followed a lieutenant to hurry day and night, and finally arrived at the Jiangxia camp.
I saw that there was a crowd of people at the gate of the camp, bringing together many soldiers recruited from various counties and counties in Jingzhou. As far as the eye can see, there is a piece of black oppression, and there are thousands of people who are endless. It was the first time Han Xuan saw so many soldiers, and from time to time there were teams of patrolling sergeants walking out of the camp in the distance, and there was a sound of army drills in the direction of the school field, and the flags and flags in various parts of the camp were slowly fluttering with the wind, giving people a very shocking feeling.
Han Xuan and the others came to the soldier platform, and the soldier registered them in the register. After lining up for a long time, it was finally Han Xuan's turn, Han Xuan raised his head and stepped forward, saying in his heart that we are so angry, how can we give a long and team leader.
I saw the soldier officer scribbling on the roster, "Han Xuan, the firehead soldier." Let's go down. ”
"What! Gunheads? Return the soldiers! Dong Ping was furious when he heard this, and asked the soldier officer.
Seeing that Dong Ping rolled up his cuffs and was about to go up and beat the soldier, Han Xuan stopped him and said to the soldier: "This lord, we are from Changsha Luo County. This time I brought a lot of people to join the army, why only let me be a small soldier, this is a little unreasonable. ”
The officer stood up and said, "If I let you go to the Huotou Army, you have to go, so many words." Why, you want to do it, right? Zhao Ci, help me teach these newcomers a good lesson! ”
I saw a halberd-wielding soldier standing guard next to him put down his halberd, quickly rushed to Han Xuan's approach, and punched him in front of the door. Yang Xiong struck in time and firmly grasped the soldier's fist.
The soldier exerted his strength again, Yang Xiong gradually couldn't hold his fist, and the soldier said: "The strength is good, you can actually block my punch." My name is Zhao Ci, who are you? ”
Yang Xiong ignored him and swung his left fist towards him, Zhao Ci immediately withdrew his fist and dodged sideways, and then charged a kick to Yang Xiong's knee, Yang Xiong was kicked to his knees.
Seeing this, Dong Ping immediately rushed up and kicked Zhao Ci, but Zhao Ci was faster than him, holding Dong Ping's right leg with both hands and twisting, Dong Ping was unstable and fell to the ground.
Seeing that Zhao Ci was about to punch Dong Ping with all his strength, Han Xuan rushed over to protect Dong Ping and said to him: "My lord's men are merciful, we don't dare to make trouble anymore!" ”
Zhao Ci glanced at Han Xuan lightly, and there seemed to be no emotion in his eyes. He put away his fist, picked up the halberd, and returned to his previous position, standing guard.
Yang Xiong covered his knees and endured the pain and said to Han Xuan: "Childe, this person is not simple!" ”
Han Xuan sighed and said, "Forget it." The firehead army is the firehead army, at least you don't have to fight on the battlefield. Dong Ping also lowered his head in shame when he heard this, his skills were not as good as others, but he didn't expect to be taught a lesson by a small soldier. So Dong Ping and Yang Xiong also volunteered to join the Huotou Army to protect Han Xuan. Han Xuan smiled bitterly and comforted himself, Huotou Jun, he can be this cooking soldier with peace of mind, cook vegetables honestly, and show them his cooking skills, hehehehe.
However, it turned out that Han Xuan thought too much, and in the next few days, their Huotou army rushed to Nanyang with the army to drive the starry night, often eating the last meal but not the next. Han Xuan thought that he would have the opportunity to try to cook dark cuisine, but there was not much food and grass in the army, and the ingredients were monotonous, only rice, millet and flour. Han Xuan and the others could only cook porridge for the soldiers, and Han Xuan was hungry and lost a lot of weight after eating gruel every day.
Looking at the flour in Huli, Han Xuan had a flash of inspiration in his mind, and immediately asked Yang Xiong and the others to find water, pots and clay pots. Yes, he was going to make steamed buns, but there was no yeast in ancient times, so Han Xuan thought hard and finally thought of another way. He put the dough in a clay pot and buried it with dry flour, and the lactic acid bacteria in the flour will naturally ferment.
After waiting for the noodles in the clay pot to ferment overnight, Han Xuan asked Yang Xiong and them to help them start making steamed buns with noodles. After that, put it in the pot and steam, and the fragrant steamed buns are baked!
Dong Ping smelled the aroma, grabbed a steamed bun and stuffed it into his mouth, and asked vaguely, "Gong...... Son, why is this thing so delicious? Can Childe tell me how to do it? ”
Yang Xiong couldn't help but take a bite, with the same expression as him: "Childe, is this thing famous?" ”
Han Xuan nodded: "This thing is called Steamed Bun." When making steamed bread, leave a little fermented noodles, and use the first bit of noodles as yeast when using them for the second time. Just use the dough and re-steam. ”