Chenfeng was originally the frontier city of the Song Kingdom in the south of Qianyue Mountain, and it was also the first batch of cities that were abandoned at the beginning of the previous year, the location of the city is low, it is a small basin, from the strategic location, the location of Chenfeng is not suitable for building, but the altitude of Chenfeng is lower, and it can live people.

Citrus Lake is in the north of the Snow Mountain of Chenfeng City, it is not the local citrus produced and named Citrus Lake, but in the early years of the Song Dynasty, there was a nobleman of the Song Kingdom, and his wife was named Mrs. Citrus, because her husband was convicted, the family was sent to Chenfeng City, and Mrs. Citrus was buried by the lake after her death, so the lake was named Citrus Lake.

Citrus Lake is rich in "rice dolphin fish", a black fish shaped like enlarged rice grains, the adult fish is about two feet long, from the "Regional Chronicles" written by Yuke, it is known that this kind of fish can be found in the major lakes of the Sengake Mountain, the taste is similar to beef, and there is a light fishy fish.

Judging from this, the rice dolphin fish should be some kind of freshwater dolphin, mammal. The Song people set up a fishing ground in Citrus Lake all year round, which was used to catch rice and dolphin fish to dry in summer and freeze them into fish sticks in winter, and transport them to Chenfeng for consumption, which was more cost-effective than directly slaughtering cattle and sheep.

After several days of running, many war horses have run away, panting and even spurting blood to death while running, many people are two people riding a horse, as a last resort, Baili Yantian is busy urging the battalions to go on the road.

Sikong Nan's wound was no longer in serious trouble after being stitched up, Lu Gao's injury made Bai Liyan very worried, and he kept coughing up blood, probably hurting his lungs, so he had no choice but to let him suck some hemostatic powder, hoping that this kind of soil method could solve his symptoms. Carrying Lu Gao on his back, the Xian army was forced to move south.

The barbarian army was divided into three routes, from the east, the middle and the west to pursue, between the three roads scattered hundreds of scattered horses, narrowing the blind spot of vision, more than 10,000 cavalry under the Romanta Division pursued for days, and also lost a lot of horses, dozens of miles behind the two armies of Hicks and Bakutun.

The Xian army marched all the way and arrived three miles north of the citrus lake in the dark of the same day, and the sparse human heads on the east side of the citrus lake could be faintly seen.

Xianjun crouched in the distance and observed carefully, Jiang Jie asked in a low voice at this time:

"My lord, you said that the barbarian army has enough food and grass, why do they still want to fish?"

"For fish oil and skin!"

"Fish oil? Fish oil can be eaten for cooking, what else can this fish skin do? ”

"Huh." Bai Liyan smiled knowingly, quite unfathomable, and said the next moment: "This is expensive." The fish oil of the rice dolphin fish is the best product of the world's precious youth and beauty, the windbreaker sewn by the rice dolphin skin shelters from the wind and rain, the water is impermeable, and the lining fabric is extremely comfortable in winter, and can also be made into mat leather goods, etc., and even can be made into a saddle, which is also a luxury item that the world is eager to see.

The robes and robes sewn from the skin of the rice porpoise fish cost forty or fifty inches of silver, and the barbarian army fished here for the sake of profit.

It's not too early now, you and Bai He each led 300 people, and went with me to surround the fishing village, and the others obeyed Su Hong's dispatch, stayed in place and stood by on guard, and gave the order to go. ”

"Subordinates obey!"

Like other dolphin mammals, fish oil is rich in a variety of beneficial substances, which can be used to take it, but also can be processed into ointment to make cosmetics, and fish skin can be used to make raincoats, underwear, robes, etc., and the passage is extremely wide.

More than 600 people broke away from the brigade and groped their way to the fishing village, and they had been worried that the barbarian army had learned the news in advance and strengthened their vigilance, but they did not find any signs of setting up a guard in the fishing village.

Now it seems that either the pursuing barbarians on the west side are still far away from the fishing village and they have not been able to send a warning in time, or the barbarian army on the west side is not familiar with the terrain and does not know that there are villages here.

Approaching the outskirts of the fishing village, I could faintly hear the moans and wails of the women, and it was almost conceivable how the barbarian army had ravaged the women of the Central Plains.

"These brutes!" Bai He cursed, his chest rising and falling.

"Okay, remember to me, if you are a man, you have to have backbone, you are a soldier to eat the people's food, to protect the people's country, for the thousands of families behind you, not to be bullied by foreign powers.

You have all seen it yourself, what is the fate of losing power, humiliating the country, losing the city and losing the land, you don't want your wife and daughter and sisters to be ravaged and insulted by this, you have to shed the last drop of blood in a dignified manner, the army must have the order of the army, burn, rob and rape ** girl You did it today, and others will do the same tomorrow.

From today onwards, all enemy troops, whether Jin Xuedi people or princes and countries, but anyone who kills and plunders and rapes ** women, will be killed. Jiang Jie! ”

"The subordinates are here!"

"Take a few people into the village to find out the situation."

"No!"

Citrus Lake Fishing Village is small, with less than 200 households, and it was impossible to know the details of the village after retreating south with the Song army last year.

About two moments later, Jiang Jie quietly returned:

"How's it going?"

"There were about 200 barbarian troops, scattered along the lake and west of the village, and an unknown number of fishermen were found in the grain hoards in the south of the village, in addition to a large number of horses and vehicles."

"What kind of configuration are the Jin Xuedi people, but there are archers and heavy armor soldiers."

"There are no heavy armor soldiers, all of them are light armor, and some of them are stripped naked, but there are not many strong bows." Jiang Jie's answer was fluent.

"Can you find the sentinels in the watchtower on the periphery?"

"I have never found that the barbarian army is not fortified, but there are more than 30 barbarian soldiers guarding the place where the grain is kept."

Bai Liyan thought and analyzed for a while, and then said:

"Bai He, you take 200 people to the lake, Jiang Jie, you take 200 people to the west of the village, after besieging the barbarian army in the house, first shoot with a crossbow, if you rush out, then fight hand-to-hand, if you defend the house, continue to shoot with a crossbow. Remember, take my whistle as a signal, let's do it together, but we all understand! ”

"Understood!"

Explain clearly to the two of them, Baili Yan transferred 120 people to guard the periphery of the fishing village, so as not to let the fish that escaped the net escape, and led more than 80 people to detour to the periphery and touch the grain hoard in the south of the village.

The terrain of the grain hoard is open, and there is no grass after the ground is compacted, and the thirty brute soldiers are divided into three groups, one group patrols, one group stands guard, and one group chirps and talks in the houses on the east side of the grain hoard.

Jiang Jie and Bai He's two men and horses were in place, Bai Liyan signaled the soldiers to wind up the crossbow, and when the barbarian patrol and the sentry crossed, a whistle broke the silence, the bowstring roared, and eighty crossbow arrows flew out, and twenty Jin Xuedi people were caught off guard one after another, and they didn't even wait to react, the second wave of crossbow arrows had been shot, and it was just a blink of an eye, and more than 160 crossbow arrows shot the more than 20 people.

A repeater's crossbow is not as convenient to use on a horse as it is on the ground, but it is still much more convenient than a regular crossbow that is traditionally wound with a bolt. The ground uses a crossbow to fire a salvo at close range, which can fire four to five waves in a minute, hundreds or even thousands of people at the same time, and it is easy to pour tens of thousands, or even hundreds of thousands of arrows in a short time.

With the whistle, Bai He and Jiang Jie started together, and the barbarian troops everywhere heard the wind and moved, but they were met by the crossbows of the Xianjun army.

As soon as two of the remaining ten Jin Xuedi people rushed out, they were shot to death by a crossbow, and the remaining eight people cowered in the house and did not come out.

Solve the battle, open the grain hoard, and squat, sit, and lie down densely in the dark.

"Someone, bring the torch!"

"No!"

As soon as Bailiyan's voice fell, he heard the Central Plains accent, and someone immediately shouted at the scene:

"Central Plains, we are also Central Plains people!"

"There is salvation, there is salvation!"

The crowd was excited, and Bailiyan took the torch to illuminate the grain hoard:

"Folks, we are the southern expeditionary army of Xianguo, and we have killed the barbarian army on the way, so you don't have to be afraid! At present, there is chaos outside, everyone is calm and impatient, and when the barbarian army is destroyed, I will immediately respond to you. ”

Leaving forty people to guard the two tuns, Bailiyan led people into the village.

The battle was almost over at this time, and in less than two quarters of an hour, only the sporadic fleeing enemy was still resisting.

"Jiang Jie, what's the situation here?"

"Seventy-three were killed, five were caught alive, and four were hiding in the bullpen to resist."

"There are casualties."

"Fortunately, our army is equipped with hand crossbows, most of the barbarians were shot to death by their subordinates and others in the house, and after the rest were encircled, they did not run away, and only nine brothers were injured at the moment, not serious, a little flesh and skin wounds."

When he was young, Bai He solved the battle by the lake and pressed more than a dozen live mouths to come:

"General, I have caught thirteen live mouths, and one of them can speak the Central Plains."

Bailiyan was not surprised when he heard the news, after all, there were hundreds of Central Plains people in the village, and the barbarian army had no translator, so it was obviously impossible to drive these people who were not fishermen to fish.

"Bring people up!"

"No!"

The soldiers escorted the Jin Xuedi translator to Bailiyan, who was not very old, about twenty-seven or eighteen

Jin Xuedi people are generally younger than the Central Plains people, and different from the white people living in the cold temperate zone, the same age white people are older than Asians, and the Central Plains people of the same age are older than Jin Xuedi people. The skin of the Jin Xuedi people is more delicate and elastic than that of the Central Plains people, and this surface difference also gives the Jin Xuedi people an inexplicable sense of superiority.

Even in peacetime, the lifespan of the nobles of the Jinxuedi people who have a better material life is generally only between 50 and 55 years old, and very few can live past 60, while the life expectancy of the wealthy class in the middle and material conditions is between 55 and 65, and even 70 and 80.