More than 100,000 people of the Thunder Infantry Army were secretly transferred to Shutian County in March, and a battle had just been fought in April, and it was not yet a few days after they were urgently transferred back to Suichang and Fangling Counties in May.

Now it is not like the sneak attack on Beihai County, the use of the Chenling Mutiny, when the Xian army was chaotic, Thunder was very well prepared, and he took the gallop road that extended in all directions from the Yongxing River to Beihai.

Fangling County is dominated by hilly landforms, the road turns nine turns and eighteen turns, the road is narrow along the way, the forest is dense, the march is very inconvenient, and there is no waterway to go.

Moreover, the land of Fangling and Changsui counties is long from north to south, and short from east to west, while Beihai County and Dujun are long from east to west and short from north to south, and the distance is only twice as long as that of Xianguo.

The Xian army's capture of Dekang happened suddenly, and the news transmission was not smooth, and it was too late for the Thunder to complete all the adjustments and then move south.

Even if he retreats 10,000 steps, Thunder uses a pack horse as a foot force, and the two of them ride a horse to transport the infantry army, at best, there are only 20,000 or 30,000 people, and there is Biqing River to block the Yin Heavenly King, and Thunder has 20,000 or 30,000 troops going south, which is not to be feared at all.

The Zhiguo expedition to the west, from the whole country to requisition and transfer warships, official ships, merchant ships, civilian ships and large and small ships tens of thousands of small ships to ensure the westward expedition of the Gongliang army, the theoretical total capacity of 3 million stones, more than half of which are 500 or 300 stone fast ships.

Taking into account the rotation, empty load, and transshipment, the actual capacity of running on the water is at best one-quarter, between 800,000 and 900,000 stones, and it takes three to four trips to move all the 2 million stone grain from the Taiqin Warehouse, and other ships will arrive one after another within a month, and even 2 million stone grain and grass will be removed within 20 days.

In the fierce battle of Beihai that year, Thunder once used the "food" strategy to lead the Jin army to dispatch, and drove the Jin army to Guangxin to eat grain, and the grain and grass in Guangxin and Dingyang dried up. Now that feng shui is in turn, it is also the turn of the thunder to taste the taste of retribution.

Bai Liyan was not worried about the 200,000 people of the Yin Heavenly King, but was afraid that the Yin Heavenly King dog would jump over the wall and return to Helong County.

It is now the end of May, and at the turn of the summer harvest and summer planting in July, the former army of the Yin Tianwang will arrive at Taiqincang within five to six days at the earliest, one or two days later than the Zhijun. The Zhi army only needs to hold on to Taiqin Cang for five or six days, and the former army of the King of Yin will run out of grain and grass and have no grain and grass available, so they can naturally only retreat at that time.

If there is no hope of seizing the granary, the best strategy is to quickly disperse the troops to the various cities in Dekang and Helong to disperse supplies, as long as the summer grain is harvested from June to mid-July, the rebels can at least hold out until autumn.

There was three months, enough for the rebels to fight back frantically, and the Xian army was unable to hold Jiangquan and Tingshan, and it was a high probability event to be driven across the river in embarrassment, which was obviously an option that Bailiyan did not want to see.

The life and death of the three armies depend on the generals, and the generals of the Black Turban Army are not idle people, Bai Liyan is only worried about what he can expect, and the King of Yin Tianwang will also think of it.

After the tent was dispersed, Bailiyan rode out of the city and went to the nearby fields to inspect the rice planted.

The situation of this year's summer harvest is not optimistic, the torrential rain in the Central Plains has become a disaster, not only the Sun State, but also the upper vassal states such as the Weiguo, Zhiguo, and Jin States are flooding, and the Xianguo and Changsun are the lower reaches of the Beihai Sea and the estuary of the rivers, and this year's summer grain has been seriously affected.

Only the capital county was spared because of the construction of water conservancy and river cleaning by the baggage camp, and the rest of the two counties of Xianxi and Jiangdong were the most severely affected, which was really unexpected.

Due to the busy war in recent years, the Jiangfang embankment in Jiangdong County has fallen into disrepair for a long time, and it is impossible to take care of it at all, and the state treasury has not allocated money and grain, and in fact, there is no manpower to repair it.

Soon after the recovery of Xianxi County, they were busy rehousing the hungry and homeless, and did not have time to clean up the river, which led to the two counties being the most affected by a variety of reasons. Beihai and Dongyuan are located at the mouth of the sea, and the situation is not too bad.

Dekang's geographical location is unique, the water network is developed, it is a large grain producing county, due to the terrain is higher, the upstream rainstorm has not yet affected Dekang, but it is difficult to say that the rain will continue until July and August, when the summer harvest of grain can not be dried, all have to rot in the ground, and at this time the wind and rain to transport grain and grass, in fact, is not a good idea.

If the disaster in Xianguo cannot be alleviated, rice grain in the fields of Dekang and Changyin will be crucial.

The rice planted in Dekang County is all indica rice, and the growth is gratifying, and the production capacity per mu is more than three stones in Xianguo.

But indica rice grows on the soil fertile land, according to the old method of farming, can produce three stones of indica rice is considered a high yield, but the energy of japonica rice, in fact, is only more than two stones, if according to the new method of transplanting to popularize fertilizer, the yield of four or five stone indica rice per mu is not a problem.

Seeing foreign troops passing by, the local people were cautious and avoided it. Jiang Jie wanted to arrest someone to ask, but was stopped by Bailiyan:

"Forget it, they are all farmers, they have been brainwashed by the Holy Lords for more than ten years, they have become numb, and they can't be sincerely attached in a short time, let them go."

"Master Hou, let's Zhaocheng and Xuping have not suffered the losses of the local people, this time the enemy is outnumbered, if you don't watch out, you will definitely have to fall behind." Jiang Jie said.

"It's not their fault, in the final analysis, it's the cult that harms people a lot. Let's go, go ahead and have a look. ”

The horse continued to drive west, and came to a hilltop, a large area of farmland in full view, and there was no anger in the drizzle and haze, Jiang Jie looked strange, and then said:

"Master Hou, how do I feel strange here."

"Oh, what's wrong?" Bailiyan asked.

"Hou Ye, you see, the acres of fields in this world are square or irregular, but the acres of fields here are round, four circles into a square, and the circle and the circle between the high and low are staggered, and there are waterways for each other, flowing from high to low, and then all the way to the east into the Sishui River, so the layout can be described as exquisite."

"Yes, there's something weird here. There are four circles in the square, each circle is one section higher, there is a dam in the gap between the circle and the circle and the square tangent, and there are people fishing between the dam and the waterway, so it is judged that there are fish and shrimp in the dam, and it is not simple to arrange this method. ”

The large rice field in front of me is not a traditional square field, but it is a very rare round field.

The circular field is high in the north and low in the south, and the water from the upper field is slowly introduced into the lower field by taking advantage of the height difference of the field, and the tangent center of the four circular fields is just an open space.

Dig a dam in the open space, store the upstream discharge water, and maintain a certain liquid level height, the liquid level is higher than the dam crest, then it falls down to the field below, if the water level of the paddy field below is too low, then dig the dam everywhere to release water, so excellent to improve the water storage and storage mechanism, and the terraces have the same magic, are water conservancy agricultural projects adapted to local conditions.

In addition, the area of the circle is the largest, and the space tangent to the circle holds the dam, which is conducive to water storage, and the land use is more efficient than simply digging a dam between square fields.

Walking north along the mountain, I finally found the water source of the rice field, a small river no more than ten meters wide, and there was a dam at the high end of the small river, and the dam opened a discharge outlet, and the water level rose to accelerate the downstream water flow, so as to push the waterwheel.

The water wheel lifts the water to the higher canals, and then flows to the artificially dug reservoirs below, and when the water level overflows the reservoirs, it is discharged into the diversion canals, through which they flow into the fields. In the event of a drought, the reservoir can be drained.

"Master Hou, how do you think there is a master here?"

"Well, it does take some insight to set it up like that. However, it has been some years since the dam was built, and most of the people who built the water conservancy back then are no longer alive. Go, find someone to ask. ”

"No!"

The layout here is a fitting metaphor for the "harmony between man and nature", which can only be built by people who are well-versed in water conservancy and agriculture.

When he was young, Jiang Jie brought a teenager, eleven or twelve years old, ragged and skinny, barefoot, soaking wet, and an innocent face that made people think of many beautiful possibilities.

"Master Hou, I've been looking for a long time nearby, and there is only this young man."

"Well, let me do it."

took out two pieces of dough from the bag on Fei Yu's back, and Bailiyan handed them to the young man:

"Eat."

The young man looked at the dough, swallowed his saliva and looked at Bailiyan, his eyes full of surprise. Seeing that the young man was afraid, Baili Yan stuffed it into his hand:

"Eat with confidence, no one will rob you."

The young man looked at it again and again, approached the bread, inhaled the aroma of the bread vigorously, licked his lips and chewed hard, and it could be seen that he had not eaten dry rice for a long time.

After he had eaten two bites, Bailiyan asked:

"What's your name and where do you live?"

"Everyone calls me Xiaoqi, and I live in the village here."

"What's your last name?"

"I don't know."

The young man said innocently, ate two more mouthfuls of dough, and wrapped the remaining piece and a half of dough in soaked and shabby clothes, and it could be seen that there were still people in his family.

"Tell the general, why do you hide your food?"

"I'm full, but my grandmother and sister are still hungry......"

"What about your father and mother?"

"My father died early, my mother didn't know where to go, and there were only three people in the family: Xiaoqi, grandma, and sister."

"Is it okay to take Ben to Xiaoqi's house?"

The boy shook his head:

"You all carry swords and wear different clothes, what if it's a bad guy."

Bai Liyan removed the grain bag, revealing six pieces of dough and shook it twice in front of the young man:

"If you take Ben to Xiao Qi's house, the six pieces of bread here will be given to Xiao Qi, okay."

The young man looked at it pitifully, then nodded:

"Okay, you count."

"Count. Come, let Ben hold Xiao Qi, where Xiao Qi pointed, we will go. ”

It was like coaxing their own children, picking up the boy, and everyone followed the direction of the boy's finger all the way to the west, walked more than a mile, and came to a downhill village, which was filled with water, which was really rare.

Habitats are built on high ground, but rarely on low-lying places. Most of the young and middle-aged people in the village were conscripted into the battlefield or transferred to the county seat to serve in labor, and the village was old, weak, sick and disabled.

The group walked into the village, and soon exchanged a pair of vigilant eyes, the water was already overflowing the calf, and there were debris floating in the water, except for people, livestock and even cats and dogs, there was no one, and there was a dead silence.