Chapter 374: Mountainside Lake
After suffering a loss to the Peruvian army, the existing water source could not be went, and the top priority was to find a new water source.
Yang Xiaoshan led his guards to the mountain in search of a new source of water.
"How far is it to be Rong?" Yang Xiaoshan asked Weng Derong behind him.
Knowing that Yang Xiaoshan was looking for a new water source, Weng Derong volunteered to be a guide, and he once discovered a small freshwater lake when he was collecting medicine. Because he couldn't ride a horse, Yang Xiaoshan took him to his side and rode together.
"It's almost here, let's get off the horse first, the mountain road ahead is a little steep, the horse is a little tired, don't stumble." Weng Derong reminded.
"Okay, then let's lead the horse." Yang Xiaoshan kicked off the horse, and helped Weng Derong to get off the horse.
"King Dong, you are the most approachable prince I have ever met." Weng Derong said with emotion.
"Really? How many princes have you seen? Yang Xiaoshan quipped.
"This γγγγγγ" Weng Derong was speechless for a while, "Anyway, the old man in our county is not big, but the shelf is huge, in our hometown, if we ordinary people dare to look at him directly, we will be beaten." β
"I, the king of the East, are not as good as they used to be, we are in this foreign country, with more than 1,000 people, and facing the heavy encirclement of the Peruvian army, the prospects are really difficult." Yang Xiaoshan had already treated Weng Derong as a person he could trust, otherwise he would not have said this to him.
"King Dong, it's all our subordinates who are incompetent, and we can't share your worries." After getting along for such a long time, Weng Derong admired Yang Xiaoshan more and more, thinking that such a few people would revolt and die soon, and he wanted to continue to defeat strong enemies without fighting the Taiping army, and he could hold on until now.
"Don't say that, you have contributed the most during this time, if it weren't for your wonderful hand rejuvenation, I don't know how many brothers died due to injuries. I've heard that the wounded praised you as a half-immortal when they returned. Yang Xiaoshan is also very fortunate that there is such a clever doctor in the army, otherwise the casualties will be greater and the crisis will come earlier.
The two talked while walking, and their relationship with each other became a lot closer. Yang Xiaoshan's original impression of Weng Derong was that he was timid and afraid, lacking courage in his actions, and embarrassed to be of great use. After getting along during this time, Yang Xiaoshan gradually changed this view, although Weng Derong has a relatively soft temperament, he is serious, kind, and charismatic, and the army's opinion of him is very positive.
"It's not that doctors can't lead soldiers, Lao Wu was still an accountant, and later he also had a good way of leading soldiers. In fact, generals do not necessarily have to be extremely talented military geniuses, sometimes decent, cautious and cautious, and it is also very important for generals who do not make mistakes. Yang Xiaoshan had this idea in an instant.
Weng Derong is a native of Fujian, and Yang Xiaoshan feels that he can be cultivated first, "At the next military meeting, I have to call him over." Yang Xiaoshan thought to himself.
"King Dong, here, look at this little lake." Weng Derong interrupted Yang Xiaoshan's thoughts. I saw him excitedly pointing to the clear water of the lake and exclaiming with joy.
Yang Xiaoshan stepped forward, and his expression was also lifted. This small lake is located halfway up the mountain, and the lake is full of trees, surrounded by clouds and mist. If Weng Derong hadn't led the way, it would have been difficult for him to find out that there was such a fairyland here.
"Derong, I'm really convinced of you. You discovered such a hidden place. Why didn't you tell me earlier. Yang Xiaoshan pretended to complain.
"My subordinates also stumbled upon this place by mistake when they were collecting medicine. However, although the water of Dongwang is clear, it is stagnant water after all, and it is not as good as the living water that we have been flowing down the mountain before, which is why our subordinates have not recommended this place. Weng Derong did not blindly boast about this place in order to win Yang Xiaoshan's appreciation, but still pointed out a big flaw here.
"Oh, really?" Yang Xiaoshan was a little regretful, he bent down and scooped up the lake water with his hands. The water is cold and biting, and there is thin ice floating on the surface of the lake in some places.
Yang Xiaoshan carefully observed for a while, Weng Derong was right, this lake is formed because of a natural depression on the mountainside, although the water comes from the sky, but because there is no fluidity, it must be worse than living water in terms of cleanliness.
"This lake is like a big bowl of water hanging on the mountainside, but fortunately there is no pollution here, I have tasted the water here, and I can still drink it." Weng Derong continued.
"What did you say?" Yang Xiaoshan suddenly had a thought that flashed through him.
"I said the water was still drinkable." Weng Derong thought that Yang Xiaoshan didn't hear clearly, and hurriedly replied.
"It's not this sentence, the last sentence!" Yang Xiaoshan waved his hand and asked.
"I said that the lake was like a big bowl of water hanging on the mountainsideγγγγγγγ" Weng Derong didn't understand what Yang Xiaoshan meant, but he still repeated what he had just said.
"That's it!" Yang Xiaoshan immediately interrupted Weng Derong's words, "A bowl of water, hanging in the γγγγγγ Yang Xiaoshan kept repeating this sentence, as if he had some inspiration, and suddenly laughed out loud after turning it upside down.
"King Dong, King Dong, are you okay?" Yang Xiaoshan's actions startled Weng Derong.
"I'm fine, I'm fine, just thinking about the past. Back then, in Liangshanhe, Guangxi, my father-in-law Lao Dongwang used a trick. That's really useful, that's called a pretty one. Yang Xiaoshan recalled the past and already had a countermeasure in his heart.
Weng Derong didn't understand, he looked dazed, and he didn't know what Yang Xiaoshan was talking about.
"I'm sorry, I forgot you're not old longhair, you shouldn't know what I'm talking about. However, in the Three Kingdoms, you must have heard the story of Guan Yunchang flooding the Seventh Army. Yang Xiaoshan explained with a little embarrassment.
"Of course I've heard it, I think that Guan Erye defeated Cao Jun with Xiangshui in Fancheng back then, captured Yu Ban, beheaded Pang De, shocked Huaxia, and the story of scraping bones and healing wounds, this drama is all rotten on the stage, and three-year-old children know it." Speaking of this, Weng Derong recalled, "King Dong, it turns out that you want to follow the example of Second Master Guan and give that Peruvian child a flooded Seventh Army?" β
"What do you think?" Yang Xiaoshan smiled and nodded in acknowledgement, and asked rhetorically.
"Dongwang, you are really powerful, Guan Erye put autumn water in August back then, you are ice water in the middle of winter, this is enough for Peruvian soldiers to drink a pot, such cold water does not need to be drowned, just freezing will freeze to death." Weng Derong gave a thumbs up in admiration and praised again and again from the bottom of his heart.
"This is just a preliminary idea, and I have to discuss it with everyone when I go back, and make a plan seamlessly, so that the Peruvian army can take the bait. But this merit still has to be credited to you, if you hadn't brought me here today and inspired me with a casual remark, I really wouldn't have come up with this idea. Yang Xiaoshan was in a good mood, swept away the previous haze, and finally could play a big game with the Peruvian army.