Chapter Seventy-Six: The Mission
The morning was quiet and elegant, and the whole city was shrouded in a pale blue smoke, like a shy girl. Piles of rubble bear the traces of war, and occasionally one or two survivors flash away in terror like rats crossing the street.
Pingliang Castle was destroyed, from the proud city walls of Hengya to the buildings inside the city. This smoky city will not be able to return to its original appearance in ten years.
The sound of "clanging" in the backyard of the General's Mansion did not stop all night, the big bolt wiped the sweat on his face, poured out a bowl of herbal tea from the teapot and poured it down with his neck tilted, the coarse tea assimilated by the cold made him excited, and the sleepiness disappeared without a trace in an instant, and he took out a piece of ginger from the teapot and put it in his mouth to chew beautifully, and it was not yet time to eat. You have to work harder, Hou Ye is going to the grassland to meet those murderous Huns. I heard that urinating there can freeze now, but you can't let Hou Ye go there to freeze and starve.
The big bolt glanced at the results of a night's work, and the second bolt was reinforcing the skateboard below. I don't know how Hou Ye came up with it, but he actually knew how to process the wooden planks into this way and modify the carriage. There are always rumors that Hou Ye is the fairy-like Guiguzi disciple, but now it seems to be true.
The second bolt studied the drawings and did the final inspection. I don't know how far this thing is going to go, I heard that there are no trees in the grassland. Gotta make it stronger, and if it breaks down where there's no wood, it's bad.
Three hundred and eighty-one people, this is the number of people who followed Yun Yue's envoy this time. Feeding is a big problem, and now the grasslands are covered with snow, and people and horses are still good walking on them. The problem was that the wagons that pulled the supplies were not working, and the snow covered the grasslands. God knows where there are pits and where there are stones. Although stone is rare in the grasslands. But there are still. Whether the wheels are stuck in the pit. Still burped by a stone and broke the wheel. Then you have to give up.
Of course, this little thing is difficult for the omnipotent Yunhou, as a pioneer with thousands of years of knowledge. Yun Yue naturally went to the northeast of the later generations, and naturally saw the rampant climbing plough in the Changbai Mountains.
Master Geng is good, Yun Yue is very fortunate to get such an engineer from the Mo family. After a brief explanation of the principle, the old guy took the big bolt and the two bolts and a group of craftsmen to make a climbing plow.
When I see this thing, the jaws of the permanent teeth fall off. Two horses are pulled, and hundreds of catties of materials can be loaded and you can walk on the snow like flying. It's a little fucking amazing, you know, they used to have to use ox carts at this time. Die slowly, die slowly, don't talk about it. I often have to stop to repair the car, and the trouble is dead. If it weren't for Yun Yue to send the Huns, he would really have to come over to study and study.
"Lao Wei, you are also old. Is it good to stay in the city with the fisherman, why bother to go to this troubled water with the boy. In the cold spring season, the grassland is not a good place to go. Not only are they cold and frightening, but there are also Huns who kill people without blinking. ”
"Huns! Look at the killers under your command, even the demons of Hell can be killed. You can go to the Xiongnu without fear of hardship, why can't the old man accompany you through this experience. You also said, how old are you? Old man, this old bone. I ate and drank and drank, and I played when it was time to play. Even if it is folded on the prairie. No loss! ”
The old bastard spoke impassionedly, and even Ao Canghai behind Yun Yue was a little moved. knew that he was integrating into the Yun family and tying his life to Yun Yue's chariot. Only by living and dying together can we be rich and prosperous together. Wei Fang is gambling with his own life, or making a name. As long as he has gone through this experience, he is a member of the Yun family and can be trusted by his colleagues. Even if he eats and drinks in the Yun family, his waist is much harder.
"Don't regret it, there are only three hundred of us. This is to step into the vast grassland of the Huns, and you ask for more blessings. By the way, if you die in battle. The benefits we said would be nothing to do with you, you think about it, it's not over yet. ”
"Humph!" Wei Fang's nose snorted, ignoring Yun Yue, who had a wolf grandmother's expression. Straight to your own horses!
There were only thirty climbing plows, which were used to pull provisions. One man and two horses, one man and one pack of supplies. According to Zhang Han, it takes seven or eight days to go to the Xiongnu royal court. Yun Yue was afraid that the supplies would not be enough, so she stuffed all the climbing plows and horseback as much as possible. Even he himself had a huge bag of dry food hanging around his horse's neck.
Stepping through the broken city gate, Ao Canghai was the first to beat his horse out of the city. Dozens of climbing plows behind him moved in response to the sound, and although there were only 300 people, they made a big army of people travel.
Yao Jia wears an otter skin hat on his head. He wore a fox fur scarf around his neck, and he was made of unknown animal fur. The whole person looked like a giant sparrow, surrounded by a dozen guards, following at the back of the line. Throughout, he was a strong opponent of the mission. If he hadn't already defected to Zhao Guo and had no way out, this old guy might have run away directly.
Behind him the ranks were a mess, the sergeants put on everything they could put on their bodies, and everyone looked like a beast from the wilderness, a little clumsy, more fierce.
After the snow, the sky and the earth were white, reflecting the dazzling white light, there were a few dead grasses, difficult to show their heads, and then they were led by a few magpies, decorating their new homes, and the hares waded out of the snow ditches in the snow, probably very hungry, and even the eagles overhead did not care, but were trying to find grass seeds that could be eaten.
The one-foot-thick snow made it a little difficult for the war horse to walk. However, the climbing plow is very useful, and it looks like a somewhat overloaded plow is flying. Yun Yue's heart is half of it, and it's good to have provisions.
More than 100 years later, there was a team of Han Chinese who also walked in the grassland desert. They didn't insist on returning to the Central Plains because they didn't have supplies, and they made knives and pens into arrows. Don't dare to learn from Li Ling's fate, whether it is food or arrows, he has enough food. If the Huns turned their faces, they might have to fight to the end.
The permanent tooth stood on the damaged tower, and the hand holding the arrow stack trembled slightly. He held the city with 20,000 men, but he still lost his troops. Pingliang City is like a hell on earth. Now Yun Yue has led more than 300 people to bravely enter the grassland, what courage it must be. He was proud of Yun Yue, and he was worried about Yun Yue.
Yun Yue couldn't feel it, he had the pleasure of a great general going out on battle, his cloak was torn by the cold wind, he wanted to cheer, and he wanted to cry, the human situation was so wonderful. Although he is a little selfish, a philistine and a little timid, the great achievements of Wei Qing and Huo Qubing shine through the ages, and Yun Yue still understands the four words of national righteousness. Just go to the grassland to meet that Xiongnu Shan Yu, and see what these bastards who brought painful memories to the Huaxia people look like.
More than 300 horses and more than 30 climbing plows finally merged into the vast grassland, and Pingliang City became a small black dot far away in the sky. With the boundless wasteland, this team must have seemed small and lonely. The cold wind blew, and Yun Yue's flag swept in the wind. The snow particles blown up by the wind hit her face and hurt, and Yun Yue had to cover the scarf on her face.
Half-squinting, looking at the road ahead, walking in the snow for a long time, the eyes must have a covering, otherwise it will not take long for the eyes to be stimulated by the reflection of the snow redness, inflammation, is the snow blindness often said in later generations, fortunately, when leaving, I thought of this problem, found some black yarn, covered the face to block the snow reflection, although some obstruction of the vision, but the snow blindness played a good role in the prevention and control. It's just that the image is a little worse, the whole team is silently marching quickly on the snow, everyone has a black veil on their faces, like a team of robbers.
There is a climbing plow in front to open the way, the back plow closely follows, the snow under the sliding bar is crushed into ice, the back plow walks more easily, and two winding traces slowly extend from Pingliang City to the distance.
Zhang Han, who was at the forefront, galloped from time to time and went to the front to take a look. He had fifty men under him, and he was the second best in the team in terms of numbers. Looking back at the bulky supplies from time to time, he wondered why he was carrying such a heavy load. That kind of thing called a climbing plow can still walk like flying?
After walking sixty or seventy miles, it is not under the control of the Qin army. The Qin army now lacks cavalry, and it seems that it is powerless in these places.
A lot of corpses were found along the way, and they were all frozen hard, and they didn't know when they died. There were Qin people, and there were Huns. Of course, there are more corpses of the Qin people. The crows cried helplessly, and they could not peck at the flesh on the corpse that was frozen like a stone. The cold winter is difficult, whether it is human or animal. They all had to get through the most difficult times of the year, but many of them couldn't get through it after all.
Yun Yue looked up at the sky, and there were no more dark clouds covering the sun. The clear blue sky was outrageously blue, and the white clouds hung high in the sky like chunks of cotton. Yun Yue walked the clouds and walked, the snow-white cloud seemed to recognize Yun Yue, and hung lazily on the top of Yun Yue's head, no matter how Yun Yue moved, it always refused to leave on the top of his head.
"Yunhou, do you really have a way to get the Huns to quit? Can we really come back without incident? Yao Jia has asked eight times, and he always has no confidence in this mission. It seems that King Zhuangxiang's order is to let the two of them go to the grassland to die.
"What's going on? What if nothing happens? The king's orders have been issued, do you dare to disobey them? Stretching the head is a knife, shrinking the head is still a knife. Let's be free and easy, Lao Yao, we don't have no chances. At least I'm sure I'll make it back alive. Yun Yue admired the sky during the Warring States period, and was in no mood to talk to this old guy.
I still feel that my hands hurt, a guy who came out to complain and wore armor. You expect him to put life and death aside from the righteousness, that is completely wishful thinking.
Zhang Han's subordinates were like hunting dogs, scattering and running away for a while and then coming back. The team followed the direction they pointed, and I don't know if this guy is leading the way. (To be continued......)