The weather is getting colder and colder day by day, the air is constantly hazy, and the air carries a trace of dampness.

"It's going to snow!" Out of the big tent and looking at the black and oppressive sky, Li Yuanji couldn't help but sigh.

Winter here is rarely a time when there is no snow, and more often than not, the whole winter is covered in snow, which looks beautiful, but it is a disaster for those who live here.

"Your Highness, if the weather continues, I'm afraid we will order a harvest, otherwise there may be no harvest this year!" Ma Zhou also deeply sighed that when he first entered the camp, the weather was not like this, and in the blink of an eye, dark clouds covered the entire sky.

Judging from the dense clouds, it looks like rain, but if you ask the people who live here all year round, the rain will be followed by snow, and the temperature will plummet until March of the following year.

"Isn't the grain still ripe?" Li Yuanji was stunned, on the way to Zhenbei, you can see unripe grain everywhere, and the yield is not high, but it is better than nothing.

"Once this snow falls, it won't be a matter of ripeness, and our grain reserves won't be able to support the next year's autumn harvest!" Ma Zhou shook his head, Xiangguo is not in vain, and he has an in-depth understanding of some knowledge in agriculture.

As if worried that Li Yuanji didn't quite understand, Ma Zhou continued: "I heard from the old farmer that the wheat in this period can be roasted and eaten directly on the fire, and the taste is very good, and this year's harvest is not very realistic, and it should not be a problem to barely survive until next year." ”

Due to the delay of immigration, the cultivation time in the north of the town is very inconsistent.

The farmland that the government soldiers took the lead in reclaiming had been harvested half a month ago, and the yield was not much higher than that of the Central Plains, but it was not too little.

The people came late, and they came in several batches, and the latest batch did not even catch up with the cultivation season, but there were still people who did not give up and planted seeds, and the grain in the fields has not yet grown, let alone harvested.

I wanted to rely on these harvests this year, plus the grain stocks in my hands, I could easily survive until next year's autumn harvest.

It's just that people are not as good as the sky, and a rain or snow completely breaks their plans.

Li Yuanji sighed deeply: "Order the harvest, whether it is directly roasted on the fire, or put it in the house to dry with fire, try your best, you must dry those grains, and when you eat it, just cook it with water for a while, and ...... The order goes down, and when it is New Year's Day, each person will be given one or two pieces of meat! Other...... According to the king's order, all the idle government soldiers near the north of the town should go to the nearby people's homes to help collect them on a team-based basis. ”

"No!" Ma Zhou responded with a heavy heart.

Autumn harvest, a manual work done by manpower, the weather is so cold, the people do not even have enough warm clothes at home, it is impossible for all the staff to go to the field to work, even with the help of the government soldiers, it will take at least a month to barely complete.

It's just that God won't give them a month.

……

"You guys take off your clothes, boss, put them on, and go to the field to collect grain, damn, clean up the house, make a stove out of clay, light a fire, don't freeze these little cubs, and bake the grain at night!" Second, you go to the village and shout, let everyone hurry up and prepare to harvest! "The old government soldier Zhang Zhang commanded a family at home, and the government soldier was both a soldier and a farmer.

Besides, Zhang Li is no longer a government soldier, he was injured during the Northern Expedition before, and although he finally recovered after a few months, his body is no longer suitable for continuing to go on the battlefield.

Zhang Zhang didn't want to go, so he stayed, and later his family also immigrated here, and the family lived in this place called Zhangjia Village, there are a total of 90 families in the village, and the surname Zhang is the most.

Two bamboo baskets, two flat poles, a sickle and a kitchen knife, this is the agricultural tool of tension.

There is a shortage of everything in the north of the town, and the sickle cannot be satisfied, and almost all the things that can be used in each household will come in handy, although it is not so handy.

Several war horses were weak, panting heavily in their nostrils, and two white suffocating eyes were visible.

The soldiers on the war horses looked a little tired, seeing this scene, Zhang Li hurriedly stood on both sides of the road, but the people behind him were a little dazed, everyone also knew that to collect, time was the most critical, just get out of the way so that they could pass, there was no need to stand here and wait for them to go.

"Everyone, get to both sides of the road!"

"Border Emergency!"

Almost at the same time, Zhang Li shouted at the people to give way, and the cavalry, who were still hundreds of paces away, also shouted loudly at the crowd.

The people suddenly came to their senses, and hurriedly retreated to both sides of the road, making way for the cavalry.

The soldiers on the war horses didn't look at these people much, their eyes were always on the front of the road, and the war horses under their crotches didn't know how long they had been running, but they still had to continue to run hard.

The war horse roared past, but a short sentence left an unusually heavy blow to the hearts of these people.

"Brother Zhang, what's going on? Isn't it going to be another war? "Zhao Dahai, who migrated from the mainland, was full of sorrow, grabbing the harvest is enough to make people depressed, if they are fighting, this is to let them die......

"It's supposed to be the Turks, right?" Zhang Zhang was slightly stunned.

"What? Turks? ”

"Aren't they defeated?"

"Don't worry about this, the king of Qi has 10,000 troops stationed in the north, the general Su Dingfang personally commands them, and there are more than 10,000 troops in the north of the town to guard them, and the Turks have nothing to be afraid of, with these 20,000 troops here, the Turks don't think about the next step in the south, they can't beat us." Zhang Zhang shook his head and puffed towards everyone, "What we have to do now is to hurry up and harvest as much as we can before the snow, although the King of Qi has prepared a lot of food, but there are so many people in the Qi country, it is not certain how much can be divided at that time, it is always better to rely on people than on themselves." ”

"It's good if you can't hit it here! Let's get to work! As a veteran who participated in the Northern Expedition, although he is no longer a government soldier, his words are still very influential, piercing everyone's hearts like a needle in the sea, and the original worries have gradually dissipated, replaced by a full of grain, not yet fully ripe food.

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From north to south, the shortest distance is to enter through the north gate in the north of the town and leave through the south gate.

Several war horses galloped in the wind and rain along the way, shouting when they met people, causing panic among the people at the same time, they were also rapidly approaching the camp on the south bank of the Yellow River.

Border Emergency?

faintly heard the shouts of the cavalry, and Ma Zhou, who went to Zhenbei City with Li Yuanji, was stunned.

Li Yuanji also squinted his eyes slightly, looking at a few cavalrymen not far ahead, his face was a little white from the cold, and his hands were a little stiff, if it weren't for the support of the Takahashi saddle and iron stirrups, I am afraid that he would have fallen from the war horse.

"Border Emergency! The 70,000 troops of the Jieli Department are approaching the border pass, and the general is waiting for the northern army to lead the army! ”

"What? Isn't Jieli defeated? He still has the heart to go south? Ma Zhou was shocked, Yi Nan didn't feel so shocked when he went south, but he even lost his underwear completely, what to take to the south?

After receiving the battle report, Li Yuanji ignored Ma Zhou's questioning and opened it directly.

The Jieli Department and the Liang Division are all together, a total of about 70,000 troops, a small amount of logistics, is heading south, Guhu Beicheng is about two days away, yesterday Su Dingyi sent a large number of scouts scattered to investigate, but did not find anything abnormal, this is the urgent report.

"Jieli is just defeated, and he has not completely lost his strength. When the king of Japan defeated Jieli, he and the Liang division were gathered together, and there were about 100,000 troops. Li Yuanji squinted his eyes slightly, and couldn't help but look at the north.

"Your Highness once said that Yi Nan's ambition is ......?" As soon as Li Yuanji said this, Ma Zhou instantly thought of the Northern Expedition that Li Yuanji had mentioned to him that day, and couldn't help but be surprised, and looked at Li Yuanji with a questioning face.

"Not bad! Yi Nan has long wanted to kill Jieli, and then let his tribe have a place that really belongs to him, and beat the water dogs, Yi Nan can't be unaware of this truth. 100,000 today, 70,000 today, the answer is already very clear. "I haven't cared much about Mobei's affairs, first, I don't have time, but I don't have the energy, just go north to reconnoiter the distance of seven days and be on guard, and then follow the speed of building the city, step by step to the north.

Jieli has lost logistics, such a great opportunity, how could Yi Nan, who has exhausted the organs, give up?

Obviously, after he withdrew his troops that day, Yi Nan led his troops to continue to encircle and intercept the Jieli Department.

The two sides must have gone through a big battle, otherwise it would not have been possible for a summer to pass, and the Jieli Department would have lost nearly 30,000 troops, and this was not winter.

Busy dodging Yi Nan's attack and having no time to sweep the surrounding weak tribes, it is not easy for Jieli to bring those 100,000 people to now, but seeing that winter is coming, Jieli has been fighting for a whole summer, if he can't get logistics, his 100,000 people are afraid that they won't be able to survive this winter.

Therefore, the matter of going south can be explained.

One is the Yi Nan Department, which has more troops than himself and lacks nothing, and the other is the Qi State, which only has 20,000 troops, but is still squeezed out by the imperial court everywhere, which one to choose? Is this still a choice?

"It seems that this king's plan is going to be ruined again!" Li Yuanji felt very helpless, kept Jieli and Yi Nan to fight non-stop, consumed their strength, and waited for his own development to benefit from the fishermen in the north, but now it seems that this wishful thinking is obviously unreliable, and continued to say lightly: "Pass on the king's order, gather the southern army, and assemble ...... in the north of the town tomorrow."