The Zhegao River is a branch river that flows into Chaohu Lake, and in winter, the water is still flat, so it is not too much of a problem to cross the river by detouring along the shallow water.

When the wind blew from the water, it was still cold.

Jia Zhen wiped the water on his legs with the towel he brought with him, then put on cotton socks, put on long pants, and tied his trouser legs with leggings.

Next to him, Liu Ling sighed twice: "You guys will take care of it." ”

When she said this, Liu Ling's face was full of envy.

He naturally has to envy Jia Zhen, as Yu Guozhen's family guard, he is a member of the fourth phase, so he has been promoted to Pengzheng. But in Yu Guozhen's home guard, whether it is a duty or an ordinary white body, the equipment is extremely complete. For example, the five-piece set that everyone carries: a kettle, a towel, leggings, a cross bag, and an enamel bowl is extremely convenient, and the other four are just fine, and the enamel bowl is specially made, which can be used to boil water and porridge in addition to drinking water.

The invention of enamel is an accident, for Yu Guozhen to study the glass manufacturing process of the craftsman, there is a former learned to make cloisonné, he once out of fun, put a small knack he made in the crucible boiler, but cloisonne originally used copper tires, and he can only get iron tires made of cast iron in Xinxiang. Although the final burned thing is a bit nondescript, it is not easy to rust because of a layer of glass enamel. In the humid and hot Xinxiang, this was a very remarkable invention, so it quickly became popular among potters. Yu Guozhen found this after returning to Xinxiang, and he was really happy at that time, so he rewarded the craftsman, and Xinxiang's products were more enamel.

The first equipment is the home guard, the gourd and iron bowl used by the original family guards, all replaced by enamel kettles and enamel bowls. At the bottom of this enamel bowl there is also a movable handle made of iron sheets, which is not only convenient for the bathroom to heat the shelf on the fire, but also to prevent the temperature from being too high to burn people's hands.

Jia Zhen said with a smile: "We junior officials said that they still expect us to serve him for a lifetime, of course, we all have to live longer." The water is really cold, and if you don't dry it, you will be rheumatism in the future. ”

The boiling sound of boiling water came from the enamel bowl on the fire, and a fragrance came, which made Liu Ling couldn't help but take a deep breath. Seeing him like this, Jia Zhen happily took down the enamel bowl and pushed it in front of him: "Eat." ”

"How embarrassing is that?" Liu Ling was a little embarrassed.

"What's so embarrassing, it's just a meal, we Tiger Guards, we carry five days of food with us, if we go to a place where we can't replenish, we are not afraid of going hungry." Jia Zhen said as he patted the grain bag on his shoulder, and said with some pride.

Randomly folded two branches to use as chopsticks, Liu Ling took the enamel bowl, and after opening it, the smell of fragrant rice came, in addition to rice, there were about seven or eight pieces of salted dried fish in it. Liu Ling only eats rice, and when he touched the salted fish, Jia Zhen smiled when he saw it: "You just have to eat, I said it, we have five days of stored grain on us." ”

Hearing this, Liu Ling went to eat salted fish, and when she tasted it, she felt that the taste was different: "What kind of fish is this?" ”

"Who knows, anyway, it's fished up from the sea, pickled and pickled, and then pressed out with a stamping machine, it becomes this thing, if you don't boil it, it's just bark, and you can't bite it!"

"It's great to have fish to eat, and you're complaining...... Tsk, Yu Gongzi is really benevolent, treat you so well, if I have this luck, it would be good to be able to work for Yu Gongzi! ”

Liu Ling is not complimenting, he is talking psychologically. He is just a recruited officer and soldier, and he is only nineteen years old this year, which is the same age as Jia Zhen, but Jia Zhen has everything on him, but he has nothing on him!

Around Yu Guozhen, there were only 500 people, 200 guards, plus 300 officers and soldiers assigned to him by Sun Lin. After crossing the river, he let everyone choose a place to rest, eat a full meal, and take a nap.

But he himself held up his binoculars, and looked up from a high place to the place where the river had crossed.

"Little official, why do you want to stay here?" Tian Boguang was a little puzzled.

"We defeated the king of troubled times and took the people who were coerced, but the thieves did not capture all of them, and some escaped from the river. They know that we don't have many people, and they will definitely report it to the thieves on the other side of the river. Yu Guozhen said: "You also heard when the thief was tried, the thief channel behind the palace here is the prince of Hengtianwang, this person is cruel and cunning, surnamed Xi killing, he came to the palace on the order of Gao Chuang, he was originally extremely reluctant, and now something happened, and the people who were coerced were taken by me, how do you say he will choose?" ”

"If I were him, there would be two, one would be to break away immediately and join the thieves, and the other would be to wait for an opportunity to fight back and recapture the population."

"Yes, so I'm here to check, and he should know by now that I'm not one of those stupid people, and that I have more people than I am. Therefore, it is most likely that he attacked at night, and I did not break the pontoon bridge over there, ostensibly to facilitate the crossing of the river by our army, but in fact it was convenient for him to attack at night. ”

"But we're here ......"

"I have suffered a loss, I think Wang Zishun will be more cautious, he wants to attack at night, he should be divided into two ways, one way from the pontoon bridge to kill back, the other way is to choose a place to wade across the river." Yu Guozhen pointed to the place where he crossed the river: "Since you have to wade through the water, you naturally have to send someone to investigate, to see where the river is shallow and the water is slow, you see, his people are coming." ”

Tian Boguang also raised the telescope, this thing is rare even if it is Xinxiang, but Tian Boguang is now a deputy of the regiment and is equipped with a telescope.

A small team, about thirteen or fourteen rogues were leading horses here, this place was already more than ten miles away from the pontoon bridge, and the traces left by Yu Guozhen when they crossed the river had also been cleaned up, so those rogues did not become suspicious.

They waded cautiously across the river, and then came back quickly, and from their countenances they all became relaxed. He said something on the riverside, and then turned and left, leaving no one behind.

Tian Boguang swallowed his saliva, he was also clever: "How do the petty officials know that they must cross the river from downstream?" ”

"If you go upstream, if you need sewage, muddy water will flow downstream, and it will leak secrets." Yu Guozhen said: "Of course, if the thief is not so smart and can't think of this, it doesn't matter, I have already told Kexian to be careful when I came." The camp is also well set up, and it can be held for a while, so that we can attack from behind, why fear? ”

He said a little scattered, because his mind was not on this matter, but thinking about what Gao Yingxiang would do. In his opinion, this battle is a sure victory, and Liukou's actions have not surprised him until now. However, what he faced was not Gao Yingxiang, but Prince Shun, the king of Hengtian, whether it was Wang Zishun himself or the soldiers in his hands, it was not enough to compare with Gao Yingxiang.

Even if this battle is completely won, it can only be said that Gao Yingxiang's finger has been broken, and it cannot be said that Gao Yingxiang's arm has been broken. There are only 200 people in his hands, and the rest of the officers and soldiers are okay to defend the city, and the first battle has proved that they are not enough to fight with the Liukou field.

In the battle just now, the guards led by Yu Guozhen, because of the inlaid armor and protective body, although there were some minor injuries, there were no casualties, and the officers and soldiers only chased the dead to the north to fight a tailwind battle, and they were even killed by dozens of thieves, and the wounded were nearly 100. Such a loss is unacceptable in Yu Guozhen's view.

Tian Boguang listened carefully, and he pondered: "So, will the thieves cross the river at night?" ”

"yes, what do you think you should do then?"

"The petty officials pulled us here, naturally they are preparing to raid the troops of the thieves crossing the river."

"Hehe, you are clever again, why would I pick a thief who crosses the river to sneak attack, instead of attacking the thief's headquarters?"

"That's because...... There will be more thieves in the headquarters, and they will attack across the pontoon bridge, which will be better defended, but the thieves here will not be able to number them in number, and they can sneak attack Deputy Envoy Sun from any direction, so we have to defeat this side. ”

Yu Guozhen nodded: "And then?" ”

"Then send someone back to the ferry, let Deputy Envoy Sun make a false impression of being attacked, and lure the thieves on this side of the bridge to attack......" Speaking of this, Tian Boguang's eyes lit up.

Jia Zhen cooked another bowl of rice and salted fish, and ate it with a whin, perhaps because he saw Liu Ling eating sweetly, and he also felt that the rice today was very delicious, that is, the salted fish pieces that he usually didn't like, and now they were also very delicious. After finishing the meal, he washed his enamel bowl again, and when he saw Liu Ling's envious look, he smiled and said: "What is there to envy, if you know another use of this enamel bowl, I guarantee that you will not be envious." ”

Liu Lingqi said: "What is the use of this bowl? ”

I saw Jia Zhen turn the bowl over, buckle it on his head, tie it with a belt, and pull down the iron piece that began to act as a handle, and suddenly, the enamel bowl turned into a helmet, and even wore a face armor, except for the ugly style, it looked decent.

Just thinking that Fang Cai was a pot and a bowl, and now it has become a helmet, Liu Ling feels a little weird.

"This thing...... Who came up with it with nine tricks! He couldn't laugh or cry.

"No, Grandma's, it's said they're still working on whether they can sharpen the edge of the helmet and use it as a shovel to dig up the soil if necessary. We joked privately that one day we would eat and drink with this helmet, and maybe we could use it to have a baby or something. Jia Zhen smiled in a low voice, and pointed to Tian Boguang over there: "I didn't say this, na, it was Deputy Tian Tuan who said it." ”

Liu Ling also laughed, but thinking about this bowl that can be used as a helmet, or a helmet that can be used as a bowl, he was still quite envious in his heart: "Tsk, you can help me ask your officer, whether this thing is sold or not, I want to buy one." ”

He knew that Yu Guozhen's things were all standard, the same for everyone, and they could only be replaced if they were damaged, so he was embarrassed to ask Jia Zhen for them.

Jia Zhen nodded, and was about to agree, when suddenly a cry came from beside him, he suddenly closed his mouth and looked up, looking at Yu Guozhen, and his demeanor became serious and focused.

Yu Guozhen made a gesture that the guards were all familiar with, that is, to let them organize their equipment and enter a state of combat readiness within a minute.

It is the officers and soldiers, who have now also fought with Yu Guozhen, and they are familiar with his style, and no one dares to slack off, they get up one by one, and they feel that they are in their positions without the reprimands of the officers.

Some people have this kind of appeal, like Sima Qian's comments on Li Guang, Tao Li is speechless, and he is self-contained.

(To be continued)