Chapter 271: The Battle Locust Curates the Rise of the Locust Plague [2]
The outbreak of locusts was initiated by the area around the two rivers, namely the Yellow River and the Huai River, and the first to suffer was Luoyang, the long-abandoned imperial capital of the Eastern Han Dynasty. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
Because Hua Fei had sent a large number of guards to various places to inquire about the news in advance, he was able to get the information of the locust outbreak in advance.
According to the reports of the guards, the area of the locust plague was not very large at first, only a pile in the east and a mass in the west. However, they soon converged in one place, and immediately snowballed more and more, and more and more gathered and scattered in all directions.
At present, Hebei, Yanzhou, Hongnong and other places have all been attacked by dense locust swarms, and the places where they pass are really bare without leaving a piece of grass.
Moreover, after the destruction of a large number of crops, the locust plague has not weakened but has a tendency to intensify, and now there are two locusts from Hebei in the northeast of Guanzhong and Hongnong in the east, and are overwhelmingly rushing towards Guanzhong.
Hua Fei was shocked when he heard the news! Although along with the guards, there was other information, such as the whereabouts of the emperor and the brave general with a big axe, whom Hua Fei had always cared about.
However, Hua Fei no longer has time to care about these things, because Hua Fei knows that if this locust plague is together, it can really be described in one sentence, that is: "Those with dense phobia should be cautious!" ”
Although Hua Fei was shocked but not confused, he quickly calmed himself down again, and quickly gathered all his subordinates to discuss the matter quickly.
Discuss with each other to see if there is any way to avoid the locust plague from hitting Guanzhong and lead the fathers and villagers in Guanzhong through the current crisis?
In the Jingzhao Mansion where the sun was shining that day, after hearing Hua Fei's question, Fa Zheng, who was holding a white dust, immediately came out and replied: "My lord, since the locusts are divided into two ways from the northeast and the east in a vain attempt to enter the Guanzhong region of Russia, then the troops will come to block it, and the water will flood the earth." ”
"That's a good point!" Xu Shu also raised his sword and said in a loud voice, "The locusts are coming from these two roads, and they are bound to enter through the Linjin area in the northeast and the Tongguan area that will be successfully built. ”
After a slight pause, he continued, "Fire is the supreme artifact of heaven and earth, enough to incinerate all evil things in this world, and our lord can gather a large army in these two places, equipped with a large number of flammable materials, and then command the soldiers to ascend and burn the swarms of locusts that come to attack." ”
As soon as Xu Shu's words fell, Ma Jun, the general of the Dianke Zhonglang with a stone in his mouth, also hurriedly came out and hugged his fists and saluted: "Lord, you don't need to board the ...... Ascend to the top with just ...... It is necessary to collect a large number of long rods...... Rod, then ......"
"Oops!" Pu Yuan on the side saw that he was not good at speaking, so he frowned and shouted, "Let me help you say, Lord Deheng said that you only need to collect a large number of long poles to tie them up and tie them up to be able to lift them high and burn." I'm right, right? ”
"Right...... Right! Ma Jun agreed when he heard this, but said, "It's just ...... It's to ......"
Pu Yuan hurriedly helped him in a loud voice and said: "Just pay attention to fire prevention, and you have to order the sergeants that the angle of the burning long rod must be slightly inclined to prevent the burning thing from falling and burning yourself." ”
After speaking, Bo Yuan looked at Ma Jun and asked, "Is that so?" ”
"Right...... Right! ”
Pu Yuan flicked his sleeves and interrupted Ma Jun's words: "Hey! Tell you that the stone to be held in your mouth every day, but you refuse to listen, you say that if you encounter an emergency, you can't make people die in a hurry at your speed? ”
"This sleeps...... You always ...... when you sleep We can't let Russia ...... Hold it too, right? ”
Pu Yuan laughed and took Ma Jun's hand and said, "Of course you can't sleep, otherwise you won't choke to death with your snoring." ”
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but laugh. Hua Fei: "Bang! The slap of the table immediately stood up and ordered loudly: "Don't drive Xu Shu to listen to the order!" ”
"The subordinates are here!"
"Immediately let the horses set out towards Hongnong and Hebei, and go to inform the various forces, stating that our army will only carry torches and other things to the north and go out of the border with the horses, and this will only help them fight against the locust plague, and will not encroach on their territory. If they agree, they should not be hostile to our army, and if they do not, they should reply as soon as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary fighting between the two armies. ”
"Whoa!" Xu Shu responded with a fist when he heard the order, and then turned around and went out of the house to arrange a suitable candidate.
Hua Fei shouted again: "Bing Cao is engaged in Tai Shi Ci to listen to orders!" ”
"The last general!"
"Let you lead the 20,000 elite horsemen of the headquarters to rush to Tongguan, according to the idea of Ma and Bo, the two lieutenant generals, prepare more long poles to ignite the fire and march towards Hongnong, so as not to let the locusts in the east approach the Guanzhong land of our army. The order is issued immediately, and there must be no mistakes! ”
"The last general commands!" Tai Shi Cigao glanced at Xu Chu proudly in response, raised his eyebrows at him, and then hurriedly left the house.
"Phew! You kid smugs! Seeing this, Xu Chu was almost angry and scolded in his heart, "Isn't it just that you are ordered to lead a cavalry, and every time you ask your kid to go first." ”
When Xu Chu was hating in his heart, he suddenly heard Hua Fei raise his voice again: "General Zhengnan Zhonglang - Xu Chu listens to the order!" ”
"The last general!" Xu Chu was overjoyed when he heard this, and only a tiger roar shook everyone's ears "buzzing".
"Bastard! Every time I yell like this, next time I get something to plug my ears and then give you an order. ”
Hua Fei raised his eyes and glared at Xu Chu in the sound of scolding, Xu Chu saw that everyone was covering their ears, but he also knew that he was getting carried away again, so he hurriedly clenched his fists and lowered his head.
But he heard Hua Fei order loudly: "Let you lead the 15,000 elite soldiers of the headquarters to cross the river north with Ganning's naval army, and the action steps are the same as Tai Shici." The order is issued immediately, and there must be no mistakes! ”
"The last general commands!" This time, Xu Chu lowered his voice and agreed, and then turned around and left the house.
Hua Fei ordered in a loud voice: "He Man can take my tiger talisman and hurry to inform Gan Ning, the general of Zhengdong Zhonglang, and ask him to lead the navy to lead Xu Chu's troops to cross the river to the north." Then you will lead the 15,000 army of your headquarters to continue to hunt locusts around the city of Chang'an. ”
"The last general commands!" When He Man heard the order for Gao Ying to come out of the ranks, he stretched out his hands to take the half-faced tiger talisman in Hua Fei's hand to mobilize the navy, turned around and walked towards the outside of the mansion with a gust of wind.
After thinking for a while, Hua Fei ordered in a loud voice: "Come, send me a letter to Hanzhong immediately, and let Wei Yan of Hanzhong lead the 10,000 mountain elite soldiers under his command to immediately go north to Chang'an and go to Huashan to climb high and burn the locusts that entered the country." ”
Later, Hua Fei sent a summons to Pu Hu, who was stationed in Wuguan, and asked him to do his best to help his brothers who were good at mountaineering and wading.
As Hua Fei's orders were handed down one by one, the more than 100,000 troops in the entire Guanzhong rushed to the front line of the anti-locust with all their might, except for He Man's headquarters and the elite soldiers guarding the Sisai land.
At the same time, Hua Fei also considered that after the locust plague, the grain output in various regions would inevitably drop significantly, so the delicious meat of locusts could be used to make up for the famine caused by the lack of food.
Therefore, he also ordered the generals who had sent them to collect as many burned locusts as they could when they were busy, and to use them as food and grass as they could prepare.
In order to encourage the sergeants to collect locusts, Hua Fei also ordered Fazheng and Gong Cao to engage in Duji, and quickly formulated the matter of collecting locusts for military merits, so as to encourage the sergeants to actively collect and hand in a large number of locusts.
At the same time, Hua Fei, who regarded this disaster as a war, did not relax after the action with the army, and continued to rack his brains together with Xu Shu, Fa Zheng, Bing Yuan and others, thinking about fighting locusts.
Even the guards in this Jingzhao Mansion are following them day and night, and they are busy.
Because of the consideration of the elimination of external troubles, the internal troubles still exist. Hua Fei even passed down an order that made Du Xi, who was in charge of money and grain, very puzzled.
At the same time, in the army of Linjin and Tongguan, there are also war horses and carrier pigeons shuttling back and forth, transmitting information and orders.
It stands to reason that the measures of Hua Fei and others are undoubtedly extremely beneficial to Guanzhong, Hebei and Hongnong. However, the development of things made Dehuafei and others almost scramble. (To be continued.) )