Chapter 140: The Turmoil of the He Clan (22)

At dawn, the sky reveals the white of the fish's belly.

Entering the late autumn season, the cool breeze blowing from the eastern part of Liaodong is full of coolness. The grass on the grass is stained with tiny dewdrops, and when you reach out and touch the dewdrops, you can feel the coldness of the dewdrops.

On the official road from Haizhou to Gaizhou, Wu Tingzhen's remnants of the Wu army almost went out of their nests, dormant on both sides of this official road for a whole night, waiting for their prey: the Liao army.

Tangchi Fort is located in a remote location, only on the side of the official road leading from Haizhou City to Gaizhou City, which is different from Pingshan Fort, which controls the official road to Gaizhou. The large-scale march of the Liao army from Haizhou to Gaizhou is a necessary place that cannot be bypassed, and Tangchi Fort, the Liao army can completely bypass Tangchi Fort, leaving a small number of troops to guard the defenders of Tangchi Fort.

Stubbornly defending Tangchi Fort can not play a role in containing the Liao army, the Liao army can completely ignore Tangchi Fort and directly bypass Tangchi Fort, Wu Tingzhen wants to achieve his goal of containing the Liao army, so he can only abandon Tangchi Fort and ambush the Liao army halfway or set up a position to fight with the Liao army in the field.

Although the number of the Liao army in the southern expedition was only 50,000, the number was still more than twice that of the Wu private soldiers. Besides, the Liao army is good at field warfare, unless Wu Tingzhen is brainless, he will definitely not come up with a way to fight the Liao army in the field. Field battles with the Liao army are tantamount to looking for death. And the ambush has become the most suitable tactic for Wu Tingzhen to contain and attack the Liao army.

Wu Zhenfei was lying in the grass, half of his clothes were soaked, and it was not pleasant to lie on the grass all night at this season. A cool breeze blew in his face, and Wu Zhenfei couldn't help but chill and sneezed.

"You, you, you're not old yet, and your body is not as good as my old man." Wu Tingzhen, who was lying next to Wu Zhenfei, said in a somewhat teasing tone.

"Birds!" Wu Zhenfei added a handful of dew on the tip of the grass in front of him, and smashed his mouth with enjoyment, "I have gnawed the bark of the tree for almost a year, eaten the grass for more than half a year, and I haven't seen a bit of meat, and I have long faded out of a bird, and my iron-like body and bones can't withstand such a beating." ”

Wu Zhenfei complained about the vegetarian life of the Wu people in the past year, and the year since Zhenyuan fled south in the thirteenth year was the most difficult year in the history of the Wu people. In order to lead the soldiers and civilians of the Wu nationality to survive in a dangerous situation, Wu Tingzhen survived with his tail between his legs. The outside world seems to have forgotten about this once prominent family. Except for Peng Chaodong and He Fangxiong, who gave the Wu people a small amount of grain and grass support out of moral considerations, the Wu people did not have any other foreign aid, and the whole 30,000 people barely survived until now, gnawing tree bark and cooking grass roots.

"You're noisy." Wu Tingzhen's expression was a little gloomy, "The meat you just ate before the expedition, and you can't die of hunger?" ”

The day before the expedition was the first meat meal eaten by the soldiers of the Wu clan in a year, and these meats were consigned by He Tengxiao and the ordnance. The soldiers of the Wu nationality are fighting to resist Liao, He Tengxiao can't bear to watch a group of soldiers who have been hungry for a year fight against the Liao army, and more importantly, starving their bellies will greatly reduce the combat effectiveness of the soldiers of the Wu nationality. With this in mind, He Tengxiao prepared a large amount of meat and shipped it to Tangchi Castle.

Unexpectedly, the Wu soldiers in Tangchi Fort didn't smell the smell of meat for more than half a year, and the Wu soldiers smelled the meat on the car from a long distance. The three inner and outer three layers of the cart loaded with meat were not cared for.

"As long as we can go back alive this time, we can still eat a meal of meat, the rice and grain brought by the He family this time is enough to save some food, enough for our whole clan to survive this winter, and next year to support it, we will be able to sow wheat, and next autumn, we will be able to eat our own wheat, and we don't have to look at other people's faces." Wu Zhenfei looks forward to the future, this year is a year for him to live enough to be aggrieved, thinking that he will be able to support himself after next year, Wu Zhenfei is a little heartbroken.

"Come on." Wu Zhenwu, who was separated from Wu Zhenfei by two people, interrupted Wu Zhenfei, "After this battle, it is not yet decided how many people will be able to go back for a meal, next year, I'm afraid the Liao army will not let us stay until next year." ”

Wu Zhenwu's words poured cold water on Wu Zhenfei, who was on the rise, Wu Zhenfei wanted to distinguish a few words, but he didn't know where to start. What Wu Zhenwu said was indeed reasonable, and Wu Zhenfei had to admit that he was indeed not as thoughtful as this cousin who was a few years younger than him in terms of considering things.

"Zhenwu, you are familiar with Teng Xiao, I think Teng Xiao is promising, only one year, he can get so many good things, I'm afraid that few of us as generals can be generous enough to take out so many materials in one go. Go back and talk to Teng Xiao, after this battle, you are transporting some grain, grass, wine and meat to us to reward the army. Wu Zhenfei said.

Wu Zhenwu was kind to He Tengxiao, among several brothers and sisters, Wu Zhenwu and He Tengxiao's current Zhou Wanying has the best relationship, after Zhou Wanying committed suicide in the He family, He Tengxiao was sent to the Xiao Riding Camp, and since then He Tengxiao has become an abandoned son who has been marginalized by the He people. He Tengxiao was only a twelve or thirteen-year-old child when he was sent to the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Wu Zhenwu was not at ease with He Tengxiao, and tried his best to send a personal soldier of the same age as He Tengxiao to the Xiao Cavalry Camp to take care of He Tengxiao.

This personal soldier is the deputy of He Tengxiao later, and the current general of the right battalion of the Xiao Cavalry Battalion, Ling Feng. As for why Ling Feng was chosen among so many pro-soldiers at that time. The first is to consider that Ling Feng's fighting skills are outstanding, and he is also skilled in arching horses, and the second is because Ling Feng is similar in age to He Tengxiao, so it is easier to get along with He Tengxiao.

Wu Zhenwu naturally understood the implication of Wu Zhenfei's mention of his acquaintance with He Tengxiao: You are kind to He Tengxiao, and now you ask He Tengxiao for help, He Tengxiao will not refuse you.

In the first battle of Liaoyang City in the thirteenth year of Zhenyuan, Wu Zhenwu was seriously wounded, and was carried by his own soldiers along the way and fled to the outskirts of Gaizhou. Later, the Wu family obtained the palm-sized accommodation of Tangchi Fort, and Wu Zhenwu rested on the sickbed for almost a year, knowing that his injuries only improved two months ago. Due to the busyness of He Tengxiao in the past year, and because of He Tengxiao's sensitive identity as the concubine of the He family, it was inconvenient for He Tengxiao to visit Wu Zhenwu, and Ling Feng was sent to visit Wu Zhenwu, but Wu Zhenwu always tried his best to avoid it.

Referring to this past, Wu Zhenwu was silent.

Seeing that Wu Zhenwu was silent, Wu Zhenfei was still chattering: "In my opinion, none of the old He family's He Shilong, He Shihu, He Shibao, and He Shizhong can afford to be the next head of the He family, if He Tengxiao has some roots in the He family, with Tengxiao's talent, the position of the head of the He family is none other than Tengxiao!" ”

Speaking of this, Wu Tingzhen, who was lying next to Wu Zhenfei, was like a cat whose tail had been stepped on, and shouted at Wu Zhenfei with a black face: "Shut up! The family affairs of the old He family, our old Wu family is cautious! (To be continued.) )