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"Haha, good burn! Just why not earlier? ”
Hearing that it was Tian Feng who asked the schoolchildren to light the fire, Deng Ji suddenly woke up to the fact that when he saw Zhang Yan's army coming, his mind was all about fighting outside the valley, and he forgot that burning grain can not only deter the small in the valley, but also deter foreign enemies.
Xie Yun looked aggrieved: "As soon as the spectators returned to the heavy armor cavalry attack, Tian Fuzi let him do it, but it took a lot of time to get on fire, or Chang Lao saw that he was too slow to move firewood, and he first burned the thatch on his roof before catching up!" ”
"Okay, when we are free, let's build a big room for Chang Lao first, which must be more spacious than my father-in-law's house!" Naturally, the people who made the sacrifice couldn't be treated badly, Deng Ji nodded hurriedly: "Okay, you go back and tell Master Tian that you can put out the fire now, don't let the fire spread to other homes!" ”
Xie Yun completed his mission, raised his eyes to see that he was still safe, and then stepped back with confidence.
Taniguchi wailed that there were a lot of wounded soldiers who had not yet lost their breath, and Deng Ji said: "Guo Shi, find two Zhang Yan's wounded soldiers, carry them to the valley to have a look, and then let Zhang Ping take the word back!" ”
"The rest of the people are waiting to treat the wounded soldiers as soon as possible, Ma Pi, go and invite Mr. Zhang and them to come!"
With this strange fire burning in the valley, the war could only be suspended, and the wounded soldiers were rescued on both sides, but the wounded soldiers were mostly in the valley, and for fear of causing further troubles, Zhang Yan and other troops did not dare to send people forward, and Ren Deng Pimple was all captured.
After a while, the two thieves, who were not seriously injured, entered the valley and were carried to the center of the open space outside the valley, and soon Zhang Yan had them carried in front of his house.
"Is there really grain burned in the valley?"
As soon as he arrived in front of him, Qu Shuai couldn't help but ask, and the two injured bandits shook their heads together.
Although there was resentment after being cheated, the food was still there, and the commanders were all relieved.
"Deng Pimple is really hateful!" Sun Qing asked Zhang Yan: "When I come forward again, I will kill him this time, and I will succeed in breaking the valley!" ”
"I said General Sun, alas!" Liu Shi next to him smiled bitterly at him: "People didn't really burn it this time, maybe they won't dare to burn it next time!" ”
"Is he willing to do it?"
"If you don't even have your life, how can you give it up?"
Zhang Yan ignored the two arguing, he asked the two thieves who were carrying back, "What did Deng Pimple say?" ”
"Deng Pimple made the villain wait for a look in the valley, and let him tell the general, but if the valley is broken, it will be the time when the fire starts!" In front of so many Qu Shuai and Zhang Pingnan, the two thieves who were just small people were sincerely afraid, and one of them replied honestly: "He also said that he wants to fight and make peace, but it is up to the general to decide!" ”
Sun Qingshang is fighting with Liu Shi, the most admired in his life is Zhang Yan, otherwise he would not have done a good job a few years ago, and was willing to go to his command with Wang Dang to be a general, hearing that Deng Pimple was laughing at his words, he was immediately furious, abandoned Liu Shi, and looked back and said: "The thief is hateful, general, wait for me to capture him!" ”
Zhang Yan turned a deaf ear and asked: "You have seen it in the valley, if the battle is broken, when the valley is really willing to burn grain, will we not be able to save it?" ”
"Yes, the granaries in the grain are connected, all in the forest, and there are many piles of firewood on the four sides, and there are a lot of flammable dead grass and dry grass to start the fire, and there are several barrels of lamp oil.
Another thief also added: "The villain also heard in the valley that there are Deng Pimple, the old moth thief, and the young children who are responsible for starting the fire, and they are all his henchmen. ”
Closing his eyes and secretly thinking about the action of the valley that would rather be broken than jade, after a long time, Zhang Yanfang sighed quietly: "Losing many troops in vain, but it is all useless, and it makes the erector famous!" ”
There are still more than 300,000 stone grains in the valley, although they are all old grains, they are not as delicious as new grains, but in the year of the catastrophe, it can save lives, who cares about these? Zhang Yan's words were spoken, naturally he had to take care of the grain first, and the commanders wanted to feed their subordinates, and they had no objections, but Sun Qingyu was unwilling: "General! ”
Zhang Yan looked back at his general, and said comfortingly: "I, Zhang Ping, am difficult to be famous, can't I really afford to lose?" I was ruthless and didn't want the grain in the grain, but I saw that his people were very united, if he wanted to step on the level, I don't know how many lives he had to fill in, and now our people are not as good as in previous years, and then the elite will be lost on this junior, but the government is proud! ”
"Besides, the sons need to eat," in addition to Sun Qing, Zhang Yan looked at Du Chang, Liu Shi, Yu Poison, Su Gu, Qingniujiao, etc., one by one, and said slowly: "As long as you force Deng Pimple to hand over some grain, let me wait to survive the spring sowing, so what if this child is proud?" After that, I had to go to the government to ask for food, but now it seems that it is no longer advisable to merge with the state, but Jizhou has enough food, but the officers and soldiers are also elite, and it takes a lot of effort! ”
Not only Deng Ji's department, the thieves of Taihang are not all dependent on the captivity on weekdays, but there is flat land around the place where they live, and they must be cultivated, even if they want to plunder the four fields, they must first let the farmers sow in the spring, and get what they get in the autumn, this is the long-term solution.
Sun Qing had to smuggle his mouth, Zhang Yan knew his temperament, and said with a smile: "I know that you are very envious of the elite of his department, and I can't help but be moved, but looking at his appearance, he is very loyal to Deng Pimple, and it is hopeless to force it at this time, it is better to sell his personal favor and leave him to wait in Taihang, and he may be able to get it in the future, and if Deng Pimple is still my Black Mountain Department, it will not be bad to transfer him to deal with the elite of the government in the future!" ”
Zhang Yan had already got the idea, and after saying this, he said to Du Chang on the side: "Go and say that you know with Deng Pimple, and after an hour, I will meet him in the field, and each of them is only allowed to take two rides!" ”
On that day, Du Chang had entertained Deng Pimple, and got along with him very happily within three days, which was a little regretful, and at this time he saw the two families fighting, and he was also happy, and then he drove a horse to the mouth of the valley, and first scolded Deng Pimple with joy before Zhang Yan said.
Thinking of Zhang Yan's feedback on the virtue of jade that day, but in the end he met with him, but the reason for chasing was that he shouldn't be, Deng Ji was also a little ashamed, at this time he just shrank his head and didn't dare to make a sound, Ren Du Chang scolded outside, and when he finally heard that Zhang Yan wanted to see, he turned his head and asked Che Xiao, Han Qi, and Tai Shici: "Zhang Ping doesn't want to see me, that's to stop fighting!" Let's make a living in Taihang, but it's not good to offend him too hard, I want to give gifts to make amends to him, but I don't know what to do? ”
I was fighting to the death before, but I want to give a gift at this time? Everyone couldn't help but be stunned, but Han Qi said: "Zhang Ping is used to fighting, he must also be a man who loves war horse weapons, but now the weapons in the valley are not fine, but there are a lot of good horses, just send him a few!" ”
Deng Ji nodded in agreement, and when the agreement was reached, he selected two castrated stallions among the stables in the West Garden, removed the vests, and followed Tai Shici and Che Xiao, and went out of the valley to meet Zhang Yan.
I don't dare to say that there is no risk when we meet on the battlefield like this, the two halberds thrown by Tai Shici have been recovered, and Xiang Lazy Gu borrowed a horn bow again, and followed him with Che Xiao.
Zhang Yan brought Sun Qing and Zheng Gu, and when they saw each other, Deng Ji hurriedly apologized first: "But it was the kid who did not act lightly before, and he will be tired and troubled!" ”
Seeing that Deng Pimple was colorless and his posture was okay, Zhang Yan replied with his head bowed: "When the army comes, don't go back lightly, you will pay 200,000 stone for the grain in the valley, and I will persuade you to go back!" ”
Zhang Yan was direct, but Deng Ji was a little silent, and Sun Qing said angrily: "Zhang Feiyan spared you not to die, but you can't even give up 200,000 stones?" ”
"It's not reluctant," Deng Ji shook his head hurriedly, the remaining more than 100,000 stones in his house were enough, he was just worried about the others: "What if the kid offers food, and the rest of the Qu Shuai still don't spare it?" Or after this time, what if you run out of food in the future, and ask for it again? ”
"Are you still holding the Black Mountain Banner?" This kind of worry is human nature, Zhang Yan asked, and when he saw Deng Ji nodding, he continued: "When you come out with food, I will spare you, and it is the same as before, with the flag everywhere, if anyone dares to attack, it will be the enemy of my Montenegro!" ”
In this era, there is Zhang Yan Yinuo, but there is no need to make any treaties, although Deng Ji is still a little worried in his heart, he has no choice but to respond, and he is busy offering two good horses.
This kind of good horse, but all the generals love it, after a few glances, Zhang Yan likes it, Sun Qing and Zhenggu are also envious on the side, Deng Ji saw that this gift is really easy to use, so he smiled and said: "These war horses are all robbed by the officers and soldiers of the giant deer, I have made people play horseshoes a few years ago, after the general returns home, or the war horses under his command can be carried out accordingly!" ”
"Horseshoe?"
Deng Ji jumped off the horse, let the chariot hold down, and personally picked up a horse leg for everyone to see, and said with a smile: "If there is more iron on the horse's hooves, the grip will be much more stable, and it will not be easy to fall and break the leg!" ”
In terms of value, this horseshoe is much higher than the two good horses themselves, this is the real gift of Deng Ji, but I have never seen it before, and I don't know if it's true or not, although Zhang Yan still has some doubts, he also thanked him.
Seeing that the others were not yet released, Deng Ji added some more bargaining chips: "Guzhong has exchanged a lot of good horses from Liaodong, and when the grain is shipped out, I will bring two hundred good horses out for the general!" ”