Chapter 26: The Attack (1)
All the way to the west, along the way, Zhang Yao actually gathered dozens of stragglers of the Flower Hat Army. The stronger his strength, the more jealous I became. This means that he is becoming more and more difficult to control. When it comes to the ground, it is uncertain to talk about the anti-guest. But he still laughed freely, and learned some martial arts with Yu Lang in his spare time. In this world, when you are strong, you have the capital to protect yourself. Sometimes he laughed with Mu Wanqing, but he couldn't help but think of Shen Qingfeng and Sun Keyi in a daze. Although Mu Wanqing confided in me. It's still faint, and sometimes when I talk too much, she'll ignore me. Alas, it's better to take your time.
Our team of more than 100 people walked carefully on the road for three or four days, but we didn't encounter anything serious. There is only a question of food. It has become the most urgent difficulty at our time.
More than 100 people, people eat horses and chew. The cost of each day is staggering. The surrounding ground has long been beaten up by the Mongolian army or the Jin army. There was some grain in some of the dock walls. But they are all deep ditches and high bases, protected like treasures. In this troubled era, food is the maintenance of the army's morale and the capital of life. Zhang Yao: The dry food they carried with them had already been exhausted, and some people clamored to kill the war horses, but I strictly forbade them. Only a few mules are allowed to be killed. But the horses had to be fodder, even though the ground was full of weeds. But it can't be used as horse feed. It is fine for horses to eat to satisfy their hunger, but this wet grass is no better than dry grass, and several horses have been in a mess after eating it. Later, I had to endure the pain and kill it. And there is a lack of bean bran, and we horses are getting thinner and listless day by day.
If we lose our horses, we will not be able to escape if we run into the Mongol brigade on foot.
Our group of people bypassed Bianliang far away and traveled to Luoyang from the line of Xuzhou and Junzhou in the south of Bianliang. On this day, I saw the boundary of Xuzhou. The sentinels had already learned that the Mongol army had occupied Xuzhou. The original plan to enter the city to replenish some food and horse feed in the name of the Flower Hat Army fell through. Thinking that tomorrow will be out of cooking. Hurriedly summoned Zhang Yao, He Qun and Yu Lang to discuss together. Mu Wanqing had little interest in these things. A man walked away from him.
When it comes to the current difficulties, everyone knows it. He Qun was the first to be dissatisfied: "On that day, Leader Zhang said that he was going to Zhongjing Mansion, and I felt that it was inappropriate. The threat of the Mongol Tartars did not speak of him. This is the way to go, and there is no way to replenish food. Seeing that everyone is going to be hungry halfway, I can't go back. Just wait for the rain boy to come up with an explanation. ”
Zhang Yao glared at He Qun angrily, but did not speak. Yu Lang frowned and asked, "Are there villages around?" We just ask for some grain and grass, and those ordinary people still dare to squeak with us? The grain and grass of the Red Jacket Army were all supported by the countryside, and they did not feel any inconvenience. ”
Zhang Yao sighed: "Brother Yu, you don't seem to know our suffering here, Shandong is in heaven compared to Henan." The war here has been fought for three or four years, and all the people have fled, where is there still food to support? At present, there are either some of the city's previous years of accumulation, or some of the grain that is still alive in the dock walls. ”
I gritted my teeth, since I couldn't finish myself. I have to be bitter to others. Because of the war, there is indeed an extreme shortage of food in this area. By the time the Mongols besieged Caizhou, even the Mongol army ran out of food. It was also the Song Dynasty allied army under the command of Jinghu Zhi, under the leadership of Meng Hui, who brought 3o thousand stone of grain to the Mongols. And the Mongolian army has lost its combat effectiveness because of a long shortage of food, and it was Meng Hui's Song army that opened Caizhou.
I asked in a deep voice, "What are the dock walls nearby?" Which ones have more food? Which ones are attached to gold, and which ones are attached? ”
Zhang Yao and He Qun glanced at each other and said in unison: "Which of these can be said clearly at the moment, these dock walls have made up their minds to protect themselves, and they will support which aspect is strong, and they sometimes attack and kill." The details need to be explored to understand. ”
I nodded: "Then go and investigate, I have my own plans when I understand." ”
Zhang Yao and He Qun nodded and went, watching them walk away, and faintly heard He Qun's voice: "Care............ Caring for a ............ Our big guy's life is over with this little white face. Hearing Zhang Yao whisper a few words to him, the two of them walked away quickly.
Yu Lang looked at me, and I looked at him. Yu Lang grinned: "You take this group of unfamiliar wolf lambs, it seems that you are more than lucky." I said to him angrily, "Can I not know?" Even your brother once robbed us, and maybe one day he will send me on my way with a backhand. ”
Yu Lang laughed: "Now our Lao Tzu and your kid are grasshoppers on the same rope, do you think Zhang Yao and they can let me go?" I advise you to be careful. ”
I looked at him with interest: "Your brother is not necessarily a good person?" Even if I save your life, you don't necessarily want to protect me, and you will put your life into it when the time comes. It's not like your brother's personality. ”
Yu Lang snorted: "You know a fart." I had nowhere to go, and I was a little curious about you, so I followed it all the way. He looked a little depressed: "If it weren't for your kid reminding me of some of the past that I have forgotten, Lao Tzu doesn't care if you are dead or alive." Now the impulse is already like this. I can't fuck it. I have long regarded this cheap life as insignificant, and whoever accepts it is ordinary. ”
After speaking, he didn't speak anymore and walked away on his own. I looked at his back and shook my head, if anyone can be trusted now, except for Mu Wanqing, this bandit Yu Lang. As for Zhang Yao and them, I naturally have my own plans.
By noon, Zhang Yao and the others had already inquired and returned. Everyone gathered together to deliberate with hunger. Zhang Yao placed a few stones on the ground. He pointed and said.
In the vicinity of Xuzhou, because there were only two or three thousand new Mongolian soldiers, the surroundings could not be taken into account for a while. There are six or seven dock walls that are independent. But most of them were under the guise of surrendering as soon as the Mongols came. Ten miles west of Xuzhou, there is a deserted place, and a Pengjiawu is set up. The dock owner is Peng Lie, who was also the marshal of the capital in the original Jin Kingdom. Now it is still under the banner of Daikin State. Although the name of Marshal Du Marshal in the later period of the Jin Kingdom was very widespread. But this Brother Peng takes it very seriously, but his family's Five Tigers Broken Door Knife is famous in the northern martial arts. Hearing the name of the Peng family of the Five Tigers Broken Door Knife, I couldn't help but laugh in my heart, isn't this an eternal supporting role in martial arts novels? This Peng Lie still had some friendship with Zhang Hui back then. Zhang Yao and the others made up their minds to go there to borrow some grain and grass.
There is also a tiger grate, on the top of a dangerous peak in the branch of Funiu Mountain, the most dangerous is but, there is a wide range of grain in the grate, but there are more than 600 smelters in the grate itself, and there are thousands of people. And a few small dock walls have more joint warranty agreements. Xie Pingsheng, the lord of the barberry faction, is the head of the barberry faction, and his martial arts are both high and he has connected the Mongols. Although he now lives in Xuzhou City, the strength of the tiger is still not to be insulted, although Zhang Yao and they are greedy, but they still dare not fight the idea of the tiger.
The other few small dock walls, if it weren't for their own lack of food, would be about to collapse from hunger. Either it was too close to Xuzhou City, and it had already been protected by the Mongol army.
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