The army went all the way to the west, the land gradually became desolate, this large-scale drought, not only turned Xixia into a hell on earth, Fengxiang Mansion was no better, the dry branches of the big trees were like a pair of helpless hands stretched out to the sky, occasionally a few green leaves could be seen, and they were also listlessly drooping, some villagers dug wells under these big trees with green leaves, and the thirsty livestock waited for these people to get water.

The army was dusty everywhere, and by the time the night rested, everyone would become a native. Yun Zheng couldn't bear to look at a large area of dry and cracked land, and when the breeze blew, the dust flew up, as if the earth was already on fire and was smoking.

"The red sun is scorching like fire, and the fields and rice are half scorched. The farmer's heart is like soup boiling, and the prince and grandson shake the fan ......" Yun Zheng rode a horse and walked on the avenue, looking at Li Changyin, who was naked and shaking the pu fan with his upper body, singing.

Li Chang angrily threw down the pu fan and said: "Yunhou, make it clear, Gongzi Wang Sun is talking about you, the old man's family has been cultivating and reading for generations, and Gongzi Wang Sun has nothing to do with it, this is a natural disaster, not a man-made disaster." ”

Yun Zheng untied the face towel and said, "It's not that I say you again, it's just that I sing a song in response to the scene, what are you so excited about?" ”

Li Chang looked at Tian Ye sadly and said: "Who wants to see this kind of scene that only exists in the last days, even if people who have no heart and lungs can't laugh when they see this scene, Wu Chengdao, the prefect of Fengxiang Mansion, Han Dacheng, the transport envoy of Fengxiang Road, and He Xingzhou, the prefect of Fengzhou, are estimated to have the heart to die, and the grain that Chang Ping has already been taken out by them to relieve the victims, but His Majesty asked the three of them to prepare grain for us."

It's miserable, on the one hand, there are people who are mourning. On the one hand, there is a large army preparing for battle, and the drought and the military disaster are coming together, and these three people may have no way to live. ”

"The mountain springs and streams are all dried up, and if you want to drink water, you can only dig wells, and you can't see the wet soil when you go to the ground, this qiē is indeed a desperate situation in the world, but you don't have to worry, the vitality of this creature is amazing, if you don't believe it, we bet." Those three guys will definitely store the grain on time. After all, His Majesty's order is the most fatal, if they don't want to go to Yazhou to hang a fish for a lifetime, they will definitely do it. Yun Zheng took out the kettle and took a sip of water. I couldn't help frowning. The smell of water and soil in the kettle is very strong.

Li Chang thought for a moment and said, "That's the end." The people of Chencang don't need the Tangut people to kill, it is estimated that they will be starved to death! "I am too familiar with Li Chang, who is a tribulous official in the officialdom, and there are not many useful methods. Just two or three, a little thought will understand what those three people will do, for them all the lives of the people are not as important as the emperor's will, after all, the people can't dismiss their officials and the emperor can.

Yun Zheng really couldn't stand the earthy smell in the kettle, so he threw the kettle to the monkey, and took out another pot of grapes and took a sip, which was considered to moisten his throat.

"That's why I said that you civil officials don't do good things, and you force the people to the mountains to be loud horses, and I have a large number of enemies for no reason, and I don't know how they calculate this account?"

Li Chang sneered and said, "Then you can conjure up food for no reason?" There is only so much food, on the one hand, we want to relieve the people, and on the other hand, we want to supply the army, how to choose between the two dilemmas? There are civil officials who lack hearts and livers, are all of you generals good people? Not necessarily, right? ”

Yun Zheng laughed and patted his chest and said, "I am a good person, and I never disturb the people in battle!" ”

Li Chang lifted the roof of the car, stood up and looked at the people who stretched for more than ten miles behind him and said, "Then what can you tell me about the people who are being called as mules?" ”

Yun Zheng said with a smile: "They went to Qinzhou to save people with a grateful heart. ”

Li Chang smiled and did it, he was not ready to argue with Yun Zheng, Xiucai couldn't tell if he met the soldier, not to mention that this soldier's temper was relatively big, and he would draw his fist against each other if he didn't agree with him, he had already suffered a loss.

Li Chang just sat down and jumped up like a needle prick: "These grains are military funds, you can't use them to help the victims, once the army runs out of food, the consequences will be even more terrible." ”

Yun Zheng let out a long breath and said: "There is no way, Lao Tzu is soft-hearted, and he can't see the people suffering, and he has already distributed food three times along the way......"

"God, God, Yun Zheng! If you want to find death and die yourself, why bother pulling the old man's family of more than 200 people, it's over, it's about to mutiny, God grandpa, it's going to die! ”

Yun Zheng looked at Li Chang, who was rolling in the carriage, and said with a smile: "Is that grain eaten by people?" The grain stored in the treasury of Zhengzhou Mansion has been stored for six years, and when you eat a mouthful of wheat, it smells musty, and feeding the livestock will hurt your stomach......"

Li Changpan wailed on the car window: "General, you don't look at this year's New Year, if you have a mouthful of bark to eat, it is the emperor who has eyes, as long as it is food, who dares to dislike it?" There are already human flesh in those black shops where you hanged yourself on the road......"

Yun Zheng took a look at Li Chang and found that this guy was actually not a bastard, these days he drank muddy soup with himself, ate moldy food without saying a word, and roared with indignation when he saw the human flesh hanging in the back hall of the black shop, although he was a little timid and greedy for money, there was no unforgivable sin, for the first time, he felt that it was too much to knock out someone's mouth, and now as long as he saw this guy muttering and slowly grinding food to eat, it was a little embarrassing.

Thinking of this, he handed the grape wine to Li Changdao; "Take a sip to moisten your throat, don't worry, you forgot one thing, I never relied on the supply of the imperial court when I went to war, and this time is no exception, I have my own set of grain transportation system, and the efficiency is probably much higher than that of the imperial court. Qishan Fort is located at the top of Qishan Pass here, based on Qishan Fort, Tianshui Pass can be taken in the east, Longnan can be attacked in the west, it is a military fortress that can be attacked and defended in the west. It is also the outpost of our enterprising Qin Wangchuan.

You have also seen that it is impossible to rely on Fengxiang Mansion to provide us with reliable logistical support, so we have to rely on the rich Shuzhong, which is one of our top military secrets, don't say it! ”

Li Chang settled down and took Yun Zheng's wine jug and took a big sip to suppress the shock, put the wine jug beside him and said: "If some confidential things are related to the success or failure of our battle this time, you don't need to sue me, although we are grasshoppers on a rope now, but I can't help you in the military formation, I know very well that the role of coming to the army is actually the role of the ears and eyes, as long as you don't support the army and respect yourself, or surrender to the enemy, I will close my eyes and cover my ears, and I will not be able to see some out-of-the-ordinary things." At this time, it is the most stupid thing to drag you back, since you are sure that we have a base camp, an outpost position, and enough food and material supplies, I am relieved, as long as your subordinates arrive, can we march to Qinwangchuan? ”

Yun Zheng nodded and said, "It seems that you also know some news that I don't know." ”

"It's a tradition for the prison army to be in charge of the secret spy department, I won't tell you much, I only tell you, if we can't enter Qin Wangchuan as soon as possible, Fu Bi may really die." Li Chang sighed quietly and poured another big sip of wine.

Yun Zheng turned back to the monkey and said, "Pass the order, the whole army will speed up the march, and we must rush to the five towns tonight!" ”

After speaking, he whipped the big green horse, and the big green horse neighed and ran to the front, and the monkey shouted in a hoarse voice: "The general has an order, the whole army must speed up, and we must camp in the five towns tonight!" ”

The sergeant of the Jiazi battalion vacated his surplus war horse as soon as possible, handed it over to the foot soldiers behind, and divided a war horse between the two of them, one ran on the ground, the other rested on the horse, and after running for a mile, he changed it again.

They are in the army, and the people and horses behind them have followed suit, and the ancient road of Chencang suddenly became lively, such a way of marching is very accustomed to the veterans of the Wusheng Army, and those new soldiers are bitter, but fortunately, the selected soldiers are hard-working people, and finally arrived at the five towns at dusk!

The people who transported the food still haven't arrived, but the old rule in the Wusheng army is that everyone must carry their own military rations for three days, and this kind of thing has long been expanded by Yun Zheng in the army, as long as you add a handful of salt to the fried noodles and wash them with boiling water, it is a good bowl of pasty food, and the more particular soldiers will also add frosting and dried fruits to it.

After the army rested for a night in the five towns, it began to march hard again, at this time the surrounding desolate environment finally had a slight change, with the blessing of the tall Qinling Mountains, the Chen Cang generation finally saw the long-lost green, and the climate became much wetter, and the army no longer had to worry about drinking water, so the speed of the march was accelerated.

Yun Zheng received Fu Bi's request for help in the five towns, read the document Yun Zheng and the generals discussed all night, Fu Bi faced a very bad situation, did not hide Pang knew the reality of the battle between the Song army and the Qingtang people in the tiger's mouth, and did not rush forward by leaps and bounds, but chose to look unfavorable to him to occupy the steady battle, in just thirteen days, has pulled out Dingxi City, Tongxi Village, Sancha Village, now the two armies are fighting in Gongzhou Guangwu Mountains, the Song Army relied on sharp firearms and dangerous terrain to temporarily stabilize the battle line, As long as the army of the hidden Pang does not break through the Guangwu Mountains, the Western Xia army will come to Qinwangchuan, which is the last gateway to Qinzhou......

Fu Bi told Yun Zheng in the letter that the willingness to snipe the Xixia army at all levels had gone bankrupt, and the Tangut people were becoming more and more familiar with firearms, and they could no longer rely on gunpowder to kill and injure the Tangut people in large quantities as they did at the beginning, and their use of shields had reached the point of being superb, reminding Yun Zheng that he must be more careful and not rely on the power of firearms. (To be continued......)

PS: Chapter 1