Chapter Seventy-Six: Debt Collection
The army was about to be withdrawn, Zheng Fan breathed a long sigh of relief.
If you continue to fight, the unforeseen is too great, Zheng Fan has known a truth from his previous life, that is, he has no talent for business, and he only dares to save Yue Bao if he belongs to the level of financial management.
Right now, no matter how the situation on Chengguo and the savage's side is, they won't be able to hit Shengle City for a while anyway.
In this wave of expeditions, his side contributed to the supply of grain and grass for the army, but when he was divided, he definitely earned blood.
Don't underestimate those tribal leaders, ordinary savages live a miserable life, but the leaders and leaders of those large and small tribes are definitely rich, and there are not a few seizures of goods;
As for the cattle and sheep, it is much more vast.
Even if these are not discussed, even the captured war horses are enough to make Zheng Fan wake up with a smile in his dream.
Why did the Sanjin knights dare to have the confidence to fight with Yan Guotie back then? Isn't it just the horses supplied by the snowfield?
In this era, a good war horse is definitely more expensive than a human life, and it is several times more expensive.
Therefore, Zheng Chengshou felt that it was a wise move to accept it when he saw it at this time.
And as Jing Nanhou said, the errand that he could fight for before, may be hopeless, but in other words, the geographical location of Shengle City has been promoted from the corner to the strategic front line in an instant, and its importance has been highlighted.
It's okay, it's okay, I just don't have a vision, and now I'm going back with the harvest, it's already beautiful.
Who knows, Jingnanhou said again:
"Chicken ribs, tasteless food, it's a pity to throw them away. This is a note from your book as a metaphor for the tedium of the battlefield.
Ben Hou cooked chicken soup and called you over, but you pretended to be stupid in front of Ben Hou. β
Zheng Fan immediately stood up, then knelt down on one knee and replied:
"Master Hou, it's not that the last general is pretending to be stupid, what has been written in the book he wrote, how can the last general not know?"
Paralyzed, blind, why don't you copy a simple one, you still annotate a fart!
"The army is outside, the situation is unpredictable, and the general will be self-aware, and it is really impossible to see the right path from this foggy situation.
Hou Ye's chicken ribs, the last general really didn't dare to take it. β
"Get up."
Zheng Fan stood up.
"People, you have to be responsible, Ben Hou asks you, and you answer truthfully, the sky is falling, and Ben Hou is on top.
You are just too cautious, and in the long run, you will eventually lose your sharpness. β
"Yes, Master Hou taught me a lesson."
"What do you suggest?"
"If you go back to Master Hou, we have to go back slowly."
"Go back slowly?"
"Yes, after all, after we entered the snowfield, we were all winning battles, and the wild people were defeated in front of us, and we did not taste defeat.
Even if the situation is worse now, it is also Situ's own problem, this kind of pig teammate, I really can't take it with Dayan.
Therefore, we can go back slowly and slowly, and make a good posture, if we go back quickly, or if we are too hurried, we will be mistaken by the outside world that our army has lost the battle.
Moreover, the troops in the rear of our army to carry savage slaves, cattle, sheep and horses also need time to be reorganized, and men can run faster, but cattle and sheep cannot let them put on their wings.
Our army slowly retreated, but also to cover them in the rear, the snow field is bitter cold and barren, the cattle and sheep are the cultivated land of the savages on the snow field, we will drive their cattle and sheep back, other places dare not say, at least the snow field in this area, without seven or eight years can not recover at all. β
Many people have a misunderstanding, that is, they think that nomads eat meat every day, that is really naΓ―ve, even if they raise a group of sheep, but they have to kill so one to satisfy their hunger during the festival, cattle and sheep for them, in fact, is a means of production. Eating cattle and sheep at will is similar to the people of the Central Plains selling their fields at will.
"At the end of the day, it's still a deal?"
"Yes, Master Hou, only if you make a profit this time, and next time you propose to fight the wildlings, all parties will be willing to support.
In fact, the most important thing is for the sake of Hou Ye's first fame, Hou Ye is my Dayan God of War, and he must not be stained by this. β
"Oh? Or are you thinking about Ben Hou? β
"Yes."
"Ben Hou knows."
"The last will be retired."
"Wait."
"What else does Master Hou command?"
"On the way back, fill the water with the corpses and feces of the savages, and you keep an eye on it."
"........." Zheng Fan.
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The Yan army began to withdraw, the speed of withdrawal was indeed very slow, and from time to time some cavalry would be sent out to fight the grass valley, greeting those tribes who had not been greeted because of remoteness, after all, it was not easy for everyone to come out, and they always had to be familiar.
On the savage king's side, it seems that he has completely forgotten that there is such a Yan army in the snow field, and he has not sent a formed army of soldiers and horses over, and he will not even give gifts.
I don't know if it's because the battle situation on Chengguo's side is agitated and I can't draw troops, or if I learned that after the Yan people retreated, everyone tacitly formed a tacit understanding.
Yes, a tacit understanding.
In this area where the Yan people have ravaged it, most of the tribes have basically been defeated, and the small tribes have fled, although the Yan people have captured a lot of money, but from another point of view, it is actually equivalent to helping the Savage King clean up this room, and in the future, he will send a team of soldiers and horses over, and he will soon be able to gain actual control of this area, and everyone will earn.
In this way, the army slowly returned, and it took more than a month to return to the exit of the Tianduan Mountain Range, and next, it had to cross the Tianduan Mountain Range back to Shengle.
During the long march, the morale of the army has been maintained well.
Xue San went outside to pick some mushrooms and wild vegetables and came back, and in the evening, Zheng Fan pulled out a small half and went to Tian Wujing to shoot his ass.
Vegetables, now are a really good thing, eat meat every day, eat meat every meal, and estimate that a small half of the whole army has some constipation.
Fortunately, the number of soldiers who fell ill due to the water and soil was controlled, and they were isolated into a separate team, and special people were responsible for transporting them.
In ancient times, there were too many examples of infectious diseases and plagues encountered in marching and fighting, and there were also corresponding regulations in the Jingnan army, which were isolated first, and then the doctor in the army was responsible for decocting the medicine for the soldiers to take it.
Zheng Fan also deliberately went to "observe", not to mention, it is really professional, of course, this kind of professionalism is summed up by the lessons of blood again and again.
Carrying wild vegetables and mushrooms, Zheng Fan came to Tian Wujing's handsome tent.
Tian Wujing was holding a letter and was looking at it, and when Zheng Fan came in, Tian Wujing put down the envelope and smiled at Zheng Fan.
This laugh,
Zheng Fan was taken aback,
In a flash
A chill rushed from the tail bone directly to the top of the head, and the whole person immediately shivered.
In fact, Tian Wujing's expression is too uncomfortable.
"Master Hou, is there a letter from home?"
During the march, there was a huge time lag and lag in the transmission of messages, and sometimes there were accidents, and it was not uncommon for military information and letters to not be delivered.
At this time, the letter from the family is really worth 10,000 dollars.
Tian Wujing nodded,
"The letter from her is almost in production."
"Then I guess that when we return to Shengle City, Master Hou will be a father."
The letter was sent, at least more than 20 days on the road, this is still not a mistake on the premise, other roads are fine, 800 miles of expedited change of horses without changing people speed is actually not slow, but this in the middle of the crossing of the Tianduan Mountain Range, it is really difficult to walk, a little careless will get lost.
"It's a pity that Ben Hou can't be by her side when she gives birth."
"Master Hou is going out for the country, Madame must be able to understand."
Zheng Fan muttered in his heart at the same time:
Why don't you say that the first time she went to your door to see her in-laws, she met you and destroyed your own house?
Of course, this kind of thing is also a little YY in my heart, and it is impossible to say it.
"What's in your hand?"
"Mushrooms and some wild vegetables, I have some sauce left, let's make a small pot."
The sauce is a hot pot base.
Before the expedition, Siniang personally fried it with butter and various spices, and brought it with young and old.
If a woman wants to catch a man, she has to grab his stomach first.
Although Zheng Chengshou is not a woman, he has benefited from food several times, so he naturally attaches more importance to it.
Boil water on the stove, put in the hot pot base, and when the water is boiling, add wild vegetables and mushrooms.
Zheng Fan is not worried about whether this mushroom will be poisonous, Xue San has this rich experience of lurking in harsh natural conditions, what can be eaten and what cannot be eaten, he is clear.
"Zheng Fan."
"Hmm, Master Hou?"
"What do women need to pay attention to when they are confined?"
"Huh?"
Tian Wujing would actually ask this kind of question?
Immediately, Zheng Fan also understood, probably because Jingnanhou really regarded himself as his own person, after all, he was still the godfather of the baby, and he was embarrassed to ask this kind of question to others, so he could only ask himself.
Fortunately, although Zheng Chengshou has never been in confinement, he will still beep a little.
"Pay attention to keeping warm, don't catch a cold, can't wash your hair and bathe frequently, eat something gentle to replenish qi and blood, and if your wife wants to ......... by herself"
Zheng Fan hesitated for a moment and continued:
"If you want to feed your own children, you should avoid eating food, oh, by the way, crucian carp soup with milk."
Zheng Fan didn't know if he was right, anyway, he had an impression that it was almost like this, regardless of whether there was a scientific reason or not, at least he had to say more to look like he was very knowledgeable.
"The nurse at home has already been prepared."
"But it's better to have your own children, and if your wife doesn't have much, you can also use cow's milk and goat's milk."
Tian Wujing nodded slightly as he listened, obviously, he was really remembering.
Tell the truth,
Zheng Fan really rarely saw such a ββββ human side as the dignified Jingnanhou.
"My inner son, good at conditioning the body, Master Hou, when we return to Shengle City, I will take the inner son to Litian City together, my own family, do things safely, and use it with confidence."
Hearing this, Tian Wujing's eyes sank slightly, and then nodded silently.
"By the way, Master Hou, have you thought of the child's name?"
"Your Majesty wants to give you a name."
"Oh, too, too, what about the nickname?"
"Li Liangting takes a nickname."
"Huh?"
Co-author, what's the matter with not being a father like you?
"Many years ago, it was said that His Majesty was only the prince at that time, and in the future, my child, he will take the big name, and Li Liangting will take the small name."
"Master Hou, your relationship is really good."
Tian Wujing shook his head,
Road:
"Ben Hou was only ten years old at the time, and Ben Hou didn't agree, so the two of them beat Ben Hou."
"............" Zheng Fan.
"When Ben Hou grew up and wanted to beat him back, one was injured and his martial arts cultivation was basically abolished.
The other is ......
In short, the debts that were bullied by the two of them when they were children can't be recovered;
Gradually,
I'm not going to ask for it. β