Chapter 201: The Crowd Collects Food
"Girl, if we continue to fight like this, the soldiers will almost be unable to hold on, if so, if there is no food, we can only become the living target of the Eastern Barbarians."
Yiren looked at the weed soup porridge that was served, pinching the soup spoon with his fingertips and rubbing it constantly, "How many more people can we use?" ”
"Less than seven thousand."
Hearing this, the Yiren couldn't help but be silent, the no book house has run out of ammunition and food, and there is no supply at all, although the Eastern Barbarians did not attack in one fell swoop, but they began to increase the offensive a few days ago, which has the meaning of temptation.
By virtue of their surprise, they carried it alive, and now they are running out of food again, the soldiers are not well supplied, they are already weak, and now their momentum is low, they have no morale, and it is even more difficult to win the battle.
"How long will it take for Jingming to arrive?"
Yan Zijun hesitated, "It's noon tomorrow at the earliest." ”
"Tomorrow, at noon?" The Yi people figured out in their hearts that Arashi City was sealed, and the people in Kyoto didn't know, and the people of Jingming couldn't get in, so they could only take a detour, and naturally it was later than planned.
It's just tomorrow afternoon, it's too late.
They fought a battle today, with heavy casualties, and the Eastern Barbarians will definitely take advantage of the victory to pursue and break through the capital in one fell swoop, the last line of defense, if they can't protect it tomorrow, the sky will be slightly bright, and the eastern border will change hands.
But at the moment, they have no food, and they can't even recover the most basic physical strength, they can't carry it until tomorrow and wait for Jingming to send food, and they can't fight the enemy with the Eastern Barbarians at all, this game of chess is too difficult to walk.
Yiren was a little sad, and couldn't help but think, if Seventeen encountered such a thing, how would he solve it?
"Girl, let's have something to eat."
The mellow and fragrant aroma spread in the room, and Yiren instantly clasped Xiao Xuan's wrist, and his voice was fierce, "Where did you come from?" ”
The soldiers can't even afford to eat porridge and rice, but they can still send broth to her, if this spreads, how chilling should those soldiers be.
Xiao Pick's stinging pain, holding back tears, "It was given by those beggars at the door." ”
"Beggars?" Yiren was surprised, "Sent to you?" ”
Xiao Xuan shook his head, "The copper plate they sent, saying that they begged for it, let me go buy some meat for the girl to make up for it." ”
Why did these beggars give her money?
Yan Zijun said: "They originally followed the Seventeenth General."
That makes sense, they should have received news from Kyoto.
"Little pick." Yiren said suddenly, putting the bowl of broth back in the food basket, "Prepare the horse, I'm going to the Wushu House." ”
"Girl, what are you doing at this time?"
Xiao Pick hurriedly followed, and Yan Zijun followed to protect him.
The three of them rode all the way to the no-study house, and hurried into the no-study house.
In other words, you are living and receiving all the shelter because others are defending you against sin, and the best explanation is the current scene.
No matter what the soldiers are experiencing, the people who have not experienced it are still quiet, and there is no book to enter the usual, and there is a different kind of hustle and bustle in the silence.
She asked Xiao Picker to take a large pot at the door of the study, "Divide this bowl of broth, one bowl per person." ”
"A bowl per person?" Xiao Pick couldn't help but be shocked, "There are only two small bowls here, how can it be evenly divided." ”
Everyone in Wushushe also survived, laughed at her, and persuaded her to do what she could, not to be strong, Yiren only smiled, and took a cup of herbal tea.
Gradually, people came around and began to whisper, all talking about how could it be possible for each person to get a bowl, just when he was at a loss, Yan Zijun brought two large buckets from the courtyard, and poured the water in the buckets into the pot in two clicks.
"Pour it in."
Xiao Xuan hesitated and poured the bowl of broth, and some people wondered, "It's all water, how can I drink this?" ”
"Yes, yes!" Everyone reunited, and Yiren glanced at them lightly, and finally fell on the group of scholars, "Then what else do you have to do to make everyone drink this bowl of broth." ”
The scholar was conceited, and he came up with several ideas without gossiping, and was overturned by others, and in the end, it was not as good as this method.
The atmosphere fell silent, the water in the pot was boiling, gurgling and steaming, and the only little smell of meat left spread in the air, Xiao Pick beat the first bowl and was about to hand it to her, Yiren pointed his finger to the scholar, "Give them first." ”
Yan Zijun and Xiao picked two people, one beat them, one person sent them, and no one shared a large bowl to everyone who had no study, and then went to fetch water and poured it in the pot to continue cooking.
Everyone looked at each other, holding the soup that didn't even bubble with oil and was curious, "What do you mean by that, girl." ”
"Taste what it tastes like."
Even if you just boil a pot of boiling water, the taste is much better than this, this big pot of water has added a little broth, only the taste of meat foam bubbles, very fishy, the scholars took a sip and were reluctant to try again.
Although most of them are bitter cold disciples, the taste of the wild vegetable soup is much better than the taste of this meat foam.
The Yiren watched their actions and did not speak, listening to them chatting about the taste of this broth, which aroused the curiosity of the people guarding outside.
After the second pot boiled, Xiao Pick distributed a bowl to them, and the second pot didn't even have the taste of meat foam, like a pot that had not been cleaned, rusty, and the boiling water was flushed and let them drink.
The taste was unacceptable, and they smeared the broth one after another, and even worse, directly scolded the Iraqi people.
"You think this bowl of soup is hard to swallow, but my border soldiers can't even share a bowl of meat soup now."
Everyone stopped, curiously probing her, and Yiren slowly walked in front of everyone, "The daughter of the general of the northern realm of the little girl, she is ordered to support the eastern realm. ”
"The lord of this county, not the emperor's noble daughter, but I have ten miles of red makeup and thousands of pictures, but the bowl of soup you are holding in your hands was given to me by a beggar on the street."
The people could clearly hear their whispers, and everyone's curiosity about her seemed to grow stronger.
The Yiren were unhurried, "My Dayan soldiers are suffering in the east, and the food and grass are not in a hurry at the moment, and I hope you will support." ”
Her plea was too pale and weak, and no one answered her, and even one put down the bowl and turned away, and the second one would not stay long.
The Yi people were a little sad, "They are the subjects of Dayan, if it weren't for the protection of this land, they should also be like you, sneering at this bowl of broth that can't be put on the table, they could have reunited with their wives and daughters, and be filial to their parents at home, but now, they are guarding the eastern border, on this wall behind you." ”
Some stopped, others looked at her hypocritically to see what else she could say.
"After winning the battle, you praise them for their bravery, and then you forget about them, and enjoy the pain they have borne for you with peace of mind, and if you are defeated, your spitting and reproach will come even faster than their frustration, blame them for not being able to do anything, blame them for eating only rice, blame them for making you innocent."
"But there is no one in this world more innocent than the soldiers, they rush to the front, they die and die, there is no one to collect their bodies, if they are lucky enough to survive, they will either live in the panic of defeat, or, live in your senseless praise, live in fear."
Yiren choked up a little, "Why are you so at ease? If they hadn't been there, this city would have been broken a long time ago, and you think you could still discuss this bowl of broth here? If I take any of these soldiers from this bowl of soup, they will be grateful and swear to repay the favor of this bowl of broth. ”
The sun had set, and it was time for the smoke to rise, and it was time for the people to stop their work and have a warm meal in peace, but now, they were here to listen to her words with these high-sounding words.
Yiren was a little tired, took a deep breath, "I don't want to kidnap your morality because of my "righteous and awe-inspiring" words, I just hope that everyone can do a favor and help Dongjing to tide over this difficult time. ”
"For every penny of food you donate today, as long as I am alive, I will spend my whole life and will pay it back double."
As she spoke, she bent her back slightly, "Everyone, please." ”
Behind him, Xiao Xiao burst into tears, leaned down and knelt down, in a gesture of request, Yan Zijun, who had always stood straight, also bent his back, he was still wearing iron armor, and it was stained with mud.
Everyone fell silent, only the smell of flesh wafted in the air, Yiren still didn't hold back, tears dripped on the upper of her shoes, she could even hear it, it was her cold voice.
She leaned around her waist and slowly got up.
"Sister Ye, this is for you." The sound of copper plates colliding sounded, Yiren looked up in shock, and saw a dirty little beggar covered in his body, holding his toes, stretching out the two copper plates in his hand on Guo's face and handing them to her, his face was black, only his eyes were still bright.
Yiren looked at the two copper plates he handed over and shook his head, "I don't want money, I want food." ”
The little beggar hesitated for a while, withdrew his hand, and Yiren wanted to turn away, when he saw that dirty hands suddenly appeared under his eyes.
"Whoa." The little beggar put his toes on his toes again and handed her the cold and hard, somewhat black steamed bun, and he laughed, but Yiren cried.
She took the steamed bun and bowed heavily.
I don't know how to feel, but I just feel that some people have struggled for half their lives, and they are not as chic as a beggar child, who knows how to be grateful.
The consul shook his head and walked to the backyard, and the gathered people dispersed, and the scholars walked away in silence, except for the little beggar who sat on the steps, taking small sips of soup, and when he heard that it was broth, he drank it with a satisfied face.
Yiren stood at the door, still with the cauldron in front of him, quietly watching the bright moon in the sky.
With a "bang", Wushushe carried a sack in front of her, and smiled innocently, "I only have so much here, the girl will wait for me to go home and get some money, and I will go to Aunt Li's rice shop to change some more." ”
With that, he wiped his sweat and hurried to Aunt Li's house.
Yiren was a little shocked, and Xiao Zhuo and Yan Zijun didn't know why, so they saw that people kept coming from all directions.
"It's some cornmeal, it's worthless, and I still have it at home, I'll go get some for the girl."
"The eggs laid by my own family, although there are not many, but they are big, and the nutrition does not have to be less broth, so the girl will take it first."
"And I, I have some ways to do business, ducks are cheaper than other places, if the soldiers don't dislike it, take it, I still have some chickens there."
"I'll go change some more rice, you wait."
"I have some steamed buns here."
"And my ......"
"I have ...... here too"
There was a pile of high grain in front of him, and people kept sending it, and every household did not send much, but every household sent so much, that is, a lot, and the little beggar looked at it inexplicably, and retreated far away, drinking the bowl of broth with taste.
A wordless emotion filled Yiren's heart, and she watched quietly, and also bowed deeply.
The people turned their heads, waved their arms, and awkwardly ducked.
The people sent the food to the barracks, and when they saw that they were in poor spirits, they wanted to stay and help, so that night the people were at the same table with the soldiers, they cooked and ate together, and listened to their stories about the dangers of the battlefield, and became friends who did not know each other.
After that night, the soldiers were no longer ordinary soldiers, they became understood generals, and they were no longer alone on the border.
It is also to pave the way for the future.
The teacher had to be famous, and then he asked the beggar to check the stains of Lei Hao and his party, and gave him to the people of the picket workshop, and the people of the picket workshop united with Li Ruyan to catch turtles in an urn and condemn them to death on the spot.
At the same time, he asked An Sheng to reveal Xiao Ye's actions to the people without a book, so that they would be suspicious of Xiao Ye, and also let Xiao Ye see clearly how stupid his idea of wanting to discard the people was.
Lei Hao's side was exposed for a long time, Shen Qizheng acted in the palace, pretending to set a fire, which made hundreds of officials anxious, confirming Xiao Ye's imprisonment of his family, and then Xie Chen sent a letter of resignation, forcing the matter to a deadlock, and Xiao Ye had to make a move.
For the sake of the overall situation, he had to release people, and in the end, he naturally lifted a stone and hit himself in the foot, and suffered a loss.
Although Seventeen won this game beautifully, as Su Li said, he used all the people he could use, and the road ahead would be difficult to write.
And the eastern side has not yet been implemented, little lady, I don't know what happened.
He looked at the man who was still playing chess with a calm face, "You invited me here just to invite me to watch this pivotal play?" ”
"You think you can get the ending you want, but Childe probably doesn't know that in the face of absolute interests, everything can be abandoned"
Seventeen was not in a hurry, and only then did he say: "Seventeen is also going to leave Mr. here, with Mr.'s intelligence, I wouldn't think that I only have this one means?" ”
Su Li's mind moved slightly, and his eyes suddenly looked in the direction of the imperial palace, and a trace of black smoke rose from the sky, lingering in the sky above the imperial city.
At dawn, Miyagi caught fire.
Su Li lowered his eyes, and played a chess game all night before meeting, the chess surface was chaotic, and there was a big meaning that the fish died and the net was broken, Su Li took the white son and landed in an inconspicuous place, which just blocked the back road of Seventeen.
Seeing his calm appearance, Seventeen became more and more curious about him, and dropped the sunspot in his hand, "Sir once helped us, and he also said that what he wanted was the same as the Great Dao, and I was really curious about Mr. ”
Su Li avoided his question, and a cold voice sounded, "How is she?" ”
Seventeen's face changed suddenly, "What's the matter with you like this?" ”
No one can tell.