Chapter Eighty-Eight: The Smoke Rises from the Earth (9) Pingjiang Village!
It's early in the morning, time flies, and before you know it, this is the third sunrise after the start of the second phase of the main quest.
Feel the warmth brought by the morning sun and slowly dispel the cold of early autumn. With a smile on the corner of his mouth, there was no trace of tiredness on his face, Zhou Qi sat on the broad back of the giant panda that was walking like a fly, and dragged the carriage behind him to gallop towards Wuling.
In order to avoid Huang Zhong's army besieging the east gate, with the terrain provided by the tactical tablet, Zhou Qi deliberately chose a small road close to the southwest, nearly 2 hours later than originally planned, and drove into Wuling City after a two-day absence.
Cast a rejuvenation dew on the old lady Huang, who had been bumpy all the way, and set her up in the county guard's mansion, Zhou Qi climbed the city wall of the east gate non-stop.
Fang Yi climbed the city tower, and before he saw Fu Yunsheng, the first thing he saw in his field of vision were two big horns with extremely hot eyes!
"You're finally back! What do you think? Mrs. Huang is going well, right? Hearing the sound of footsteps, Fu Yunsheng turned out of the command room of the city tower, and when he saw that Zhou Qi was back, he walked over with a smile, raised his hand to hand him a cigarette, lit another one for himself, and asked with a surprised face.
"Well, everything is fine, with a little trick." Zhou Qi took the cigarette with a smile, lit it with the fire in Fu Yunsheng's hand, and took a deep breath.
"Means?"
"The heart hints, the old lady is old, I can't tie people up."
"I mean, with your flying ability, how can you go on this trip for two days. Dare to love is to respect the old and love the young. If you don't come back, I'll survive this day at most. The grenades and exploding bolts that Horse Oz had made were gone, and I was afraid that I would choke on them. Fu Yunsheng stretched out his hand and patted Zhou Qi's shoulder, although he said so, judging from the confidence on his face, it didn't look like he couldn't hold it.
"This is the horse Oz pulled out? It looks okay, with this megaphone, it can make up for the shortcomings in command. ”
"yes, yesterday thanks to these two big lumps. I said that the time for your kid to come back is just right, and it is estimated that it will not be long before Old Man Huang will come over to attack the city. With you, I have a score in my heart. ”
"Master!" Before Fu Yunsheng's words fell, a delicate figure flashed in the sky, and in the blink of an eye, it was already close, and he threw himself into Zhou Qi's arms lightly. Under the newborn morning sun, Luoli flickered with bright ruby eyes and looked at him in surprise, poked his head out, and gently pecked at the corner of his mouth.
Zhou Qi had a ring of arms in his arms, and he was born to a magic queen who was so obsessed with death that he couldn't pay for his life. With the momentum of her arms, she turned around in place. This intimate act caused Luoli to giggle in his mouth, and sprinkled a crisp laugh like a silver bell on the city.
"Ahem!" Fu Yunsheng coughed dryly. looked at the master and servant in front of him with a smile on his face, and shook his head. A look of pain and memory flashed in the depths of his eyes.
"If Xiaoxiao is still alive, he should be as happy as Luoli."
At this moment, the silence of dawn was broken by the sound of low trumpets and the sound of drums. Zhou Qi's eyes froze when he heard this, and when he raised his eyes, he saw that on the distant horizon, a black line became thicker and thicker in his field of vision.
As Fu Yunsheng said, when the sun rose, the veteran Huang Zhong made a comeback!
Without waiting for Zhou Qi and Fu Yunsheng to give orders, the defenders who were resting on the spot at the head of the city were lined up in a very short time, with sword and shield men in front, pikemen in the center, and archers in the back! Got into a combat position. Get ready for new battles!
Especially when they saw the figure of the county guard, the morale of the soldiers was even more high. Can't help but cheer in unison!
Seeing Fu Yunsheng's suspicious gaze passing by, Zhou Qi remained silent and shared his newly obtained title in the past.
"I'm rubbing! Zhao Daming's kid finally said something right, mortals can't compare with demons. I said, do you kid dare to be more perverted? Fu Yunsheng saw the special effect attribute of the title of Overlord. Surprised, I couldn't help but laugh and scold.
"Dingjun also opened the second title last night, and when this defensive battle is over, Brother Fu, the three of you will also hurry up the task, and before the end of the main line of the second stage, you will strive to obtain more than two titles."
"Hmmm! By the way, how is Daming there, have you been in contact with you? Fu Yunsheng nodded, and suddenly asked out loud.
"There's no separate contact, but having Nichols with him shouldn't be a problem."
However, when Zhou Qi said this, he was not clear about the veteran Huang Zhong asking Wei Yan to escort the grain and grass. If he knew that it was a fierce person like Wei Yan, I don't know if he would be able to be so calm and relaxed?
Located in the north of Changsha, southeast of Jiangling, the hilly area where the three rivers meet, in the middle of a hidden valley, there is a large camp that occupies almost the entire flat land in the valley, and the two peaks at the entrance of the valley form a natural barrier to protect the big camp.
The name of the village is Pingjiang Village!
The terrain of Pingjiangzhai is steep, easy to defend and difficult to attack. It is an excellent place for natural soldiers to store grain! And it is true that the Pingjiangzhai camp was built by Liu Biao early before he led Jingzhou, and it was specially designed to provide grain and grass for the military horses of Changsha, Jiangling, and Jiangxia!
After assuming the duties of the vanguard, Wei Yan was ordered to lead the team of escorting grain and grass, and rushed for two days and nights, and finally arrived here in the early morning. The entrance to the valley is in sight. Wei Yan lowered his head and counted the time, and breathed a sigh of relief in his heart.
When the army went out on the march, it carried enough food and grass for seven days for an army of 80,000. The 3,000 men and horses who came with him this time were all elite cavalry, and their feet were fast. Counting the delay on the road, once the grain and grass are escorted, there should be enough food and grass left in the army for a day.
Zuo Yousha guarded the main road from Wuling to this place, and the main road had already been blocked by the army of General Huang Lao. There is no need to worry about the enemy sending troops to loot food, as long as the sergeant is not lazy and rushes along the way, he can advance the time a little earlier. Don't miss the big thing of General Huang.
However, Wei Yan didn't expect that there were two other people who arrived at the key point of hoarding grain here almost at the same time as him!
Perhaps it is more appropriate to say that it is one person and one demon.
After Nichols used his spatial transfer ability to deliver Zhao Daming and more than 1,000 wolf warriors under him to the rear of Huang Zhong's army, throughout the day, the dead fat man took his group of cloaks to take a look at his face, dressed up in cosplay and the wolf warriors who were enough for the male protagonist in Assassin's Creed, like a group of drill rats, quickly touched the terrain behind Huang Zhong's army carefully.
However, there was no trace of the grain depot along the road.
According to the results of the investigation, relying on his intuition as a thief, Zhao Daming immediately thought that it was very likely that the grain and grass of the Jingzhou Army were not scattered, but hoarded together! If you find such a place to store food by yourself, you can make a big vote!
I don't know if it's luck or not, at noon the next day, the soldiers who were responsible for monitoring the movements of the Jingzhou army along the road hurriedly came to report, and found that a team of hurried cavalry crossed the Changsha boundary and galloped away in the northeast direction!
After hearing the report, Zhao Daming's eyes lit up! There's a door! If it's a message or something, as for sending so many cavalry? This team of people is either escorting some important person, or rushing to escort something.
Now that the Jingzhou army is at war with Wuling, what else can there be besides escorting food! If you follow the wrong one, it's a big deal to run on a wrongful road. But if I make the right bet, I will be obedient and can supply the food of the 80,000 army at any time, how much grain and grass should there be!
Afraid of startling the snake, Zhao Daming had a bitter face, and promised Nichols some benefits, asking this uncle to take the wolf warriors into the different dimension, and one person and one demon went into battle lightly. Far behind this group of cavalry.
Along the way, he deceived more than a dozen secret sentinels, and saw that the cavalry in front of him entered the valley under the leadership of the general who was like a heavy jujube, Zhao Daming relied on stealth skills, swaggered and followed far away, and touched it!
When he saw the words "Pingjiang Village" on the gate of Dazhai made of stones and logs, Zhao Daming was "forced" in his heart, and his eyes showed excitement! He knew he was in the right track! The previous guess was correct, this should be the place to look.
Sure enough, when he cautiously touched the gate of the village and looked inside.
"Good guys!" But there were four or five football fields in the open space, and it was all half-dried horse grass! Rows of stone houses were built with huge stones along the two walls of the valley. Zhao Daming touched it and swaggered into the half-hidden wooden door in front of the two sergeants guarding the door.
Sure enough, the room was full, and full sacks were neatly stacked!
Now the last doubt in his heart was completely gone!
If this row of stone houses is full of grain, the grain and grass stored in Pingjiang Village are afraid of no less than one million! Far more than the cottage guarded by General Zhang Liang in Jizhou!
"I say, Uncle Nichols, I'm going to trouble you again." Zhao Daming found a remote stone house and got in, and when he saw that there was no one on the left and right, he frowned and whispered to Mr. Demon, who was hiding in his collar after atomization.
"Hmph, of course it's fine to get the damn food away, but what about so many guards outside? If you kill them all, the great Nichols will be more than happy to do it! ”
"Hehe, aren't you going to clean it up all the time? You're a noble demon! Isn't it a piece of cake to deal with these guys? ”
"You're light! My precious mana is only enough to deal with these guards, or to take away the food. You can only choose one of two my friends! ”
After Zhao Daming heard what he said, he lowered his head and thought, yes. Nichols' magic isn't cleavage, it's just a squeeze. I am afraid that such a large amount of grain will be enough to choke in one pot, let alone use it to deal with the heavy soldiers guarding the Pingjiang Village.
But not to mention the original guards in this village, only the extra thousands of cavalry, and the leader of the general, who knew that it was not easy to mess with at a glance. If you want to do both, it seems that you have to find another way!