Chapter 20: The Aftermath (Part II)
"Traps. Da Lang glanced at Guo Zhongda, he could see it, this guy is counting on himself now, such a simple question still needs to be asked? Just find a hunter, and the answer given must be this, even a three-year-old child in Huoyuan Village knows it.
"Trap?" Guo Zhongda was really disappointed, he didn't think of traps, in fact, when he realized that there might be an ambush ahead, the first thing he thought of was a trap, but the problem is that now people are in the dark, they are in the light, and the traps are usually set up by the immovable side for the attacker to step on.
The sooner they arrive at Gyeonggi Province, the safer it will be, and the more days they drag on the road, the more dangerous it will be. The trap is dead, and people are to move, unless you can find a way to walk with the trap and let the trap follow you all the time!
"The trap is dead, but the one who uses the trap is alive. "Da Lang is really anxious, is this guy obviously a very smart person, how can he be so stupid?
"That's right, the trap is dead, but how can we take the trap away? Do we have to go all the way to the cloth trap? How can we march, I'm afraid that when we arrive in Chang'an, the year will have already passed." The second sister didn't have so many worries, and directly helped Guo Zhongda ask the questions in her heart, in the eyes of the fool, this trap is nothing more than digging a pit, setting a trap and other dead things, is there a living trap in this world?
"The first question, if they chase after them, or say that there are some ambushes ahead, where will they be?" Helpless, really helpless, Da Lang recalled the tone of the military advisor in it when the ventriloquist was telling the story, touched his chin, old-fashioned, well, why can't he learn it?
Actually, it doesn't seem like he doesn't know, but this feeling is very awkward and weird.
"This is an action that has no name and no purpose, and they can only choose where no one is around. Guo Zhongda didn't understand what Da Lang wanted to know, and he didn't know if he really had a way, looking at this appearance, it didn't seem to be in a state yet? If you really want Da Lang to be in a state, that momentum is not something that ordinary big people can have, and Guo Zhongda, the prime minister of the DPRK and the Central People's Republic of China, has almost seen it, well, they all have momentum, but they are not as high-spirited as Da Lang was at the beginning.
still answered honestly, a dead horse should be a live horse doctor.
If there is no legitimate reason, such as the territory, the tax of the caravan, the grain and grass, or the arrest of criminals, etc., no matter how deep the grudge between the jiedu envoys is, no one will dare to start a war lightly, and if the other party's people want to pass through their territory, they have to be polite, this is to be seen by the court, to those families, and to the people of the world.
If you want to stir up trouble, you must first occupy the righteousness, even if this righteousness is false at first glance, it is ulterior motives, but the group of literati who wrote the Spring and Autumn Period fancy this righteousness, and the people below are almost all hearsay, as long as there is righteousness, even if the people do not support it, then there is no reason to oppose it.
And Guo Zhongda was sent by the imperial court, in name, it is to occupy the opportunity of righteousness, from a certain situation, Guo Zhongda can fly on the territory of these festival envoys and the festival envoys, even if they are angry, on the surface, they still have to respectfully send Guo Zhongda and them away, which is ostensibly to be seen by the people.
In the dark, those who should play yin still have to play yin, but they can't let the people and the world see it. Of course, there will be air leaks, and there is nothing in this world that can be done without knowing it, but so what? As long as you can't produce evidence, you are chasing after the wind and shadows, what can you do about me?
"Second question, who sent them?" Da Lang asked again.
"Red Tiger is the person who made Liu Ji in the Youzhou Festival, Red Shark is the person who made Wang Shizhen in the Chengde Festival, Bai Turtle is the person who makes Pei Ying in the Yanfang Festival, and Tie Wei is the person who makes Yan Shou in the Hedong Festival. Seeing the confusion on Dalang's face, he knew that he probably didn't know where these states were, so he explained: "Youzhou is in the northeast of Dingzhou, adjacent to Dingzhou; Chengde is in the south of Dingzhou; Dunfang is far away from Dingzhou, just north of Chang'an, and Dingzhou is separated by several states; Hedong is also in the west of Dingzhou, we want to go to Chang'an, either through Hedong to take the river to the east capital and then west to Chang'an, or we have to go south through Chengde along the river to the east capital. ”
"The north, south, and west are all enemies?" Da Lang was really frightened at this time, originally he thought that it was normal for these three teams of men and horses to be sent by a Jiedu envoy, didn't they all say that the Jiedu envoys often fought and fought with each other? Why did he send people from all four states for his little boy.
"If it's another state, it's just that, the most difficult thing is Hedong, that is the land of Gaozu's Longxing, I can't figure it out, how could Hedong send someone here?" Guo Zhongda sighed, it stands to reason that Hedong should be the most hopeful that the imperial court can collect the hereditary rights of the envoys of each section, and the emergence of the Tang Dynasty Zhongxing is, because no matter what happens to the envoys of each section, the status of Hedong must be superior, and the eastern capital and Gyeonggi are on an equal footing.
His brain was a mess, Da Lang frowned and thought about it for a long time, but he still didn't understand the geographical location between the states, and he didn't even know where Chang'an was located, he only knew that Chang'an was far away west of Dingzhou, and he had no concept in his little head.
But the situation is generally known, that is, there is no other way to Chang'an, either to Chengde, or to Hedong, it is impossible to go east, unless this place is round, otherwise it is farther and farther.
"Then go to Hedong. Da Lang replied categorically.
"Hedong?Hedong is the widest, we have to walk for a month in Hedong alone, are you sure to go to Hedong?" Guo Zhongda was a little surprised, if it was an ordinary person, when he heard that the south, west and north were all enemies, the first thing he thought of was to go east, take a long detour, and avoid these enemies.
Maybe there's a way?
Da Lang didn't have any way, he just subconsciously wanted to avoid the two guys Red Shark and Red Tiger, these two guys were the worst by him when Guo Zhongda said it, especially Red Tiger, it was simply humiliating. Fortunately, the red tiger is from Youzhou, and when he goes to Chang'an, he doesn't have to go to Youzhou, but the red shark is not light by him, and he can not live when he sees it, and he can still live if he is struck by lightning, he doesn't believe it, but the most terrible thing is this, the red shark should be said to be the Chengde Festival so that Wang Shi really loves the general, love will be killed, can people not take revenge?
So to choose and choose, the only way to go is to go to the east of the river.
Another advantage is that he doesn't seem to have a good iron guard, and most of the iron guards chase themselves under orders, so naturally they won't chase after them desperately, and they have the power of their own "spell casting" first, so I think that guy will be afraid of it.
The last one, the iron guard is without a flag, it sounds like it is worse than the brocade-bellied snake with a flag, and is only good at defense, not good at taking the initiative, isn't this the same as the old turtle, gnaw you to gnaw him and don't move, but he can't run fast, and if he can't run fast, it's naturally easy to do.
"The trap?" "Subconsciously Guo Zhongda, who has already obeyed Da Lang's orders, has no other way, he walks wherever he goes, but he really feels more relaxed in the face of Hedong, although he will be tired and half dead when he runs, but he can run after all, it is much better than being entangled by the red shark. He is not like Da Lang and the second sister, he really thinks that the red shark is dead, that guy's life is hard, he can't rest for ten days and half a month, and he is alive and kicking, or after he was struck by lightning, his subordinates would not care about saving people, obviously there is still a breath of air.
"Is there any more oil for the oil?" Da Lang was interested in the oil of fire, and it seemed that the voice that often appeared in his head was also supporting him, to make good use of the oil of fire, as for how to use it, he did not know. Whatever, let's take a look at the oil first.
"Everyone still has half a gourd. The third son replied on the side, the whole team has fire oil for his group, this precious thing he also cares about, as early as after leaving the mountains and forests, he asked the soldiers below to count how much fire oil is left, fortunately everyone knows the essence of fire oil, even if it is not hesitant, when it is used, it will still save a little, and there is half a gourd left.
The gourd is not big, but how much fire oil can a fist-sized gourd hold? The fire oil of more than 20 people was gathered in an instant, put in a clay pot and sent to Da Lang, which was just over two catties.
"That's it?" Da Lang smacked his lips, a little disappointed, but soon smiled again, "Go to the front village, see who has sesame oil, buy some, and mix it in." Looking at the jar in front of me, which was black and viscous, and gave off an unpleasant smell (fire oil is natural oil that comes out of the ground, but it is much thinner than extracted oil), I suddenly had an idea.
"Will this work?" But the third son knew that sesame oil was very difficult to ignite, and if sesame oil could be used to light a fire, why should they use this foul-smelling fire oil?
"It should work, try it first. By the way, how many bows do we have?How many arrows are there?" Regardless of the distressed look of the third son who heard him say that he would try it first, Da Lang asked again, since these guys have become so stupid now, they have to figure out their own way.
"We are good at touching the camp, but there are no bowmen, but we have a short sword, but we can only shoot a man at a distance of fifty paces, and we need to shoot a volley to take his life. Guo Zhongda had a faint feeling in his heart, as if he had touched what Da Lang wanted to do. "But how did you find them?" Guo Zhongda didn't know this, as the leader of the first team, he needed to ask clearly, otherwise even he, the captain, wouldn't know what to do at that time, let alone the soldiers below.