Chapter 286: Building a Fortress (2)
Zheng Quqi needed to build guard towers, defensive barriers, dig trenches, and hoard materials to store basements in a short period of time, which was a heavy task and time was pressing, so Yuan Xingzhou left most of the soldiers behind for her to dispatch and drive.
The remaining small number of people were handed over to Yuan Xingzhou to deploy patrols, explore the nearby terrain, and send scouts to find out the enemy's footholds.
The two of them can be regarded as arranging one inside and one outside, and everything is going on in an orderly manner.
In order to prevent the soldiers from working too hard and suffering from heat stroke, Zheng Quqi asked them to go to the lake to replenish water at regular intervals, take a bath and rest for a quarter of an hour, and maintain their best condition.
Yuan Xingzhou went out for about half an hour, and then sent someone back a batch of prey, Zheng Quqi was dumbfounded: "This is really a serious business, business, leisure and incidental hunting together." ā
Speaking of the golden heron hunting ground, it was originally the palace hunting ground, lush vegetation, birds, beasts, elk gathered, not open to the public on weekdays, is to hunt the livestock and poultry beasts in the infinite reproduction, a year "harvest" is only to cut a fur.
"Hurry up, take care of these fresh mountain goods, let's stew it a few big pots of meat, so that everyone can eat and drink enough to work again."
Zheng Quqi shouted, and the soldiers immediately responded.
"Haole~"
After Yuan Xingzhou went out for nearly two hours, he sent back a large number of prey, among which there were two white wolves with shiny fur, one male and one female, but they were alive.
After Zheng Quqi received this spare grain, he was directly speechless.
"What are you doing when you send this back alive, keep it for us to slaughter and stew?"
"Uh......" Liu Chai Ji scratched his head and asked in a low voice: "Or, don't kill it, anyway, this pile of food is enough, keep it for play?" ā
Liu Chai Ji, a person possessed by two souls, was especially happy with this handsome white wolf with beautiful fur and a tyrant in the forest, and he couldn't wait to tame it as a pet, but in the face of the ruthless murderous intent revealed by its cold eyes, he was a little stunned.
Typical thieves have no guts.
"Playing with you, these are two wolf ...... can eat people" Zheng Quqi was about to scold Liu Chai Ji for not knowing what to say, but when he turned his head and saw the fierce appearance of the two white wolves, he suddenly had a good idea: "Liu Chai Ji, you hurry up and find two pairs of long shackles, if you want a big one, bring a basin of venison that the gang unloaded just now." ā
Liu Chai Ji was stunned for a moment, and quickly reacted: "Do you really want to keep them?" ā
Zheng Quqi nodded: "Stay." ā
"But this wild wolf can't be fed at all...... IāI'm just joking. Now it was Liu Chai Ji's turn to persuade bitterly.
Zheng Quqi raised his eyebrows: "You don't need to feed them, you just need them to look at the gate." ā
Liu Chai Ji: "...... you can really do it, leash two evil wolves to guard the gate."
When these two white wolves were sent, their limbs were tied up, and they couldn't be autonomous, Zheng Quqi approached carefully, pushed the venison in the basin against the wolf's mouth, fed the wolf, and waited for the two hungry wolves to finish eating, and then approached with the shackles with a wicked smile.
Seeing her so reckless, worried that the evil wolf would rise up and bite, Liu Chai Ji hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "Adjutant Zheng, be careful!" ā
didn't wait for Liu Chai Ji to finish exclaiming, but he saw two white wolves with cracked teeth and mouths, their eyes were dim, their eyelids were fighting, and they had already fallen down one step ahead.
Liu Chai Ji was dumbfounded: "This ...... What's going on? ā
"I'm dizzy."
Liu Chai Ji was even more shocked: "How can you be stunned?" ā
Zheng Quqi was squatting on the ground and shackled the white wolf who couldn't wake up the wolf: "You talk a lot of nonsense, naturally because I have medicine." ā
Others say that when walking the rivers and lakes, you must bring third-rate means with you, but she thinks that walking in the palace is also more careful.
Some of these medicinal powders for various purposes were dispensed by military doctors, and some were given to her by Aunt Mei for self-defense, and she just took a large bag of medicinal powder and asked the soldiers to sprinkle it around the camp.
Sleeping in the wild, especially in this sultry weather, all kinds of snakes, insects, rats and mosquitoes are infested, and there are countless of them, especially they also choose to camp by the lake, and some large beasts will quietly approach at night to drink.
If you don't take some measures in advance, you may find that the food stored in the granary has been eaten by something, there will be many strange footprints in the camp, and some soldiers will be inexplicably red, swollen and painful, or someone will suddenly get an acute illness.
In this semi-primitive realm, in addition to man-made aggression, the hidden dangers of nature are endless, which Zheng Quqi knows best.
After putting the white wolf down, she stepped forward and shackled them, which were intended for enemy captives, but now they were used on the white wolf first.
After setting them up, she carried them in one hand and carried them to the camp "gate", the so-called gate, which had not yet been made into a door panel, but only a gap between two earthen walls.
She threw the wolf down, and then hammered two wooden stakes to set them up, she hit the pile deeply, the two white wolves are not easy to break free, and they are not afraid to break free, and they are not afraid to break free, and she will hammer deeper when she has time to come and see it.
Liu Chai Ji followed up, like a little tail: "Adjutant Zheng, what's the use of letting these two white wolves guard the door?" ā
"They have smart ears, if the other party lurks in the distance, we will definitely be difficult to distinguish with the naked eye, but it will definitely be detected by their noses, and besides, there are two white wolves guarding the door for us, don't you think this is very majestic?" Zheng Quqi asked him.
When Liu Chai Ji heard this, he nodded again and again, and thought deeply: "What the general's wife said is extremely true. ā
"Okay, don't be lazy, hurry up and help the others work, I have to do something else."
Liu Chai Ji was curious: "What's the matter?" ā
"Don't inquire about the above matters, go help and mud go to you."
Zheng Quqi has a map in hand, and the content of the map is the whole picture of the golden heron hunting ground, which can be regarded as the only advantage of their Ye State in this test, they are familiar with the terrain, and they are more familiar with the various animals and plants that grow on the terrain.
But we can't count on it all, because there is a big difference between today's maps and modern maps, and the accuracy and authenticity are with a certain "artistic" wildness.
Zheng Quqi found a slope according to the "shape of a mountain corner" in the map, and she saw a kind of green leaf vine branches growing densely on a stone wall, so she instructed everyone to copy out the tools and start collecting them for later use.
On the way, they came across some wild fruits, picked them, and saw mushrooms on the ground, and they didn't want to do it in vain, the purpose of their walking was not to collect wind, but to collect stones, dry branches, dead leaves and dry grass.
The soldiers took back the large and small stones they had collected, and although they did not understand why they were collecting them, they did so.
Later, Zheng Quqi and the others returned to the camp and looked at the ...... that had already begun to become large. In the alien camp, Zheng Quqi sighed slightly, "It's really weird", and didn't say anything else.
Ordered the soldiers to burn the dried branches and leaves gathered by the earthen wall, so that it will dry quickly and hard, and cracks will inevitably occur, but it will not crack when it is burned when it is controlled, and the wetness inside the earthen wall will not be taken care of for the time being, and it is not really building a house wall, and this temporary earthen wall will fall down after being used.
Not far away, among the weeping willows and lush water and grass, a scout was lying on the ground, lurking and looking out at the busy situation by the Egret Lake ahead.
"Why is the newly built camp of Ye Kingdom so weird?"
Nowadays, camps are basically either square or rectangular, and "rainbow type" like them is really rare.
"Look, they've built a wall of earth on the perimeter, and we can't even detect anything in the camp now, and we can't even tell the rest of the other party." The scout said angrily.
Another was surprised: "How did they build a wall in such a short time?" It's incredible, isn't there some mysterious craftsman hidden in their team, or a team of craftsmen specially brought with them? ā
"Impossible, 6,000 troops are already insufficient, and with a team of craftsmen who can't fight, who will be so stupid."
"Also, this kind of small-scale battle, there is no need to waste too much energy on the defensive ground, Ye Guo really picked up sesame seeds and lost watermelons, and I don't know who is so stupid and doing such a lot of useless things."
"Wait, look, what's that?"
"What?" Startled by his companion's startled voice, the man's eyes widened, "Yes, it's a dog?" No, white fur, this isn't a wolf?! ā
"That's right, it's a wolf, why did Ye Guo leash two white wolves in front of the camp, what does this mean?" The scout was refreshed.
"It's weird, Ye Guo won't be so stupid and do such useless things."
"Indeed, the Ye Guo camp is too strange, let's hurry back and report the situation first!"
Not only the scouts of this country were confused by the operation of Ye State, but also the same situation of other countries, the scouts they sent out to reconnoiter the enemy situation of each country, and others could see through the progress of the camp at a glance, and the general scale and situation of the layout, but on the side of Ye State, they insisted on strictly sealing their camp, making it impermeable, so that people could not see through the details.
Most of the scouts didn't wait for dark, so they withdrew one after another, eager to report the situation to the leaders above.
After learning that Ye Guo was like building a fortress, all the generals were stunned.
They all made a very simple camp, sent people to clean up the surrounding hidden dangers, cut some wood to make a wooden fence, and then set up camp and set up tents, counted all the materials for this battle, and planned the next need to prepare enough to last for a few days, and finally started cooking and waiting for the horn to blow tomorrow to start the war.
Just ask, what can you do in a day?
In their opinion, camping is just to leave a place to come back and rest, and their greater willingness is to attack, to capture other people's camps as quickly as possible, and to take the other party's supplies as soon as possible.
"Hahahaha, let them vigorously repair, and when we capture Ye Guo, won't the built camp be all we have?" The commander of Hongshengguo couldn't help but be overjoyed when he heard this.
The adjutant also said proudly: "That's right, they Ye Guo wasted a day of time to clean up those useless things, and when we go to Mr. early tomorrow morning, we will go to Mr. to smash their nest, let them flee in the wilderness, abandon their weapons and surrender." ā
"Tell all the soldiers to rest tonight, and before dawn tomorrow, get up early and prepare, and let's catch them off guard."
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Zheng Quqi was busy all day, and was sitting by the bonfire at this time to nibble on the leg of mutton, the meat of the wild goat was fragrant, but it was not too tender, there were no spices to season, and there was only a smell of burnt meat, but she was not picky, but was thinking about things while chewing.
At this time, the guard tower shouted loudly: "Adjutant Zheng, the commander has sent someone back a cart of prey, please go over and collect it." ā
Zheng Quqi turned his head and said in his heart: Come again? What the hell was he doing this day, hunting?
"Have they returned, Commander?" Zheng Quqi also shouted loudly.
In the modern era without communication equipment, the sound from a distance basically has to rely on the roar, if you ask someone to walk to pass the word, it is too wasteful of time, and the sentry on the sentry tower gets the news, basically relying on the voice of the person to spread.
"Haven't come back yet."
It's going to be dark this day, why haven't you come back yet?
Zheng Quqi put down the leg of lamb in Yau Jinjin, got up and went to the lake to wash his hands, and then went over.
But at the gate of the camp, there was a cart of bloody prey, and this bloody gas caused the two white wolves to struggle excitedly, wanting to rush over, but they were chained to death, and they could only be anxious to fight in place.
is still a familiar delivery person, they delivered the things, and explained that "the commander will not return tonight", and they saluted and wanted to return, but they were stopped by Zheng Quqi.
"Have you all eaten?"
The two glanced at each other and said, "Adjutant Zheng, we all brought dry food with us, so we won't go hungry." ā
"Then you bring this bag to your commander."
They immediately smelled a very strong smell of meat and said, "What is this?" ā
"This is a letter brought back to him, reciprocating it with a peach, throwing it with a plum, the prey he hunted himself, he should always taste it, as for you, even if you eat it when you come back, we may lack anything else, but the food and meat can definitely be enough." Zheng Quqi smiled brightly with white glutinous white teeth.
Zheng Quchi's words made the soldiers smile when they heard it, and they all said happily: "Thank you Adjutant Zheng, we will definitely convey your kindness to the brothers, the military affairs are in the body, and we can't delay, then I'll leave first." ā
Taking the lamb wrapped tightly in banana leaves, this small group of soldiers delivering prey was cautious all the way and rushed back the same way.
They came to a stream, the sky was dark, the stream and valley were broken, the poor and hidden, and the people could not get through, but in the shadow of the water, there was an army lurking.
When the returning soldier sent the wrapped leg of mutton to Yuan Xingzhou, he was inexplicably a little stunned.
"She told you to bring it to me?" His voice was a little soft, like cotton wool.
Seeing that the commander did not seem to reprimand them for meddling in their affairs and taking it upon themselves to bring back such a fishy and insect-inducing thing, the soldiers hurriedly said: "Yes, Adjutant Zheng said that he would give him a li, and a peach or something......
"It's a peach in return, and a plum in return." Yuan Xingzhou stretched out his hand to take it, feeling the residual warmth on it, the corners of his lips curled, and the air was filled with a sweet taste: "It's rare that she can still take time out of her busy schedule to think of the main hall......"
"That...... Commander, aren't we going back tonight? ā
Yuan Xingzhou's face smiled, but his sparkling eyes didn't have half of the breath of a living person, and it was as faint as a ghostly fire: "If you can't take this camp in Hongsheng Kingdom, you don't have to expect to go back tomorrow." ā
The soldiers shuddered: "......"
This king of Yama's general "if you want to die tomorrow, you will never leave the day after tomorrow" urging temperament, it is really terrible that their scalps are numb. (End of chapter)