After lunch, Ye Fei asked people to load the fishing tools into the carriage, and the group went out of the county office.

Walking on the streets of the county seat, I met Ding Dazhuang leading people to patrol.

"Master, where are you going?"

As the captain of the master's personal guard, Ding Dazhuang saw Xia Jing going out of the city, and instinctively wanted to go along.

"Go fishing outside the city!" Xia Jing opened the car window and looked at him, did not hide it, and told him truthfully.

"Outside the city? That subordinate will accompany you to keep you safe. Ding Dazhuang waved his hand and asked the soldiers behind him to patrol by themselves.

Ye Fei pointed to the team of guards behind him, "Are you a decoration for us?" ”

Ding Dazhuang straightened his chest and raised his eyebrows defiantly: "It is our responsibility to protect the master, everyone is the master's personal guard, you have no right to stop me from doing my duty." ”

With that, he snatched the horse of one of the guards who was following him, mounted his horse, and caught up with the group.

A group of more than 200 people walked out of the city, and when they were at the city gate, they met Sha Yuliang who happened to be at the city gate to inspect the city defense.

He learned that Xia Jing and his party were going fishing, and without saying a word, he yelled at the military camp not far from the city gate.

At this time, the soldiers who were not on duty in the barracks came out, most of them grew up in the north, and they had heard of winter fishing, but they had not really done it.

No, when I heard that Xia Jing went out of the city to fish, many people followed.

The movements of the officers and soldiers naturally attracted the attention of the people, and there were many idlers in the city, who watched from the back of the ranks.

Ye Fei glanced back at the huge team behind him, and the corners of his mouth twitched, but they accompanied Xia Jing's after-dinner pastime, how could it be like a marching battle?

The two masters in the carriage naturally noticed the situation behind.

Li Chengmu put the stove in his hand aside, "There are a lot of soldiers outside, I'd better go outside and ride a horse." ”

"You want to go on a horse ride with your brother, and you can't bear to leave me in the carriage?" Xia Jing leaned against the wall of the carriage and stared at him with a smile.

"The Queen Mother."

"Okay, it's coming soon, don't toss."

The waters of Mengze Lake are vast, about ten miles away from the county seat of Dengxian County, and the water area has shrunk by two-thirds after three years of drought, that is, the lake has been filled again after this year's wet season.

As soon as the team arrived on the ice, they dispersed, and the tools brought by Ye Fei were divided among everyone, and even Li Chengmu didn't have a chance to do it himself.

Li Chengmu looked at the soldiers around him who were digging the ice, "I don't know if there are many fish in this lake?" ”

Xia Jing wiped the loose snow off the ice with her feet, pointed to the fish swimming under the water and said, "There should be a lot." ”

When Li Chengmu looked over, he just happened to see the tail of the fish and went into the deeper water, "There are really fish!" ”

Ding Dazhuang is burly and has a lot of strength, and he was the first to chisel through the ice.

It wasn't until the ice cave was carved wide that he shouted, "Master, I've dug it here, what should I do next to lure the fish up?" ”

Xia Jing pushed Li Chengmu, "Xiao Wu, let's go, let's take a look!" ”

Li Chengmu helped her: "Be careful, the ice is very slippery, be careful of wrestling." ”

Ding Dazhuang's ice cave was about one meter in diameter, and they heard Xia Jing say that there would be fish coming up in this way, and the surrounding soldiers were waiting with fishing nets in their hands.

"Master, why haven't any fish come up yet?"

Xia Jing stood aside, listened to his words, and was happy: "The fish are not prophets, how do they know that you have dug a hole here, wait a while, and let the fish perceive it before they come!" ”

Ding Dazhuang was stunned when he heard this, and asked humbly: "Master, what does the fish perceive before they come?" ”

Xia Jing swiped her finger in the air and explained simply: "Sensing the air, if you chisel here, there will be air entering, and they will sense that there is air here, and they will come around." ”

Don't explain to them that fish also need oxygen in the water, and then they will definitely ask, isn't it enough for fish to drink water? Why do you still have to breathe like a human?

Xia Jing's spiritual power extended into the water, and immediately an underwater world appeared in her mind, and she found that there were many fish in a hole here, but they heard the sound of ice chiseling everywhere nearby, and they all sank into the water and didn't dare to get too close to this side.

Seeing this scene, Xia Jing had no choice but to use her spiritual ability to expel them and gather at the entrance of the cave.

"Oops, the fish are coming!" The soldiers guarding the edge of the hole with fishing nets in their hands shouted excitedly when they saw a fish swimming over.

Ding Dazhuang raised his hand and slapped him, warning in a low voice: "You scared my fish away so loudly, you will pay for it!" Silence! ”

The soldier covered the back of his head, feeling aggrieved.

When the other soldiers heard this, they immediately held back the exclamation in their mouths.

There were already a lot of fish gushing out of the hole, and Xia Jing urged: "Hurry up and catch it!" ”

The soldiers next to him had never seen this kind of scene, and they were stunned for a while, and they came back to their senses after being urged by Xia Jing, and they all stretched their fishing nets into the hole to fish.

It may be that the technique is not skilled, and it is generally a fish to catch in one net, and only occasionally if you are lucky enough to catch one or two.

Li Chengmu saw them fishing like this, standing next to him and jumping to his feet in a hurry, he snatched the fishing net in the hand of one of the soldiers, "Or let me come!" ”

Xia Jing reminded him: "Fish the net deeper, don't just stare at the top fish, fish from the bottom up." ”

Not to mention, with Xia Jing's guidance, Li Chengmu caught three fathead fish in one net.

"Queen Mother, I fished three, this one has at least three or four catties, which means that this net has caught more than a dozen catties, and the harvest is good!"

Xia Jing looked at his eyebrows fluttering, and urged: "Hurry up and catch it, there are still a lot of fish in the water, and if you don't catch them, you will run away." ”

"Oh, okay, I'll catch more, let's eat sauerkraut fish together tonight!"

Li Chengmu learned from the others and threw the fish directly on the ice.

The movement here attracted the attention of the soldiers next to him, and the team that had not yet chiseled the ice surface, and the other team members who were watching ran over.

"Wow, you can catch a fish!"

"You see, this fish is not small, one weighs at least three pounds!"

"Niangniang, Your Highness, is there a share for everyone to make sauerkraut fish tonight!"

When someone heard Li Chengmu say sauerkraut fish, they couldn't help but snort, greedy!

Li Chengmu poured the fish in the net onto the ice and said loudly: "Come on, brothers, when you go back, let the gang camp cook the sauerkraut fish in a big pot tonight, so that the brothers can eat enough!" ”

"Thank you, Your Highness!"

"Haha. As soon as I heard the name of the dish, my saliva came down! ”

Xia Jing couldn't just take care of this one hole, she looked while walking, and when she saw the hole that had been chiseled, she used her spiritual ability to drive the fish to the hole.

In fact, even if she didn't intervene, there would be fish swimming at the entrance of the cave, but there were not many of them, and there was no scene of fish surging at the entrance of the cave because of Xia Jing.

"Master, master!"

In the middle of the afternoon, when everyone was having a good time, a war horse ran from the shore, and the guards who jumped off the horse ran to the ice.

"What's going on?" Ye Fei shouted at the guards who came running.

The guards who ran this way listened to his words and were slightly stunned for a moment, before they realized that they seemed to have misunderstood everyone.

He explained: "Master, the prison army has entered the city with a backup team! ”

"Long Yutian is here with a team?" Xia Jing and Li Chengmu glanced at each other and said with a smile: "It's cold and snowy, it's not easy for the prison army to lead everyone all the way over, and this all-fish banquet in the evening can be regarded as picking up the wind and washing the dust for them!" ”

Li Chengmu snorted: "The prison army has a blessing tonight." ”

He, the crown prince of the dynasty, was hungry for several days before he could eat sauerkraut fish for dinner, but Long Yutian caught up with the feast as soon as he came, isn't it a blessing?

The arrival of the follow-up team also indicates that the countdown to their stay in Dengxian County has begun.

The army led by Long Yutian, Feng Tu and Sima Yi arrived in Dengxian and rested for three days.

On the fourth day, the team set off on time, and continued to advance north at the North City Gate to pursue the rebels who had already fled.

The reason why Xia Jing didn't kill them all at once was that she wanted them to run into Jizhou and other places, so she could lead the army to sweep Jizhou, and take advantage of the army to guard it, reform the local policies, and continue to retain those who can use them, and it is not bad for the useless people to take off their official robes and go home to be an idle rich man.

Of course, when these people enjoy this benefit, they naturally have to take on its responsibility, and if there is a suspicion of traitor, Xia Jing will definitely not let them go.

When the horses of Feng County received the news, the soldiers and horses of the imperial court were only half a day's journey away from Feng County.

The rebels in Fengxian County immediately faced the enemy, the city gate was closed, all the military supplies were moved to the city, and the team took turns to guard the city wall in battalions, and the horn was sounded when the imperial soldiers and horses arrived.

The place was on duty in shifts, mainly standing on the city wall, and the cold north wind blew up, and people couldn't stand it, and for everyone's body, Zhenghe had to adjust.

If the enemy has not yet arrived, let everyone stand on the city wall and blow the cold wind, he does not want the imperial court soldiers and horses to have not arrived, and his team will lose half of its combat strength due to the wind and cold.

Fifty miles is not close, but it is not far.

But when the road was closed by heavy snow, the imperial court soldiers and horses walked for a whole day on this fifty-mile road.

When the team arrived outside Fengxian County, everyone was so hungry that their chests were pressed against their backs.

The team set up camp before dark, buried pots and cooked food, and then dealt with the rebels in the city.

Standing at the head of the city and looking at the enemy troops everywhere in the field, the adjutant general asked Zhenghe's opinion: "General, while the enemy army has not eased up, how about we take people to attack a wave?" ”

Zhenghe pointed to the enemy troops standing in front of the logistics team, "These are well-equipped elites, are you sure you can come back safely with the team?" ”

Who can guarantee 100% that he will win the war, and the adjutant general does not dare to guarantee Zhenghe's questioning.

Zhenghe didn't care that the generals and lords on their side didn't take the initiative to ask for help, their main task now was to defend the city, and use the advantage of defending the city to delay the battle, so as to consume the enemy's troops and food and grass.

Of course, Zhenghe is in this strategy, failure cannot make a big mistake, and success is the first class hero.

After a night's rest, both inside and outside the city were on guard against each other's sneak attacks, so that the night could be spent peacefully.

Zhenghe climbed up to the top of the city again, looking at the imperial soldiers and horses who had recovered from a night's rest outside the city, and his brows were tightly twisted and he never stretched.

Turned around and entered the city tower, sat by the fire while roasting the fire, and instructed the lieutenant general: "From today on, everyone should prepare for the defense of the imperial court soldiers and horses to attack the city, gather the strong men in the city, and let them carry stones, fire oil, etc. to the city, and prepare for the upcoming siege." ”

The deputy general bowed his head and replied: "Feng County, but all adult men, have basically been captured by us to fill the army, the rest of the city is the old, weak, sick and disabled, you let them carry the materials to the city, it is better for us to carry it ourselves." ”

As soon as the adjutant general's words came out, Zhenghe frowned: "If the imperial court soldiers and horses attack the city, how can the soldiers have the doppelganger technique to move the materials?" ”

"But if we let these old, weak, sick and disabled people carry supplies, such as stones, not only is the speed slow, but our subordinates are afraid that they will lift the stones and hit our own feet." The adjutant general's words make a lot of sense.

Zhenghe was silent for a while, weighing the gains and losses in his heart, when the two sides were fighting fiercely, letting the old and weak go to the city wall was undoubtedly putting the old and weak under the shadow of the sword, and their lives were basically difficult to protect.

But he was afraid that he would not be able to hold off the enemy until the warm spring snow melted.

The rebels piled stones and other materials to defend the city, waiting for the imperial soldiers and horses to launch a siege.

And they waited for almost three days.

For three days, they were nervous, and they did not dare to relax for a moment, especially in the dark night, and the rebels on duty did not dare to be negligent.

The imperial court camp outside the city.

Xia Jing had a good night's sleep, and when she came out of the tent, she met Li Chengmu, who came to find her.

"Mother, three days have passed, are you ready for what you have prepared?"

Xia Jing handed him a cloth bag in her hand, and didn't forget to tell him: "There are almost two hundred here, you keep it, this medicine only needs to be stuffed into a paper bag of cannonballs before firing the cannonball." ”

Li Chengmu took the cloth bag, the weight is not heavy, less than a catty, but the formula inside can be worth a thousand gold, maybe a thousand taels of gold may not be bought.

"Now that the medicine has been prepared, when are we going to attack the city?"

Xia Jing looked up at the city wall in the distance, and said with a smile: "It's better to choose a day than to hit the day, just attack the city today, you go to send an order to everyone to prepare for the siege, remember to tell them that when the city breaks into the city, they can't do anything to hurt the people." ”

The soldiers and horses of the battalions in the team had already been prepared, and only after listening to Li Chengmu's order, the team began to advance towards the city gate.

At the front of the line were cannons made of stainless steel, and there were only two, both of which were given to the advance team in front of them to show them the power of the cannonballs.

Sha Yuliang saw the two-wheeled steel cannon in front of him, and his eyes were suspicious.

As a border general, fighting is a common thing, and he has seen a lot of artillery in the north, but the steel cannon pushed in front of him is one size smaller than the original artillery in size.

With such a volume, how powerful it is as they describe it?

Sha Yuliang, who couldn't figure out the situation for the time being, planned to be silent and take a look at the situation first.

And the rebels standing on the city wall couldn't help but laugh when they saw the two-wheeled steel cannons walking at the front of the line from a distance.

"Haha. Didn't the imperial court say that it was well-equipped and ordnanced? ”

"The imperial court is still the same poor, so poor that even the artillery is only allocated two rounds, don't they really think that they can defeat us with two rounds of artillery, right?"

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