"It's time to eat!" The master chef of Huotoujun beat the gong, followed by several Huotoujun pushing the dining cart.
I stopped the car and opened the lid of the big wooden barrel, and the aroma of mutton burst out instantly.
"It's time to eat, it's time to eat!"
The Qi soldiers who were originally weak from fighting for nearly two hours and lying dead in the camp suddenly stood upright and ran out with bamboo tubes without even wearing shoes.
"Hey, don't push, don't push. Damn it, you're going to be reincarnated!" The master knocked out a Qi Bing who was trying to squeeze in front of him with a spoonful.
Several of Tong Xiaoqi's companions were about to come forward to argue, but when they saw the master's arms that were about the same thickness as his own thighs, they wisely dragged the fainted man out, picked up his bamboo tube, and followed silently. In the team.
The noise in the camp suddenly became much quieter. Everyone lined up silently and started to prepare meals in a good manner.
In Jia Hui's camp, the gangtou army also sent a bucket of boiled milk-white mutton soup. Even the haggis were peeled and washed and cooked together.
Jia Hui, Lu Da, Guan Sheng, Lin Chong, and Yang Zhi were also there. They were wearing bandages and pouring water into their mouths while snoring.
Jia Hui and the other four were eating deliciously, but Ruda was eating one bite after another.
"Brother Lu, what's wrong?" Jia Hui put down the bowl and chopsticks and looked up at Lu Da.
"Ah, it's nothing. It's just that during this siege, the south side is full of old and weak people. My brother also knows that they are our enemies, but when my stick hit those gray-haired old people, I still felt uncomfortable."
Ruda was a little silent, looked at the broth in his hand, raised the bowl and swallowed it in one gulp.
"Stop saying these disappointing words, come on, boy, give Sajia another bowl!" Ruda reached out and handed the bowl to the boy who was the leader of the group.
"Hey, Lord Lu!" The young man looked at the people in the big tent with admiration. Fortunately, his father was one of the masters of the gangtou army. Otherwise, with his age of fifteen when he had just joined the army, so what? Are you qualified to serve these gentlemen?
The news had spread throughout the camp. Needless to say, Grand Sima General Jia Hui was the one who commanded this war.
The remaining four people have become completely famous in the military!
Lord Rudaru served as the commander of the first camp and led three thousand elites to penetrate the Southern Army's defense line from beginning to end, killing countless people, and even opened the southern city gate first!
Guan Sheng, Lin Chong and Yang Zhi were Qianhu directly subordinate to the general. In this battle, they took the lead and fought with the Yuan army's cavalry, which was several times their own, and finally defeated them.
It proved that the general had a keen eye for people, and it also proved that the three of them were indeed qualified for the position of Qianhu, even if they were a little underachieved.
After eating and drinking, the boy from the gang leader quickly packed up the dishes, pushed the cart, and left the general's camp, turning back and forth.
The four people sat on the horse, stroking their stomachs and refusing to move.
"Brother Lu, after this battle, the mission of the infantry army is completed. Next is the matter of the cavalry army. Do you want to stay here or go back to the capital?" Jia Hui asked.
Ruda opened his eyes and thought for a moment.
"The Sa family should stay here until the brothers finish fighting and go back together."
"Okay, what about the three of you? Whether your injuries are serious or minor, you can stay behind or continue fighting. What are your plans?" Jia Hui nodded and looked at the three of them again. the person asked.
"General, we still want to go into battle and follow the general to kill the enemy!"
The three people quickly stood up from their horses, knelt on one knee and said in unison to Jia Hui.
"Let's do it, Hu Jiu! Go get the medicine passed down from our family. Our army is not expected to set off until the day after tomorrow. Let's take advantage of these few days to recuperate!"
"I'll give my thanks to you, General!" The three of them bowed down together.
"Okay, I'll get the ointment later and go back to recuperate. I have to go to the big tent to deal with some things. Let's go!" After Jia Hui finished speaking, he stood up and left his tent, heading towards the Grand Master's Mansion. .
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After fighting for nearly two hours, the whole army was exhausted. Fortunately, not everyone participated in the battle. For example, Xie Yong's Chinese army and the auxiliary civilians and gangtou army who followed Yun Yu did not participate in the battle. , so when most people are resting in the barracks, there is still a group of people who maintain the basic work of the camp.
"Things like horse feed, the escaped Huitaiji were not burned. There are still some in Yuanting's warehouse. In addition to the horse feed we brought with us, we must let our war horses return to their condition as soon as possible. I remember, buddy Didn’t the leader of the army bring some soybeans with him? Let’s give one piece to the horse.”
"General, are there soybeans in horse feed?"
"Just give the five hundred stones of soybeans in the horse feed to the 80,000 war horses. Let's give all the soybeans to the horses. Anyway, we have captured a lot of cattle and sheep, so there is no shortage of food."
"yes!"
"General, damaged weapons..."
"If it's still in good condition, repair it. If it's seriously damaged, just seal it up. Ask the Xanadu camp to send the spare weapons quickly. If they don't arrive before tomorrow evening, ask them to try."
"yes!"
In the main hall, military officials and minor officials were coming in and out, and Jia Hui was also working hard to handle military affairs.
Next to him, Yun Yu was lying leisurely on a rocking chair, looking at Jia Hui who was busy and sweating profusely with a contented look on his face, and sang a leisurely ditty.
"Commander, don't be idle, please send back the battle report to the court!"
When you hear that tuneless tune, it's fine if you sing it nicely. How can you sing it like a bird?
Jia Hui quickly left the task of writing the battle report to Yun Yu.
"Ah? This doesn't belong to the coach..." Yun Yu's voice became softer as he spoke. Looking at the documents that were piled higher and higher on the table because Jia Hui turned around to talk to him, his conscience ached, so he still needed paper and pen to start completing his own work. Job.
"Chen Yunyu, Jia Hui..."
. . . . . .
Boom!
Li Xian's heavy arrow cut through the moonlight and hit the man in black in the back. The man in black who was about to climb over the wall to escape screamed and fell into the grass.
Yuan Li jumped down from the tree and cautiously approached the wall.
"Commander!" Several guards who heard the sound also rushed over with spears in hand.
"It's just in time. Go and poke it to see if it's dead."
Yuan Li pointed at the man in black who was motionless in the grass. The two guards raised their spears and stabbed the man's thigh. When he saw that the man was indeed motionless, Yuan Li breathed a sigh of relief.
"This is the eighth wave this month..." Yuan Li smiled bitterly. He originally thought that coming here to protect my uncle and Aunt Min's family would be an easy job. Who would have thought that my uncle is also a talented person, which has attracted the salt merchants to start using dead soldiers. Sixty of them came together There are only forty-two people left. Has the salt merchant been tricked? Such a big hatred?
"Commander Yuan, I have feelings for you." A boy walked over with a numb face. He was a little scared at first, but after the successive attacks, the Lin family's boys were also numb.
"Okay, I'll go find my uncle right now." Yuan Li said a few words to the two guards and then left with the young man. The two guards lifted the body and walked to the dungeon of Xunyan Censor's Yamen to take a look at the body. Are there any clues on it?
Yuan Li also followed the boy to Lin Hai.
"I've met my uncle!" Yuan Li saluted in front of the door and walked in after receiving Lin Hai's reply.
Lin Hai was awakened by the sound of Yuan Li and others chasing the soldiers. At this time, he was only wearing a long gown over his middle coat and had not tied his hair.
"My dear friend, this must be the eighth wave of dead soldiers, right?" Lin Hai rubbed his forehead. Since the Yue family sent reinforcements, he, who had already caught many of the salt merchants' tails, has intensified his tracing efforts and wiped them out in one fell swoop. Two medium-sized salt merchants selling private salt were arrested, which shocked the Yangzhou salt merchants.
However, the salt merchants' counterattack also followed, and became more and more intense. Even the soldiers sent by the Yue family suffered a lot of losses. Now the situation is getting more and more difficult. If he were not the emperor and his cronies, the salt merchants would We don't dare to go too far, otherwise the whole family will suffer.
Thinking of this, Lin Hai's eyes turned red. A few days after Yuan Li and the others arrived, they discovered the spy in the family. Even now, he still can't believe that the chef in the kitchen, Lin Qi, is actually an undercover agent of the salt merchant. He is from the Lin family. He has a son at home, and he has been working in the kitchen for nearly forty years since he was a child!
He is actually poisoning Jia Min and her daughter!
The only good thing is that the dose of spinal cord administered was very small, and it was only a few meals at the beginning. My wife was strong and had no reaction, but my daughter, who was already weak, and my son who was just a few months old were miserable. The two of them almost got through a serious illness!
I must never give a white-haired person a gift to a black-haired person!
(Lin Daiyu had a brother who died young who was three years younger. She remembered the wrong time before. Fortunately, it didn’t affect anything. Let’s just assume that the brother was five years younger than her!)
I, Lin Hai, will not be a human unless I take revenge for this!
"My aunt has broken the young man's heart. This is everyone's responsibility. I don't deserve to be called a aunt like this!" Yuan Li had a headache. Ever since he found out about the Lin family's spies that day, Lin Hai started calling out his benefactors one by one. Min Although my aunt did not call her benefactor together with my uncle, she was looking for a wife and buying a house for herself, which made him have trouble sleeping and eating recently.
"What should be called out, what should be called out, if my benefactor hadn't seen through the person who betrayed his master, I don't know what the Lin family would have become! My benefactor certainly deserves to be the benefactor of the Lin family!" Lin Hai still didn't want to change his attitude toward Yuan Li. title.
"Alas..." Yuan Li gave up struggling and said whatever he wanted.
"Uncle, it's not a problem if this continues. How can we guard against thieves for a thousand days? Once those salt merchants figure out our details, it will be too late!" Yuan Li said to Lin Hai with a bitter look on his face. .
"Hey, don't you want to catch them all in one fell swoop? But since the destruction of the big and small deer family, the salt merchants have become more and more cunning. The spies sent out have even seen their tails. Even, even..." Lin Hai's face flushed red, He looked at Yuan Li with difficulty.
"Even Yangzhou CaoGong..."
"Sister, please be careful!" Yuan Li quickly covered Lin Hai's mouth and looked around in panic.
"Is that something that we, the little ones, can mention? Don't forget, those people's backers are..."
Yuan Li pointed upward tremblingly and said nothing.
Lin Hai also fell silent. He was just a salt patrol censor, even if his wife was the eldest daughter of the Jia family who was born in the Genhongmiao Zhengcao Gang. If something unspeakable really happened, the most that those people could do would be to protect the names of the wife and two children.
But if it really touches on their core interests, they may not even be able to keep their wife. Over the years, the Yue family's power in the south has been eroded so much by the Zhen family that they can no longer have any impact on the Jiangnan Cao Workers' Union.
Silence fell in the room.
"No, if there was really a problem with the Cao Guild, angels from the palace would have come to replace them. The royal family just trusts them, but it doesn't have to rely on them! Do you really think that embroidering clothes is a vegetarian?"
There was a crisp sound outside the house, and Jia Min opened the door and walked in.
Yuan Li was about to stand up and evade, but was pushed back to his seat by Lin Hai and his wife.
"What is my benefactor doing? My benefactor saved the lives of my wife and two children. He is a true benefactor of the Lin family. Even if he breaks into the house, it is not a bad idea. There is no need to avoid my wife!" Lin Hai pressed Yuan Li's shoulder and said. .
Even if you say so, I don't dare to actually break into the house!
Yuan Li looked at Jia Min as if he was helping.
"Auntie..."
"Ruhai is right..." Jia Min looked at Yuan Li's helpless eyes and said while holding back a smile.
Yuan Li was completely numb.
Let it be whatever you two say.
Jia Min sat on the chair.
"Although the Chen family and my Jia family are both from the Caobang, we know exactly what the Caobang is. We are only close to the Caobang, not the Caobang itself. Since the founding of the Qi Dynasty, we have never Put down your guard against organizations like the Cao Gang, why do you think Mr. Xu Guogong is over a hundred years old and is in charge of Huai'an?"
"Madam is talking about the embroidered clothes hidden in the Cao Guild..." Lin Hai took a breath.
Jia Min nodded.
"However, Mr. Xu Guogong's energy is getting worse and worse, and these evil spirits hidden in the Cao Labor Union have begun to show up. It's just that Mr. Liu has always refused to accept his old age and has killed several of his chosen successors.
The current president of the Cao Labor Union, Zheng Shun, who has taken over the position of Mr. Liu, is just the deputy of the previous candidate. He was the tallest among the short ones and was appointed by the old man to become the president. Some people are dissatisfied with him. The current Yangzhou branch president Hua I am quite dissatisfied with Zheng Shun's letter..." Jia Min couldn't stop talking.
"Madam, where did you get this news?" Lin Hai asked cautiously.
Jia Min, whose words were interrupted, glanced at Lin Hai expressionlessly.
"At the official wife's party, Hua Xin and his wife talked about their dissatisfaction with Zheng Shun from beginning to end. A group of people were either complaining about this or that. It was not pleasant at all. After going there a few times, it was no longer good. Go again.”
"Ah, it was the time you mentioned that you had sex with the wife who stayed at home in Jinling..." Jia Min kept looking at Lin Hai indifferently, and Lin Hai quickly swallowed the rest of his words.
"That's right, there was a conflict. What happened? A daughter from the Zhen family dared to take Qiao in front of me, the direct eldest daughter of the Jia family?
Before they got married, even those princesses and princesses treated each other with courtesy in front of my aunt, and they didn't dare to be disrespectful. Look at her look like a villain who has succeeded, and my aunt just slapped her in the face, she is so capable! "
Back then, in front of the emperor who had not abdicated, even some princesses were not as favored as Jia Min!
"Ah, this..."
Is this what a guard commander like me can listen to?
Jia Min saw Yuan Li's uneasiness.
"If our Lin family can't even trust Commander Yuan, who can we trust?"
Yuan Li was deeply moved by Jia Min's straightforward words, and secretly vowed to protect the Lin family!
"After beating her, she still dares to say that she wants to file a lawsuit against me with the eldest cousin of the Zhen family? Huh, it would be nice to shoot her to death without the crossbow that the emperor gave me for self-defense!
If those ladies hadn't stopped me, I would have let that person know what a general girl is! "
Jia Minfeng stared at Lin Hai.
"Husband, just do it with peace of mind. Commander Yuan will take care of the safety of your home, so there will be no problem!
When I edit a few letters and send them to Beijing and Huai'an, I want to see who is this short-sighted person who dares to stroke my Jia family's tiger beard! "Jia Min is so proud that she is not inferior to a man!"
Just wait, my aunt's eldest nephew is up, and the Jia family is back on its feet! Those urban foxes and social rats who have plotted against the Lin family are all waiting to be liquidated!
Looking at the domineering and arrogant Miss Jia Min, Lin Hai felt happy for a while.
Although there is some suspicion of being a weakling, it is great to have such a strong Yue family!
Lin Hai sighed in his heart, and suddenly felt a sense of pride!
I also want to work hard to create a natal family for my daughter that she can rely on!
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The transportation force finally transported the spare weapons to Xilinhot City before the sun set the next day.
When the letter eagle was received early yesterday morning, the transportation team that had been prepared in Shangdu City began to rush on their way. It rained heavily during the period, but the entire transportation team still relied on their steely will to reach their destination despite the rain.
It rained heavily.
Thick dark clouds obscured the sun and moon, and only the braziers in Xilinhot City were left glowing on the entire land. Even with the cover, the flames in the basin were still swaying due to the rain, and reflected on the wall, like the fire spitting out of Bhimasitra's mouth.
"Go and notify the troops to get new weapons!"
Jia Hui stood on the gate tower of the south gate with an umbrella, looking at the weapons being pulled into the city one after another below.
The messenger immediately ran to inform the camp leaders that the generals were leaving. Jia Hui looked at it for a while, then turned and returned to his barracks.
After two consecutive days of three shifts, the damaged armors, vests and weapons of the cavalry soldiers have been almost repaired. Those with serious damage can also receive new ones tonight.
It rained heavily, and the journeys of the Barhu and Chahar tribes were also blocked. The map showed that the Barhu tribe had stopped, and even the Chahar tribe had slowed down. It seemed that they were planning to camp to avoid the rain.
Regardless of whether it will rain tomorrow, I must send troops!
"Send the order and ask the gang leader to boil all the ginger and dried ginger into soup for me, leaving enough for one bowl per person today, and pour the rest into my water bag!"
Not long after, a bowl of hot ginger sugar soup was served. The deep red color looked delicious.
"General, this is ginger sugar water specially provided to the commanders of each battalion. There is not much sugar in the army, that's all."
"It doesn't matter, some would be good to drink." Jia Hui picked up the bowl and started sucking.
On the table was a document announcing that the armor and vest had been repaired. He wrote the word "read" on it, stamped it with the seal of General Da Sima, handed it to the waiting messenger, and then read the next page.
"There are still more than 53,000 horse troops who can continue to fight." He took another sip of ginger syrup and swallowed it hard.
In fact, Jia Hui doesn't like the taste of ginger very much, but there is nothing he can do. In order to prevent colds, he must have a bowl of this. Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just in case.
"Yes, everyone was more or less injured and improved a lot after taking the medicine, but there are still nearly 10,000 brothers who are seriously injured and unable to continue fighting." Lin Chong replied.
As Jia Hui's direct subordinates, Lin Chong and the other three also had the responsibility to serve as the communication channels between Jia Hui and Ma Jun.
"Use the best medicine. If the ingredients are not enough, even if you ask Xanadu and the Zhangjiakou for it, the brothers will fight hard and... let everyone survive as much as possible!"
Jia Hui sighed. In fact, among Da Qi's regular soldiers, not many people died directly in battle. Those whose wounds worsened and could not be saved were the ones who died the most.
"If there are dead brothers who don't have their heads lying around, ask them if they would like to give them the extra heads."
"Yes." Lin Chong promised, held up his umbrella and walked out of the barracks.
Jia Hui drank the ginger syrup in the bowl and handed the bowl to the gang leader.
"Okay, you can go back. Remember to tell your master chefs that we will set off early tomorrow morning to cook a warm meal for everyone."
"Yes, I will definitely bring the words here!" Baotoujun straightened his body and assured Jia Hui, and then returned to Baotoujun's camp with a small bucket and bowl.
After finishing the last few paperwork, Jia Hui also took a shower and fell asleep.
Thanks to book friend 20230613232632554, Ren Fanghua, Ye Guan Yulongwu and book friend 20230606632297 for their tips, thank you very much!
There are at most five chapters left in the Northern Expedition, and then comes the plot of Jiangnan and the inheritance.
(End of chapter)
