Zheng Quchi needed to build sentry towers, defensive barriers, dig trenches, store materials and store basements in a short period of time. The tasks were heavy and time was tight, so Yuan Xingzhou left most of the soldiers behind for her to deploy and drive. .
The remaining small number of people were left to Yuan Xingzhou to set up patrols, explore the nearby terrain, and send scouts to find out the enemy's foothold.
The two of them had clearly arranged everything inside and outside, and everything was going on in an orderly manner.
The red sun was scorching the earth with all its strength. It was estimated that the temperature today would be more than 30 degrees. In order to prevent the soldiers from getting heatstroke from working too hard, Zheng Quchi asked them to change batches regularly to replenish water in the lake and take a bath to rest for a while. Bell, in top condition.
Yuan Xingzhou was out for about half an hour before he sent someone back to deliver a batch of prey. Zheng Quchi was dumbfounded: "This is really business, business, leisure and incidental hunting all at the same time."
Speaking of the Golden Heron Hunting Ground, it was originally a hunting ground for the royal palace, with lush vegetation and gathering of animals and elk. It is not open to the public on weekdays. Therefore, the livestock and poultry breed in the hunting ground endlessly, and the "harvest" once a year can only cut off the fur.
"Quickly, take care of these fresh mountain products. Let's stew them in a big pot of meat so that everyone can eat and drink before starting work."
Zheng Quchi shouted, and the soldiers responded immediately.
"Okay~"
After Yuan Xingzhou went out for nearly two hours, he sent back a large number of prey, including two white wolves with shiny hair, one male and one female, but they were alive.
Zheng Quchi was speechless after receiving the spare food.
"What's the purpose of bringing this back alive? Keep it for us to slaughter and stew?"
"Uh..." Liu Chaiji scratched his head and asked in a low voice: "Why don't we kill him? This pile of food is enough anyway, can we keep it for fun?"
The person possessed by Liu Chaiji's one and two souls is particularly happy for this handsome white wolf with beautiful fur and the most dominant figure in the forest. He wishes he could tame it and make him a pet, but when faced with it, his eyes are as cold as ice. He was a little frightened by the ruthless killing intent.
A typical person with a thief's heart but no courage.
"You're kidding, these are two wolves that can eat people..." Zheng Quchi was about to scold Liu Chaiji for not knowing what he was talking about, but when he turned around and saw the two white wolves looking extremely vicious, he suddenly had a good idea: " Liu Chaiji, hurry up and find two pairs of long shackles, ask for the bigger one, and bring a basin of the venison that the soldiers just unloaded."
Liu Chaiji was stunned for a moment, then quickly realized: "Do you really want to keep them?"
Zheng Quchi nodded: "Stay."
"But you can't feed such a wild wolf to someone who's not familiar with it... I, I was joking just now." Now it was Liu Chaiji's turn to persuade him bitterly.
Zheng Quchi raised his eyebrows: "You don't need to feed them well, they just need to be able to read the gate."
Liu Chaiji: "..." You are really good at tying two evil wolves to guard the gate.
When the two white wolves were brought, their limbs were tied up and they could not move independently. Zheng Quchi approached carefully, pushed the basin of venison against the wolves' mouths, fed the wolves, and waited until the two hungry wolves had finished eating. Hehe held the shackles and approached with a sinister smile on his face.
Seeing her being so reckless and worried that the wolf would attack and bite her, Liu Chaiji hurriedly stepped forward to stop her: "Adjutant Zheng, be careful!"
Before Liu Chaiji could finish his exclamation, he saw two white wolves with gaping canthus and gaping mouth. Their eyes were dim and their eyelids were fighting, and they had already fallen down ahead of them.
Liu Chaiji was dumbfounded: "What...what's going on?"
"I was stunned."
Liu Chaiji was even more shocked: "How could you be knocked unconscious?"
Zheng Quchi was squatting on the ground and shackles the unconscious white wolf: "You talk so much nonsense, naturally it's because I have medicine."
Others say that when traveling in the world, you must bring your third-rate methods with you, but she feels that when traveling in the palace, you need to be more careful.
Some of these medicinal powders for various purposes were provided by military doctors, and some were given to her by Aunt Mei for self-defense. She had just taken a large bag of medicinal powders and asked the soldiers to sprinkle them around the camp.
Sleeping in the wild, especially in this sultry weather, there are countless snakes, insects, rats and mosquitoes. Especially when they choose to camp by the lake, some large beasts will quietly approach them when drinking water at night.
If we don’t take some measures in advance, we might find out the next day 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 have inexplicable redness, swelling and pain all over their bodies, or Someone suddenly becomes acutely ill.
In this semi-primitive territory, in addition to man-made infringements, there are endless dangers lurking in nature. Zheng Quchi knows this best.
After putting the white wolf down, she stepped forward and shackled them. These things were originally prepared for the enemy prisoners, but now they were used on the white wolf first.
After tying them up, she carried them one in each hand and moved them to the "gate" of the camp. The so-called door didn't have a door panel yet, it was just a gap between two earthen walls.
She threw the wolf down and hammered two wooden stakes into place. She drove the stakes deep enough that the two white wolves would not be able to break free easily, and they were not afraid if they got loose. When she came over and saw them when she had time, she would just hammer them deeper.
Liu Chaiji followed, like a little tail: "Adjutant Zheng, what's the use of letting these two white wolves guard the door?"
"Their ears are very good. If the other party is lurking in the distance, it will be difficult for us to distinguish it with the naked eye, but it will definitely be detected by their noses. Furthermore, there are two white wolves guarding the door for us. Don't you think this is very majestic?" Zheng Qu Chi asked him.
When Liu Chaiji heard this, he nodded repeatedly, convinced: "What the general's wife said is absolutely true."
"Okay, stop being lazy and hurry up and help others work together. I have to do other things."
Liu Chaiji was curious: "What's the matter?"
"Don't ask about things above. Go help and go to Niba."
Zheng Quchi had a map in hand, and what was drawn on the map was the whole picture of the Golden Heron hunting ground. This could be regarded as one of the few advantages of their Ye country in this military trial. They were familiar with the terrain and even more familiar with the various types of things growing on the terrain. Plant plants and animals.
But we can't rely entirely on it, because today's maps are very different from modern maps. The accuracy and authenticity have a certain "artistic" wildness.
Zheng Quchi found a slope based on the "mountain corner shape" on the map. She saw a green leafy vine densely growing on a stone wall, so she ordered everyone to take out tools and start collecting them for later use.
They came across some wild fruits on the road and picked them. When they saw the mushrooms, they picked them up. The purpose of their walking was not to collect wind, but to quarry rocks and dry leaves and hay.
The collected stones, large and small, were carried back in baskets and baskets on the back. Although the soldiers did not understand why they were collecting stones, they did so anyway.
Later, Zheng Quchi and the others returned to the camp. Looking at the alien camp that had begun to take shape, Zheng Quchi sighed, "It's really weird," but didn't say anything else.
Instruct the soldiers to burn the collected dry branches and leaves next to the earth wall. This will cause hard burning and quick drying, and it is inevitable that cracks will occur. However, you can control the time of burning so that it will not crack. As for the moisture inside the earth wall, you don't need to worry about it for the time being. , it is not really building a house wall. This kind of temporary soil wall will fall down after being used.
Not far away among the lush weeping willows and aquatic plants, a scout was lying on the ground, lurking and looking at the busy situation at the Egret Lake ahead.
"Why is the newly built camp in Ye State so weird?"
Today's campsites are basically either square or rectangular, and "rainbow-shaped" ones like theirs are really rare.
"Look, they actually built a wall of soil around the outside. Now we can't detect any situation in the camp at all, and we can't even distinguish the remaining number of people on the other side," the scout said angrily.
Another person was astonished: "How did they build a wall in such a short period of time? It's incredible. Could it be that there is some mysterious craftsman hidden in their team, or they brought a team specially artisan?"
"It's impossible. Six thousand troops are not enough. If you add a team of craftsmen who can't fight, who commander would be so stupid?"
"That's right. In such a small-scale battle, there is no need to waste too much energy on the defensive ground. Ye Guo has really picked up sesame seeds and lost watermelons. I don't know who is so stupid to do so many useless things."
"Wait, look, what is that?"
"What?" Frightened by his companion's surprised voice, the man's eyes widened and he looked: "Yes, it's a dog? No, it has white fur. Could it be a wolf?!"
"Yes, they are wolves. Why did Ye State tie two white wolves in front of the camp? What does this mean?" The scout was distracted.
"It's weird. Ye Guo wouldn't be so stupid to do such useless things."
"Indeed, the Ye Kingdom camp is too strange. Let's go back and report the situation first!"
Not only the scouts of this country were confused by Ye State's operations, but the same situation was also true for several other countries. The scouts they sent out were to scout the enemy's situation in each country. Others could see through the progress of the camp at a glance, and the layout was roughly the same. In terms of scale and situation, only on the side of Ye State, they just sealed their camp tightly and made it airtight, making it impossible for anyone to see the details.
Most of the scouts did not wait until nightfall before they withdrew, eager to report the situation to their superiors.
All the generals were confused when they learned that Ye State was building a fortress on the other side.
They all just made a very simple camp. They sent people to clean up the hidden dangers around them, cut some wood to make wooden fences, and then set up camp and set up tents. They counted all the supplies for this battle and coordinated the preparations needed for the next step. For a few days, I finally started cooking, waiting for the trumpet to blow to start the war tomorrow.
Let me ask you, what can you do in one day?
Besides, even if they can do anything, no one wants to waste such energy and labor. In their view, setting up camp is just to leave a place to come back and rest. Their greater intention is to attack and capture other people's territory as quickly as possible. camp, taking possession of the other party's supplies.
"Hahahaha, let them repair vigorously. After we capture Ye State, won't we own the camp we built?" The commander of Hongsheng State couldn't help but be happy when he heard this.
The adjutant also said proudly: "That's right, they in Ye Kingdom wasted a whole day on sorting out those useless things. Early tomorrow morning we will go to sir and destroy their nest, causing them to flee and abandon their weapons and surrender." "
"Tell all the soldiers to rest tonight and get up early to prepare before dawn tomorrow. Let's catch them off guard first."
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Zheng Quchi had been busy all day. At this time, he was sitting by the campfire eating a leg of lamb. The meat of the wild goat was fragrant, but the roast was not very tender. There were no spices to season it, leaving only a meaty burn. It tastes bad, but she is not picky, but is thinking about things while chewing.
At this time, someone shouted loudly from the sentry tower: "Adjutant Zheng, the commander-in-chief has sent someone back to bring back a carload of prey. Please go over and collect it."
Zheng Quchi turned his head and thought: Come again? What on earth was he doing this day? Was he just hunting?
"Commander, are they back?" Zheng Quchi also shouted loudly.
In today's world without communication equipment, sound transmission at a distance basically relies on shouting. It would be a waste of time to ask people to convey the message on their behalf. Once the sentry on the sentry tower gets the news, it basically relies on the volume of people's voices to spread it.
"Not back yet."
It's getting dark today, why haven't you come back yet?
Zheng Quchi put down You Jinjin's leg of lamb, got up and went to the lake to wash his hands before going over again.
But they saw another car of bloody prey pushed at the entrance of the camp. The bloody smell caused the two white wolves to struggle excitedly and wanted to rush over, but they were tied tightly by the iron chains and could only fight in place.
They were still familiar delivery people. They delivered the things and said, "The commander-in-chief will not be home tonight." They saluted and wanted to return, but were stopped by Zheng Quchi.
"Have you all eaten?"
The two looked at each other and said, "Adjutant Zheng, we have brought dry food with us, so we won't go hungry."
"Then bring this package to your commander-in-chief."
They immediately smelled a very strong smell of meat: "Is this?"
"This is a souvenir brought back to him. In return for a peach or a plum, he should have a taste of the prey he hunted himself. As for you, feel free to eat it when you come back. We may be short of other things. But adding meat to the meal will definitely be enough." Zheng Quchi smiled brightly with white waxy teeth.
The soldiers couldn't help but smile after hearing Zheng Quchi's words, and they all said happily: "Thank you, Adjutant Zheng. We will definitely convey your kindness to the brothers. We have military affairs and cannot delay, so I will leave first."
After receiving the mutton tightly wrapped in banana leaves, the small group of soldiers who sent the prey were cautious and hurried back the way they came.
They came to a stream. The sky was dark, the stream was divided into ravines, and it was secluded and inaccessible. However, there was an army hidden in the phantom of the water.
When the returning soldiers brought the wrapped leg of lamb to Yuan Xingzhou, he was inexplicably startled.
"Is this what she asked you to bring to me?" His voice was a little soft, like cotton wool.
When the soldiers saw that the commander-in-chief did not seem to reprimand them for meddling in other people's business and bringing back such smelly and insect-attracting things on their own initiative, the soldiers quickly said: "Yes, Adjutant Zheng said that you should give them a plum and repay them with a peach or something like that." …”
"It's a peach in return and a plum in return." Yuan Xingzhou stretched out his hand to take it, feeling the remaining warmth on it, the corners of his lips curved, and the air was filled with a sweet taste: "It's rare that she can find some spare time in her busy schedule. Thinking of this palace..."
"Um...Commander, aren't we going back tonight?"
The smile on Yuan Xingzhou's face faded, but his sparkling eyes were lifeless, as ghostly as a will-o'-the-wisp: "If you can't win this camp in Hongsheng Kingdom, you don't have to hope to go back tomorrow."
All the soldiers trembled fiercely: "..."
This king of Yama's urging temperament of "If you die tomorrow, there will be no future" is really terrifying and makes their scalps numb. (End of chapter)
