Tian Yu and Guo Jia met Chen Gui, who said that during the period when Heishan surrendered its troops, he was assigned to build a wall outside the city.
At this time, the New Year has just passed and the weather is cold and freezing. It is not suitable for digging ditches and erecting strongholds, but it is suitable for building simple low walls to defend against foreign enemies.
The reason for this is that there are many gaps in the city walls from Yanmen Pass to Zhuojun in Bingzhou, which led to small groups of foreigners from the north of Bingzhou often going south to plunder.
Although Yan Rou is stationed and patrolling in Dai County, north of Zhuo County, Youzhou's thousands-mile border cannot guarantee that the soldiers can resist all the rogues. Therefore, Youzhou's current response is to build low earth walls around the villages. As long as the Huns' Just as long as the horse can't get in.
The construction method is also very simple. Build the soil on the spot, pour water, mix it with the prepared plant sap and compact it. After a few days, freeze it. The ugly but extremely practical earth wall is ready.
A village is often not surrounded by flat land, so it is enough to build a wall at a place that is easy to enter and exit, and support it with a hundred soldiers to deal with ordinary small groups of bandits.
Tian Yu came to a small village more than ten miles north of the city, found hundreds of Montenegro surrender troops building a wall here, and asked where Yang Feng was.
He slipped along the earth wall and walked half of the village. He saw Yang Feng, who was covered in earth but kept his face deliberately clean. He was sitting under the wall with his eyes closed and concentrating. He was biting a branch in his mouth and had thick legs on his feet. The iron shackles have been polished.
Yang Feng listened to the approaching footsteps without raising her head. The sergeant who followed Tian Yu wanted to scold him, but Tian Yu raised his hand to stop him and walked over.
He came to Yang Feng, knelt down and said, "Commander Yang looks good. It seems that he has recovered a lot in the past six months."
Although Yang Feng didn't say anything, he had to admit that although he had done a lot of farm work and put in a lot of effort during this period, Youzhou really didn't treat people like him badly when it came to food.
When Tian Yu saw that Yang Feng was silent, he said, "Young Master asked me to bring you a message."
A look of ridicule appeared on Yang Feng's face, and she said: "Do you want me to write a letter to the Taiping Qing Dynasty, or do you want me to sacrifice my life for him?"
Tian Yu smiled and said, "Let me tell you slowly."
"Master, I want to ask you, how have you been feeling these past six months?"
"Any ideas?"
Yang Feng moved her fingers and remained silent.
After a while, she said: "Go away, I don't want to hear what's going to happen next."
Tian Yu laughed, stood up and said, "Yang Feng, you are scared."
"Where was your courage to assassinate the young master back then?"
Yang Feng said coldly: "Boring."
"To deceive people's minds and follow evil ways."
Tian Yu sneered: "Then what did Taipingdao do back then?"
Yang Feng didn't answer.
Tian Yu saw that Yang Feng looked like a dead pig and was not afraid of boiling water, and said, "Actually, I think the young master appreciates you very much."
"He once said that there are not many people in this world who can speak out for the common people."
"Looking at you like this, you haven't fully figured it out yet, so I'll go back and resume my life first."
"I know you don't like me, and so do I. You also have the blood of my subordinates on your hands."
"Young master said, when you figure it out, you can go to him at any time."
"Of course, if you want to build a wall here for the rest of your life, that's up to you."
Seeing that Tian Yu was really leaving, Yang Feng said, "What does he want?"
Tian Yu spoke up: "Young Master wants two things. One is the essentials of breathing techniques."
"General Taishi's method has hidden dangers, and so does yours. If you are not proficient in the art of the human body, it will be difficult to perfect it."
"But the young master has Mr. Yuanhua, a famous doctor in the world, under his command. If he knows the original essentials of the breathing method, he might be able to perfect it. This is something that everyone will benefit from."
"Mr. Yuanhua has diagnosed and treated you. He should have told you that if this continues, you won't have a few more years to live, right?"
"If you can improve this method, you can also extend your life by a few years."
A sneer appeared on Yang Feng's face: "It sounds good, but I don't care. What's the difference between living and dead?"
Tian Yu shook his head and thought to himself that this woman is really stubborn. Is this so-called labor education really useful?
He was very helpless, but after all, Yuan Xi asked him to carry the words, so he continued: "In fact, I don't understand the second thing that the young master wants."
Yang Feng sneered: "Isn't it the inheritance of Taiping Tao in the world?"
"If he gets my help and uses my identity, he will be able to win the allegiance of the Yellow Turban Army all over the world. This is a good plan!"
Tian Yu shook his head and said, "Young Master didn't say that."
Yang Feng was startled, had he thought wrong?
Tian Yu said: "The young master said that he wants to get an answer from you."
"Where is the way out for this world?"
"If you figure it out, you can always go to him."
"That's all."
Tian Yu turned around and said, "My words have been brought to you. Whenever you want to leave this place, you can go to Mr. Han Yu first."
"I almost forgot that Mr. Han Yu is going back to Jicheng, but the master has ordered that no matter who is the guard of Beixin City, you can go to him."
Yang Feng listened to the footsteps gradually disappearing, and then opened her eyes slightly, squinting at Tian Yu's disappearing voice, "What should I do with my subordinates?"
Tian Yu paused and turned his head, "It depends on whether they figure it out."
"Otherwise, we can continue to receive labor education here and farm for the rest of our lives."
"That's not bad. At least you can save your life and have food to eat, right?"
Seeing that Tian Yu finally disappeared, Yang Feng spat out the dead branches in her mouth.
Wanting to serve himself, but still putting on airs, this fierce tiger is really shameless.
In Jicheng, Yuan Xi said to Zhao Yun: "This time I go south to Guangling, and I will trouble Zilong to take charge in Youzhou."
Zhao Yun wondered: "Isn't it the other way around?"
"Young Master, as your lord, why are you always going to a war-prone place?"
Yuan Xi laughed, "But now I am Xuzhou Mu, and when it comes to negotiating with Yuan Tan and Liu Bei, Zilong may not be as good as me, right?"
Zhao Yun was helpless, "But the war at the Xuzhou border is tense. What if someone is unfavorable to the young master?"
"You also left Yan Rou, the state leader, in the north. If the enemy's army invades the border, I'm afraid it won't be easy to deal with it with just one general, Ziyi, right?"
Yuan Xi was also a little helpless, "What else should I do? The Hu tribe outside the Great Wall has been trying to make a move. If Yan Rou is not given to Dai County, I'm afraid they won't be able to cope with it."
"We just beat Xianbei into submission a year ago, and the Northern Huns have started to behave like monsters again. I'm afraid there's someone instigating them, but the matter in Xuzhou is more urgent, and I can't care about it for the time being."
Zhao Yun was silent, he understood that there might be some forces in the Han court that were obstructing this.
The Southern Xiongnu fully relied on the Han court, but as the high officials entered Bingzhou, the two sides had various interests and did not get along well. At this time, the Southern Xiongnu opened several gaps for the Northern Huns to enter Youzhou and Bingzhou. , it was impossible to say that no one was doing harm inside.
Therefore, Yuan Xi could only transfer Tian Yu to Beixin City and rearrange the defense line. On the Jicheng side, Zhao Yun needed to take charge of the Xian Yufu brothers, on the one hand to prevent Xianbei outside the pass from causing trouble, and on the other hand to deter the unreliable Gongsundu family.
At the same time, Youzhou also needed a counselor to take charge. Guo Jia was good at political strategy, so he stayed to take charge of the overall situation. As a result, Yuan Xi was short of candidates to bring to Xuzhou.
After much calculation, he could only take Jushou Lu Xun with him. The general looked around and found that only Lu Lingqi was available.
Yuan Xi couldn't help complaining that the situation in Youzhou was too bad. In order to guard against foreigners, several generals were killed here alive!
He even thought maliciously that he might as well have failed the Yuan family's Guandu battle two years earlier, so that he could recruit Zhang He Gao Lan in a clear and just manner!
After thinking about it, Yuan Xi's losses must have far outweighed his gains when the Yuan family fell. That's why Yuan Xi is so anxious now because he has discovered that the situation in the world has begun to accelerate.
Although he has done many things, Cao Cao and even Yuan Tan have become more powerful than those in later generations at the same time.
Especially Yuan Tan's recent performance made Yuan Xi very unhappy.
Earlier, because the other party allowed the Qingzhou pirates to kill innocent people indiscriminately, many merchant ships were massacred. This violated Yuan Xi's bottom line, so Yuan Xi decisively took action to wipe them all out.
Now that the Qingzhou sea area has been pacified, it's time to have a good talk with Yuan Tan.
But the characters of the three brothers are not willing to be inferior to others. It is very likely that there will still be a battle in the end.
Thinking of this, he said to Zhao Yun: "Now the road from Jicheng to Yuyang Port has been smoothed several times, and it is very suitable for a rapid march."
"Yuyang Port has always been equipped with redundant warships. If there is a change in Xuzhou, the entire journey from Jicheng to dispatching troops to Yuyang Port and entering the port from Haixi will only take a few days."
"If I really need Zilong's help, I will send someone to ask for help from Zilong."
After hearing this, Zhao Yun could only say: "I will prepare my troops and wait for the young master."
He paused and said, "Of course I hope everything goes well for you. It would be best if you don't need Yun."
Yuan Xi laughed out loud, "After Zilong gets married, he can joke again."
"If you trouble Zilong to station here, I will lead my troops tomorrow and go south to Guangling."
Lu Lingqi was sitting in the room, carefully wiping her nails. Madam Du took the dirty cloth from Lu Lingqi's hand, washed it again in the wooden basin, and handed it to Lu Lingqi again.
Lu Lingqi wiped off the dust on the nails, then wiped off the water droplets with a dry cloth, then took out a piece of grease and spread it evenly on the nails.
Mrs. Du hesitated again and again, but finally plucked up the courage and said, "Can I follow Madam?"
Lu Lingqi looked up and said with a smile: "What are you doing on the battlefield? Are you going to die?"
"With my martial arts skills, I dare not say that I can escape unscathed. I won't be able to protect you when you fall."
Mrs. Du said: "Of course I know that following me on the battlefield will be a drag."
"I just want to stay in the city and help with some things when the girl comes back."
Lu Lingqi asked doubtfully: "Why is this necessary? Are you uncomfortable staying in Jicheng? Or are you angry with someone?"
Mrs. Du said hurriedly: "That's not true. Everyone is very nice to me."
She lowered her voice and said, "Here are the envoys and their wives. It's not a problem for me to stay in the house all the time because I am irrelevant."
"It would be easier for Che if he followed the girl."
(End of chapter)
