Chapter Seventy-One: What I Saw and Thought on the Way
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From the sea, Hue City is already within the range of the artillery fire of the South Central Army, and the non-commissioned officers and officers of the South Central Army are running back and forth, making preparations before the battle: one cannon after another was dragged into the gun position by cattle and horses with the efforts of the soldiers, and barrels of gunpowder and shells were placed near the gun position.
"It seems that the fall of Hue is also a handful."
Counting the number of cannons that could be vaguely distinguished in the clairvoyance, Hisashi Hisataka secretly rejoiced in his heart. If he hadn't taken the opportunity to take refuge in the Southern Chinese Army of the Ming Dynasty, I am afraid that he would not have the treatment of this guest now, but would have been a prisoner. Think about the officers and soldiers of the Nguyen family who were captured that day, and it is said that they were all sent to serve as hard labor.
After bypassing Hue and crossing the Ling River, the boat docked, and the group either changed to vehicles or walked on foot. Not far away, it was already evening, people stopped under the shouts of Mo Yu and the accompanying officers, and not far in front of them, a building came into view.
"This is the general's main city!"
Rao is Kayama Hidaka also invaded Korea with the Shimazu family back then, and he has seen some of the world, but the city opposite still surprised him.
The city is not the traditional Chinese style, the boxy kind, but relying on the river, in the shape of a five-pointed star, there are cannon emplacements and corner towers in the protruding part, and the corner tower flutters the huge sun and moon flag and the official title banner of the president Li of the rebel army in Nanzhong. Under the city walls, the river water was drawn to act as a moat around the city, and there was a faint noise from the city, which was clearly the sound of people coming and going in the market. At the head of the city, the soldiers patrolling back and forth, the weapons in their hands, flashed with light and murderous aura against the background of the setting sun.
As the pace approached, the city could be seen faintly from the city gate.
Our Mino-Mamoru suddenly came up with a text he had read in the Tadashi Water Margin back then.
"Thousands of households, one after another. Three cities and six streets, full of clothes gathered. The phoenix pavilion is listed as a nine-fold gold and jade, and the dragon tower shows a school of glass. Luan Sheng phoenix pipe boiling song platform, elephant board silver zither singing and dancing. The military and the people are celebrating each other, and the year of peace and prosperity is happy; Quartet business travel and transportation, gathering wealth and glory. Flower Street Liu Mo, many charming and famous women. Chu Pavilion Qin Lou, infinite merry courtesan. The wealthy Hulu, the prince and grandson are smiling. The scenery is extremely luxurious, and only Langyuan and Penglai are suspected. The money and food are huge, and the characters are prosperous. Thousands of dance pavilions, tens of thousands of palaces. In the east and west courtyards, the sheng flute and drum music are noisy. In the north and south stores, licensed goods are full of money. The son crosses the golden saddle horse, and the beautiful woman rides the green cover bead curtain. ”
"Sure enough, it's the main city of the general of the kingdom! Even in Edo, it's far inferior. ”
Birshan, Hisaka, admired it from the bottom of his heart.
"That's it! Let's stay here tonight, this was originally the border of the confrontation between our army and the Ruan army, this is a tun fort, the conditions inside are relatively poor, everyone get together for the night, and continue to hurry tomorrow morning! ”
Mo Yu's words were no less than a thunderbolt, which blew up Lord Mino's bones.
"Lord Squire, isn't this the general's main city?"
"What is the main city, I just said, this is the original fortress, to beware of the sneak attack of the Ruan army, set up a tun fort here, and place a battalion of people!" Mo Yu explained a little impatiently, secretly mocking in his heart, it is really the country brain of the Wa Kingdom, he is so excited when he sees a tunpu, what should he do when he sees Hejing?
However, Li Shouhan's explanation that day sounded in his ears again.
"Go back with you, these dwarves, and give him whatever you want to eat, and give him whatever you want. Qinlou Chu Pavilion, Fengyue Place, do whatever you want, I have written to Li Changshi and Fu Bo at home. The business is also casual to go, but you remember one thing, it is a death order, none of our workshops, barracks, and schools can let the dwarves in! ”
Li Shouhan warned Mo Yu with a tiger face.
"If a dwarf goes in, he will be killed! If you run away, you Mo Yu won't have to see me! ”
Mo Yu didn't understand why these words, but the experience of the past few years has proved that Li Shouhan's words must be implemented if you understand them, and you must implement them if you don't understand them. It won't hurt you anyway.
"I don't know who the lord of this city is, can you let me go and pay a visit?" Hisataka Kayama is still a little nagging.
Judging from the scale of the city, the lord of this city has at least a stone height of more than 100,000 stones, and this city, looking at the wall that is more than three feet high, knocks on it, and I don't know what kind of stone it is made of. I have long thought to myself that this wall alone will not be able to be built in several generations by relying on its own financial resources.
Mo Yu snorted, a little impatient, "This Yongchang Fort is under the command of my general, there is no city lord, only the garrison and Tunding are here." ”
Oh, I see, this is the direct subordinate place of the general, presumably those soldiers who come and go in the city and on the streets are the direct banners of the general, or the mother's clothes, oh, no, according to the name of the Ming Kingdom, it should be a family. A general with so many family members is indeed a remarkable figure.
Amazing!
Outside Hoi An and Hue cities, as a senior general, Huashan Jiugao consciously counted the number and strength of Li Shouhan's team. From those flags, gun emplacements, and ships, Jiu Gao was surprised to find that the strength of this General Li in the Hue area should be about 30,000 people! No wonder, no wonder he was able to boast of such a Haikou and promise such a big reward to the Shimazu family.
If he knew that within a stick of incense, in this Yongchang Fort, he could use a thousand men into battle, and gather two thousand men as a reserve, I wonder how he would feel?
After a night of silence, the next day after breakfast, the group set off to continue north.
After Yongchang Fort, the atmosphere on the edge of the battlefield was much lighter, and walking on the post road paved with bluestone slabs, people's steps were much lighter, and they began to look around at the scenery of spring.
"My lord, is this the road leading to the general's main city?" Hisakama wanted to ask when he could reach the general's main city today, but he was afraid of embarrassment and didn't dare to ask when he would arrive, so he turned around and changed his way.
"Yes, this road is indeed the road to Ha Jing Mansion."
"My lord, excuse me, before entering the city, can you arrange a place for me to take a bath and change clothes?" Mino Mamoru remembered the many etiquettes he had seen.
Mo Yu rode on his own pony, a little strange, "We still have to walk for three days to reach Hejing Mansion, do you have to bathe and change clothes now?" It's too early, right?! ”
Hisakama couldn't help but gasp in the four-wheeled carriage, such a road, in China, can basically only be seen outside the main castle of the daimyo and shogun. Here, you actually said that you have to walk for three days? Even if it is such a stone slab, the material is a little worse, but how many meters does it cost to build such a long road? Think back then, the Chi Road built by Emperor Qin Yingzheng, the ancestor of my Shimazu family, is nothing more than that, right?
"My lord, I don't know what material this road is made of, why is the stone slab so long? Such a slate is rare. Birshan, sitting in the car, looked around, and laughed at himself.
Mo Yu smiled and didn't answer, just urged the team to move forward.
The wooden wheels of the four-wheeled carriage make a regular gurgling sound on the post road, and the rice fields on both sides of the road can already be seen that there are farmers busy planting rice in the paddy fields, and the strong seedlings are in the hands of the farmers, which are neatly planted in the paddy fields, and the emerald green lines are very cute.
Probably hearing people and horses passing by on the road, a peasant raised his head and noticed the team coming down from the southern front, "My lord, how is the battle ahead!?" He shouted at Mo Yu, who was riding on a Dian horse.
"The lord personally went out to fight, where is the reason for not winning? We have already surrounded Hue, you just wait for next year, go to the Kowloon River! There is good land there! ”
"That's good! When I finished harvesting the late rice, I went to the General's Mansion to apply for my sons, so that they could go to the Jiulong River and earn a share of the belongings for my grandchildren! ”
"Abel, how is this year's harvest?" Mo Yu was also a little bored, and chatted with the old man about the idle days with questions and answers on the horse.
"Hey! This is Nitta! It just came out last year, and this year the lord has a new technology, so that we can plant rape immediately after harvesting the late rice, the little old man thought, anyway, the idle is idle, and it is always right to listen to the lord's words. He let his sons plant rapeseed in the field, and took out more than 20 catties of rapeseed from the general's mansion according to the requirements of one acre and half a catty, and at the beginning of spring, I didn't expect that nearly 300 catties of rapeseed were beaten in one acre of land! Send it to the oil mill and ask, it can squeeze out about 120 or 30 catties of oil! Moreover, the lord said that the straw of rape can also fertilize the field, and the seed cake that has been pressed can also be fed to livestock. The little old man and the mother-in-law of the family have already set up an immortal tablet for the general on the ancestral tablet at home! ”
The old man chirped and said very quickly, and Mo Yu and the old man also danced when they asked and answered.
"My lord, do you want to have lunch at the little old man's house!? Little Lao'er has some Jiangnan things to ask! We have ducks, four or five catties of big fish, marinated bacon, and freshly brewed rice wine. ”
"Uncle, I won't bother today, I have the general's official business here, and when the late rice is harvested, I will definitely come to the house, ask for a bowl of wine, and talk to you about the Jiulong River!"
The conversation between the two of them was whispered to the birch-mountain Jiugao in the car, and the master Jiugao was a little frightened when he heard it, no wonder this old man was so presumptuous, he dared to talk to the general's general like this, and he didn't bow down!
It turned out to be a first-class character, a guy with dozens of acres of paddy fields!
However, what Jiu Gao saw, the rice fields that were almost impossible to see at a glance, made him feel more and more that the general's Shi Gao was probably a terrifying number. After a long time of muttering in the car, Hisataka-sama Kayama was finally defeated by his curiosity!
"My lord, I don't know how much stone height can be in a year in such a paddy field?"
"Shi Gao?" When Mo Yu heard it, he was a little confused.
"Oh, this is the language of the lower country, which means how much grain can be produced in one acre of these rice fields in the territory of His Royal Highness the General?"
"It depends on what kind of field it is, whether it's paddy or dry, new or old. However, such a field," Mo Yu shook a beautiful whip flower, "Smack!" There was a crisp sound, "How can I get ten stones!" ”
Biryama Hisaka felt dizzy for a while, his head leaned weakly against the wall of the carriage, and motioned to the little surname next to him to roll up the bamboo curtains of the carriage and let the wind outside.
Blowing a somewhat warm wind, looking at the green outside, and drinking two sips of tea brewed by the little surname, I felt that my head was not so painful, and Lord Kayama Hisakaka began to calculate Li Shouhan's strength.
If, the three days from Yongchangbao to Ha Jing Mansion are all such paddy fields, then Li Shouhan has at least 2 million mu of rice fields in his hands! According to what his general Mo Yusang said, the standard of ten stones is 20 million stones! Even if it is collected according to the benevolent government standard of the four princes and the six people, then the rice that His Royal Highness the General can use to raise the army is as much as eight million stones! No wonder, no wonder, you can promise me a reward of nearly 5,000 stone at once!
It seems that it would be very unwise for us to quarrel with him over the Ryukyus! The Shimazu family has almost no hope of winning, so it is better to negotiate with him and sell that wild land for a good price!
Silent, Mino Mamoru was a little paralyzed. The good-looking little surname thought that he had been blown by the wind, so he hurriedly lowered the curtain of the car window, and covered the curtain of the carriage, and then snuggled into the arms of Mino Mamoru and pretended to be coquettish. If it had been a change to the past, it would have been a must, and Mino Mamoru would have listened to him sing a song of backyard flowers, but today, the old man has no interest and mood.
Finally, Mo Yu lightly informed Minong Shou, "Old man, Ha Jing Mansion is about to arrive!" ”
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