Chapter Seventy-Four: The Life of Toil
Once you go back and forth, five days is a long time for the soldiers of Wachui Village. Seeing the grain in the warehouse decreasing at a rate visible to the naked eye, every Zhenjiang Army soldier had some depression on his face.
I really don't understand why the general didn't kill these 8,000 people or let them escape. The rations saved in this way are enough for Zhenjiang Army to eat himself for half a month.
You Shixiong's letter had been delivered, and Tang Ning was not there, so Cheng Yang opened the letter and took a look.
When the city is already under the control of You Shixiong, when the chaos in the city is dealt with, You Shixiong will send someone to pick up the Zhenjiang soldiers of Wachui Village.
Before that, it is necessary for the soldiers of Wachui Village to hold on for a while.
Persistence is nothing, except for food, there is no problem with the officers and men of the Zhenjiang army.
Because of Tangning's preferential treatment of captives, those Qingtang people found that it was even better to stay here than in their own homes.
There is no guarantee of two meals a day at home, but after being arrested, as long as he helps Song Jun do some work every day, there is no shortage of two meals. Occasionally, there was bone broth for them to drink, such a beautiful thing, I couldn't think of it before.
The imaginary beating and suffering did not happen, and the whip in the hands of the Song people did not fall on anyone except those who tried to escape.
If you don't fight, it's good to be able to stay like this. Some Qingtang people thought so.
On this day, Wu Dazhuang went to change the guard as soon as he had breakfast, and this guy yawned early in the morning. As soon as he stood on the wall, he noticed that something was wrong in the distance.
Looking left and right, he also found that it was not only he who found that something was wrong, but everyone found it.
The Song soldiers on the walled wall focused their eyes on the plain in the distance, where a white cloud had just risen from the horizon and slowly floated over.
A black spot suddenly appeared in the white clouds, getting closer and closer to Wachui Village. When the Song army on Wachui Village saw the black dot coming, they prepared to meet the enemy.
However, the closer the man became, the more familiar Song Jun found the armor on his body.
When he got closer, Wu Dazhuang was surprised: "Oh, isn't this the general's guard?" ”
When everyone looked at it, they found that it was true. Lin Wei shouted, "The Lord is back!" Open the door! ”
After that, Song Jun cheered. The Qingtang people outside the village who were arranged by the Song army to live in a simple camp tent were awakened, and they all rubbed their sleepy eyes and came out to take a look.
Looking around, a white sheep, Qingtang people can't help but be very envious.
The greatest dream of the nomadic men and women is to have a lot of sheep and horses.
"Get up and work! It's work! ”
Immediately, Song Jun went to wake up all the people in Qingtang and told them to get up and work.
Downing brought back so many cattle and sheep, just free-range is not enough. At least a fence had to be built and the cattle were put in
The sheep are kept in captivity.
Wachui Village began to be busy because of Tang Ning's return, and when he returned to the village, Tang Ning rode on the back of Ah Ash, who was also a little excited, and waved at Song Jun.
He was greeted with warm applause and cheers.
"Well done, bring back so many cattle and sheep." Cheng Yang held the reins of Ah Ash for Tang Ning and said with a smile.
"The main thing is to go to the right place, the king of that tribe also intends to have a good relationship with us, he wants to be the queen of Ali bones, the king of the entire Qingtang." Tang Ning pouted and said, "I don't know where he got his confidence, it's just the leader of a rebellious tribe." ”
Cheng Yang was about to answer, but he heard Tang Ning continue: "By the way, their king still has contact with Zhao Ren. Zhao Ren, you should know, Liu Gongshi is because of him, he didn't even follow the army, and directly led people to find him to kill. ”
"Yes." Cheng Yang nodded, puzzled, "How could Zhao Ren have contact with him?" ”
"Who knows? Anyway, I saw Zhao Ren with my own eyes, and I wanted to kill Zhao Ren, but the king wouldn't let me do it. I thought about it later, and it was estimated that Zhao Ren brought him valuable resources such as salt and iron.
That king still wanted to keep this trading line going, so he was reluctant to kill Zhao Ren. ”
"Did you kill him?"
"Nope." Tang Ning shook his head: "I really wanted to kill him at first, but after the king of that tribe stopped me, I didn't have this idea.
I had a chance, but I only shot an arrow in his thigh.
If Zhao Renzhen is killed by me on the spot, then the king will lose face and lose people, maybe he will kill us all and give Zhao Ren a burial, and he can't do it.
Just let Zhao Ren live for a while, sooner or later, I will kill him with my own hands. ”
"Ugh." Cheng Yang sighed: "Who would have thought that this person, who has now become a big problem in the imperial court, was just a lucky escape from ringworm scabies?" ”
"That's why creation makes people." Tang Ning said with great emotion: "I guess he came this time, either to ask for soldiers from this king, or to ask for horses."
Anyway, no matter what you want, you should notify the officials of Huaidong and Huaixi to pay attention, and you also need to notify the states and counties along the road to strengthen their vigilance. ”
Cheng Yang nodded and said, "The old man will go and write a letter to inform him." ”
After that, he left with his hands behind his back to find Zhang Jingming.
Although this old man said that he wanted to write it himself, but in the same font as his dog~ crawl, people will laugh off their big teeth when they see it. So Zhang Jingming became his ghostwriter, and sometimes sent letters to the official family, and he also said that Zhang Jingming wrote.
Pei Xiantong is still angry, mainly because this woman didn't know what she was crazy about this morning, and everyone was sleeping in the middle of the night, so she boiled a pot of porridge. When Tang Ning got up in the morning, Pei Xiantong was
Brought the porridge over.
As the saying goes, the weasel gives the chicken a New Year's greeting, and that is not good. Pei Xiantong, a weasel, must have some plans for himself.
In that bowl of porridge, maybe she was drugged.
Therefore, Tang Ning would rather die than give in, and fight to death rather than drink. Pei Xiantong was so angry that she dropped the bowl directly, and Tang Ning didn't bother to coax her. So Pei Xiantong was angry until now.
A guard who is easily swayed by emotions is not a good guard, but fortunately, Lin Wei's kind face is still by his side.
Tang Ning had nothing to do, so he poured Lin Wei a cup of tea, and the two chatted for a while.
"Brother Lin, you said that we haven't had a good chat since we met in Chuzhou, right?"
Lin Wei said with a smile: "The adult is busy with affairs, and after the subordinates met the adult in Chuzhou, there is not a day when the adult is not working. Where do you have time to chat with your subordinates? ”
After that, he thanked Tang Ning, took a cup of hot tea from Tang Ning's hand, and took a sip.
Tang Ning smacked his lips and said, "It seems that too, I don't seem to have been idle."
When I was in Chuzhou, I had to rush to Huanqing Road, and when I was on Huanqing Road, I had to go to various places to transport grain and grass. Then there was another war, and then it was going to Beijing, and it was flooding, and it didn't stop when I returned home, and I broke my heart for this Zhenjiang army......"
Speaking of this, Tang Ning sighed and said, "Why is this! After I came down from Nanshan, I just thought about enjoying happiness! ”
"Your Excellency, you don't look like a blessed life." Lin Wei took a sip of tea and said, "My lord, you are too affectionate, if the people around you encounter something, you will help no matter what."
That alone is enough for you to do. ”
Tang Ning smiled bitterly, knowing in his heart that the person beside Lin Wei in his words was none other than Zhao Xu, the emperor of the Great Song Dynasty.
As Lin Wei said, if Zhao Xu hadn't been so good to himself and made himself feel ashamed, he wouldn't have bothered to care about these things.
Master wants to be an official, so he will be a sesame official and a gangster. When I return home, isn't it much more enjoyable to hug my wife and children than my current life?
What is my life like, you ask? The entire vicinity of Wachui Village is the smell of cow and sheep dung......
After chatting with Lin Wei for a while, the two of them went out to see the Song soldiers who were training. For the next two days, Downing spent planning and supervising the construction of the fence.
For 10,000 people, these cattle and sheep are simply not enough for them to eat openly. Fortunately, in addition to cattle and sheep, Ah Ling also pulled some grain for Tang Ning, and he was finally able to withstand it for a while.
It wasn't until the early morning of the fourth day that the pioneers sent by You Shixiong arrived at Wabui Village. Tell Tangning that the city has been stabilized, and the transfer envoy has sent 4,000 men to assist Tangning in transporting the prisoners into the city......